This was amazing as always. Thank you for writing. You put my thoughts on the Endeavor arc in words.

I read chapter last night but I couldn't write a message beacuse I'm so sleepy.

That is my favourite Fuyumi chapter, Rei and Fuyumi yey I like their relationship. Fuyumi finally accept the truth. Also I always wanted to know how Touya and Natsuo met each other before 2 years ago. That clue in this chapter made me happy. Also I really want to read their first connection, after Touya's fake death. I think that could be very emotional... I'm ready for be sad!

But I don't think you will writing that because this is happened past:/ But If you was writing, I would be really glad:)

Also in that story there are Shouto, Natsuo and Fuyumi chapters, but Touya isn't there:/ I wonder how other members of league of villains reacted to Dabi is real identity. Did they know before publish? Or Did they learn same time with public? I wanna see League of villains asking questions to Dabi about his past.

I think, we can't so much see Dabi in "Demons Of The Past." But I understand, We could only see so much Dabi moment If Dabi captured by hero. If we could see more Dabi, he could captured lol. Sorry poor Dabi, don't burn me. I love you so much.

But If we could see Dabi in "I'm Watching." That would be really great.

Sorry for my grammar, I hope you can understand clearly.

Fuyumi seeing the light! We love to see it.

You did wonderfully with this chapter too!
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers!

Moving into an apartment along with her adult daughter would probably be a good thing for Rei because it would give her a guide to the strange new world she will suddenly find herself immersed in when she leaves that hospital (compared to which those little shopping excursion\s she occasionally enjoys would be nothing more than brief visits as a tourist taking part in a guided tour). However such a move on Fuyumi's part would simply be trading one cage for another (not that she would view it that way, or ever admit it if she did)m and in the end Rei would probably have found herself having to literally kick her daughter out of the nest (which would of course have triggered yet another guilt trip on her part over what a bad mother she was).

I suppose this ends Fuyumi's arc (at least for the moment) - I'll miss it.

Poor FUYUMI

Poor Azumi. If she wasn't already aware, by the end of that chapter I think she was coming to realize that Fuyumi can be almost as stubborn as her father (but only "almost" - Fuyumi may very well be correct about Enji being the most stubborn man in the world).

Oh, and the world isn't likely to come to an end if you miss one update.

Ayyyy. My initial thoughts are slowly but surely coming together. I cant wait for the other two parts. Fuyumi’s story just became exciting again. I love how you write. Flawless.

I look forward to the next chapter(s). If anything, this was just a warm-up for what's to come.

However you do realize that in your author's notes you're making a case for Azumi being an alternate version of Endeavor, don't you (sort of like the way in which Horikoshi presented Bakugo throughout much of the first term made him look like a younger version of Endeavor, complete with a rival whom he's obsessed with exceeding)

Hawks... what's important is to not lose sight of your goal.
If you lose it...

Past is past. You couldn't undone it. Keep walking forward. Don't give up.

This chapter is so welcome right now. The manga has me worried about Hawks in all kinds of ways. Knowing how much he looks up to Enji and the brutal training he put up with to shine as bright as him, I'm afraid he wouldn't take The Todoroki family's past’s reveal well. I mean it's implied that he was also in an abusive situation as a child, from which Endeavour saved him, isn't it? After Dabi revealed his true name to him, I've the bad feeling that not only will Hawks put the pieces together but that disillusionment with his hero might push him across the line between morally grey heroism and villainy- a fall from grace to fit his Icarus theme without killing him off.

And I don't want that! Your take on Hawks' character and reaction does wonders to alleviate my anxiety. The fact he's not surprised that Enji would be the type to be so cruel to his own family, of all heroes, is interesting, for lack of a better word. I love how, despite the graveness of the diary’s content, he's still concerned about Enji's health. Here you paint him as someone who's done too many awful things in the name of duty, stabbed too many backs, to stand on a moral high ground and judge anyone for what they might or might not have done, and while this isn't exactly how I interpret his character, it was refreshing. Yet he does deem The League as insane and ultimately decides that betraying Enji again is a price he's willing to pay in order to complete his mission. Though he appears to be in denial a bit, too… At this point I'm curious to see how you'll develop him and what role he'll play onward in Demons Of The Past. I have a bunch of thoughts on how Enji and Keigo, or rather their hero personas, interacted in the main story, but those are better left for whenever I get around to reviewing DOTP.

