#shimura koutaro

[yellowbluemoonshine]

"Dad, I was playing heroes with my friends when an unfamiliar man who was watching us took me away. I've never seen him before but he knew my name and my address".

"An unfamiliar man was watching you? Did he hurt you? How did he look like? Maybe we should contact the police".

"NO TALK ABOUT HEROES! Go outside, you are punished! No dinner!"

"Mom, dad, look! A little birdie! So pretty!"

"Don't put her in your mouth! You might get sick, dear. Let's wash your hands and then make a beautiful grave for poor birdie, okay?"

"We gave birth to something inhuman..."

"Dad, everyone in my class wants to be a hero! I want to be a great hero like you!"

"Okay, I'll teach you how to put your flames down and we will order a support item so you wouldn't get hurt by your quirk. But remember, being a hero isn't about a quirk, it's about your kindness and desire to help others!"

"I TOLD YOU TO STOP! REI, WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP HIM?!"

Like, at this point, I dont know what else to say.

[forgloryforhonor]

Otae and Katsura Parallels - Super Cute

L20

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THEY BOTH LIKE RIDICULOUSLY CUTE THINGS

[dekubreaksbones]

Underneath is my full timeline for the events of BNHA. If I got anything wrong or there's any inconsistencies please tell me. My assumption for when Quirks first appeared is 2012, canon starting in 2044

2012 The Glowing baby is born 2014 AFO is born 2016 More children manifest quirks. Most are taken away by governments, killed, or abandoned 2024 Yoichi is born 2027 AFO discovers his quirk 2030 Quirk users start becoming adults. Revolts, protests, and such are happening 2031 AFO becomes a villain 2044 AFO gives Yoichi his quirk, OFA is created 2048 Yoichi gives OFA to Second, dies. 2051 Second gives OFA to Third, dies. AFO goes underground 2057 Third gives OFA to Hikage, dies. Hikage goes into hiding 2072 The HPSC is created, Banjo becomes a pro-hero 2075 Hikage gives OFA to Banjo, dies. 2085 Banjo gives OFA to En, dies. UA is founded 2087 Yagi is born 2089 En gives OFA to Nana, dies. 2098 Koutaro is born 2100 Endeavor is born 2101 Nana gives OFA to Yagi 2104 AFO kills Nana's husband 2105 Nana leaves Koutaro, dies. Yagi graduates UA, leaves to America. Inko is born 2110 Yagi returns to Japan, debuts as All Might 2112 All Might becomes the Number One Hero !(at age 26, 100 years after quirks manifested)! 2115 Aizawa, Yamada, and Shirakumo are born 2122 Touya is born 2123 Fuyumi is born 2125 Tomura is born 2126 Natsuo is born 2130 Tomura's quirk manifests, the Shimura family dies. Izuku and the rest of class 1-A is born 2132 Shirakumo dies 2135 Shouto is scarred, Rei is sent away, Touya "dies" 2139 Yagi and AFO fight, AFO presumed dead. Sir. Nighteye resigns from All Might's agency 2144 Yagi gives OFA to Izuku 2145 Canon starts (Yagi is 58, AFO is 141, Endeavor is 45, Inko is 40)

[nanchan83]

GReeeeN

「SONG 4 U」 Music Video

Cast :

Kotaro Daigo

Keito Onodera

Sara Odaka

Ikuho Akiya

Koutaro Koike

Director : Takasuke Kato(THINGS.)

Cinematographer : Ryosuke Sato

1st AC : Sei Shimura

2nd AC : Torataro Sugisaki

4th AC : Mikuto Hayashi

Lighting Director : Wataru Sugimura

Lighting Assistant : Lin thin / Onozaki guy / Takatoki Kumabe

Assistant Director : Chie Maruoka

Colorist : Yusuke Adachi

Props Stylist : Shoko Ishizaki(THINGS.)

Props Styling Assistant : Fuyuto Tobita / Shiori Sasaki

Stylist : Shinya Watanabe(Numero Siete)

Hair & Make-up : Miyuki Namba / Junna Yoshida

Costume : Center Island

Casting：Juri Igawa(SKALY)

Production Manager : Ko Sato(THINGS.)

Production Assistant : Haruka Odaki(THINGS.) / Hayato Bo / Hazumu Mori / Makoto Yamane / Takumi Saitoh

Producer : Satoshi Imamura(THINGS.)

Production: THINGS.

[ukaiknowsbest]

if u think about it, Katsura and Otae both showed in Benizakura arc that they know how important Shinpachi and Kagura are to Gintoki and vice versa.

We remember how in Harusame Arc, Gintoki opened up to Katsura how happy he is that he has regained the feeling of having burdens (friends) he can carry on his back. L13

And then in Benizakura, Katsura told Kagura and Shinpachi to leave him so that he can fight Matako and Takeichi by himself because he won't be able to face Gintoki if the kids got hurt. L94

Meanwhile Otae warned Gintoki when he was in sickbay not to be reckless because Shinpachi and Kagura will be sad if he gets hurt or dies. She immediately understood the Yorozuya in the way Shinpachi frantically entrusted an unconscious and severely wounded Gintoki to her care and protection. And yet she still let Gintoki go to rejoin them because she knew and respected what Gintoki stood for. L92

Katsura and Otae bruhhhhhh. I'm emotional... they both understand Gintoki, Shinpachi and Kagura very well in the first 97 chapters of the series

my heart is full. Gintoki is so lucky to have friends that understand his Yorozuya from the bottom of their hearts.

