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This is just me yapping about my views on the Todoroki Family and Endeavor that no one asked for. Feel free to let me know your point of view or difference in opinions, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Warning: todoroki family spoilers, mentions of abuse, divourse,

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As a character, I think Endeavor is incredibly interesting and since I started mha four years ago, the Todorokis got my heart. That being said, if this man were a real person, my reaction would have been similar to Natsuo’s and I believe Rei should 1000% divorce him. To much has happened to try for love at this point.

I can see that he is repenting everyday for his very very horrible mistakes. Yet Endeavor can change all he wants, it doesn't change the damage he did and that he thought it was completely okay. The mistakes you make can be forgiven but never truly forgotten, especially ones that big. Rei needs a divorce, not to 'see how much he has changed and fall in love with this "changed man"'. Just because he changed for the better doesn't cancel out the hurt he had done. 

Furthermore, I can't help but feel that his primary reasons for changing are egotistic by nature. True remorse is to acknowledge the depths of his wrongs towards his family and changing because he realizes that those wrongs are practically unforgivable.

Instead, it appears to me that his main reason for changing is to make his family (specifically Shoto) see that he will work for betterment because his original goal to surpass All Might is no longer apart of the picture after he retired. (The erge to beat All Might is no longer clouding his judgment.)

It's still about "image" just in a different context. It's not really for the sake of the people he hurt, it's to make himself feel better. Sure, he doesn't force them to forgive him; but it's like someone just saying sorry because they feel bad now, which is guilt. To be clear, he should feel awful for what he has done. Abuse isn’t something you can just say sorry and quickly move on from. 

He took away his childrens’ childhoods, something they can never get back. I believe it would be good for the kids to forgive him so they don’t hold resentment everytime they are reminded of him but that doesn’t mean they should try to establish a family bond. In short, the whole family needs years of therapy.

As for my closing thoughts:

As a character, I think his arc has been fantastic and someone I actually want to learn more about. I can’t wait to see more of this family and what they become. Let me know your thoughts!