Tokoyami tries to act like the typical edgy loner, but pretty much every time he actually interacts with someone for longer than like two sentences he is really nice.
Yeah he’d be a pretty cool guy to hang out with watching horror films on Netflix, or just spending time with in general. Also his similarities to Raven from Teen Titans. I wish he’d add more of his own dry humor like Raven does in her show.
A lot of people forget that he's one of the strongest in 1-A potentially, with bakugo and todoroki mostly having an advantage due to his weakness to light
Yeah, like he be unstoppable probably in night by pro hero time. Another hero who should be the strongest if more realistic is Jiro, since sound is extremely dangerous if you look into it. Like she can play a frequency to just knock out everyone or do a sound attack that just destroys you, with no property damage.
You kinda forget that other shadow quirks exist. I remember a class 1B student who can manipulate shadows and used it against Tokoyami. If he's going to be an Underground Hero, he'd have one city to guard which means his enemies would be aware of this and bring both light and dark quirks into the equation. Dark Shadow is powerful, yes, but Tokoyami himself isn't. Plus he's also weak to Kaminari so electric quirks, which we can see aren't really rare in this Universe, are also a no go. Edit: If you mention 1 A, I'd say that Todoroki should be the most powerful. If he used his fire in the Sports Festival, he could've activated Katsuki's sweat and exploded him then iced him when he can't form explosions anymore. His endurance would be pretty strong against Jiro too. He was just terribly nerfed during the Stain fight for plot. But nothing against Tokoyami. His flight aspect of his quirk is pretty useful
@@jjmara01 1) Jirou is weak to sounds of any kind. Without her support weapon, she's pretty weak 2) I'm pretty sure her amplifiers don't calculate which target to hit so she would be causing a lot of damages Edit: I think you're somehow equating her with Gang Orca, but Gang Orca has think skin which makes his defence way higher than Jiro. A sneak attack could easily counter her in one hit
@shadyy knight yeah, the second game really improved after the first one. It’s in English and they hav plenty of characters to play as, so it’ll take a while before you get bored.
@shadyy knight he doesn’t have his manga abilities that haven’t been animated but he is one of the best characters, his playstyle is really similar to Spider-Man (he can swing around using his tapes) and he can make a clone of the opponent after measuring them and use it against them for a few seconds
His ‘revelry in the dark’ phrase in season 3 made him one of my favourite side characters in this series. Also, I find it funny that his birthday was one day off from being on Halloween...
And his room being very goth and supernaturalthemed, with an edgy katana , and key assecouire 💀💀. His bonding over the revelry in the darkness. A cute thing is that fenrir in mythology was a cute loyal pupperto the gods, that got betrayed and abused by the gods, why he will do that. Maybe a hint to abuse?! Or just that he and his power are really incredible loyal and cute.
I see why Tokoyami has a HUGE fan base. Very powerful, a team player, and nice guy under the dark exterior. Tokoyami is someone you can relay on. No ego. Gets the job done. Looking forward to the upcoming chapters.
The "tokiyami" i barely noticed but the "re-destroy-o" instead of re-des-tro nearly cause me to have a stroke. Great video in all other aspects tho homeslice.
God I really do love Tokoyami. Like hes just so within himself. And his battle between himself and his literal shadow is so cool. Man is just trying his best like anyone else yet his specific circumstances just pull me in
Definitely became one of the most interesting side characters in the show for me since both seeing Dark Shadow in action and his out of control incident in the forest that nearly got him kidnapped by the League with Bakugou. Still hoping he’ll have one of his own epic battles like Kirishima against Rappa during the Overhaul arc.
I think that’s way in a split manga with MHA, dark shadow was able to turn into a human and turned into a little girl with black hair and a somewhat typical annoying little sister
My favorite boi - I really hope he keeps getting the spotlight more and more. He’s one of the few side characters that has maintained a steady rhythm in terms of screen-time and characterization. One could even hope for something anime original like Froppy got *wink wink*
I thoroughly appreciate your addressing of the unintended mispronunciation. While it should be recognized that some people are dislexic or have speech impediments or struggles, WAY too many people put no effort into learning how words and names are pronounced. Especially words and names from other cultures.
