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thequietmanno1 · 1 month
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Thelreads, MHA 289, Replies Part 2
1) “Yep, just as bad as I would expect.”- Uraraka’s never once considered using her Quirk in a lethal manner, and is horrified it was done using her power, but from Toga’s perspective, it was Uraraka’s power and the connection between them that saved her that time, which is another reason she’s speaking to her now, wanting confirmation that it wasn’t just a “mistake” and all being in her head.
2) “URARAKA USED HER HOOKS, BUT SHE AIMED STRAIGHT AT TOGA, LIKE, SHE DID REALLY TRY TO STAB HER AFTER HEARING THAT
HOLY SHIT MAN
I MEAN, OKAY I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WASN’T EXPECTING A REACTION LIKE THAT FROM URARAKA OF ALL PEOPLE”- It is possible to wrap somebody up in the lines, but whilst Toga’s equipment is normally used for the intent of stabbing and draining blood, here, she only uses them to retaliate in kind after Uraraka attacked her in anger when she was bearing her heart out to her- badly, but still. 3) “OH NO NOT THE FLATSCREEN HOW ARE WE GONNA WATCH [insert popular tv series here]NOW?”- Cracks in the screen dividing the image, like the divide that grows ever deeper between these two girls over the misunderstanding. 4) “Uraraka just doesn’t understand what Toga is trying to get at, but we do. She is trying to get uraraka to understand her, to see who she is, to see her as person.
This is a desperate attempt from Toga to reveal who she is in the hopes that one hero will see her as something besides a monster.
And it’s not working.”- At her lowest, it was Uraraka’s power that saved her. Now, at her lowest, she turns to the girl herself for aid….and it doesn’t work out, convincing her the only sanctuary in this world rests with the league – what’s left of it, anyway. 5) “OH MY GOD TOGA THIS SCENE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SAD BUT I’M LAUGHING AT YOU RUNNING LIKE A KINDERGARTEN THAT JUST STOLE ANOTHER KID’S TOY”- A taste perhaps, of what their relationship could have been like if they’d grown up meeting each other before becoming a hero or a villain. 6) “OH OKAY BACK TO THE FUCKING HEARTBREAK I SUPPOSE THANK YOU HORIKOSHI FOR LETTING ME LAUGH FOR FIVE SECONDS BEFORE STABBING ME ON THE GUT AGAIN”- Toga tries to relate to Uraraka by bringing up something she also values just as much, but fails again to understand that she’s not explained to Uraraka that he’s dead and the connection they shared is gone, whereas Uraraka and Izuku’s is still intact. 7) “OH MY GOD SHE’S BITING IT BECAUSE THAT’S HOW SHE EXPRESSES LOVE HORIKOSHI PLEASE CAN YOU LET ME CATCH MY BREATH BEFORE ANOTHER BLOW?”- Getting a taste of the loving and stable relationship that she so craves, but can just never seem to get right. If she’d ever had a similar token from that kid who she first stabbed, I bet she’d have kept it on her all this time. 8) “Also, good for you, Elsa, but those feelings refuse to be shut down. They’ll strike when you least expect.”- Uraraka means she’s shut down the romantic feelings and attraction to Izuku in order to be a more effective hero who can support him, not that she’s gotten rid of them for good.  It stops her being an ineffective love interest ham stung by her emotions at crucial moments, as has been done in other manga. Yet ironically, it’s precisely those feelings that would have made her an effective hero to Toga here, able to relate to her somewhat and show that she’s not alone 9) “Oh okay, Toga seems to have like that particular point, I have a feeling she took that on a positive note, and I can kind see why, from what we’ve seen of her backstory she also repressed her feelings for a long time, before they burst forth and everything spiraled out of control.”- Toga thinks that Uraraka hates having to repress her true self, where in actuality, Uraraka would hate herself for being ineffective because of those same feelings in a crisis, unable to focus on saving people if she thinks/knows Izuku’s in danger. It’s born in part from Nighteye’s death during the Hassaki raid and feeling she maybe could have done more to help him, even if her emotions didn’t really impede her back then. 10) “Oh my god toga is so desperate trying to get Uraraka to understand but it just
doesn’t work
no matter what