Btw, do you plan on making him and Dabi childhood acquaintances or have the history they’re hinted to share in canon?

On a side note, Shigaraki is a brat; but he’s a really smart brat who’s evolved nearly as much as Enji did in the series. Hawks should really not dismiss him as simply unhinged. And I’m not even surprised Toga is “in love” with Natsuo. How he walked out of that relationship without getting stabbed to death? That’s the question.

Nicely enough done.

I'd still argue that without Kurogiri to keep advise him when to calm down Shigiraki is a pretty incompetent (to the point where I've sometimes wondered if All For One wasn't really developing him to serve as a host for his own consciousness rather than simply as serve as his successor). Shigiraki's willingness to risk his highest ranking informant certainly doesn't say much for his skills at resource management.

But being the target of Toga's affections... now that's a nightmare.

Damn hawks in such denial...

I have a feeling that if there is a big giant nomu war happening, the heroes (as of now) will lose because they are unwilling to work with endeavor.

...what a mess...

Rei was worrying about Natsou being able to tell that she had been panicking from the traces on the carpet where she had been pacing? Had it been Fuyumi then her concerns might have been justified but Natsou's a barely post-adolescent male, and a highly stressed one at that. He probably wouldn't have noticed anything less than her holding up a a lighted sign that said "PANIC ATTACK HERE!"

And in Natsou's defense, had he tried to tell his mother about meeting Touya back when they first met two years ago, I'm not sure how she would have taken the news. We really don't know much about how her recovery has progressed over the years, but it seems likely that at the time she was probably still blaming herself for what happened to Shoto and assumed that he blamed her as well (why else would he never came to visit her?). If that were the case then it seems likely that she would have blamed herself for everything that happened to her oldest son as well, which probably would have sent her down another spiral of guilt and depression, undoing years of Tanaka-sensei's efforts at therapy.

Speaking of years of therapy, it's no wonder that Rei would be nervous about leaving. At this point I think we can forget the patients - she's been there longer than much of the staff. I wonder how many of the younger nurses have come to think of her as their "eccentric but lovable auntie" who's always there.

And in the end Rei gets to bond with her middle son over computer shopping - at least she has to assume those are computers that he's talking about (it's difficult to tell when for certain when he's no longer speaking Japanese!). Cute... and oh so familiar.

I’m glad Natsuo and Rei cleared up what was between them!

Rei not forgiving Endeavor was sort of expected, honestly! I hope she doesn’t feel bound to going back to him on account of finances. I don’t know how exactly she’ll make it in her own bank — unless he decides to keep funding her future endeavors (ehehe) to sort of make up for her hardships thus far — but I don’t want her to feel trapped anymore. This is her first chance to freedom, her first hope in ages… so I want it to work out! Endeavor wasted so many of her good years, but her life isn’t over just yet, and I’m excited for her to make the most of it apart from him, finally! I don’t know what her goals are if they’re not to get closer with her kids in this time, but since she really doesn’t know Touya at all, I hope she isn’t in for a rude awakening soon…! That’s her son and she loves him, clearly, but burning people to death in droves isn’t really justifiable. There’s plenty she doesn’t know still, so I hope this becomes one of the things she simply never has to find out. Doubtful. But I still do hope.

This meeting was really good for Natsuo. Confiding in his mom was GOOD! And she was receptive and supportive but also held him accountable for what he was accountable for, while informing him of which guilts weren’t his. I’m thankful for that! A wonderful mother. I’m glad she gave him her honest point of view too, since he’s still clearly super conflicted about Endeavor…! Like, wanting to not forgive him to cut him off because it’d be easier (whereas, such an option would be impossible for Rei), but thinking that he doesn’t have the right to go about their relationship (or lack thereof) like that anymore since Endeavor is changing? I don’t really get how to word it? “He did all this and it deserves my hatred, so now it’s unfair that he’s changing and won’t deserve my hatred anymore, because then I’ll be a bad person for continuing to hate him” — that kind of vibe is how he’s thinking, right? Natsuo must feel pretty trapped too, in his own way. Poor dude. I’m not sure why he screamed at Touya’s grave, though, like what was there to be mad at Touya about? Not coming back? And what’s all this about him knowing Dabi two years? Maybe I’m forgetting something…? He’s known for so long and has said nothing? And still had no clue that Dabi’s a villain now? Wow!

