It's Interesting To Think That, In Some Way, Touya Is What Zuko Would Have Been If He Hadn't Had Ursa

It's interesting to think that, in some way, Touya is what Zuko would have been if he hadn't had Ursa and Iroh's support and never left the Fire Nation and that Azula is what Shouto would have been if he hadn't had his mother's support and if he hadn't met to Izuku.

If Zuko had stayed in the Fire Nation, and by extension not had the experiences of other people, and had Ursa to love him and Iroh to advise and support him, he would have sought Ozai's recognition to extreme degrees until he injured and nearly killed himself and at the same time he would have wanted to take revenge on his father in the worst possible way for the abuse towards him and his family as Touya did.

If Shouto hadn't met Izuku and hadn't had his mother's support, Shouto would have only seen himself as a tool of is father which would cause him to focus on his personal goal to surpass Endeavor to an obsessive degree that would make Shouto become extremely perfectionist and would have repressed and controlled his emotions an extreme degree to achieve his goal that would make having relationships with others irrelevant and in case he wanted to have relationships with others he wouldn't be able to socialize or express himself with them in a healthy way just like what happened to Azula with her personal goal (be recognized by her father Ozai and unconsciously, by her mother Ursa).

Zuko and Dabi were the failures who wanted their fathers' love and recognition while Azula and Shouto possessed great power and talent that their fathers wanted to make them the perfect tools for them to achieve their ambitions.

Takemichi's ability to see the future works like Boku no Hero Academia's quirks: it evolves by the user's strong emotions and by the user's constant uses of it.

Bruno Bucciarati, Eda Clawthorne, Captain Grime, Johnny Lawrence and, in a strange way, Takemichi Hanagaki are adults who lead pretty empty and messy lives and it doesn't seem to bother them in the least.

But then a series of events occurs and they meet someone (Giorno Giovanna, Luz Noceda, Sasha Waybright, Miguel Diaz and Manjiro "Mikey" Sano) and that kid makes them realize that their lives are a mess and inspires them to change for the better as they completely grow and self-reflect and mature for the sake of that kid.

Bruno, Eda, Grime, Johnny and Takemichi seek to help and protect that child as a way of gratitude to that loved one because it made them realize who they are and turned them into the best version of themselves and then in moments of (near) death and sacrifice, they thank that kid for making them realize that life is not just about existing with an empty routine that just goes through and start all over again but that life is much more than that.

Those kids inadvertently saved these adults from an empty existence full of problems and regrets by giving them a reason to live a better or at least happy life as the best version of themselves and the adults want to do this in return with these kids.

Serving as a continuation of this post, can you imagine if these two fusion?

It's quite sad and tragic that chapter 269 starts and ends the same way: Shinichiro carrying Mikey.

Since Blackbeard wanted to have Hancock's devil fruit powers and these only work if the victims are attracted to the user of said devil fruit, I'm quite curious as to how Blackbeard would use said powers if he had managed to take them away from Hancock. That would be quite an interesting, bizarre and funny thing to see.