THIS FIGHT IS INSANE! | My Hero Academia Episode 18 Reaction (S5)

[@jaredtheastralartist2510]

I swear to God endeavor, has probably some of the best character development in any anime. The idea of giving an abuser a redemption arc seems so wrong in concepts, through the execution, nuance of the situation and realistic reactions and perspective of everyone involved in the situation, turns it into a real, compelling, and emotionally powerful set of circumstances. Phenomenal job.

[@You-Tube-n5k]

At least until season 6 and the rest of the manga. Avoiding spoilers, but he went from one of my favorite characters, to my least favorite character unfortunately.

[@ArlanKels]

I can never forgive or like Endeavor for who he was, but I can admit he is one of the best written characters in manga.

[@CrownofMischief]

​@@ArlanKelsYeah,and like Endeavor says himself, you don't need to forgive him. Just give him the opportunity to make things right

[@You-Tube-n5k]

@@ArlanKels Can you explain why you think that? I’m genuinely curious because I used to think he was a well-written character, so I’m wondering if I’m missing something.

[@Deadweight45]

​@@You-Tube-n5kI watched season 6, what's wrong with his character? Season 6 seems like a natural progression in his character development.

[@MrAlyxandyr]

The fact that Endeavor remembers every single villain and criminal by timeframe and crime is insaaaaane to me

[@natsuotodoroki]

Pretty sure he just has a really good memory. Still, it’s impressive 😅

[@welshbandit7208]

It reminds me of The Crimson Alchemist from FMAB. That "remember everyone you majorly impact, because you best believe, they'll remember you"

[@MrAlyxandyr]

@@welshbandit7208Absolutely a great comparison

[@CysaDaMerc]

For as bad of a dad as endeavor was, at least he showed up and tried. Deku has been hospitalized multiple times and his dad still hasn't come back from getting that milk.

[@crossin8772]

You ain't wrong 😂

[@bohdanpyzh2712]

At this point, my headcanon is that Deku's actual last name is Zen'in lmao

[@crossin8772]

@@Kladyos really? I just assumed that at this point we were to just assume izukus dad just wasn't part of his life. I don't really know what the point of him making the calls off screen if he's not going to be part of the story.

[@treymtz]

@@crossin8772 Basically he has a dad, and a normal one. But UA ain't cheap, he's making that dough where the money is. But his presence is of no importance to the story if he's just a normal dad to be seen or not seen later.

[@crossin8772]

@@treymtz I mean I get that, but the thing is that the fact that he hasn't shown up doesn't seem realistic if we're meant to think that it's a normal family relationship. Izuku's class the first week of class was essentially attacked by a terrorist organization, and he didn't come to visit or even call. He didn't call to congratulate izuku for how he did in the sports festival, and he didn't come to visit when izuku had broken his arms to the point they were worried he wouldn't be able to use his arms again. That's a lot to happen to your kid and to never visit or call. If he calls offscreen that's one thing but they never even so much as mention that.

[@bohdanpyzh2712]

That actually *is* the greatest compliment from Kacchan - him wanting to learn from someone, that is

[@MinoruMinetaGrapeJuice]

Surprised Natsuo hasn’t been called a “bean” yet. Especially since he kinda looks like one at 10:48

[@AsobiMedio]

7:27 Kacchan was shookeh. Probably instantly gained some respect for Mr. Zounds

[@justin_g6187]

He saw the error in his way and seeks atonement. He loves and cares for them so much that he will do anything to lighten the burden of the trauma that he caused and hes trying to be the dad they deserve. Props to him.

[@You-Tube-n5k]

Tbf, he only says that he seeks atonement. This episode is unfortunately the only time he’s really atoned.

[@boodstain]

I think the problem is Endeavor actually recognizes what he did wrong and is trying change. Everyone around him sees that and wants him to make that transformation, but he’s detaching himself because he sees that as the only way to give them peace, but nothing will give HIM peace or his FAMILY peace until he can finally face them all. I think a lot of people, including myself, have had/have similar issues to this show’s family messages and issues. And unfortunately a lot of people don’t ever recognize themselves as the problem and convince themselves of any other possibility before they themselves make the change…I really envy Todoroki, it takes a lot to have someone make a complete 180 and it rarely ever happens. And in the end you still love the family member or the IDEA of who they are (their best self deep down) but they never change, and never apologize admitting to their own faults, because that’s all most people want. A recognition and effort to change.

[@freemovies411]

Wait so, some fans have a problem with Endeavor's path because he actually sees what he did as wrong and wants to remove himself from the situation? So, like, it's not realistic to a lot of abusers? o.o

[@You-Tube-n5k]

@@freemovies411I think the realism of Enji’s character kind of shot him in the foot in later seasons Tbf, since his arc about wanting to change kind of falls off.

