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The TodoFam in BNHA Vol. 6 Chap. 053 - From Todoroki to Īda (轟から飯田へ Todoroki kara Īda e)

Release date: August 3, 2015 (WSJ Issue 36, 2015)

Let’s look at what the manga shows us first:

Īda Tenya ‘Todoroki-kun made...’ 飯田天哉「轟くんまで…」 Īda Tenya “Even Todoroki-kun...”

Midoriya Izuku ‘Nande kimi ga...!? Sore ni... Hidari......!’ 緑谷出久「何で君が…！？それに…左……！」 Midoriya Izuku “Why you...!? And... your left hand...!”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Nandette... Kotchi no serifuda. Sūbyō “imi” o kangaeta yo. Ikkatsu sōshin de ichi jōhō dake okutte kitakara. Imi naku sō iu koto suru yatsu ja nē karana, omae wa “PINCH dakara ōen yobe”-tte koto daro. Daijōbu da! Sūbun mo surya PRO mo genchaku suru! Jōhō-dōri no NARI da na. Koitsu-ra wa korosa senē zo, HERO-goroshi!’ 轟焦凍「何でって…こっちの台詞だ。数秒〝意味〟を考えたよ。一括送信で位置情報だけ送ってきたから。意味なくそういうことする奴じゃねえからな、おまえは〝ピンチだから応援呼べ〟って事だろ。大丈夫だ！数分もすりゃプロも現着する！情報通りのナリだな。こいつらは殺させねえぞ、ヒーロ殺し！」 Todoroki Shotō “Why? That's what I should be asking you. I thought about the "meaning" for a few seconds. Because they sent only location information in a mass message. They're not the type of person to do that without a reason, so you must be saying, "I'm in trouble, call for backup." It'll be alright! The Pros will be there in a few minutes! Just as the information said. I won't let you kill these guys, Hero killer!”

Midoriya Izuku ‘Todoroki-kun, soitsu ni chiI misecha dameda! Tabun chi no keikō sesshu de aite no jiyū o ubau! Minna yarareta!’ 緑谷出久「轟くん、そいつに血ィ見せちゃ駄目だ！多分血の経口摂取で相手の自由を奪う！皆やられた！」 Midoriya Izuku “Todoroki-kun, don't let that guy see your blood! He'll probably incapacitate you by ingesting your blood! Everyone's been hit!”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Sore de hamono ka… ore nara kyori tamotta mama…’ 轟焦凍「それで刃物か…俺なら距離保ったまま…」 Todoroki Shotō “So, a knife, huh... If it were me, I'd keep my distance...”

STAIN ‘Ī yūjin o motta ja nai ka, INGENIUM.’ ステイン「良い友人を持ったじゃないか、インゲニウム。」 Stain “You've got good friends, Ingenium.”

Todoroki Shotō ‘(Shimat-… Katana! KNIFE to dōjini nagete… )! Bbu nē! (Hitotsu hitotsu no ugoki ga ni-taku san-taku o sematte kuru. Tsuē. )’ 轟焦凍「（しまっ…刀！ナイフと同時に投げて…）！っぶねえ！（一つ一つの動きが二択三択を迫ってくる。強え。）」 Todoroki Shotō “(Damn... my sword! I threw it at the same time as the knife...)! That was close! (Each movement forces me to make two or three choices. He's strong.)”

Īda Tenya ‘Naze... Futari tomo... Nazeda... Yamete kure yo... Nīsan no na o tsuidanda... Boku ga yaranakya, soitsu wa boku ga...’ 飯田天哉「何故…二人とも…何故だ…やめてくれよ…兄さんの名を継いだんだ…僕がやらなきゃ、そいつは僕が…」 Īda Tenya “Why... both of you... why... stop it... I inherited my brother's name... if I don't do it, then I will...”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Tsuida no ka, okashīna... Ore ga mitakoto aru INGENIUM wa sonna kao ja nakatta kedo na. Omaen chi mo ura ja iroiro arunda na.’ 轟焦凍「継いだのか、おかしいな…俺が見たことあるインゲニウムはそんな顔じゃなかったけどな。おまえん家も裏じゃ色々あるんだな。」 Todoroki Shotō “So you inherited it? That's strange... The Ingenium I've seen didn't look like that. I guess there's a lot going on behind the scenes at your house too.”

