Enji Todoroki

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Overview	Gallery	Synopsis	Relationships

I gave Shoto everything. By age 20, I'd already climbed to the #2 position. It was because I made that climb that I understood... unless I reached the summit, it was all for nothing. If all I cared about was titles, I could've worn a smile like you... and played the part of the lovable fool. But I wanted to be the strongest!

Enji Todoroki to Toshinori Yagi in "Win Those Kids' Hearts"

Enji Todoroki
Biographical Information
Kanji Name	轟 (とどろき) 炎 (えん) 司 (じ)
Rōmaji Name	'Todoroki Enji'
Alias	Flame Hero: Endeavor (フレイムヒーロー エンデヴァー, Fureimu Hīrō Endevā?)
Personal Description
Birthday	August 8
Age	45 (First Appearance) 46 (Current)
Gender	Male
Height	195 cm (6'4¾")
Weight	118 kg
Hair Color	Crimson
Eye Color	Turquoise
Blood Type	AB
Quirk	Hellflame
Status
Status	Alive
Birthplace	Near Shizuoka Prefecture
Family	Rei Todoroki (Wife) Toya Todoroki (Son; deceased) Fuyumi Todoroki (Daughter) Natsuo Todoroki (Son) Shoto Todoroki (Son) Unnamed Mother-In-Law
Occupation	Pro Hero
Team(s)	Hideout Raid Team
Fighting Style	Close Combat
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 1 (Background) Chapter 3 (Mentioned) Chapter 28 (First True Appearance)
Anime Debut	Episode 4 (Mentioned) Episode 17 (Debut)
Portrayal
Japanese VA	Tetsu Inada
English VA	Patrick Seitz

Enji Todoroki (轟 (とどろき) 炎 (えん) 司 (じ) , Todoroki Enji^?), also known as Flame Hero: Endeavor (フレイムヒーロー エンデヴァー, Fureimu Hīrō Endevā^?), is the Pro Hero with the highest tally of resolved cases in history and father of Shoto, Fuyumi, Natsuo, and Toya Todoroki.

Following All Might's retirement, Enji temporarily became the No. 1 Hero after being the No. 2 Hero for a very long time and after the latest JP Hero Billboards Chart announcement, officially became the No. 1 Hero.

Appearance

Enji is a tall, sturdily-built man with a very muscular physique. He has short crimson hair which he wears spiked up around his head, and sharp turquoise eyes. His beard and mustache appear to be made of fire, but when he voluntarily turns off the flames on his face a small amount stubble shows around his jaw.

His hero costume is comprised of a tight, navy turquoise bodysuit with lines of flames streaming across his chest, upper torso, arms and most prominently his shoulders. He uses his flames as a makeshift mask around his eyes, and the tall boots he wears appear to be either made of fire themselves or constantly left alight, as only their soles and laces are visible around the flames. He sports white bracers on his lower arms, styled in a cage pattern, and a blue belt with a pouch attached on either side.

After officially becoming the No. 1 Pro Hero, Endeavor's costume was upgraded. His bracers have been redesigned to look sharper and armor-like, and they now completely encase his arms. On the back of his hands are grill handguards that have a set of holes to flush a torrent of flames out the back of his hands if needed, and his fingers are exposed from the base knuckles. His bodysuit now has large stripes running across his torso, with the spaces in-between being completely engulfed in his flames. Endeavor also added shoulder pads and a new belt, which appear to be made of the same material as his bracers. His belt is a stylized kanji for ¨Flame¨ (炎, ¨Flame¨^?).

During his battle against Hood, the left side of his face was greatly damaged after being hit by a surprise attack. After receiving surgery and being healed by Recovery Girl's Quirk, his eye was shown to be alright, though he now has a large, jagged scar reaching from his hairline all the way down to his chin.

Gallery

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Endeavor's first Hero Costume.

Endeavor's scar from his battle with Hood.

A younger Enji in the anime.

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Endeavor's design from My Hero One's Justice 2.

Personality

Shoto Todoroki has described his father as a prideful and ambitious man driven by his goal to surpass the No. 1 Hero, All Might.

Endeavor's eyes obsessively focusing on his hopeless goal.

This obsessive drive has followed Enji throughout his entire life, with repeated failure having plagued him since his youth. Dedicated to his studies and hero work, Endeavor strived to become the absolute strongest Pro Hero in the country, but the figure of All Might proved itself too much of an insurmountable obstacle for him or anyone else to overcome, leaving Endeavor in a growing state of despair as he became more and more aware that closing the gap between him and the Symbol of Peace was futile. As a result, Enji turned into a cold, callous person who didn't care for anything but his impossible dream, something a young Inasa Yoarashi would notice by just looking at his eyes.

