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yellowbluemoonshine · 2 years

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Little Touya’s Trauma

I see a lot of takes of Touya being the ‘selfish kid’ and honestly, i think thats very unfair thing to say because he is not like Shouto or even Shigaraki, of course because simply his trauma is different. Before i start, i would like to remind that i love Shouto a lot and Shigaraki is one of my faves but this post is gonna be about Touya.

Shouto and Touya have many similarities and even differences with trauma and all but i think the biggest difference between Touya and Shouto is simple;

One of them is eldest and other is the youngest child. This is important because Touya being the oldest and Shouto being the youngest tells a lot about their story because it changes their position and dynamic with their faimly.

The thing with most parents is their first child is their first experiment. Since most of them dont know how to deal with children or raising a kid, they messed up and instead of trying to solve the problem, they avoid the first child and try to not make the same mistake with other one. When i say ‘inexperienced parent’, i am not talking about Endeavour, really because Endeavour never intented to be parent and he always put his own ambitions above well being of his family. I am talking about Rei and even children.

The tragedy of Touya is not just him being burned to death and abandonded, its also his ‘training’ with Endeavour isnt considered as abuse by anyone, unlike Shouto who was crying. Endeavour may’ve not beat Touya but he was forcing Touya to push his limits at some point. (Most likely the reason Endeavour didnt beat Touya because Touya would obey and does anything his father said but Shouto wouldnt).

Endeavour didnt even care what would Touya want, HE decided Touya to be hero because in the end, what Touya wanted didnt matter. Touya didnt cry because he didnt know it was abnormal. Touya didnt cry because he wouldnt want to make his father disappointed. He was used as ‘tool’ but how he could know thats not how most fathers raise their sons? He already internalized the idea of his worth in his family, thats why, he wouldnt mind burning himself.

Rei and his siblings actually cared about Touya but i think i understand why he felt so unseen by them.

Rei knew that Endeavour wanted children only as successor but i think she never thought how this will end up ruin her children or how much it would hurt and ruin them. Which is why she was so protective of Shouto when it comes to training, she even would show Allmight as a good example so that he wouldnt turn out like Endeavour. Also, by focusing on Shout too much, she also (unintentionally) neglected her children. She wouldnt talk with touya about his issues, until Touya was already self destructing. She seems to understand that he is somehow struggling with issues with his father but she doesnt seem to udnerstand why Touya is so ‘obssessed’ with ‘training’ or why he wouldnt stop. Just like other members of Todoroki family.

Rei, Fuyumi, Natsuo. Rei seems surprised when Touya had mentalbreakdown. Fuyumi doesnt understand why his brother would go so far to hurt himself for the sake of ‘training’. Natsuo doesnt understand why his brother would cry and talk about this at the middle of night. Though, Natsuo changed his narrative after Touya’s death but Rei and Fuyumi saw as accident. ‘It wasnt Endeavour’s fault, it was Touya’s fault for being stubborn’. But it wasnt accident. It was Endeavour’s fault because that was the only way he gave to Touya.

Compared to this, the way they see Shouto and his ‘training’ is opposite. Fuyumi feels regret for not being able to protect his brother. Natsuo cant forget about the night Shouto’s screams when his face was burnt, he blames himself for not being able to do anything (in novel). Rei feels sorry for Shouto, seeing him as ‘the one who suffered the most’, ‘hero of the family’. Even Endeavour thinks this way. Whole family would avoid even talking about Touya, until he became a villain and made his story public. But even so, his family doesnt seem to understand. The one who needed to be isolated or changed wasnt Shouto or Touya, it was Endeavour. They all have regrets for Touya but it looks like they try to get rid of those regrets with Shouto more than Touya did because it was ‘too late’ for them to do it for Touya. Or maybe, they couldve seen Shouto as victim because of what happenned to Touya.

Curse of being first child of the family. Their thought process is even opposite with Shouto. For Touya, his father was like god like an existence, he would go far to excuse his father’s wrong actions, he did try everything for him but nothing changed and for Shouto, his father was monster but later, he saw him ‘change’. Shouto didnt love Endeavour, he didnt expect anything from him, thats why it was eaiser for him to accept him but that wont the case with Touya because Touya loved Endeavour more than anyone and it wasnt enough for Endeavour to change. I hope Shouto realized this too.

Touya does somehow understand what happenned to him and Shouto was abuse but in his mind, he internalized his abuse, that he is failure too much, he cant see himself or Shouto as victim. Even with Shigaraki, even he understand Afo’s horrible intentions, to him, ‘training a child’ is raising so he wouldnt see it as ‘that weird’ enough to do something.

Yes, Touya wasnt shown as kind as Tenko or even Shigaraki. And he is not like Bakugou either. He wasnt bully and he would repress his negative feelings towards Shouto because he knew it was wrong. Touya is a lot like Deku who would do anything, break himself over and over to prove his worth. And he was crybaby like Deku but at least, Deku had Inko and had a chance to be hero with power and well, Deku didnt have Endeavour as father. (We would learn more about Deku’s feeling worthless, if author allowed his characters to call out Bakugou and adress his bullying.)

