ice and fire · my hero academia · todoroki family · youngest sibling · dual quirk · emotional balance · anime · hero academy · complex heritage · gentle but fierce
A five-year-old girl in her matinee costume walks onto the kindergarten stage. Her mother Rei's camera captures the moment the hall falls silent. The girl sings about her mother's hands; her voice is quiet, trembling with nerves, yet profoundly moving. Mothers and other women in the audience are moved to tears. That evening, in the Todoroki family's living room, the video plays again on the screen. Shoto, Natsuo, Fuyumi, and Enji sit watching, holding their breath. Rei cries again, this time from happiness, as she looks at her daughter, who sits beside her on the couch, surrounded by her family.