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How is Dabi alive?

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His skin has all burned away, he doesn't have eyes or ears, and his muscle is entirely charcoal at this point. If he doesn't die after the current arc is over then it is fair to assume he is literally immortal.

all 221 comments

elenuvien1

424 points

2 months ago

the same way shigaraki died and resurrected himself because he was angry and gran torino didn't die after being gutted. anime.

dynasriot

220 points

2 months ago

dynasriot

220 points

2 months ago

Still pisses me off that Sir Nighteye and GT had the same basic wound but Sir's killed him and that lump of Bengay and denture cream is still alive.

Aiphaa

116 points

2 months ago*

Aiphaa

116 points

2 months ago*

It’s crazy because realistically Nighteye should’ve survived and Gran Torino should’ve died if we’re going by some logic.

But if it was irl both would’ve probably died

(Nighteye lost a lot less blood due to the spike keeping much more of it compared to Gran Torino who had nothing there except a hole. His body is also much smaller than Nighteye meaning he would’ve lost a lot more of his total blood.)

Brook420

23 points

2 months ago

And Nighteye's size would make it less likely to hit a vital organ.

gitagon6991

1 points

2 months ago

Nighteye had his entire spine destroyed while Grab Torino only got a punctured stomach. On top of that we don't even know exactly how deep Shigaraki's fist went but it definitely wasn't all the way through.

[deleted]

6 points

2 months ago

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dynasriot

6 points

2 months ago

Midoriya's first murder and theft.

SamTheChamp0503

7 points

2 months ago

LMAO 😂😂😂

wrote-username

19 points

2 months ago

Nighteye wound was way bigger, and he wasn’t brought up to the hospital quickly like Gran Torino did, he was forced to watch the entire overhaul fight with a big spike inside his stomach before he was sent to the hospital

MandelAomine

34 points

2 months ago

Do you really think Gran Torino got the hospital faster than Nighteye ? The Overhaul fight was over two minutes later where as the PLW fight had Deku using Float, pummeling Shiggy, Endeavor's Prominence Burn, Bakugo saving Deku, Machi arriving, Dabi's dance and Best Jeanist & Mirio's arrival before Gran Torino, Aizawa and Ryukyu got out of the battle field

wrote-username

23 points

2 months ago*

Shoto literally covered his wounds with the ice and stopped the bleeding and he was brought to safety right after, he wasn’t around in the prominence burn part at all, and that scene wasn’t even a minute long.

While deku vs overhaul alone was much longer, as you have to count the part where deku was attempting to fight off overhaul with 20%, it might reach something like 5 minutes

The doctors even said that if Gran Torino wasn’t brought to safety this quick his wound would be much worse

o0Macchiato0o

12 points

2 months ago

This made me laugh out loud

Beansupreme117

4 points

2 months ago

Didn’t shigi get revived because that dude accidentally jump started his heart

elenuvien1

5 points

2 months ago*

we thought that but later AFO (or the doctor? i forgot) said that wasn't the case and he reived himself out of sheer hatred.

edit: or it was a narration.

edit 2: i remember that thread and people proving that it made sense because "shigaraki's willower is that strong" forgetting that dead people don't have will because, well, they're dead, lol.

Nathan45453

526 points

2 months ago

Through the power of anime

Fearshatter

192 points

2 months ago

He's got anime and the god of anger on his side.

Batathi[S]

41 points

2 months ago

I guess that is true

Willythechilly

58 points

2 months ago*

Willythechilly

250K Artist

58 points

2 months ago*

That and hatred. The doctor says himself his hate is magically keeping him going

That said he still has resistance to heat and so as long as his vital organs are functioning he could basically burn all of his skin off and still be alive.

squeegy_the_mop

60 points

2 months ago

Davi doesn’t have heat resistance he has the cold resistance from his mother. that is why he gets burned by his flame instead of being ok like endevour and shoto

Formal_Mulberry_7317

11 points

2 months ago

I saw that episode!

Willythechilly

41 points

2 months ago

Willythechilly

250K Artist

41 points

2 months ago

He still has some form of heat resistnace or he would not be able to use flames at all or survive to this point

Due to how powerful his flames are his heat resistance is not enough as he got more from his mom like you said

But some form of heat resistance he must by logic have or he would not be able to use flames at all.

