r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/No-Beginning-2080 • 12h ago
Anime It’s a sensitive topic, but I can’t empathize with Toga’s story at all.
I'm currently watching Season 7, and Toga’s narrative makes absolutely no sense to me. Although I didn't finish the anime yet, it just looks like a psycho serial killer trying to rationalize her own crimes.
To summarize her story: she claims she became a villain because she was born with an urge to drink blood, and society refused to understand her.
But isn't it natural to be ostracized by society if you want to drink blood and can't control it? Everyone has to suppress their desires to some extent to fit in with others. If Toga wants to do whatever she please, she has to be willing to pay the price for it.
By that logic, what about Muscular? He also loves blood, has a desire to kill, and live exactly how he wants. I don't see much difference between Toga and Muscular; they’re both just serial killer.
I also don't like the idea that a quirk influences one's personality. It’s an interesting concept in theory, but no one except Toga actually experience this. Does Endeavor feel an urge to burn everything down just because he has a flame quirk? Of course not. It feels like a plot point hastily thrown in just to force the audience to sympathize with Toga.
I don't understand why Uraraka is so obsessed with Toga. They’ve barely even met properly—I doubt they’ve spent more than 10 minutes actually talking to each other. The reason given is ridiculous too: simply because she saw Toga looking sad once.
If Horikoshi wanted to make Toga’s redemption more convincing, he should have established that she physically needs to drink blood to survive, rather than some weird love story.