they are talking about different things, they are worrying about different things”- Toga isn’t even wrong here really. Uraraka not facing her true emotions down and reconciling them with Izuku means they’re at risk of gradually growing underneath that repression, potentially resulting in another outburst when she can least afford it. But here and now, Uraraka’s feeling haven’t gotten that far yet, and she’s focused on the present chaos, rather than seeking a compromise with Toga that could lead to a happier future for her. In a way, this fight is a microcosm of the larger conflict between heroes and Villains, and how failure to communicate only deepens the conflicts and the escalation between both sides. 11) “I do agree with you Uraraka, but the thing that you don’t understand, that Toga was trying to make you understand, is that she is not doing it out of evil. She’s doing it because it’s how she expresses her love. That’s what makes it worse, she doesn’t want to cause pain, she wants to share her feelings, but the way she does it is completely incompatible with others
Toga needs to be stopped, that there is no doubt, and I’m sure you’re gonna do that, but I hope that when the time comes, you at least understand who she is.”- Toga gets battered by Uraraka’s satelites, because of how chaotic they are in the cramped space, but it also represents the final rejection of Uraraka getting through her naive hopes and directly hurting her with the harsh truth of the inevitability of them coming to blows, no matter how much Toga wishes it would be otherwise. 12) “SHE WAS FUCKING CRYING HORIKOSHI WHY YOU DO THAT TO ME YOU BASTARD”- And of course, it’s only when Toga gives up on the possibility of them understanding each other that Uraraka finally realises there was more to her words than her being a villain, or trying to taunt her like she thought she was. It’s only once it’s too late for reconciliation that the other side realises what they let slip through their fingers. 13) “Oh Toga is going back to them? that’s surprising, considering who’s there right now, but I suppose that she doesn’t blame Dabi the same way that we do. She does seem to be hurt about him not caring that much, but she definitely doesn’t blame him.
And, meanwhile, I feel like Uraraka has finally understood Toga, even if it was too little too late”- She really has nothing else, no other source of support or comfort from her pain, no matter how off-put she is about Dabi’s flippancy towards the loss of twice. 14) “AND THERE HE IS, RIGHT ON TIME
THANK YOU FOR THE HEADS-UP IDA, WE WOULD NEVER KNOW HE WAS ON ITS WAY”- The Rock, the Hard Place, and the poor saps stuck in between both. 15) “THE CARDS ARE STACKED, ALL THE MAJOR PLAYERS ARE HERE AND READY.THE GAME IS ABOUT TO BEGIN”- Not everybody will be walking away from this. Can you guess who’ll be left afterwards?
16) “There’s a lot to talk here. Mostly about Toga’s failed attempt to connect to a person she feel could understand her and realizing that no matter what she’ll always be seen as a monster no matter how much she tries to be understood.”- And the fact that she’s proved wrong about that only after she’d truly given up hope. Oh Cruel irony, you bite deep… @thelreads
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thelreads · 1 month
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So who wants to see toga having the worst day of her life? Oh I don't mind if I do, thank you... Sure, a lot of people are dying in horrific ways, but damn even them would be like "that girl right there stabbing an innocent old lady and stealing her skin, she definitely needs a hug right now, fr."
Its time for BNHA, continuing right where we left, as mentioned above. The angst is approaching critical mass right now, the only thing missing is someone kicking a puppy and we'll definitely cross the threshold of singularity. True despair be upon those kids, on Chapter 289: Miss Candid and Miss Shut-away
alright what the fuck is that title
horikoshi? Hori- Don't ignore me, what the fuck is that title-
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And he ignored me. Damn. Alright we'll figure it out on our own
Meanwhile, let's see Hadou and Ida rushing towards the epicenter of death, even though Ida very clearly was not invited for the party. Look man, if you get turned into dust I'm blaming it solely on you.
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Yeah but considering the main one is midoriya and the lesson he always gives is "destroy yourself to save others" I have a feeling this won't end that well for you.
At least you're smarter than your brother. Fucking love that guy.
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dekusheroacademia · 2 years
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All Togachako moments
I will try to keep this post updated, but under cut here is all Togachako moments. The list goes through all the BNHA material (manga, novels, anime fillers, movies etc.). Keep in mind that there will be spoilers of the manga. The number is the manga chapter.
You can also check the screenshots of each moment here.
