[Shigaraki watches as Eri leaves, a little jealous of how carefree and free she was. But he doesn't linger on the thoughts, turning back to Aizawa when he's addressed.]
Tomura. Shigaraki Tomura. [He says it without hesitation. It was possibly the first thing he'd done in confidence since his arrival.
Try as he might to get used to people calling him Shimura Tenko, it didn't stick with him. He hadn't been called Tenko since that fateful day. In Shigaraki's mind, Tenko had died the night his father had also died. Both lost to that awful bloody mess.
He had concerns about keeping the name he had grown up with. Namely that if he was still going by Shigaraki Tomura- wouldn't everyone assume he was still plotting to do bad? It was a topic that his therapist worked with him a before his release. Reassuring him that it was ok to be either Tomura or Tenko and that by choosing either name he wasn't damning himself or earning himself redemption. It's what he did with his actions that would show others that he'd changed. Not a name. She'd also suggested that by keeping his identity, he could better come to terms with what he'd done and have an easier time rehabilitating back into society.]
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Tomura. Shigaraki Tomura. [He says it without hesitation. It was possibly the first thing he'd done in confidence since his arrival.
Try as he might to get used to people calling him Shimura Tenko, it didn't stick with him. He hadn't been called Tenko since that fateful day. In Shigaraki's mind, Tenko had died the night his father had also died. Both lost to that awful bloody mess.
He had concerns about keeping the name he had grown up with. Namely that if he was still going by Shigaraki Tomura- wouldn't everyone assume he was still plotting to do bad? It was a topic that his therapist worked with him a before his release. Reassuring him that it was ok to be either Tomura or Tenko and that by choosing either name he wasn't damning himself or earning himself redemption. It's what he did with his actions that would show others that he'd changed. Not a name. She'd also suggested that by keeping his identity, he could better come to terms with what he'd done and have an easier time rehabilitating back into society.]