[@You-Tube-n5k]

This episode pretty much solidified Natsuo as my favorite side character. As someone who relates pretty heavily to the Todoroki family plotline, I agree with almost everything that he says here. Despite only having a couple of scenes, he’s one of the most fleshed out/ realistic characters in My Hero imo.

[@TheGoodman13]

The author has said that he has changed how the series was going from when he first started. There are a lot of examples. The first two hero movies are plots he thought for the ending of the whole series. Endeavor's fight with the nomu may have given us a hint of what he thought when he first made the character. Endeavor makes a comment about how the nomu reminds him of himself and how it could have been him from a different timeline But making his story of atonement is so much better but so scary, I can imagine to make that decision

[@itzmehDevi]

Basically Natsu has a lot of anger towards a bad person(Past Endeavor)...But that person no longer exists(As Endeavor is changing)..So he just has a lot of anger with not much to direct it towards.. He is frustrated with himself as he doesn't know what to do with all this anger other than direct it towards Endeavor...

[@natsuotodoroki]

I mean, his past self doesn’t “no longer exist” just because he’s realized the error of his ways..

[@itzmehDevi]

@@natsuotodoroki i don't mean literally lol

[@natsuotodoroki]

@@itzmehDevi Oh yeah, I know that. 😅 I was more getting at that Endeavor is still there to “point the anger at.”

[@itzmehDevi]

@@natsuotodoroki yeah if u see it literally..then yes..I mean that is the reason Natsuo is pointing the anger at him..

[@natsuotodoroki]

@@itzmehDevi Yeah, he acts different, and he’s still the same person in a literal sense, so it’s not like the “anger” doesn’t have anywhere to be “pointed at.”

[@grantharriman284]

Fuyumi is my favorite character in this whole show. She is low key S TIER waifu material. She is steadily pulling this broken family back together with wholesome love and support, and on top of all that she is a school teacher. She is genuinely wholesome in every way, and cute as hell besides.

[@In-The-Zone]

I remember when the scene of Bakugo asking for the receipt dropped in the manga, people started shipping them all of a sudden.

[@grantharriman284]

@@In-The-Zone Frankly, with all the family drama she is already dealing with Fuyumi deserves better than another problem child in the boyfriend slot. I get why people would do that, but I hate that pairing. Also she is 8 years older than him. He's a freshman in high school. No.

[@You-Tube-n5k]

Tbh, I don’t necessarily think her way of doing things is healthy, but it makes sense why she acts the way she does. It’s her trauma response.

[@grantharriman284]

@@Kladyos That would actually be hilarious to watch. Endeavor and Hawks are already a comedic pairing as #1 and #2 heroes not getting along, but adding in disapproving father in law with bad boy boyfriend drama would be even better. I can get behind that one.

[@natsuotodoroki]

I wouldn’t say it’s being “pulled back together,” but yeah, she’s the best.

[@Aoitetsugakusha]

"I saw you after you caught a thief named Takami" I actually forgot all about that little detail. Nothing important but it's a nice little connection to remember for later.

[@natsuotodoroki]

Y’know, bad nights and trauma aside, it was really cool seeing how much Shoto and his friends have improved. They quite literally passed Endeavor. On the subject of Endeavor though, credit where it’s due, it’s nice that he’s accepted that he’ll probably never truly live everything down. That being said, his promise of atoning is kinda weird to me since there’s really not much he can really do beyond buying the house so the family could heal without him. It’s weird, while I genuinely believe that Endeavor feels bad, it’s also kinda... hard for me to care? It’s all just too little too late for me, and it’ll probably take a lifetime’s worth of atonement before he proves anything, let alone before I really start look at him any differently.

[@grantharriman284]

I'd say the part that really matters is what the decision to get them a house and NOT move there himself says about how Endeavor thinks and feels. It shows that he understands what he has done to them and that he understands what he represents in their lives, the intense and extremely negative emotions they each have connected to him. That and the fact the he apparently did this of his own initiative reveals how deeply this has affected his own thought process that he is thinking about this unprompted.

[@natsuotodoroki]

@@grantharriman284 I mean, that makes sense, but I can’t exactly give him credit for feeling that way. Like, it’s great that he feels bad about what he did and understands the weight of it, but I can’t act like that’s beyond the bare minimum. I admittedly used to be moved by his promise of atonement cause it showed that he wasn’t just aware of how horrible he was, it showed that he was actually going to put in effort to address what he did.