Midoriya Izuku ‘Todoroki-kun…’ 緑谷出久「轟くん…」 Midoriya Izuku “Todoroki-kun…”

STAIN ‘Onore yori subayai aite ni taishi mizukara shikai wo saegiru, gusakuda.’ ステイン「己より素早い相手に対し自ら視界を遮る、愚策だ。」 Stain “To obstruct your own vision against an opponent faster than yourself is a foolish strategy.”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Sorya dō kana. !?’ 轟焦凍「そりゃどうかな。！？」 Todoroki Shotō “Well, I wonder about that. !?”

STAIN ‘Omae mo ī...’ ステイン「おまえも良い...」 Stain “You're good too...”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Ue......Midoriya!’ 轟焦凍「上......緑谷！」 Todoroki Shotō “Above......Midoriya!”

Midoriya Izuku ‘Nanka futsū ni ugokeru yō ni natta!!’ 緑谷出久「なんか普通に動けるようになった！！」 Midoriya Izuku “I can move normally again!!”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Jikan seigen ka?’ 轟焦凍「時間制限か？」 Todoroki Shotō “Is there a time limit?”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Sagare Midoriya!’ 轟焦凍「下がれ緑谷！」 Todoroki Shotō “Stand back, Midoriya!”

Midoriya Izuku ‘Hie! Chi o tori irete ugoki o ubau. Boku dake saki ni doketatte koto wa kangaerareru no wa 3 PATTERN. Ninzū ga ōku naru hodo kōka ga usuku naru ka, sesshu-ryō ka...Ketsuekigata ni yotte kōka ni sai ga shōjiru ka...’ 緑谷出久「ひえ！血を摂り入れて動きを奪う。僕だけ先に解けたってことは考えられるのは3パターン。人数が多くなる程効果が薄くなるか、摂取量か…血液型によって効果に差異が生じるか…」 Midoriya Izuku “Whoa! It takes in blood and paralyzes you. The fact that I was the first to break free means there are three possibilities. The effect weakens with more people, or it depends on the amount ingested... or the effect differs depending on blood type...”

Midoriya Izuku ‘Wakatta toko de dōnimo nannai kedo...’ 緑谷出久「わかったとこでどうにもなんないけど…」 Midoriya Izuku “Even if we understood it, it won't change anything...”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Sassato futari katsuide tettai shite e tokodaga... Kōri mo honō mo yoke rareru hodo no hannō sokudoda. Sonna suki mise ran nē. PRO ga kuru made kinsetsu o saketsutsu nebaru no ga saizenda to omou.’ 轟焦凍「さっさと二人担いで撤退してえとこだが…氷も炎も避けられる程の反応速度だ。そんな隙見せらんねえ。プロが来るまで近接を避けつつ粘るのが最善だと思う。」 Todoroki Shotō “I'd like to just grab the two of them and retreat, but... his reaction speed is so fast he can dodge both ice and fire. I can't give him that kind of opening. I think the best course of action is to hold out and avoid close combat until the Pros arrive.”

Midoriya Izuku ‘Todoroki-kun wa chi o nagashi sugi teru. Boku ga yatsu no ki o hikitsukeru kara kōhō shien o!’ 緑谷出久「轟くんは血を流しすぎてる。僕が奴の気を引きつけるから後方支援を！」 Midoriya Izuku “Todoroki-kun, you are bleeding too much. I'll distract him, so provide support from the rear!”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Sōtō abunē hashi daga... Sōda na, futari de mamoru zo!’ 轟焦凍「相当危ねえ橋だが…そうだな、二人で守るぞ！」 Todoroki Shotō “It's a pretty dangerous bridge, but... yeah, we'll protect it together!”

STAIN ‘2 Tai 1 ka, amaku wa nai na.’ ステイン「2対1か、甘くはないな。」 Stain “Two against one? That's not going to be easy.”

