Blood Red Love | My Hero Academia Season 7 Episode 20 REACTION!!!

[@chesedp2o23]

“I want to touch the sadness inside of you!” How fitting for the person who can float things with a touch to say that

[@RiginJustino]

And make them... Lighter... She literally takes the burden off of people to help them feel better, that is fucking CINEMA

[@L3Z3R-k9b]

she could float the sadness away :)

[@ron4tron]

With a touch, she could find the lightest part of her soul and bring it to the forefront

[@lowki2127]

After this episode, I can confidently say this has been by favorite season of MHA

[@goosygrower419]

I loved the unique direction this episode so much. While I had gripes with how Bones adapted Toga's backstory during the MVA arc, they fully delivered here for this confrontation. BEAUTIFUL

[@trellyv8826]

Wait, what was wrong with toga's backstory in mva?

[@goosygrower419]

@@trellyv8826 they cut some important stuff about quirk counseling so people found it confusing why toga didnt just "become normal". thats why people during s6 were like "she shouldve gone to therapy" where in reality quirk counseling was terrible. or people thinking its a "fetish"

[@trilight3597]

They cut a lot from everyone. Toga's backstory was cut. Think of feeling thirsty and people telling you to not drink. Her quirk made her required to suck blood to express her love. Like a hunger.

[@trellyv8826]

@trilight3597 idk what you are talking about a whole episode was dedicated to it, and I have the manga volume. Lots of things were cut out of mva in the anime but I do not remember togas backstory being cut a lot.

[@trilight3597]

@@trellyv8826 I meant a pieces of it were.

[@aperson1692]

Moments like this and her speech on top of UA are why I find it hard to take it seriously when people try and say that “Ochako became ass after the sports festival” or something like that. I know, “to each their own” and whatnot but I think she’s only gotten better and better as the series has gone on, she’s my favourite female character from MHA easily

[@icantbelieveyoudonethis4059]

Frankly people who say that are just mad she’s in love with Deku and keep trying to act like she’s just another Sakura

[@oceandragoon3099]

I don't even like mha anymore but this is pretty obviously her best moment to me. This is the kind of stuff I want to see in superhero stories.

[@NoctilucaBloom]

I think the way Hori wrote her from sports festival to the first war left a lot to be desired, but she has been great ever since the plot with Toga picked up and during the runaway deku part.

[@skelitonking117]

@@icantbelieveyoudonethis4059 the Sakura comments irk me just as much as the comment OP was talking about. *ANYONE* who literally thinks that Sakura was useless should be institutionalized; Because if they did read or watch the series, and seriously think that? They are actively a danger to themselves and those around them because not only are their general comprehension skills practically non-existent, but there may be potential mental damage as well.

[@icantbelieveyoudonethis4059]

@@skelitonking117 I don’t believe Sakura is useless that’s just the criticism people use

[@sunmutsis69420]

Togas character has always resonated with me on a deep, emotional level, mainly because I am autistic, and I have gone through what she has gone through (being told shes not normal and should act normal, and that the way she is is wrong.) I always saw a little bit of myself in Toga, and the fact that Toga is not their normal, but its Togas normal - the way Toga is is how she is naturally and shouldnt be shunned and she should have never been made to be ashamed of herself for simply being herself. I just relate a lot as an autistic individual

[@asunazarts6796]

@sunmutsis69420 I felt the same way as well. Toga resonate deeply with me as well.

[@dynamixstorm1436]

Made me cry in back to back episodes 😭

[@carloscauan7967]

This episode was storyboarded by Tensai Okamura, the director of the 4th movie. What an episode.

[@breezyimpressions]

Amazing to think that this is the kind of episode you wouldn't have been able to do years ago in anime past with the sheer amount of characters on screen but damn if Bones didn't pull off the CGI on Sad Man's parade and really make it work alongside some gorgeous hand-drawn stuff like with Ochako's quirk awakening.

[@tobofu5978]

Domain Expansion: Astral Drift

[@Kaempfdog]

Gravity spread. Just INSANE combination

[@themadman4062]

Something extra I love about this plotline is how Uraraka saying how Toga’s smile is so perfect that it makes her jealous is a parallel to Deku when he said Todoroki’s quirk was his not Endeavor’s. Read chapter 39 then 393, it’s even framed the same way.

