u/Winters791

this is not a review because mha is truly special to me, i wrote this initially as a catharsis because i was overflowing with emotions and i had to write it down because i had no one to talk to, i guess articles like these reveal more about the person writing than it does the show but lets begin nonetheless.

all along the series one thing always came to my mind, after every major or minor moment i kept asking myself, what makes a hero? what is a hero? is a hero someone who is strong?When i had started this show i never really knew what a rollercoaster it was going to be, i just wanted some quick action and that was all, little did i know it would move me so much, oh were to start…I’ll just talk about three people who have been constantly on my mind.

I want to start with all might because i keep thinking about him after ending the show, i knew he was important to the setting of the show but how Horikoshi peels the layers of all might from the invincible pillar of peace to a parental figure for deku who had to bear the weight of the world at one point to his last stand, which was also the point when he was imprinted forever in my memory, i know what you wanted to show me Horikoshi, This old frail man that fell from glory long ago, still smiling as he was taking on one of the greatest villain of the show, i knew at that moment, what you wanted the audience to show, your answer to my question, “what it means to be a hero” it was right there, because words would never be enough, in those moments it was as if all might himself wanted to tell me to not lose hope, to be a hero , why? to pass on that torch down the road, because who else will? who will guide the next generations, it was as if he passed that torch to me, i know its childish and its cringe but The author Horikoshi changed me and if he could do that is he less than all might?

Tomura, imagine being a vessel of pure hatred, but hopefully we cannot imagine it, maybe we never had it as worse as he did, it reminded me about the ending of “come and see” where floria refuses to shoot hitler as a child, because no child is evil, they are made evil…by society, by neglect and ignorance, The kind of people who are most susceptible to being influenced by grown ups have it the worst when they live with broken families, and tomura was all that and beyond, It is so hard to not hate a villain who is pure hate incarnate and yet you made me cry for him too, because he was a child too, who was used, abused and ignored by the system, who could have instead lead a completely normal life if somebody just welcomed their hands to him, instead he became the perfect vessel for the great antagonist of the show, the child was within him this whole time, who sadly was unable to be saved and that will always leave a bitter taste.

Dabi, This one is a spoiler fest, this one was also the most grueling to watch because it hit home, it was easier to grieve and the emotions went up to eleven,This is the burden of society, the burden of expectations and failure to meet them, when you are acknowledge for your talents before you are acknowledged for being a son, and you do your best to live up to them, you try your hardest and you try to love the whip and the master, but what if you don’t live upto those expectations? and it had nothing to do with you, it was just how you were born, what do you do of that fire that lit up inside you? when you can’t imagine your life without aiming for the thing you wanted to be all your life, the thing which made your family (dad) love you? You reject the world, you reject your family and most of all you reject yourself, dabi only lived long enough to make his dad pay for lighting that fire inside him and then throwing him away when he could not live upto the same, All that kid needed was some acknowledgment from his dad, it would have been a hard road of healing for him but it would have been far far better than the alternative which manifested in the show, the kid knew he was on a clock, he had accepted his death as long as he could see the people burn that rejected him, when todoroki family finally lent their hand out to their lost son it was just too late, he knew it, there was nothing more to be done, you cannot change the past and no amount of suffering can make you atone for the guilt you carry inside you (talking about you endavour), The costs of dreams can be too much to handle even for us in the real world and i can imagine a lot of us face hardship among our family because there are expectations for us, we cannot let loose because the guilt eats us up from the inside, but you are human, please rest, you don’t have to do this alone, please don’t do this alone, let us help you. if toya would have heard those words when he was a kid maybe things would have been different.

The show has ended and it feels like a dream, the characters the events, i connected to them too much, i felt like i was there watching them, seeing them grow, learning from all might and rooting for them , especially for deku because he knew what the villains went through, they were humans too, and even though the crimes were inexcusable, i still wanted them to be saved from the negative feelings that were eating them away because life is not a show , the villains are the most realistic part, your journey does not need to end of a bad note, turn a new chapter, be a hero.

What makes a hero? Being there in the small and big moments, being there for your friends and family, being there for a classmate who had a bad day, being there for a child who feels dejected, just being there, and giving your best, why? because thats what heroes do, and if you do that you are…My Hero.

3DSector, a 3D conversion mod for starsector.

Thoughts of a person who rarely watches shows and had no idea that MHA would change their life

student, seeking affordable online therapy. struggling with self esteem, relationship and anxiety.

Student , struggling a lot at the moment, seeking counselling.