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TOGACHAKO
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073: In the forest, Toga is looking for some students to attack and she finds Tsuyu and Ochako
080: After attacking Uraraka, Toga introduceses himself and announces that Tsuyu and Uraraka are very cute
080: Toga also already knowns Uraraka and Tsuyu´s names, and wishes to get more blood from the little she got out of Ochako
080: We also have a scene of Uraraka using her combat training for the first time against Toga, and which Toga replies that Ochako is a lovely one, and she has her same scent
080: Toga immediately understands that there is someone Uraraka is crushing on, and that she wants to be just like him, and Uraraka is surprised Toga basically understood her so well. Froppy ends the fight and Toga runs away.
105: Toga disguises herself as Uraraka to understand Deku better, and she finds out that Deku truly trusts Uraraka
106: Uraraka intervenes when Toga transforms back into Camie. She jumps out of the way and Uraraka is impressed by her reflexes. Before leaving, Toga/Camie comments that Deku really trusts "her".
109: Uraraka thinks back to Toga's words, to the way she was seen (how she wants to be like Deku), and decides to push aside her feelings for Deku to focus on training
156: Toga, a true wild card, decides to betray Overhaul and in the mix of it she uses Deku's blood to go check on Uraraka and call her to where she is needed
223: While talking with the LOV, Toga announces that she loves Stain, she loves Izuku and Ochako too and she wants to become them because of it
226: In true danger, against the other villains, Toga tries to escape and without even thinking she transforms into Uraraka from the remaining blood she had of her
226: Toga thinks back about Ochako, who is a girl Izuku trusts, about how much she wants to be her, like the one she loves. While escaping she is surprised to find out that she can use, for the first time, the quirk of the person she is copying: OChako's quirk. She uses it to kill the villains in pursuit and she smiles, glad to be even more like the people she loves
227: Injured and covered in blood, Toga comments that now she feels even closer to them (Uraraka and Deku)
287: During the war and after Twice's death, Toga can only think about wanting to ask Izuku and Ochako about their heroic spirits. She has saw an hero killing Twice, and she knows heroes kill people, so she wonders if heroes just didn't see Twice as a person. She is shocked by Twice's death but she knows she will be fine, depending on their answers to her question
288: Toga feels gloomy and confused, she cannot wait anymore so she needs to go ask Ochako her question. She leaves her supposed spot and her job to go look for Ochako
288: At the end of the chapter, after finding Uraraka and Tsuyu, she lures Ochako away with a transformation. She transforms back right in front of Ochako
288: Toga attacks Uraraka, who is quite confused, and asks her "What do you wanna do to me?", where the answer of course implies if Ochako considers her human or not
289: Toga explains Uraraka about how thinking about the people she loves make her emotional, but how she feels different from others, and how others have tried to kill her because of who she is
289: Toga steals the All Might's keychain, repeating that her and Ochako are the same. Ochako tells her that they are not the same because she put her feelings aside, at which Toga explains that if she bottles them up they'll get worse
289: Ochako finally answers Toga's question saying that if she chooses to live like this then she must face the consequences. Toga runs away crying, saying that her confusion is all cleared, and later Ochako thinks back on it.
324: Ochako is speaking up for her classmates, to save them, and when she talks about a future where they can smile together the image of Toga, crying, pops up into her head
341: Toga's quirk is clarified, and if the person is closer to her heart then she means she can use their quirk, as she did with Ochako
342: On the rooftop, talking with Izuku, Uraraka explains that she feels weird because she wants to save Toga. She said that she fought her and she took a lot of things for granted, in return Toga appeared sad.
345: Ochako has been sent to Toga's location as she was the one planned to fight her
347: Ochako looks at Toga attacking Deku, probably understanding that Toga attacks people actually out of genuine love and affection
348: Toga asks Izuku her question "What do you want to do to me?" and Uraraka think back about their encounter, probably realizing that that question holds the key to Toga's love
348: With Izuku rejecting Toga, Toga decides that Izuku and Ochako are just the same as everyone else and she rejectes them. Uraraka thinks back about how sad she looked.
349: Uraraka announces that she will be living her life following what is right, which is probably saving Toga
375: Toga fights against Tsuyu and Ochako, but ends up tricking them and drinking Twice blood. Ready to leave the field, Ochako tries to stop her by asking her to talk about love. That seems to make Toga hesitate, before she leaves in the portal with a sad expression, saying that she wishes she could.
376: Ochako attempts to communicate with Toga, asking her to have their chat about love, but Toga refuses and for the first time she calls her just "hero", instead of Ochako-chan.
