#the hellish todoroki family finale

[loverln]

GUYS SOMEONE POINTED OUT THAT IIDA DIDNT CHEER WITH EVERYONE WHEN TODOROKI FINALLY WON AND NOW IM LITERALLY SOBBING.

HONORARY BIG BROTHER IIDA. PLEASE I CANT.

[emeraldotter]

doodles

[redbluenight]

426: THE HELLISH TODOROKI FAMILY - FINAL

[pikahlua]

MHA Chapter 426 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

1 来なくて大丈夫って言ったのに！ こなくてだいじょうぶっていったのに！ konakute daijoubu tte itta noni! "I told you it's okay if you don't come!"

2 それを言うなら貴方たちもよ冬美　夏雄 それをいうならあなたたちもよふゆみ　なつお sore wo iu nara anata-tachi mo yo Fuyumi Natsuo "If you say that, the same goes for you all, Fuyumi, Natsuo."

3 お���さんでも… おかあさんでも… okaasan demo... "Even you, mom..."

tagline 1 No.426　地獄の轟くん家・FINAL　堀越耕平 ナンバー426　じごくのとどろきくんち・ファイナル　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 426 jigoku no Todoroki-kun-chi・FAINARU  Horikoshi Kouhei No. 426 The Hellish Todoroki Family - Final Kouhei Horikoshi

4 それを言うならおまえもだ冷 それをいうならおまえもだれい sore wo iu nara omae mo da Rei "If you say that, the same goes for you, Rei."

tagline 2 集う轟家の面々向かう先はーー… つどうとどろきけのめんめんむかうさきはーー… tsudou Todoroki-ke no menmen mukau saki wa--... Where are the gathered members of the Todoroki family heading--...?

5 義務感で来たんじゃねぇから！ ぎむかんできたんじゃねぇから！ gimu kan de kitanja nee kara! "It's because I didn't come here out of a sense of duty!"

6 皆そうだろ みんなそうだろ minna sou daro "It's like that for everyone, right?"

1 会話は可能ですが一日に数分が限界です かいわはかのうですがいちにちにすうぶんがげんかいです kaiwa wa kanou desu ga ichinichi ni suubun ga genkai desu "Conversation is possible, but [his] limit is a few minutes a day."

2 緩やかに死へと向かっている… ゆるやかにしへとむかっている… yuruyaka ni shi e to mukatte iru... "Slowly* headed towards death..." (*Note: It's important to note this word for "slowly" does not imply Touya is suffering slowly until he dies but that the wait is a gentle and easy one.)

3 それが今の轟燈矢です それがいまのとどろきとうやです sore ga ima no Todoroki Touya desu "That is Touya Todoroki now."

1 ……………ぞろぞろと ...............zorozoro to "...............One by one."

2 ハハ… 観光名物じゃねぇんだよ……… ハハ… かんこうめいぶつじゃねぇんだよ……… HAHA... kankou meibutsu wa neenda yo......... "Haha... I'm not a tourist attraction........."

3 ゲホッ GEHO (Note: This is a sound effect for a coughing sound.)

4 ガホ GAHO (Note: This is a sound effect for a coughing sound.)

5 燈矢 とうや Touya "Touya."

6 今後の話をしに来たんだ こんごのはなしをしにきたんだ kongo no hanashi wo shi ni kitanda "I came here to talk about the future,"

7 燈矢 とうや Touya "Touya."

8 俺はヒーローを引退するよ おれはヒーローをいんたいするよ ore wa HIIROO wo intai suru yo "I'm retiring from being a hero."

1 元より戦いが終わったらそうするつもりだったが もとよりたたかいがおわったらそうするつもりだったが moto yori tatakai ga owattara sou suru tsumori datta ga "I originally planned to do that after the battle was over."

2 最早自力で立つことすらXXXXX もはやじりきでたつことすらXXXXX mohaya jiriki de tatsu koto sure XXXXX "I can't even stand on my own anymore XXXXX" (Note: This speech bubble is cut off, so I cannot read the full line.)

3 ヒーローエンデヴァーは灼かれて死んだ ヒーローエンデヴァーはやかれてしんだ HIIROO ENDEVAA wa yakarete shinda "The hero Endeavor was burned to death."

4 おまえの炎は おまえのほのおは omaeno honoo wa "Your flames"

5 誰よりも強かった だれよりもつよかった dare yori mo tsuyokatta "were stronger than anyone else's."

6 そっか sokka "That so?"

7 ご愁傷様 ごしゅうしょうさま goshuushousama "My condolences."

8 事が済んでから諂うなよ ことがすんでからへつらうなよ koto ga sunde kara hetsurauna yo "Don't flatter me now that everything has finished."

9 卑怯者… ひきょうもの… hikyou mono... "You coward..."

10 そうだな sou da na "That's right."

11 燈矢は俺のことをよくわかってる… とうやはおれのことをよくわかってる… Touya wa ore no koto wo yoku wakatteru... "You know me very well, Touya..."

12 ずっと見てたんだもんな ずっとみてたんだもんな zutto mitetanda mon na "You've been watching for a long time."

1 XにXてほしかったんだもんな X ni Xte hoshikattanda mon na (Note: Most of this sentence is cut off and thus illegible to me. All I can tell is that he says someone, probably Touya, wanted something.)

2 なのに見なかった… なのにみなかった… nanoni minakatta... "But I didn't see it..."