[@icantbelieveyoudonethis4059]

They truly did the chapter justice with this one. Also fun fact. I got my current profile picture several years ago and I told myself it would be much profile when Uraraka got an Awakening.

[@GoatLuffy_97]

I never connected with this storyline until I read the chapters this episode adapted. Horokoshi wrote this so beautifully. I was an emotional mess all over again. Thank you Studio Bones!

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

We got a bit of a glimpse into Toga's past back in MVA but I'm glad Horikoshi delved a little deeper this time. Once again, a lot of the parents in this series kinda suck. And this also says a lot not just about the parents but about the quirk counseling system and hero society at large. Rather than trying to provide Toga with a healthy alternative or teaching her that just because she has a quirk relating to blood doesn't define her, they instead lean into the stereotype that we've seen ever since Shinso was introduced. People with quirks that are seen as "scary" or "villainous" are treated like villains. Called freaks or subhuman. The quirk counseling only tried to convert Toga into being "normal" and her parents called her inhuman. There was no attempt to help. There was only forced conversion. And because of a lack of support, she eventually became the monster they accused her of being. I see people talking about how, "Oh. Just because they have a sad backstory doesn't justify their actions". And, obviously. Their backstory is to show how they got their mindset. Not to say that they're right. However, that doesn't mean that the message they're asking is wrong. That's what Horikoshi is trying to convey. That's what Nagant's entire character is about when she first appeared. To ask the question, "After the heroes defeat the villains, what next?" If the answer is that everything goes back to the way it was, then they failed. They didn't learn anything. More Toga's, Toya's and Tenko's will be created. The system currently in place is one that rejects people who look different, people who think different, and people with quirks that are considered to be "villainous". Even if the heroes defeat the villains of today, unless they change the system in place, they will actively be creating the villains of tomorrow. And in that sense, unless there is true change, there can be no victory. And I think this all ties back to Twice's line in the Overhaul arc. "I may be a villain, but I'm still human". These people were treated as less than human in some instances. And only by acknowledging all of their qualities, both good and bad can the human inside of them be understood. Ochako was able to find the source of Toga's pain. Her parents and those around her called her less than human. An anomaly. They said her smile was creepy and sickening. Ochako saw that same smile, that same person. And she said Toga was the cutest in the whole world and that she's willing to spend the rest of her life giving her blood. Ochako knows that blood is the way Toga feels and expresses love. For Deku. For Stain. For Ochako herself. And she showed Toga she was willing to accept all of her love. Ochako succeeded in saving a villain.

[@midoriya-shonen]

I remember watching the Training Camp Arc for the first time and being terrified and disturbed by Toga. I could have never imagined being where I am now, and feeling so much pain and empathy for her. I cried so much for her when her arc concluded in the manga, and I'm tearing up again now. She's just a girl. She's literally just a girl. The sorrow I feel for her is so deep, knowing the disdain she was treated with as a young child simply for existing. Knowing that if just one person would have even tried to understand her, to validate her, to look at all of the many creative ways that she could have found a place in this world, she could've been happy and loved the way she wanted. I'm heartbroken.

[@I_Am_L_3]

Ive been dying to see that toga and ochaco panel and it didnt disappoint. The whole chapter was excellently adapted. A+ work.

[@nathanielmathews2617]

Toga is my favorite villain in MHA and it comes down to the simplicity of her story that really can immerse those familiar with this kind of alienation. The most common example I can think of would be people with ADHD facing very analagous trauma to Toga.

