#mha 395

[crovona]

Hori better let Izuku and Ochako keep their blondes

#ka​tsuki better wake up #i know toga is probably spending life in tartarus #togachako #bkdk #bakudeku #thanks horikoshi #midoriya izuku #deku #mha #my heroa academia #bhna #boku no hero manga #ochako uraraka #bakugou katsuki #toga himiko #kacchan #mha 395

[0ynes]

Y'all told me mha was a battle shounen

"But the thought of a world without you? No. I don't like that."

"And as painful as it was... When you reached out and touched me... My heart felt so light. Like it could just float away."

"So no, I can't let you catch me. Just like how you can't bear to let me get away."

#mha 395 #bnha 395 #bnha #mha #togachako #togachaco #toga himiko #himiko toga #toga x uraraka #toga x ochako #toga x ochaco #ochaco uraraka #uraraka ochaco #uraraka ochako #ochako uraraka #togaocha

[homos-in-training]

GUYS HELP

THEY'RE MULTIPLYING

#bnha #mha #mha 395 #bnha 395 #mha chapter 395 #bnha chapter 395 #toga himiko #toya todoroki #todoroki touya #himiko toga #katsuki bakugo #bakugou katsuki #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers

[77dekiru]

the realization that himiko literally kisses ochako in this scene… she even makes the kissing sound effect (chu)

#mha spoilers #mha 395 #toga himiko #uraraka ochako #togachako

[is-bakugou-alive-yet]

Bakugou will be dead for a full year in 14 days

#bnha 395 #mha 395 #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #bakugou katsuki #bakudeku #bnha #mha

[batterycows]

Ochako’s Confession: A Togachako Analysis

I don't usually write down or post analysis, but if I didn't put this down somewhere I was at risk of grabbing a stranger off the street and asking whether they knew about the doomed toxic yuri in hit manga series My Hero Academia.

Now, I think it was expected to some degree that Uraraka would have some big cathartic confession where she finally embraced her feelings for Izuku. And while she did admit her feeelings, the moment wasn't... that

And honestly, why would it be? In the end, Uraraka had no reason to confess her feelings. She didn't suffer from hiding them, on the contrary. Her crush was beginning to hinder her performance as a Hero, and all bottling them up did was help her improve. Sure, suppression is bad and all but ultimately, Uraraka seemed better off pushing her feelings aside. Especially when compared to Toga, who literally broke under the pressure of her hidden feelings. There was nothing pushing Uraraka to confess other than the vague sentiment that “suppressing your feelings is Bad.”

Yet, the importance of being open about your feelings is repeatedly emphasized during Toga's and Uraraka's arcs. It's what drove Toga to villainy, and something she tried to bond with Uraraka over. Something they shared. So the setup for a confession is there, but no satisfying resolution.

That's cause Izuku is a red herring.

Indeed, being honest about her feelings was vital for Uraraka, but it had nothing to with Izuku. Because the feelings Uraraka was suppressing all along, the ones that she needed to let out, were her feelings for Toga.

The envy she felt during their first meeting, how lovely she found Toga's smile. How much it troubled Uraraka when it was replaced with tears. Girl likes boy is as conventional as it gets. But a Hero sympathizing for a Villain in a society that dehumanizes them? Now that makes Uraraka kind of weird. And she knows it, that these thoughts go against everything she knows about society, about her role as a Hero. So she tried pushing all that away.

But she can't run from her feelings forever. And in the end, it's those feelings that allow Uraraka to save the day. Her arc deals with humanization. She wonders "who saves Heroes" until she's wondering "who saves Villains?" and finds that in this case, the answer is each other.

How did Uraraka and Toga save each other? By imitating each other, by being like someone they love.

Uraraka envied Toga's unapologetic openness, so she took a page from her book and told her everything she had been hiding and mulling over since they met. She stopped pushing Toga away and finally answered every one-sided conversation they've had. They're chatting about love, and Uraraka is finally responding.

