Warning: Spoilers for My Hero Academia Episode #157
My hero academia Anime season 7, episode 19 shows the climax of the Todoroki family and Dobi’s storyline, specifically the villain’s last resort to get his revenge on Endeavor, and the reunion with the rest of his family. Although Toya Todoroki is one of the characters in My hero academia Who suffered the most, since in the end he just wanted the attention and love of his family to the point of being consumed by hatred and revenge, A moment in the manga, cut from the anime, makes Dobby’s story even more tragic.
My hero academia Episode #157 is not only considered one of the best episodes for its masterful direction and animation, but also for one of the most emotional scenes of the series, the final clash of the Todoroki, where, just as Dobby is about to explode, He awakens the servants of his mother Rey, who begins to freeze him from the inside to keep him alive. This is attributed by Endeavor to being because he was in a life-or-death situation, however A conversation in MHA Chapter #387 confirms that Dobby has the Ice Quirk from the start.
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Dobby has the ice quirk from the start
There is no need to shut down Toya’s dream of being a hero
Dobby wakes up his mother’s quirk can be explained by a conversation in MHA Chapter #387 Where Geten, the front lieutenant of the Paranormal Liberation Army, tells Mr. Compress about his family history, revealing that he is also a Himura, which means he is a relative of Shoto’s mother Rei, and that their ancestors married between distant branch families to Stop. Their power and status, so their blood runs thick, which causes some to have a dormant quirk in them. This makes Davies’ outcome even more tragic, as he had the potential from the start to take advantage of both of his parents’ quirks.
With each generation, meta-abilities grow more complex. Deeper and richer, like layered sediment in a body with some powers lying dormant, unknown to the user – Geten
This is also reinforced by the fact that Touya shows his mother’s features, such as white hair, a physical trait of the Himura. This means that Toya did not have to stop trying to be a hero. If Endeavor had investigated Rei’s family background and helped Touya embrace nature and develop the Ice Quirk instead of ignoring his feelings and just telling him to stop, the Todoroki family fallout wouldn’t have happened. Dobby was too focused on using his fire to be stronger than Endeavor, so he could never awaken his Ice Quirk in any way other than in a survival situation.
Shoto Todoroki is not Endeavour’s masterpiece
Dobby was stronger than Shoto
Dobby’s potential is also acknowledged by Shoto in a line in the original MHA Chapter #390 of Shonen JumpWhich was later cut in the volume release and also from the anime adaptation, where Shoto said that Dobi’s flames reach an even higher heat than he could ever reach and that maybe he is not his father’s masterpiece after all.
He has reached a hollowed-out territory where I cannot tread. Maybe… I was never actually the masterpiece creation. Shoto Todoroki
However, the reason that line of dialogue was removed and redrawn in My hero academia Volume 39 could be to give the chapter a more hopeful conclusion, not focusing on Endeavor’s mistakes but on his apology to his family and the fact that Shoto was able to keep Dobby thanks to his family’s support. While Toya may have been the successor his father wanted, Endeavor’s mistake was failing to look properly at his son and try to understand his feelings. so, Dobby grew to become stronger than Shoto, due to his dream of taking revenge on his family.
Dobby’s power was enhanced by his hatred but also destroying him, but Shoto’s true strength was his drive to never give up on saving others. And can rely on others as he is supported by Ida. Ultimately, Dobby and Shoto’s clash was not about who was the best masterpiece, but how being blinded by greed and obsession leads to an abusive cycle and how Shoto was able to break free and stop the tragedy. Nevertheless, how Tuya slept with the ice quirk and only woke up when his body was beyond repair, makes Dabis’s story even more tragic.
In My Hero Academia, some humans have superpowers called quirks. Izuku Midoriya, honestly, none of them. Deku has always idolized heroes as the number one hero, All Might, and since he was a child, he always wanted to be a hero. However, his lack of a quirk has always held him back, but a chance encounter with All Might after discovering a classmate in danger sets Deku on the path to becoming a true hero. My Hero Academia centers around Deku and a class of heroes-in-training at UA. The school shapes young Quirk users into future heroes through mock rescue missions, combat training and other hero-tempering tasks. With the young Deku inheriting the “one-for-all” charm, he will learn what it means to be a true hero while facing terrifying supervillains.