#LET. OFA. BE. CREEPY.

[mamashenanigans]

When my head isn’t filled with “keephishandkeephishandkeephishand” on a loop, I actually think about more stuff from 407.

Someone on X pointed this out, but how wittle baby boy Yoichi is shown here…

Makes it seem like the people that AFO just killed had maybe beat him up. Of course, AFO is taking their metapowers away too, but it’s an interesting catch. And, yes, Yoichi is wearing fitted clothes while AFO walks around with something just wrapped around him.

You know how Yoichi still believed there was good in his brother because of the kindness of his “hand”?

Well, in case you missed it…

They were born apart with their hands already reaching out to each other. They are on their backs right now, so those are the same hands that are holding/being held.

This means…

AFO grabbed Yoichi and dragged him with him. What you’re seeing in that top panel is the water starting to overflow the river and rush past. AFO pulled Yoichi out of the water and on to their mother. He is also using the spike quirk for teeth and on his hand to grab onto their mother and pull them up. The bottom left panel is him biting into her dress as he pulls them out of the danger of the water. Yes, AFO saved Yoichi when they were fucking newborns. THIS is what Yoichi has a faint memory of. That was the kindness.

I know some people have been wondering if they’re fraternal or identical. This seems to suggest that they are in fact sharing the same umbilical cord. It’s rare for fraternal twins to have this. It’s crazy to think that Yoichi may have looked just like AFO if he had the same amount of nutrients. But I digress…

A very notable thing about AFO’s eyes: they are huge and creepy in feral/survivor mode. We’ve seen his eyes get like this as AFOTomura and when he goes into rage mode against All Might and now Bakugo.

Here, he is quite literally just walking down the street past the anti-meta people and presumably just heard them talk about killing metas. Once they take notice of him, he turns his head towards them and his eyes are huge like a startled animal.

He then proceeds to kill them and still has that feral look.

But now let me get to something pretty important…

We don’t see AFO actually smile until this panel

Once he has a dream of everyone living for his sake, like Yoichi, he is finally smiling. And continues to do so after this point.

Something really bothering me is that they must have named themselves including their surname. Shigaraki means “death tree” which fits in nicely as they were born “from death”. However, where did Yoichi get his name? AFO must have named him and Yoichi can mean “first gift”. So he named him that because Yoichi was QUITE LITERALLY the first thing AFO ever had. As for AFO…I don’t know if he would take the time to name himself. Yoichi only calls him big brother so he may have told Yoichi to just keep calling him that then decided to name himself after the Quirk he also named himself: All for One. Dude is really committed to the bit.

There’s one more thing I haven’t seen anyone touch on yet…

The hatred.

As you probably recall, Hawks has a talk with Best Jeanist over AFO’s lack of emotions and lack of hate. Why he has to use Tomura to get OFA.

406 explained why that is perfectly.

When he feels hatred, he is forced to remember WHEN HE WAS TOLD HE KILLED HIS BROTHER HOLY SHIT. It would also be possibly the first and only time he ever cried. Felt real grief. So, he never “feels” REAL hatred because that would mean having to confront this memory.

It’s fucking genius.

You’’re welcome.

[bibibbon]

Ok a question center about Izu, in a way. Hm, ok let me gather my thought:

Mirio is either stupid or naive? I ask this bc well nighteye was a miserable bitch against Izu for no reason but petty. Is Mirio aware Nighteye is a creep or ...nighteye fake around mirio?

Now to Izu...I think I'm the only one who can see this but...Izu getting the quirk, ofa, is now a mean spirit joke. "Huh?what you mean?"

Mirio is the perfect candidate for ofa. He has a good grasp on his quirk, he knows how to act and is a mini am. He could fill the gap right away and AM was in a hurray.

Why pick Izu?

"he saved PoS" which ok...but is that enough to grant him a special quirk? No discussing or get to know Izu? Am doesn't know this kid...for all he knows Izu could have used ofa for evil.

To me, the way I see it. Izu got the quirk bc am is stubborn and nighteye was a mega creep.

Like Mirio was a perfect option for ofa. Why Izu? Not asking this to shit on him (I'm not Hori) but while Izu does work to make this quirk his...AM was putting pressure...he needs Izu to be the symbol of peace in a second.

Mirio already was a symbol or coming closer. Why not him?

What makes Izu special of ofa? It's bc am picked him and it's a good reason if we saw why am picked him. Am picked him way too quick.

One good and frankly suicidal mission was enough to make him his heir. Why? We will never know.

Again, not shitting on Izu. I wanted to see a reason as why Izu is worthy of ofa. But we don't. The relationship of am and Izu is ...no. Existent. Really make me think he picked Izu too quick and if nighteye wasn't himself...the ofa would go to Mirio.

Hi @mikeellee 👋 sorry for not answering this sooner!

Hmm interesting I would say mirio is naive with a dash of biases. Let me explain, what I mean is that Mirio believes that nighteye wouldn't do such a thing especially if it's towards someone he thinks is a friend. Mirio and nighteyes relationship is what I like to describe what nighteye wanted his relationship to be with all might in a way.

I don't think that Mirio is aware of nighteye's creepy behaviour as canon never alludes or implies it at all and Mirio someone who has a strong sense of righteousness and would probably be very irked if he found out about nighteye.

My theory is that due to all mights and nighteye's strained relationship all might didn't trust nighteye's input or decision so he may of left Mirio getting OFA as a last resort type of thing. However, you are right Mirio is basically perfect for the role especially if they wanted another mini all might in a hugely short span of time but I think the message was supposed to be that with society changing that another all might may actually harm society a lot more than do good for it. Now I think that if horikoshi actually allowed Izuku's character to go through proper development that izuku would be perfect in delivering that message however this idea doesn't hold much weight after Izuku's fight with shigaraki that parallels all mights kamino fight.

Also maybe Izuku reminded all might of himself so that's why he picked him. In reality how would all might really know that though??!?! All might and izuku bonding time is basically non existent in the manga or anime their relationship is also non existent. All might doesn't know much about izuku and neither does izuku. All might is a bad mentor and it's never brought up or used as a point to develop him and his relationship with Izuku.