Todoroki Shotō ‘(Aniki ga yararete kara no omae ga ki ni natta. Urami tsurami de ugoku ningen no kao nara yoku shittetakara. Sōiu kao shita ningen no shiya ga dore dake sebamatte shimau no kamo shitteita kara. Haha wa naite ayamari, odoroku hodo assari to waratte yurushite kureta. Ore ga nani ni mo torawarezu ni tsuki susumu koto ga shiawase deari sukui ni naru to itte kureta. Izen no mama no ore dattara shokuba taiken de oyaji no jimusho o erabu nante koto wa zettai nakatta. Yurushita wake janaishi yurusu ki mo nai. Tada, yatsu ga NUMBER 2 to iwa rete iru jijitsu o kono me to karada de taiken shi uke ireru tamedatta.’ 轟焦凍「（兄貴がやられてからのおまえが気になった。恨みつらみで動く人間の顔ならよく知ってたから。そういう顔した人間の視野がどれだけ狭まってしまうのかも知っていたから。母は泣いて謝り、驚く程あっさりと笑って赦してくれた。俺が何にも捉われずにつき進む事が幸せであり救いになると言ってくれた。以前のままの俺だったら職場体験で親父の事務所を選ぶなんてことは絶対なかった。赦したわけじゃないし赦す気もない。ただ、奴がNo.2と言われている事実をこの眼と身体で体験し受け入れる為だった。)」 Todoroki Shotō “(I've been worried about you ever since your brother was hurt. I know what it looks like to be driven by hatred and resentment. I also know how narrow the perspective of people with faces like that can become. My mother cried and apologized, and to my surprise, she laughed and forgave me without hesitation. She told me that my moving forward without being bound by anything would be her happiness and salvation. If I were still the same person I used to be, I would never have chosen my father's office for my work experience. I haven't forgiven him, and I have no intention of forgiving him. However, it was simply so that I could experience and accept with my own eyes and body the fact that that guy was considered No. 2.)!”

Todoroki Enji ‘Zenrei-dōrinara Hosu ni futatabi HERO-goroshi ga arawareru!’ 轟炎司「前例通りなら保須に再びヒーロー殺しが現れる！」 Todoroki Enji “If precedents hold true, the hero killer will reappear in Hosu!”

Todoroki Shotō ‘(Dondake KUZU demo NUMBER 2 to iwareru dake no handan-ryoku to kan no yosa wa mitomezaru o enakatta.)’ 轟焦凍「（どんだけクズでもNo.2と言われるだけの判断力と勘の良さは認めざるを得なかった。）」 Todoroki Shotō “(No matter how much of a scumbag he was, I had to admit he had the judgment and intuition to be called No. 2.)”

Todoroki Enji ‘Shibashi Hosu ni shutchō shi katsudō suru! ! Ichi ni renraku shirō!!’ 轟炎司「しばし保須に出張し活動する！！市に連絡しろぉ！！」 Todoroki Enji “I'll be on a temporary assignment in Hosu! Contact the city!”

Todoroki Shotō ‘(Kantanna kotodattanda zenbu! Kantanna koto na no ni mietenakatta!)’ 轟焦凍「（簡単なことだったんだ全部！簡単なことなのに見えてなかった！）」 Todoroki Shotō “(It was all so simple! So simple, yet I couldn't see it!)”

Midoriya Izuku ‘(Kimi no chikara janai ka!!)’ 緑谷出久「（君の力じゃないか！！）」 Midoriya Izuku “(Isn’t that your power, is it!!)”

Todoroki Shotō ‘(Tatta hitokoto────!!)’ 轟焦凍「（たった一言────！！）」 Todoroki Shotō “(Just one sentence────!!)”

Īda Tenya ‘Tomete kure... ... Mō... ... Boku wa......’ 飯田天哉「止めてくれ……もう……僕は……」 Īda Tenya “Stop it... I can't anymore...”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Yamete hoshikerya, tate!!! (Ore ga omae ni ieru hitokoto───!!)’ 轟焦凍「やめて欲しけりゃ、立て！！！（俺がおまえに言える一言───！！）」 Todoroki Shotō “If you want us to stop, stand up!!! (That's the one thing I can say to you───!!)”