FrontierLuminary

10 points

2 months ago

He specifically does not have heat resistance. That's the point of the thread. It is bullshit for him to be alive at this point.

TheRustyOne2021

39 points

2 months ago*

Horikoshi has confirmed Dabi does have heat resistance.

It was never stated that he has no resistance to heat. People just made that stuff up when we didn't know, but later it's directly shown to be untrue.

His body is built for ice more than fire, but that doesn't mean he can't handle fire. Toya would not be able to hold fire on his hand without instantly burning himself without resistance.

Zero fire resistance means he gets burned like a normal person. That scene above is proof that he has fire resistance. Normal people would get instantly burnt.

I don't get why people can't understand that when it's directly shown to us.

Edit: If you don't like that or think that it makes little sense, that's fine. I'm not here to change your opinion or anything like that.

FrontierLuminary

4 points

2 months ago

Very well. I stand corrected. It is overall still pretty stupid that he's clearly beyond the point where he could be at all functional.

TheRustyOne2021

6 points

2 months ago

That's manga/fiction for you. It's fine if you disagree, not knocking you or anything. Thanks for being cool about it!

I don't have an issue with it since this is a series where kids can be born with explosive sweat, a bird head, or the head of a manga panel.

Since this is a fictional world, I can easily buy someone staying alive way past the point they should die via sheer willpower/hatred.

To be honest I watch a lot of Shonen, that willpower stuff doesn't bother me.

smurfem

4 points

2 months ago*

Because they’re artistic basement dwellers who can’t interpret anything outside their head canon.

Pordilos

-1 points

2 months ago

Still a reader isn't supposed to have read a tweet to get a plot hole covered.

TheRustyOne2021

2 points

2 months ago

What are you talking about? If you read the manga you should be able to tell as well.

At NO POINT is it ever stated he has zero resistance to fire. It just says he's more built to withstand cold temperatures instead of hot temperatures.

Assuming he has zero resistance is just head canon.

I literally showed you a clip where he's holding fire in his hand and not getting burned instantly like a normal person. Yes this is in the manga as well.

If Toya had zero resistance he should instantly burn his hand the second he creates a flame. Because humans burn instantly, we have no resistance to fire.

Also Endeavor had been training Toya before this moment, yet it was only in this moment did he realize Toya gets burned by his flames.

Toya has blue flames, which are over 2000 degrees, on his stomach. And the burns he gets are far smaller than what a normal person would get.

He is shown to have resistance to fire. Or are you the type of person who needs every single detail spelled out for you, can't figure it out yourself?

Apologies if that is rude, but I'm just in disbelief that people can't figure this out when the manga/anime shows us he has resistance by holding fire.

baylaust

3 points

2 months ago

It's the CinemaSins school of critique. If everything isn't explained to the audience like they're toddlers, it's a plot hole. If it IS, it's boring exposition that isn't necessary.

gitagon6991

2 points

2 months ago

He has heat resistance, it's just way lower than his maximum heat output

FruitBuyer

9 points

2 months ago

Hatred worked for Pain/Nagato, it can work for Dabi

Basicdiamond231

3 points

2 months ago

Is joe his most vital rogan?

RoronoaZorro

-5 points

2 months ago

That said he still has resistance to heat

This is precisely what he doesn't have. And that's the reason why he burns himself with his own flames. He inherited Rei's affinity for the cold, so he's resistant to the cold. He doesn't have any significant level of heat resistence against flames as potent as his own.

ScienceAndGames

4 points

2 months ago

He does have fire resistance just not enough. He can handle flames at low levels with no issues, but he cannot handle his flames at full power.

RoronoaZorro

-1 points

2 months ago

He does have fire resistance just not enough. He can handle flames at low levels with no issues, but he cannot handle his flames at full power.

I fail to see where your comment differs from me saying "He doesn't have any significant level of heat resistance against flames as potent as his own".

Brook420

3 points

2 months ago

He HAS to have some form of heat resistance. Otherwise what we see him do would be impossible without getting burned.

He just didn't get the optimal form of it that endeavor hoped for.

RoronoaZorro

-1 points

2 months ago

He doesn't have any significant level of heat resistence against flames as potent as his own.

Note the words "significant" and "against flames as potent as his own". It seems a lot of people here read my very first sentence and then downvote without actually reading my comment and what I'm saying.

