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I have a lot to say about this girl, and seeing how it's her birthday I think it'd the best time to get it out. https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/status/1291723696860794880
Himiko Toga is an interesting character, one I see as liking for a multitude of reasons. The most superficial of course is that she could be considered a yandere. I'm kind of into those.
But it was specifically her *idea* and *kind of love that intrigued me so much. She doesn't just adore the people she loves, she wants to be them.
Happily and consciously adopting the traits of people you really care about resonates with me a lot.
Happily and consciously adopting the traits of people you really care about resonates with me a lot.
So it's not just that she's yandere, it's that we have similar ways of expressing our affection. I could go without her wanting to murder and replace the people she says she loves, but I guess nobody's perfect.
That's however not the main reason I like her.
That's however not the main reason I like her.
This is probably a spoiler for My Hero Academia/MHA, and I don't know how to tag those so I'll just say that this is a spoiler.
Himiko Toga's childhood is very interesting, very sad, and very very relatable to me.
Himiko Toga's childhood is very interesting, very sad, and very very relatable to me.
She was born a hemophage and has always had an obsession with blood. It's not something she picked up, it's something that's a part of her. Her parents tried to repress this and make her "normal", which worked for a couple of years until she snapped and killed her classmate.
Snapped is probably not the right word. To her, how she acted to fit in wasn't normal, it was all a facade. How she is now is what she considers her normal and how she acted in school was repressing that.
This is her, very small, drinking the blood of a dead bird.
This is her, very small, drinking the blood of a dead bird.
It is obviously an extreme case, but I feel like anyone who grew up with something different about them that they didn't/couldn't accept or didn't even know about that can relate to this. Every attempt to fit in is just wearing a pair of shoes that are entirely the wrong size.
And, I don't know. I'm what my ex-whatever would call someone with "undiagnosed-until-adulthood privilege". I didn't grow up knowing I had autism. I just thought I was some socially incompetent freak that would never find friends or anyone to love me.
But I'm not. That's just my normal. I can try to work around my normal at times, and try to learn what's expected from me by others, but it's always going to be a bit of a charade to manage that. Toga's backstory feels relatable to me for that reason.
Important to note is she does not always act, uhm, loving. At times she can be a pretty big bitch. And despite being what the show has labelled a villain, she's very compassionate and caring for the other "unwantable" people in her life. Look at how she treats Twice.
So yes, I find Toga absolutely amazing and wonderful, and I'm glad she exists because she's the only thing besides Tamaki that makes MHA even slightly redeemable.
It's a bad show. I hate it. Fuck battle shonen.