P.S. Sorachi is a coward because he never showed Katsura and Otae talk directly with each other. i still need to know if katsura can out-boke otae

[seigibathala]

Cute Icons from Fundosi-san

The illustrator grant permission to post these icons in my tumblr, please do not repost.

[canirandagi-archived]

It's Father's Day and neither Touya nor Hana are happy.

[redphlox]

Et tu, Aoyama?

OKAY I take back part of what I said in this post, but also, I don’t. Aoyama fearing being different because he didn’t have a quirk is such a mirror to the pain Deku went through when his quirk didn’t manifest. It’s such a blatant common thread to the main villain trio, too. I mean, as a child Aoyama didn’t get to make that decision – it was his parents – but this highlights my point that the villains had no other choices available to them other than bad ones.

Let me explain. These parents were so extremely aware of quirk(less) discrimination that they went to great lengths to shield their child from it. Far enough that it did the opposite and hurt their child instead.

Koutaro tried to suppress Tenko’s desires to be a hero by scolding and punishing him (also motivated by his own abandonment issues), Deku’s mom apologized to him as though finding out he was quirkless was a flaw no one could fix, and Aoyama’s parents made a deal with the devil in good faith. Toga’s parents sided with society AGAINST their own daughter, calling her weird and unnatural so that they would fit in with society. Touya’s dad rejected him as soon as Touya’s quirk proved to be too destructive because he wanted his legacy – his QUIRK – to go on and be the best, be stronger than anyone.

The main difference between Deku and Aoyama and the villain trio is that Deku had a good choice presented to him. The other had nothing but bad choices available to them because it’s either fit in with society somehow (Deku) or reject the society that rejects you.

But anyway, Aoyama being the traitor is even more perfect of a setup for Deku and the other UA kids to show compassion and sympathy for the LoV. Deku and the kids will probably want to save Aoyama from AFO's clutches despite what he did.

Sure, Aoyama didn’t set out to maliciously to hurt anyone, but he did, and the kids will have to process that. Basically, Aoyama being the traitor and not Hagakure changes nothing – it makes even more sense, because the readers are fond of Aoyama and will be impacted by this. Hagakure being the one to discover the traitor subverts the trope of the least noticeable character being the traitor and I think it’s hilarious that all the readers suspected her (I did too) but the traitor was even more obvious than we thought.

I still stand by what I said in my post about forgiving and saving one of their own will foster compassion for the LoV and their pain.

Ahhh, I can't get over how perfect this all this. Because y'know who else is in AFO's clutches right now?

Tenko Shimura.

This is just another step toward cementing that Tenko will be saved by the end of the manga. And if he is, the other two main villains will be saved too.

[class1akids]

Since everything from Shoto's profile appeared in the manga, will we get to see Rei's lover as well? It only said she had a lover but not when. What if it was Hisashi? Or Koutaro Shimura? Koutaro trying to control his happy family setup in detail never felt natural. His hatred of heroes being about his mom was also shallow. His abused lover would give more weight also to his attempt to get rich quick. His foster also mom looked like Rei.

You mean the Proto-Shouto thing?

I think that Horikoshi changed quite a lot about Earlyroki and gave some of the plotpoints to Touya instead (specifically wanting Endeavor’s love, but Endeavor only being interested in “strong people”). 

Also, obviously Shouto’s bonding with Rei is a positive one. 

I feel like including a lover for Rei this late would send the Todoroki plot in the direction of telenovelas and not in a good way and not add anything substantive to the story.

[bakatenshii]

Okay this is propably SO CURSED BUT OH WELL. I only have one thing to say- papa Koutaro railing his sweet leetle girl 👁

BLESSED THIS IS BLESSED, but the shigfucker in me says— making u fuck tenko-nii as he watches in silence, eyes cold and piercing right into your hot writhing bodies, tracing over every string of slick and spit and drool and cum, only to spread you on his king sized bed afterwards and fuck you good and well; the way only a real man knows how to, and daddy knows best, doesn’t he?

shimura koutarou uses his son to loosen up your cute lil cunny before fucking you pass it on

[yellowbluemoonshine]

Little Touya’s Trauma

I see a lot of takes of Touya being the ‘selfish kid’ and honestly, i think thats very unfair thing to say because he is not like Shouto or even Shigaraki, of course because simply his trauma is different. Before i start, i would like to remind that i love Shouto a lot and Shigaraki is one of my faves but this post is gonna be about Touya.

Shouto and Touya have many similarities and even differences with trauma and all but i think the biggest difference between Touya and Shouto is simple;

One of them is eldest and other is the youngest child. This is important because Touya being the oldest and Shouto being the youngest tells a lot about their story because it changes their position and dynamic with their faimly.