[@downnice95]

Love this episode so much! Ochako quirk is so broken now. One thing with hindsight is Uraraka should've been Hawks intern, similar worldview while also having conflicting beliefs and the fact Toga/Twice are so interconnected

[@forevert3rz]

I still stand by it Toga is EASILY the best written female character in new age shonen. The most tragic member in the league of villains. How do you save/help someone who was born with like a major addiction to cocaine where as she like craves it like she needs it to survive?💀 And because of that society and even her parents rejects her and frown upon her and doesn't necessarily try to provide a solution to this phenomenon and instead constantly says she is a demon child and must try to be normal. So she puts on a mask and tries until she eventually breaks and decides she must reject society if she ever wants to experience happiness because her idea of normal is Himoka Toga and Himoka Toga was born addicted to blood and for some reason no matter how hard she tries she can't control it So how can ppl just reject her and treat her as she isn't human or someone worth trying to save or understand? Especially if she wants the blood of those she loves so in her mind how can she not be normal? She was simply another reject with nowhere to belong except the League of Villains. This is why this villain group is easily the best in shonen, so much depth and freshness to anime. The reason Toga eventually gave into Uraraka because she realized she was the first person who truly wanted to understand and save her like a true hero but of course we know it's too late.

[@Thewolfofthebeyond]

What a fantastic three episode run for the end of this season. Wrapping up plot lines spanning several seasons in a beautiful way, while also delivering hype moments. Can’t wait for the season finale!

[@Kaempfdog]

