BNHA 228 - I'm a little confused now!
The pacing is so weird! The shifts in POVs was tolerable for the past chapters but in this one it feels awkward!
I gotta admit I'm just a lil sour that they dodged the Dabi is a Todoroki chapter we were waiting for T_T but on second reading after being disappointed for a few hours (hah) I guess this gives us insight on Dabi as a person, and maybe about his past as well.
In the preceding panels he gives a quick assessment on Ice Guy, who was able to manage keeping his presence hidden in plain sight even tho he is strong. Dabi says something to the effect of "I wasnt able to tell before, but now I can tell at a glance" referring to Ice Hands (... Cold Hands?) And his quirk. There is an implication that a) Dabi feels like he's improving and b) he makes a Conscious effort to improve.
It's a trait that sticks out, because he makes a big show of being lackadaisical for most of the story. Where did he get this tendency to keep improving then? Maybe surviving on the streets will do that to a poor villain... But so can very rigorous and damaging training many years before hah!
There were theories circulating before this chapter that Cold Hands is also a Todoroki but seeing that his quirk does not work exactly like Shouto's right side I guess we can shelve that temporarily. The term is cryokinesis--I suppose it's more of a psychic type rather than elemental, because he has to summon ice rather than create them. Very interesting, ruined only by the fact that the guy is a fanatic NEET. He kinda reminds me of those guys in MP100 S2? The guys that follow Suzuki? Even mentions that his leader gave him that power. Which is strange because it makes it sound like he was given a quirk, which is an AfO thing so. Confusion
I feel u Mr Compress!!! Just lost in the entire mess of the fight. Can someone just stick with him and tell him it's all gonna be okay
Okay. Even tho I hated the sudden shift in focus in this chapter I really like how Twice was written here. To him the LoV is more than just its goals, it's his family too. I wonder how he found Toga but it must be frightening seeing someone he cares for very much in such a bloody state.
And the art. His face and body language, the conflicting dialog in his head, the fear of losing Toga. It's heartbreaking when he realizes how cold her skin is, how the fight inside his head escalates the more he holds her close. If they show this in the anime I have high expectations on the framing music voice acting etc, I want to see an elevation of the despair shown by my mans Twice here
And to see the scene of him killing himself over and over? Shit. I feel for him I really do. It's amazing how he keeps.it together on most days. Now he's being pushed to break in the worst way! I hope someone saves him, or he does something to avoid the Gorillaz guy 's creepy ass puppets!
Okay I wanna read the next chapter but could it please just focus on one thing at a time first? Huhuhu