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My Hero Academia Season 5 PV 3

Opening : No 1 by DISH

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hey ao3 can you like give the extra $38k you made from this month’s funds drive to charity

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I Am (Not) Here

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As chaos unfolds throughout Japan, there is no hero shining as a beacon of hope. All Might is effectively dead, and the reigning number one hero is the cause of the current crisis. Throughout the nation, heroes are being forced to acknowledge their motivation for pursuing heroics. As a result, they are abandoning their positions en masse and leaving civilians to the mercy of villains.

There is no hero posed to rescue Japan from the chaos that has been unleashed by the League, so instead, society must begin to acknowledge its own moral failings. If society had not repeatedly failed these villains, this situation would not be happening. If Endeavor had prioritized his family over his own ambitions, Dabi would not have had the fuel to destroy the hero system. The destruction of society began in the crumbling of the foundation of a family unit, so it must be a mother, not a hero, who begins the process of rebuilding it.

“I am here” is All Might’s iconic phrase. Its purpose is to let the hearers know that someone is there who can and will save them. All Might has proven that wherever he is, justice will prevail. As long as the victim is within his reach, they will be saved. For the past several decades, Japan has relied on this man to defeat every threat to justice. However, following the carnage and chaos of the PLA raid, All Might is retired and incapable of saving Japan. There is no one present to save society, and all hope appears to be lost. This has plunged both civilians and heroes into a state of helplessness and chaos.

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When asked if there has been anyone that he could not save, All Might tells Midoriya that some people can’t be reached. A hero cannot save someone that they do not have access to. All Might did not have access to Touya, and it was never All Might’s responsibility to save him. All Might saved the people he could reach, and both Touya and Dabi were unreachable for him. It is not Toshinori’s responsibility to save society, and even if he was still All Might, it is not even something that he would be capable of doing.

Touya’s care rested on the shoulders of his parents. Because they failed to create an environment where he was both physically safe and emotionally cared for, he “died” and Dabi was created. The Todorokis’s failures in Touya’s upbringing ultimately brought about the downfall of hero society in Japan. Rebuilding Japanese society, then, must start with them confronting these failings.

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Rei has spent the past ten years in a psychiatric hospital, working through trauma from her marriage and her child’s death. Throughout the series, she’s been regarded as a woman with a fragile mind who needs delicate care in order to facilitate her full recovery. This led to rampant speculation that the unveiling of Dabi as Touya would shatter her progress and force her to be hospitalized for an indefinite period of time. However, Dabi’s revelation has instead given Rei the strength to confront her husband about their family’s suffering.

Rei responds to Enji’s question by stating that she is “not at all” alright. While this is a reference to her current state, this is also an acknowledgment of the decades of suffering that her family has endured. She then utters the words that every Japanese citizen in crisis longs to hear: “That’s why I’m here.” The Todorokis are the people who are able to reach Dabi, so it is their responsibility to try to save him. Rei, as a mother, is taking the first step to save Touya; in doing so, she is ultimately forging the path to save Japan as a whole.

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No one was present to save the Todoroki family from the horrors of their household. Each member suffered under Enji’s abuse, and they carry that damage with them. Shouto reached out to his mother with the declaration that he would save her, whether she asked him to or not. Now, Rei is stepping forward and declaring that she is taking control of her family’s narrative, and they are going to confront the situation with Touya together. In doing this, she is paralleling All Might by becoming a symbol of hope for her children and by showing her husband that he is no longer in control of their family.

TLDR: Dabi’s revelation has dealt the death blow to hero society. All Might has essentially died, and in his place, society has become hopeless. However, he did everything that he could as a hero, and this is not a situation that he was ever meant to remedy. Rei, by confronting Enji, is showing that she is accepting the responsibility to save her family (including Touya). Proclaiming “I’m here” reflects that she is becoming the hero and hope that both her family and the country need.

Note: This is in no way a condemnation of Rei. While she was responsible for Touya, she was also being abused and was essentially in a lose/lose situation. Dabistits and tdrkrei (x) have expounded on this topic.

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Tartarus , AFO’s plan and many more - Chapter 297 Analysis

As the chapter starts, we are given a brief description of Tartarus. The most interesting fact about is the different cell blocks and how the most dangerous villains are kept inside . This line plays a very important role when the outbreak eventually happens. 