382: We have the confirmation that Toga can only fully transforms into the people she loves. When she cannot use Twice's quirk to fully recplicate Shigaraki's, Uraraka finds her because she is crying, and thinks back about how she cannot ignore her tears.
ANIME EXTRAS AND FILLER
In season 6, the match between Toga and Ochako is enhanced, with a bit more interaction compared to the manga.
The first OP of season 6 also has a Togachako moment added, where Ochako turns around to look at Toga's handkerchief, flowing in the wind
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aashi-heartfilia · 8 months
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BNHA 395 - WHAT LIES BEYOND MY HAPPINESS - THOUGHTS part#01
So, Horikoshi actually went over and beyond and dedicated an entire chapter to TogaChako conclusion? DAMN!! I was just hoping for 2-3 panels. This is too much happiness and sadness mixed in a bowl and served to me. Anyways, without further ado let's go:
About Hawks:
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I was expecting a reaction from Hawks even if it was just one panel because he was the cause of Toga's suffering. As soon as she entered the battlefield, he demanded to have her killed immediately.
But here in this panel.... he's just sad and his hands are extended as if to show that he is willing to take whatever punishment comes his way, for killing Twice.
He said 'Bubaigawara was a nice guy, right Toga?'
Hawks has been a very complex character, he motivates other people like Endeavour to change for better but he himself doesn't believe that he could change now.
But, maybe his atonement starts from here.
Even if it was ordered from the higher ups, Twice was Hawk's friend and Hawks betrayed him, even if it was for greater good.
So Hawks was sorry because he killed Jin and that's why he was so willing to take the stab from Toga.
I'm hoping we get a conversation between him and Uravity later about this situation. Maybe she could motivate him and lift his worries?
Or maybe not? Because Ochako was already feeling guilty about making toga cry. She would be devastated to find out what Toga did.
But whatever happens, I need at least an interaction between the two symbols of hopes.
Also...
Ochako was right all along?
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Remember in ch 391 when she stated facts about Toga? The mere fact that Ochako was right all along, makes it all the more heartbreaking. Toga wasn't able to become Dabi and Shigaraki because her intentions were filled with hatred, although one could argue that her intentions were the same when transforming into Twice but more on that later.
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Range of Twice clones:
JUST LOOK AT THE SHEER NUMBER OF TWICE CLONES!!!
Iida, Hawks, Todoroki family and many others at UA barely survived because Ochako managed to stop Toga on time!
I don't even want to imagine what could have happened if Ochako failed her mission.
I feel like now that GUNGA battlefield is done, we are jumping to Aizawa and UA next.
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We already know that Twice clones attack UA in a good number, so it would be the perfect chance to show what's happening there.
Plus it's been a long time since we have seen Bakugo. Wonder how things are going?!
I'm hoping that the news reaches every corner of the battlefield like Todoroki vs Dabi, so that we can get Deku's reaction to it.
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He has been heavily involved in this arc, so I want to see his reaction when this news reaches him.
Plus, Deku and Ochako have a lot of parallels in this arc. Just one more wouldn't hurt.
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About Ochako's Zero Gravity:
I really loved the implications of this panel here.
Toga says that, even Ochako's Quirk is releasing slowly (hinting at more ZG potential), because she won't let anyone fall/drop. It's a great reference to what Ochako said in ch 289.
Plus, it was also referenced in ch 393 when Toga remembers their last encounter. Ochako said that ZG is not a power meant for hurting people.
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It implies that quirks depend on how a person is using it. Toga used ZG to kill people and Ochako could have done the same.
But Ochako used ZG to save people and the only person hurt in the end was Ochako herself.
With one touch Ochako makes everything weightless...and Ochako wanted to touch the sorrow deep inside of Toga...so that she could make all of that sadness go away.
She literally made the entire situation weightless.
I really loved how it's not stated, but her quirk and the meaning behind it can be felt from the chapters itself.
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Plus, I also loved the callbacks that ch 342 is getting. Ochako told Deku that he frets over small / unnecessary stuff but Ochako is the same.
Seriously, Ochako gets less focus compared to characters like Endeavour, Hawks, Deku etc but I love how everything she has done in the past 100 chapters or so is getting a good callback.
Especially chapter 289, 324, 342 and even their first battle in ch 39.
This battle felt like a culmination of everything from their arcs coming together.
More in the next part:
1. About Ochako's blood loss dilemma
2. About the entire Toga situation
3. Is Toga dead or alive?
4. Other thoughts
5. Future predictions
~Thanks for reading!