3 俺はお父さんの子どもなんだから おれはおとうさんのこどもなんだから ore wa otousan no kodomo nanda kara Because I've got you for a father. (Note: This is the official translation of this line from chapter 301.)

4 おまえはエンデヴァーじゃない‼︎ omae wa ENDEVAA ja nai!! You aren't Endeavor!! (Note: This line is from chapter 293.)

5 誰が何と言おうと…… だれがなんといおうと…… dare ga nan to iou to...... "No matter what anyone says......"

6 おまえの炎は俺の「ヘルフレイム」だ おまえのねつはおれの「ヘルフレイム」だ omae no netsu (kanji: honoo) wa ore no 「HERUFUREIMU」 da "Your heat (read as: flames) are my Hellflame."

7 あの告発映像を あのこくはつえいぞうを ano kokuhatsu eizou wo "That accusation video,"

8 毎日見続けている まいにちみつづけている mainichi mitsudzukete iru "I kept watching it everyday."

9 おどおさん odousan Dad,

10 見で みで mide watch me! (Note: The line from speech bubbles 9 & 10 comes from chapter 387.)

11 これからーー… kore kara--... "From here [on out]--..."

1 毎日来る まいにちくる mainichi kuru "I will come [here] everyday."

2 話をしよう はなしをしよう hanashi wo shiyou "Let's have a conversation."

3 あまりに遅すぎたけれど あまりにおそすぎたけれど amari ni oso sugita keredo "It's much too late, but"

4 話そう はなそう hanasou "let's talk."

5 心拍数上昇これ以上は負担が しんぱくすうじょうしょうこれいじょうはふたんが shinpaku suujoushou kore ijou wa futan ga "His heart rate is increased. The burden from any more than this [would be too much]..."

6 冷 れい Rei "Rei,"

7 夏雄　冬美 なつお　��ゆみ Natsuo Fuyumi "Natsuo, Fuyumi,"

8 焦凍が… しょうとが… Shouto ga... "and Shouto..."

9 残してくれた時間で話X のこしてくれたじかんではなX nokoshite kureta jikan de hanaX "With the time we have left, let's talk*." (*Note: This line is cut off at the end, but it would just determine what conjugation the verb "talk" would be, so I'm assuming the conjugation will be "let's talk.")

1 憎いなら…憎いと にくいなら…にくいと nikui nara...nikui to "If you hate [me]...[tell me] you hate [me]."

2 なんでもいい nan demo ii "Anything is fine."

3 ぶつけてくれ…！ butsukete kure...! "Vent to me...!"

4 燈矢兄い私も…！ とうやにいわたしも…！ Touya-nii watashi mo...! "Touya-nii*, me too...!" (*Note: This suffix is an honorific to refer to one's older brother.)

5 話たい事たくさんあるの はなしたいことたくさんあるの hanashitai koto takusan aru no "There are so many things I want to talk about."

6 今日は止めにしましょう‼︎ きょうはやめにしましょう‼︎ kyou wa yame ni shimashou!! "Let's stop for today!!"

7 また明日にでも… またあすにでも… mata asu ni demo... "But again tomorrow [is fine]..."

8 最後に一ついいですか さいごにひとついいですか saigo ni hitotsu ii desu ka "Is one last thing okay?"

9 聞きたかったことあるんだ ききたかったことあるんだ kikitakatta koto arunda "There's something I wanted to ask you."

1 燈矢兄 とうやにい Touya-nii "Touya-nii*," (*Note: Again, this is the suffix that denotes an honorific for one's older brother.)

2 好きな食べ物何？ すきなたべものなに？ suki na tabemono nani? "what food do you like?"

3 ……体力の限界ですね ……たいりょくのげんかいですね ......tairyoku no genkai desu ne "......[Seems like] that's the limit of his physical strength."

4 今日は眠らせてまた… きょうはねむらせてまた… kyou wa nemurasete mata... "Let him rest today, then again [tomorrow]..."

5 蕎麦 そば soba "Soba."

1 おんなじだ onnaji da "[Mine is] the same." (Note: This line is spoken with a younger affectation, which adds a bit of charm to this line. It emphasizes that Shouto is the adorable younger sibling here. Thank you @bakuhatsufallinlove for the note!)

2 これ以上は平行線だ これいじょうはへいこうせんだ kore ijou wa heikousen da Running in parallel, but forever apart! (Note: The lines from speech bubbles 2-4 are from chapter 352. I've mixed the official translations from Viz with the official subtitles for the anime episode release.)

3 交わるよ まじわるよ majiwaru yo Our paths will cross,

4 無理にでも むりにでも muri ni demo even if it's forced.

1 焦凍… しょうと… Shouto... "Shouto..."

2 ごめんな… gomen na... "I'm sorry..."

3 俺はここまでだわ おれはここまでだわ ore wa koko made da wa "This is as far as I go."

4 悪いけど気持ち変わんない わるいけどきもちかわんない warui kedo kimochi kawannai "Sorry, but my feelings won't change."

5 俺はもう付き合わなX おれはもうつきあわなX ore wa mou tsukiawana- "I won't associate with you anymore." (Note: This line is cut off, but I believe I have inferred the entire message.)

6 ああ aa "Right."

1 彼女と籍入れたい かのじょとせきいれたい kanojo to seki iretai "I want to marry my girlfriend."

2 式は挙げない紹介もしない しきはあげないしょうかいもしない shiki wa agenai shoukai mo shinai "I won't have a ceremony, and I won't introduce you."