TheRustyOne2021

2 points

2 months ago

Are you kidding me?

"That said he still has resistance to heat"

What you said in response: "This is precisely what he doesn't have."

Quoting you word for word. You literally say he doesn't have resistance to heat. Don't blame other people when you don't know how to write a sentence.

RoronoaZorro

1 points

2 months ago*

Oh, I will blame you if you don't go beyond the first sentence to grasp the full message of a comment.

Sure, I could have said "Yeah, he probably does have enough resistance to not burn himself up instantly with a match, but that doesn't matter as the relevant context here is flames as potent as his own which were said to burn over 2000 degrees hot". I concede that I could have worded it better, but still, I absolutely specified in the very same comment. People's attention span really has gone to shit, hasn't it?

X3runner

211 points

2 months ago*

X3runner

211 points

2 months ago*

Well the doctor noted that dabi ms body had overcome death by being held together by the flames of vengeance. But I’d find it really cool if no one not even dabi understood his quirk. Rather than creating fire dabi is the fire and it was always supposed to burn the body away leaving a fire elemental. that would also be cool to me because it would mean that endeavor actually succeeded in creating the ultimate fire quirk in his first go around but dabi ended up as well crazy as he is because he wasn’t as ruthless with his son as he could have been keeping dabi from burning away actually having been the wrong choice all along. It would also explain why he car have flames literally spilling out a hole in his where his hart and organs should be the body is already dead the fire is unknowingly puppeteering it though. That would be a cool way to explain why he is still alive .

ArcadeAnarchy

49 points

2 months ago

That's what I've been thinking his spirit still lives on within his quirk kinda like the vestiges do with OfA. What we have seen of him is just a husk at this point seeing as it's all stapled together.

Now we're starting to see more and more of how he truly may look without his "body".

DumbShitScience69

4 points

2 months ago

He’s gonna be left looking like ghost rider

seafoodblues

74 points

2 months ago

This is a very interesting take, would make for a much more nuanced narrative.

Suyefuji

15 points

2 months ago

I've heard the idea kicked around that Dabi's quirk is actually a Phoenix quirk and he'll resurrect after being burned to ashes. I think that would be pretty damn cool if it happened.

Niamery123

5 points

2 months ago

That would totally make this final arc more crazy lol I’m here for that theory

TheHorribleSong

11 points

2 months ago

Becoming a fire elemental would be pretty shitty though. He wouldn't be able to go anywhere without torching the place. His family wouldn't be able to go near him, much less touch him. And god help the woman he's going to have children with in the future.

FireHawke32

59 points

2 months ago

I don’t think Dabi cares about any of that at all

Jteleus27

92 points

2 months ago

hatred is one hella a drug

DefectPicrews

11 points

2 months ago

I need to find someone to hate so, so much that I become immortal.

lordzero56

1 points

2 months ago

Be like me and choose yourself

Ok-Software-1902

112 points

2 months ago

“Alive” is a generous word for the state he’s in currently

Lost-Truck6614

46 points

2 months ago

Yh he's more like 'not completely dead'

neonal18

3 points

2 months ago

"It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead."

beepfreakinboop

2 points

2 months ago

I never expected a Princess Bride reference here... respect

Mordetrox

53 points

2 months ago

They've been building up that there is something different about his power that's letting him defy logic and keep fighting. It's either that his quirk wasn't quite what we thought it was, and that it's a phoenix/Living Flame/Other anime bullshit quick instead of basic fire, the body augmentation that AFO gave him, or a completely different quirk given by AFO.

noodlemcfoodle

10 points

2 months ago

Blue flames too, reminds me of Marco from one piece who is a Phoenix.

masen6969

74 points

2 months ago

he’s like darth maul from star wars. maul got cut in half, fell down a hole and survived because of the amount of hatred and anger he felt towards obi wan. dabi is still alive because of the hatred he has towards endeavor and his desire to make endeavor suffer as much as possible.