A girl's feelings can change the world, and Uraraka being honest about her feelings is what allowed her to reach Toga's heart and save her. This is how Uraraka became a Hero.

Toga also saved Uraraka by imitating her. In a very literal sense by Transforming into Uraraka (being "cute" like Uraraka) but I think also in the way she used her Quirk. Until now, Toga believed the only way for her to live freely was through violence. When her Quirk awakened, Toga used Zero Gravity to kill. But now, she's imitating Uraraka on a deeper level. Uraraka who said her Quirk isn't made to hurt people, so Toga used her own Quirk to save Uraraka. For the first time, she realized she could love and be loved without violence.

Uraraka and Toga's confrontation was the long awaited end of a conversation. Nearly a year before Toga had tried to bond with Uraraka, asked her whether she liked someone, whether she wanted to be like them? Uraraka finally confessed: Yes, I want to be like you.

#togachako #togachako analysis #ochako uraraka #toga himiko #mha manga spoilers #mha 393 #mha 395 #mha #bnha #mha analysis #my hero academia #boku no hero academia

[super-paper]

"When I was shouting from the top of that building, thoughts of Himiko Toga filled my head. I shouted at her about what I thought was right, but it twisted her face into the saddest expression I'd ever seen."

This one is mostly directed at the "Himiko *was* saved and dying is a fantastic way to end her arc because she's dying happy, fulfilled, and on her own terms" and "Hawks is too injured to help, there's no one else capable of helping, she's dead, get over it" crowd.

Himiko has the same laments as Touya-- "If only someone had loved me sooner, then maybe I would have been happy just being myself..." "If someone had reached out and given me love sooner, then maybe I could have finally given something back to the world....." It's an utterly dismal, depressing note to go out on.

Himiko isn't smiling happily in her dying dream-- she's wearing the same miserable, resigned smile she had when she let go of that last bit of hope that Ochako and Izuku would ever understand her. This time, she's smiling resignedly because she’s letting go of the life she thinks she’ll never have-- because she thinks it's too late and that the world will never be any easier for her to live in. In both scenes, Himiko is letting go of her hopes-- and in a series that's all about inspiring hope, this is something that needs to be challenged.

Ochako's goal started from wanting to alleviate her parent's burdens because they always wore tired, unhappy expressions-- that goal eventually grew into wanting a future where they can all smile together. And Himiko is explicitly tied to that goal.

I'm getting more and more convinced that Ochako's role as a "normal girl" who is able to inspire the civilians to see the heroes as human is what's also going to play a big part in getting them to see the villains as human. Ochako's heroism touched Himiko and made her heart lighter-- but it also touched the civilians, the media, and Keigo.

The phrase "the feelings of a single girl can change the world" has been repeated several times now throughout Ochako and Himiko's arcs during the final act. Ochako reaching out to Himiko and saving her, and Himiko attempting to sacrifice herself to save Ochako... both scenes are being broadcast to the world right now. Multiple civilians who got stranded within the vicinity of Gunga are currently watching the battles via livestream... while in possession of multiple high-speed transport vehicles. Basically, what I'm saying is: There are more people who are capable of reaching out and helping than this chapter leads us to believe, and that's relevant to Ochako's arc as someone who has connected the spirit of OFA to the people.

If "the feelings of one girl can change the world," now would be a good time for "the world" to respond to those feelings.

#uraraka ochako #toga himiko #mha spoilers #my hero academia #togachako #mha 395 #mha has been building itself up to be a ''when you save the world the world saves you back'' series in the endgame so.... #i'm more excited than worried about where this is gonna go bc Ochako is so so so important in facilitating the change society needs #mha.txt

[javepot]

A Little Reunion

#mha 395 #bnha 395 #toga himiko #himiko toga #bnha twice #jin bubaigawara #bnha magne #kenji hikiishi #rip magne's lips in the last panel #she was so shocked she spit them out with her tea #is toga really dead???? hmmm #will any more lov members be joining the tea party? Find out next time on mha #my art

[rinriinn]

THEM!!!