This episode shocked me in the manga. I had decided in my head I knew where the Toga battle was going, and then these chapters came and COMPLETELY threw everything I thought through a loop. Not only was this beyond anything I tried to predict, but it changed the entire dang character for both Toga and Uraraka that perfectly explained the characters. A character that freaked me out but didn't really have much to write home about, and one I genuinely didn't think was possible for me to enjoy more as my 2nd favorite character right behind Izuku Midoriya. Sad Man's Death Parade continues as Toga looks at Touya go down from a distance. Losing yet another person that actually "supported" her. (He cares more than he lets on, but Touya always makes it confusing regardless.) Spare a thought for Horikoshi hand drawing a gajillion Twice duplicates. I seem to recall these chapters being shorter if they had wide shots of the Twice cluster. For obvious reasons. And now this unending, expanding cluster is essentially becoming a monster that reaches and swallows. Jiro, Tsu, and Uraraka caught in no time flat. They get past Pixie-Bob's Earthflow which was their only way to contain the copy storm. But once it got up and over, it could now be expanded to the fullest with no Dabi fire or earth walls stopping it even if it's happening in OTHER places too. Now squashing these heroes is harder than it looks because you can only have so many people on top of you in this situation before their weight is placed on something else rather than the person beneath them, and I don't think the Twice clones breathe oxygen with how they disappear so there might be more air in this area now with Dabi gone easier. That and these characters survive ENORMOUS explosions with little effort, and have crazy durability feats. So there's still hope as overwhelming as all of this is. Uraraka sees Toga looking at the Dabi field and knows it has to be her with all the other duplicates trying to trample the heroes. Which...doesn't match. So her head is completely elsewhere. Uraraka starts actually putting together Toga's mindset knowing how she has thought about affection all this time must be at a genuine shock it's not what she originally thought with her love of Twice not being enough. Uraraka has given genuine thought to Toga's thought process and how events would make her feel based on what she knows about her. The more she sees, the more she knows it's not just a giant ball of crazy and there is emotional logic. Hate and love don't mix. And obsession confuses. Uraraka wants to see what is actually underneath all of this. And with that want, comes empathy. Uraraka is evolving HER emotional understanding as well, and is using more strategies to empathize. Even under high stress, even with the threat of death repeating, even with her friends in danger it's not that she doesn't ignore the danger of her friends, she just doesn't forget ANY of the things she wants. There's a lot of people in pain, but that doesn't bar Toga from that list. And solving HER pain is the best way out. Uraraka is getting more and more advanced with her empath strategies. More and more of Toga's past comes out. One can assume she didn't get help or was beyond it. But they DID get her help. The HELP was the messed up one. Saying something is wrong and assuming everyone knows it is not the same as explaining WHY something is wrong. She is drawn to use her quirk because of her affection, and they just say let's purge this side of who you are. Not to cope, not how to apply, just get rid of it. Seems simple considering what she's drawn to but your quirk and your personality are connected. So it's just such a stupid thing to ask of this little girl who has no comprehension of it all. It's true her desire for blood and her desire for affection are not ENTIRELY one to one. (how can she receive love if everyone she loves dies when she displays?) But it's literally telling her not to love by telling her this. And it's all she wants. And there are many unique displays of love but they also find their uses for SOMEONE. There's compromise with application. She isn't WRONG for wanting love, she literally can't receive. It's a vicious cycle that she can't escape. It's getting harder and harder to see Himiko Toga because she is devoting harder and harder to her hatred. To confuse the heroes as she was confused. Taking on their many forms and stepping further from what she wants in the process. Teamwork is harder, but the further and further she goes, she has less and less. Toga has no one. She has no one to turn to, and no part of herself shows through this hatred. And even with Uraraka trying to be there for her, she doesn't even believe it. Her Reinfield's syndrome is blocking us from seeing genuine abandonment. And Uraraka gets stabbed. Toga needs no identification for herself, she knows what she wants and who she wants to be. She doesn't need a new villain name because she is who she is and won't hide. The other villains changed their names because they evolved into something new. And in a way depending on their paths it hides who they were. Who they are is all that matters and it locks in the time they want to be seen as. Shigaraki respects that but also doesn't need it for himself. He has been a constant. (Even though Tenko is gone so it still applies. He and AFO worked through that identification. Part of why Shigaraki has such a strong sense of self in fact. Which keeps him alive and in command within AFS for now.) For Toga they accept her constant. You want love and you want blood. Seek it out and you be you. No pity, no shame, just go forward and you can stick with us as you look. And now that the heroes are here, they are taking everything away from her. So she is trying to maintain herself and what she has/had. And so long as she is a constant, she can't be taken away from who she is. So then the question is simply this for Uraraka. Who are you? Tell me. This rampage gets more and more terrifying as with every passing second, the doubling doubles in speed. You can see her from miles away and we see so many that literally can't defend themselves from her. Hawks only has his blade and has to defend Tokoyami. Iida has burst engines and can't stand up after his double turbo. And the Todoroki's gave everything to just be together. They put everything that they are on the line and are now all lying in heaps. We've seen them from top down and know their passions well. And the giant swarm of Toga is essentially saying, "What about me?" Uraraka knows it's her own personal drive that keeps her here for Toga. She wants people to smile. And she couldn't understand Toga's happiness. Her obsession. Who she is. But does that mean that she can't exist? Does that mean she can't be happy? Is there a way for her problems to be resolved too or is there no way to coexist? You being so happy when you rarely get to be is still a good thing. So how do we meet in the middle? She wants EVERYONE'S problems to float away. And with that, we FINALLY get something I was prepared for. Uraraka's quirk evolution. Her weight limit is non-existent as she keeps going in one direction. So she doesn't get her vertigo recoil, and she refuses to harm and spin everything out when she has the ability to ground everything and turn everything upside-down as well. She can control gravity, but she just wants to take the weight off of EVERYONE. Just like Shigaraki's 5 finger touch, she can spread, and she creates an atmosphere where things work on HER rules. And she has the full understanding to make it so. (still doesn't take away the many other gravity breaking rules she has and demonstrates, she laughs at physics) And to float away Toga's problems? She offers her blood. Telling her you need love too. You need happiness too. Here's mine. I love my parents and wanted them to live better. I love people and want them safe. I love Izuku Midoriya the boy who showed me selflessness and passion to another level. And you need love, so I'll love you too. So you can have yourself and your peace for yourself. Toga sees it at last, and tells her what she thinks. How people wouldn't let her love. How she couldn't smile. And while the league gets brought down, Uraraka says but I'm still here. I see your smile. I see your love. And its still beautiful like everyone else's. You're human. And because you have so much, that makes your love even more beautiful. And Toga let's go of her hate, and she can finally start healing from the pain of losing Jin...as the power vanishes at last. What an outstanding episode. It is SO great.

[@fedwyn]

This is what some scholars refer to as Peak Writing

[@twicejaeger6997]

15:00 the Nagant electric chair episode is gonna go crazy 🙏🏼

[@TheCustodians]

🏔

[@h.q.5195]

This is probably yhe best reaction ive ever seen, the analysis was really fun to listen to and you guys got jokes!

[@themadman4062]

Toga’s parents could have taught her to fish or hunt and she could have sustained herself off the blood of animals. Instead they choose to degrade and dehumanize her, might be the worst parents in the show.