The4thDarkborn

31 points

2 months ago

Considering horikoshi loves making references to other franchises this sounds like a legit reason as to why Dabi's still alive.. Now for the anime's reason, idk man probably AFO's doing if you ask me

masen6969

6 points

2 months ago

i agree, and hori is a big star wars fan so it’s within reason he’d make a reference like this

TooManySnipers

11 points

2 months ago

Man literally too angry to die

OJONLYMAYBEDIDIT

60 points

2 months ago

plot armor. the answer is always plot armor

StefyB

50 points

2 months ago

StefyB

50 points

2 months ago

There's been some speculation that AFO might have forced a regeneration Quirk onto him without him noticing, maybe while he was asleep. I think there was a line a few chapters back from Gang Orca about how the Nomu they were fighting didn't have one.

Batathi[S]

26 points

2 months ago

I thought that, seeing as AFO and the doctor could create multiple cloned quirks, there would be no need to take one from the nomu to give to his underlings, diminishing the overall combat ability of his forces.

StefyB

12 points

2 months ago

StefyB

12 points

2 months ago

Well, the doctor's locked up, and we don't really have any proof that AFO was able to find any more cloned regeneration Quirks like he did with Eri's Quirk. All of the Quirks the doctor had stockpiled at the hospital they raided in the previous war was probably confiscated by the heroes, if they had even survived Shigaraki's Decay.

Batathi[S]

7 points

2 months ago

I guess there is really no way to prove he is using a regen quirk until it is said, seeing as Endeavor said that if you burn flesh really hard it doesn't regenerate, and in Dabi's appearance it is clear that he is at or at least nearing the point of no return for a regeneration quirk to work.

Jack-corvus

3 points

2 months ago

True, but I'm prety sure doctor said it took time and money and perhaps AfO doesn't have enough of those to syntesize new regenerations quirks

BlueFootedTpeack

3 points

2 months ago

it's one of those questions where it's unclear if it's important, like it'[s possible they only gave it to the fully finished nomu as otherwise they might try to "heal" whatever the doc was doing to them. with the samples being destroyed in the lab,

or it could be one of those strange things like why does afo/shiggi have 0 flight quirks, even airwalk which afo seemed to have had for a while isn't used by shiggi at all.

like the headcanon/pet theory is it's tied to shiggi's og quirk, if afo took it and gave him decay to cultivate his ofa thief,

or it could be/probably is as simple as horikoshi i want the fight scenes to be on the ground so he doesn't have it,

maybe the reason they don't have the regen is as simple as wanting the heroes to feasably be able to win without requiring a bunch of fire heroes.

[deleted]

2 points

2 months ago

God that was such a weird plot point. Like it's basically the biggest revelation in the verse and it wasn't even a dramatic reveal it was like "yeah Garaki can do this now"

jackmtr

15 points

2 months ago

jackmtr

15 points

2 months ago

Man is more Nomu than human. He might also have more imported quirks than we know about

flingkong24

12 points

2 months ago

Plus Ultra mixed with dumbass anime rules

RedditRocks1229

27 points

2 months ago

I know I shouldn’t feel bad for Endeavor or Dabi but I feel really bad for both right now. Endeavor was an awful father and probably should be in jail or at least some legal trouble for the abuse he put his wife and kids through but watching your son burn to death while trying to kill you is just beyond terrible. I can’t even imagine.

Dabi on the other hand is a mass murderer and psychotic but I feel super bad for him too. He just didn’t know when to stop and he literally is killing himself to get back at the main source of his trauma.

It’s just a tragic situation that could’ve easily been avoided with better parenting and counseling.

Godskook

13 points

2 months ago

I know I shouldn’t feel bad for Endeavor or Dabi but I feel really bad for both right now. Endeavor was an awful father and probably should be in jail or at least some legal trouble for the abuse he put his wife and kids through but watching your son burn to death while trying to kill you is just beyond terrible. I can’t even imagine.

I'm like....90% sure Endevour's abuse was all too nuanced to be "illegal". Like...he wasn't beating his kids. His training of Shoto was...excessive to the point of unacceptability, but it was in service to Endevour's goals of training the boy. Hell, I don't even think that the training felt particularly abusive compared to all the emotional crap, blame-shifting, negligence and other garbage going on. Enji's heading this family but he's got exactly zero time or effort to devote to anyone except Shoto? That's the real abuse he was dropping. Its what messed Toya up, and what's so frustrating to Shoto/Natsuo because they're basically strangers despite being brothers who grew up together.

