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wolfcrunch · 3 years

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While I would definitely love some more solo focus/development on Shouto, I personally like what Hori has done with the Todofam. Am I a fan of Endeavor? No, not at all, but I do appreciate that he's not your stereotypical one dimensional abusive parent who stays the same for the full duration of the series. I like that Hori is showing that there's more to Endeavor than we originally believed and that Endeavor actually wants to change unlike pretty much every other abusive parent we've seen in shonen manga, but Hori still shows that what Endeavor did was wrong and that he doesn't deserve to be forgiven. Everyone seems to be confusing redemption and atonement even though those are two completely different things. If Endeavor was truly getting "redeemed", he definitely wouldn't be dealing with so much backlash right now. And in regards to the rest of the family, it's not like they're forgiving him when they say they're gonna help him stop Dabi. They just all feel responsible for Touya becoming Dabi and wanna do what they can to make sure he can't hurt anyone else. I know people complain about Hori making the rest of the family look bad, but I think it's realistic since people often blame themselves for what happens to those close to them even when they're victims themselves and don't deserve such blame. While Hori didn't have to go that route, he did and as a result we're seeing more sides to these characters than we did before and I appreciate that and personally see that as good writing. Honestly, I think there's no point in complaining about Endeavor's "redemption" since the chances of him getting a "happy ending" are extremely low. I would be very surprised if Endeavor makes it to the end of the manga since I'm expecting Dabi to succeed in killing him. I kinda wanna see that just to see how Dabi reacts once he accomplishes the one goal he's been striving toward all this time since it will obviously have an impact on him and of course Shouto too especially if it gets timed so that Shouto has to witness Endeavor get killed which I wouldn't put past Hori to do. After all, Hori seems to love writing that Todofam angst lol

there’s not even a lot i can add since i agree with all of this! people certainly dont have to like Endeavor, or like his arc. its perfectly fine to dislike a character because of their actions, no matter past or present, but Horikoshi has really handled this entire Todofam arc with care. he even draws upon either/or his own or friends experiences, as he’s once stated before, because this is a topic you cant just dive head-first into without any sort of research or understanding.

It’s all a really complex family situation, and without the depth and nuance it has now, we wouldn’t be seeing all the different sides to these characters. we wouldnt be seeing Endeavor trying to atone, if he was just like every other abusive shonen parent. we wouldnt be seeing the different reflections and diversity of effect it has on the four kids, or even Rei herself. We wouldnt even know Dabi’s side of things, nor the fact his family want to come together to stop him and take responsibility for Touya becoming Dabi.

MHA imo has always focused way less on redemption and gone the atonement route for several characters, and is better for it. if characters like Endeavor or Bakugou had just been redeemed without any sort of buildup, making them completely into the good guys and not having said characters recognise their behaviour in any way, their parts of the story and their characters in general would likely be less well-received.

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