Ring the Japanese equivalent of a triangle bell, cause it’s dinnertime!
Enji’s been dreaming of his family together at the dinner table, but he’s never in them. He wants to be a better father but how? Well, I can tell you how to be a better husband right now: Stop calling your wife “The Wife” when thinking about her. Was that weird to anyone else? He mentioned his kids by name but not Rei. Hm, maybe that means something.
Anyway, Endeavor brings Shoto, Deku, and Bakugo home for dinner as Fuyumi suggested last chapter. Natsu is there too so it doesn’t take long for things to get awkward when Natsu mentions Enji not approving of his cooking because it was too rich for his precious Shoto to eat. Enji doesn’t even remember that and that’s enough to send Natsu walking out the room. With dinner a bust, Deku learns Bakugo knew about Crap Dad Enji since overhearing his and Shoto’s conversation back in the U.A. Festival Arc. Deku and Bakugo overhear Fuyumi talking to Shoto about their dad which was nice to see. Not just because I love watching those two siblings interact, but I love Fuyumi admitting she’s upset at Endeavor too but is trying to use his change of heart as a spark to bring the family closer together. She’s having a hard time, y’all but at least she’s trying to do something about it! More on that later.
Well, Endeavor overhears (Yeesh! That house has some thin walls.) Deku talking to Shoto about him wanting to forgive his father one day. Um, Deku? Since when did you become an expert on fathers? When was the last time you saw yours? We see Endeavor taking some food to a room with a shrine to a dead family member…Toya Todoroki!
Finally! We have confirmation Toya’s “dead” and died when he was just a kid. I wonder how long after Rei scarred Shoto did it happen? Could that had kicked off the events leading to Toya’s death? A flashback’s coming. I can feel it. I know I keep mentioning it, but now’s a really good time to have an Enji origin story that covers Toya’s death. Just have Natsu and Fuyumi kick it off by explaining everything to Bakugo and Deku respectively.
A good chapter. Hopefully, this leads to a flashback and Bakugo telling Natsu to air everything out with Enji without running away. And, I’d be nice if Endeavor took a more active role in making up with his family. He could start by, I don’t know, APOLOGIZING! Hell, HE should be the one making dinner and begging his kids to show up! Grow some coals, Number One Hero! At least, hand out some gift cards to Forever 21 or whatever the kids like these days. Maybe give them some rollerblades and hula hoops. That’s still popular right?
Mammoth Base Opera Castle 