History Characters / MyHeroAcademiaEndeavor

''Villains'': [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVillains Known Villains]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaStain Stain]]] ([[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaLeagueOfVillains League of Villains]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaAllForOne All For One]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaTomuraShigaraki Tomura Shigaraki]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaDabi Dabi]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaHimikoToga Himiko Toga]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaArtificialHumans Artificial Humans]]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaShieHassaikai Shie Hassaikai]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaMetaLiberationArmy Meta Liberation Army]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaParanormalLiberationFront Paranormal Liberation Front]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVillainArmy Villain Army]])\\

* FatalFlaw: [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]] and {{Pride}}, both of them connected. Out of pride, Endeavor holds himself and everyone around him to unbelievably high standards and refuses to accept anything less, with no consideration for anyone else’s well being, usually being contemptuous and callous towards the people he's supposed to protect (i.e. civilians). Out of jealousy for All Might's better style, he sacrificed his own family to mould them into the perfect weapon to depose his "rival" who never thought of him as inferior in the first place. Both of these brought nothing but misery and strife to his life.

** '''The same should not be said for Natsuo and Shoto.''' Chapter 301 explicitly shown that Rei '''''voiced her unwillingness on having more children''''' once the point of having children becomes ''"to discourage Toya from pursuing his dream instead of actually helping Toya with his issues"''.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. As the key scenes are already in the manga just given more context.
** For Chapter 301, [[spoiler:the anime ''heavily'' implies that Enji forced Rei to have a 4th child (Shoto) with him, after their previous attempts of having "a perfect child" (Natsuo) failed. With Enji even giving her a DeathGlare while news of All Might's victories played in the background. It's also possibly made to show that Endeavor is [[SanitySlippage mentally really not well in his head]]. In the manga, this scene was not present, instead, a panel of Endeavor seeming frustrated with All Might's achievements followed by a panel of Rei looking somewhat calm before immediately cut to a panel of her with a horrified look.]]

* MaritalRapeLicense: Alleged by the audience but eventually '''''partially''''' averted. It's initially implied that Endeavor married Rei to create a child with a combination of their Quirks to have Shoto be the end result, all against her will. However, it is later shown that their relationship was far more amicable than originally suggested. In Chapter 291, it was '''stated by Enji''' that Rei did want more children after the birth of Toya, meaning that she consented to the fathering of Fuyumi.

** For Chapter 301, [[spoiler:the anime ''heavily'' implies that Enji forced Rei to have a 4th child (Shoto) with him, after their previous attempts of having "a perfect child" (Natsuo) failed. With Enji even giving her a DeathGlare while news of All Might's victories played in the background. It's also possibly made to show that Endeavor is [[SanitySlippage mentally ''really'' not well in his head]]. In the manga, this scene was not present, instead, a panel of Endeavor seeming frustrated with All Might's achievements followed by a panel of Rei looking somewhat calm before immediately cut to a panel of her with a horrified look.]]

** For Chapter 302, [[spoiler:the anime actually shows, by audio cues, that Enji did hit Rei while he yells at her for not [[ParentalHypocrisy dissuading Toya from training]]. In the manga, it was only implied through Shoto's cries of "bully" and Rei being on the floor.]]

** For Chapter 301, [[spoiler:the anime ''heavily'' implies that he forced (at best, coerced) Rei to have a 3rd and 4th children with him. With Enji giving her a DeathGlare while news of All Might's victories played in the background, after previous attempts of having "a perfect child" failed. It's also possibly made to show that Endeavor is [[SanitySlippage mentally ''really'' not well]] in his head. In the manga, the DeathGlare was not given towards Rei but instead only directed to the news of All Might's victories.]]

