Shoto Todoroki/Synopsis

History
Shoto's father, Enji Todoroki, better known as the Flame Hero: Endeavor, was always overshadowed by All Might and viewed as the No. 2 Pro Hero, regardless of his impressive crime-solving record. Enji developed a strong obsession with surpassing All Might, to the point where he arranged a Quirk Marriage with the Himura family's daughter Rei for her powerful ice Quirk, in order to conceive a child strong enough to be capable of surpassing All Might. Although Enji aimed to create a child who would inherit the powers of both his fire and Rei's ice, this would fail with all of Shoto's older siblings; his oldest brother Toya, who inherited an even more powerful fire Quirk, but his mother's genetics gave his body improper resistance to his own flames, and his older brother and sister, Natsuo and Fuyumi, who only inherited their mother's ice Quirk.

When Shoto was born, Enji was relieved to finally have a child with the dual Quirk he desired and hoped that this would cause Toya to give up on training his Quirk to become the No. 1 Hero. However, Toya continued to train and was obsessively determined to be acknowledged by Endeavor. Driven by jealousy and resentment towards Shoto for replacing him, Toya snapped and rushed towards an infant Shoto, attempting to attack him with his Quirk but was quickly stopped by Enji. After this incident, the rest of Shoto's siblings were separated from him.

None of Shoto's siblings were able to live up to this standard, and Shoto became known as his father's "masterpiece". When he was five years old, Shoto started to receive training from his father because of his Half-Cold Half-Hot Quirk. However, unlike Toya's training, Endeavor's methods were too harsh, pushing Shoto to his limits until he got sick. Rei would try and defend him, but Endeavor would ignore her protests and hit his wife for her interference, right in front of Shoto.

Endeavor also prevented Shoto from interacting with his siblings, who were free from training and allowed to play. Shoto envived the fun they had and wished to join but was forbidden. He soon began to despise his training and resented Endeavor for abusing him and his mother. During those times, Rei was always there to support him. Despite the abuse she and her son suffered from, she still nevertheless encouraged Shoto to become a hero.

One night, they were watching a TV special featuring All Might. He encouraged children to make their powers their own, even if they inherited their parents' abilities. Agreeing with All Might's advice, Rei told Shoto that he was not a prisoner of his bloodline, and could use his powers to become whoever he desired, regardless of Endeavor being his father.

Even though Shoto was chosen as Endeavor's successor, Toya kept on improving his Quirk in secret in order to make his father acknowledge him and be happy he was born. When Endeavor discovered that Toya was still training, he lashed out at Rei and scolded her for not doing the one thing he'd told her to do. Shoto would step in and tell Endeavor to leave Rei alone, but his father told Shoto to stay out of it. Endeavor's behavior and treatment towards his family and son continued to worsen, in the process resulting in Rei beginning to resent Enji more, further damaging the family's relationship.

Rei eventually broke down under the domestic abuse, finding it traumatic to even look at Shoto's left side because it reminded her of Endeavor. One day, Shoto overheard her, while she talked with her mother over the phone, having realized that she no longer had the mental stability to raise her son. Startled by his sudden appearance and triggered by his red hair, she snapped and poured a kettle over his head, giving him a severe burn over the left side of his face. Rei realized what she had done and tearfully tried to heal him using her ice Quirk while frantically apologizing to her son.

Sometime after this incident, Shoto asked Endeavor where his mother was, to which he coldly replied that he sent her to the hospital for hurting him. Shoto blamed Endeavor, saying that everything that happened was his fault. Afterwards, Shoto began to forget about his mother's supportive words, putting him under the idea of rejecting his father. It was also around this time that Toya seemingly died, which resulted in Endeavor going all in to his harsh training, feeling he couldn't turn back after having "killed" Toya.

Shoto's dark upbringing left him to focus on nothing but rejecting his father. He became cold and distant from other people. Shoto participated in the U.A. Recommendation Entrance Exam, where he encountered Inasa Yoarashi. Inasa tried to ask Shoto about his father, but was totally blown off. Both of them raced in the same leg of the practical exam, Inasa just barely taking first place in front of Shoto. Inasa tried to befriend Shoto yet again, but Shoto insults him and tells him to get out of his way.

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