These lines are very important and gives us a deeper view into the society. Gigantomachia is considered human and killing him is unethical. I mostly think Gigantomachia is another modified Nomu. The one capable of speech, similar to Kurogiri. The Hearts and Minds party is the party led by trumpet; the one against laws of quirks and telling that everyone must be free to use their own quirks. Since we are well aware that they have an influence with media, they would definitely try and manipulate any news that happens as well, since most of the supporters look like civilians. The accusations of Human Rights Violation is very interesting. In a way, Tartarus does violate basic human rights since they lock up the most dangerous villains with the highest security measures.

 This must also been a reason why AFO knew the worst cast scenario would be locked up in Tartarus and so he had taken up counter measures to ensure that his original quirk would be given to Shigaraki and he would keep a duplicate . Even though he could have given a duplicate of his quirk to Shigaraki, he wouldn’t have control over him. As he had explained before to the other holders of OFA ; 

“Every quirk factor contains a consciousness ... the individuality of the wielder. “

“ As someone with the power to meddle with quirks themselves, I’ve found myself in the unique position to interact with those consciousness. “

By giving his original quirk, he has maximum control over Shigaraki’s body. If it wasn’t for him, Shigaraki would have definitely been captured since OFA weakened him. Which would damper his future plans. 

Even till now, we can see how AFO keeps manipulating Shigaraki, just as his brother had said he had always did. Even though AFO is fulfilling his own will , he is not letting Shigaraki do what he wishes, he is forcing him to behave as his puppet. 

Shigaraki is aware how he is being used and he keeps refusing to be AFO’s pawn and AFO keeps lying to him . The hands and the twisted power tendrils surrounding him emphasizes and how much he is trapped. Even though AFO keeps saying Tomura is the next him, it doesn’t feel like that. His statement and the visual imagery is contradicting. This scene reminded me of Shigaraki inside OFA mindscape and how Deku could see how AFO was controlling him the entire time. While the others users were helping Deku, they never controlled him like AFO did. Deku always had free will while using the quirk,but AFO was the opposite. Instead of telling his plans to Shigaraki and letting him follow along, he instead controls him and does all the work.

These lines from the previous chapter would definitely be discussed in the future chapters with the rest of the heroes. Ochako and Toga’s interaction would also add into this insight. Even though Ochako felt Toga should be punished for her actions, she can now understand what villains also go through as well and not every villain is purely evil and not every hero is purely good. This experience would deepen their understanding and to eventually it would be interesting to see how our heroes handle the aftermath of the situation. 

Back to the chapter analysis, the next lines said by AFO are very interesting. 

Before fighting All Might, he would have definitely researched about the Tartarus and gained information. He required Shigaraki’s quirk to decay with precession which would have freed him, but the deep sea levels would eventually kill him due to the pressure. The only reason this escape was successful because the other heroes were down, AFO had the perfected Nomus , which helped in the prison escape. Even Shigaraki’s own body wasn’t enough ,even if it was perfected. This tells us how protected Tartarus was. 

The way AFO planed was a dual attack- one from the outside and the inside. Shigaraki controlled by AFO had made an electric attack short circuiting the entire facility, at the same time the real AFO attacked at the same time. This was only possible due to the phenomenon only AFO and OFA had . This is another reason why AFO had made sure his original quirk was inside Shigaraki. This is main reason why no other villain could ever attempt to escape Tartarus, the most important thing was a coordinated attack, which wouldn’t be possible with a single quirk, no matter how dangerous. 

As the first user had stated before , AFO is doing the same thing he always did, manipulating people. By granting them freedom from Tartarus; the most secure facility , he gained an army of the most dangerous criminals . 

Over here we can see despite saying to Shigaraki that he is the next him, he keeps saying about how he is the greatest Demon Lord. Being immortal gave him a major god complex, where he believes nothing can stop him. Even if the other villains had escaped out of Tartarus, crossing the sea would be a dangerous task, which would kill them. Villains coordination wouldn’t be possible, but since AFO has years of experience , his overwhelming malice and power would allow him to control them and create more pawns.

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Toshinori and Emotions

I’ve always had a head cannon that Toshinori is a very emotional person. Like when he was a kid he would sob at the drop of a hat just like Izuku. Telling him a sad story or seeing a puppy/kitten would make him tear up and sniffle.

When he met Nana she found it cute, but would gently try to get him to control his emotions better, “Nobody’s going to want to be saved by someone who’s snot-nosed crying! Instead, try to smile, show them there’s nothing to be scared about!” Gran Torino was much harsher, demeaning him whenever he let the control over his emotions slip. He was trying, but he was still young. When Nana died, Toshinori found it even more difficult not to break down at things that reminded him of her throughout the day. 

