A Quick Lunch Break

Boku no Hero Academia || Hawks (Keigo Takami) Episode 134

Toga's last love will always be Uraraka.

Intermission

Notice that Hawks takes off his mask before he starts saying something truthful/outside of his role. Everything he said until this point was part of his façade.

And it's notable that the first genuine dialogue Hawks has is that he doesn't admire All Might. Not all hero characters in BNHA had All Might as their main inspiration, but until this point there wasn't a single hero character to say anything like "I never wanted to be like [All Might]". Endeavor was not the exception. He may not have liked All Might personally, but it was primarily due to envy. Endeavor wanted to be like All Might in that he wanted to be number one and the strongest.

It's interesting that the takeaways from Hawks' introductory chapter are that he's duplicitous, ambitious, and doesn't like All Might. His introduction unsettled the status quo of the story until this point because Act One revolved around All Might the Symbol of Peace and Number One Hero. But Hawks is established as a top hero character outside of All Might's orbit with ambiguous intentions.

off-duty

todoroki family brunch: fuyumi doing the catering like the older sister she is, natsuo suicide baiting their father 30min into this brunch, rei is on the balcony tanning, shoto has no idea what’s going on, and dabi feeds hawks a concoction of all alcoholic beverages that were on the table, just to see what happens with someone whose quirk probably makes them a lightweight, happy sunday.

hawks is on my "annoying heroes that i would like more if the in-canon characters didnt mess him up so badly" list but i really adore how you draw him aaa

This poor guy has had to deal with so many things during his upbringing fjfdskd He's allowed to be annoying<3 Thank you!! I'm so glad you like my art!

Ah, yes. I remember now. The mind kidnapping obsession.

It strikes again!

Those seeking fluff, fair warning. There be none.

You can do this, Hawks

real actual manga panels more at 11