This is the first time ive ever seen someone apologize for a mispronunciation and give a valid explanation. It certainly made it more bearable to listen to, so thank you for that.
My favourite character in the series. I gravitate more to side characters that are different physically, cause they have greater potential to explore and growth as well. Plus he and Tsuya are bloody adorable together.
Tokoyami looking at his birth date be like: WHY COULDN’T YOU HOLD IT FOR ONE DAY, MOM! I WANTED TO BE BORN ON A DARK DAY! Edit: What the- Thank you guys so much! 106!?!? I didn’t deserve that. Thanks again! ^^
Ever since his power got introduced when I was reading the manga I knew I was gonna love this guy. And hell yeah I did. Not only does he have my second favorite quirk in the show ( first one will be Tamaki's quirk ) but we also share birthday date and that's just awesome to me. His developement as a hero thanks to Hawks and the master/student relationship they have is just great. Really wanna see the bird boi go all out in a fight one day and get a bit more spotlight in the story too.
Okay I love Tokoyami and this video was super insightful into his character I never actually read Tokoyami as a chunnibyo character I was always like "oh this kid, he's in the middle of his emo phase" but seeing this and looking back at him it all makes so much more sense
Honestly Shinsou gets too much wrap in Universe for his Mind Control Quirk being deemed “scary” or Villainous which is meager compared to Tokoyami’s dealing with Dark Shadow during the night cause it’s a consequence he can’t control, in his hero days he’ll have no choice but to deal with dark environments at times anyways. And Bakugou and Todoroki won’t always be there to be Dark shadows tamers in preventing him from losing control. You ask me Tokoyami has gotten the much harder struggle with his future training in able to use Dark Shadow to greater heights otherwise he’ll risk causing Dark Shadow to go out of control in fully dark environments back in Season 3.
@@toadlord8594 I totally agree with you there, like I like Shinso but looking at it objectively it's suprising no one ever brings up Tokoyami's struggle or Tokoyami being seen as having a villanous quirk.
I watch these videos while getting ready and I've learned so much and grew a great appreciation for ALOT of characters, i love these videos! Thank you for making them♡♡♡
I think there's on thing in Tokoyami's growth that been missed here. Admittedly it's a small thing but it's important. It's the point where tells Kaminari that he thinks he's amazing. Tokoyami would have had a harder time saying something like that in the beginning. It's small show of a growth in confidence in himself as well as him apricating others. Get it done, Chargebolt.
I've been waiting for this one for a while and it came out so well! As for the disclaimer, I wouldn't have even put much stock into it if I noticed just because my mind would've realized what was being said and ignored the accidental blending
Your MHA video's are some of my favorite video's on all of RUclips. You're so knowledgeable and entertaining in each of your videos. Thank you for making these, I always look forward to seeing knew one's as soon as they come out.
You ever considered doing one of these The Beauty of/The Glory of videos on characters from Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist?
The irony that the 'middle school syndrome' is sometimes identified by a belief that they have special powers... And bird boy LITERALLY has special powers lol
When he played the persona 4 footage when talking about shadows I realized that both the shadows in persona and dark shadow have yellow eyes. Coincidence, I THINK SO
"almost every species in the universe has an irrational fear of the Dark. but they're wrong. because it's not irrational. it's -Vashta Nerada- Yokoyami" -the 10th Doctor
Ah yeah, there was a side manga Horokorshi(sorry I misspelt it) wrote where Dark shadow was allowed to turn into a human and dark shadow turned out to be a little girl with black hair. I think it’s pretty neat
additionally for influences I like to imagine his is also partly inspired by green lantern, seeing as how they both protrude an energy construct from there being & you can easily replace light with darkness seeing as how they are famous opposites
Tokoyami tries to act like the typical edgy loner, but pretty much every time he actually interacts with someone for longer than like two sentences he is really nice.