3 ああ…悪かったな ああ…わるかったな aa...warukatta na "Right...I'm sorry."

4 姉ちゃんは？ ねえちゃんは？ neechan wa? "[What about you,] Neechan*?" (Note: This is an honorific used for one's older sister.)

5 仕事やめたんだろ？ しごとやめたんだろ？ shigoto yametandaro? "You quit your job, right?"

6 うんでも un demo "Yeah, but"

7 生徒のお母さんが新しい職場紹介してくれてねサポートしてくれるって せいとのおかあさんがあたらしいしょくばしょうかいしてくれてねサポートしてくれるって seito no okaasan ga atarashii shokuba shoukai shite kurete ne SAPOOTO shite kureru tte "a student's mother introduced me to a new workplace. She said she'd support* me." (Note: I believe this implication here leans more towards the mother saying she wants to support Fuyumi's job aspirations, not that she's trying to support Fuyumi financially.)

8 ……………正直責任は果たしたと思う ……………しょうじきせきにんははたしたとおもう ...............shoujiki sekinin wa hatashita to omou "...............Honestly, I think you fulfilled your responsibility."

9 罰も受けたと思う…もういいんじゃねーの？ ばつもうけたとおもう…もういいんじゃねーの？ batsu mo uketa to omou...mou iinja nee no? "I think you also received your punishment... Isn't that enough?"

10 犯した罪の賠償と謝罪を一生をかけて続けていく おかしたつみのばいしょうとしゃざいをいっしょうをかけてつづけていく okashita tsumi no baishou to shazai wo isshou wo kakete tsudzukete iku "I will continue to make reparations and apologize for the sins I commited for the rest of my life."

11 見ていなくていい みていなくていい mite inakute ii "You don't have to watch me."

12 子どもたちに降りかかる火の粉をできる限り俺が受け止める おまえたちにふりかかるひのこをできるかぎりおれがうけとめる omae-tachi (kanji: kodomo-tachi) ni furikakaru hi no ko wo dekiru kagiri ore ga uke tomeru "I will take* the sparks that fall on all of you (read as: you children) as much as I can." (*Note: This word "take" means to "take a blow." In this case, Enji is saying any sparks that fall towards the children he will receive as blows to his body in order to spare them.)

13 生き延びた意味があるとすればそれだけなんだ いきのびたいみがあるとすればそれだけなんだ iki nobita imi ga aru to sureba sore dake nanda "If there's any meaning to that I survived, it's only that."

14 ………地獄だぞ ………じごくだぞ .........jigoku da zo ".........It'll be hell."

1 ああ aa "Yes."

2-3 ダンスの誘いを受けたんでな ダンスのさそいをうけたんでな DANSU no sasoi wo uketande na "I received an invitation to dance." (Note: This is a reference back to Dabi's invitation to Enji that they dance together in hell in chapter 290.)

4 …初めてだよ …はじめてだよ ...hajimete da yo "...This is the first time"

5 お父さんの事 おとうさんのこと otousan no koto "that [I thought] father" (Note: As far as I can tell, this may be the first time in the manga Natsuo has referred to Enji as "father".)

6 かっこいいって思えたの かっこいいっておもえたの kakkoii tte omoeta no "was cool."

7 焦凍は？ しょうとは？ Shouto wa? "What about you, Shouto?"

8 学校戻るんだろ？ がっこうもどるんだろ？ gakkou modorundaro? "You're returning to school, right?"

9 うん un "Yeah."

10 乗ってけよ姉ちゃんも のってけよねえちゃんも notteke yo neechan mo "[I'll give you] a ride. Neechan*, too." (Note: Again, this is an honorific for one's older sister.)

11 ありがとう arigatou "Thanks."

12 親父 おやじ oyaji "Old man,"

13 お母さん おかあさん okaasan "mother,"

14 俺にはA組いるから大丈夫だよ！ おれにはみんないるからだいじょうぶだよ！ ore ni wa minna (kanji: EE-gumi) iru kara daijoubu da yo! "I have everyone (read as: Class A), so I'll be fine!"

15 俺は自分でなりてえようになれるから！ おれはじぶんでなりてえようになれるから！ ore wa jibun de naritee you ni nareru kara! "Because I can become who I want!"

1 地獄…でも じごく…でも jigoku...demo "Hell...but"

2 おーう早かったな‼︎ おーうはやかったな‼︎ oou hayakatta na!! "Wow, that was fast!!"

3 大丈夫だったかあ⁉︎ だいじょうぶだったかあ⁉︎ daijoubu datta kaa!? "Was [he] okay!?"

4 おなかすいた onaka suita "I'm hungry."

5 見てる人がいる みてるひとがいる miteru hito ga iru "we have people watching."

phone text 1 ホークス HOOKUSU Hawks

phone text 2 面会どーでした〜〜〜？ menkai doo deshita~~~? How was the visitation~~~?

phone text 3 なんかメンドーあったら言って下さいネ nanka MENDOO attara itte kudasai NE Please let me know if you have any trouble

6 ええ〜〜〜？出ていいって言われてンのに ええ〜〜〜？でていいっていわれてンのに ee~~~? dete ii tte iwareteN noni "Eh~~~? You were told you could leave though."

7 出ないんスかあ？ でないんスかあ？ denainSU kaa? "You're not coming out?"

