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Remember when some fans screamed about Hori being an abuse apologist because he wrote a redemption arc for Enji? I bet they're hiding in shame now.

Hori did not force Natsu to reconcile with Enji in the name of "family unity".

Natsu is not being deliberately unforgiving here. There is no childish pettiness in his resolve. No misplaced need to get back at Enji by clinging to negative feelings. Some sins take too much emotional labor to forgive, and some abuse victim cannot afford it and need to focus on their own healing away from the source of their trauma. This is what Natsu needs, and I'm glad he's giving himself what he needs without thinking of himself as unkind.

Hori showed that Natsu still cared about Enji because that is still his father. He showed him being able to have civil interactions with Enji, being able to look at his character objectively, and even joke about viewing Enji as cool for the first time in his life. But he still allowed Natsu to keep his distance from Enji and go to his own path.

Enji didn't have to be an irredeemable monster for that to happen. Natsu didn't have to be consumed by hate, rage, and resentment for that to happen. Sometimes, it's best for family members to keep a safe distance from each other. Sometimes, it's the only way for healing to happen.

Family can still be family without wholesome togetherness. There is a space for family bond to exist between "cut them off" and "reconcile".

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The Todorokis,…..and uh Bakugou.

I need to see Shoto eating shampoo

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im sick of my parents trying to reconcile

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 It’s Inasa’s birthday and I wanted to do one of my dumb little comics  Inasa Yoarashi  September 26

My Hero Academia: Presence

Presence, full comic

In this comic, with everything that’s happened with the fucked up family dynamics and every terrible thing he’s done, all that gets put aside for just a moment.

They get one night.  Let them have one night.

What tomorrow brings for them is another story.

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Further notes here

The Todoroki siblings trying to decode the family lore after Enji or Rei casually drops a trauma reference.

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Enji in family therapy: After I watched my father be murdered…

Shoto: When you WHAT?!?

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Rei, in family therapy: Well, I didn’t tell my parents my new address after I married so they couldn’t contact me.

Shoto: They’re not dead???

i miss you like a little kid.