Kohei horikoshi is a rat ass motherfucker and a raggedy bitch whose writing should be considered the eleventh plague. The way that he fried the entire premise of his work is foreshadowing for his future job at mcdonalds
LOV-centric Text memes, part 7 (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) (1)
(source on the first image for context that no one asked for) Anyway, AFO giving a bullied child an IBS quirk is still one of the most back-handed, black hearted acts of pure fucking evil I have ever seen in a manga. Greatest shonen villain of all time, of the year, of the century, of the week even, etc etc etc.
Talking to your Villain: Deku vs. Shigaraki and Ochako vs. Toga
Questionable method but I typed up all the dialogue spoken out loud in each encounter, from the moment things really start picking up steam to the moment the Villain's heart gets saved. The Heroes are trying to get through to the Villain - how much effort do they put into trying to have a dialogue?
Green is Hero Speaking; Red is Villain Speaking.
Need you note that Deku's 4 lines of green - the longest line he speaks - in the middle of his battle is actually not directed at Shigaraki. He's talking to Nana about smashing Shigaraki's lid. But maybe Shigaraki heard him, idk.
I also took out Tsuyu's speech to Toga. That was a good chunk of 'Hero trying to talk to Villain', and also just a good attempt too from Tsuyu, but we're focusing Ochako and Toga.