Gran Torino used him as his own personal punching bag, beating the feelings right out of him. It was easier that way, to hurt physically than emotionally. When Grant Torino sent him to America, he made a promise to himself, that no matter how terrible things got, no matter what horrors he’d see, he wouldn’t cry. The people deserved someone who could be positive, a Symbol that there was still hope. He learned to stuff his emotions down, only showing the bright smile that made everyone feel safe, and hiding everything else.

He had almost perfected it, always smiling, always positive, the kind of guy everyone wants to be around, until he met Izuku. The snot nose kid reminded him of himself at that age, and those emotions that he held so strongly below the surface started trying to make their appearance again. Perhaps out of fear, and as he was taught, Toshinori tried to reason with Izuku to hide his tears, man up, like he had to. “Seriously! You gotta stop crying so much if you want my quirk! Come on, kid.” It’s too dangerous to feel. If you have to, keep it inside. Don’t let anyone see that you’re not as perfect as you pretend to be.

But Toshinori found the control over his emotions slipping. His entire life was changing and he could nothing to stop it. He couldn’t save anyone anymore, more of a burden than a hero now. The constant ache of being helpless, along with the pain ever steady in his side grew more and more overwhelming.

Kamino hit, and Toshinori found the control over his emotions slipping. Everything he knew was over. He couldn’t find it in himself to even smile. What was the point anymore. No one would find his corpse-like face comforting. But when he saw his boy running to him, he was filled with a joy that, maybe he was doing something right. Izuku was still alive, he didn’t engage in a fight with AFO like he feared. Telling the boy that he was proud of him words he missed from Nana, and wished he could have heard from Gran Torino he could feel his voice wavering, embracing his boy the best he could with his broken body. And when Izuku clings back, like he had feared he may never have gotten see his mentor alive again, it painfully reminded Toshinori of the day he lost his own. Emotions overflowing, and frustrated with himself, he allowed his tears to fall. 

“What’d I say about keeping your word, you little crybaby?

I thought we agreed that you’d stop it with the waterworks.”

I always felt Toshinori was very numb, emotionally dull, especially in his Small Might form. He’s been drained, granted, but more than that, he’s put up a front for so many years, that it’s most likely a bit of relief to not have to constantly outwardly appear happy handsome, as he may believe. But I believe the years from constantly smiling has imprinted on him to the point he constantly bears his teeth. Though with his excessive weight loss, the grin that used to bring joy to millions, now looks like painfilled grimace. And perhaps that’s fitting.

Besides showing an occasional grin or that silly side that everyone loved All Might for, he’s very emotionless now. I believe he’s emotionally detached, allowing himself not to be happy 24/7, but still keeping himself from outwardly expressing his negative feelings. Nobody wants to see how messed up, how damaged you are.

Doesn’t help that now his own body is forcing him to remain in a calm state. In one of the only instances we see All Might actually excited about something, his body appears unable to take the emotional strain.

And he’s forced to go back to a calmer state.

Again here he only transforms into his muscle form, only flexing his muscles, and again his body resists it.

And you can practically see the self-hate in his expression at his body’s weakness.

In the few instances he’s actually allowed himself to cry, it’s been brief, as if he’s still holding back, resisting the emotion as much as he physically can. Once the floodgates open, I fear they may never stop.

How did that phrase go…?

Conceal.

Don’t feel.

Don’t let them know.

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Toshi is not a bad teacher, he gave Izuku what none of the other teachers did-- commitment, patience, and even though it was extremely difficult for him after life as All Might, emotional connection. Was he able to guide him through the steps of using OfA? No, but he guided Izuku through the steps of figuring it out. The quirk *fundamentally changed* when it passed to Izu, EVERYTHING is uncharted waters. Toshi gave Izuku endless persistence, effort, and support. Exactly what the kid needed most.