[@bohdanpyzh2712]

@@natsuotodoroki yeah, Endeavour's character arc is far, far from done. He's only beginning to make baby steps to being a normal human being. (also, username checks out lmao)

[@grantharriman284]

@@natsuotodoroki I absolutely agree. Feeling bad and saying things like this only matters if he then LIVES that difference. I am absolutely going to be watching him for seasons to come and looking for him to make this change real.

[@Crazael]

For me, the important thing with Endeavor at this point is that he has taken the first steps to healing the damage he has done to his family. Yeah, what he's done so far isn't enough to actually change anything, but he's started the process and that is important.

[@gavinrad1]

It's hilarious to me how many people talk about Endeavor being "unforgivable" when the super hero genre is full of characters who have been redeemed after lives of true villainy. Maybe people struggle to be objective because everything has been framed through the viewpoint of Shoto and Natsuo but Endeavor really isn't all that different from pageant parents or the parents of an Olympic hopeful athlete. Which is not meant to excuse the way he treated his family but he's not some inhuman monster. He's a profoundly heroic man who is deeply flawed.

[@nicolas._.2294]

I just can't forgive him Especially after ep 17 of season 6

[@natsuotodoroki]

The thing is that I don’t see Endeavor as some inhumane monster, but I’m not about to see him as some broken man who never meant to hurt anyone, let alone a deeply heroic person.

[@ArlanKels]

FMA:B making Alicia think all anime going to traumitize her every episode now. Don't worry Alicia, most anime don't do that. Think we need to find you a safe zone anime where you can watch it without worrying ever.

[@CrownofMischief]

I mean, she mentioned she was gonna get into Konosuba, so that should help

[@CallMeSpinner]

I just want to talk about how hilariously Endeavor handled this. He doesn’t save his son, immediately hugs him (knowing he doesn’t even like being in the same room as Endeavor), and then immediately makes a speech about his trauma while in the middle of the road, not even a minute after he got kidnapped and almost died. Themes and narratives are something else entirely, but realistically, my god did he handle this badly! 😂

[@TheJeSTeR7530]

The entire scene happened in just a moment of real time, so Endeavor only really hesitated for a couple of seconds at most, and by then the situation was already resolved. That entire aspect was not to show how badly Endeavor handled it (although for a hero he did hesitate too much), but to show that just through a moment of hesitation, the three students had learned what Endeavor had taught them and were able to surpass him in that moment... I also think that it is very understandable that Endeavor hesitated for a second there, he saw his son not just be in danger, but in the hands of a villain willing to kill him if Endeavor didn't comply... in that moment of hesitation he wasn't really Endeavor, he was Enji Todoroki, a father who was frozen in fear for the life of his son. Yes, he hesitated too much and handled it badly, but i think its also very understandable why he would hesitate, and just that little hesitation is what let Deku, Shoto and Bakugo surpass the number 1 hero. What came afterwards is different issue, talking with Natsuo right there in the middle of the street may have been a bit weird, but then again... the story gotta keep moving, we can't linger on this one plot hook for forever, so i think thats fine to suspend your disbelief for a bit longer.

[@CallMeSpinner]

@@TheJeSTeR7530 Last part, yeah totally. I get it’s meant to be dramatic, but looking at it realistically makes Endeavor look pretty bad. And for the first bit, I know why he froze up, but the implication is that if the students weren’t there then Natsuo probably would’ve died. So it’s not just an issue with him as a hero who saves people for a living, it’s also an issue with him as a father who can’t physically bring himself to help his son. I would probably be more understanding if he was simply just scared/frozen in fear, but there’s also the moment after where he tries to explain why he hesitated, which to be fair, isn’t as dwelled on in the sub.

[@zankudragon]

Absolutely love seeing Bakugo go in for the rescue instead of going in to attack. It feels so satisfying everytime he does that.

[@JetZV]

18:53 "Imagine his hero name is Kacchan!" Anime Only: Nope, it's even dumber. Manga Reader: Hmm.

[@starlepus9437]

endeavor is such an interesting character. he develops so much through the series and he ends up being one of my favorite characters

[@spadeas49]

I can't wait for Alicia to have the full picture of the Todoroki family, because they are some really complex and interesting character development and analysis, I'm already sure that she will love it.

[@Kaempfdog]

Deku in my opinion just became the most powerful student as of this juncture. The only thing I’ve seen more complex than his manual Blackwhip catch of 4 cars that weren’t even all in sight the whole time, all in the time it took him to jump ONCE, is Inasa Yoarashi’s 360 perfect shot whirlwind over a city block. And he’s the only person with arguably more skill than people like Shoto and the other student front runners. I’d say Deku is on equal skill level to Inasa if not greater by now considering what he’s moderating in that moment effortlessly. We’re reaching the juncture where Deku’s sheer OFA development is going to be REALLY hard for any one person in the SERIES to keep up with. (I don’t really count the Big 3, because those 3 are just pros by this point.)

