How Horikoshi feels after making the League of Villains metaphors for the cycle of abuse and how victims and the mentally ill are treated in society just to kill them all of in the most ironically horrible ways
Like wdym we spent multiple full length chapters learning about how Shigaraki was abused just to accidentally kill his family before being basically kidnapped, groomed, and psychologically tormented by the literal manifestation of evil just to be killed by him in the end??
Wdym we followed multiple counts of the Todoroki family’s suffering at the hands of Endeavor, learning how the selfish desires of one man ruined the lives of five other ppl and how he turned his son Touya to a life as a murderous villain just for him to be forced to survive past his natural lifespan so that Endeavor could force Touya to talk to him to feel better abt himself??
Twice dies alone after finally finding a family who accepted him. Mr. Compress and Spinner joined the league to be less alone, and are now going to spend the rest of their lives alone in jail mourning their friends’ deaths.
Even Toga, who had the most arguably “satisfying” conclusion, only did so because she sacrificed herself, a choice she made. Even then, it adheres to the idea that the mentally ill are the ones who must change in order to fit society. Even if Uraraka understood Himiko and was willing to help her, Toga still died a villain in the eyes of society
I understand that they’re villains and they won’t get a happy ending, and that death is the easiest way to finish a characters story, but literally what was the point of it all? What was the message Horikoshi was trying to convey? That victims and ppl who suffer from mental illness are villains and are bound to die or rot in jail/psych wards? That abusers will always win over their victims? The villains were thoroughly fleshed out and made to be empathized with, just to kill them all off? Lazy writing imo
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