Iam not sure what's so special about izuku for all might to pick him or why all might never picked Mirio. I remember a few years ago I saw a video talking about how in the overhaul arc we never actually got proof as to why izuku is the better candidate for OFA and i have to actually agree. Izuku never ended up differentiating himself from Mirio and frankly we don't even have any logical reasoning from all might as to why it was izuku himself. Or it's how he broke the bystander effect and wanted to help bakugo even though he couldn't do anything that maybe inspired him to help this kids dream of becoming a hero become a reality but oh well I guess we will never know the true answer.

[marunalu]

Not really surprising or shocking but I like that its confirmed that izuku has an afo hole in BOTH his hands.

But the most important thing is, lets not forget that izuku developing afo holes has nothing to do with yoichi. While its pretty obvious that yoichi has an underdeveloped afo quirk (because his brother took most of the nutriens in the womb), yoichi neither has holes in his hands nor can he "take" quirks, he can only "give". Yoichi isnt even inside izuku anymore, so by all means izuku shouldnt be able to use his quirk just how it is with the other vestiges. He is losing all the ofa quirks one by one but at the same time the holes in his hands are comming through. Izuku will lose ofa and gain afo instead. Because the only way to stop tomura is by stealing his quirks espicially decay and turning him harmless.

So izuku developing afo holes on his own can only happen out of two reasons.

1. There is an afo vestige inside ofa who was blocked by the other vestiges and now that izuku is losing them gains control.

2. Izuku was never quirkless to begin with, afo is indeed izukus father and izuku inherited the afo quirk.

It can only be one of these two. The reason why I dont think its the first is, because izuku showed signs of having the afo quirk LONG BEFORE he got ofa from all might. He showed the first signs since he was a toddler. His obsession with quirks, his ability to analyse how a quirk works almost INSTANTLY and writing everything in his notebooks, his mumbling habit which is considered as creepy by others, his tendency to speak and think in whole ass long monologes. These are all habits he has in common with only ONE person. And that person is afo. And again, he already showed them LONG BEFORE he got ofa. So Im pretty much to 100% sure izuku always had his own afo quirk and dr garaki just somehow "blocked" it by dads order.

[a-may-w]

My Thoughts On MHA Ending and Bakudeku

*MHA SPOILERS AHEAD*

This post is mainly gonna be me rambling but I wanted to get it out of my head before it consumes me whole. I cannot believe the ending we got. For multiple reasons. Deku being a teacher, Shigarki never being redeemed, but, most shockingly of all to me, the near complete victory Bakudeku shippers got---let me explain. For YEARS the main argument against Bakudeku was that Uraka/Deku was endgame and that, despite how much people shipped Bakudeku, it would NEVER be real. But then. But then, Hirokoshi didn't make Uraka/Deku cannon. Correct me if I'm wrong (please actually do if I am I kinda speed-read the last chapters in a haze) but Uraka and Deku were never confirmed to be dating. They were never confirmed to have dated. They were never confirmed to even have expressed feelings to each other and they sure as hell were never confirmed to have kissed---looking back on it, I don't know if ANYBODY kissed in the MHA manga, but, thats besides the point---Deku and Uraka were never confirmed to have been romantically involved. Which, just, blew my mind when I read that. Not because I was a super huge Uraka/Deku shipper but because I thought it was destined. Deku is the main male character, Uraka the main female one, and with hints at their relationship from the start that's just how super popular, mainstream stories go. Just like Aang and Katara from ATLA, but NOPE. Even more, he made Toga/Uraka cannon?!?! I'll be honest when I first saw Hirokoshi hinting at them being sexual towards one another I thought it was just fanservice and him being a creepy dude sexualizing lesbians (which I mean...he is doing) but their is WAY too much plot relevance and WAY too much actual romance for it to not be considered a real relationship. Both of them had unrequited feelings for Deku that they bonded over and formed an intense, but ultimately kinda beautiful relationship about. Hell, the last time Uraka and Deku interact in the manga it's just Deku comforting her about Toga dying. And yeah, you can argue their relationship grew with Uraka making that speech at UA and both of them being similar in their ultimate pursuit to save people, but, I feel like Toga/Uraka really throws a wrench in the whole possibility of their relationship. To me Uraka loving Toga felt like she was her moving on from Deku. So, already Bakudeku shippers have gained a major victory with the ambiguity of Uraka/Deku, but now it times to talk about the relationship of Bakudeku itself. Listen. I'm not really Bakudeku shipper. I never really read the manga for ANY ships, I was mainly just interested in the OFA/AFO lore. But. I have fucking eyes. And holy shit do they see a lot. You know the meme where its like "If you've been rivals for more than seven years you're no longer rivals, you're just gay?" Yeah. Yeah. Bakugo's redemption arc, him nearly dying several times to save Deku, him calling Deku "Izuku", him calling himself "Kacchan", Bakugo CONSTANTLY talking about "catching up to" Izuku, thinking about him and Dekus shared love for All Might while he dies, and, most damning of all I think, him crying because Deku lost his quirk and they "Can't be rivals forever/a while anymore" and then laughing with him bittersweetly. Like, holy shit. And then, the epilogue (which, I do have issues with the epilogue but that's besides the point) he mainly funded a, most likely very expensive super-suit, so Deku could be a hero again and they could continue being rivals. Like...????? Jesus christ dude. Like I don't know maybe I have gay glasses glued to my eyes but I don't know how else to read this. But, the argument I'm trying to make isn't that Bakudeku is cannon, or that their soulmates, my argument is that Bakudeku shippers have essentially won. Bakugo and Deku being friends and eternal rivals with neither of them having any canonical female love interests to Bakudeku shippers, who were shipping these two when they really shouldn't have, is victory. The ending of MHA is essentially victory for Bakudeku shippers. And that is WAY closer than I EVER thought Bakudeku shippers would get.

[mikeellee]

Let's talk more about Kudou - the fucking idiot commander - who's bright idea to save Japan in THE LAST OFA USER is to Kamikaze himself and sacrifice OFA to Shig?

...Ummm what? Am I meant to buy this guy commanded anyone?! 🤣😂🤣

He must have killed his whole squadron then if his plans are normally this level of idiocy.

All this realistically would do is power up Shig even more to make him UNSTOPPABLE and in the process doom both Izuku with Japan as a whole.

Hi @doodlegirl1998

Ok, first let´s all agree here Hori just wants to end this damn manga. So before I go into detail about this shit show, let´s talk about one good thing he did: He was nice to Yoichi. No, there was no gain for Kudou to be nice to Yoichi he did bc yes...granted maybe Kudou was bad to Yoichi in some form and we didn´t see, however, he can´t match AFO. He didn´t even know about ofa so him saving Yoichi was selfless.

