Guy had big plans if called himself Dragon Hero #1.
Ryutsuki literally says it few paragraphs below; Ryuichi wasn't known by that name during his prime, his daughter came up with the numbered system and he got the title retroactively.
Well, that's by far the biggest analysis post I've ever gotten. Thank you.
Swallowing's an automatic reflex, if it's not working then there's probably a medical emergency going on. So yeah, no room to complain beyond 'but I find it distressing'.
I'm... not entirely sure what you mean by this?
Because if you're saying that Ryuuzaki has no room to complain about swallowing Stain's arm, the only reason she did so was because Bloodcurdle removed her conscious control over her body.
1. So Ryuunosuke The Elder was outright plotting a coup? Now I can't help but wonder if he was in with the Meta Liberation Army.
Well, I wouldn't call it a coup d'etat per se, just twisting the government's hand into relaxing or even removing the civilian oversight on Pro-Heroes.
There's only one Ryuunosuke, Ryuuzaki's grandfather. You're probably thinking of Ryuo, his son, Ryuuzaki's uncle.
Subtle as a tank driving through a building. Nice.
Or a dragon in a china shop, if you will.
And here's the truth and problem to the issue of this tack Zaki's taking. It can be summed up in two words: All-Might. I forget which fic had this quote, and I do apologize for that, but one of the best explorations into what it means to be The Symbol of Peace I've read came from Izuku asking Yagi if he's ever had to kill anyone. His answer?
He has never killed a single person. Not even 'that man', who he suspects 'survived somehow'. But he is very well aware that is a luxury, a privilege, that he possesses. He has the strength, control, training, and battle experience to end almost any fight with any opponent. Most other heroes don't have what he has. Yagi accepts Zaki's logic: When all the non-lethal, non-harming options at a person's disposal have been exhausted, escalation is the only recourse left to them to save lives and end the threat.
But that's not how Zaki phrased it. Her logic is going to get turned on its head by one simple question. "Does All Might need to kill?" Because like it or not, that's what everybody is compared to. Everybody wants to be All Might. And Zaki's one of the closest of her generation to that title, ignoring meta-knowlege about Izuku's inheritance of One For All. Japan's the nation which for many years had the policy of 'the life of a single person outweighs the earth' because of its pacifist and anti-military views. All Might's revived that thinking, and Zaki just challenged it on national television.
Maybe it won't turn out this way, especially with the U.A. faculty paying attention to nip that in the bud and work with Zaki, but who knows?
True.
The issue is that if you told that to Ryuuzaki she would just deflect that she isn't All-Might nor is she trying to be.
3. The idea of ideals vs. warrior brotherhood is... well, forgive me for reading something into it that doesn't quite fit, but as a Horus Heresy fan I can see the contrast. Many of the Loyalist Primarchs were the ones who believed in the great ideals. And the Traitors those who only saw eternal war and bloodshed with the people next to them.
Hmm, it wasn't intentional but I can definitely see the comparison. I am a
massive Warhammer nerd so maybe it was subconscious influence.
1. I wonder if that 'unknown' son of the first hero is going to turn into Zaki's Shigaraki?
I have a plan in mind for him.
2. I imagine it wasn't as big a deal back then as it was now. The bottom line was 'I am a Dragon, you're going to jail'. But that was the days before the Symbol of Peace. The days when the world was still in its Second Dark Age.
Sorry, I'm not quite sure which part this is referring to?
2.The detail of Tsuki recoiling when bringing up her mother I think is one of the key points that gets through to her. Tsuki's realizing she's given the impression she's ashamed of her grandmother. That there's something wrong associated with her. And as we'll see, that's the last thing Tsuki feels about her mother.
Yep. (though I think you mean mother, not grandmother)
That, and realizing she was using the same argument of bluntly appealing to parental authority rather than actually talking with her daughter as her father used.
(Especially as she was the first to raise her voice and then berated Ryuuzaki for doing the same in return)
Ah, I think this got cut off at the end.
Most fifteen year olds aren't one singular dragon?
Thank you, will fix.