Someone dark and edgy doesn't have to be mean pretty stereotypical lol
Yeah he’d be a pretty cool guy to hang out with watching horror films on Netflix, or just spending time with in general.
Also his similarities to Raven from Teen Titans. I wish he’d add more of his own dry humor like Raven does in her show.
@@toadlord8594 *dc batman,dc obsidian.
Ah yes, Magician's Dark
LOVE THIS
XD
Hirokoshis raven 😈😈😈
I think Magician's Black makes more sense, no?
@@timeman5878 I thought of that, but then there'd be this offended snowflake
Pure gold right there!
A lot of people forget that he's one of the strongest in 1-A potentially, with bakugo and todoroki mostly having an advantage due to his weakness to light
Yeah, like he be unstoppable probably in night by pro hero time. Another hero who should be the strongest if more realistic is Jiro, since sound is extremely dangerous if you look into it. Like she can play a frequency to just knock out everyone or do a sound attack that just destroys you, with no property damage.
It's similar to escanor in the seven deadly sins, exept intead of being unbeatable at noon he's at midnight.
If he didn't have a weakness to light and if he knew how to completely control quirk, Dark Shadow, he *would* be the strongest.
You kinda forget that other shadow quirks exist. I remember a class 1B student who can manipulate shadows and used it against Tokoyami. If he's going to be an Underground Hero, he'd have one city to guard which means his enemies would be aware of this and bring both light and dark quirks into the equation. Dark Shadow is powerful, yes, but Tokoyami himself isn't. Plus he's also weak to Kaminari so electric quirks, which we can see aren't really rare in this Universe, are also a no go.
Edit: If you mention 1 A, I'd say that Todoroki should be the most powerful. If he used his fire in the Sports Festival, he could've activated Katsuki's sweat and exploded him then iced him when he can't form explosions anymore. His endurance would be pretty strong against Jiro too. He was just terribly nerfed during the Stain fight for plot. But nothing against Tokoyami. His flight aspect of his quirk is pretty useful
@@jjmara01
1) Jirou is weak to sounds of any kind. Without her support weapon, she's pretty weak
2) I'm pretty sure her amplifiers don't calculate which target to hit so she would be causing a lot of damages
Edit: I think you're somehow equating her with Gang Orca, but Gang Orca has think skin which makes his defence way higher than Jiro. A sneak attack could easily counter her in one hit
One of the coolest quirks on the show, he is my second main on the my hero one justice game (first one is Twice)
@shadyy knight yeah, the second game really improved after the first one. It’s in English and they hav plenty of characters to play as, so it’ll take a while before you get bored.
ride or die Denki mains!
@shadyy knight he doesn’t have his manga abilities that haven’t been animated but he is one of the best characters, his playstyle is really similar to Spider-Man (he can swing around using his tapes) and he can make a clone of the opponent after measuring them and use it against them for a few seconds
The closest MHA has to an actual Stand user
I can imagine him fitting into the universe without the bird head
@@paulhage4059 *with
@@troljynx9953Agreed
He my favorite
@@paulhage4059 It's like the opposite of Magician's Red
Black Fallen Angel is literally just troll physics.
Step one Oil floats on water
Step 2 cover yourself in oil
Step 3 cloak dark shadow and make it cover its arms around you
Step 4 profit?
Step 5 the gods smite you down for huberis
His ‘revelry in the dark’ phrase in season 3 made him one of my favourite side characters in this series.
Also, I find it funny that his birthday was one day off from being on Halloween...
And the birthday of his Class B counterpart, Kuroiro, is one day after Halloween (IIRC).
And his room being very goth and supernaturalthemed, with an edgy katana , and key assecouire 💀💀. His bonding over the revelry in the darkness.