I don’t think him and Rei are exactly on the same page with the whole Touya thing, actually, but Touya’s not the cornerstone of their relationship so there’s no need for them to be right now anyway. Their relationship can be meaningful without involving others — like how it was developing at the end of the chapter! I wonder how it’ll go from here! I’m watching!

This is gonna be great!
Cheers!

Reading this, it’s like I don’t know who to root for!

Neutral about Rei. They’re getting divorced, so I hope they don’t have to see each other again. Neither particularly needs it at a time like this. I don’t know what she expects to do for Touya even just by “being there” for him without getting locked up as an associate to a villain, but that’s just me being dramatic. She’s probably not gonna hate him like Natsuo seems to now, but talking “sense” into seems like a long-shot too. Anyway, as long as she’s happy, I guess!
Anyway, I’m also more than less furious with Natsuo for being so adamant about Endeavor owning up to absolutely everything he’s done wrong, but then running from his own truths of fault so quickly; lying to Fuyumi, not facing Endeavor who he almost got killed (albeit accidentally, alas), faking being kidnapped and worrying his whole family just to see if Bastard Dad will care enough to rescue him — as if there isn’t enough on a Pro Hero’s plate in a time of post-All Might raging villainy already (not like he’d know about all that though, so I can give him that) — and everything. Especially lying about Touya, though. I can’t stand how Natsuo’s lied about Touya. He didn’t get the worst of it, but he acts like he’s well within his rights to be an accessory to attempted murder and whatever the charge of affiliation with villains might be — and then also, despite thinking he had that right, he can’t even be proud of it and so he denies everything, as if it’s perfectly okay for him to do so. To the police first, then to his own sister. Is it okay to hurt your siblings and lie to your family and then even deny your crimes and avoid at least clarifying your own part, if not the whole story, despite knowing it (your actions, that is) almost caused a breakdown in Japan’s safety at large in trying times ALL because you want to test whether or not your dad’s ready to play nice for real? Like FOR REAL, for real? What kind of sick game is that, if you were just going to hate him more for playing it right anyway. So I’m pissed. Is Japan chopped liver? Maybe it is, because it’s not his responsibility, and maybe I can’t blame him for that because it’s not like he’s a hero — but still, then are Fuyumi and Shōto? His mom? Just to prove a shallow point… “Dad wouldn’t save me”. Clearly he would, but also any hero would save you, that’s the whole point of the job! But not a single other would take the fall for you and deny your blame like he did, and that’s what’s irritating. If you hate Endeavor then HATE him with all your guts. He hurt your mom, hurt your little brother, and hurt your eldest brother too, so HATE him if you want, and don’t accept a sorry if it’s to hard to heal those bridges, but playing these little games to waste everyone’s time, what on God’s green earth? Then LYING about it when it almost gets that old man killed, and letting your quirk freeze your feet too ice cold to face the media and your own family when the media tears into your diary like famished wolves a corpse, thinking on how it got to this point, how it got into their hands, as if you took no part, and still not saying a word… ooough. UGH! He desperately needs some help, and I hope he takes up Endeavor’s advice in talking to a psychiatrist to aide him with his turmoils. I can’t help agreeing that Natsuo couldn’t have possibly been a hero if he can’t even own up to his own actions. To what they’ve caused. To what he’s discovered. Of course, he was raised in neglect by his father to be him, so I digress. But all this pointing fingers and hiding his dirty hands behind his back, it’s aggravating. Being a victim of abuse doesn’t give you the right to hurt others without a thought. And yet, he’s just a teen. 19 counts. I’m 20 now but last year when I was 19 I held onto being a teen with all ten fingers, because facing the world is scary and hard. Luckily, I had a support system with genuine love and affection, coupled with unbiased advice. I’m thinking maybe Natsuo doesn’t have that. I hope he meets a friend soon, a good and trustworthy one who can help him shoulder his burden and lead him the right way. He’s doing everything alone and also he sucks abysmally at it. Really, faking your own kidnapping just to prove Dad cares. Just to see if he really sees you at all, and then deciding by your actions that it doesn’t matter anyway, after he’s proven he does… seriously.
Fuyumi’s just confused, so I don’t particularly dislike her actions at the moment, but I do wish she’d understand… Touya was obviously close to her, and she wasn’t there to know anything about what’s really going on because she’s not in heroics (or associated with villainy) like everyone else it. Her heart’s in the right place. With what she knows, and all the more she doesn’t, she’s still doing the best she can for her and the parts of her family that she knows (“knows”) are blameless. So I really can’t blame her at all.
Lastly, there’s nothing for Shōto to do at a point like this either so, despite my frustrations, I guess I’m just glad he has a friend like Izuku. He’s still a kid even though he’s been through the most out of his siblings, both from what’s he’s endured from Endeavor and from just being a hero-in-training, therefore he’s the most within his rights to reject the whole “hug and make up” thing — excluding Touya, probably. And yet, I feel like he’s doing the best out of everyone. I guess it’s to he expected, since he’s shaping out to be a wonderful hero. He understands more than everyone, in a way. Just understands the situation in general. And he’s dealing with it constructively, in a way that says “I’m going to move forward the best I can, and although I’m not sure how, it'll be alright” — what’s more, I’m also really glad at Izuku for that. Izuku, the eye-opener. “It’s Your Power” Izuku. Izuku and his main character charm always make things better, man… Ya gotta love it. Love to see it!