[@In-The-Zone]

Nah, Hado and Inasa are definitely still above him here. Never mind a fully prepped SunEater

[@Kaempfdog]

@@In-The-Zone well I deliberately said I didn’t count the Big 3 who I consider pretty high tier pro heroes as is. Aizawa said Mirio was the closest to achieving number 1 including pros. He may be out of commission here, but he still matched Overhaul with NO quirk for 5 minutes, and that’s A. 2 minutes longer than a boxing round, and B. His opponent could molecularly deconstruct and reconstruct whatever he touches in a flash. And he SURVIVED. As for Inasa, the reason I say Deku is likely around his control level is because Inasa might be making hundreds of wind currents at once, but if he makes a general shape for it all it’s easier to process, and he had several minutes to think about his big moves in that arc. Deku was processing his stockpile moderation at several levels, switching uses, changing quirks, and again, MANUALLY wrapping up cars AND stabilizing them upright that weren’t even in his field of vision in the time he takes to jump. There was zero time to make a plan which can’t be said about Inasa. We haven’t seen Inasa forced to improvise outside his team up with Todoroki.

[@You-Tube-n5k]

Best part about the multiple quirk angle for me personally is that it gives Deku his analysis of quirk usage more practical use on the field. Hi again btw!

[@ryhnoking]

I find it hilarious that she is blaming Full Metal Alchemist Brootherhood for her trust issues😂

[@stevenredacted1322]

I love that as Alicia was saying how cool Bakugo is he had that grin like he was also in awe of his own coolnesss.

[@DetroitSmash]

*It’s not shown here, but Natsuo’s expression when Endeavor hesitates is heartbreaking.*

[@In-The-Zone]

Its identical here, its just not in the reaction

[@DetroitSmash]

@@In-The-Zone *I was referring to the reacting for when Endeavor froze up and they locked eyes*

[@In-The-Zone]

@@DetroitSmash Yeah its the same in the episode, its just faster because its not 2/3rds a page.

[@DetroitSmash]

@@In-The-Zone *Oh yeah, I know it’s in the episode, just not in the video. Sorry about the confusion 😅*

[@bthsr7113]

This is when I finally let myself root for Endeavor. Seeing that in his head, he is accepting his nightmare and letting it come to pass because it's the best thing for his family. Mind you, this move of distancing himself wouldn't work as well without seeing his thought processes, but it feels like a good conclusion to his arc of trying to grow and do right by his family.

[@Norbert_Sattler]

Damn... now I am glad you didn't watch the first FMA anime and started right into brotherhood. There Mina's... situation hits even harder, because you're given more time to get attached to her. I think Bakugo expected to be argued down and told to not be so arrogant or something, but instead of a verbal spat, he received praise right away and that just overloaded his brain for a moment. ^^

[@teddtbhoy]

Man I love some good old Todoroki family drama, came to the show for the action but stayed for the soap opera.

[@shoop_the_mystic]

Ight boys, it's right around the corner! Here comes the grand ass finale of season 5!

[@Italianchef26]

Endeavor is by far the most interesting/best written character in MHA. More than Bakugo, All Might, any of the heroes or any of the villains. Yes I will die on this hill

[@thaumaturgeslit7759]

Ending is one of my fave one off villains, in how he shows emdeavours growth

[@hamkyo07]

I can't wait for the mother discusion to happen

[@Mrforever34]

Alicia not ready at all for these next episodes

[@itsmacca03]

im the only one who think that guy looks like Mayuri from Bleach?

[@micahdear2380]

Endeavor is dog shit. But if anyone is experienced at doing hard work to accomplish an impossible goal it’s him. He burned those bridges fixating on surpassing All Might and now he can fixate on building a better future for his family instead

[@S-manx]

Thank you for the reaction

[@stardusterplays]

So are you goiong to react to mha movies ?

[@nicolas._.2294]

That's what I am asking

[@JohnCena-tp4gh]

Day 104 of asking Alicia to play Nier:Automata!!

[@unnamed6864]

That’s a lot of days my good man

[@KazuNEET]

E 2

[@justin_g6187]

Im like №69. Nice.

[@Michael-Drizzt]

Alicia its not a lie, Toya died when he was around 13 years old. Lost control of his quirk and well... you can figure out the rest.

[@AkaiIna]

Where was that said in this episode ?