[@lollostlife2068]

Love that the opening spoiled this subtle instead of being blatantly floating the entire battlefield.

[@Thedemonlord4642]

You guys are not ready for next episode, this episode was amazing and a 10/10 honestly. Hope bones delivers for what’s to come

[@DaMarleyMan]

25:42 I ain’t hear no bell 😂😂😂

[@DetroitSmash]

*Toga’s story is a sad one. Even with everything that she’s done, at her core, Toga isn’t some horrible monster looking to destroy everything that people hold dear. She’s someone who wanted to feel love, and to be loved by others. Bur she was never given the chance to actually learn and express love in a healthy way. Right now, Uraraka is the only person who has accepted her for who she is.*

[@FlavioSantos-uw1mr]

48:10 Conservation of momentum, if what formed the black hole was spinning the black hole continues spinning, as everything in the universe spins all black holes spin, they can also pick up spin from the things they "devour". In Physics we only use black holes without spin and charge because the mathematics behind it is easier.

[@twicejaeger6997]

36:00 tsuyu has introspection going “damn she got me” Ochako and Kamui saved the real Tsuyu

[@jabaridavid1256]

It is confusing but it was Tsu, as we see a cut on her arm, PLUS we hear her thoughts. And the one in Kamui's arms has blood on her arm. God Bless

[@soumyadeepmondal6130]

Toga - Am I cute? Uraraka - Domain Expansion

[@zolline]

This episode is stunning, I cried so much and I knew what would happen

[@silentx6111]

Love the parallels that toga's quirk awakening was using ochako's quirk, and ochako's quirk awakening was stopping toga's army

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

That AFO impression was goated

[@dodonut99987]

Domain Expansion: The Pull of Gravity’s Heart

[@jehmarxx2]

Full of disturbing nightmares and beautiful animation and voice acting, this episode is.

[@theseafaringtaco]

Absolutely keep the points going into season 8. I don't know what it would be but there WILL be a cliffhanger.

[@jamesgreene6718]

as a person with aspergers i felt this episode so much from toga's side

[@pedro64]

zero gravity has now evolved to one gravity

[@angel3pointoo173]

The kaguya theme in the intro makes me sad that there's still no announcement for a season 4.

[@justindaniel6370]

Next Saturday is the finale and I'm sad

[@balance554]

Did any of them mention how that one scene with Ochaco and Himiko in the ED isn't the only change? In the group shot of 1A in the ED, Ochaco is up front now instead of it being Deku. Edit: Nvm, I just checked the ED, the normal one. Ochaco is always up front...I didn't realize that, just noticed it in this ED now I suppose!

[@ulito4739]

3:35 may I ask who is the top 10 hero that died?

[@aperson1692]

If I remember right, they count a hero losing their quirk as a “death” of sorts, so I’m _pretty_ sure it was Hawks

[@skelitonking117]

Crust was in the top 10 and he died during the mansion raid before the war

[@ulito4739]

@@skelitonking117 i thought this bingo only included things that happened this season

[@yaboi7232]

have you guys ever consider reacting to re zero? it would be fun seeing to your theories about the show

[@TheCustodians]

@@yaboi7232 😎

[@maronix64]

​@@TheCustodians what does this mean

[@lorisjuniorfavaro8612]

@@maronix64 To me it feels like a silent answer...the good one.

[@DarkinBladeGaming]

To Quote someone from when the chapters were coming out: "Gunhead- *No* Martial- *No no no no no no* Arts! *NO!* "

[@BeniamPOsterloh]

9am which time zone lol

[@plushmakerfan8444]

Fake Peppino 8:26

[@iamjalenh]

peak

[@k.r.jrandomchannel8022]

bro you think the death sentence exists in this universe??? im pretty sure it dosent! why the hell would the keep machia alive? not to mention everyone else in tartarus?

[@timothyswindell4833]

I'm glad that Toga could be reasoned with but I'm probably more on the Hawks side of things that if I could have taken her off the board as soon as she showed up then I would have taken the opportunity. I feel like it's hard not to try to reform a kid that goes around sucking her own blood lol. I feel bad that her quirk makes her kind of crazy