8 "まだ"ね"まだ"！ "mada" ne "mada"! "'Not yet,' I said, 'not yet!'"

9 まだシャバはこわいまた利用されて繰り返すかもしれない まだシャバはこわいまたりようされてくりかえすかもしれない mada SHABA wa kowai mata riyou sarete kurikaesu kamo shirenai "The world outside of prison is scary. I might get used all over again."

10 色々助けてほしかったんですけどねーーー いろいろたすけてほしかったんですけどねーーー iroiro tasukete hoshikattandesu kedo ne--- "I did want your help with various things---"

1 あの日緑谷��久が世界に示した"モノ"を あのひみどりやいずくがせかいにしめした"モノ"を ano hi Midoriya Izuku ga sekai ni shimeshita "MONO" wo "The thing Izuku Midoriya showed the world that day"

2 社会はどう受け取って変わるのか…そこを見極めてからだ しゃかいはどううけとってかわるのか…そこをみきわめてからだ shakai wa dou uketotte kawaru no ka...soko wo mikiwamete kara da "and how society will interpret it and change... We've still gotta see that through."

3 もうしばらく税金で飯食わせてもらうわ もうしばらくぜいきんでめしくわせてもらうわ mou shibaraku zeikin de meshi kuwasete morau wa "I'll be able to eat my meals off taxes for a while."

4 敵め ヴィランめ VIRAN-me "You damn villain." (Note: This is sarcasm.)

5 うおおおおお uooooo "Ohhhhhhh!"

6 ラブラバァ RABURABAA "La Bravaaa!"

7 ジェントルゥウウウ！ JENTORUUUUU! "Gentleeeee!”

small text うるせえ urusee Noisy.

8 活躍が認められた形だ達者でやれよ かつやくがみとめられたかたちだたっしゃでやれよ katsuyaku ga mitomerareta katachi da tassha de yare yo "This is a form of recognition for your efforts. Be in good health."

9 ジェントルがかっこよすぎたおかげよ‼︎ JENTORU ga kakkoyo sugita okage yo!! "It's thanks to Gentle being so cool!!"

10 ラブラバがすごかったんだよ‼︎ RABURABA ga sugokattanda yo!! "La Brava, you were amazing!!"

phone text 1 エンデヴァー ENDEVAA Endeavor

phone text 2 ありがとう大丈夫だ arigatou daijoubu da Thanks, we're fine

phone text 3 手を借り���くなったらい te wo karitakunatta rai I wanted to borrow a hand

phone text 4 言う iu Say (Note: The text messages are a bit short and lack context for me to understand completely what is being said. I don't know what this line is supposed to mean.)

1 どう変わるか… どうかわるか… dou kawaru ka... How will it change...

2 気丈〜〜 きじょう〜〜 kijou~~ [What] a strong spirit~~

phone text 5 そっちこそ大変だろう socchi koso taihen darou That must be difficult

phone text 6 新公安委員長 shin-kouan'i inchou New public safety commision chairman

phone text 7 わかくしてみこしになるかくご wakakushite mikoshi ni naru kakugo You're determined to become a warm mikoshi (Note: This line is a bit too vague for me to parse, but my guess is that it's directed at Hawks as a compliment that he wants to travel around and give people warmth. I'm not sure of this. The idiom here refers to a mikoshi, which is a portable shrine carried around town by parades at festivals.)

3 どう変えるか どうかえるか dou kaeru ka How will we change it?

4 あ　もしもし目良さん あ　もしもしめらさん a moshimoshi Mera-san "Ah, hello Mera-san."

5 ガチャ GACHA (Note: This is the sound effect for a door opening.)

tagline 一方、スピナーは… いっぽう、スピナーは… ippou, SUPINAA wa... On the other hand, Spinner is...

[doumadono]

"Hellish Todoroki Family - Finale" rant

I am indeed very unhappy and discontent with the "Hellish Todoroki Family - Finale" chapter. Although I'm relieved that Touya is still alive and had the opportunity to confront his family, the execution of the chapter felt incredibly rushed and rough around the edges. With only four chapters remaining, it's hard to imagine how the story can be steered back to a satisfying conclusion that honors or resolves the villains' plotlines in any meaningful way 🤷

Touya's journey has been one of the most poignant and complex within the series, and to see his narrative potentially reduced to a hurried wrap-up is disheartening. What he truly deserved was more than just a mere acknowledgment from his family; he deserved to forge a real connection, especially with his siblings. The hope now is that the author leaves his story at a point where Touya can just be—without the looming threat of a dramatic "funeral" or tearful "last goodbyes."

All Touya ever needed was the chance to heal with his family, to be acknowledged by them. It's these quieter, more personal reconciliations that could offer real closure to his character. Moving forward, I just want to believe that he, Rei, and Fuyumi can have those heartfelt conversations. I hope his family visits him every day, allowing them all to slowly 'rebuild' the bonds that were so tragically broken. It would be fitting for Touya’s family to consistently and supportively remain by his side, regardless of the time they have left together. I hope Shoto shares soba with his nii-san. This is what would truly honor Touya's character and provide a genuine resolution to his deeply emotional storyline.

I just find myself caught in a tumultuous middle ground between sheer joy and profound sadness.

[siflshonen]

Dude! Toya may be your sweet baby but he killed over 30 people in cold blood and be wasn’t even sorry about it. He got what he wanted so badly he was willing to exist in a living death for it. The rest of his life is back in a cage, but everything he wants is there and there is a promise of a final release so he isn’t stuck burning in that hellish family forever.

