#shinura hana

[khorale]

Bnha 235

That was a very heavy chapter.

Every single arc where a villain looks down on Shigaraki, there's always that moment where they get spooked by him (Stain, Overhaul, etc.). Nice to see we're carrying on that trend.

I'm surprised that Re-Destro isn't dead after receiving the attack from all 5 fingers. The disintegration didn't spread?

I still worry for Shigaraki's dream, because he isn't aiming for a future. He's still after pure destruction without knowing what will happen afterwards. What society will rise out the ashes? Will it be a better or worse world that he and his comrades will live in? Everything Re-Destro said in the previous chapter still holds true, and I wonder if he will ever have a long term plan. Because this aim for total destruction means that Shigaraki as an antagonist must be defeated for the sake of everyone else in the series to live, and I don't want it to end that way.

By the way, Shigaraki's expression reminded me of Toga's when she asked what is a normal life.

Both of them were challenged in their beliefs, and responded as if their way of thinking should be obvious. They refute what they "should" be doing, the "right" way, and how their actions are viewed. Toga's actions are byproducts of her love and not the actions of her family. Shigaraki just wants to destroy and leave nothing behind.

"Let's not get violent" implying he has been in the past and the current mishandling of Tenko mirroring Endeavor with Shouto back then.

Baby Tenkoooo...

He looks so much like Midoriya, and the theory of his hair being black was right. He also seem to have allergies due to something at home, but no one knows what.

"Kotarou-san" the suffix is formal and less intimate than just calling him by name. This shows that there is a distance between them, and the fact that he's order everyone in the household around while dismissing their complaints. Really strips away the illusions of a happy family we thought we had last chapter. His in-law's interaction with him also seemed strained and with hints of nervousness.

Kotarou passes his action off as preventing disappointment from Tenko's quirklessness if he can't be a hero. But we all know the real reason and the resentment he harbors for heroes. So he ignores the part he plays in Tenko's unhappiness, justifies his actions as "rules are rules" like it's Tenko's fault for breaking it and absolves himself of responsibility.

Everyone is scared of Kotarou, but nobody stood in his way. We don't know how he found out, but the first thing he did was to look at Hana.

I really don't want to think Hana told on him, after saying she would support him. I believe they didn't put things back exactly like before, and Kotaro intimidated them into revealing who did it.

I know a lot of you out there are angry at Hana. But she's a kid. She's scared and she knows how mean he can be and doesn't want it directed at her. It takes amazing strength to stand up to someone you're afraid of all your life and not everyone can do it. From what we seen before, Kotaro's mostly verbally chewing Tenko out, and nobody in the household realized it would get physical.

Nobody came to help. Nobody saved Tenko like the heroes he admired. (Also Tenko's inner thoughts are just like what AFO said to him in the alleyway. Who can bet he's watching this unfold right now?)

And does anyone get reminded of Kouta? The boy who hates heroes, back in the training camp arc. (Even their names are similar)

Kouta and Kotarou believed that their parents abandoned them for the sake of others. They were hurt, but society praised these heroes. Kotarou is what Kouta might have become if Midoriya didn't come along. Also right after that page Midoriya thought back to Shigaraki's words of All Might acting like there wasn't anyone he couldn't save (WHICH is spoken alongside a flashback of that day Tenko killed his family). Wow.

Nana did it with good intentions, but Kotarou never understood or accepted her decision.

The only rule in the house: Never talk about heroes, mean to be a chain that stops anyone else from leaving him.

It does show that this was the first time he resorted to violence, and he regretted it. But has he ever apologized to Tenko? Did he ever admitted he was in the wrong, that his family is scared of him and the opposite of happiness? Maybe he thought if he can keep them(and Nana) from abandoning him, he could have had a happy family. Like the reason for his unhappiness was being abandoned. But the fact is, he could have had happiness if he could just let go of his resentment and give his children the love Nana gave him.

But it's too late.

[pocketramblr]

Even if it's just in the background, I really love au's where Hana lives because the poor girl's fate in the manga just felt too cruel (I mean, I guess that's the point since it's supposed to be Shigaraki's tragic backstory but still).

It was so cruel! She was a child! She didn't even need to die for Tomura to have a tragic backstory but.... Yeah... I feel you, Anon. Hana lives aus are very very nice

>.> And there might be some guilt where when I decide to fridge a character in a fic I go and un-fridge a canon character to try and make up for it