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Ughh the absolute agony and pure sadness I feel for every scrap of even worse angst I pick up when I deep dive into Tomura Shigaraki is just.
honestly, I actually think potential one-sided incest between AFO/Yoichi adds a really dark and intriguing layer to AFO & Tomura's relationship. I've always wondered why Tomura's hair turned white after he got AFO & why there are some panels that make him look SO much like yoichi, but if you look at it from this darker lens it. it makes a lot of sense. AFO was trying to mold Tomura into a version of Yoichi that he COULD possess and control completely. because he couldn't do that with the real yoichi, so he created his own replacement that he could possess and become one with via a fucked up mind-meld. it's really kind of deliciously dark and adds this whole horrifying undertone to the manga that makes so many things fall into place in new and terrible ways. like we knew AFO groomed tomura from such a young age BUT if you add this into the mix..... fuck. it's so twisted and it adds this really interesting dark layer to the story i think. So much about why AFO wanted to mind-meld with Tomura in the first place after he got AFO makes sense and is so much sadder (for tomura) and fucked up (for AFO) when you look at things with this extra piece thrown in. HE EVEN GAVE TOMURA HIS LAST NAME. LIKE. IT'S POSSESSION. I KNEW IT WAS ABOUT POSSESSION FROM THE START BUT NOW ITS SO MUCH SADDER AND FUCKED UP......goddamn.
like..... we already know AFO was a fucked up father figure to tomura from such a young age but when you look at it this way...... god, tomura i am so sorry
well done hori, you managed to fit a whole horror subplot into your wholesome superhero story lol