#house of himiko

[cinemaronin]

House of Himiko (2005)

メゾン・ド・ヒミコ House of Himiko (2005)  directed by Isshin Inudo

[notokra]

[nakamorijuan]

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尾崎紀世彦 - また逢う日まで Kiyohiko Ozaki - Mata Au Hi Made

[antinousamongthereeds]

[yugiohz]

Touya with his two little sisters Fuyumi and Toga at each of his sides

THE GIRLS!!!!!!!!

[pikahlua]

Fourteen Days of MHA: Day 1

Home

WARNING: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood spoilers (seasons 1 and 2)

You: Huh!?!?!?!?

Oh yeah, it's time for a little mini-meta.

Okay, well, we're not going to get into the ENDING yet, but there's actually a lot going on in MHA that looks eerily familiar if you're an FMA fan. MHA itself is in many ways a referential work, and I don't think all of these parallels are coincidences (though surely some are).

Let's talk about the symbolism of the home.

My Hero Academia has three major examples of "home" that it highlights as symbols: those of the villains Tomura Shigaraki, Himiko Toga, and Touya Todoroki. The villains view their homes as symbols of oppression and pain. We know the home is seen as the image of all that oppression based on how various characters treat the houses themselves.

When Touya returned home after his miraculous survival, he found the home hadn't changed as a result of his death. The "scene" there always looks the same.

And when Endeavor tries to atone, Endeavor acknowledges that the "house" he raised his children in is full of bad memories to the extent that he decides to build his family a new home where they can live without him.

Touya's opportunity to demonstrate his feelings about his home arises with Himiko Toga. She returns to her abandoned childhood home out of curiosity and finds it full of hatred and derision, symbolizing her experiences there.

Touya does her a "kindness" by destroying the house.

Then he reveals that doing so, to him, is a way to get back at Endeavor--at the man who created Touya's own broken childhood home.

This scene in particular evokes the famous imagery of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood of the Elric Brothers burning down their own childhood home.

The act of destroying their own home is so important to them that Edward chooses to commemorate the date by engraving it inside his pocketwatch, "Don't Forget 3.Oct.11." To the brothers, this act is a symbol of their resolve--of their chosen path to atone for their sins and restore their bodies. There can be no going back home if there is no home to return to.

In other words, the purposeful destruction of one's home represents a threshold, a point of no return. By destroying their homes, the villains of MHA demonstrate their conviction for the paths they've chosen.

The problem is, there's another reason one might destroy their own home.

To run away. To hide. To forget.

Why does Himiko call Touya's act of destruction a kindness, even if Touya denies it? Because he has destroyed the largest reminder of the pain of her childhood.

The League of Villains seek to destroy the world because they were rejected by the world and wish to reject it back. Those homes were the world to them at one point, when they were children. To them, the world is just an extension of the suffering they experienced.

Tomura wants to destroy the world to justify his existence as a destroyer, but in reality he doesn't want to face the fact that he killed his family by accident.

The tragedy of his childhood was so traumatic he repressed the memory and only found his concrete motivation to destroy the world once he remembered his past in Deika City. As soon as he remembers that house, he wishes to destroy it again. It's already been destroyed, but the memory of it continues to hurt him long after. By destroying the world, maybe he can forget it again. Maybe the pain will make sense and he won't have to think about it anymore. Maybe he'll stop being a crying child deep down.

The villains seek to destroy their own origins, which is by nature a self-destructive cause. Paradoxically, they will end up destroyed in the end no matter if they succeed or fail in their goals. Either the world will be destroyed and they along with it, or they will die trying.

To save Tenko's heart, Izuku has to bring that memory of the house to the surface. He has to recontextualize it to validate Tenko as he is.

And the recontexualization is All For One.

By contextualizing Tenko's life as a product of All For One's machinations, it gives Tomura a new reason to destroy that memory and that house: to destroy All For One.

And with that comes a new justification for Tomura's existence.

The destruction of All For One.

[its-to-the-death]

Glasses Swag Sequel Preliminary Round #16

Only one will make it into the bracket!

[vriska]

tfw you and ur gf are just little kitties

[haine-kleine]

Love this design choice so much

[kyiratodoroki]

Dabi - Um... League of Villains mail! Managed to get three more of the L.o.V. shot glasses. Kurogiri, Toga, and Mr. Compress... I also got another Dabi and an extra Toga one that I'll be selling. I just need to find Shigaraki and Twice. 🤔

[1440-minutes]

Moving day

[snowbirdbaby]

Redesigned and reworked a few things, lets see how long this lasts

[nullcommanull]

And here goes our girl Toga!

The quirky part timer who loves spending time at the Waffle House even when she‘s not working or skipping classes ✌🏻

Her colleagues are her dear friends (even if they themselves might not agree) and she may just have a small crush on this freckled boy who works at a rivaling Starbucks right across the street.

[lunejump]

more togachako wedding <3

this was the inspo for ochako's suit so you know what the vision is

[onissassa]

Holy i feel like such a dork, but i was happy. I made sure to take a photo with some tumblr favorites, hazbin hotel and such, there was a furry too but he prefer to not take pictures.

Then a nice sweet little trip of 3 fucking hours to go back home, like always no news here.

I am old as fuck but also dont give a f about it, this winter is doing really ok, being grateful for all.

See you all

[korkietism]

Sedna’s husband, Chihiro, also known as Pluto, is apart of a J-Pop idol group boy band called Cosmic 7. Uraraka is a big fan of them because space vibes. She loves it. Toga is a fan too. They go to concerts together.