The thing with most parents is their first child is their first experiment. Since most of them dont know how to deal with children or raising a kid, they messed up and instead of trying to solve the problem, they avoid the first child and try to not make the same mistake with other one. When i say ‘inexperienced parent’, i am not talking about Endeavour, really because Endeavour never intented to be parent and he always put his own ambitions above well being of his family. I am talking about Rei and even children.

The tragedy of Touya is not just him being burned to death and abandonded, its also his ‘training’ with Endeavour isnt considered as abuse by anyone, unlike Shouto who was crying. Endeavour may’ve not beat Touya but he was forcing Touya to push his limits at some point. (Most likely the reason Endeavour didnt beat Touya because Touya would obey and does anything his father said but Shouto wouldnt).

Endeavour didnt even care what would Touya want, HE decided Touya to be hero because in the end, what Touya wanted didnt matter. Touya didnt cry because he didnt know it was abnormal. Touya didnt cry because he wouldnt want to make his father disappointed. He was used as ‘tool’ but how he could know thats not how most fathers raise their sons? He already internalized the idea of his worth in his family, thats why, he wouldnt mind burning himself.

Rei and his siblings actually cared about Touya but i think i understand why he felt so unseen by them.

Rei knew that Endeavour wanted children only as successor but i think she never thought how this will end up ruin her children or how much it would hurt and ruin them. Which is why she was so protective of Shouto when it comes to training, she even would show Allmight as a good example so that he wouldnt turn out like Endeavour. Also, by focusing on Shout too much, she also (unintentionally) neglected her children. She wouldnt talk with touya about his issues, until Touya was already self destructing. She seems to understand that he is somehow struggling with issues with his father but she doesnt seem to udnerstand why Touya is so ‘obssessed’ with ‘training’ or why he wouldnt stop. Just like other members of Todoroki family.

Rei, Fuyumi, Natsuo. Rei seems surprised when Touya had mentalbreakdown. Fuyumi doesnt understand why his brother would go so far to hurt himself for the sake of ‘training’. Natsuo doesnt understand why his brother would cry and talk about this at the middle of night. Though, Natsuo changed his narrative after Touya’s death but Rei and Fuyumi saw as accident. ‘It wasnt Endeavour’s fault, it was Touya’s fault for being stubborn’. But it wasnt accident. It was Endeavour’s fault because that was the only way he gave to Touya.

Compared to this, the way they see Shouto and his ‘training’ is opposite. Fuyumi feels regret for not being able to protect his brother. Natsuo cant forget about the night Shouto’s screams when his face was burnt, he blames himself for not being able to do anything (in novel). Rei feels sorry for Shouto, seeing him as ‘the one who suffered the most’, ‘hero of the family’. Even Endeavour thinks this way. Whole family would avoid even talking about Touya, until he became a villain and made his story public. But even so, his family doesnt seem to understand. The one who needed to be isolated or changed wasnt Shouto or Touya, it was Endeavour. They all have regrets for Touya but it looks like they try to get rid of those regrets with Shouto more than Touya did because it was ‘too late’ for them to do it for Touya. Or maybe, they couldve seen Shouto as victim because of what happenned to Touya.

Curse of being first child of the family. Their thought process is even opposite with Shouto. For Touya, his father was like god like an existence, he would go far to excuse his father’s wrong actions, he did try everything for him but nothing changed and for Shouto, his father was monster but later, he saw him ‘change’. Shouto didnt love Endeavour, he didnt expect anything from him, thats why it was eaiser for him to accept him but that wont the case with Touya because Touya loved Endeavour more than anyone and it wasnt enough for Endeavour to change. I hope Shouto realized this too.

Touya does somehow understand what happenned to him and Shouto was abuse but in his mind, he internalized his abuse, that he is failure too much, he cant see himself or Shouto as victim. Even with Shigaraki, even he understand Afo’s horrible intentions, to him, ‘training a child’ is raising so he wouldnt see it as ‘that weird’ enough to do something.

Yes, Touya wasnt shown as kind as Tenko or even Shigaraki. And he is not like Bakugou either. He wasnt bully and he would repress his negative feelings towards Shouto because he knew it was wrong. Touya is a lot like Deku who would do anything, break himself over and over to prove his worth. And he was crybaby like Deku but at least, Deku had Inko and had a chance to be hero with power and well, Deku didnt have Endeavour as father. (We would learn more about Deku’s feeling worthless, if author allowed his characters to call out Bakugou and adress his bullying.)

Touya would cry easiely, he was drowning in his own feelings. His tears literally turn into fire and burn him to death and he lost his ability to cry. It would make sense for Touya to scared of his own feelings, distancing himself from everyone as trauma response. Similar to Tenko who cant hug anyone after he tried to reach out to his family but end up killing them.

But the difference between them is their father. Koutaro and Endeavour. They both had abusive fathers but Koutaro actually cared about Tenko and his family. Before the tragedy, Tenko was a lot like Shouto but even in better sitution because he wasnt isolated. Tenko had friends, he had cute dog and supportive big sister. Despite the abuse he had at home, his life was almost close to normal. Touya before his tragedy, he never had normal life. He felt distance with his family. He didnt have friends because Endeavour made him believe that Touya was living in different world from other kids. And after his death, he lived in streets, most likely never connecting with others.

