My Hero Academia: Is Endeavour's Redemption Possible?

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My Hero Academia, despite some recent hiccups, is one of the current stars of shonen manga and anime. Among the many character writing issues fans have with the series though, there is one that has garnered a whirlwind of controversy. Redemptive character arcs have been a mainstay in storytelling for a long time. Iconic characters like Avatar: The Last Airbender’s Zuko and Naruto’s Sasuke Uchiha have helped give redemption for villainous characters a bump in popularity for the modern age, and been widely well received.

However, often there is debate over whether specific characters are capable of redemption, to begin with. At least in a believable and satisfying manner. One such character is My Hero Academia’s new number 1 hero, Endeavor. How well a redemption is received often depends on how detestable a character was initially, and for many, Endeavor already went too far to ever be seen as anything but a villain.

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One of the moments in MHA’s early chapters that made it stand out as a story worth reading was the ‘sports festival’ arc, particularly its focus on a mysterious character at the time; Shoto Todoroki. Before the sports festival, he was presented as a standard, cold, abrasive character with a powerful control over ice. When it came time for series protagonist Deku to face Shoto in the tournament, however, the audience’s view of Shoto changed forever.

Not only was it revealed that Shoto was the son of the number 2(at the time) hero, Endeavor, but also that he had a fire half of his powers to go with his ice half. However, due to his father’s abuse of their family growing up, Shoto had sworn off ever using the powers inherited from Endeavor.