Daisy Edits

I think it's a jump to say because her quirk is weird/grotesque that makes her a villain. People can think all kinds of things are weird but villainizing the behavior is the basis for most discrimination which is what I believe the author is trying to say. Anyone can be a villain if society says so. I agree that the actions she took/people she hurt therefore still makes her a villain, however it can't be overlooked that society pushed her there. Which, ( if I take my shipping glasses off lol) is the whole point of the ochako, deku and toga interaction. Specifically Ochako and Toga. Ochako realizes that Toga is just another girl same as her and by understanding her behavior she realizes it's not that she's evil that's she's a villain or she's a villain therefore evil. She's a villain because being a hero wasn't an available chocie. Toga thought that's who she had to be to be accepted. If someone like Ochako had just said "hey yeah that's weird but I accept you" things could be different. The whole moral of the story of MHA Is that anyone can be a hero but anyone can be a villain it just takes the right circumstances (ex. Gentle Criminal, Twice, Hawks, most people from Class B etc). Honestly a lot of characters from Class B could easily become villains in the right circumstances. It doesn't excuse her behavior or take away that the fact is yes TOGA IS A VILLAIN. Yes that's how it turned out. However, leaving her at that takes away the human capacity for change. Deku and Uraraka are learning that villains may also deserve kindness as well while still being held accountable (in dekus case he's thinking villains are those that were never saved by a hero) for example Gentle Criminal is being held accountable for his actions but is allowed to take steps to change his life by helping the heroes. Toga's mentality is twisted and has a twisted way of thinking. Would she have ever been able to enter normal society? Probably not but hero society would've been fine. She just would've been seen as a real weirdo lol. However the way the hero society is built that wasn't an option as we see with other quirks (ex again class B) when a quirk is deemed useless creepy or villainous the user is often told not to be a hero. The whole point of Uraraka going through all this effort in the end is for her own character growth and Toga will undoubtedly just be a throw away villain character that never gets her Harley Quinn style come back. At the end of the day she's a villain and responsible for her actions but damn could people have been nicer to her.

We as an audience can yell at the screen along with all the other characters 'just kill him? Whats the big deal" but to someone that has taken a sacred vow it would mean the death of their soul. This is taken very seriously in ATLA and Aang's confliction in yelling "you all don't understand the position I'm in!" Is not only towards his friends but also to the audience. Many of us don't understand because many people watching don't follow such a sacred code. His faith in keeping his soul pure by following his moral code is what allows him to unlock spirit bending as the turtles say, to paraphrase, what's truly pure can touch hatred without being harmed. So many avatars compromise their beliefs for the greater good that I believe it's why they never unlocked this ability. It elevated him and I think it's an amazing storyline and not at all a cop out but shows that being told one path is correct by everyone doesn't always mean that it's true.

Great animation and sound track though.