Midoriya Izuku ‘Gomen- Todoroki-kun...!’ 緑谷出久「ごめんっ轟くん...！」 Midoriya Izuku “Sorry, Todoroki-kun...!”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Naritē mon chanto miro!!’ 轟焦凍「なりてえもんちゃんと見ろ！！」 Todoroki Shotō “Look carefully at what you want to become!!”

Observation notes:

We start the chapter with Shotō fighting Stain using both his fire and ice against him without hesitations or problems of any sort, a battle Horikoshi uses to remark what a strong foe Stain is since Shotō, who is impressively strong and has overcame his problems with using his fire, is also having problems against him... and the good part of the battle do not lie in how strong Stain’s Quirk is so that it allows him to keep up with Shotō, no, Stain can’t get to use his Quirk against him but he shows, through using his experience and his intelligence, he can pose a genuine threat EVEN WITHOUT USING HIS QUIRK. Shotō, despite using at full power his powerful dual Quirk, can’t hit him, while Stain manages to wound Shotō without using his Quirk. Sure, Stain has experience on his own side, but this is another example of how people do not necessarily need a Quirk (or a body armor) to fight a foe.

As the fight goes on Īda remarks how he should be the one fighting Stain because he inherited Ingenium’s name. Shotō counters he is not acting like Ingenium because Ingenium never makes that kind of (murderous) face and seems to think there are problems at Īda’s home too, same as his own.

I will foreshadow that sadly Īda’s home is a perfectly ordinary home with no dark side... which is bad because Stain was making a valid point regarding how Heroes are not being Heroes anymore but if Ingenium and Native are just two very well meaning Heroes whose only fault is they get to be famous and are paid for their work, Stain’s point loses a lot of his strength and make him look like a stupid because he went and attacked two people worthy of the title of Heroes (All Might too get paid and he his filthy rich and overly popular so it would not be fair to hold accountable the others for getting paid and being popular) when he could have gone after the Heroes who were committing crimes and that would have been Lady Nagant’s targets had she been free.

I mean... which was the point of telling us that in the cities in which Stain appeared had more Hero awareness and a drop in crime if the ones Stain targets are the good Heroes? Why going back on claiming THERE ARE bad Heroes if this is not capitalized when we have someone who wants to target them?

Why destroying Stain’s argument not by showing killing/hurting is not the solution, but merely by showing that Stain is incompetent when he has to correctly choose his targets?

This makes me think that the story AGREES in culling out Heroes, but only as long as the Heroes culled out are incompetent!

Whatever, we have what we have but it is still a pity Shotō and Co will not get to prove that Stain’s argument is wrong.

Anyway, Midoriya recovers from the effects of Stain’s Quirk and join Shotō in fighting him. Since Shotō is seriously hurt Midoriya volunteer to be the one at the attack while Shotō provides cover.

We then get a long inner monologue from Shotō who compares how Īda feels to what he was feeling in the past, admitting he was worried for him, which shows not only Shotō’s power of observation (as not everyone noticed) and inner kindness (as not only not everyone worried but at the time Shotō and Īda were not close). His thoughts then jumps to when he met his mother and here, IN AN EXTREMELY TINY FLASHBACK, we are told how their meeting which seemed so important in chap 44, went.

Rei cried, apologized and forgave Shotō then told him if he were to continue to live his life this would be salvation for her. Well, gold star to her for being the best mom but this is a convenient way for Horikoshi not to dig in future chapters into something he built up in chap 44, Shotō’s wish to save his mother, but let him continue to live his life.

In fact, through the story, we will not see another meeting between Rei and Shotō until Rei will leave the hospital... because Horikoshi did not care to show how Shotō saved her.

At the same time we get another extremely short flashback about how and why Shotō ended up having his work study at Endeavor agency and while said flashback remarks Shotō did not forgive Enji kind of put an end to the feud between the two by having Shotō being the one who decided to be there to learn from Enji... which was exactly what Enji wanted.