(this was meant as an unpopular opinion thing right, sorry it took so long lol)

ok this made me so emo i had to share it with some friends who encouraged me to absolutely go off and so, i present:

STRONGLY AGREE | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree

alright i will not act like toshinori is a god at teaching in the traditional sense, but lmao he did start training izuku + working at ua with no prior teaching experience and he's clearly making a serious effort to get better at it so honestly fight me he's doing amazing

i won't jump into manga territory but as you said anon, izuku's experience with OFA is something completely new to both of them; toshinori ultimately has little idea of how to help izuku, OFA is practically a whole new quirk now that he has it. (coughs awkwardly) they're both confused together and toshinori is trying the best he can with what they've been given. he admittedly didn't do a ton to help izuku control OFA in the first few seasons, but we see during the festival arc especially that he is putting the whole "devoting myself to raising you" thing into practice, and when they first started training he even made izuku his detailed, personalized training plan!

and as you said anon, toshinori was the First Person to tell izuku he could become a hero. inko obviously loves her son more than anything, but she ultimately didn't wholeheartedly support him in his dream, something izuku suffered heavily for. izuku was constantly bullied by his peers and neglected by teachers who enabled their behavior, leading to being A. a social wreck and B. severely mistrusting of adults. 

not counting inko, toshinori was the First Person to ever give him what he'd been denied his entire life: genuine love and support. the first person to listen to him, care about him, support him, and see him as much of anything at all. toshinori may be kind of a mess of a teacher, practically, but he has the most important aspect down: give your student all the love and support they will ever need

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“my child is fine” your child watches boku no hero academia

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Predictions for post-raid

Major spoilers for the manga below, I can't hide them on phone so just close your eyes and scroll ig

Post-raid-arc will be centered around the crumbling hero society due mainly to the numerous failures involved with the raid as well as the information Dabi revealed about Endeavor, this as far as I'm aware has been more or less confirmed.

It's also confirmed that a Tartarus prison break WILL happen, though currently it isn't clear who will escape other than AFO. One obvious candidate is Kurogiri.

But I have a mounting suspicion that in the chaos of the nomu attack on Tartarus, many more villains will escape. I could easily see All For One trying to amass an army (as he did in his prime) consisting of many currently unknown Tartarus villains (alongside the possible use of known villains such as Muscular and Moonfish)

Overhaul is another one very likely to escape, though it's unclear how him interacting with All For One would go, and whether he would be willing to join him.

But more importantly:

I am here to give my two cents on the possibility of a Stain Return Arc/sub-arc.

It would be weird to have a Tartarus prison break without at least mentioning everyone's favourite hero killer, and I have my suspicions that he may play a larger role in what's to come.

Currently, the remaining league members consist of entirely people who were brought in by a belief in or obsession with Chizome Akaguro, aka Stain's ideology.

Currently, AFO is in control of Shigaraki's body, and we can assume that whether or not he allows Shigaraki to have his body back, All For One plans to remain in control of everything. Spinner has already shown a dislike for AFO's actions, being distressed by the fact that he abandoned Toga and Mr Compress. All For One is also Shigaraki's abuser, and anyone can see that Spinner cares deeply (and pretty gayly, let's not lie to ourselves) about Shigaraki. I doubt AFO assuming control will go down well with our remaining crew, if not because of Shigaraki's wellbeing, then because All for One serves as a more tyrannical leader. Anyone on his side is his puppet, unlike Shigaraki, who outside of Important events generally allowed the league to do as they please.

Along with Midoriya's interest in saving Shigaraki from All for One, I believe Spinner, Toga (and possibly Dabi, though how he will react to AFO is less clear given current events) will split off from All for One, and join Stain. Though Toga initially only liked Stain because of her admiration and desire to kill him, I believe her current disillusion with heroes (after her conversation with Uraraka) puts her further in line with Stain's philosophy. She has matured a lot very fast, and I believe she may be more interested in Stain's cause alongside Spinner, who would join Stain with the hope of taking down All for One and saving Shigaraki.

The reason I believe Stain is the perfect candidate for this position is because of his he interacts with the heroes. Stain hates heroes, and villains without a purpose equally, and has killed many of both in the past. Very few heroes have passed his ideals, with one exception being Midoriya. The reason this is important is because I very much doubt we'll ever see a villain group allied with the heroes, but Stain is the closest we can come to that WITHOUT it being an alliance, as he is the only villain with ideals that would cause him to help Midoriya in a climactic final fight.

Other events which could be set off by Stain are things such as a possible attempted assassination on Hawks by Toga, who's emotions are currently a Chekhov's gun type deal, as she is too angry and too distraught for it not to lead to anything. Whether she succeeds in killing Hawks or not doesn't matter.

Secondly, and far more importantly in my opinion is that Spinner, Toga (and again, possibly Dabi) will likely want to save Me Compress. You may be quick to think that it would be uncharacteristic for Stain to agree to help in this endeavour, but I would like you to take a look at these following images.

Oji Harima, Compress' great grandfather, and Chizome Akaguro share an all-too-coincidental resemblance. As far as facial shape and smile go, I would go so far as to argue Stain better resembles Oji than Mr Compress does.

