#shouto wasn't a total n00b

[class1akids]

Loved everything about this chapter and basically the focus being on shouto after probably 2 years of nothing!

But I can't help but find quite disheartening and a little bit unbelievable about shouto coming out of these attacks fairly unhurt? Touya has been training these whole years so how did shouto in just a month somehow created a move that achieved touyas defeat in such a short time period? It's a little bit of a stretch but if it makes them talk i will take it

Shouto came out of the war too with not looking so bad. He had some surface burns and lost his voice but he got a pretty bad Jetburn to the face then too.

and still, he was back on his feet the following chapter.

So I think his body's fire resistance is partially from having the dual quirk and also, it's not like he wasn't subjected to Endeavor punching him with fire moves on the daily since he was 5. Sadly, he had plenty of time to build up his heat resistance.

I think it's just that in the war, Shouto approached fighting Touya on his turf where they couldn't be equal. In the air, relying only on fire, using Endeavor's moves Shouto stood no chance. So he knew since he woke up in the hospital that he can't beat Touya on firepower like this.

That's why he tried a completely different approach - bringing together all the technique and all the training he himself had also for many years to create a move that could bring out all of his power in a way where he doesn't just fight fire with hotter fire, but trying to do something to counter it (and not kill Touya in the process).

It's still up in the air what it is, and yes, it's based on the idea behind flashfire but adapted to Shouto's quirk. And as opposed to Touya, who brings out the flashfire in an instant, Shouto is charging his move slowly.

I think out of all the kids, Shouto had one of the best and most earned quirk progressions. He started out with S-level ice and the fire he added to the mix was powerful, but he had very little control over it. He worked for a year now to catch up with his fire, around 6 months since he unlocked flashfire. That's a much slower progress than let's say Deku mastering 3 quirks in 2 days.

But like I said - Shouto didn't start from zero. He has also been training for a very long time and was way ahead the pack already in the beginning of the school year. Not specifically Endeavor's moves, but he did train overall, his ice, building skills, resistance, quirk output, etc. He was already better than the average pro at the SF on half of his power. And he kept working a lot during his first year, including 3 months with Endeavor and BKDK pushing him.

The last month after the war I think was just dedicated to finetuning his heat-absorption techniques, and to develop Phosphorus which I don't think will beat Touya at being "hotter", but will do something to counter him (like seal the flames for example...). If you compare this to anything Deku did (3 days for Full Cowling, a week for Air Force, a week for Black Whip), Shouto's progress took much more time and feels earned to me.

And Touya still gets to be better when it comes to performing Endeavor's moves; we saw that during the war and I don't even exclude that he'll win this encounter (in the same way Shouto won Midoriya vs Todoroki - as much as it would pain me for Shouto to take another L), but it will knock enough sense into him that he'll go and help the heroes afterwards, leading to a W in the long game.