Meanwhile, Keigo is about to be the most (or second-most) hated and divisive public figure in Japan’s history, but he’s also probably the first in centuries who came from a poor, non-party-affiliated background (and he’s potentially an ethnic minority, depending on how you read him) with the perspective of the social roles of a victim, villain, civilian, Hero, and disgraced Hero, and is honest about the atrocious shit he’s done in his life. He’s batshit and about to enter a constant fight and tense dialogue with the old system and the current population, and his only real reward is that he gets to text his weird, disgraced, unknowing-surrogate amputee dad in the Old Folks Home For Burnout Failure Heroes as he sits by his wife, whom he does not love and who does not love him. Fuck if I know if he ever says a word to his mom again, but Keigo’s entire world is his job, not enjoying a life outside it, and he will never have the free time he dreamed of heroes having, though his efforts MIGHT allow future generations to do so and he will definitely do everything in his power to prevent the conditions for future Todoroki Family Situations AND Takami household situations. Keigo’s ending is a continued onslaught in all directions.

That said, I CANNOT BELIEVE they let him land that job at 23.

[class1akids]

we're just never getting a todofam moment that doesn't involve endeavor huh

There was never gonna be a conclusion without Endeavor, but I agree that this chapter spent way too much time on him.

Still the emotional core of the chapter was Shouto and Touya connecting in a way that had nothing to do with Endeavor, so that was a win.

Also the ending of the Todoroki family is Shouto getting his freedom and emancipation. He's not cutting Enji out the way Natsuo did, but he's giving himself the permission to focus on himself and not be stepping up for Endeavor's failings anymore.

After Shouto's "Origin" - the chapter about him becoming who he wants to be", Ch 40 was called "Emancipation", giving the idea that Shouto's next step is to break away from his father.

Shouto just had his breakthrough with fire, seemingly doing exactly as Endeavor predicted - he came up against a wall he couldn't solve just with ice. Endeavor thought that this also means Shouto finally accepting the reason for his birth, to become Endeavor's "replacement".

But psychologically, something different happened:

Shoto experienced freedom for the first time. He caught the first glimpse of a sense of self that didn't revolve around Endeavor. It's still a very long journey for him with many detours and wrong turns.

But by the end of it all, he does arrive to a strong sense of self- where his actions, his power are defined by his own values and goals and not Endeavor's reasons.

And I think that's the point the story is trying to make with Shouto's journey. That processing his painful past, facing his family and making connections was important to be able to develop this strong sense of self. These important building blocks were missing from Shouto's identity because of his stunted, isolated childhood.

But the "Hellish Todoroki family" is the home Enji and Rei are created together and Shouto - while his roots are here - is not chained to it. His life is so much more than this, his future is carving his own path and building a life away from Endeavor's fever dream:

While I'm not fully happy with the Todofam ending, I'm relieved about this part. About Shouto being able to move forward. I don't think he's magically will be free from the public backlash or that his ties to Endeavor and Dabi won't be set-backs in the future, but he's strong and his mind is free from the framework Endeavor created him for. He's not carrying some vow of "restoring the family honor".

It doesn't seem like Shouto will take over the Endeavor agency - if anything he's set to be working with his friends.

This is the emancipation we were promised back in Ch 40. And it's not a "fuck you dad", but also not an "I'll forgive you". It's all of Shouto's experiences, pain, losses integrating into an identity that understands and grieves the past but is not stuck in it.

[sakubabypowa734]

🚨BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA CHAPTER 426 ALERT SPOILERS!🚨

Final chapter of the Hellish Todoroki family

This chapter begins with the entire family reunited. Rei has serious burns on her face, Fuyumi has a few, Natsu got a haircut and Enji is all bandaged up.

They came to visit Toya...

The past was really complex, awful, hellish but Enji admitted to Toya: "So let's talk every day from now on. I know it took me too long, but I want to talk to you. You can hate me all you want. Say it all to me".

The rest of the family said they wanted to talk to Toya too... but the employee from the facility says they should stop for today, so as not to burden his heart too much.

The family started leaving but Shoto wanted to ask one and last thing...

As he always wanted to know, he asked Toya what is his favorite food. Toya answered "Soba". Shoto told him "Same"

Abd then, Toya's face change.

He remembered their fights during this war and then, called Shoto by his name and cried.

"Shoto.... I'm sorry..."

Seeing again Lady Nagant!

She said she wanted to stay a lit bit more in jail because she's afraid of being used once again.

And she jokes about the food she'll be eating funded by people's taxes, that making Hawks sticks his tongue out and calls her a villain.

Gentle and La Brava shouting each other's names. The cop told them that their help has been officially recognized, so they're free.

And in the last panel, we see Spinner unconscious in a hospital bed and the door to his room opening... who could is been?

Tenko? Shirakumo? Or even Deku?

1/5 last chapter done...