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jiabaos · 3 years
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nejire lives rent free in my mind
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liesweliveby · 3 years
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looking through the bnha tag and seeing so many people saying stuff like “lol toga’s getting what she deserves” and “uh the league are murderers and anyone who’s saying they shouldn’t be locked up for life is dumb” and im just like
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like jfc no one’s saying that killing people is right or that the league should win but you know what else isn’t right? abusing children. only saving people who are useful to you. refusing to even consider someone else’s point of view. not acknowledging that yes, the league is doing awful things, but the WHOLE POINT OF EVERYTHING is that they were driven to this point by the flaws in society that the heroes are refusing to acknowledge. 
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nanashimura · 3 years
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“Something important to you?”
bk/dks / proship do not interact
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firehart9 · 3 years
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Me seeing the image of dabi from the new chapter all in my feed:
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curiousochako · 3 years
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I’m low key disappointed that Toga and Ochako’s fight (according to what everyone said about bnha chapter 289) got interrupted by Tsuyu.... like that part really annoyed me
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that-bajan-kid · 3 years
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Boku No Hero Academia Chapter 289 SPOILERS
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Is the chapter title another name? Uh names? Also Iida, sweety, I get that you want to return the favour but PLEASE go back. Do not go there. You can't fly. You could die from this. PLEASE HORIKOSHI DON'T TAKE AWAY MY SPEED BABY :(.
We cut back to The Boys and Shouto some how manages to catch Izuku as well and is currently having a panic attack over his dad and two bffs being on death's door. Their all still alive tho so that's good. Someone please help this poor child.
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?! TOMURA PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU, LEAVE THEM ALONE PLEASE!!!!!! I'm actually hoping he listens to AFO, just this once.
Nejire and Iida picked the absolute perfect time to show up. Well terrible timing really for Iida, who can't fly, since Shiggy is up and really wants to kill people.
They warn everyone about how royally screwed they'll be of they're still here when Giganto shows up. Ooooooo Nejire sees Ryūkyū and she looks pissed. Iida is like "So this is what took you guys so long" but with more panic. Izuku is saying they should all just leave him behind, like self sacrificial idiot he is. Let your friends help you Izu. You literally can't do anything. Tomura looks like some kind of demon.
Speaking of Tomura, he's sounding awfully confident for someone who's regen speed has decrease significantly. I swear fighting him is like fighting the fucking Ender Dragon except the regen boxes can't be destroyed.
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SO ANYWAYS BACK TO THE REAL FIGHT
Toga starts talking about why she does what she does and brings that time Curious almost killed her. Damn I haven't thought about Curious since the my villain academia arc. Ochako looks understandably horrified by this and girls start attacking each other.
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Wait what happened? Did she get hit?
Oh fuck she took the All Might keychain she got from Deku.
Toga is all "whoops I think you dropped this" and Ochako is all "Hey that's very important to me" and Toga is all " Jin was important to me too, you know"
Now Toga is talking about Ochako's super obvious crush on Izuku and how that makes them the same while Ochako prepares for another surprise attack.
OMG SHE USED HER QUIRK ON HER SURROUNDINGS DURING THE FIGHT. She's calling them Zero Satellites. You love to see it. Ochako yells at Toga to give back the keychain and Toga looks like she about to pull an Ending.
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Oh never mind lol. Toga's about to go Plus Ultra.
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Oh no Toga's crying. Also TSU TO THE RESCUE.
So Toga dipped and left the keychain behind and is thinking about how she got her answer while looking very depressed about it. Meanwhile Ochako looks kinda concern because she also notice the tears in Toga's eyes.
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MEAN FUCKING WHILE
God DAMNIT! They just can't catch a break, can they? Man they're so fucked.
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BUCKLE YOU'RE MOTHERFUCKING SEATBELTS PEOPLE, DABI HAS ARRIVED ON SET I REPEAT DABI HAS ARRIVED ON SET
Next chapter better have the Todoroki confrontation from my dreams. Also Endeavour looks like he's gonna keel over any second now. Dabi looks like he's accessing the situation. Mmmmmmmmm I'm vibrating in my seat right now I'm so excited.
Until next time.
