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Tomura's backstory - the bystander effect

Almost a year ago, i did a paper about bystander effect for my language class. I told my teammate about the idea to be added to the list that we can choose.

While i was researching about the topic, i realized that Tomura's situation when he was still Tenko in the streets is a prime example of it in anime that i've watched (and i watched so little anime so take it with a grain of salt).

Like- people were literally bypassing him, an injured child in the street who's barefoot, scarred, and has blood on his hands. He's 6. And people aren't atleast a little bit concerned for him?? Like at the very least call the police or sumn if ur busy.

But ig that's the whole point isn't it? People are so used to the heroes that they truly believed that they'll instantly be there if someone's in trouble.

I think that his past is one of the most tragic ones cause it's so easily preventable, unlike the rest. Toga, Spinner, Dabi, and Twice's backstory was a long time coming as the rise of the quirkist beliefs and the want for a child with stronger quirks.

I guess you can say Tomura's backstory is also a long time coming with Nana giving up Kotaru in the orphanage, but Tenko still wants to be a hero. If anybody, anybody at all saved him that night, he could've become a hero.

Ik that it's obvious, i just wanna talk about it for a bit.

BBY TOMURA PRECIOUS BBY TENKO ‪‪❤︎‬‪‪❤︎‬‪‪❤︎‬‪‪❤︎‬