Basically, in this arc and especially in this chapter Horikoshi tries to close Shotō’s drama by showing how he can now use his fire, how he has made peace with his mother and how... he did not quite make peace with his father but now he is willing to work with him. Everything was probably all meant to end here, but then Horikoshi probably decided it would make things more interesting if everything wasn’t solved so fast so future chapters will reveal that no, everything is not solved.

The chapter ends with Shotō telling Īda he shouldn’t forget who he wants to be (because Shotō had a time in which he forgot it and Īda, in his quest for revenge, is forgetting this as well).

All this would have been good experience for him that should have helped him to interact/reach Tōya during their fight but no, Shōto won’t manage to tell him a single thing that will affect him during their battle and this experience is not referenced during it either as if Horikoshi completely forgot it, if not for the Īda part about the kind of Hero Īda wants to become. Pity.

On a sidenote... Stain will show to be very impressed by Midoriya, in whom he could see All Might because he came to save Īda but he did not express the same admiration for Shōto who came to save both Īda and Midoriya. Guess Shōto is not main character enough in Stain/Horikoshi’s books... again, this is a pity.

Cultural notes:

Katakiuchi (敵討ち “revenge”): a legally sanctioned form of revenge in feudal Japan, particularly during the Edo period (1603-1867), where family members could officially avenge the murder of a close relative or lord. It was rooted in Confucian duty, requiring a permit from authorities to kill the murderer, with strict limitations on who could act and against whom, and was legally abolished by 1880. The right to take revenge was usually restricted to close relatives (parents, elder brothers) or a lord. Samurai believed in the Confucianist teaching that one "must not live under the same heaven as their enemy", where enemy can also refer to an enemy of their family or of their lord, making revenge a necessary act to restore family honor. The concept of taking personal revenge was a well-regulated and culturally accepted duty designed to conclude the conflict initiated by the original murder. While, of course, by the time BNHA takes place this sort of revenge has stopped being allowed, the idea of taking revenge was harder to die and, especially in manga and anime, is still taken to the extreme (aka killing your enemy). In case someone missed it, Īda’s brother after his incident had told him to inherit his name but, at first, Īda refused to do so, not seeing himself worthy but now that he is pursuing revenges he views himself as the one who inherited Ingenium’s name because he is going to restore family honor by killing Stain. This makes his situation similar to Shotō’s in the sense he was expected to fulfill his father’s ambitions by surpassing All Might, an idea still rooted in Confucian duty, though this time it do not involve killing Enji’s enemy/rival. Both Īda’s and Shotō’s families therefore come out as Japanese families anchored to traditional values.

Retcon notes:

Not quite a retcon, but this is also a good moment to point out that the moment knives hit Shotō’s arm his fire gets snuffed out because through all the manga the fire of a fire Quirk user generally get easily snuffled out when he is hurt with only a notable scene through all the manga, Toya burning himself on Sekoto Peak. And before you will tell me he didn’t know how to snuff it out, the manga showed at three of age he knew exactly how to snuff it out when it hurt.

As mentioned early on, in this chapter Shotō uses his fire and his ice at the same time for the first time and he does it just fine IN A BATTLE AGAINST A VERY DANGEROUS FOE. Later on though Horikoshi will introduce the idea he has troubles coordinating the two.

Translation notes:

Stain, to define the ones who come to help Ingenium, calls them ‘yūjin’ (友人) which means “friend/companion” which is a formal term, representing someone you know well but is distinct from a family member and which is considered more polite and professional than ‘tomodachi’ (友達), often used to describe close friends in a formal context.

To call Īda’s family Shōto uses ‘Omaen chi’ (おまえん家). Just ‘Omae’ (おまえ) would mean “you” or, in this case, “your” as for the kanji meaning “family” in this instance it is read ‘chi’ (ち) and it’s generally a more informal reading as it seems to refer a family or a house of a speakers friend and it’s usually preceded by an ‘n’ (ん) sound, which is often included as the whole thing becomes a contraction of ‘no uchi’ (のうち) → ‘nchi’ (んち). ‘Uchi’ is another reading for teh same kanji and this reading can be used to refer to the physical building, but it’s more with an “home” value, as it’s usually a building/location a person grew up in, or a place they think they belong to. By extension it can also be used to refer to one’s family… or even to all people within one’s inner circle of closest friends and confidantes.