That is his only good trait. He was nice to Izu 2.0

Now, let´s shit on this moron: He held a grudge against Izu for no reason, and some people TRY to justify "Ah ha DFO" which first off, Kudou was killed 200 years ago...how HE would know IZU IS AFO´S SON? Which btw, Izu is not AFO´s son and makes the whole justification lame ...this fandom will go beyond to protect any Bakugou, hm?

This MF wanted to buff with a kid who is fighting something WAY beyond his pay raise. Never mind how this MF refuses to work with the only hope to end AFO...for reasons (even if DFO became real, I don´t think his defenders realize how this makes him pathetic "He is fighting with a kid who has no idea of who is his father" like, my guy, Kudou and BRUCE is being incredibly stupid by beffing with Izu, regardless if afo is his dad or not. Again, fandom stop trying to defend this bozo)

It´s so unfair Izu to be saddled with the second coming of BK. Look, while BK may not be related to Kudou bc "AFO MURDER HIS ENTIRE FAMILY AND ALL WOMEN KUDOU EVEN SAID HI" I do think they are related spiritually, which honestly? This makes it worse.

Now, why Kudou start a revolution against AFO? The fandom preaches "EVIL EMPIRE" But no one ever talked about it, which if his empire was SO EVIL...I think we could see echoes of it. NOPE. All we see is AFO killing people (BAD, let me make clear it´s bad)but most of his killings seem to be out of the moment. Like, I know people want to see AFO like this smart and manipulative asshole "I killed this random Joe to further my ultimate goal" when in the canon is more like "LOL I´M EVIL"

Like we see AFO in a penthouse, for sure he killed people to get the penthouse, but while IS BAD, could this action result in LE REVOLUTION? Like, imagine if Kudou is rich and AFO random killed makes Kudou lose his money it´s a fair reason to hate him...but KUDOU HAS AN ARMY. Why do people follow him? Did AFO kill their loved ones and or steal money?

Hori: BK is the best in all forms.

Kudou didn´t get a single win! He was murdered by AFO, couldn´t protect Yoichi...and FOR SURE PEOPLE WERE MURDER UNDER HIS COMMANDER.

Now, his plan is to give his quirk to SHIG...Bc OFA has all suicidals morons (Nana included, sorry) and Izu is saddled with this(a choice Hori made, remember Chapter 1?) that wants to Kamizake, don´t forget En wanted to be the sacrifice bc Smokescreen is a useless quirk (I agree, hence why in my fic I want to change his quirk, I feel a smokescreen is smth Mei could create with her gadget)

The idea is to fight Shig inside Shig...So Izu, rip your shirt sexily and look like a demon...you will have sex now!

Bc apparently Shig has a hate feeding him, literally. He has a lump on his head...(Star is touched by Baby Tenko´s sadness...I mean, she doesn´t know Shig is Tenko so this makes sense) This makes me think of cancer or tumor....and Izu needs to fight Shig inside Shig...All this is based on a moron´s plan who has no INFO TO BASE THIS DECISION.

Remember when Izu analyzed quirks, he stopped bc IT WAS CREEPY (insert bemused emoji) and now we have Bk3 doing this, and Izu going ok with this. HE IS GIVING UP HIS QUIRK BC BK3 SAID SO (this is equally bad if Izu had given ofa to Bk)

I made jokes on the server about Izu and Shig having sex...but I still hate the chapter.

Also demon!Izu looks like Tanjirou from Demon Slayer.

[doodlegirl1998]

Oh my god...

I just realized something about how some characters are treated, so I'm gonna quote Joshscorcher from one of his fails videos

"You aren't a person, you ARE a disability! You're not a human, you ARE a skin color! You're not alive, you ARE a checkbox!"

Doesn't that just fit some of the characters in BNHA to a T?

We got the crazy yandere! The hotheaded rival! The hardass teacher with a heart of gold! The black guy!

And of course! The disabled kid who magically gets cured to be like everyone else!

Hori seems to believe that if he just adds pieces of representation or tropes that people like, they will just eat it up without question.

Not even considering or bothering to think about actual backstory, personality, goals, likes or dislikes.

You know, things that make a character an actual character!

Hi @theloganator101 👋,

This fits how MHA treats it's characters to a T or at the very least they develop from Nuanced characters to a stereotype which is never what you want from a series. Also Hori even fails at fitting these characters into the cookie cutter molds he tries to contort them into at times.

Let's give a few examples based on what you have said above:

"Crazy Yandere and Token Bi" = Toga (which the LGBTQ fans of MHA should be offended by, because having a Yandere who is coded very creepily (yet also not condemned for her creepy behavior in general or how she groped Uraraka without consent) as prominent representation is not good...

"Sweet generic shonen love interest" = Uraraka (well this is what Hori intends for her with IzuOcha endgame even with how weakly its built in the series. And Uraraka herself denying her feelings for Izu and freely simping for Toga. I feel so sorry for Ocha fans, how she has been written with Toga is a complete mess.)

"Hardass Teacher with a heart of gold" = Aizawa (or this is what Hori intends for him realistically a lot of his actions under a critical lense read as malice at worse and negligence at best but go off about how he cares about his kids, Hori. Despite dropping a building on them and making them believe their parents are kidnapped by villains. Or the fact that he expelled tonnes of other students prior to 1A without a care - what makes 1A so special?)

"Hot headhead rival" = Bakugou... (Well this is meant to be him, narratively speaking, but rivals are meant to inspire and respect each other. Bakugou doesn't respect Izuku, Bakugou abuses Izuku and acts as his parasite. Bakugou brings Izuku down at every opportunity.)

"The 'token black/ blasian' characters" = Rumi and Rock Lock. (While I'd say Rock Lock is good black representation. Rumi... She's not my favourite. I like strong female characters but the way she's so aggressive and violence hungry as a hero - that rubs me the wrong way. Realistically, I could see her killing a villain by accident through use of excessive force. And I can't ignore that she's used as a stick for Hori's gore porn fetish which isn't a great look as one of Hori's few Blasian characters.)