[sarahjtv]

My Hero Academia Chapter 426 Spoiler Talk: The Hellish Todoroki Family Conclusion

Whew, what a chapter goddamn. The Todoroki Family, especially Shoto (my favorite character 🩵), is one of my favorite and one of the best arcs in My Hero Academia. We all knew that their conclusion was coming this chapter and now that we're here, let's talk about it:

First off, in case you didn't hear, Weekly Shonen Jump and MHA mangaka, Kohei Horikoshi himself, confirmed that this is the first of the last 5 chapters of My Hero Academia. The series will end in early August with 430 chapters total if all goes well. I made a post about this when it was announced 2 days ago, but I want to briefly say that I am going to miss this series so much. It has had such an amazing impact on my life and surely saved me during many rough times. I will be so sad to see it end, but happy to see Horikoshi finish his beloved story on his own terms after 10 long years of publication. I will make sure to see it through myself.

We start off the chapter with a Todoroki Family reunion. We see the whole family about a month after the war ended. Everyone has burn scars of some kind now with Rei's having the largest that even covers the left side of her face like Shoto's and Endeavor's do ironically enough (I see what you did, Horikoshi). We don't see if Endeavor got any burn scars on his face because it's covered with bandages, but given he has the highest fire resistance next to Shoto, I doubt it.

Also, pretty much everyone got a haircut from their bodies getting torched trying to stop Touya (I'm going to call him that from here on). Fuyumi and Endeavor got a few inches off, Natsuo cut quite a bit off to the point where he's looking like his father again (oh, the irony), and Rei got a significant portion cut off to the point where it's back to the length it was when she and Enji first met. I think Shoto got a slight trim, but it's hard to tell. His hair is definitely scruffier than it was before, though. Honestly looks-wise, they all still look really good. Those Todoroki/Himura genes are doing good work.

But, despite those good looks, everyone is here to see Touya in his own operating tube (?). The doctor says that Touya's slowly dying and Endeavor tells everyone that he's retiring. Both things are what everyone saw coming. There was no way Endeavor was going back to hero work after everything that happened to him during the final war. It was just never possible. Even with prosthetics, I think his own mental state and where he is in life with his family would have prevented that from happening. I'm surprised that Touya is alive at all, but I'm glad to see that he's alive to see his family for a little longer before he eventually dies which I assume may happen in the final chapter of the series.

Also, Touya can still talk! Bro still can't move for shit, but he's conscious enough to talk to his family. He still hates his father and I get it. I don't think there was any way Touya was going to forgive his father after everything that happened. It's good to see that Endeavor still is trying to atone and wants to talk with Touya as much as he possibly can to his eldest son, but that won't change anything right now. The least Endeavor can do is listen to what Touya might want to say.

Fuyumi and Rei try to talk to Touya too, but the doctor is telling them that talking more would be a burden on Touya's heart. And then Shoto asks his oldest brother "What's your favorite food?" and Touya responds "Soba..." just like Shoto. I can't do this tonight, guys! I'm screaming, crying, throwing up! WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN! THEY COULD HAVE EATEN SOBA TOGETHER IN ANOTHER LIFE!!! HOW DARE YOU, HORIKOSHI! I'M IN YOUR WALLS 😭

And right as his family leaves his room, Touya slowly cries tears and says "Shoto... I'm sorry..." I don't need to explain this one. This fucking hurts. Touya has regrets, but it's too late. Touya may be Dabi the murderous villain who ruined a lot of lives, but he's also still a young man who deserved a better life than what was handed to him and does still care for his family even if only a little. All around a tragic character. If this is the last we see of Touya, I think it's a good albeit sad send-off.

As the Todorokis start to part ways, we get an idea of where their lives are going now:

1. Natsuo wants to start a family with his girlfriend (isn’t he only 20 btw and he started dating her like, what, a year ago? I get it, Natsuo, but this is too early don’t you think? 😭) but has no intention of having a ceremony for it specifically because he doesn't want her or himself to ever see Enji again. I don't blame him for this. Even though he helped stop Touya from literally exploding which did save his father, Natsuo made it clear from the start that he was never going to forgive Enji no matter how much he atoned. The reason why he was even born was because Enji wanted a perfect Ice/Fire child, but he didn't get that until Shoto was born afterwards. Natsuo saw Enji hurt and abuse his family for pretty much his entire life and Enji suddenly wanting to fix what he broke wasn't going to change Natsuo's mind on what he thought of his father. Cutting ties with his father is for the best. It's a miracle the rest of his family still want to see Enji at all, especially Shoto.

2. Fuyumi has also quit her teaching job, but a mother of one of her students found another one. This is also understandable. The public slander of her family on her is what probably pushed this and I'm sure her good reputation got inadvertently damaged from it. I hope she is treated better at her new job.

3. Enji is going got continue to pay for his crimes for the rest of his life whatever that takes. He even understands if the rest of his kids never want to see him again either. He will still do everything he can to make sure his kids are unharmed by the whole Dabi thing. He even accepts that he's going to dance with Touya in Hell one day. Honestly, regardless of what you think of Endeavor, I honestly think his atonement/development arc is one of the best in the series. He has definitely become a better man than what he started out as when we first met him during the Sports Festival Arc, but what I love about this is that Horikoshi never let him off the hook. He made Enji face his sins head-on and suffer through every consequence that came from his abusive actions. If Enji Todoroki is going to atone, he's going to atone the very, very hard way. Enji may be a better man and father, but that doesn't mean he's going to see the pearly gates when all is said and done. The best he can do is pay for his sins for the rest of his life and pray that Rei, Fuyumi, and Shoto don't leave him completely too.

