this fandom claims to love shinsou and claim that he should be in 1-a instead of mineta
so WHERE IS THE SHINSOU CONTENT
the majority of shinsou content is either 1. portraying him as predatory or evil or dangerous or 2. using him as an accessory for another, More Important ship
if yall love shinsou then write about him you cowards!!!!! draw him having a good time!!!!!!! ship him with people!!!!!!!! show him being happy with his partner instead of him using his quirk to assault them or him being a fucking rebound!!!!!!!!!!!!! fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I answered an ask (this one) about how Shinsou would deserve to learn Izuku was quirkless and be told the
secret behind One for All, and couldn’t help but wanted to write a
proper post on his and Izuku’s relationship, as I came up with
other thoughts shortly after. I really believe Shinsou and Izuku would become good friends, and could even be close to each other if they came to
share their past and painful experiences of being quirkless/having a
quirk labelled as evil and being mocked for that.
To
begin with, I find interesting to notice the good chemistry going on
between Izuku and Shinsou. Shinsou had no problem to understand
Izuku, and Izuku was moved by Shinsou’s words. Izuku was warned by
Ojiro about Shinsou’s quirk. He was aware he had to be careful to not
fall for any trap, but Shinsou succeed anyway because he knew exactly
what to say to set up Izuku.
He could set up others students before
without relying on strategy and guessing their personality because
they weren’t aware of his quirk. But after that he had to think about
how to force Izuku to talk because he knew how his quirk worked. So
he had to read through Izuku and come up with something that would
make him commit a mistake quickly, before he could throw him out of the
ring. Shinsou didn’t know Izuku personally, never talked to him
before, but surprisingly, he knew exactly what to say because he guessed
well what would throw Izuku off. I don’t think this could’ve worked
with others students, like Todoroki, Tsukuyami or Bakugou. Shinsou
probably guessed Izuku was a loyal and honest friend, and could feel he was
compassionate. He tried in a last resort to make him talk by
provoking him on how blessed he was and how little Izuku must have known about being cast aside and seeing his dream denied because he
couldn’t fit. And he was right, as Izuku was fighting back against
his instinct to don’t answer Shinsou.
It wasn’t a matter or making
him fall in his trap anymore, as Shinsou was really pouring his heart
out in front of Izuku, and, once again, I don’t think he would’ve
done the same in front of someone else. I truly believe he could do
so in front of Izuku because he felt listened enough to voice his
feelings to him. Their relationship kinda feel like these ones
when you meet someone for the first time but it’s like you knew them since forever. Had
it not been during a fight, Izuku would have probably let some
information slip or at least suggest he was the same, because he
can’t watch people being hurt and do nothing about it. It was
physically hard for him to not talk back to Shinsou. Izuku felt
Shinsou’s distress, and was really holding back because he really wanted to help him and find a way to heal him mentally
and emotionally speaking. At the end, he eventually took a step
forward and talked to him, without even contemplating Shinsou could
use his quirk again.
Shinsou looked mischievous when he told Izuku he
should be more careful when he’s talking to him, like he’s surprised but pleased with how
Izuku lowered his guard just after their fight despite falling for his trap once. To be honest, I find
that very cute. It’s noticeable that Shinsou’s already kinda fond of Izuku.
Shinsou
has experienced painful words and wrong assumptions, exactly like
Izuku (though on a different level) because of similar reasons ;
because they didn’t fit in.
They didn’t because one had an ‘evil
quirk’, and the other was quirkless and ‘weak’. It would be moving to
see Shinsou and Izuku share their experiences and support each other
whenever they would admit it was really hard and painful. They both
have friends who support them now, but finding someone you can relate
to and share your experience with when you’ve been hurt by how
others treated you unfairly is life-changing. It makes you feel
you’re not the only one, you’re not facing those hardships alone
and someone can actually really understand and identify with what you’ve
been through. It’s incredibly healing and comforting, and I do hope
Izuku and Shinsou will eventually come to talk about it.
