@Cyclone_Baroness:
People make it sound like he was constantly hitting her. But I dunno. Of course hitting her once is awful. Maybe it'll be more clear what happened when they actually talk about Touya. I'm still curious how the kids were becoming more like Endeavor when we saw everyone but Shouto playing.
The quirk marriage thing did sound like a weird outdated thing. But then we got a brief glimpse of Endeavor seeming to know her favorite flowers or something. And Rei reflecting on it.
I dunno what Horikoshi plans to do. But I don't think it's the worst thing in the world for Endeavor to try. But man.the hero works in Japan will be a wreck once everything is aired. Endeavour being awful for years, Hawks possibly killing the number 3. And then a bunch of randos in league with PLF.
Whether Endeavor constantly abused his wife or not is irrelevant to me considering what we already from the evidence other posters have shown/referenced. Although I hope that my comments don't make me sound like I'm spreading conjecture that the abuse was constant or that Endeavor doesn't deserve a redemption arc because I've said a few times that I like it a lot so far.
I love that Horikoshi had the balls to tackle an abuser redemption arc. Before reading this manga I was on the fence as an aspiring comic book creator if it would ever be responsible for me to ever attempt something like that and do it justice. Deep down, I've always tried to see the best in people and am a sap for stories the most awful characters/people end up learning to take responsibility for their actions and become good people.
I'm only trying to say that because I love well written redemption arcs and how Horikoshi's been doing such a thoughtful job at writing Endeavor's redemption arc that I would absolutely LOATHE if it ever got watered down into a generic "everyone forgives and loves their emotional/physical abusers now and gets back together again because they do one or two nice things" story, especially in the span of only two-three years max if the series only covers high school and we're about to finish the first year.
But I will say this though.
You don't often have a reflex like throwing boiling water at your kid's face who is super short and only looks similar to your abusive spouse because one half of their hair is the same color if there is not some sort of abusive behavior pattern or constant risk in your mind while being around your abusive spouse.
So forgive me if I doubt that getting yelled at and slapped as an adult only once, as awful and dealbreaking as that already is for a relationship, is enough to make you psychologically vulnerable enough to need to be put in a mental hospital for years unless you've been coincidentally traumatized by previous abusive relatives/friends/lovers before. And that's not even mentioning that if they know and saw her kids get abused, not just themselves.
@.access:
God damn it, Count, I am not following the thread (or the manga) closely, but your rhetoric is always so damn good reading your posts is worthy even if I am not on par of the whole discussion. Just wanted to point that out.
Thank you. I don't post often anymore so I really appreciate that. Especially since you often give thoughtful comments yourself.
@desa:
I will hate if they make them friends or partners again. I have no positive feelings about them developing a close bond.
I would prefer them not developing a close bond at all, but written gradually and properly I would still consider becoming friends to be a lot more thoughtful for an abuser redemption arc resolution than most other stories that try to tackle this sort of thing (God, I don't have the words to express how much I dislike Disney-Pixar's Coco's third act on both a creative and ethical level).