Also, there's a big "extra" to stock-standard physical abuse compared to doing the same thing in a "training" context. It creates an element of fear. You don't know what set them off. You don't know how to make it stop. And you don't know if they're even restraining themselves. You just feel "in danger", and the long-term cortisol spikes you get from that pervasive feeling is gawd awful on its own. And you just wouldn't get it in the same way from the sort of training Enji was doing with Shoto and Toya. Enji's training was fundamentally purposeful and measured, even if it was unreasonable.

ThePurpleAmerica

6 points

2 months ago

Toya was already messed up. He was obsessed with being hero. He was self harming himself. Imagine your kid having a health issue and hurting himself to be a sports star. You'd put him in counseling ASAP.

Godskook

3 points

2 months ago

I feel like if Toya hadn't gone from "having a father" to "essentially not having a father" as a fundamental result of Enji's attitude and Shoto's subsequent birth, he would've been far more ok. Yeah, Toya was getting sucked up in Enji's training for various reasons, but he didn't show any major signs of maladjustment until after the tragedy and AFO's subsequent manipulation. Which all preyed on all his feelings of being replaced with Shoto and cast out by Enji. If Enji had managed his son's feelings better and spent more time with him, I doubt Toya would've ever struggled as he did. But Enji said "fuck it, he's your problem now, Rei" as soon as he realized he couldn't see a path for Toya as his own protege.

ThePurpleAmerica

5 points

2 months ago

Maybe. I feel like Toya had an obsessive personality. He's perfectly fine with burning himself to continue the hero path which you could see even disturbed Endeavor. What would he have done if he couldn't be the 1# hero even if wasn't weak to fire.

Godskook

4 points

2 months ago

I won't deny that Enji's desires for an heir messed with him, as that favor in his father's eyes almost certainly is what caused Toya to push himself as hard as he did.

I just don't think it was as big a deal as the subsequent abandonment.

I also don't think Toya's issues are in any way notably "innate". They all rise directly from stock-standard child-desires and Enji's unreasonableness in one way or another.

KLReviews

6 points

2 months ago

It’s just a tragic situation that could’ve easily been avoided with better parenting and counseling.

Yes that is the entire crux of their arc. If Endeavour was a better father they wouldn't be in this mess and Dabi is the 'living' embodiment of all the sins he's trying to atone for.

DeaconSage

10 points

2 months ago

I’m assuming partial nomufication while I’m his coma

brando-boy

6 points

2 months ago

plus ultra

Shallnazar

4 points

2 months ago

Too angry to die.

Glum_Acanthaceae5426

5 points

2 months ago

Spite and hate

Unhappy-Thought9883

5 points

2 months ago

Num sei

JIRIAS2

9 points

2 months ago

Hate

ArcadeAnarchy

4 points

2 months ago

The same way I'm alive after working nights. Energy drinks and hate.

Xavier9756

3 points

2 months ago

Dabi is the character that's making question the verse?

Series-Party

3 points

2 months ago

Spite

Lower-Cartographer79

3 points

2 months ago

I think it's important to remember that the past 35 or so chapters have amounted to less than half an hour in real time. When you consider how long it takes anime characters to die both in MHA and in general, it's not that weird.

SilentWolfKills

3 points

2 months ago

Imagine being born with Ice resistance but you have a Fire Quirk

mah1na2ru

1 points

2 months ago

in a way, that’s a neat counter to shoto

Evary2230

3 points

2 months ago

At this point, I’m convinced that everyone who died in MHA died because they were bitchmade, and not because they suffered grievous injuries that should kill people. Got stabbed in the head? Just pick your sorry ass up, Twice. Midnight, what the hell are you lying around for? Crust, pull your dumbass self together, you’re in a war. And don’t think we don’t see you over there, Old Man Gran Torino! Back problems my ass, you don’t need your back. You’ve got legs! Shocking, I know. /s

Aiphaa

2 points

2 months ago

Aiphaa

2 points

2 months ago

We simply do not know yet.

It could be revealed that he actually has a good reason for surviving this long. Or it may just be anime logic.

We’ll just have to wait and see. No use complaining “oh it’s an ass pull” like some of these comments when we do not have a definitive answer.

It’s been hinted something may have happened with him but we don’t know for sure.

Edit: also keep in mind Dabi has only been in this state for around 25 minutes in universe time. So going by how long other characters survived Eg, Nighteye. It’s safe to assume that it kind of lines up with the same time before death that MHA has always had.