Shinsou
is someone who’s very reliable and trustworthy; he has this
incredible quirk that could give him access to absolutely everything,
but he decided to use it fairly to be a hero. He didn’t take the
easy way, because not only his quirk isn’t adapted to what UA hero
course expects, but also because he’ll face a lot of prejudices
because of his ‘evil quirk’, and will constantly be told by
people he can’t be trust. This kind of assumption, especially when you’re
still a kid growing up and building your identity, is incredibly
painful and breaks more people than you’d think. So Izuku and Shinsou couldn’t do anything but accept painful words and wrong assumptions, waiting for the day they could prove to everyone else how wrong they were to treat them this way. They’re both moving forward, but their past are an important part of who they are. Izuku especially can’t talk about his past for obvious reasons, but he and Shinsou would probably be unwilling to talk about their past, at least not genuinely, with most people because what could they give them apart from sympathy? People fitting in because they have good quirks didn’t have to live what they’ve been through, so maybe they’ll be compassionate, but they won’t understand. Izuku and Shinsou won’t see that light of understanding in anyone else’s eyes, like they could with each other because they can relate with what they’ve really been through, and how painful it was because they know. For now only Izuku can feel that way towards Shinsou, and he’s already concerned about him after their fight, where he felt sorry he couldn’t do a thing, and privileged his victory over Shinsou’s feeling of achievement.
Shinsou, like Izuku,
is incredibly brave, because even though people doubted him, even
though he failed to enter the hero course, still tried and pushed his way
through, enough to be the only student of the general course to
attain the last stage. Because he can’t help what he long to be and
after all, can’t give up on being a hero. That’s truly admirable, and
Izuku did the same when he didn’t give up even though his entire
class in middle school mocked hip for taking UA entrance exam. They both didn’t gave anything up and still tried because there was no way for them to just turn their back to their convictions. For
them to stay true to who they are and stick to their convictions
without going astray mean they share high morals and a strong sense
of justice where power isn’t to be used so you can take advantages
of others. In that sense, they’re very similar, and I believe they
could be friends and for that reason, be very dear to each other. It
wouldn’t be unexpected at all for them to become close. It would
also be very interesting in regards to the plot and character
development, and also endearing for all the reasons I wrote above.
From the little interactions we’ve seen of them later, when they
cross path and Shinsou’s with Aizawa, it’s hinted that Shinsou
will take part of Izuku’s life later. I sure hope Hori will explore
their relationship because Shinsou and Izuku are unique to each other in UA and would really benefit for being close friends.
In a interview, Hori confirmed Shinsou will later take an important
part in the story.
Given how Izuku was the only one of the hero course he bonded with, it would totally make sense for them to work together and gradually become closer.
I’m looking forward to that, because I really feel a special
chemistry between those two, for the way Shinsou is amused and comforted by Izuku’s
honesty and how Izuku relate to Shinsou and already care about him.
I
think so too. During their fight, Izuku was really moved by Shinsou’s
words and you could tell he was dying to talk to him.
Had it not been
during a fight, Izuku would have probably let it slip or at least
suggest he was the same, kinda like with Bakugou, because he can’t
watch people being hurt and do nothing about it. Bakugou thought
Izuku lied to him his whole life and fooled him because he ‘looked
down on him’; Izuku at first didn’t really saw it because he had no
reason to think Bakugou would think of him in that way, but could
feel Bakugou’s apprehension and decided to talk to him. In the same way,
he talked to Todoroki and let information slip because Izuku’s too
honest and can’t lie straight in the face of someone pouring his
heart out in front of him. Izuku felt Shinsou’s distress, and was
really holding back because he really wanted to help Shinsou, that’s
in his nature, that was his ‘urge to save’. He wanted to help him and
find a way to heal him mentally and emotionally speaking, and actually took time to take a step forward to talk to him.
Shinsou now has friends who support him, but
finding someone you can relate to and share your experience with when
you’ve been hurt by how others treated you unfairly is
life-changing. It makes you feel you’re not the only one, you’re not
facing those hardships alone and someone can actually really
understand what you’ve been through. It’s incredibly healing and
comforting, and I do hope Izuku and Shinsou will eventually come to
talk about it. Shinsou is someone who’s very reliable; he has this
incredible quirk that could give him access to absolutely everything,
but he decided to use it fairly to do heroic things. He didn’t take
the easy way, because not only his quirk isn’t adapted to what UA
hero course expects, but also because he’ll face a lot of prejudices because of his ‘evil quirk’ and will be told by people he can’t be trust when he didn’t do
anything in the first place other than aiming be a hero because that’s what he long to be.
For
him to stay true to who he is and stick to his convictions without
going astray like he does mean he has high morals and a strong sense
of justice where power isn’t to be used so you can take advantages of
others. In that sense, he’s very similar to Izuku, and I believe they
could be friends and very dear to each other. It’s kinda noticeable that Shinsou’s already fond of Izuku.