4. And finally, there's my favorite, Shoto 🩵! He's going back to school and reassures his parents that he will be fine with his friends as they help him become who he wants to be. This essentially concludes Shoto's arc as well. When we first met him, he was a cold, anti-social teen who didn't want to make any friends. All he wanted to do was to become a hero with his ice alone to spite his father. Since then, he's opened up to his classmates, made amazing friends especially in Izuku, Iida, and Bakugo, rekindled his relationship with his mother and siblings, come to terms with his father and Touya, and finally accepted his Ice/Fire powers as his own. He says he's on the path to becoming the hero he wants to be, but I'd argue that he's already there. Again, it's an incredible development for Shoto and I think this is a great conclusion to his own character arc.

After Shoto leaves, we transition to Hawks! He's still there for Endeavor if he needs him which is nice. He's also the president of the Public Safety Commission! Dude may be Quirkless, but that doesn't mean he can't do anything! I'm happy to see him thrive in this new role of his and I hope he can reform the PSC into something good as opposed to how they treated him in the past.

We also catch up on Lady Nagant WHO IS NOT DEAD 🎊, but chooses to stay in prison for a bit longer. And Gentle and LaBrava are ok and free too! Good endings here!

The final panel shows Spinner and someone is opening his hospital door 🤔

Phenomenal chapter! 10/10 would read and cry over again. Thank you and fuck you for everything, Kohei Horikoshi. 4 Chapters left. Fuck, my hands hurt 😭

[autumnmobile12]

Just want to point out that in the Ambush Sim AU that while Touya teaches piano to grade schoolers, the window of opportunity to do so is very small. Most Japanese schools end the day around 3 in the afternoon (taking into account piano lessons are an extracurricular activity,) so depending on when dinner happens in the Todoroki household, he really only has two to three hours to teach. He's able to schedule more students during weekends and holiday breaks, but since he's otherwise unemployed, he has a lot of time to himself during the day.

So as shown in Chapter 6, he does most of the housework.

Endeavor doesn't do housework, he probably barred Shouto from doing any in favor of the rigorous training schedule, and the only reason Fuyumi and Touya alternate cooking meals is because she enjoys cooking and insists on that schedule. Other than that, Touya is the one taking care of cleaning, laundry, gardening, errands, and other assorted household maintenance. Even if Endeavor asks Fuyumi to run an errand in town or pick something up, Touya's usually the one to take care of it on her behalf since she's the one with the full-time teaching job.

However, by the Ambush Simulation: The Hellish Todoroki Family installment, he no longer lives at home. So everything he took care of in that house is going to start piling up with Shouto and Natsuo living on campus and Fuyumi and Endeavor working full time.

…

Endeavor: *comments on how laundry is falling behind and how the house seems dustier*

Fuyumi: *actually triggered to annoyance* I don’t know what to tell you, Dad. My housekeeper brother no longer lives here.

Endeavor: *realizing he's shot himself in the foot*

Touya: *diligently taking care of his Fukuoka residence and torn between feeling bad for Fuyumi and feeling vindicated that Father Dearest may finally be acknowledging he was an under-appreciated son*

[haine-kleine]

Revisiting the beginning of the Todoroki family arc is so wild after chapter 426

because virtually nothing had even changed.

Everything Natsuo points out here remains true. Enji still treats his broken family like a challenge to face head-on and overcome. Rei and Fuyumi are still kindly pretending nothing is wrong for the sake of keeping the family whole, not adressing their own feelings of hurt. Enji is still the one who decides how the family's future is going to look like, one-sidedly forcing his chosen way of "atonement" - he never actually asks Touya a single question, their entire interaction in the chapter 426 might as well be a monologue. Shouto is the only one who asked Touya a question and waited to get an answer. Enji never asks anyone if they are okay with him visiting Touya together with the rest of his family, neither does he ask Touya if he would be fine with his father coming to visit him every single day for the remaining rest of his life.

"From now on, I'm going to face my past and atone for everything I've done". He says this in chapter 192 but this quote might as well come from the chapter 426. He hasn't changed at all. His stubborn fight against his past mistakes prevents him from facing the actual victims of said mistakes - all he ever sees is himself.

The most curious development in chapter 426 however is Natsuo. Since the beginning, he was chosen as the speaking vessel of the family's conflict with Endeavour. He is the only one who voiced everything out loud to Enji's face, without skipping anything. He is the only one who challenged Enji, refused to accept his chosen way of atonement, didn't accept his "apology". Now, at the end of the family's story, he refused it for the final time. He cut off Enji and won't let him into his life anymore. Looking at this event from the point of the purpose given to Natsuo's character, this means Enji's utter failure. The one family member who didn't accept his efforts from the very start, who didn't forgive him already before he even thought about apologizing, the one who wasn't tied to him by his quirk and the eugenics purpose Enji had given him against his will. The only one who had the full independent freedom to accept or reject Enji's atonement, based only on his actions.

And he had refused him. Natsuo started the Hellish Torodoki Family arc struggling to accept Enji's atonement. And he ended the Hellish part of their family's life rejecting Enji for the final time. For Enji's character arc, namely, for his atonement, this means full and utter failure.

[gradelstuff]

The Tomura volume redraws resembles the atmosphere during Toga's final moments. They're dying, but at least they're leaving after getting some semblance of "peace" in their final moments

I still hate that they died, (I will always hate this decision), but at least they died without as many regrets - supposedly. There’s just something about Tomura and Toga getting preventable but “peaceful” deaths that will forever unsettle me.

However, with these updated Tomura panels in the volume, I kinda hope it means that Dabi will get something new in the last hellish Todoroki chapter.