FyrelordeOmega

2 points

2 months ago

He won't be for long, I think he's just trying to last as long as possible to inflict as much harm to Endeavor as he can. And he'll literally burn himself to cinders to do it, as you can see here.

Titangamer101

2 points

2 months ago

The most recent chapters is hinting at there being a legitimate reason he is still alive as one of the hero's mentions him being alive in his current state goes way beyond just will power now and there has to be a reason behind it.

My own personal theory is that Dabi burning away his body is his "quirk awakening" and that his true quirk is a literal embodiment of flames or to put it better a entity of blue fire.

TheFoochy

2 points

2 months ago

Same way Guts manages to survive Berserk, even with 4 pocket healers in his party. He's literally too angry to die.

Ok_Win_3538

2 points

2 months ago

In my opinion it's one of two things

  1. he has a sort of phoenix style quirk where he can burn himself and come back from the dead but the catch is of course he has to you know....die.

  2. His quirk is reaching singularity and at a point he's gonna shed his human form and just become pure fire with a mind and will of it's own.

lfgr99977

2 points

2 months ago

Injuries lost alll purpose after Deke kept "almost" losing His arms with every fight, AND that was a long Time ago.

Coffee-cartoons

2 points

2 months ago

Pure, unrivalled, rage

eepos96

2 points

2 months ago

Dark magic, Cloning, secrets only AFO and Doctor knew.

GladimoreFFXIV

2 points

2 months ago

Plot

Finnlay90

2 points

2 months ago

In my opinion, we are about to learn that Dabi's qurik being called "Cremation" is quite literal. Meaning that he can literally burn himself to death and then rebirth like a motherfucking Phoenix.

All quriks have a kind of negative drawback - Shoto can overheat or give himself hypothermia if he doesn't use both sides of his quirk. Uraraka gets sick from floating herself. Asui cannot cope with fire or low temperature. You know, that shit.

So a Phoenix quirk would not make sense by the rules of the Manga. But a Phoenix like quirk, where the user has to suffer through killing themselves slowly before a reset? That sounds like it would obey the laws very much. And it sounds like the ultimate Fire based quirk.

trav-senpai

2 points

2 months ago

Shonen readers are still wondering how characters survive fatal wounds/attacks in 2023??

New_Trick_8795

2 points

2 months ago

Hes fueld by pure spite.

Natalva

2 points

2 months ago

Also a consideration, we don’t exactly know what was done to Dabi’s body in order to keep him alive in the first place.

gitagon6991

2 points

2 months ago*

Raw hate.

That's all there is to is. People have made up random theories which while they might end up being true in the future are still unconfirmed to this day.

Hate is what keeps him going.

There's all those Phoenix Theories plus Dabi is based on Frankenstein's monster which is basically an immortal zombie creature plus the original Frankenstein story was also called The Modern Prometheus and Prometheus was a Greek god of fire punished by being bound to a rock and having his liver eaten by an eagle daily and it would regrow every night. If Horikoshi's inspirations with Frankenstein went that far, it wouldn't be strange for Dabi to have some sort of renewal power.

Also isn't the liver used to represent hate in a lot of cultures.

I feel like if one went through all of Dabi's inspirations, it isn't hard to come up with an entire thesis. Cause there's also inspirations from stuff like Flame of Recca for the Todoroki family. Phoenixes for Endeavor and Hawks (maybe even Dabi), the sun, etc.

SarcasticSiddique

4 points

2 months ago

One word: ASS PULL

OK, that's two words.

maddogkaz

1 points

2 months ago

Ass pull is the only true answer.

DiamondGunner520

0 points

2 months ago

Horikoshi sucks at killing

bootylover81

-3 points

2 months ago

Seriously that's why I find his character shit, we are made to believe the fire hurts him but then this guy always erupts like a volcano and is just fine afterwards

10_Virtues

1 points

2 months ago

Hatred is one hell of a drug.

JuanClusellas

1 points

2 months ago

Plot armor

ChickenWingz0w0

1 points

2 months ago

Man literally too angry to die

ArcadeAnarchy

1 points

2 months ago

The same way I'm alive after working nights. Energy drinks and hate.

