Hawks doesn’t deny it. Holy. Shit.
This chapter has me on the edge of my seat and fuck, is it cruel. (There might be some lil inaccuracies in my translations)
Dabi tells Tokoyami what Hawks did to Twice.
Dabi says: “He is way dirtier than any of us.”
- The used word sounding to me like something really disgusting to describe a mangy dog.
And Dabi’s face looks soft saying this horrible shit. He looks almost… amused.
But the one thing that hit me the hardest (right in my fucking guts, guys) were these little panlels, the conversation had lead up to…
Seconds before the tension snapps:
Because Hawks doesn’t deny it!
Hawks doesn’t defend his actions. The one thing he tries to say in this moment, is Tokoyami’s civilian name. Because he regrets that Tokoyami, (the one kid that looked up to him, the one character he tried to guide and help-) this kid finds out about Hawks beeing… “dirty”.
Of course, Tokoyami doesn’t move his eyes from the big bad threat that is Dabi, because the kid is a hero-in-training and ready to bleed to safe Hawks… But-
Can you see how his ‘mouth’ trembling? - Because it hits him. This 15 year old kid just learned that his mentor (and friend) lied and murdered.
And then you see Hawks’ face more clearly. Exhausted- okay. Scarred- yes. Pained- sure. But the increddible thing most clear in his eyes?
He looks at Dabi. And finally - after all these wordless panels - we see Dabi’s face:
And Dabi doesn’t look ‘amused’ anymore. (I have a really hard time reading his expression here.)
And Hawks doesn’t even flinch. He’s calm as fuck and stays completly professional, perfectly predicting the gap in Dabi’s blasts.
Hawks litterally says: “Instead of finishing me off, he talked to me.”
And then: “Dabi talks to you, because he needs more time. Maybe because… His own flames weaken him.”
(How does Hawks come to that conclusion?
Hawks is extremly intelligent and he worked close enough with Dabi to notice- Sure, but the prefect accuracy in which he can predict the moment of “overheating”?! -
It’s like he already knew more details beforehand…)
Due to Hawks, they acutally escape Dabi, but- and at this panel I lost my shit- because:
Dabi is imitating Endeavor.
Dabi.The guy who’s only meaning in life is to take down his father Endeavor at all costs, USES ENDEAVOR’S IDEA, to reach that goal.
I love that. I love this irony. It feels like the plot did a backflip and kicked me in the face with a burning… hot-topic-shoe.
Yeah. To conlcude everything: This chapter was… lit.
(Now I’d excuse myself, m needa cry in my homework. Have a nice day)
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