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scftizuku · 3 years
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Guys there were two thing that I didn’t want to happen for Toga and Ochako’s fight in the manga
1) someone will interrupt their battle
2) that Izuku and Ochako’s crush ordeal was brought up into the fight instead of just seeing the girls ideals clash
(Interesting fact tho was Toga ended up crying)
And both of these seem to have happened from the bnha chapter 289 leaks 😔
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thequietmanno1 · 1 month
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Thelreads, MHA 289, Replies Part 1
1) “True despair be upon those kids, on Chapter 289: Miss Candid and Miss Shut-away
alright what the fuck is that title
horikoshi? Hori- Don’t ignore me, what the fuck is that title-“- Two girls having a conversation, each not really getting enough about the other to truly understand where they’re coming from, in turn only deepening the misunderstanding and conflict between them.
2) “Meanwhile, let’s see Hadou and Ida rushing towards the epicenter of death, even though Ida very clearly was not invited for the party. Look man, if you get turned into dust I’m blaming it solely on you.”- He’s arguably the best one for swiftly transforming the injured out of the danger Zone, whilst Izuku and the rest work to keep Tomura from widening that Danger zone even more.
3) “Yeah but considering the main one is midoriya and the lesson he always gives is “destroy yourself to save others” I have a feeling this won’t end that well for you.”- Iida unintentionally throwing Bakugo under the bus, though I suppose you could say Bakugo teaches others what to do by demonstrating the opposite response to social niceties.
4) “Shoto is there and he confirmed officially we’re still not free from Bakugo, but let’s see how that development goes until the end of the chapter, we already have a few graves open by the side, it would be terrible to waste them.”- I’m impressed Shoto didn’t touch down to lighten his load a little before grabbing Izuku. You know it’s gotta be harder for him to fly when he only has a single jet thruster to work with.
5) “JESUS FUCKING CHRIST SHIGARAKI
OH GOD WHAT THE FUCK
IT’S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE YOU DID SOMETHING THAT HORRIFYING GOOD LORD”- Ok, let’s just be honest here. If/When Izuku figures out how to control Black Whip to a similar degree, he;s gonna be pulling the exact same stunt, using tendrils directly controlled by his willpower to puppet his broken body to keep fighting. Their final clash will look like somebody putting on the world’s most intense Puppet show.
6) “Oh you two already got here? alright
Miss Uzumaki and dash-dabbing are here to save the day and hopefully not join the row of graves right out of view”-Honestly, getting some fresh meat in the grinder here gives Izuku and the rest some breathing room before they join in, and they all need that. Tomura doesn’t give a crap about down-time, but the heroes need to be prioritising their health and wellbeing for the sake of the endangered civilians they’ve gotta rescue in the aftermath of all this.
7) “oh you mean that thing that is just there in plainview, approaching at the speed of mach-fuck who will be here in less than two minutes Ida? thank you two, what would we be with that mail office”- Well, not like Izuku’s been able to check his smartphone for the latest news events when Tomura/AFO has been hounding him like Mr X on a bad day.
8) “HO HO HO HADOU IS FUCKING PISSED RIGHT NOW
I HAVE A FEELING SOMEONE IS ABOUT TO MEET A WORLD OF PAIN”- If I recall right, Ryuko was also Hadou’s mentor figure during the internships, so she’s doubly angry at seeing her so messed up at Tomura’s hands. 9) “I HAVE A FEELING THAT’S AFO AGAIN
SEEMS LIKE HE MANAGED TO GET CONTROL FOR A FEW INSTANTS, WHICH MEANS WE’RE ABOUT TO GO FOR ROUND TWO UNTIL SHIGARAKI TAKE THE WHEEL AGAIN”- It’s honestly really hard to tell who’s in the driver’s seat, but in general, whenever “Tomura” starts getting mean and disparaging towards his enemies, that’s the cue that AFO’s in command 10) “Uraraka is an expert in hand-to-hand combat, but Toga is a master of dodging, which means this is gonna take a while, at least until Machia run them over. I’m surprised Uraraka even managed to tap her clothes like that.”- If not for last chapter’s extra segment, I’d have almostthough Toga put in the time to get clothes on so Uraraka couldn’t float her easily, almost like a shield. Instead, I now know it’s because the PR department didn’t want a mostly-naked girl fight and the bad press that’d have brung. 11) “oh my god is toga baring her soul and trying to explain to Uraraka why she acts the way she does? What she thinks, what she feels, but Uraraka here is more concerned with taking her down for the safety of all?Horikoshi, what have I done to be hurt like this?”- It’s honestly not that different from Curious’ own “interview” with her, with one side given their opinion of Toga’s actions and her perception amidst the public, whilst the other furiously brushes off what they’re saying on the surface in favour of fighting them. The difference is, Last time it was Toga who was focusing on the fight, due to her dislike of Curious and her giving a biased viewpoint of her actions with a political intent to spin them to further the MLA’s cause, whereas this time, she’s the one genuinely expressing herself in private to somebody she likes, and that person isn’t getting the hint.