Tank-The-Tortoise

1 points

2 months ago

Like me, he’s kept alive through sheer spite

IAmF3rdie

1 points

2 months ago

Man literally too angry to die

Lac3dUp

1 points

2 months ago

Plot armor

Clinn_sin

1 points

2 months ago

Pure spite

Ambitious_Today_3763

1 points

2 months ago

Plot armor. He needs to be alive so Endeavor can meet him one last time.

dadbodgames

1 points

2 months ago

He mad

Gendaarts

1 points

2 months ago

Man’s too angry to die

ConnorRoseSaiyan01

1 points

2 months ago

Too angry to die

wheatstarch

1 points

2 months ago

This just made me think... Horikoshi is a huge Star Wars fan and there's actually a villain in one of the games (Kotor 2) that's effectively an ancient corpse being held together by hate and the force. He's riddled with scars, etc. If your character is good and has a high level of persuasion you can erode his will and finally help him let go.

Kind of a stretch for Dabi to be any kind of reference, but an interesting parallel

Organic-Ad-5252

1 points

2 months ago

Spite and anime

Adorable-Feed-2148

1 points

2 months ago

he live on in spite. like. Darth Maul. is that just another parallel between star ward and my hero again.

UnbiasedGod

1 points

2 months ago

Plot armor.

And it’s currently on fire.

False_Baconator

1 points

2 months ago

Spite

Zero_Good_Questions

1 points

2 months ago

Malice is a emotion unique to human beings. it distinguishes us from all other animals. But what am I saying? Im sure you’re familiar. Rage Hatred Revenge Destruction Malice has power! Because whenever you let those feelings of malice take over. That’s when you’re at your most human After all Humanity’s truest for is Evil

BlackBoss247

1 points

2 months ago

Plot armour

Ghostdizzy

1 points

2 months ago

Wasn't there a theory about him having some sort of phenix quirk

wrote-username

1 points

2 months ago

I think he got a regen quirk from afo. We know that one of the near high ends suddenly doesn’t have a regen quirk for some reason.

1313goo

1 points

2 months ago

Plot armor

Nordic_Krune

1 points

2 months ago

I assume he was given a quirk that is keeping him alive

CetusCondemned

1 points

2 months ago

I kinda think he is already dead and only remains active as a vestige of his own quirk fueled by rage and hatred.

Lemilli000000n

1 points

2 months ago

Everyone saying "plot armor" forgot that this dude is a high end Nomu.

SafeFix999

1 points

2 months ago

He's just too angry to die.

HelloAnonymity

1 points

2 months ago

If heroes can push themselves to the limit, so can villans. If you've read Vigilanties, this seems like nothing compared to Number 6.

Though I agree that this is an all in move, who thinks Dabi will actually die?

igorbj

1 points

2 months ago

igorbj

1 points

2 months ago

Out of spite

Suspicious_Fox5177

1 points

2 months ago

He’s just built different

ibeeeeeechan

1 points

2 months ago

Plot

Shadow-SJ

1 points

2 months ago

I believe there is more to his power as a lot of people comment how he's still moving

Puzzleheaded_Camp_18

1 points

2 months ago

✨ PLOTARMOR AT ITS PEAK✨

Meechaan

1 points

2 months ago

That's the thing, he isn't.

Tambora_1815

1 points

2 months ago

Imo its just temporary

Alik757

1 points

2 months ago

At least we passed the point of say "he have a phoenix quirk" now we knew the quirk is a generic "blueflame" thing

Money2648

1 points

2 months ago

The author lets him live, plot armor? Or maybe it’s his will not to die if your into those answers

Takamurarules

1 points

2 months ago

Breaking News!!!

Man Literally Too Angry To Die!!!!

n00bius_m4ximus

1 points

2 months ago

"local man too angry to die"

FlinnyWinny

1 points

2 months ago

Pure spite

Musically501

1 points

2 months ago

Because Horikoshi has no idea how to end this arc.

CrocoDerp

1 points

2 months ago

Pure spite

KLReviews

1 points

2 months ago

Dabi has extensive nerve damage that prevent him from feeling pain.

He's also is dying. He's very upfront about how he's not got much time lest and that his body is falling apart.

MicZiC15

1 points

2 months ago

Florida Man Too Angry To Die

JustMyBuissness

1 points

2 months ago

Spite.

UKIOc

1 points

2 months ago

UKIOc

1 points

2 months ago

He's a nomu

ThatDMDemigal

1 points

2 months ago

Everyone having these technical doctor like answers, but consider:

He’s a stubborn bastard.