#I love them so much it hurts #toga is alive trust me #plus they get married at the end #theyre just taking a nap until next week dont worry guys #mha #togachako #toga himiko #ochako uraraka #mha 395

[goingawaytohell]

All she ever wanted was to loved and now she's going to die saving the one who finally gave her love.

#togachako #mha #mha spoilers #bnha #toga himiko #uraraka x toga #togachaco #urakara ochako #theyre in love your honor #mha 395

[hawkssucks]

I am physically unwell.

#mha 395 #bnha 395 #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #STOOOOPPPP #bnha manga spoilers

[z-mizcellaneous-z]

horikoshi really went "guess what lol togachako is canon. also togas bleeding to death" and dipped

#mha #bnha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #togachako #mha 395 #bnha 395 #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #mizismiz

[drvece]

its my dream for a weird cute girl to tell me im weird

#mha spoilers #mha 395 #bnha 395 #bnha spoilers #toga himiko #togachako

[dekusleftsock]

The way she’s crying over Ochakos body THE WAY SHES DOING THE ONE THING SHE NEVER WANTED TO DO WHICH IS DIE BC SHE LOVES OCHAKO SO MUCH

THE WAY THEYRE BOTH CALLING EACH OTHER WEIRD FOR SAVING THE PTHER

The way that she looks when she smiles as ochako.

The way that she can’t live in a world without ochako.

The way that my yuri bait isn’t yuri bait.

#togachako #mha 395 #bnha 395

[kisasan]

#bnha spoilers #bnha #mha #mha spoilers #manga spoilers #mha 395 #bnha 395 #toga himiko #uraraka ochako #izuku midoriya #bakugou katsuki #deku #Kacchan #togachaco #togaocha #toga x uraraka #bakudeku #bkdk #decchan #bakugou x deku #high pitched screaming #im losing my miiiiiind #hori!!!! 😭 #screaming crying throwing up #literally the same words… #help me omfg #im literally crying #bkdk canon #togaocha canon #we always win

[hamliet]

Toga Should Be Fine

Ah yes, a teen girl sacrificing herself to save another teen girl (hero, but still a TEENAGE GIRL) and saying she's doing so because she'd prefer death over life in prison. Meanwhile all of society, including heroes, are just gonna watch like this is the Hunger Games: Tokyo Drift and totally not do anything.

Sounds good! Sounds like a society worth protecting! Sounds reasonable!

slash s. I'm being sarcastic.

Listen, Hori has his flaws as a writer. However, the reality is that one of these main flaws is that Hori writes for his detractors. He probably is a person who genuinely cares and so tries to address everyone's concerns. The problem is that this leads to thematic inconsistency and whiplash framing, which I've spoken about before.

Why am I going on a tangent about this? Because to me this reads like Hori trying to directly address the prison concern for endgame. Even if they survive they'll all end up in prison! Meanwhile Tartarus is Guantanamo Bay complete with torture and inhuman evil, but that wasn't enough to convince fans, so now he's addressing it directly.

The villains aren't ending up in prison.

Nor are they dying.

A redemption arc typically does require a sacrifice, hence the "sacrificial death" trope. However, oftentimes, when the villain is particularly sympathetic and it's more thematically or character-ly interesting to leave them alive, they survive said sacrifice.

Considering a large portion of Toga's hate for heroes was based in Twice's death and Toga is literally a child saving another child who saved her because the adult heroes were too busy not caring about kids so a child hero had to do their work for them (it's a theme), it only makes sense that an adult hero (probably Hawks) will swoop in and save her.

#bnha #they will be fine #toga himiko #mha #mha 395 #bnha 395 #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #i mean tbh it's like one can never discount the possibility that hori's completely given up #and the manga is going the thematic crash way of tgre #but i don't think so