12) “Oh, was it Mina’s cousin, the blue lady that went splat? Yeah I recall that. I wonder how Uraraka will react knowing it was her power that killed her. Not that well I assume.”- Toga bringing up Curious furthers the parallel, because it’s clear she’s thinking back of that conversation as the last time she “opened up” to an outsider besides the league, and unfortunately it’s going about as swimmingly. @thelreads
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aes-anime-asks · 3 years
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smoluwuu · 3 years
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all we know is pain
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lime-at-z · 3 years
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Spoilers for BNHA 289
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My boi Shouto just caught three people mid-air and landed safely, I have no words to say. Tho, I think a Shouto vs Dabi scenario is more plauable now. My babies... I pray you will all be spared with agony and death🙃
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codenamesazanka · 3 years
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Toga’s formative bird incident! Here, the sequence of these events seems to be this:
Little Toga Himiko found a bird
She sat down on a porch to admire it (and to take a sip out of it)
Then Toga got up to find her parents to show them the little bird. (And get yelled at for it).
That last one is most important. Little Toga, age 4-ish, got up from where she was sitting, went looking for her parents, *eager* to show off her discovery, all smiles and excitement.
What she didn’t do was the opposite - hiding the bird from her parents. Toga didn’t show any feelings of guilt. Why would she? She very likely didn’t know what she was doing was wrong - she’s a small child, feeling the ‘instinct’ to drink blood as completely natural to her, plus the very specific lesson of ‘teach your child to not drink someone’s blood’ is usually not a sentence in parenting books.
In other words, it’s innocence, it’s her sharing an aspect of her world with her parents, it’s her seeking people out to have them join her in play and to have fun. That’s a great thing: that’s pro-social behavior, which is very much encouraged in children, and people of all ages in general. It’s expected behavior for kids her age.
Except her parents rejected that. Quite harshly too:
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I get that they’re probably only trying to stop the blood-drinking thing, but it’s her quirk, and without explaining it, as well as tying her smile - her joy - to it, it’s easy for a young kid to associate ‘sharing things about her quirk’ with negativity. ‘Just don’t do it’, basically. This won’t be the last time either.
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Had she ever felt any urges for blood or to use her quirk later on, even when it starts to become an issue, she might not have said anything, unable or unwilling to get help or advice. And so the problem grew bigger and bigger until it bursted, the size of it causing the intensity of her first crime.
Yet Toga never stopped trying to connect to people. Here is a girl who wants to reach out to others, who wants to share the things and feelings she has, who desires closeness and bonding. Toga hasn’t changed much, teenaged her is still very much the same. When the League was recruiting, she was one of the first to join. She uses everyone’s personal first names as a way to show familiarity. When she has reservations, she tells the League how she feels, maybe because she knows she’ll be listened to.
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And when Toga’s curious and has a question, she not afraid to go out and ask it. Even if the person she’s trying to get an answer from is an enemy.
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(That’s Toga disguised as Camie, btw.
Also: I wonder - why ask this unless one thinks it’s relevant?)
Later, she does it again.
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I admit I’m still confused about the question(s). Trying to find out if her fate will be the same as Jin’s? Trying to see if other connections aside from the League are possible? ...Trying to see if ‘help’ is one of the options Uraraka would ‘do’ to her?
Because Toga lays out her problems right afterwards. She tells Uraraka about her quirk, about how she finds life hard; she even tells Uraraka about Jin, who she just lost. She doesn’t go about it straightforwardly which is a big part of the issue, but she tells it all to Uraraka. She got up, went to find Uraraka, and she’s sharing information for something that’s basically ‘life or death’-important to her.
Toga’s always been reaching out for bonding, for love, for answers. Unfortunately (though sometimes understandably) no one sees it as such, and she’s just rejected again and again. Especially this last time: isn’t she doing this right, even?
She’s got an problem, she went to a Hero about it, and now she wants to know what the Hero will do.
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