** For Chapter 301, [[spoiler:the anime ''heavily'' implies that he forced Rei to have a 4th child with him, with Enji giving her a DeathGlare while news of All Might's victories played in the background, after previous attempts of having "a perfect child" failed. It's possibly made to show that Endeavor is mentally ''really'' not well in his head. In the manga, the DeathGlare was not given towards Rei but instead only to the news of All Might's victories.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: The anime adaptation gives him some more scenes assisting the heroes at Hosu in fighting the Nomus, where he gets to show exactly why he's the #2 hero.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** [[spoiler:In the anime, it's shown that Enji actually hitted Rei when he yells at her regarding Toya's injuries. SinisterSilhouette also gets added, after doing so.]]
** [[spoiler:Also, the anime version ''heavily'' implies that he forced Rei to have a 4th child with her, with Enji having a DeathGlare towards her after watching other news of All Might's victories, after previous attempts of having "a perfect child" failed. It's possibly made to show that Endeavor is mentally ''really'' not well in his head.]]

* {{Abusive Parent|s}}: As revealed by Shoto, Endeavor treats him like a tool to surpass All Might, even going as far as to have a Quirk marriage to produce a child with ice and fire properties. Shoto was isolated from his elder siblings and his father subjected to TrainingFromHell at the age of four. Endeavor was responsible for his wife's mental unstability, which caused her to splash scalding water on Shoto, scarring him. After All Might's retirement, Endeavor expressed remorse for his actions and begins to build a more positive relationship with Shoto. Flashbacks reveal that Endeavor wasn't always abusive. [[spoiler:Although he did pursue a Quirk marriage, there was mutual understanding between him and Rei, and all four of their children were born consensually. Endeavor originally wanted his eldest son Toya to succeed him and wasn't harsh towards him while training. However, after discovering that Toya's physical constitution was incompatible with his Quirk, Endeavor tried to discourage him out of concern. However, rather than [[PoorCommunicationKills properly communicate with Toya]], Endeavor avoided training him and focused on Shoto instead. Toya felt abandoned, which resulted in a great accident where he was presumed to be dead. Unable to express sorrow, combined with his obsession to surpass All Might, Endeavor became harsher and abusive towards Shoto, which strained his family. Although Endeavor genuinely came to regret his behaviour, he was aghast when Toya emerged as the villain named Dabi. Toya broadcasted Endeavor's abusive past across the nation and promised to make him suffer.]]

** '''The same should not be said for Natsuo and Shoto.''' Chapter 302 explicitly shown that Rei '''''voiced her unwillingness on having more children''''' once the point of having children becomes, ''"to discourage Toya from pursuing his dream instead of actually helping Toya with his issues"''.

* MaritalRapeLicense: Alleged by the audience but eventually '''''partially''''' averted. It's initially implied that Endeavor married Rei to create a child with a combination of their Quirks to have Shoto be the end result, all against her will. However, it is later shown that their relationship was far more amicable than originally suggested. In later chapters, it's shown that Rei did want more children after the birth of Toya, meaning that she consented to the fathering of Fuyumi.

** '''The same should not be said for Natsuo and Shoto.''' Chapter 302 explicitly shown that Rei '''''did not want more children''''' once the point of having children became, ''"to discourage Toya from pursuing his dream instead of actually helping Toya with his issues"''.

** [[spoiler: In Chapter 302, Endeavor orders Rei to keep a strict watch on Toya after he attacked an infant Shoto, unprovoked, and claims that all that he can show any of their children is the life of a hero. In return, Rei points out that he's fleeing the responsibility of being a hero/father to his son]].

** '''The same should not be said for Natsuo and Shoto.''' Chapter 302 explixitly shown that Rei '''''did not want more children''''' once the point of having children became, ''"to discourage Toya from pursuing his dream instead of actually helping Toya with his issue"''.

* NoPlaceForMeThere: [[spoiler:As of around Chapter 250, he reveals that he plans to make a house for Shoto, Natsuo and Fuyumi to live with Rei when she gets out of the hospital, while he stays at their old place. The painful revelation being that Endeavor has chosen to cut himself from his family for their sake. Fuyumi, his daughter and second oldest child, is heartbroken hearing this.]]

