What did Dabi tell Hawks in My Hero Academia’s S6E4?
Following Twice’s tragic end in episode 3, episode 4 began with Dabi burning Hawks’ wings with his blue flames to avenge Twice. Poor Hawks is left at the villain’s mercy, leaving him with no choice but to adopt a full defence strategy.
Dabi has an upper hand not only in terms of physical prowess, but also in terms of intel. Hawks’ true name is a top secret in the series, yet Dabi manages to find out his real name with ease, shocking the hero.
As the one-sided battle rages on, a helpless Hawks confesses that he could dig up the past of every villain in the League of Villains, but he couldn’t find anything regarding Dabi and Shigaraki’s background.
When he asks Dabi regarding his true identity directly, he receives a shocking answer from the mysterious villain.
However, Dabi’s answer is muted in the anime. The only thing we can see is the movement of his lips, making all the anime fans speculate about his true identity. So, who exactly is Dabi?
Dabi tells Hawks in season 6 episode 4 (chapter 267) that his real name is Toya Todoroki. He’s the Endeavor’s eldest son and Shoto’s elder brother who was presumed dead a long time ago. Dabi fell into villainy due to his father’s neglectful actions.
Endeavor always dreamed of surpassing All Might, but his dream remained unfulfilled. Once he realized he couldn’t surpass All Might, Endeavor changed his plans—he decided to have his progeny surpass All Might. For this purpose, he had a quirk marriage with Rei.
Dabi was Endeavor’s first child, who possessed both the fire and ice quirks of his mother and father. Endeavor doted on him because he felt Dabi had the potential to become even better than All Might. As expected, Dabi’s fire quirk did prove to be stronger than Endeavor’s.
But Endeavor’s plans started to fall apart when Dabi’s fire quirk started to backfire on him. He starts neglecting Dabi because he no longer serves Endeavor’s goals.
Endeavor’s neglect and mental torture made Dabi turn towards the villain lifestyle. He developed a grudge against his father and started to idolize Stain instead. Dabi joins the League of Villains to teach a lesson to the heroes who are similar to his father.
About My Hero Academia
My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected in 24 tankōbon volumes as of August 2019.
It follows a quirkless boy Izuku Midoriya and how he backed the greatest Hero alive. Midoriya, a boy who has been admiring heroes and their ventures since the day he was born, came into this world without a quirk.
On one fateful day, he meets All Might the greatest Hero of all time and discovers that he was quirkless as well. With his diligent attitude and unwavering spirit about being a hero, Midoriya manages to impress All Might. He is chosen to be the heir to the power of One for All.
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