A cute thing is that fenrir in mythology was a cute loyal pupperto the gods, that got betrayed and abused by the gods, why he will do that. Maybe a hint to abuse?! Or just that he and his power are really incredible loyal and cute.
Mine was one day off of being born on Friday 13, October
Tokoyami: *Just one more day... I should've waited ONE MORE DAY*
KUROIRO: *I just HAD to stay in longer...*
That must aggravate him so much LOL
Tokoyami is the most adorkable character in MHA.
Adarkable* 😂
He’s extremely popular in fanfics as well
I see why Tokoyami has a HUGE fan base. Very powerful, a team player, and nice guy under the dark exterior. Tokoyami is someone you can relay on. No ego. Gets the job done. Looking forward to the upcoming chapters.
Oh yes! One of my favorite characters from My Hero Academia. He definitely needs more screen time in the manga/anime
Facts. Hes is Literally in top 5 strongest in the class
💯 Facts
Yeah I know
Agreed 💯
He will
Trust me
Tokoyami isn't a depressed birb that wants to die.
*He's just a chill birb who likes the dark*
By far one of the most badass side characters. Love this guy.
The "tokiyami" i barely noticed but the "re-destroy-o" instead of re-des-tro nearly cause me to have a stroke. Great video in all other aspects tho homeslice.
I always read it as Re-Destructo so I get that.
When a random side character is stronger than half the characters your protagonist hangs out with
Ghosts of dead people don't count as people you hang with lol
@@Drums_of_Liberation dammit
God I really do love Tokoyami. Like hes just so within himself. And his battle between himself and his literal shadow is so cool. Man is just trying his best like anyone else yet his specific circumstances just pull me in
Definitely became one of the most interesting side characters in the show for me since both seeing Dark Shadow in action and his out of control incident in the forest that nearly got him kidnapped by the League with Bakugou.
Still hoping he’ll have one of his own epic battles like Kirishima against Rappa during the Overhaul arc.
Tokoyami and dark shadow are like conjoined twins since shadow has a personality( an annoying little sibling though)
I think that’s way in a split manga with MHA, dark shadow was able to turn into a human and turned into a little girl with black hair and a somewhat typical annoying little sister
@@sagetheplantboi8612 confirm shadow is D.W. !!! XD
My favorite boi - I really hope he keeps getting the spotlight more and more.
He’s one of the few side characters that has maintained a steady rhythm in terms of screen-time and characterization.
One could even hope for something anime original like Froppy got *wink wink*
Him possibly having a connection to death note and venom has made me like him even more, and he was already my favorite class 1-A student
I thoroughly appreciate your addressing of the unintended mispronunciation. While it should be recognized that some people are dislexic or have speech impediments or struggles, WAY too many people put no effort into learning how words and names are pronounced. Especially words and names from other cultures.
Legit one of the most relatable Characters in the Series.
U^ェ^U
ah yes i too am an edgy jojo bird
Remonds me of raven from teen titans way too relatable, and adorable fun akward.
@@marocat4749 might have been inspired from her, perhaps Horokoshi thought adding a raven like character perhaps.
I relate to him so much cause i used to be an edge lord
@@SpyralSpyral who isnt?
Ragnarok's eyes looks like Beast of Darkness' from Berserk. You can also see the enfaces on the left eye since Guts is missing the other one
This is the first time ive ever seen someone apologize for a mispronunciation and give a valid explanation. It certainly made it more bearable to listen to, so thank you for that.
My favourite character in the series. I gravitate more to side characters that are different physically, cause they have greater potential to explore and growth as well. Plus he and Tsuya are bloody adorable together.
Tokoyami looking at his birth date be like:
WHY COULDN’T YOU HOLD IT FOR ONE DAY, MOM! I WANTED TO BE BORN ON A DARK DAY!
Edit: What the- Thank you guys so much! 106!?!? I didn’t deserve that. Thanks again! ^^
Ah yes, a dark day, where kids dress in costumes to go trick or treating, I mean, it is still spooky
@@CrowAkechi_The_Luminary it’s indirectly creepy.