Episode 29 - Hero Killer Stain vs. U.A. Students (ヒーロー殺しステインVS英雄生徒 HERO-goroshi STAIN VS U.A. Seito)

Added parts notes:

The anime adds a quote to Shotō’s inner monologue, more specifically to the part in which he talks about his mother. While in the manga all he says about here is:

Todoroki Shotō ‘(Haha wa naite ayamari, odoroku hodo assari to waratte yurushite kureta. Ore ga nani ni mo torawarezu ni tsuki susumu koto ga shiawase deari sukui ni naru to itte kureta.’ 轟焦凍「（母は泣いて謝り、驚く程あっさりと笑って赦してくれた。俺が何にも捉われずにつき進む事が幸せであり救いになると言ってくれた。)」 Todoroki Shotō “(My mother cried and apologized, and to my surprise, she laughed and forgave me without hesitation. She told me that my moving forward without being bound by anything would be her happiness and salvation.)”

In the anime he first says he explained her everything that happened to him during the time they didn’t see each other.

Todoroki Shotō ‘(Ano hi, ima made no koto, jibun no ima no koto o zenbu hanashita. Haha wa naite ayamari, odoroku hodo assari to waratte yurushite kureta. Ore ga nani ni mo torawarezu ni tsuki susumu koto ga shiawase deari sukui ni naru to itte kureta.)’ 轟焦凍「（あの日、今までの事、自分の今の事を全部話した。母は泣いて謝り、驚く程あっさりと笑って赦してくれた。俺が何にも捉われずにつき進む事が幸せであり救いになると言ってくれた。)」 Todoroki Shotō “(That day, I told her everything that had happened up until then, and everything about my current situation. My mother cried and apologized, and to my surprise, she laughed and forgave me without hesitation. She told me that my moving forward without being bound by anything would be her happiness and salvation.)”

Changed parts notes:

The anime redrew the scene in which Rei turns toward Shotō and... it is a mess because instead than surprised she is smiling. Even if we want to assume it is a late scene... well this would mean she did not look at him while he spoke so that is not great.

The anime also recycles the scene of Shotō being in Enji’s office we saw in a previous episode instead than showing us just Enji like the manga does.

The scene in which Enji says they will go to Hosu is also pretty different from the manga. In the manga Shotō saw his father in some big room, telling his sidekicks they would go in Hosu, Enji distant from Shotō, while in the anime Enji tells Shotō they will go to Hosu while they are together in Enji’s office, and then Enji informs his sidekicks about this while standing on the door of his office.

Todoroki Enji ‘Junbi Shiro . Dekakeru Zo.’ 轟炎司「準備しろ。出かけるぞ。」 Todoroki Enji “Get ready. We're leaving.”

Todoroki Shotō ‘Doko E ? Nani Shi ?’ 轟焦凍「どこへ？何し？」 Todoroki Shotō “Where? To do what?”

Todoroki Enji ‘Zenrei-dōrinara Hosu ni futatabi HERO-goroshi ga arawareru! Shibashi Hosu ni shutchō shi katsudō suru! ! Sugo Hosu shi ni renraku shirō!!’ 轟炎司「前例通りなら保須に再びヒーロー殺しが現れる！しばし保須に出張し活動する！！市に連絡しろぉ！！すぐ保須市に連絡しろぉ！！」 Todoroki Enji “I’ll be on a temporary assignment in Hosu! Contact the city! If precedents hold true, the hero killer will reappear in Hosu! Contact Hosu City immediately!”

Honō no SIDEKICKERS ‘Hai!’ 炎のサイドキッカーズ「はい！」 Flaming Sidekickers “Yes!”

Deleted parts notes:

Since, as said in the previous part, they decided to have Shotō only use his fire for his first attack against Stain, there is no ice around him.

Extra notes:

The scene of Shōto freezing and unfreezing the place was included in the scenes that took part to the ultimate scene ranking.

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