Yes, Dabi is the most distant member in league but its not his fault. Members like Shigaraki and Twice show their care more than others because they know what it is like to loose someone they love to death. (Skipping Spinner and Compress but i think their family most likely cared them too). Unlike Toga and Dabi whose families are alive but abandonded anyway. At least Toga know how to fake it because she knows if she behaves well, people will be kinder to her. She wasnt raised like a soldier like Dabi and Shigaraki. She also lives for connections, unlike Dabi who always raised to believe connections are unneeded.

Basically, this boy never develop his social skills, he doesnt have manners, he is rude, he is distant but its not his fault. Its his trauma. He actually cares (in a distant but he cares). He doesnt much show his kindness as others (he showed it when he saved Twice, like hero and when he burnt Toga’s house etc) but that doesnt mean he isnt kind or he is selfish. Mercy, boy literally wants to die.

Bonus; He would also be friends with Tenko and his little group because he is just like Shouto ‘i dont need any friends’ kind of kid, well, Deku reach out to Shouto so Tenko would reach out to Touya too, just like how Shigaraki reach out to Dabi and gain his respect (and his care and loyalty, even he doesnt show it much).

[ficletsbynaria]

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bnha

·        Hawks (Takami Keigo) ·        Eraserhead (Aizawa Shota) ·        Miruko (Rumi Usagiyama) ·        Shigaraki Tomura (Shimura Tenko) ·        Dabi ·        Twice (Bubaigawara Jin) ·        Mr. Compress (Sako Atsuhiro) ·        Himiko Toga ·        Overhaul (Chisaki Kai) ·        Geten

haikyuu!

·        Tsukishima Kei ·        Kuroo Tetsurou ·        Bokuto Koutaro ·        Akaashi Keiji ·        Oikawa Tooru ·        Iwaizumi Hajime ·        Ushijima Wakatoshi ·        Tendou Satou ·        Sakusa Kiyoomi  ·        Miya Atsumu 

persona 5

·        Joker/Akira Kurusu ·        Sakamoto Ryuji ·        Kitagawa Yusuke ·        Goro Akechi

owari no seraph

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great pretender

·        Edamura Makoto ·        Laurent Thierry ·        Abigail Jones ·        Cynthia Moore

others!

·        Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan) ·        Akabane Karma (Assassination Classroom) ·        Saitama (One Punch Man) ·        Genos (One Punch Man) ·        Garou (One Punch Man) ·        Yato (Noragami)

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Bnha Spoilers Chapter 232-235 ahead:

Shigaraki Tomura's Past

This is an analysis of what we know as of yet about the boy born as Shimura Tenko.

The Shimura Household-

Shimura Koutarou, son of Shimura Nana (7th OfA holder, and All Might's mentor) is a successful businessman who owns a two-family home, invites the parents of his in-laws to stay. The joint family consists of- Koutarou, his wife, his in-laws, his (elder) daughter Hana, his son Tenko and their Corgi Mon-chan.

From the start, Shigaraki describes this family as a family of his Father- Koutaro, and not the family of the eldest in the household (the in-laws). It gives us a clear idea of where exactly the authority lies and how much of an influence he holds over its members.

The family is a really well-off one: Two cars, a two-stored suburban condo with a seperate study, a lovely backyard, and they have a pet dog. Shimura Tenko was far from poverty.

Let's look at the members

The Grandparents

Clearly, they love Tenko and Hana a lot, and dote upon their grandkids as grandparents are wont to. But they are 'adults' the same as Tenko's father and Tenko's mother.

When Tenko keeps craving for approval and validation of his dreams to be a Hero from an adult figure, they their try to distract him into psuedo-satisfaction (with his favourite food) or try to (mildly) guilt-trip the boy so that his dreams and his 'inconvenient' calls for acceptance remain buried under the 'happy and peaceful' suburban dream that they seem wary of breaking (and it seems like they are wary of provoking the final authority in the family, Koutarou)

These kind of actions are incredibly commonplace and it happens all the time - this doesn't make their actions excusable though, only relatable. But from another point of view it implies that the grandparents are meek and might actually be afraid of Koutarou for either of two reasons- his known history of violence or the instability of his character (more on this later).

The Mother

She is also caring and loving just like her parents- she takes care of Tenko, is incredibly worried about his allergies. rushes after Tenko when The Father pulls him away to punish him, and finally confronts him when he has gone way too far. But Like begets like, environment moulds character. Thus, she too is another meek personality who cannot stand up against the overbearing authority of the patriarch up until the last moment where violence gets involved. She too is undoubtedly aware that Koutarou can indeed get violent and grim- and this makes her the cautious parent, the stopgap, trying to keep the children in line so that the Father doesn't have to resort to drastic measures. Thus, despite all the love she can shower her son with, she never once supports Tenko's dream. Again, it's understandable. It's cause she knows very intimately what happens to the families of Heroes - she married the man who came from such a family. Instead of supporting Tenko, she asks him if he is sure of it, perhaps trying to seed doubts in his mind, perhaps being sympathetic to his wishes. But rven when Tenko repeats he likes to play Hero and was really happy when his friend compared him with All Might (showing us once more how deeply rooted the currently retired Hero was in Tenko's childhood)- the mother never really encourages Tenko's dream.