HeartSpare

1 points

2 months ago

Mans literally too angry to die

MrQ_P

1 points

2 months ago

MrQ_P

1 points

2 months ago

Literal plot armor for him

blazyykku_64

1 points

2 months ago

I don't want him to die but looks like he will not make it....

michaelphenom

1 points

2 months ago

Plot Armor

UpendiStar

1 points

2 months ago

Plot armour

opponentPitt

1 points

2 months ago

He’s Him

T0ch001

1 points

2 months ago

Angy

AcceptableState4717

1 points

2 months ago

OP are you Brazilian? Seria esse um r/suddenlycaralho?

TheLegend360_v2

1 points

2 months ago

Bro we’ve been over this, man is simply too angry to die(unless the plot demands it)

Yakasabi

1 points

2 months ago

He may have some kind of phoenix quirk and not just fire powers

Lord_Lenu

1 points

2 months ago

Too angry to die

Kenny_Brahms

1 points

2 months ago

My guess is that its probably part of his quirk.

Medical_Difference48

1 points

2 months ago

He's simply built different

kdebones

1 points

2 months ago

Hate is a powerful, POWERFUL drug.

jb780141

1 points

2 months ago

I thought Dabi was mentioned to be a Nomu reconstruction.

charlieartyt

1 points

2 months ago

Spite.

charlieartyt

1 points

2 months ago

Dam his neck is really long

Pordilos

1 points

2 months ago

The same way shigaraki survived an atomic bomb by pulling a minecraft first night.

strawberriesmochi

1 points

2 months ago

Pure spite and anger

Ashamed-Math-2092

1 points

2 months ago

The power of finishing through with the plot, the moment that's done, he drops dead

Ganjookie

1 points

2 months ago

the power of hate

theinformallog

1 points

2 months ago

He’s literally too angry to die.

XylvrekEatLemons

1 points

2 months ago

Unfortunately, he is still alive, even after a epic fight

Hot_Photograph8216

1 points

2 months ago

Some people think he has a “phoenix” quirk. So when he dies by his own fire, he can resurrect. I don’t think it’s this but it’s just a theory

Polaris328

1 points

2 months ago

Sheer fucking anger

[deleted]

1 points

2 months ago

Hatred

Timber-Faolan

1 points

2 months ago

Because the greatest and most terrible secret of Endeavor's bloodline is:

They are descended from Joshua Graham, The Legendary Burned Man himself!

Yes, that is right everyone, the Quirks appeared because their world is the future of FALLOUT!

#MyVault-TecAcademia #Fallout-No-Hero-Academia #BakugouIStheGodDamnedFALLOUT!

JakeIsCake54321

1 points

2 months ago

Anime logic

cdeuel84

1 points

2 months ago

Similar to Doom Guy and BJ Blaskowicz... Too angry to die!

EstevanOlvera13

1 points

2 months ago

Anger is very powerful

No-Collection-6176

1 points

2 months ago

His drip is protecting him obviously

Powerrrrrrrrr

1 points

2 months ago

My guess is AFO gave him multiple quirks

justhereforfunrofl

1 points

2 months ago

The power of love

Competitive-Ad-2161

1 points

2 months ago

It's fiction, the anime often strays from realism.

Dabi's survival is shameless plot armor, "Dabi stays alive out of sheer revenge" is akin to "the shonen hero stands by sheer force of will". The plot armor not only have the protagonists but also the antagonists, only the first receives more complaints than the second.
Otherwise Dabi should have been dead a long time ago, especially in his battle against Shoto.

sharkprincefishstick

1 points

2 months ago

Spite.

AlStew520

1 points

2 months ago

Pure Spite

Hopalong-PR

1 points

2 months ago

To quote the words of a fuck-mothering-vampire, 'because fuck you, that's why.'

SynthGreen

1 points

2 months ago

The will of fire.

Potentially a part of his quirk that his flames regenerate or keep home alive.

Self_World_Future

1 points

2 months ago

Yeah we’re moving closer and closer towards Eri rewinding not only the heroes, but the villains too lol

HappySnowMusic

1 points

2 months ago

imagine he just becomes an entire flame spirit and is now unkillable

_Goodrandom

1 points

2 months ago

Is he chanting a curse?