* MaritalRapeLicense: Alleged by the audience but eventually averted. It's initially implied that Endeavor married Rei to create a child with a combination of their Quirks to have Shoto be the end result, all against her will. However, it is later shown that their relationship was far more amicable than originally suggested. In later chapters, it's shown that Rei did want more children after the birth of Toya, meaning that she consented to the fathering of Fuyumi.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The cover for Chapter 166 shows that Endeavor was OneHeadTaller than Rei, as well as about twice her width, when their son, Shoto, became a kindergartener.

** '''The same should not be said for Natsuo and Shoto.''' Chapter 302 explixitly shown that Rei '''''did not want more children''''' once the point of having children became, "to discourage Toya from pursuing his dream instead of actually helping Toya with his issue".

** '''The same should not be said for Natsuo and Shoto.'''

* MaritalRapeLicense: Alleged by the audience but eventually averted. It's initially implied that Endeavor married Rei to create a child with a combination of their Quirks to have Shoto be the end result, all against her will. However, it is later shown that their relationship was far more amicable than originally suggested. In later chapters, it's shown that Rei did want more children after the birth of Toya meaning that she consented to the fathering of Fuyumi and implicitly Natsuo and Shoto .

''Villains'': [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVillains Known Villains]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaStain Stain]]] ([[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaLeagueOfVillains League of Villains]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaAllForOne All For One]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaTomuraShigaraki Tomura Shigaraki]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaDabi Dabi]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaHimikoToga Himiko Toga]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaArtificialHumans Artificial Humans]]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaShieHassaikai Shie Hassaikai]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaMetaLiberationArmy Meta Liberation Army]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaParanormalLiberationFront Paranormal Liberation Front]])\\

** He also deconstructs the SatanicArchetype. At the start of the series, Endeavor pretty much fits this archetype to a T: has flame-related powers (double points for being called Hellflame), suffers from the cardinal sins of {{Pride}} and [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]], has a cruel and ruthless personality unbefitting of a Pro Hero and his whole hero career is based around his petty, one-sided rivalry with All Might. He subjected his family to hell (driving Rei to suffer an emotional breakdown, scarred Shoto both literally and figuratively, neglected his children [[spoiler: which led to the creation of Dabi]]) all because he wanted to one-up All Might. [[spoiler: After he becomes the #1 Hero and has a heart-to-heart with All Might, Endeavor starts to realize the errors of his ways and works to atone for his past misdeeds by working to become a better person, both as a hero and a father. [[RealityEnsues Despite his efforts towards his family, Natsuo outright hates him, Rei is still terrified of him, Fuyumi acts civil for the sake of her family and Shoto, though he admires his father's hero skills, cannot truly bring himself to forgive Endeavor for his abuse. This forces him to face the reality that even though he's working to atone for his cruelty, there are some things he simply cannot fix.]]]]

* SatanicArchetype: Despite being Japan's #2 Pro Hero, Endeavor could easily fit into this for a good chunk of the story. His Quirk is called Hellflame, allowing him to control fire of intense heat and has several Super Moves involving the world 'Hell' in it, such as Hell Spider and Hell's Curtain. He suffers from the flaws of {{Pride}} and {{Envy}}, which drove him to become cruel and ruthless towards others, especially his own family. He resents All Might for being the #1 Hero and based his whole career around his petty one-sided rivalry with the Symbol of Peace. He's even indirectly responsible for [[spoiler: his son, Toya, becoming the villain Dabi.]] [[AvertedTrope Luckily, this is ultimately averted as Endeavor strives to atone for his past and become a true hero worthy of holding the position of #1 and his character arc revolving around his desire for redemption for his atrocious actions.]]

-->'''Both sons:''' "That's a nice scar you got there. *loudly slurp soba in unison*

* WhatYouAreintheDark: As exppained in HiddenDepths above, he's much more noble than one can think he is.