When Tenko asks if his dad hates him for being possibly quirkless, she says it isn't so. It's just that his father knows how hard a Hero's life is. And that's that.

You can see that longing for approval in Tenko's eye and the disappointment that follows when the words he yearns for (You can be a Hero) remain unsaid once more. Up till now, 3 people, 3 adults out of 4 have denied this dream and the last adult, The Father, is vehemently adverse to it.

"Children can be surprisingly self-centered and straight forward"

Let's take a small break here from the family members- here, we see one of the two monologues that has been repeated in the chapter 'Children can be surprisingly self-centered and straight forward'. Ngl, I thought this was Shigaraki commenting how his friends Mikkun and Tomo-chan repeatedly left him out when they played together. But the sequence of scenes, gives me a different idea.

From what I gather, it is Shigaraki saying that 'Tenko' as a child, was self-centered and straight-forward. Because right after his conversation with his mother he should have felt dissuaded from continuing with his dream to be a Hero, it has already worried his mother, grandparents and sister, and possibly led him to believe- that his father hated him. However in the very next panel, we see Tenko has gotten into trouble for persisting with that dream and getting into trouble for playing 'Hero'. Shigaraki, as an adult, has begun to condemn that idea in retrospection- going as far as to alienate himself from the past by reffering to his own childhood self with a generalization - 'children'. (There is an alternative reason for this)

Self-centered because Tenko didn't think of the grief and unease of his family when he continued to dream;

Straight-forward because Tenko doesn't have the complex rationale of an adult to support his dream. He selfishly wishes to be a Hero, not for anyone else, but only for himself - there is no other reason for it. A child shouldn't have anymore complicated reasoning for it either.

But Shigaraki clearly considers this his own folly for giving into such emotions at that time.

The second time where this line is repeated when The Father comes up threateningly towards Tenko with the intention of punishing him.

Contrary to the previous use of thia line, here it implies that there is a different subject as the panel moves directly from Hana to Tenko. Which brings up two possibilities -

The line is meant for Tenko himself again. But it doesn't seem to fit.

It is meant for Hana.

Before I explain how it is directed towards Hana, let's return to the Shimura family

Hana

For a few chapters, Hana has been portrayed as Tenko's only true sympathizer and supporter who takes his side in the world of dream-crippling 'Adults'. Although she is maybe only 2 or 4 years older than Tenko, Hana has the wisdom that becomes the first-born, elder sister- she displays incredible emotional intelligence and understands her family dynamics well, probably from past experience. She knows that their Father would get mad at her if she openly declares her intentions to become a part of the Hero-Sibling duo with her younger brother, so instead she tells him that he wants to become a housewife like her mother - a very tactical answer indeed. I suggest so, because in turn it again subtly hints at how fearsone the Father's temper can be, which in fact gets so bad at times that Hana does not take any chances of tempting this ire by suggesting any profession other than that of a Hero. Saying 'housewife' is safe. It keeps her in the clear. From this itself, we can interpret that she values her self-preservation, and is prepared to bend her morality for it

But exactly how far will she go to protect herself? We get that answer very soon-

To evade punishment from the Father, Hana, makes Tenko the scapegoat by suggesting that he was the one who roped her into commiting what was forbidden. It put majority of the blame on Tenko's poor shoulders. Was it cruel of her? Yes. Dud she want to do it? No. Why would she do something so cruel to him if she didnt want to see Tenko hurt then?

The answer is simple-

Hana probably did not think things your escalate so far. Yeah, she probably imagined her Father would be incredibly pissed and take it out on Tenko, but she didn't think it would go down the road of physical violence. What she did was not right, absolutely not. But can we really blame her for it? This is a child, we are talking about. By nature children are afraid to enrage authority, and Hana is no different. She was self-centered in what she did. But did she lie? Not really. Her wording might seem to the Father that it was completely Tenko's idea, but 'he wanted to see it', is not a lie. It's straight-forward. Tenko did want to see the photograph once he was told about it.

From what we have ascertained to be the common vein in all the members and how they have each failed Tenko in their own way is the Father. Either they are sympathetic of his past or afraid of his temper- the later being more prevalent and pronounced in it's effects. Tenko too, at some premature level, understands that all this happens because of his Father's Authority. Thus comes the second idea which was repeated twice-

"The house that my Father built"/ "This house was the one my Father built"

This line is always mentioned in conjunction to Tenko's punishments and can be said that Shigaraki considers his Home a Punishment in itself too.

This idea is reinforced with this simple statement.

"It only itches at home"

The implications of this are perhaps more grave. This instance mentioned is by no means Tenko's first punishment. Tenko has gone through enough of them to have come to anticipate the emotional pain (and on one instance, physical) with every misdemeanour he commits. The cycle goes from his Dream to a Misdeed, to Home, to Punishment to Pain. It's a water-tight assembly line. No surprise why Tenko would come to think of his Dream as a Source of Pain later on. But at this point in his childhood we see how the flowchart cements the aspect of Home = Punishment.