"The disabled kid who gets magically cured to be like everyone else." - Midoriya Izuku. (You could say this is the case for All Might and Aoyama too but Izuku is the most prominent example as the main protagonist.) Izuku's story and the lack of how his backstory is touched on is one of the one that's the most upsetting parts of MHA to me. Personally, I have a disability and mine can't be fixed, while I accept and embrace it now, I didn't when I was Izuku's age. I would daydream about getting "fixed" and being like everyone else so I could fit in. As an adult, I have now achieved many things that I was told that I could not hope to ever be able to do - and I didn't need to be "fixed/ made normal" to do it. Instead, I worked my ass off to achieve those things.

Izuku's story would have been way more powerful if he trained relentlessly with All Might, stayed quirkless and achieved as much as his quirked peers.

OR, if he had to gain OFA, the cognitive dissonance between how he was treated then in his backstory vs now should heavily influence him. Either way, he should have grown out of "Kacchan" and told Bakugou, his bully and abuser, to fuck right off.

The fact that Izuku isn't allowed to think of his backstory or one negative thought of Kacchan severely limits him. And it's one of the things that has stunted him as a character. All Izuku is now is OFA 'generic shonen protagonist' who will save Shig and destroy All for One. What a waste.

TLDR - developing good characters is like nurturing a particularly fussy plant, you can put down the right soil (backstory) to get readers hooked but if you get lazy and don't water it regularly (develop plot points, think through what is in character rather than what you as the Author want them to do, have them show up regularly) it (the characters) will never grow.

[pocketramblr]

Ask Game: How about bio dad might for Bakugo?

1- he puts him up for adoption like i do this ask- i kid i kid

lets try to make this fun, hmm

1- Ok so Toshinori gets Masaru pregnant (oh my god he's a support designer not unlike David. Toshi you can't keep doing this.) and the baby just has a boosted version of Masaru's tiny sparking palms, big explosion palms. because ofa i guess. Except, Masaru is like 'i dont think i can handle being All Might's lover publicly but also i don't think i can handle being a single parent' so when Mitsuki is like Interested he just jumps on that immediately. Toshi figures the baby is safer with a normal couple, pays child support and gets sent pictures occasionally, but doesn't want to impose any more, tho tbh both of the bakugous would be fine if he did.

2- Katsuki has no idea btw. He was told once that Mitsuki was actually his step mom and he didn't believe it. Both his parents figured he didn't need a bigger ego and didn't tell him the truth but did have a lot of fun giggling over getting him All Might merch. This sounds funny now but oh man will it contribute to issues once he knows the truth-

3- speaking of issues, Toshinori does recognize the kid in the slime that the previous kid in the slime is rescuing. he doesn't say anything, but he's extremely glad that this perfect worthy successor kid happened to also save his son. In a panic of losing someone he's never really had, Toshi asks Masaru if he could meet Katsuki in person, maybe start visiting. They and Mitsuki discuss it (complete with injury reveal) and decide why not, though continue to keep his identity a secret. So Toshi spends three hours a day as All Might, and the rest of his time is focused on training Izuku, and in rare breaks from that, hanging out with the Bakugous. Katsuki takes a month before he really believes this guy is who his parents say he is, but he decides the training tips aren't half bad- for a toothpick coughing up gallons of blood every day. For his own part, Toshinori doesn't really pick up anything amiss yet in the family- remember at this point, Katsuki has started to leave Izuku alone, and wouldn't mention him to Toshi anyway. Busy with training and not getting into trouble, none of the more questionable of Mitsuki's and Masaru's parenting choices would be causing much issue or be obvious then.

4- And then UA starts, and on the first day, Toshi watches behind a building as his son attacks his successor, and is as surprised as he is unhappy. but he's not sure how to bring it up, or to fix anything. So he just tries bridging things as All Might for Izuku and as Yagi-san for Katsuki, which... is a process, and also crazy that none of the students realize anything is up there. But so it goes. highlights of things that actually get better because of this: at one point, as Katsuki tells Yagi-san that its a problem because Deku is supposed to be quirkless, Yagi tells him that he's quirkless. Based on his parents expression, Katsuki assumes they didn't know either, but it doesnt make any sense because Yagi isn't annoying and creepy and weak like Deku, he's good at giving hero advice and- oh. oh katuski doesn't like that realization and shoves it down deeper, but also doesn't bite as much about it. Also, Katsuki admits how awful All Might giving him the medal at the SF was for him, and Yagi is very quiet. All Might apoligizes to him the next day.

highlight of something that is so much worse: the final exam.

5- SO THE REVEAL its gotta be at kamino right. The Idiot Rescue Squad has succeeded and are watching the news, and see... All Might lose power on camera. Izuku is already basically in tears, but at the sight, Katsuki reacts by going "OTHER DAD???" which shocks Izuku out of feeling anything else but "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL HIM???"

there's a lot of shocked screaming. Iida can't even say anything and Kirishima is on the ground giving up trying to understand as Katsuki and Izuku realize how they're both connected to All Might.

The police finally come help take the kids home. No one dares breathe too loudly or text anyone, afraid of another explosion of conversation like that. For his part, Katsuki is going to shake answers out of Toshi as soon as he steps into the house, no attempting to hide behind Aizawa will make it better. Once that... ordeal of a visit and explanation is done, Toshi wearily suggests he have the conversation with the Midoriyas alone. Aizawa looks at the Bakugos, looks at Toshinori, and is like 'oh hell no im not missing this for the world. lets go round two'

[medusasea]

Yoichi Introducing himself

I always found it weird how the first time Yoichi spoke to Deku, the former presented his story on how he got imprisoned as besically an epic movie, yet he didn't bother to introduce himself first. How do you want to befriend someone and trust them with your traumatizing backstory, yet you don't think they should know your name?

This combined with Yoichi giving a very vague explanation on the bad things his brother did, like mentioning AFO toyed with people he made deals with, but not giving even one vague example on what happened to those people after accepting the deals, or not mentioning that his brother has been always evil made me suspicious of Yoichi. Sure, his brother is a villain and shouldn't be trusted, but just because Yoichi is against him, that doesn't mean he's presenting his brother accurately. Not helping was that when Yoichi claimed that the villain always loses he pulled what seemed like an evil smile. Now, this wasn't proof to me he was evil or anything. That kind of smile can be pulled is also commonly caused by nervousness or feelings of revenge, which are not necessarily evil. However, that smile did not seem heroic to me at all either.

I was hoping it would be revealed that Yoichi isn't all that well in the head and that he is so obsessed with stopping his brother that he is losing his sense of self, to the point of forgetting how to properly introduce himself and build new relationships, instead seeing Deku more as a soldier meant to stop AFO rather than an actual friend and that the other OFA users would've sort of followed his steps without realizing how unhealthy this is. It would've also been ironic if it turned out that AFO actually bothers more than Yoichi to build relationships, even if for purely selfish purposes. It would've been even more ironic if it turned out AFO did feel genuine empathy for his followers, if his plan to make Tomura his successor and all the times he showed concern over others he was genuine. It would've been so ironic if it turned out that he number 1 villain has better social skills and cares more about those on his side that the praised hero, albeit not known by many, who passed on the power that can stop said villain. I didn't wish necessarily for Yoichi to have been revealed as evil all along, but he didn't act natural in his introduction at all and this didn't have any payoff whatsoever.

I could've accepted Yoichi being an ideal hero and AFO being inherently evil if 1) their backstoriy wasn't as ridiculous as them raising themselves since they were babies, 2) Yoichi's introduction wasn't so suspicious and vague and 3) if AFO acted like a (relatively) realistic psychopath, instead of his pathetic, cartoonishly evil self who doesn't even make sense as inherently evil, since he has at least an ounce of genuine care for his brother. I still would've preferred a nuanced approach to these characters, but their black and white portrayals would've been passable if they were somewhat realistic and not all over the place at least.

I feel like Horikoshi did intend originally to make these characters more gray originally, but Shonen didn't let him, at least not entirely. This is just speculation of course, and there are plenty of issues I noticed from the story's beginning that are not Shonen's fault, like All Might giving his quikr to Midoryia the first day he met the kid just because the latter tried to save Bakugou, in a stupid way nonetheless. However, those problems, while nonsensical, were not really vague nor was there any creepy imagery unless there was something bad happening. With most of MHA problems, those at the beginning at least, it feels like they were made with passion at least. AFO and Yoichi's arcs later in the story feel shoehorned in and bitter. Again, just speculation. Just because it seems to me like this personally, it doesn't mean it is true.

[notreallyuseless]

WEEK 4 OF READING MY HERO ACADEMIA EVERYDAY!!! (Vol 22-28)

First off, Juzo Honenuki is my favorite character of class 1-B. Idk why lol his design is weird but cool, his quirk is so powerful, he sounds like a very chill dude IDK!

And now... BLACKWHIP! LET'S GO! IT'S MY FAVORITE OFA QUIRK!!!!!!! AND I LOVE THE TROPE OF CHARACTERS LOSING CONTROL OF THEMSELVES/THEIR POWER!!! YEYEEEAAAAH

Aizawa training Shinso is something i wish we could have seen more of T_T Aizawa cares so much and Shinso is trying so hard to be worth his time and i'm just AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (also you can pry my hc that PresentMic also trained Shinso from my cold dead hands <3)

And Izuku giving compliments on Shinso's fighting style and omg I just love this green bean haha

(Also, first Oboro's first appearance??? I think??? woah)

omg baby Shigaraki :(((( he looks so small

Dabi refusing to help with Gigantomachia just to spend more time with Hawks. I know what you are lol

Twice being concerned for Giran :((((( Calling him his friend :(((( damn... Twice you deserve the world

....Damn long haired Shigaraki is kinda..... haha and him killing a bunch of people during the mla fight. Just... wow Shigaraki. sorry i didnt realize sooner lol He's so cool his design is so cool he deserved better

Himiko killing a bunch of people using Ochaco's quirk is still so cool!!! Curious was like oh poor little girl it must be so hard to be you and Himiko was like "nah" haha

Oh...Oh Shigaraki's past... oh no. This is so gruesome!!! omg his mom reached out to him anyway i'm so DOOOOONE!!!! I FORGOT HOW BAD IT WAS. I always found it weird how the Doctor was able to bring back the hands from each family member but turns out his quirk was cutting people up, not dusting them at the time????

ANOTHER GREAT CLOSE UP OF TOMURA!!! IT'S SO WELL DRAWN!!! HE LOOKS SCARY

Wow the panel with a laughing Shigaraki surrounded by debris and dirt is SOOOO COOL haha

(I'm sorry, reading the holiday chapter while i'm less than a week away from halloween is kinda funny)

Shoto keeps riping into Endeavor. That's so funnnnyyyyyy

Natsuo, fashion icon with his Front/Back shirt haha

Oh i forgot the Aizawa/Yamada/Kurogiri talk would happen soon... ow... Aizawa saying the power of friendship won't do shit (funny) Aizawa looking sadly at Kurogiri remembering his friend (very not funny)

HOLY SHIT THE PANEL WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE OBORO'S FACE WOAAAAH SO COOL AND CREEPY WOAH

Anyway... Hawks... i know what you're about to do... i know it.... i'm going to have to relive this.

(The manga is presenting everything good the Doctor Ujiko did and then they show the Sun Kindergarten(idk if thats the right name) and i'm just here suffering because thats where Touya ended up when he woke up from his coma... the pain!!!)

Mirko is so so cool <3 i couldnt wait to see her fight!!!!

Oh i loooove foreshadowing. There's a panel of a bunch of member of the plf that are runninf towards the main fight at Gunga and you can see Dabi slightly in the background going in another direction... oh... this is going to go baaaad

Under here is me having a breakdown vvv ;)

THERE IT GOES. SCARY HAWKS IS HERE. I FEEL SO BAD FOR TWICE HAWKS YOU'RE SUCH AN ASS I HATE YOU (you look so cool) YOU SAY YOU DIDNT WANT TO FIGHT TWICE BUT IDK WHAT TO THINK ANYMORE. WHY DO YOU LOOK SO SAD. FUUUUUUCK!!!! I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU

AND THEN ONE OF TWICE DOUBLE SAVES HIMIKO AND SHE TELLS HIM THANKS BUT LIKE THE DOUBLE'S MEMORIES DONT GO TO THE ORIGINAL SO TWICE DIED NOT KNOWING IF HIMIKO IS ALRIGHT AND IM JUST AAAAAAAAAAAA

^^^ breakdown finishes ;)

(to be honest I like Hawks story as a character too much to hate him fully but damn. I *hate* him for what he did to Twice.)

Tokoyami stays #1 in my heart anyway 🥰

OOOHHH the panel when Shigaraki wakes up from his coma to become stronger!!

Unconscious + injured Hawks are the best kind of Hawks 🥰

Omg Aizawa saying that there's no way he's letting his students down and you see all of class 1-A AND SHINSO 🥺🥺🥺 Aizawa the man that you are

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And that's it for this week!!! There was a lot of things i forgot about the Gunga fight! I don't even want to think about the Hawks/Twice moment!

[musicfeedsmysoul12]

A New AU List of Fics I ACTUALLY Want to Write/Am Writing (Mostly BNHA)

Fics Being Written

Pulling on the Strings of Destiny: A reading the future fic with a single teen mom Fem!Izuku. Long term project.

Pairings: EraserMic right now. I do have other pairings in mind, but as of now am not quite announcing.

TUMBLR TAG/AO3

Mission: Woo Izuku Series: Thanks to a quirk, Izuku's future potential partners are revealed to the world. Mostly pure shenanigans and a lot of ocs. Semi Crossover for Shits and giggles with Dragon Age

Pairings: Izuku/Everyone Basically. EraserMic, Warden/Zevran, Kamui Woods/OC (has not been shown yet but is planned), Hawke/Merrill

On AO3 (I kept switching the stupid tag on tumblr and gave up trying to figure it out)

Diverging Paths: A series where Fem!Izuku is put into an arranged marriage with various people. Long Term Project, multiple 'routes'.

Pairings: IiDeku, TodoDeku, TokoDeku, MonoDeku, HawksDeku (sort of? not really?) Others depending on the fic.

On AO3/On Tumblr

Izuku's Many Siblings: A ridiculous AU where Izuku has multiple siblings. Mostly shits and giggles.

Pairings: Midoriya Inko/Pixie Bob, OC/Dabi

On AO3

Not A fic... Yet, but either being plotted or is being written

Aphrodite Rising: A Fem!Izuku AU where her Quirk is Attract Info, gaining her the ability to gain information on people who find her attractive. She gains OFA as well.

Pairings: OT4 (Iida Tenya/Uraraka Ochako/Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto), All Might/Midnight, Aizawa/Fatgum, Mic/Thirteen, Midoriya Inko/Tsukauchi Naomasa, others... (it's a rarepair hell)

TUMBLR TAG/AO3 (not on yet)

Purge!AU (The Purge of Heroes? Title unknown): HPSC decides to go through the hero ranks and remove a good portion of heroes who are: incompetent, glory hounds, cruel heroes, caused to much collateral, didn't meet a quota or even just they weren't useful in some cases. This happens before Izuku goes to UA, and a lot of things changed.

Pairings: So far leaning towards OT3 (Tenya Iida/Midoriya Izuku/Uraraka Ochako)

Tumblr Post

Unnamed MASH AiDeku Soulmate AU (Titled as 'Tumblr Made me Do it' as of now, open to change): Age swaped Shinsou, Jirou, Kaminari, Tokoyami, Aizawa, Mic, Midnight and Kurogiri, Magical MASH soulmate stuff is a thing. Disabled Fem!Izuku, Uraraka and Iida. Jirou is Izumi's cousin... kind of crazy.

Pairings: Age changed AiDeku, ShinJiro, MicNight (more later)

Tumblr Post

Predator and Prey AU: Soulmate HawksDekuNatsu with Yandere!Hawks and Natsuo. Murder, drama, a lot of creepy shit.

Pairings: HawksDekuNatsu, one sided TodoDeku, other couples.

Original Tumblr Post/Tumblr Tag

The Fathers of Izuku: Inko went to a sperm bank to have Izuku. However, they found out way later the bank used sperm 'stolen' from HPSC facilities. Said sperm was that of heroes. Izuku is now possibly the child of multiple heroes. Would be various stories with different fathers. (Due to an incident where a few heroes got hit by a villain who could make them sterile, teen heroes also had their sperm taken to. Mostly done for shits and giggles.)

Pairings: Multiple.

No Tumblr Tag yet...

Fics I Have written on AO3 that... I really wanna keep going at, but may take a while. Might do rewrites?

Midoriya Izuku: The Game: Gamer Quirk AU! That's... all I can say. Might rewrite? I like it but lost a lot of interest for some reason...

On AO3

Omega Quirk: Izuku has a Quirk that makes him like an Omega from fanfiction.

On AO3

Decagon: The Supportive Hero: Izuku has a Quirk that lets him boost other Quirks.

On AO3

Devotion to the Aesthetic: Fem!Izuku is a youtuber and loves American/Canadian 1950s stuff.

On AO3

[rhythmic-idealist]

BNHA Eyes and Mouths Analysis

BNHA has a dichotomy set up between two repeating motifs: visible eyes with covered mouths, and visible mouths with covered eyes.

For visible mouths and covered eyes, AFO and All Might are the prototype. Every instance of covered/obscured eyes with a visible mouth is, in some way, a reference to one or both of them.

For covered mouths and visible eyes, there are a couple different things one could call "the prototype," including Tomura Shigaraki (yes, the hand technically covers his whole face, but the "creepy eye peeking out" look is iconic and is what defines him early on). There's just way LESS of a "prototype" here and less of a need for one, though, because there's less of a need to allude to any one character.

But if there IS a true "prototype" covered mouths reference, I'm gonna loooosely suggest it's the Sludge Villain scene.

BNHA eyes-and-mouths theory posits two things: that eyes are the window to true emotion, and mouths are narrative-maker.

Let's talk mouths!

Covering a character's mouth is one of the quickest ways to indicate that they need saving. Not the only one, and you can't consistently expect it (Number 6 comes to mind, for example, as a character who could really use saving despite his imagery more regularly referencing AFO). But it sure does come up a lot!

When I say "mouth as narrative-maker," I'm largely talking about an association the text has between the mouth and control. The phrase narrative-maker comes from:

trying to explain the link between the mouth and control

AFO as storyteller

All Might as a symbol

Bakugo is a character whose covered-mouth imagery is EVERYWHERE. We have the sludge villain scene and the muzzle as the most obvious instances, but I would say the entire existence of Best Jeanist and relationship between those two characters—i.e. Jeanist's early distaste for the way Bakugo presents himself to the world—is another tally on this list.

Bakugo is also a character who grew up both expecting and exerting a lot of control. In fact, I would say his current struggle is defined by accepting that he is not built by his own two hands alone, so that gives you an idea of how reliant he was on building himself on his own, and how much leeway he had to really believe that. How much control he has felt until now.

We see that control challenged in the vs. Todoroki fight, when he doesn't get to win the way he wants to because how other people run their lives doesn't need to account for that. He doesn't get to rise in the way he planned to. He is not the only character in this ecosystem. And that is always, mandatorily, going to impact both his identity in other people's eyes, and who he becomes in reality.

He's muzzled and forced to take the first place pedestal anyway, and once unmuzzled, the medal is placed in his mouth—something I want to argue is similar enough to the "eat this" passing of OFA from All Might to Midoriya that I want to come back and talk imbibing at a later date.

(Also under that imbibing pin: OFA, AFO consuming those quirks/vestiges. Himiko Toga. And, and thank you Jacob for this one: Shigaraki vomiting, a recurring occurrence.)

During the Dark Hero Arc (aka Villain Hunt, among many other aka's) is the first time in a very long time that Midoriya has worn his full mask, and, specifically, that metal grate over his smile. It's reminiscent of All Might's smile, but it's him disappearing behind the weight of legacy.

Tomura Shigaraki is introduced as a guy with spooky eyes poking out of an otherwise completely covered face. He also is not the big bad.

The thing is I've been wanting to post about covered eyes and covered mouths in BNHA for MONTHS, and then I finally got this into a Twitter thread before transcribing it here. I see now that it really only covers covered mouths. We'll be back for eyes, real soon. In the meantime, here's a good thread Jacob made about it.

[bibibbon]

You know makes Kudou's comments so weird is that he read Izuku's memories without his consent. But besides that, all long did Kudou know this information about Izuku? Do the other previous holders know about this and why haven't they said anything to izuku to help address his mental issues or try and resolve this moral dilemma what are these ghosts even good for besides their quirks?

THIS!!!!

At this point Iam convinced that horikoshi introduced the vestiges for the sake of introducing them because let's be honest they barely contribute anything to the story and aren't important at all except of nana and yoichi.

The whole memory reading thing seems like a horrible plot point to me because let's be honest if they were able to see this child's memories then why did the not help him at all with anything. Horikoshi hasn't really developed izuku and izuku still thinks badly of himself and doesn't view himself worthy of the quirk but the OFA user's never reassure izuku or really help him. The best thing we got from them is nana telling izuku to kill Tenko and banjo just shouting at Izuku telling how to control the quirk. Sadly none of these help and the whole second and third users of OFA having a problem with Izuku is so forced in my opinion. Like there is no logic behind it and they still somewhat have a problem with him.

Out of topic but have you ever wondered why it's only gear shift that somehow hurts and really damages izuku like to me it makes no sense is it supposed to be some sick and twisted symbolism of how kudo (bk2.0) hates izuku?!?! Why is gear shift the only quirk that hurts him? I mean like considering the fact that quirks get stronger each generation then the quirk that should harm him most is nana's but we never see float damage izuku in any way.

To me the ghosts are a horrible plot point and so is OFA as a whole like the vestiges have weak QUIRKS at best, barely help or offer anything to izuku and just sit around in that vestige world. Also isn't it creepy how kudo can just see everything but izuku has to be granted the permission to see memories and can't go around seeing other vestiges memories?!?!?

[jaxon-exe]

U know when u have an idea for a fanfic that would be amazing and u really wanna write it so u can read it but liiiiikkkkkkkeeeeeeeee

*looks at overflowing pile of unfinished fanfics and stories*

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So here a my hero fic for anyone that’s wants to do anything with it 😁

(I mean let’s be honest that’s 99% of the reason for this blog but anyway)

So this is a ‘Izuku has a quirk’ fic and it was the quirk idea itself that inspired this.

His quirk is called “haunting fears” and has a couple of parts to it.

When his quirk is activated it covers an area around him (the size it up to u) and while the exact way it changes varies there r a few things that always happen. Those being a heavy fog takes over the area, the area get a bit darker (even in direct daylight) and everyone in the area gets an overwhelming feeling of dread.

The second part of the quirk is the kicker though. It can see a persons fears/regrets and well… haunts them with it. Like full haunted house shit by means of hallucinations.

Side note: while u don’t have to use this aspect of the quirk I like the idea that it made Izuku stop aging. This will mean even without the hallucinations the seconds part of his quirk has, he can still pull off scary ghost kid vibes.

As an eg of the quirk I’ll describe how it would work on Aizawa.

So the first part is standard, heavy fog, low light and a primal fear, perhaps Izuku giving off a creepy giggle now and again to. Then from the fog he will hear his name.

“Shota.”

He looks around to find the source but can’t as it calls again.

“Shota.”

This time he’s certain he recognises this voice and starts having to really focus to say calm as it keep speaking.

“You left me Shota.”

“U couldn’t save me.”

“I thought we were meant to protect each other.”

“But u didn’t. U left me.”

At this point Aizawa is fully freaked out and yells for the person to show themselves. Just then a figure can be made out in the fog. Aizawa freezes in place as he sees Oboro standing in the fog with his head down.

“U left me to die.” Oboro lifts his head to show the broken goggles and blood drinking down his face

(From here u can pretty much go where u want)

So yeah, I feel like this has potential for a lot of different stories. A villain Izuku would be really good but I personally like the idea of Izuku striving to becomes a hero even with a ‘villainous’ quirk.

How OFA works into this is also up to u. Personally I would have it that izuku doesn’t get OFA but I can imagine it being that the first part of his quirk was always the same but the full blown hallucinations only came after getting OFA bc it kinda beefed up his quirk maybe.

Like I said u can take this a lot of ways and I really wanna see something with this so if u do write this please let me know ☺️

[marunalu]

Do you think Izuku has a quirk and wasn't actually born quirkless? I don't know how I feel about that. It feels like a whole "Actually he had a special power this whole time!"

Im almost to 100% sure that izuku has his own afo quirk, because he shows clear signs for that. He showed the same characteristics like afo (the person) long before he got ofa from all might. Both, izuku and afo are analytical geniuses, both love quirks and have page long rants about how a quirk works, both mumble about quirks which is considered by others as weird and creepy (izukus classmates are always weirded out when he does it), both, izuku and afo steal quirks and moves from others. While afo steals quirks and moves from other people literally and stores them up in his brain, izuku "steals" quirks and moves from his classmates too and stores them up in his notebooks. Of course izuku doesnt really steal them, but I believe that he instictively is using his own afo quirk without realizing it, everytime he sees a quirk that fascinates him. Or lets better say izukus own afo quirk, while not fully awakend yet, already has an effect on his behavior.

That is actually pretty normal. Quirks are like parasites who start to affect their owners behavior and personality. Bakugous quirk is responsible for his explosive temper, iidas for his robotic like movements, togas for her lust for blood, tomuras for his desire to destroy, denkis for his hyperactivness, ochakos for her carefree and positive personality.... afos for his kleptomanic tendencies (his own words about himself) and his desire to understand how every quirk he sees/gets works. There are so much more, but Im sure you get the idea.

I believe the reason why izukus own afo quirk never awakened is, because dr. garaki did something with izuku to "block" the quirks awakening when izuku was very young. The reason for that? Because he and afo are both absolutely aware that heroes like all might, gran torino and nighteye would get VERY suspicious if they ever hear about a boy who can "take and give" quirks from or to others and dont let me start how the hero commission would act = I only say lady nagant. In other words, afo ordered garaki to do something to make sure that izukus afo quirk never awakens to protect him (and inko). So while izuku hasnt triggered his own quirk yet, thanks to that "blocker" or whatever garaki did, the quirk still has influence over izukus behavior and personality. Afterall its still part of his body.

But I think the awakening of izukus afo quirk is very near, because Im sure that the "blocker" was already destroyed a while ago. Thanks to shinso and eri. Remember back, when was the first time izuku saw the vestiges inside ofa? Right, while he was under shinsos mindcontrol in the sport festival. And what happend shortly after izuku was under the influence of eris quirk and under shinsos mindcontrol a second time? He had his first vestige dream, was INSIDE the vestige world for the first time and saw the past of yoichi and afo. So my theory is that shinsos mindcontrol destroyed garakis "blocker" and eris rewind turned izukus body back to the point before the "blocker" was set. In other words, its just a matter of time now till izukus afo will fully awaken, all it needs now is a TRIGGER - the wish to steal a quirk. And that doesnt have to mean that izuku actually wants to steal a quirk out of greedy and selfish reasons like afo does. Instead it could be a desire to safe or stop someone by stealing the quirk. It doesnt need to have a bad intention. There is also still the vault door inside izukus vestige world and someone is standing outside, looking at the door and waiting to be let in.

I understand why a lot of people dont want izuku to have a quirk on his own, because it would turn him into someone special, into a choosen one (its he same argument against dfo), but I disagree. In the world of mha izuku was special BEFORE he got ofa, because quirkless people like him are so rare that they are considered special, but not in a positive way. Izukus specialness didnt bring him any good, only pain and suffering. The moment izuku got ofa from all might, the moment izuku wasnt quirkless anymore, he lost his specialness. Ofa turned izuku into a "normalo", because now he was like everyone else - a person with a quirk. Its ofa that is special, not izuku.

And no matter if izuku has his own quirk since birth or not, he trained HIS ASS OFF, to be able to use ofa properly. He had sheed sweat, blood and tears to learn to control it, to be able to use its full potential. That was all izukus doing, his own archivment NOT ofas. Izuku managed to control and handle a quirk that isnt even fit for his body in under a year, while all his classmates had their whole life time for that. In just one year, izuku managed to be BETTER then anyone else, with a quirk that doesnt even belong to him and tops all of his classmates and even pro heroes with years of experience. Thats not ofas doing, izuku archived that on his own! How fucking awesome is that?! My boy is awesome! With or without ofa! With or without his own quirk!

In my opinion, if izuku was born with his own afo quirk and uses ofa and afo together in the end, everything just goes full circle. Ofa and afo belong together, they are both sides of the same coin, the motto of the three musketeers "one for all and all for one". And izuku will perfectionate them together. Will make them whole again. He will show afo, his father how a hero uses his "villain quirk" and will show every villain out there how it doesnt matter WHAT your quirk is, but HOW you use it! That its all about the CHOICE you make!

[mamashenanigans]

hello, just wanted to let you know that i absolutely enjoyed reading all of your analysis on AFO & OFA dynamics, past, and everything in between honestly. i hope you don't mind me spamming reblogs and likes, i'll keep it as lowkey as i can

OMG that’s so sweet of you! Of course you can reblog all you want! With where we’re at in the manga, unless we get a AFO vestige and Yoichi interaction, I will probably not have more analysis anytime soon.

If you enjoy my silly write ups, may I suggest checking out my fanfiction? My most recent one involving the twins is a canon-divergent AU of what we now know of their past and I don’t think a lot of people on tumblr saw the post about it when I made it. It’s VERY creepy and, as most of my fiction, does not end well.

You can find it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53237980/chapters/134718052

[mikeellee]

Hey I'd say with @doodlegirl1998 how Izu doesn't have emotional weight in this narrative, how he never got to know about the creepy hospital or Shig's backstory.

But I was thinking and I remember how Nana(if I'm not mistake) when Izu was in ofa land...asked if Izu can kill her grandson. Not sure if the word is used or if I got wrong...but let's assume it's truth.

Nana said that...and it was so uncerimonous. "Izu do you accept this quest?" And feels like that. If Nana really said that...it was never expenaded, Izu is not allowed to ask questions.

"Go to the next mission"

Again, assuming she really said that...Izu only got his name by someone's else mouth. Izu doesn't know his backstory...and actually, not sure if he knows Shig is Tenko.

"Can you kill my grandson?" If this was really said, then what stops Izu to think this is about another villain? He has to make a jump the man is Tenko.

"He called her grandma" did Izu heard THAT?

But even Izu knows Shig is Tenko(in the most lukewarm way possible bc fuck the mc, right Hori?😒) it's just one thing for Izu. How can Izu reach Shig? Why he should?

Shig knows Izu was quirkless. Nothing is done.

Izu is not allowed to have a conection with Shig or anyone.

"Ah but Dadmight, Ochako and others?"

I repeat, izu is not allowed to have any real conection with others. There so many dadmight fics and arts but none of them are canon...fuck, Izu doesnt know shit about AM and same for the #1.

Ochako? She is now Toga's simp.

Class A1 has dead brain for BK.

Izu has no relevance for the emotional parts. He is single out in his own narrative and that's it.

His mission to save Shig was impossible...now with his abuser back, it-@ extra impossible.

Hori is playing against the mc.

Hori doesnt give a fuck to this story