@@user-zj1wd8ty5r sorru bout that
Imagine he’s born at like 11:59 on October 30th.
One of my favorite characters from my hero
Tokoyami's chuuni was written perfectly balanced between funny and actually cool
Ever since his power got introduced when I was reading the manga I knew I was gonna love this guy. And hell yeah I did. Not only does he have my second favorite quirk in the show ( first one will be Tamaki's quirk ) but we also share birthday date and that's just awesome to me. His developement as a hero thanks to Hawks and the master/student relationship they have is just great. Really wanna see the bird boi go all out in a fight one day and get a bit more spotlight in the story too.
Okay I love Tokoyami and this video was super insightful into his character
I never actually read Tokoyami as a chunnibyo character I was always like "oh this kid, he's in the middle of his emo phase" but seeing this and looking back at him it all makes so much more sense
Honestly Shinsou gets too much wrap in Universe for his Mind Control Quirk being deemed “scary” or Villainous which is meager compared to Tokoyami’s dealing with Dark Shadow during the night cause it’s a consequence he can’t control, in his hero days he’ll have no choice but to deal with dark environments at times anyways. And Bakugou and Todoroki won’t always be there to be Dark shadows tamers in preventing him from losing control.
You ask me Tokoyami has gotten the much harder struggle with his future training in able to use Dark Shadow to greater heights otherwise he’ll risk causing Dark Shadow to go out of control in fully dark environments back in Season 3.
@@toadlord8594 I totally agree with you there, like I like Shinso but looking at it objectively it's suprising no one ever brings up Tokoyami's struggle or Tokoyami being seen as having a villanous quirk.
@@emileepakosinski8327 Yeah Shinshou’s my boy, my purple hair boy getting screen time currently in season five but still.
Its kinda the same thing, from what i ger from chunnibyo, being an edgy emo or goth fits.
He has a permanent place in my top 5 MHA characters
I watch these videos while getting ready and I've learned so much and grew a great appreciation for ALOT of characters, i love these videos! Thank you for making them♡♡♡
I think there's on thing in Tokoyami's growth that been missed here. Admittedly it's a small thing but it's important. It's the point where tells Kaminari that he thinks he's amazing. Tokoyami would have had a harder time saying something like that in the beginning. It's small show of a growth in confidence in himself as well as him apricating others.
Get it done, Chargebolt.
I hope we can see a female character with contrasting powers that goes by the name Amaterasu for her future hero name get buddy-buddy with Tokoyami
I honestly except it to be a villain if that happens
I've been waiting for this one for a while and it came out so well! As for the disclaimer, I wouldn't have even put much stock into it if I noticed just because my mind would've realized what was being said and ignored the accidental blending
Meti not the bad guy thank you for doing my character request you are freakin amazing bro 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✊🏼
The night before Halloween is also called "Devil's Night".
he's one of my favorite characters since he's soo powerful and I actually find him kinda cute tho ._.
6:18 I'm kinda upset they didn't make the name for this "black mail" a pun on chainmail
Tokoyami is by far my favorite My Hero Academia character and I can't wait till the later arcs where he's involved a lot get animated
Your MHA video's are some of my favorite video's on all of RUclips. You're so knowledgeable and entertaining in each of your videos. Thank you for making these, I always look forward to seeing knew one's as soon as they come out.
Yoo finally a video on my favorite mha character, loved it! 👍
5:40 ohhhhh my god, imagine if Tokoyami is mortally wounded and Dark Shadow just goes absolutely bonkers
Fumikage is one of my favorite My Hero characters thanks for doing a video on him.
*”DON’T BEG FOR IT, SMALL FRY!!l*
yeah I know it was Dark Shadow who was talking but it’s still so badass
2:55 so that’s why dark shadow is so much like a stand
Kaido is the best example because he’s the poor man’s Fumikage and I love it
Are we not gonna comment on how the thumbnail says "The Beuty of Fumikage Tokoyami"
He fixed it now
Ah yes, the stand user from BNHA
We love to see Tokoyami love!