We know (or at least conjecture) that the dermatitis that affects Shigaraki might be a side effect of his quirk as it has begun at such a young age. With that logic, it isn't a leap to say that since his quirk's effects Only at his Home (his source of Pain), it is a Protective Response. Shigaraki's quirk is Decay. It activates to Decay noxious stimuli - like pain. Like his Home.

(Please excuse the horrible squiggly lines)

Why does this happen sting occur then?

Instinct. Quirks are physical abilities which heavily relies on instinct - which explains why Bakugou is so flawless in his control, he is 'pure instinct'; or why All Might had very little difficulty is mastering OfA - the answer is Instinct. In Tenko's case, it is the instinct to Protect Himself. Because right after he throws the ball and looks at his hand, his Father storms in with a brutal intent. That Sting is his Quirk telling him to Protect Himself. It isn't dog hair, or some indoor allergen that makes him hurt. He hurts because pain is the most powerful noxious stimuli that can incite a protective response.

It has a psychological as well as a physiological effect on Tenko. He hurts because he expects it. It's his body's way of telling him that 'If you dont use your quirk now- you'll hurt even more".

After the Father has hit Tenko. A new emotion takes the position of 'stimulant' for his quirk and that is

Hatred

In here, Tenko throws a ball for the Dog and immediately after he feels a sting. At first it seems as if it might actually be from the Dog. But it doesn't make sense. Tenko says that it gets worse only inside the House, not outside it. Yet in this one instance, he feels a particularly violent sting not just outside the house, but also AFTER he as stopped touching the Dog. It isn't the post-monsoon moisture either which is making him hurt, his narration doesn't really serve as a clue as to what causes his allergy, it simply lends the vividness with which Shigaraki remembers this important moment in his life.

Another thing to notice. Shigaraki never once says "This is the Home my Father built"

He says House. Shigaraki has deliberately used House here, because he doesnt feel any familial warmth from this place anymore, and hasn't for a while now. Instead what he feels from this 'House' is pain and denial.

I am gonna break character here just to scream about this part. (*takes deep breath*)

Okay...

Children-

Not Child. But CHILDREN. PLURAL. FUCKING PLURAL.

NANA SHIMURA HAD MORE THAN ONE CHILD.

Koutarou is not her only child!! She has another child!!! And any fucking guesses who?

MIDORIYA INKO

Both All Might and Izuku have agreed (indirectly at the very least) that Midoriya Inko has a likeness to Shimura Nana. SHIGARAKI AND IZUKU ARE COUSINS. I REPEAT. THEY. ARE. COUSINS!!

I don't give a fuck if this doesn't turn out to be canon. The manga reader can give me documented fucking proof and say it to my goddamn face that Shigaraki and Izuku are not cousins, Dabi is not a Todoroki, Inko didn't accidentally marry the biggest baddest evil legend of Quirk Era. I am gonna spit at their faces if they dare to feed that horseshit to me after THIS level of FORESHADOWING.

((Edit: Some Corrections and more Useless TRIVIA ABOUT CONNECTING SHIMURA KOUTAROU AND MIDORIYA INKO))

Okay, now to end this shitty long post!!

The Father

We are meant to hate Koutarou. We do hate him - he has imposed the absolute law of his will upon an entire family and terrorizes them with his temper. We should hate him. But then we are given a snippet of his past- A boy whose mom was hardly there for him and his sibling(s?), who left them behind to fight some evil guy without choosing her family and ultimately choose her duty as a hero over her family. But despite having this animosity towards his mother, Koutarou wishes that Nana had hated him, instead of loved him so much. He says so because then it woukd have been easier for Koutarou to whole-heartedly hate his mother for leaving them behind. But she truly, selflessly loved him - he understands that and still doesn't forgive her, because he wanted her to selfishly choose her family above everything else. Her absence has left a hole in his life that he cannot fill with hatred, nor with love - he is caught in this infuriating middle where he laments his short temper against Tenko, but also fears that his own child might be ripped away from his family again because of Tenko's dream. Heroics has taken the most important things from Koutarou's life and he doesn't want to see it happen again- he is prepared to go to any lengths to prevent that from happening. But he acknowledges that violence was a step too far. He blames his mother for his insecurities and fears of losing his family again.

In fact, Koutarou's desire for a complete family is so immense that he solely bought that two-family house for the exact reason he could invite his in-laws. He even calls them 'Mother' and 'Father' directly, as if they were his own. It doesn't fill that gaping hole in his heart that yearns for Nana, but it's atleast something.

Koutarou is not a good person. He is not meant to be, he is supposed to be relatable like so many bad guys in the manga - Everyone is a Hero in their own lives, everyone believes what they do is (if not right, then) for the better.

Fear drives Koutarou to extreme actions and cruelty. And I am convinced that whatever Tenko will have to suffer in the future due to his father will also be a byproduct of his immense fear of losing his family.

