I got my wish for official Phophor colours, so this chapter is already great in my book. This title page is just so sharp. Love the cursed prince vibes, the head of icicles, the colors, the energy, even Shouto’s fierce expression.
Even if the chapter title is a bit puzzling - here are my thoughts.
The end of the fight is just absolutely devastating (Shouto’s face is just perfect)
- and it was a great contrast to how the hype rolled over the different battlefields. Last chapter, Shouto found reassurance from his friends as his mental safe place / now his win gives everyone a new push.
- Loved the Shouto & All Might Kamino parallels and All Might’s tearful “Todoroki kid” (now if only they had a post-war scene)
- It was great to see where everyone else was - nice to see Kiri & Mina & Mt Lady near Gigantomachia and the mysterious escort job. I also teared up at Kirishima’s “our very own Todoroki”.
- Satou, Sero and Ojirou over at the stadium. I think Sero is fine...
- Bakugou’s big proud smile, like he knew Shouto could do this was a really nice little TDBK crumb. (Though surprised at lack of Momo and Aizawa reactions)
- New Tartarus escapees on the scene. I guess Kunieda will be Aoyama’s fight, and I’m guessing Hagakure will be there to combo with him. But where/who is Gashly?
- Finally, Central Hospital is a battle I care about a lot, because I’ve wanted Shoji’s backstory since forever and Kurogiri/Shirakumo are there, and he can be a huge asset to either side, depending who gets to him.
- And back to the battlefield - Shouto’s tearful face, the Iida hug - it just pulls on my heartstrings so perfectly. That HUG!!!
- I went back and forth from regeneration to I-officially-have-no-clue what’s going on with Touya. My main theory (wish) that it’s something positive that’s been set off/ released because of this encounter, but AFO will fuck with Endeavor’s head, because that’s what AFO does. Nevertheless, I feel like Touya should get a narrative reward for refusing AFO twice - his quirk is a link to his family, his identity, his origin and I think keeping that intact means that Touya is not letting fully go of who he is.
In any case - the lack of a true resolution, no “Shouto rising” - it means more Shouto - Touya content to come and for me, that’s already good enough.
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