Endeavor may never exchange blows with in My Hero Academia, but chapter 353 of the manga just presented the next best possible
fans have not gotten a chance to see face off against his the fight between and still makes suffer in an indirect way. The decision to have Shoto Todoroki face his villainous brother before their father Endeavor may have made sense from the perspective of building tension, but the pacing suffered as a result. winning the fight just exacerbated the since it only promised to prolong Endeavor's confrontation with However, Kohei Horikoshi just found an ingenious way to make do.
made it abundantly clear that the real conflict was between him and . Endeavor was the one who originally placed all of his hopes and dreams on imaking dependent on the extra attention he was receiving from his father as a result. So when Endeavor later dropped once Shoto was born, it left completely alone, forcing him to resort to extreme measures by burning himself alive in an effort to gain back his father's attention. Although Endeavor dropped because of never expressed anger or resentment towards his younger brother upon their meeting at the tail end of the Paranormal Liberation War. All could express was his desire to tear Endeavor down
So, during My Hero Academia's final war, readers viewed this as an annoying but necessary steppingstone to building up to the real battle between Endeavor and Dabi. But in chapter 353, Shoto has clearly won. The beginning of this latest installment therefore creates the very convincing impression that will never face Endeavor except behind bars. But then the heroes broadcast Shoto's victory for everyone fighting in the war to hear, leaving the best reaction for last: Endeavor. His face is blank, almost too expressionless, upon hearing the news, to the point where his opponent All For One comments on what the look on his face means. Meanwhile, Hawks, who's also present, knows just how deeply the news could affect fighting ability and adds a sense of urgency to the situation by desperately calling out to his comrade to ignore This development is so powerful that it almost makes up for the fact that the confrontation between and will probably never take place. Readers have already seen break down in tears when confronting his past sins with the other members of his broken family. It was a powerfully effective and humbling moment for the number-one hero. But the one who arguably suffered more than anyone else because of Endeavor's actions is . That's why readers have been hungering to see how will react when he finally confronts him, for represents the most devastating repercussions of sins perpetrated against his family. completely failed . So, although physically now, the broadcasted message forces him to contend with the situation in another way. doesn't know if is dead. Since he allowed both of his sons to face each other, for all knows, he could have just permitted his sons to kill each other. As a result, is obviously wrestling with feelings of regret and shame for allowing Shoto to clean up his own mess. Even worse is that now he must suffer the taunts from All For One who, as the master manipulator, will know just what to say and how to say it to truly tear him down.
Although it's now highly unlikely Endeavor will ever exchange blows with Dabi as readers hoped, this is the next best thing that could have transpired. My Hero Academia has found to confront Dabi indirectly and did so by only presenting him with the bare minimum of information from the fight between his both sons. Endeavor not knowing all of the details is almost better as it will cause the worst-case scenarios to play out in his mind - and that's what fans want more than anything else: for to suffer for what he did to ,
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