He's one of my favourite characters. Horikoshi's right; he IS cool.
As an alternative person I fell in love with that weirdo so goddamn fast and his skills are amazing too.
I can only stan.
There is beauty in the Darkness. Coincidentally, I made a painting of Tokoyami today.
Revelry in the darkness as all great artists do😈
BEST BOY GETTING COVERED
I love you Meti.
Man Horikoshi puts spiderman stuff in everything mha
Love your vids man
I feel your pain in not being able to read
I've been waiting a long time for this video
You ever considered doing one of these The Beauty of/The Glory of videos on characters from Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist?
The irony that the 'middle school syndrome' is sometimes identified by a belief that they have special powers... And bird boy LITERALLY has special powers lol
Finally. My favorite character is getting some attention!
In the beginning when he explains about the second grade syndrome, Kaidou from Saiki appear in my mind with his own song justice knight of thunder 😂
Best character
Underrated asf
love all your vidoes
I love myself some good crow hero
From the deepest abyss, he reaches for the heart of thy people
He reached mine already. I love him so much
Don't ever forget that Dark Shadow was able to go toe-to-toe with 100% Stress Redestro, just from being in a dark tunnel
And now all for one
Fun fact: if you remove abyss from black abyss sabbath, it says "black sabbath" which is probably a reference to the band of the same name
Well, he is technically a stand user.
LOL SICK AR M HAHA you just earned a sub. No one talks about MAR
When he played the persona 4 footage when talking about shadows I realized that both the shadows in persona and dark shadow have yellow eyes. Coincidence, I THINK SO
I always imagine tokoyomi and dark shadow as conjoined twins
"almost every species in the universe has an irrational fear of the Dark. but they're wrong. because it's not irrational. it's -Vashta Nerada- Yokoyami"
-the 10th Doctor
Falco’s bizarre adventure
It's kinda fitting that Tsukuyomi has the same effect as book of moon, the quick play spell.
Stand User: Tokoyami(JoToKo)
Stand Name: Me and My Shadow. [Song by Sammy Davis Jr.]
3:03 now I want fan art of those two just hanging out
I can honestly see Tokiyami taking a spot amongst the top 10 pro hero’s
I personally feel that Shihai Kuroiro is an underrated character in mha
Another great video
Finally my favorite character in MHA
At last! my favorite character from bnha!
Bird boy is best boy.
Meti is really into the Sonic CD JP ost. I can't blame him, it's a great soundtrack!
It’d be cool to see Todoroki and Tokoyami fight Dabi
Ah yeah, there was a side manga Horokorshi(sorry I misspelt it) wrote where Dark shadow was allowed to turn into a human and dark shadow turned out to be a little girl with black hair. I think it’s pretty neat
That Sonic CD flavor in the intro...nice
hey this is my favorite character in MHA cool!
Edge chicken gets a meti video! hell yeah!
I also call him Tokiyami I thought that was how it's supposed to be pronounced until a few days ago
Not gonna lie, i thought he was going to say "And his stand: Black shadow"
BEST BIRD BOY IS HERE!
The names for his super moves make me unreasonably happy
He is like me. Silent and lonely but cool. Also it seems like like it's the same type of stand as Star Platinum.
I just want to see him become Mha's Venom.
Please do the Beauty of Juzo Honenuki next!
Speaking of him next mha ep bouta be a banger
It cool you always make quality content.
Also, buy some SHINMONETA
This must be a video from darkness...
additionally for influences I like to imagine his is also partly inspired by green lantern, seeing as how they both protrude an energy construct from there being & you can easily replace light with darkness seeing as how they are famous opposites
very nice video !
Tokoyami was born a day before Halloween, and Kuirorio was born a day after. They are probably mad.
Halloween
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween