#bnha manga 190

[dekusome]

something really human about these panels

[fra080389-2-me]

Generally speaking, I like more the anime because soundtrack and animation enhance the action scenes (lively moments can be really confusing in the manga because Horikoshi draws scenes jumping from a moment to another and he skip a lot, I'm not saying it is an error, it's just his style - in fact when people says that scene looks differently in the manga, I think it's less "they deliberately changed it" and more "It's inevitable because in animation/reality you don't skip from an expression/pose to another so abruptly").

But this scene was better in the manga. I mean, I like the almost mystical atmosphere in the anime with the light and all, but here you can see more clearly the "everybody holding their breath and being frozen" like if the world stopped, waiting (obviously, that is because everything IS still, it's a drawing, lol). And obviously because to have them all flanked in the same panel underlines the: "All your children are watching you".

[class1akids]

I was wondering about Hood’s cameo in this chapter - and beyond the revelation that Touya escaped the fate of being turned into a nomu by running away...

I realized that this fight is set up similarly as the Endeavor vs Hood confrontation (down to the point where Shouto has a speed-quirked buddy to help him out). Touya is Shouto’s rage-filled past self, the way the strength-obsessed Hood was Endeavor’s past self.

Touya is even drawn more and more nomu-like as the fight goes on...

Endeavor vs Hood ended up with Endeavor killing his past self (and Hood easily could have been Touya - just for a chilling thought!!!). He won by drawing out every last bit of strength out of himself (the old way of just going plus ultra and winning by pushing limits - which at the time seemed impressive) and killing that “creature” without wondering for a moment who he was or why he was created. 

And even though Endeavor thought he killed his past and got a fresh start - and as a hero kind of did - it didn’t change his family dynamic. Things remained tense, his children were still shunning him. And because he didn’t, couldn’t heal his family, not by just burying the past, and in the end it came back to bite him and destroying even Endeavor as a hero legacy because:

Shouto now fighting Touya head-on, repeating Endeavor’s “feat” of killing him or helping him in his suicidal quest, would be just making the same mistake. Burying the past again. And we know how well that went the first time. 

But Shouto’s view of his past self is different. That resentment and rage-filled boy he was, didn’t die - he was saved, he changed. And he believes that others can change too - which is why he kept reaching out. When he yells, ”I won’t let you, baka aniki”, he’s seeing also Touya beyond Dabi’s nomu-like appearance. His idiot brother, his past self, who shouldn’t be killed, but should be saved, because the family won’t be healed and Shouto won’t be the hero he wants to be unless he can reach Touya and show him that he can give meaning to his own power, he leave the mark of his own existence on his own terms. 

I was actually even thinking - and call me crazy - that what if we got it all wrong? What if it’s not Endeavor who supposed to save Touya - because he clearly has no idea how, and because just like Toga being obsessed with Deku, Touya needs to be broken free of his obsession of seeking Eneavor’s approval first. But, what if, after Shouto saved Touya, it will be Touya who will reach out to Endeavor? Who will give him one last chance to do the right thing and be the father he never was, but should have been? Closing the circle that started when Shouto went to visit Rei. 

[king-of-the-youth]

BNHA MANGA RULE:

ALWAYS BE AWARE OF THE "90" CHAPTERS, THEY WILL HAVE AN ICONIC MOMENT.

[ Ch. 090: REACH OUT ]

[ Ch. 190: HIS START ]

[ Ch. 290: DABI'S DANCE ]

[idektbhmhaismylife]

Wow, facing Enji for the first time in 10 years looks so good on both Touya and Rei.

[every-hawks]

[httpkatsu-2]

"it's nice to meet you, i guess... endeavor." (my hero academia ch. 190)

[calligraphywitch]

Oh fuck I'm sorry I know its important chapter and traumatic as hell but dear lord dabi is hot.

[keigosword]

me: omg i really like hawks so much he looks so nice and perfect one of the best heroes

me: *reads ch190-191 and see hawks and dabi working together and hawks trying to join the LoV*

me: *eye twitches*

[guardianspirits13]

GUYS

I FOUND SOME OVERLOOKED EVIDENCE TO THE DABI IS A TODOROKI THEORY!!!!

SEE THAT BLACK SILHOUETTE???? THAT'S DABI! HE IS PLACED IN A PANEL BETWEEN TWO SHOTS OF ENDEAVOR'S (OTHER) KIDS AND DIRECTLY PARALLEL TO HAWKS ((WHO ENDEAVOR MAY OR MAY NOT BE PROJECTING ONTO AS WHAT TOUYA WOULD'VE BEEN HAD HE BECOME A HERO I LOVE THIS HEADCANON DON'T @ ME))

BUT SERIOUSLY THOUGH I DON'T KNOW HOW WE OVERLOOKED THIS!!!!

[dreamywriting]

So I finished all seasons of the anime and have officially started reading the manga. This is actually the first manga I’ve ever attempted to read, and I’m so ready. Not only will I finally catch up with the rest of you, but I think it’ll really help with writing bnha stuff more authentically. I’m excited!!

[maddysartblog]

I think a lot about why Hawks was chosen to inflitrate the League. Surely, not only because his quirk makes it easier for him to get information. He doesn't care about fame, they said. It kinda hints that it would be no great loss for the Hero Commission if he vanishes... Clearly, speaking one's mind doesn't benefit him at all (and the Hero Commission either). Although, he has so many fans, he is easily replaceable. This mission may be his downfall, irrespective of the outcome.

[heroparade]

Hawks probably...

[class1akids]

“You are me... My past or a future that might have been.”

This was always one of my favourite panels - Endeavor recognizing and symbolically killing his past self in the power-crazed Nomu that was destroying everything in its path for nothing else but proving he’s the strongest, willing to die with it if that’s what it took. 

But it turns out to be also a brilliant foreshadowing of Dabi - who has grown from Endeavor’s ambition and endless desire for more power, became an agent of pure destruction. 

That nightmarish future that grew out of the past that never dies - no matter how much Endeavor wants it. 

[betchyoubetter]

This one could TALK have some decency man.

[goldenchildkatsuki]

But listen

How can you look at these images and think that Endeavor would be better of dead? That Shouto and his siblings would feel relieved or even happy if their father died? These emotions that are portrayed here weigh heavy and shouldn't be ignored for "meme purposes" or "grudges". We naturally all have an opinion on Endeavor in this arc but please at least take this into consideration before stating it.