Touya would cry easiely, he was drowning in his own feelings. His tears literally turn into fire and burn him to death and he lost his ability to cry. It would make sense for Touya to scared of his own feelings, distancing himself from everyone as trauma response. Similar to Tenko who cant hug anyone after he tried to reach out to his family but end up killing them.

But the difference between them is their father. Koutaro and Endeavour. They both had abusive fathers but Koutaro actually cared about Tenko and his family. Before the tragedy, Tenko was a lot like Shouto but even in better sitution because he wasnt isolated. Tenko had friends, he had cute dog and supportive big sister. Despite the abuse he had at home, his life was almost close to normal. Touya before his tragedy, he never had normal life. He felt distance with his family. He didnt have friends because Endeavour made him believe that Touya was living in different world from other kids. And after his death, he lived in streets, most likely never connecting with others.

Yes, Dabi is the most distant member in league but its not his fault. Members like Shigaraki and Twice show their care more than others because they know what it is like to loose someone they love to death. (Skipping Spinner and Compress but i think their family most likely cared them too). Unlike Toga and Dabi whose families are alive but abandonded anyway. At least Toga know how to fake it because she knows if she behaves well, people will be kinder to her. She wasnt raised like a soldier like Dabi and Shigaraki. She also lives for connections, unlike Dabi who always raised to believe connections are unneeded.

Basically, this boy never develop his social skills, he doesnt have manners, he is rude, he is distant but its not his fault. Its his trauma. He actually cares (in a distant but he cares). He doesnt much show his kindness as others (he showed it when he saved Twice, like hero and when he burnt Toga’s house etc) but that doesnt mean he isnt kind or he is selfish. Mercy, boy literally wants to die.

Bonus; He would also be friends with Tenko and his little group because he is just like Shouto ‘i dont need any friends’ kind of kid, well, Deku reach out to Shouto so Tenko would reach out to Touya too, just like how Shigaraki reach out to Dabi and gain his respect (and his care and loyalty, even he doesnt show it much).

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ficletsbynaria · 5 years

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h3l10tr0p3 · 5 years

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Bnha Spoilers Chapter 232-235 ahead:

Shigaraki Tomura's Past

This is an analysis of what we know as of yet about the boy born as Shimura Tenko.

The Shimura Household-

Shimura Koutarou, son of Shimura Nana (7th OfA holder, and All Might's mentor) is a successful businessman who owns a two-family home, invites the parents of his in-laws to stay. The joint family consists of- Koutarou, his wife, his in-laws, his (elder) daughter Hana, his son Tenko and their Corgi Mon-chan.

From the start, Shigaraki describes this family as a family of his Father- Koutaro, and not the family of the eldest in the household (the in-laws). It gives us a clear idea of where exactly the authority lies and how much of an influence he holds over its members.

The family is a really well-off one: Two cars, a two-stored suburban condo with a seperate study, a lovely backyard, and they have a pet dog. Shimura Tenko was far from poverty.

Let's look at the members

The Grandparents

Clearly, they love Tenko and Hana a lot, and dote upon their grandkids as grandparents are wont to. But they are 'adults' the same as Tenko's father and Tenko's mother.

When Tenko keeps craving for approval and validation of his dreams to be a Hero from an adult figure, they their try to distract him into psuedo-satisfaction (with his favourite food) or try to (mildly) guilt-trip the boy so that his dreams and his 'inconvenient' calls for acceptance remain buried under the 'happy and peaceful' suburban dream that they seem wary of breaking (and it seems like they are wary of provoking the final authority in the family, Koutarou)

These kind of actions are incredibly commonplace and it happens all the time - this doesn't make their actions excusable though, only relatable. But from another point of view it implies that the grandparents are meek and might actually be afraid of Koutarou for either of two reasons- his known history of violence or the instability of his character (more on this later).

The Mother

She is also caring and loving just like her parents- she takes care of Tenko, is incredibly worried about his allergies. rushes after Tenko when The Father pulls him away to punish him, and finally confronts him when he has gone way too far. But Like begets like, environment moulds character. Thus, she too is another meek personality who cannot stand up against the overbearing authority of the patriarch up until the last moment where violence gets involved. She too is undoubtedly aware that Koutarou can indeed get violent and grim- and this makes her the cautious parent, the stopgap, trying to keep the children in line so that the Father doesn't have to resort to drastic measures. Thus, despite all the love she can shower her son with, she never once supports Tenko's dream. Again, it's understandable. It's cause she knows very intimately what happens to the families of Heroes - she married the man who came from such a family. Instead of supporting Tenko, she asks him if he is sure of it, perhaps trying to seed doubts in his mind, perhaps being sympathetic to his wishes. But rven when Tenko repeats he likes to play Hero and was really happy when his friend compared him with All Might (showing us once more how deeply rooted the currently retired Hero was in Tenko's childhood)- the mother never really encourages Tenko's dream.

When Tenko asks if his dad hates him for being possibly quirkless, she says it isn't so. It's just that his father knows how hard a Hero's life is. And that's that.

You can see that longing for approval in Tenko's eye and the disappointment that follows when the words he yearns for (You can be a Hero) remain unsaid once more. Up till now, 3 people, 3 adults out of 4 have denied this dream and the last adult, The Father, is vehemently adverse to it.

"Children can be surprisingly self-centered and straight forward"

Let's take a small break here from the family members- here, we see one of the two monologues that has been repeated in the chapter 'Children can be surprisingly self-centered and straight forward'. Ngl, I thought this was Shigaraki commenting how his friends Mikkun and Tomo-chan repeatedly left him out when they played together. But the sequence of scenes, gives me a different idea.

From what I gather, it is Shigaraki saying that 'Tenko' as a child, was self-centered and straight-forward. Because right after his conversation with his mother he should have felt dissuaded from continuing with his dream to be a Hero, it has already worried his mother, grandparents and sister, and possibly led him to believe- that his father hated him. However in the very next panel, we see Tenko has gotten into trouble for persisting with that dream and getting into trouble for playing 'Hero'. Shigaraki, as an adult, has begun to condemn that idea in retrospection- going as far as to alienate himself from the past by reffering to his own childhood self with a generalization - 'children'. (There is an alternative reason for this)

Self-centered because Tenko didn't think of the grief and unease of his family when he continued to dream;

Straight-forward because Tenko doesn't have the complex rationale of an adult to support his dream. He selfishly wishes to be a Hero, not for anyone else, but only for himself - there is no other reason for it. A child shouldn't have anymore complicated reasoning for it either.

But Shigaraki clearly considers this his own folly for giving into such emotions at that time.

The second time where this line is repeated when The Father comes up threateningly towards Tenko with the intention of punishing him.

Contrary to the previous use of thia line, here it implies that there is a different subject as the panel moves directly from Hana to Tenko. Which brings up two possibilities -

The line is meant for Tenko himself again. But it doesn't seem to fit.

It is meant for Hana.

Before I explain how it is directed towards Hana, let's return to the Shimura family

Hana

For a few chapters, Hana has been portrayed as Tenko's only true sympathizer and supporter who takes his side in the world of dream-crippling 'Adults'. Although she is maybe only 2 or 4 years older than Tenko, Hana has the wisdom that becomes the first-born, elder sister- she displays incredible emotional intelligence and understands her family dynamics well, probably from past experience. She knows that their Father would get mad at her if she openly declares her intentions to become a part of the Hero-Sibling duo with her younger brother, so instead she tells him that he wants to become a housewife like her mother - a very tactical answer indeed. I suggest so, because in turn it again subtly hints at how fearsone the Father's temper can be, which in fact gets so bad at times that Hana does not take any chances of tempting this ire by suggesting any profession other than that of a Hero. Saying 'housewife' is safe. It keeps her in the clear. From this itself, we can interpret that she values her self-preservation, and is prepared to bend her morality for it

But exactly how far will she go to protect herself? We get that answer very soon-

To evade punishment from the Father, Hana, makes Tenko the scapegoat by suggesting that he was the one who roped her into commiting what was forbidden. It put majority of the blame on Tenko's poor shoulders. Was it cruel of her? Yes. Dud she want to do it? No. Why would she do something so cruel to him if she didnt want to see Tenko hurt then?

The answer is simple-

Hana probably did not think things your escalate so far. Yeah, she probably imagined her Father would be incredibly pissed and take it out on Tenko, but she didn't think it would go down the road of physical violence. What she did was not right, absolutely not. But can we really blame her for it? This is a child, we are talking about. By nature children are afraid to enrage authority, and Hana is no different. She was self-centered in what she did. But did she lie? Not really. Her wording might seem to the Father that it was completely Tenko's idea, but 'he wanted to see it', is not a lie. It's straight-forward. Tenko did want to see the photograph once he was told about it.

From what we have ascertained to be the common vein in all the members and how they have each failed Tenko in their own way is the Father. Either they are sympathetic of his past or afraid of his temper- the later being more prevalent and pronounced in it's effects. Tenko too, at some premature level, understands that all this happens because of his Father's Authority. Thus comes the second idea which was repeated twice-

"The house that my Father built"/ "This house was the one my Father built"

This line is always mentioned in conjunction to Tenko's punishments and can be said that Shigaraki considers his Home a Punishment in itself too.

This idea is reinforced with this simple statement.

"It only itches at home"

The implications of this are perhaps more grave. This instance mentioned is by no means Tenko's first punishment. Tenko has gone through enough of them to have come to anticipate the emotional pain (and on one instance, physical) with every misdemeanour he commits. The cycle goes from his Dream to a Misdeed, to Home, to Punishment to Pain. It's a water-tight assembly line. No surprise why Tenko would come to think of his Dream as a Source of Pain later on. But at this point in his childhood we see how the flowchart cements the aspect of Home = Punishment.

We know (or at least conjecture) that the dermatitis that affects Shigaraki might be a side effect of his quirk as it has begun at such a young age. With that logic, it isn't a leap to say that since his quirk's effects Only at his Home (his source of Pain), it is a Protective Response. Shigaraki's quirk is Decay. It activates to Decay noxious stimuli - like pain. Like his Home.

(Please excuse the horrible squiggly lines)

Why does this happen sting occur then?

Instinct. Quirks are physical abilities which heavily relies on instinct - which explains why Bakugou is so flawless in his control, he is 'pure instinct'; or why All Might had very little difficulty is mastering OfA - the answer is Instinct. In Tenko's case, it is the instinct to Protect Himself. Because right after he throws the ball and looks at his hand, his Father storms in with a brutal intent. That Sting is his Quirk telling him to Protect Himself. It isn't dog hair, or some indoor allergen that makes him hurt. He hurts because pain is the most powerful noxious stimuli that can incite a protective response.

It has a psychological as well as a physiological effect on Tenko. He hurts because he expects it. It's his body's way of telling him that 'If you dont use your quirk now- you'll hurt even more".

After the Father has hit Tenko. A new emotion takes the position of 'stimulant' for his quirk and that is

Hatred

In here, Tenko throws a ball for the Dog and immediately after he feels a sting. At first it seems as if it might actually be from the Dog. But it doesn't make sense. Tenko says that it gets worse only inside the House, not outside it. Yet in this one instance, he feels a particularly violent sting not just outside the house, but also AFTER he as stopped touching the Dog. It isn't the post-monsoon moisture either which is making him hurt, his narration doesn't really serve as a clue as to what causes his allergy, it simply lends the vividness with which Shigaraki remembers this important moment in his life.

Another thing to notice. Shigaraki never once says "This is the Home my Father built"

He says House. Shigaraki has deliberately used House here, because he doesnt feel any familial warmth from this place anymore, and hasn't for a while now. Instead what he feels from this 'House' is pain and denial.

I am gonna break character here just to scream about this part. (*takes deep breath*)

Okay...

Children-

Not Child. But CHILDREN. PLURAL. FUCKING PLURAL.

NANA SHIMURA HAD MORE THAN ONE CHILD.

Koutarou is not her only child!! She has another child!!! And any fucking guesses who?

MIDORIYA INKO

Both All Might and Izuku have agreed (indirectly at the very least) that Midoriya Inko has a likeness to Shimura Nana. SHIGARAKI AND IZUKU ARE COUSINS. I REPEAT. THEY. ARE. COUSINS!!

I don't give a fuck if this doesn't turn out to be canon. The manga reader can give me documented fucking proof and say it to my goddamn face that Shigaraki and Izuku are not cousins, Dabi is not a Todoroki, Inko didn't accidentally marry the biggest baddest evil legend of Quirk Era. I am gonna spit at their faces if they dare to feed that horseshit to me after THIS level of FORESHADOWING.

((Edit: Some Corrections and more Useless TRIVIA ABOUT CONNECTING SHIMURA KOUTAROU AND MIDORIYA INKO))

Okay, now to end this shitty long post!!

The Father

We are meant to hate Koutarou. We do hate him - he has imposed the absolute law of his will upon an entire family and terrorizes them with his temper. We should hate him. But then we are given a snippet of his past- A boy whose mom was hardly there for him and his sibling(s?), who left them behind to fight some evil guy without choosing her family and ultimately choose her duty as a hero over her family. But despite having this animosity towards his mother, Koutarou wishes that Nana had hated him, instead of loved him so much. He says so because then it woukd have been easier for Koutarou to whole-heartedly hate his mother for leaving them behind. But she truly, selflessly loved him - he understands that and still doesn't forgive her, because he wanted her to selfishly choose her family above everything else. Her absence has left a hole in his life that he cannot fill with hatred, nor with love - he is caught in this infuriating middle where he laments his short temper against Tenko, but also fears that his own child might be ripped away from his family again because of Tenko's dream. Heroics has taken the most important things from Koutarou's life and he doesn't want to see it happen again- he is prepared to go to any lengths to prevent that from happening. But he acknowledges that violence was a step too far. He blames his mother for his insecurities and fears of losing his family again.

In fact, Koutarou's desire for a complete family is so immense that he solely bought that two-family house for the exact reason he could invite his in-laws. He even calls them 'Mother' and 'Father' directly, as if they were his own. It doesn't fill that gaping hole in his heart that yearns for Nana, but it's atleast something.

Koutarou is not a good person. He is not meant to be, he is supposed to be relatable like so many bad guys in the manga - Everyone is a Hero in their own lives, everyone believes what they do is (if not right, then) for the better.

Fear drives Koutarou to extreme actions and cruelty. And I am convinced that whatever Tenko will have to suffer in the future due to his father will also be a byproduct of his immense fear of losing his family.

Does this imply that Tenko hates his Father?

Paradoxically, no. Although Tenko says he Hates everyone it isn't so for Shigaraki. Shigaraki keeps the 'Father' hand closest to Himself. Even when Bakugou knocked out the 'Father' hand, that itself was enough to spike Shigaraki's temper. He didn't have any recollection of his family then, but he still held on to it. Shigaraki, much like Koutarou himself, doesn't hate their parent - but is lodged in an in-between. For Shigaraki he is seeking his Father's approval even when he is long gone, he is carrying forward the misinterpretted hatred of Heroes by being a Villain set out to destroy everything. Out of everyone in the Shimura Family, Shigaraki constantly keeps craving the acceptance of one Adult Figure, and whose acceptance would mean the most? Obviously the one who held most Authority, whose opinion matters most. His Father.

Tenko may have decayed his family's everything but their hands. We know from previous chapters that he might have been handled with other equipment instead of direct skin contact because his family members were afraid of his power. But, instinctively again, Tenko wanted their physical contact so dearly that his quirk ended up decaying everything But their hands.

The Hands were the only things left because Tenko's power couldn't bring itself to destroy his last chance of physical contact with his family.

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recentanimenews · 3 years

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"Gintama" Kotarou Katsura Finally Gets His Super-Cute Teddy Bear Doll

As reported several times, the Tokyo-based anime merchandise company MOVIC has been releasing special birthday item sets that contain a teddy bear doll inspired by the Gintama characters since January 2020. Its latest eighth entry is Koutaro Katsura, who is celebrating his birthday today, June 26.

In addition to a 23 cm-tall teddy bear doll wearing the same Sinsengumi uniform with Katsura and holding Elizabeth, the "Koutaro Katsura Birthday Set" also includes four limited items using a newly-drawn visual of him - an acryl keyholder, a hologram tin badge, a photo card, and a photo frame. Same as the previous dolls, the date of his birthday is embroidered on the sole of the doll's left foot.

Pre-orders for the 11,000 yen (about 99.3 USD) made-to-order set will be accepted on the Animate stores across Japan, and Animate and Movic's official online stores from today to July 28. Shipments of　the item are scheduled to begin on October 15, 2021.

Acryl keyholder (7 cm):

Hologram tin badge (7.5 cm):

Photo frame with the photo card (8.9 × 12.7 cm):

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— 銀魂ぴーあーる (@GINTAMA_PR) June 26, 2021

Gintoki Sakata Birthday Set (January 24, 2020 release):

Kagura Birthday Set (March 20, 2020 release):

Toushirou Hijikata Birthday Set (August 21, 2020 release):

Kamui Birthday Set (September 18, 2020 release):

Sougo Okita Birthday Set (November 13, 2020 release)

Shinsuke Takasugi Birthday Set (Decemer 11, 2020 release):

Shinpachi Shimura Birthday Set (December 11, 2020 release):

Source: Animate Holdings press release

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By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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maki-no-maki · 8 years

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About Me Tag

I was tagged by: @bluebloodedphantom (thank you! T_T)

Rules: Tag 20 people you want to get to know better (I dunno if I can tag that much like, I wanna know more about all of you but I don’t wanna be specific)

Gender: None. XD Female.

Star Sign: Scorpio.

Height: I have no idea. O.O

Sexual Orientation: Straight.

Hogwarts House: Slytherin

Favorite Color: All of them.

Favorite Animal: Cat

Average Hours of Sleep: 9 because I’m lazy. And I think I’m gonna die early.

Cat or Dog Person: Dog in the past, but cat is the love of my life rn.

Favorite Fictional Characters: Benvolio, Puck/Robin Goodfellow, Nick Carraway, Holly Golightly, Jack Dawson, Rose DeWitt Bukater, Amelie Poulain, Olive Penderghast, Emma & Adele (Blue Is The Warmest Color), Sebastian Wilder, Son Goku, Son Gohan, Ranma Saotome, Akane Tendo, Ryoga Hibiki, Asuka Langley, Spike Spiegel, Hanamichi Sakuragi, Hisashi Mitsui, Kaede Rukawa, Haruko Akagi, Kurama (Yuyu Hakusho), Hiei, Fuuko Kirisawa, Raiha, Yui Hongo, Nakago, Chichiri, Tasuki, Ash Ketchum, Misty, Pikachu, Celebi, Meowth, Inuyasha, Kagome Higurashi, Sesshoumaru, Rin, Jaken, Sousuke Sagara, Kaname Chidori, Chrono, Rosette Christopher, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Ulquiorra Cifer, Fruits Basket Characters Too Many to Mention, Kenshin Himura, Kaoru Kamiya, Sanosuke Sagara, Aoishi Shinomori, Misao Makimachi, Kazuki Hihara, Kira Yamato, Lacus Clyne, Aya Natsume, Souichiro Nagi, Masataka Takayanagi, Suzaku Kururugi, Euphemia li Britannia, Kallen Kouzuki, Lelouch Lamperouge, Tatsuma Hiyuu, Aoi Misato, Horaiji Kouichi, Suzumiya Haruhi, Kyon, Itsuki Koizumi, Tadashi Karino, Sunako Nakahara, Kyouhei Takano, Allen Walker, Lenalee Lee, Lavi, Yuu Kanda, Komui Lee, Okazaki Tomoya, Furukawa Nagisa, Okazaki Ushio, Youhei Sunohara, Uruki, Takiko Okuda, Tomite, Chihaya Ayase, Mashima Taichi, Shinobu Wakamiya, Suou Hisashi, Chitoge Kirisaki, Ichijou Raku, Ruri Miyamato, Shuu Maiko, Gintoki Sakata, Kagura, Shinpachi Shimura, Sadaharu, Tae Shimura, Hijikata Toushiro, Okita Sougo, Takasugi Shinsuke, Kamui, Katsura Koutaro, Sakamoto Tatsuma, Ayame Sarutobi, Mutsu, Ayano Terada, Tatsugorou Terada, Doromizu Jirochou, Too Many to Mention (although my list lol).

Number of blankets: One.

Favorite Band/Singer: The Beatles, Bee Gees, New Order, Eraserheads, Mest, Alkaline Trio, Sayuri Ishikawa, CHiCO with HoneyWorks, Kana Nishino, SpyAir, DOES, ACID, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, fx, SHINee, TWICE, BlackPink, APink, SPF, Marisa Sukosol, Aida Nikolaychuk, Goo Goo Dolls, Bread, Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Mark Wills, Marie Digby, Westlife, A1, Ronan Keating & Boyzone, Savage Garden, Parokya ni Edgar, Callalily, Apo Hiking Society, Rey Valera, Sue Ramirez, Regine Velasquez, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Michelle Wright, Sylvia La Torre, Francis Magalona, Gloc9, Matchbox 20, Anti-Flag, Ed Sheeran, Kaye Cal, Many to Mention again.

Dream Trip: Japan and to the moon.

Dream Job: I want to be a writer and a director .

I’m tagging these lovely people: @missgibilawliett-afo, @crazeeotakuyoh, @liri2012, @bossladytae I don’t know who else lolol.

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ukaiknowsbest · 3 years

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Otae, Gintoki, Hasegawa and Katsura on Friendship

Lesson 36 Otae to Shinpachi:

"If your friend is crying, the least you can do is sit there and cry with them! If your friend is suffering, you can rack your brains and suffer with them too! When your friend takes a sht you need to take one too Shin-chan! No matter what pain your friend is experiencing, you can always share it with them.

And then Shin-chan, when you see your friend moving down the wrong path, at that moment you must stop them, even if it destroys your friendship. That's the true friendship of a samurai."

Lesson 259 Gintoki to Tsukuyo

"When it's time to cry, let em' flow. When it's time to laugh let one out from the belly. When you face starts to contorst because you gotta cry, then bawl and nothing less. But when you feel a laugh coming from deep down, then do with a stupidly huge grin on your face. That's all they want from you. They'll lend you an ear or a shoulder... carry a heavy load and walk beside you when you need it. That's good enough. It's more important than tossing away your sense of self just to die a spectacular death."

Lesson 379 Hasegawa and Katsura to Kintoki.

"That's us comrades. When you believe the path you're walking on is the right one, no matter how difficult it is, they walk it with you. However when a time comes that their path just doesn't sit right with you, no matter how perilous that path may be and even if you're all alone having turned everyone into enemies, a friend will stand in their comrade's way.

anime ep 256

Katsura: We're friends Hasegawa: No doubt about it

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Hasegawa: That's who we are. Katsura: When we believe you're taking the right path we stick with you no matter how hard it is. Hasegawa: But if you're taking the wrong path, we'll stop you, even if it turns the whole world against us.

Thoughts:

I find it amazing how Otae's explanation of Samurai Friendship had been reiterated one way or another by Gintoki, Hasegawa and Katsura. I've mentioned before in my Otae Masterpost that the four of them developed quite a close knit friend group over time. Hasegawa and Katsura are even finishing each other's sentences in Kintama Arc. As we can see above their views on friendship are very similar to each other. They even teach it to others when they're given the chance.

Otae imparted it to Shinpachi while Gintoki and Kagura listened to her and also joined her to save Taka-chin.

Gintoki imparted the wisdom to Tsukuyo.

Hasegawa and Katsura taught it to Kintoki while Gintoki, the ladies and the rest of Kabukichou listened,

Otae's the youngest among them and yet the whole friendship motif kinda started with her. Now that I think about, it's no surprise that they've all grown quite close. It's fascinating tbh.

#gintama #tae shimura #katsura koutaro #hasegawa taizo #sakata gintoki #gintae #otae notes #gintama thoughts #also does anyone shim madaozura here #hasezura #is chefs kiss

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yellowbluemoonshine · 4 years

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What is your thought on Bakugou redemption arc,do you think it's good,or it's bad writting in some aspects?

Thanks for the question, @birekuden.

There are just to many things to say but anyway, lets start. I will talk about why i dont like the way story portrayed Bakugou in another post, here, i will talk about Deku and Bakugou’s relationship.

Bnha is a story about abuse. In hero society, there is a system that support abuse & violence and many people are victim of this system. Narrative also shows how much wrong it is.

Bakugou is also abuse victim and victim of system, just like others. Yeah, maybe his mother loves him but still, the way her mother treats him is abuse.

Also the way society treats Bakugou is the reason Bakugou is like this. Bakugou has very toxic mind, it hurts both himself and others.

We already know Deku and Bakugou’s past. Bakugou literally abused Deku for years.

After entering UE, that degree of abuse started to decrease cause people started to calling Bakugou out.

Then, after Deku vs Bakugou part 2, it decrease more cause Allmight told them to work together but like i said, it decreased, it didnt disappear.

His abusive behaviours still continues. He still hurts Deku, whether with words or phsical.

Its not just even towards Deku, to others too. Bakugou’s abusive behaviours scares Fuyumi, an another abuse victim.

This cant be excused with ‘Bakugou being Bakugou’ cause Bakugou has toxic mindset.

And another example;

Uraraka says that Bakugou didnt have to use his quirk to educate Deku and Bakugou’s excuse is; Deku didnt have anything wrong with it.

This is an excuse, just because someone didnt warn you, it doesnt mean that its ok to hurt that person.

If Bakugou wanted, he could simply reject it but it didnt cause he has no problem with hrting Deku. He literally acts like he has no choice, even though he himself chose it.

And yes, Bakugou finally understands he did something wrong. But thats it. He doesnt see how his abusive behaviours affected Deku.

He didnt face with what he did, thats why the way he treats Deku didnt change in core.

When he remembers the past, he remembers Deku as faceless.

We saw this scene twice. From Dekus’s perspective, Deku is trembling and scared, its like he is fighrting against monsters.

From Bakugou’s perspective, Deku is faceless, he is not scared, he has no emotions. This is the proof that Bakugou didnt face with what he did to Deku. He doesnt even see how his behaviours hurted Deku.

Even when he protects Deku, he mostly thinks one for all. Its like Deku is now worthy cause he has one for all but qurikless Deku has no worthy cause he was born quirkless. They still didnt get over this mindset.

Just like how Endeavour didnt truly faced with what he did. They both are changing but only on surface.

Abusive behaviours continues. Reason is main problem with Bakugou isnt solved. The mindset that support violence is the main problem and thats why both Bakugou and Endeavour’s abuse arent resolved.

Of course, their sitution is not same. Bakugou is a kid and Endeavour is an adult. But i think their arc parallels with each other so i will talk about both.

And result of this;

Bakugou is using Deku as bait, his priority isnt protecting Deku, its winning.

And both Bakugou and Endeavour destroys Shigaraki, the main abuse victim in story. Shigaraki is Deku, he is Shouto, he is Touya, he is symbolise every victim in story. Ironic that two ‘old’ abusers are killing another abuse victim.

(Extra; The idea of they have no choice is ridicilous cause Shigaraki tried to talk but heroes didnt bother to listen.)

Not just abusers didnt face with what they did but also, abuse victims also dont confront with past.

Its not that Deku forgive Bakugou. In reality, Deku didnt face with what happenned to him. I mean, Deku is self destructive, he is someone who breaks himself again and again so no wonder, he didnt mind what Bakugou did cause he see no worth in himself.

Deku always had unhealthy admriation towards heroes. Especially towards Bakugou. Its not that Deku chose Bakugou but mostly, society chose Bakugou cause he is naturally talented and powerfull. And Deku obeys what society, teachers, his master tell him to do.

Actually, Deku’s reaction is really realistic cause this is how abuse victim behave in real life too. Its like Deku always owes to Bakugou. He is so used to endure Bakugou’s anger that Deku really dont know how to handle another way.

But it doesnt mean that its healthy. So this is an another example from another series. Its a webtoon called ‘Random Chat’, unlike bnha, this story isnt really about abuse but full of violence.

MC and Bully were at least friends, unlike Deku and Bakugou but cause of some misunderstanding, bully started to bully MC.

But then, he found out that there is misunderstanding and he says lets forget about it.

MC struggles and think about everything happenned.

And here, look at MC’s reaction;

You cant just erase what happenned. You cant just act like nothing is wrong here.

And he is taking a right decision here, victims dont owe anything to their abusers. Yeah, maybe it was just misunderstanding and you wanna change but actions have consequences.

I am not saying that forgiveness is wrong but at least, this guy is being with honest with himself, unlike Deku.

And in that story, there was another thing.

This girl is MC’s best friend and she has feelings for bully boy but he literally gave up on her love for the sake of her friend.

See? Again, actions have consequences.

(Look at how popular ships like Kachako, Kiribaku. Like, at least, Kirishima was always Bakugou’s friend, more than Deku but Uraraka. She is not Deku’s best friend, they both have feelings for each other, unlike other story. But people say ‘its better, if she chose Bakugou’. They literally ignore everything between Deku and Uraraka, also between Deku and Bakugou. This also shows that how much story justified what Bakugou did to Deku. This is why i personally dislike this ship a lot, especially when fandom forces too much. I can write more about why this ship is terrible idea for canon and i think many things about it is so ridicilous but i really dont wanna bother with it.)

By the way, in that story, bully boy made more effort, compared to Bakugou. And thats story isnt about abuse but it was more satisfysing, compared to bnha, a story about abuse. Actually, that story wasnt good redemption soty either but main characters remind me of bakudeku relationship and it felt more satifsying, compared to bnha. I just wanted to share.

So anyway, Deku’s reaction hurts Deku’s himself, holding his anger inside of him and he acts like he owe Bakugou a lot. Like, Bakugou didnt hurt him, its Deku’s fault for making Bakugou feel like this.

And result of this;

Another symbolic scene. After seeing Bakugou’s hurt, Deku literally destroys Shigaraki. Again, remember Shigaraki is Deku. So, Deku is destroying himself for the sake of his abuser.

This is also parallel to Shigaraki's relationship with his father. Koutaro is a characher like Bakugou. Both bakugou and Koutaro are victims of abuse. They are not bad people but they hurt Deku and Tenko a lot. And just like Deku, Shigaraki has no problem with hurting himself.

But when it comes to his father, look at how much protective he is. Shigaraki both feel guitly for making his father angry but at the same time, he is full of angry for what happenned to him.

I mean, being so protective of your abuser while destroying yourself is so messed up but at the same time, tragically, thats how abuse works.

Shigaraki both destroy himself and others cause he is trapped in cycle of abuse. Deku is just like Shigaraki. Only difference is Deku’s anger didnt reach his breaking point. This is why he ignores all those hurted feelings inside of him.

Just like Fuyumi and many other abuse victims. Fuyumi didnt forgive Endeavour cause she acts like nothing happenned, reason is until now this is how she endured. She is even gratefull that Endeavour at least stopped hurting family members.

The reason Shouto didnt want to forgive his father wasnt about himself at all. It was all about his mother. When he saw his family wants to forgive, he immediately rethink about it. Also just like Deku acceps Bakugou cause society forces on him, Shouto does same. He obeys what society tells him to do.

Neither of those abuse victims dont care about what happenned to them. Deku doesnt care about himself. Fuyumi just wants family. Rei wants her family to be happy. Shouto only angry for his mother. Natsuo only angry for his brother. They even help abusers to be better people, like they owe them to.

And the only reason Shigaraki and Dabi reacts to abuse they endured is because they reached their breaking point.

(But difference between them is also Shigaraki later comes back to his abuser cause he was alone in his abuse while Dabi saw how his family was hurted so he know who is to blame pretty well.)

So coming back to your question; What do i think about Bakugou’s redemption?

Redemption is all about facing with what you did and taking responbility.

I already explained that Bakugou didnt truly faced with what he did to Deku and main problem with his behaviour didnt change so actually, Bakugou didnt get redemption. At least yet.

Maybe, Bakugou’s sacrificing himself for Deku is kina start for future, i dont know, we will see. But until this point, main problem with Bakugou’s behaviours didnt change and it wont change, until both he and Deku face with the past but they are not there yet.

Meanwhile, at least Dabi is exist to call both Endeavour and society out. Just like how Endeavour can never truly change, if he doesnt face with what he did. Same for Bakugou too.

But anyway, i dont like their relationship. Bakugou is the one who hurted and still hurts Deku but Deku is the one who make an effort in this relationship.

Even one day, Deku tells Bakugou about how he was hurted by his behaviours, still, Deku will move on past and wont force Bakugou about it. And even Bakugou change, he wont be able to do for Deku too much cause Deku already will get over past. It will never be equal relationship that the way narrative portrayed them.

I wouldnt mind, if Bakugou was just a side character but he is one of main characters, someone who is supposed to be Deku’s partner. In stories, actions have consequences. But i feel like this doesnt really happen with Bakugou. And thats the problem here.

Their relationship is unhealthy, toxic and if one day, even it changes, Deku should see his own worth and he needs to be with people who make happy. He should take a distance between himself and Bakugou. (Meanwhile, Bakugou should face with what he did, he needs to understand how much wrong violence is so he needs to be sensitive about violence, abuse and abuse victims to become a better person/character, we also need to see his geniue guilty, thats what should happen with Bakugou, eventually, i think.)

For example, Deku's partner can be Todoroki. They are both abuse victims and they have very healthy relationship.

(Only problem with their relationship is since they both dont know how to handle abuse, they give wrong advices to each others)

Or maybe his partner can be Uraraka. She is very strong girl. Just like Deku, she really wants to help people. Also, she has very heathy relationship with Deku.

So until now, i didnt like Bakugou and Deku’s relationship and the way story portrayed them together. It feels so force. Since Bakugou didnt face with what he did, there is also no redemption yet here. And its early to say ‘its bad writing’, maybe author change things later in story, we will see. I dont have too much hope but still, hoping author fix it. Hope, you got me.

#bakugou katsuki #bnha analysis #bnha redemption #anon #midoriya izuku #bnha abuse #random chat #endeavour #shimura koutaro #bnha parallels #shigaraki tomura #todoroki enji #todoroki touya #todoroki fuyumi #todoroki shouto #todoroki rei #dabi

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