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Touya is a byproduct of society and his parent’s bad judgment and high expectations. Instead of encouraging Touya and helping him with his quirk, Enji degraded him and Rei did nothing about it. I don’t think Touya is more so “jealous” of Shoto, more like he “pities” Shoto. Like Touya, Shoto was born for the purpose of selfish desires, but unlike Touya, Shoto rejected that purpose. I personally think that in some sense everybody is at fault to some degree. Maybe. I’m not sure.
Anyway, thank you so so much for having the courage to say this because I completely agree. ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
No I think you are correct! Both parents are at fault. Honestly I always thought Rei was protecting her children better but from what I’ve seen here it looks like she just stood by on the sidelines and didn’t interfere until it was too late. As for Enji he really fucked up but you can see he really does care for Touya. Honestly this is why I’m low key confused why a lot of people don’t want Enji to get a second chance but to each their own I guess??
This all could be solved if there was a communication between the entire family. And not just between Touya and Enji. Rei should have been more firmer towards Enji in regards to Touya’s aspiration and Enji should have told Touya of how dangerous his quirk is and figure out how he could work it because Touya WANTED to be a hero. Rather than shutting him down, discouraging him at the last moment right after his younger brother (who is born ‘perfect’) was born, Enji should have tried harder to figure out how to make Touya’s dreams come true.
In the end, Enji succumbs into his own self-deprecation that he cant surpass All Might and hence putting Touya down along with him. His own insecurities drive him to make children more powerful, ignoring his eldest. Rei may have given the consent of bearing more children, but in the few panels in the manga that features her, she KNEW what this would make Touya feel and she did nothing to ease her son down, nor make Enji see it. She went with the flow and as she said in the last panel, Touya is the one hurting more because of their (yes, both Enji and Rei) neglect.
Its not right for either of the parents to feel horrible now when their own son had turned against what he wanted out of jealousy and hatred and the abandonment he felt because neither parents talked their concerns towards their kid.
Im likely gonna get hate over this, but in my opinion, both Enji and Rei are equally responsible for losing “Touya” and creating “Dabi”. A family that communicates sticks together. Touya would have never ‘died’ if both parents took responsibility of what they conceive rather than ignoring them and leave them on their own as a disguise of “love”
That is all. Thank you for reading this.