Does this imply that Tenko hates his Father?

Paradoxically, no. Although Tenko says he Hates everyone it isn't so for Shigaraki. Shigaraki keeps the 'Father' hand closest to Himself. Even when Bakugou knocked out the 'Father' hand, that itself was enough to spike Shigaraki's temper. He didn't have any recollection of his family then, but he still held on to it. Shigaraki, much like Koutarou himself, doesn't hate their parent - but is lodged in an in-between. For Shigaraki he is seeking his Father's approval even when he is long gone, he is carrying forward the misinterpretted hatred of Heroes by being a Villain set out to destroy everything. Out of everyone in the Shimura Family, Shigaraki constantly keeps craving the acceptance of one Adult Figure, and whose acceptance would mean the most? Obviously the one who held most Authority, whose opinion matters most. His Father.

Tenko may have decayed his family's everything but their hands. We know from previous chapters that he might have been handled with other equipment instead of direct skin contact because his family members were afraid of his power. But, instinctively again, Tenko wanted their physical contact so dearly that his quirk ended up decaying everything But their hands.

The Hands were the only things left because Tenko's power couldn't bring itself to destroy his last chance of physical contact with his family.

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"Gintama" Kotarou Katsura Finally Gets His Super-Cute Teddy Bear Doll

    As reported several times, the Tokyo-based anime merchandise company MOVIC has been releasing special birthday item sets that contain a teddy bear doll inspired by the Gintama characters since January 2020. Its latest eighth entry is Koutaro Katsura, who is celebrating his birthday today, June 26.

  In addition to a 23 cm-tall teddy bear doll wearing the same Sinsengumi uniform with Katsura and holding Elizabeth, the "Koutaro Katsura Birthday Set" also includes four limited items using a newly-drawn visual of him - an acryl keyholder, a hologram tin badge, a photo card, and a photo frame. Same as the previous dolls, the date of his birthday is embroidered on the sole of the doll's left foot.

  Pre-orders for the 11,000 yen (about 99.3 USD) made-to-order set will be accepted on the Animate stores across Japan, and Animate and Movic's official online stores from today to July 28. Shipments of　the item are scheduled to begin on October 15, 2021.

                   Acryl keyholder (7 cm):

  Hologram tin badge (7.5 cm):

  Photo frame with the photo card (8.9 × 12.7 cm):

      【商品】 銀魂バースデーセット第8弾！ 「ずっとスタンバってました」ついに狂乱の貴公子こと桂小太郎が登場です！！！桂をイメージしたベアと描き下ろしイラストを使ったアイテムがセットに！ 受注期間：6/26（土）～7/28（水）https://t.co/QPxdiDsOXr (ムービック/K藤)#gt_pr #gintama pic.twitter.com/83MFzfn1dz

— 銀魂ぴーあーる (@GINTAMA_PR) June 26, 2021

      Gintoki Sakata Birthday Set (January 24, 2020 release):

  Kagura Birthday Set (March 20, 2020 release):

  Toushirou Hijikata Birthday Set (August 21, 2020 release):

  Kamui Birthday Set (September 18, 2020 release):

  Sougo Okita Birthday Set (November 13, 2020 release)

  Shinsuke Takasugi Birthday Set (Decemer 11, 2020 release):

  Shinpachi Shimura Birthday Set (December 11, 2020 release):

      Source: Animate Holdings press release

  ©Hideaki Sorachi/SHUEISHA, TV Tokyo, Dentsu, BNP, Aniplex 

   By: Mikikazu Komatsu

[maki-no-maki]

About Me Tag

I was tagged by: @bluebloodedphantom (thank you! T_T)

Rules: Tag 20 people you want to get to know better (I dunno if I can tag that much like, I wanna know more about all of you but I don’t wanna be specific)

Gender: None. XD Female. 

Star Sign: Scorpio.

Height: I have no idea. O.O 

Sexual Orientation: Straight. 

Hogwarts House: Slytherin

Favorite Color: All of them. 

Favorite Animal: Cat

Average Hours of Sleep: 9 because I’m lazy. And I think I’m gonna die early. 

Cat or Dog Person: Dog in the past, but cat is the love of my life rn. 

