Author Note
In this episode, Aizawa-sensei calls Fujimaru's parents who are on assignment overseas, and Ritsuka's mom answers the phone.
In other words, it's a story from Ritsuka's mom point of view.
You may have thought, "Mom talks a lot". I think so too. There was no one else she could talk to except her husband, so please think that all the things she had been accumulating came pouring out at once.
Hello This is────, Eh?
Ah, yes. I'm Ritsuka Fujimaru's mother.
From U.A High School... e..e.. Yes.
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─── What about Ritsuka?
Yes. She has always been very strong, ever since she were a kid, she always helped me a lot with the housework.
Yes, I am now overseas for work reasons.
──── Yes Ritsuka is now living alone.
She said that she didn't want to move since she had been accepted to U.A.
I also thought that Ritsuka was strong and would be fine on her own...
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─── Ritsuka huh?
At the sports festival...
No, I haven't heard anything from Ritsuka...
I've been in regular contact with her, but she hasn't told me much about it.
I see. It seems like she's been quite active...
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My quirk?
Oh, no. ... Yes, I can see the records of things I touch with intent. I can see how a book or a machine was made, the raw materials... etc ... I can see their past.
Yes, my husband is a "memory". I heard that once he learned something, he never forgot it, and he got excellent grades.
─── You want to know more about Ritsuka's quirk?
...I think it was exactly on her fourth birthday that her quirk manifested itself.
That day, Ritsuka suddenly started crying in her room.
She didn't raise her voice, but shed tears.
It was as if Ritsuka herself didn't even know she was crying. She was mumbling something in the sky above her.
I ... got scared out of my mind when I saw her.
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I feel like it started from that day. She had been a cheerful and energetic person until then, but suddenly She changed... No, her quirk didn't change at all. And yet, she was clearly different from before. She seemed to be more mature somehow.
There was a time when she was talking happily by herself in an empty room.
... I found it terribly frightening...
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────... I have "touched" Ritsuka with my quirk once.
But I couldn't see it ... ...
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When I use my quirk to touch someone, it almost always reflects their life to date in my brain.
The inside of ... Ritsuka is severely unstable, a mess, a jumble of different landscapes, it was like...
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────... It was as if I was looking at a complete stranger.
For some reason, I couldn't look Ritsuka straight in the eyes anymore...
I felt as if Ritsuka was not my daughter...
Ritsuka must have noticed that I was feeling this way.
Even when she smiled or talked, Ritsuka always seemed a little apologetic, reserved, and somewhat stranger.
It's not Ritsuka's fault.
She was a smart girl, and she knew how I felt.
I had been making Ritsuka worry for me all along. ...
I was actually a little relieved when Ritsuka said that she wanted to stay in Japan and live alone...
I'm sure that Ritsuka was aware of all this and decided so.
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... Yes, Ritsuka's quirk is "projection" and she has applied for it. I had a detailed examination at the hospital. It was Ritsuka who named her quirk.
... Yes, yes. I'm sorry, but I don't know much about Ritsuka's quirk...
I don't even know if she knows it or not...she doesn't talk much about herself.
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You want Ritsuka to join the hero department?
She used to say, "I'm going to be a hero," but now I'm not so sure...
But if that's what the teacher thinks, then yes, yes. I don't mind. Please respect Ritsuka's wishes.
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I'm sorry that I'm not a good mother.
I know that I don't know Ritsuka as well as you think I do...
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I hope you will continue to take care of Ritsuka.
Afterword
I have written an explanation in the caption!
If you didn't understand it well, please read it there.
I wonder what it's like to remember a previous life. I thought that the more clearly you remember, the harder it will be to fit in with this life.
I think this is a very difficult problem, especially when it comes to our parents. I don't remember my previous life, so I don't know how Ritsuka feels about it.
By the way, I diagnosed my past life as Thomas Edison. Ehe.