The two of them also share very similar ideals, with Oji's purpose having been to steal from heroes he deemed fake, and Stain's being to kill the same. It could be that the similarity between these ideals is only to make Stain's influence over Compress make more sense, but I believe there's a possibility that Stain IS related to Oji Harima, and by extent, Mr Compress, and that Stain's philosophy after being beaten and disfigured by Knuckleduster is a twisted adoption of Oji Harima's.

In conclusion, I believe it's possible that after escaping Tartarus, Stain will be joined by Spinner, Toga and maybe Dabi, after which a familial connection to Mr Compress will be revealed, leading to the Stain splinter group stealing our favourite handsome masked bastard back from the heroes.

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"my child is fine" your child's favorite trope is a tough old warrior who could kill a man with their bare hands in over a hundred different ways grudgingly adopting a small reckless child they grow to love and protect with their dying breath

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Nana Shimura

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How to put “wrote fan-fiction” on your résumé:

Leveraged an inventory of established fictional character and setting elements to generate a disruptive custom-curated narrative entertainment asset.

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Oji Harima and his impact on the Story

So, we got to know that Compress is the great- great- grandson of Oji Harima. Who was considered one of the legends in history of Villains. 

Oji Harima is the BNHA world equivalent of Robin Hood 

“ Robin became a popular folk hero because of his generosity to the poor and down-trodden peasants, and his hatred of the Sheriff and his verderers who enforced the oppressive forest laws, made him their champion.” 

Similar to Stain, whose ideologies were that those who become Heroes for fame or money are unworthy of being called the name and killed them  ; Oji Harima on the other hand stole the money of the greedy heroes and redistributed their wealth to the people. 

This is the reason Compress joined the league. He saw this as an opportunity to change the hero society as Stain had hoped. He realized that there were people like him, who were against the society ideals and wanted to change it. The society that had cast out people who didn’t fit and gave rise to villains. 

Judging by how many generations have passed, we can say maybe the mysterious 4th holder or the 5th holder Banjo Daigoro might have interacted with him or known about him at some point. 

This also lets us know that in the timeline of hero society, the first major villain All for One, who’s goal was to remain an immortal and cause destruction and be held as the overlord. He compares himself equal to a divine being and refuses to believe in the end that he is human as well. His main tactics were manipulation people into giving quirks and taking them and making them loyal to him. 

The second major villain is Oji Harima, whose main goal is to fight against injustice and rectify the society. Even though he did petty acts like thievery, his ideals and the motive behind them made him dangerous. 

Finally, the third, Destro , who’s main goal was allow free usage of quirks for everyone. He was against the quirk laws and found them unfair. He wrote a biography which exposed his ideals. 

How does this impact the main story of BNHA? 

Right now, this means that the Great Three legacies of Villains have been working together. The three villains with various intentions have been joined together. Similar to how Destro was popular and had his own army and people who agreed with his words, and how a groups of people began to agree with Stain’s ideology. There must be group of individuals who had admired the great thief of the past and knowing that his legacy was working with league, would bring more supporters. 

This would become a huge problem for the heroes. Even if they managed to capture most of the villains, the rest like Toga and the PLF army could attack again to release their comrades, resulting in Jail Break.  The faith in heroes has already been weakening the Dabi’s reveal with Hawk’s deed just pushed it further to the brink of collapse. With no All Might, the hero society will crumble. 

The public would start to question everything and how just the heroes are. This would bring a divide in the society in general. 

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This one goes out to all the writers who can’t write every day.

To the writers with other jobs.

To the writers battling depression or anxiety.

To the writers who experience burnout often.

To the writers who have to balance school and a social life on top of everything else.

To the writers who have complicated family situations.

To the writers who are dealing with sickness, either their own or someone else’s.

To the writers that just aren’t able to write every day regarless of the reason.

This one goes out to all of the writers who keep writing even when things get hard and even when writing is the thing that has to give a little. I see you. I’m here for you. You are fricking amazing.

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Deku and Mr. Yagi’s Youtube Au:

An au created with @mosaicofdreamsanddragons

Deku starts a youtube channel on a whim early in his first year of middle school, just as a place to ramble about heroes to the void in the hopes that someone would listen

Starts taking his camera out when he goes hero fight hunting

Lots of shaky footage, but at least he gets some shots the news misses, so he has a few followers

Then he notices in his videos, that a man keep appearing on the scene, a thin skeletal blond man

Deku theorizes on who this man could be, from another nerd to a villain.