It wouldn’t be
unexpected at all for them to become close, and it would indeed be
very interesting in regards to the plot and character development, and also endearing for all the reasons I wrote above. It
would be moving to see Shinsou and Izuku share their experiences and support each other whenever they would admit it was really
hard and painful. Izuku and Shinsou couldn’t do anything but accept painful words and wrong assumptions, waiting for the day they could prove to everyone else how wrong they were to treat them how they did. They’re both moving forward, but their past are an
important part of who they are. Izuku especially can’t talk about his past for obvious reasons, but he and Shinsou would probably be unwilling to talk about their past with most people because what could they give them apart from sympathy? People fitting in because they have good quirks didn’t have to live what they’ve been through, so maybe they’ll be compassionate, but they
won’t understand. Izuku and Shinsou won’t see that light of understanding in anyone else’s eyes, like they could with each other because they can relate with what they’ve really been
through, and how painful it was because they know. From the little interactions
we’ve seen of them later, when they cross path and Shinsou’s with Aizawa, it’s hinted that Shinsou will take part of
Izuku’s life later. I sure hope Hori will explore their
relationship because Shinsou and Izuku are unique to each other and
would really benefit for being close friends, as there’s no way
they won’t be close if they ever come to talk honestly about
themselves given the chemistry going on between them.
Remember that time Gandhi punched a man into the stratosphere? Or when Nelson Mandela dropped the atom bomb? While such events might make for a good game of Civilization VI, the societal and cultural implications would be rather bleak.
That’s the world of Boku no Hero Academia. A world where peace is assured, not by treaties and accords, but by the threat of overwhelming force. The threat of All Might bearing down upon you with all his might.
The surface level problem with this arrangement is not so much an issue for the majority of law-abiding citizens. At least, it wouldn’t be if not for the way this society pushes people toward villainy (which I wrote about here).
The deeper issue here, is the idolization of violence.
Pictured above are 4 of the top 10 ranked heroes in Japan. There are 2 others, but they don’t support my claim, and the remaining 4 are unknown.
All Might – OFA: punches so hard the sheer pressure changes the weather Endeavour – Hell Flame: kills it with fire Ryukyu – Dragon Form: claws, fangs, probably eats livestock whole Edgeshot – Foldabody: makes body thin as a razor, punches at speed of sound
Ignore the Shigarakis and All For Ones of the world, they are few and far between. Consider the more innocuous criminal, like a shoplifter. What strategies would any of these heroes employ in that case? Step 1, offer chance to surrender. Step 2, murder? These heroes do not have a non-lethal option.
And that’s a real problem. Not just for these heroes, but for the society that elevated them to the top 10, rankings which account for popularity more than anything else.
Every child dreams of being All Might. Everyone looks up to this incredible powerhouse. The term “Hero” was meant to mean “one who saves others,” but has twisted to mean only “one who fights villains.” This perverse understanding of what makes a hero pervades society at an institutional level.
Take it from Aizawa, the UA entrance exam is illogical and harmful, stemming from society’s fascination with brute strength. To get in to the UA Hero course, you need a combat-capable quirk. This system precludes people like Shinso or Aizawa from gaining admission, people who posses some of the greatest and most useful quirks any hero could ask for.
But the exam never asks, “What’s your true potential?” It begs but two simple questions, “How many villains can you beat up? How many people can you save (from villains)?” And the results end up looking like this:
That’s right, Lord Explosion Murder is the star of this year’s class. Bakugou’s quirk and personality are only useful for trying to kill things. Maybe he just needs a better role model. Who does he look up to? Oh, right, it’s All Might.
All Might is a defacto demi-god of this world. Outside of villainous circles, you won’t find anyone who doesn’t idolize him. But what good is that idolization? If someone like Bakugou genuinely believes himself to be following in All Might’s footsteps.
Well, maybe this is an isolated problem. All Might is UA’s celebrity alumni, of course they’ll try to keep up that image. But the other hero schools can’t all be like that, and the hero licensing program is bound to be–
Oh, nope. It’s all violence, all the time. Neat.
Granted, the provisional license exam does have a rescue phase, but almost everyone passed that. The part intended to cull 95% of the applicants is combat-based. Are there even enough villains in the world to justify being this focused on combat?
As tragic as it is, the elevation of violent heroes is only half the problem,
Because this is a zero-sum scenario: if brutality rises to the top, then utility is pushed to the bottom.
Non-violent heroes simply do not have a clear path to success. I’m using Shinso as an example again, because there are so few like him that manage to rise to the point of being mentioned in the story. The realm of heroism is all but institutionally sealed off for them.
Society wants heroes who fight villains. That is what their purpose has become. And anyone who can’t conform to that mold gets pushed out. Maybe Stain was on to something; heroes have deviated from their original purpose, they now exist only for the spectacle of the fight.
All Might’s position as the Symbol of Peace does not extol heroism, but rather violence in heroism’s name.
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