Because if not, this will be the last time we see Dabi before he dies in the timeskip:

I hate it. I used to think it was """fine""" because at least his fate was vague in the final chapter, but knowing that he does die ruins this scene more for me. I don't want to think that Tomura and Toga got these """peaceful""" deaths, while Dabi is instead forced to live out his remaining time inside a prison coffin so Endeavor can feel better about himself

So, I do hope that Dabi gets something new too. Maybe a flashback or imagery of him with his family or the League, or just SOMETHING to show that he also found that "moment of peace" like Tomura and Toga did before they left.

Otherwise Dabi really did get the worst death in my opinion. It's probably for the best that he did die in the end (knowing how this series is), but it's still upsetting for me

yet another reason nobody in the League should've died, ough ..

[heartbreakercupcake]

Rei from The Hellish Todoroki Family - Final

[sarah-dipitous]

HEAR ME OUT: this might have been the finale for the Hellish Todoroki Family, but that still leaves room for hope of a panel or two in the last chapter (if we jump ahead in time again but much further) of the Toforokis minus endeavor (but including Natsu’s wife and a kid maybe?? And of COURSE Touya) having dinner in PEACE

[mhacentral]

14 Days of MHA - Day 1 (July 23rd): Family, Home, House

No one said this topic had to warm, loving and happy

It all began with one simple phrase.... one simple phrase started to change the tides of this hellish family

With courage to head towards the future, Shoto started to see his mother, saving her like he had been

Though Shoto was over coming his troubles bit by bit, he couldn't ignore the past

He had to learn the key..... connecting hearts

And through his actions, he was able to affect others, even stubborn ones

The #1 Hero, Endeavor, his father

Forgiveness isn't simple, and it isn't always possible, but Shoto wants to try

But first he has to go back... go back and remember his origin, his power is his own, and he gets the choice of how and when to use it, to become the person he wants to be

With his newly developed fire, he is ready to go to the Endeavor Agency, but not alone, with his friends who have helped him get this far

But that doesn't mean its father/son time..... its Hero 101 time

Though the family was looking forward towards the future.....

.....the past was ever looming......

THE PAST NEVER DIES

For the first time ever, the family had something to work together on

But things don't always go as planned, the villains stretched the heroes to thin

Endeavor had been assigned to fight AFO, leaving Shoto to deal with Touya

But things weren't over yet

Touya and Enji finally got to have their dance

Touya begins to dream if only things never went that way....

....except Touya is forgetting Shoto does exist and he had a crying little boy in his heart as well wishing for the same

Unfortunately things were too late

But Shoto at least had a little time to get to know his brother.....

And through Shoto's words, Touya sheds his real first tears in a decade

Seriously though..... at least someone in his family didn't just say "lets talk" and actually talked..... I think that is a big problem with the Todoroki's, words only and no actions

[class1akids]

i read few of the comments you made about Endeavor and how it “ruined” (for lack of better verbs) the story for him to be alive in act 3 apparently without a good plan.

and while I wholeheartedly agree with most of the comments you made I’d like to ask: why? Do you have any idea of why Horikoshi decided to make endeavour taking up so much space straight to the end of the Todoroki family? Why he decided to push so hard the idea of his own atonement despite everything ? What he wanted to achieve with that?

while I don’t see Endeavor dying because the hellish Todoroki family … I always had the feeling the end would have refused all of them. So Enji alive as well. But there where tons of why of placing out of the scene. Coma, badly hurt, being a coward… do you have any theory because him being apologetic was pushed so hard while Shoto was almost overshadowed by his father upon a superficial reading ?

I think HK thought it's more interesting to have the abuser live and not do a redemption by death, but instead focus on the consequences.

But I think he also underestimated what was needed to make the plot convincing and also try to balance both the arc he built for Shouto and Touya, as well as Endeavor.

With Endeavor dying in the PLF-war, it would have become a 2-way dynamic, like Toga and Ochako, for Shouto to use the "Midoriya vs Todoroki" blueprint, and save Touya -body and heart.

With Endeavor surviving, his atonement arc had to become stale so that Shouto can remain the driver of the "save Touya plot", but he also needed something to do. Hence he got another flashy fight, a sob-story of a dead father that in the end changed nothing and was not plot relevant at all.

But instead making Endeavor fully regress, Horikoshi kept making these awkward excuses for him and have mouthpieces to tell us how great he's doing, when his actions reflected none of it.

This is why even in this epilogue, Hori felt the compulsion to over-explain things, like, yeah, Endeavor has no choice but to retire, because he's in a wheelchair, so it's not a real choice, but he planned to do it anyways (though never confirmed) back when he still had a choice

His proposal to talk comes to late and comes across as self-indulgent? Let's remind the audience that Endeavor graciously allows Touya to hate him (but not talk)

THe kids all stepped up and shared the responsibility that was never theirs to share? They are all finding their path forward without Endeavor's help?

Don't worry. He's atoning. He's catching the sparks or whatever BS. Let's point at him and say that he's a "badass".

Shoto's discussion with Toya didn't need all this over-explanation. It was a moment that was already built up, it was backed with all of Shouto's actions, so needed no lengthy over-explanation

By the way, it's not an Endeavor issue only. He had a hard time balancing AFO and Shigaraki in his final roles. He also overdid All Might and in the end overshadowed the new generation by failing to properly get rid of the geezers.