Then one day he witnesses the strange man pull one of the victims out of the rubble, and help recessitate him. And that is when Deku realizes, this guy isn’t a villain or a nerd. He’s a first responder!

All Might meanwhile, (because that’s who this is) is only acting as a first responder because he’s out of time and just feels so helpless witnessing all these fights, he has no idea whats going on

Deku continues to catch the man several more times on video saving people (noting how the police men seem to know him and treat him with respect) before he gets the courage to walk up and ask him for an interview

All might internally panics, thinking this kid has figured him out. But then the kid starts asking him where he learned first aid. All might is so shocked he answers honestly: middle school.

Deku visibility brightens, and asks if he’s maintained it ever since. All might says, “yeah” and leaves out how its a requirement for heroes

Then Deku asks if his quirk allows him to find people in trouble, and All might, finally figuring out whats going on, says “I’m quirkless”

Wrong thing to say

Deku proceeds to admit his own quirklessness, and ask “Mr. Yagi” (All might calls himself that while trying to say he was actually American to throw off suspicion) a hundred questions about being quirkless and helping people, which All might struggles to answer.

The video he proceeds to make from cutting down the (very long) interview becomes his most popular one

And Deku procceeds to always greet All might when he sees him again, following him around and trying to help him out

All might is very flattered that there is someone who thinks “Mr. Yagi” is cool and not just All might

Then Mama Midoriya (who watches all of Deku’s videos) offers him to come over to dinner. After the meal she pulls him aside and privately thanks him for being such a role model for her son, as he doesn’t know any other adults who are quirkless and meeting him as made such a change in her boy

And it was at that moment All might realized he was stuck with this kid. So he starts really trying to be a good mentor

But its All might, he’s never done this before, he’s not fully quirkless, and he’s also sick, so its a bit of a challenge

Deku’s just glad to have him in his life though

Eventually All might decides he could help with the videos, despite knowing nothing about youtube, in part to keel Deku from running into trouble, in part because he’s been offered a job teaching in UA, but contact with Deku has taught him he knows absolutely nothing about teaching kids

And thus The Deku and Mr. Yagi YouTube channel is born.

Deku brings the indepth analysis of fights and numbers, as well as a boundless optimism and enthusiasm for the heroes themselves

Mr. Yagi brings an insider’s look that comes off as incredibly deep (since most people don’t realize its an insider’s look), and is far more jaded to balance out Deku, but still speaks about the heroes with respect

Also Mr. Yagi totally uses this as a time to be a bit more critical of his colleagues, although he’s never unfair and always acknowledges strengths.

For example: “How far Hawks has come is truly impressive, but I worry its to fast. Not that he shouldn’t aim for the top, his drive is important, but it shouldn’t be at the risk of his own health. For someone who talks about making a world where hero’s aren’t needed, he never seems to take a break. At the rate he’s going he’ll burn himself out.”

Or, “Endeavor is so strong. But his comforting victim skills and pr management are abysmal. I don’t have any critiques on how he handles the press, some people aren’t good at it, that’s fair. But the man has a family, children! Surely there was something comforting he said to them when they were small that he could say to the young victims he saves. Honestly he could be better than All Might since if he utilized his personal experience, but he never does!”

“Nighteye is a brilliant hero, his insight is fantastic. But he’s stubborn as hell, and its as much a strength as it is a weakness. He needs to accept there are things outside his control. Also he needs to call more. I’m sure his mentor would be very happy to talk to him.”

But the person Mr. Yagi is the most critical of is All Might himself, because there’s nothing quite like self-criticism, calling him out on the problems the symbol of peace creates, and how impossible it is for him to live up to the expectations.

Deku does not like this, at all, and learns very quickly to argue with logic and facts in All Might’s defense, a fight that would probably sour any other relationship. But Mr. Yagi looks so touched every time Deku says something about how All Might inspires everyone to save others that its impossible for Deku to see his criticism of All Might as malicious. 

Together they learn to grow in their understanding of heroes and as people, with Mr. Yagi offering insight on heroes and how to handle growing fame, while Deku reminds Mr. Yagi of his own worth beyond All Might, and provides a crash course in dealing with kids.

And maybe Mr. Yagi will one day reveal the truth to Deku about who he is and give this brilliant and heroic young man the opportunity to live his dreams, but he can’t do that until he’s at least old enough for high school applications, so for now he’ll just relax and have fun. 

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More Izu and Toshi bunnies for your viewing pleasure

I got no reason to draw this… just… they were so fun to draw