Such A Wonderful Analysis! I've Re-read It A Few Times And I Still Get Goosebumps.

Such a wonderful analysis! I've re-read it a few times and I still get goosebumps.🥲🩷💛

Ochako’s Confession: A Togachako Analysis

I don't usually write down or post analysis, but if I didn't put this down somewhere I was at risk of grabbing a stranger off the street and asking whether they knew about the doomed toxic yuri in hit manga series My Hero Academia.

Now, I think it was expected to some degree that Uraraka would have some big cathartic confession where she finally embraced her feelings for Izuku. And while she did admit her feeelings, the moment wasn't... that

And honestly, why would it be? In the end, Uraraka had no reason to confess her feelings. She didn't suffer from hiding them, on the contrary. Her crush was beginning to hinder her performance as a Hero, and all bottling them up did was help her improve. Sure, suppression is bad and all but ultimately, Uraraka seemed better off pushing her feelings aside. Especially when compared to Toga, who literally broke under the pressure of her hidden feelings. There was nothing pushing Uraraka to confess other than the vague sentiment that “suppressing your feelings is Bad.”

Yet, the importance of being open about your feelings is repeatedly emphasized during Toga's and Uraraka's arcs. It's what drove Toga to villainy, and something she tried to bond with Uraraka over. Something they shared. So the setup for a confession is there, but no satisfying resolution.

That's cause Izuku is a red herring.

Indeed, being honest about her feelings was vital for Uraraka, but it had nothing to with Izuku. Because the feelings Uraraka was suppressing all along, the ones that she needed to let out, were her feelings for Toga.

The envy she felt during their first meeting, how lovely she found Toga's smile. How much it troubled Uraraka when it was replaced with tears. Girl likes boy is as conventional as it gets. But a Hero sympathizing for a Villain in a society that dehumanizes them? Now that makes Uraraka kind of weird. And she knows it, that these thoughts go against everything she knows about society, about her role as a Hero. So she tried pushing all that away.

But she can't run from her feelings forever. And in the end, it's those feelings that allow Uraraka to save the day. Her arc deals with humanization. She wonders "who saves Heroes" until she's wondering "who saves Villains?" and finds that in this case, the answer is each other.

How did Uraraka and Toga save each other? By imitating each other, by being like someone they love.

Uraraka envied Toga's unapologetic openness, so she took a page from her book and told her everything she had been hiding and mulling over since they met. She stopped pushing Toga away and finally answered every one-sided conversation they've had. They're chatting about love, and Uraraka is finally responding.

A girl's feelings can change the world, and Uraraka being honest about her feelings is what allowed her to reach Toga's heart and save her. This is how Uraraka became a Hero.

Toga also saved Uraraka by imitating her. In a very literal sense by Transforming into Uraraka (being "cute" like Uraraka) but I think also in the way she used her Quirk. Until now, Toga believed the only way for her to live freely was through violence. When her Quirk awakened, Toga used Zero Gravity to kill. But now, she's imitating Uraraka on a deeper level. Uraraka who said her Quirk isn't made to hurt people, so Toga used her own Quirk to save Uraraka. For the first time, she realized she could love and be loved without violence.

Uraraka and Toga's confrontation was the long awaited end of a conversation. Nearly a year before Toga had tried to bond with Uraraka, asked her whether she liked someone, whether she wanted to be like them? Uraraka finally confessed: Yes, I want to be like you.

I used my oil paints i bought for college to make this stupid thing! Stupid stuff is the best! Btw its a 2" x 2" canvas.

I made this about a year ago when i found out Himiko Toga died. The quotes are from the manga, "I bet on losing dogs" by Mitski, "Overgrown Garden" by Beetlebug, and "Nobody" by Mitski.

Edit: i added a picture with my handle at the bottom. I don't know how to take away the picture without my handle. Idk is that possible? Or do i just have to delete it and repost it?

This is the part two from Ochako Uraraka's pov. (Also is this how posting works? I'mnew to tumblr. Is this how to add a part two?)

Your desires were misguided

Your mistakes were taboo

But your smile full of adoration

Bred the fondness I still hold for you

The wicked you committed

I know, fairly well

But my love for you is irrevocable

Untarnishable, this spell

Within the darkness there was good

In you, there had always been

Unmistakable, in your final acts

In the kindness for a friend

I couldn't save you that day

So I will cherish you past the end

I will never forget your tragic fate

And to your grave I shall tend

The acceptance you always wanted

The love that you deserve

Is in my bleeding heart

And in the tears that vision blurs

I have a new name of endearment for you

To replace other's words of chagrin

Ambrosine,

May your new life begin

Here is a poem I wrote after chapter 395. Its a togachako poem from Himiko Toga's pov.

I see your eyes, so impassioned and meek

I’m filled with a longing, I must beseech

Your understanding of my nature, a leech

And the grave satisfaction I fervently seek

Previously constrained by an unforgiving society

I embarked with ambition to be authentic and free

In the foundations of my understanding, I knew no one would save me

But yet in you, I found something new

Mercy

Your sacrificial love is unabashedly pure

You endear me to a safe haven, a home, secure

A life deprived of your joy, is one I can’t endure

So I give my life to you, the final, irrevocable cure

Make no mistake of the love in my final actions

May time not tarnish your magnanimous passions

I ask you to appraise my soul in rose tinted glasses

I pray the smile that gained your favor, remain cherished in my absence

🥹🩷💛

Day 2 — Childhood Friends

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I drew this about 2-3 years ago. My art style has changed a bit. Anyway here is MomoJirou. Also i was having a lot of fun with fashion so we have cottagecore Momo, and alt Jirou.