Favorite Fictional Characters:  Benvolio, Puck/Robin Goodfellow, Nick Carraway, Holly Golightly, Jack Dawson, Rose DeWitt Bukater, Amelie Poulain, Olive Penderghast, Emma & Adele (Blue Is The Warmest Color), Sebastian Wilder, Son Goku, Son Gohan, Ranma Saotome, Akane Tendo, Ryoga Hibiki, Asuka Langley, Spike Spiegel, Hanamichi Sakuragi, Hisashi Mitsui, Kaede Rukawa, Haruko Akagi, Kurama (Yuyu Hakusho), Hiei, Fuuko Kirisawa, Raiha, Yui Hongo, Nakago, Chichiri, Tasuki, Ash Ketchum, Misty, Pikachu, Celebi, Meowth, Inuyasha, Kagome Higurashi, Sesshoumaru, Rin, Jaken, Sousuke Sagara, Kaname Chidori, Chrono, Rosette Christopher, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Ulquiorra Cifer, Fruits Basket Characters Too Many to Mention, Kenshin Himura, Kaoru Kamiya, Sanosuke Sagara, Aoishi Shinomori, Misao Makimachi, Kazuki Hihara, Kira Yamato, Lacus Clyne, Aya Natsume, Souichiro Nagi, Masataka Takayanagi, Suzaku Kururugi, Euphemia li Britannia, Kallen Kouzuki, Lelouch Lamperouge, Tatsuma Hiyuu, Aoi Misato, Horaiji Kouichi, Suzumiya Haruhi, Kyon, Itsuki Koizumi, Tadashi Karino, Sunako Nakahara, Kyouhei Takano, Allen Walker, Lenalee Lee, Lavi, Yuu Kanda, Komui Lee, Okazaki Tomoya, Furukawa Nagisa, Okazaki Ushio, Youhei Sunohara, Uruki, Takiko Okuda, Tomite, Chihaya Ayase, Mashima Taichi, Shinobu Wakamiya, Suou Hisashi, Chitoge Kirisaki, Ichijou Raku, Ruri Miyamato, Shuu Maiko, Gintoki Sakata, Kagura, Shinpachi Shimura, Sadaharu, Tae Shimura, Hijikata Toushiro, Okita Sougo, Takasugi Shinsuke, Kamui, Katsura Koutaro, Sakamoto Tatsuma, Ayame Sarutobi, Mutsu, Ayano Terada, Tatsugorou Terada, Doromizu Jirochou, Too Many to Mention (although my list lol). 

Number of blankets: One. 

Favorite Band/Singer: The Beatles, Bee Gees, New Order, Eraserheads, Mest, Alkaline Trio, Sayuri Ishikawa, CHiCO with HoneyWorks, Kana Nishino, SpyAir, DOES, ACID, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, fx, SHINee, TWICE, BlackPink, APink, SPF, Marisa Sukosol, Aida Nikolaychuk, Goo Goo Dolls, Bread, Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Mark Wills, Marie Digby,  Westlife, A1, Ronan Keating & Boyzone, Savage Garden, Parokya ni Edgar, Callalily, Apo Hiking Society, Rey Valera, Sue Ramirez, Regine Velasquez, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Michelle Wright, Sylvia La Torre, Francis Magalona, Gloc9, Matchbox 20, Anti-Flag, Ed Sheeran, Kaye Cal, Many to Mention again. 

Dream Trip: Japan and to the moon. 

Dream Job: I want to be a writer and a director .

I’m tagging these lovely people: @missgibilawliett-afo, @crazeeotakuyoh, @liri2012, @bossladytae I don’t know who else lolol. 

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Otae, Gintoki, Hasegawa and Katsura on Friendship

Lesson 36 Otae to Shinpachi:

"If your friend is crying, the least you can do is sit there and cry with them! If your friend is suffering, you can rack your brains and suffer with them too! When your friend takes a sht you need to take one too Shin-chan! No matter what pain your friend is experiencing, you can always share it with them.

And then Shin-chan, when you see your friend moving down the wrong path, at that moment you must stop them, even if it destroys your friendship. That's the true friendship of a samurai."

Lesson 259 Gintoki to Tsukuyo

"When it's time to cry, let em' flow. When it's time to laugh let one out from the belly. When you face starts to contorst because you gotta cry, then bawl and nothing less. But when you feel a laugh coming from deep down, then do with a stupidly huge grin on your face. That's all they want from you. They'll lend you an ear or a shoulder... carry a heavy load and walk beside you when you need it. That's good enough. It's more important than tossing away your sense of self just to die a spectacular death."

Lesson 379 Hasegawa and Katsura to Kintoki.

"That's us comrades. When you believe the path you're walking on is the right one, no matter how difficult it is, they walk it with you. However when a time comes that their path just doesn't sit right with you, no matter how perilous that path may be and even if you're all alone having turned everyone into enemies, a friend will stand in their comrade's way.

anime ep 256

Katsura: We're friends Hasegawa: No doubt about it

...

Hasegawa: That's who we are. Katsura: When we believe you're taking the right path we stick with you no matter how hard it is. Hasegawa: But if you're taking the wrong path, we'll stop you, even if it turns the whole world against us.

Thoughts:

I find it amazing how Otae's explanation of Samurai Friendship had been reiterated one way or another by Gintoki, Hasegawa and Katsura. I've mentioned before in my Otae Masterpost that the four of them developed quite a close knit friend group over time. Hasegawa and Katsura are even finishing each other's sentences in Kintama Arc. As we can see above their views on friendship are very similar to each other. They even teach it to others when they're given the chance.

Otae imparted it to Shinpachi while Gintoki and Kagura listened to her and also joined her to save Taka-chin.

Gintoki imparted the wisdom to Tsukuyo.

Hasegawa and Katsura taught it to Kintoki while Gintoki, the ladies and the rest of Kabukichou listened,

Otae's the youngest among them and yet the whole friendship motif kinda started with her. Now that I think about, it's no surprise that they've all grown quite close. It's fascinating tbh.