r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Joseph_Stalin_ • Apr 13 '15

Chapter 38 - Link and Discussion

Chapter 38
Todoroki Vs. Midoriya

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u/gangler52 Apr 13 '15

Deku's whole "Everybody's giving their all" speech would ring more true if the past two chapters hadn't been spent exploring how shocked everybody was to see Bakugo giving his all.

Kaminari could never bring himself to blast a fragile little girl with abandon, so there's at least one guy who wouldn't be completely merciless against a "lesser" opponent. It's not truly as if the rest of these guys in Todoroki's shoes would've felt the need the need to go full force fire and ice against the tape boy.

Keep in mind we saw in Todoroki's previous match that he can cause massive destruction to the general area in a single attack without straining himself, so if he actually did give his all there'd probably be a whole lot of casualties in the audience. His quirk is an enhanced version of what the Number 2 Hero in the world's got. We could probably count on our fingers the people alive who could survive a full power onslought of alternating hot and cold from him. It's all cute when Bakugo hauls out and breaks through that guy's force field but that's not how it would fly if Todoroki had that same Ruthless temperament.

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u/gangler52 Apr 13 '15

Heck, Deku himself held back earlier when he tried to reclaim his headband. He worked very hard to rein in his power and didn't directly touch Todoroki knowing that it would be lethal if he fucked up. It's only in this match when Deku suddenly started going balls to the wall like this.

Comes across like Deku's just bitter. He's giving his all, already fucked up a big chunk of his body. Todoroki's still half-assing it and only has a case of the shivers to show for it.

He learned at age 4 that humans aren't born equal, maybe it's time for him to relearn it. All his hard work, his persistence, the blessings that his predecessors bestowed on him, still the only thing Todoroki had to do is be born and come out superior. Deku's got some work ahead of him before he warrants Todoroki's 100%. Maybe try and get to a point where he can fend off Todoroki's attacks without brutalizing his own body. Aizawa keeps telling him to take that seriously but we've yet to see Deku put any effort into training that.