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The Half He Chose by QuickXSavier
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
01 Sep 2026
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Summary
Shoto Todoroki had one rule: never use his left side. It was his father's quirk, his father's legacy, his father's goddamn obsession forged into flesh and bone. Using it meant surrender. Using it meant Endeavor won. So Shoto built himself out of ice and spite, froze his heart solid, and told himself he didn't need anyone — not his broken mother, not his dead brother's ghost, not the classmates who kept trying to reach him like he was some kind of rescue project.
Except Izuku never got the chance to shatter his walls at the Sports Festival. That conversation? Never happened. That catharsis? Gone. And without it, Shoto doesn't thaw — he hardens. He doubles down. He takes his trauma and weaponizes it, turning every fight into a cold, calculated "fuck you" aimed directly at the man who made him.
But here's the kicker: the harder Shoto tries to become the anti-Endeavor, the more he becomes his father's mirror. Same emotional constipation. Same inability to ask for help. Same goddamn obsession that burns everything it touches. And the real tragedy? He can't even see it happening.