Ok, so finally… I WASN’T entirely honest at the beginning of all this (I didn’t lie!) but now it’s all clear. I know myself, and I love to muse, so I’ve been writing this review in between other activities over the course of a little over 3 hours trying to get it all right, and it’s clear now:

Despite everything, I’m rooting for Endeavor. I normally wouldn’t admit such a thing, mostly because your Endeavor is so much like our notoriously hated-by-friends-and-fandom canon Endeavor that it sounds like self-incrimination, but I won’t betray my own thoughts and feelings for their sakes. If Natsuo wrote such a diary and if he dated Toga on accident and they, the League of Villains, also decided to use him to try and kill Endeavor—I feel like Endeavor’s thoughts and behaviors would be just as shown here. If Rei asked for a divorce, I don’t think he’d force her to stay. He hurt his family, so he apologizes and tries to make up for it. He hurt the city, so he apologizes and tries to make up for it. And then we move on. Whether you love him for it or hate him for it afterwards is up to you, but that’s how it’s always been. I’m huge on forgiveness and redemption and I want to see him do his best. How can he possibly make up for three decades of manipulation and neglect and also outright abuse? I don’t know. But he CAN own up and move forward. And I can’t hate that. I can respect that. At what age does a man have to be before it’s fruitless to even try doing better for himself and his family and the country he’s entrusted at the top to protect? If he turns his Hero License in and any notion of security in Japan never sees daylight again, would that make up for it? Should he hide away? If he avoids his wife and children forever so they never have to see him again, how much would that erase? When he’s in his forties, maybe it’s too late for redemption and is better to just kill himself, huh. Right? And that solve everything…? Shōto’s scar would still be there, bright and red. And Tomura would take the world by the storm. New scars for everyone.
What’s expected here? What can be done? What can he do?
Endeavor is a hero. I know they hate to see itl, but he is. And there’s a certain level of grit that he’d always needed to be one, anyway. A certain level of grit that he must’ve had to be able to endure torture without saying a word, all to protect the people and heroics at large; a certain level of grit that comes with protecting your son even though he cooperated with notorious villains and almost had you killed. That heroic SOMETHING that shapes up the greatest heroes, he’s got it, doesn’t he? That certain grit. Endeavor is the #1 Hero, and whether anyone likes it or not, whether the peoples know it or not, whether it’s passively or aggressively, explicitly or latently, whether they’ll speak it aloud or never admit it even in their dreams, everyone is counting on him. His standing as #1 is their safety. The world of heroics needs him, and therefore, so does everyone else.

What else CAN be done but to pick his head up, and then onwards? This is perfect. That’s why I’ll continue to root for him. I want him to succeed. Forgiveness is hard but it’s important to growth as an individual and as a system. Redemption takes forever, but it’s always worth it in the end. But step by step, he’s showing his new colors. Despite all the opposition, he’s doing it well, and powering through. His sidekicks quit and his family dislikes him even more and the city thinks he’s Satan and the other heroes dislike him and his fans are sick to their stomachs for ever not disliking him, but he’s still on the straight and narrow. To THINK this could've all been avoided and he’d still be their “perfect” #1 if he’d just stayed the same, or denied it all… and yet, he’s accepting his due critics and all the backlash that comes with owning up to who you were, all to step towards who he’s trying to be. Denying himself the high road and pushing the limits here, because that’s the right thing to do. Grit! This is undoubtably PLUS ULTRA! And I, for one, love to see it.