Enji was aware of his own limitations, and still is in fact, but, because of his stubbornness, he never once thought about relinquishing his wish, wanting to accomplish it at any cost and even passing on his aspirations to another person if necessary. As a way to balance the downsides of his Hellflame Quirk, something he always found cumbersome, Enji sought to have a child with an ice Quirk user, in order to create someone that could inherit his will. This way, Enji would not only have his Quirk be inherited but also his training and experiences, by a "perfect" successor.

Enji would prove himself to be a rather cruel, abusive father and husband, with his actions negatively affecting all members of the family he formed. Shoto, his youngest child, was considered his masterpiece; a tool that possessed all the right elements to exceed All Might's ability and nothing else. As a result, Enji focused all his hopes on Shoto, forcing him through incredibly harsh training from a young age and showing little concern for his personal desires. The rest of the children were ignored and perceived as "failures" that weren't allowed to interact with their younger sibling. When his wife succumbed to a mental breakdown and attacked Shoto, Enji sent her away to a psychiatric ward solely to prevent her from getting in the way of his child's development.

Endeavor burns his training room due to All Might's retirement.

After the events of the Kamino Incident, which resulted in All Might's retirement and Endeavor's succession as the No. 1 Hero, Enji's character took a shift in course. Enji's interest in the title of strongest Pro Hero was always based on earning it through merit and ability, valuing the work he had invested in attaining the No. 1 spot more than the spot itself. As such, he became very furious about reaching the top through a technicality, feeling that his efforts from a lifetime were now wasted. For as much as he disliked his longtime rival All Might, Enji still respected his power and feats as the No. 1 Hero, to the point of not believing that the "real" All Might was a sick and weak-looking man.

Sensing rising crime and unrest in a society that had recently lost their Symbol of Peace, Enji began questioning his role and duty as the new No. 1 Hero. After an eye-opening conversation with All Might about what being the No. 1 Hero means to the world, Enji started showing regret over the way he treated his family up until that point, having never thought about what was best for them instead of himself. He comes to learn more about his family, starts visiting his estranged wife with frequency and wishes to become an actual father figure to his kids, even if they still reject him for the most part, all in an attempt to confront his past self. It has been shown that behind his blindness and determination to become No. 1 he loves his family and cares for them very deeply. Because of this, he holds no ill will towards any of his family members, accepting whatever criticisms they give him and accepts the fact that his family may never forgive him.

As a Pro Hero, Endeavor is depicted as confident, reliable and imposing, thanks to his excellent track record of solved cases. His rude and aggressive personality is well-known to the public, with his fans thinking of them as a selling point while others are scared by his overall violent attitude. Endeavor is particularly sensitive to being compared to All Might as he's always painted unfavorably towards the former No. 1 Hero.

Endeavor, whether during work or outside of it, is known for his bad temper. He has a very no-nonsense attitude towards those he meets and is easily angered by goofier personalities. This, however, does not seem to affect his competence as a Pro Hero in any shape or form. Thanks to his studies, training and valuable experience obtained as the No. 2 Hero, Endeavor knows how to strategically direct forces in battle, immediately understand the situation he's in and resolve incidents as fast as possible, with minimal casualties. Endeavor and his agency pride themselves as experts in the three basics of heroism (suppression, rescue, and evacuation), believing that a true hero excels at all of those areas.

Abilities

Edgeshot and Endeavor team up to take on the incredibly powerful All For One.

Overall Abilities: Endeavor was ranked 2nd of Japan's heroes, before taking the spot of Number 1 after All Might's retirement. He also possesses a proficient handle on his very powerful Quirk, Hellflame. Endeavor fights by using his flames to overwhelm his opponents with extreme heat. His attacks include large-scale flamethrowers, precise heat-rays, and fists of fire among other options. Hellflame can also be used to prevent Endeavor from falling or suspend the Flame Hero in mid-air by expelling fire jets through the soles of his feet. He can also eject flames from his back to propel himself forward. This same ability can be used as a reverse thrust should Endeavor need to resist an attack. Endeavor uses low-temperature flames on weaker opponents to be used as a warning shot that normally incapacitates Endeavor's targets, or to minimize the strain on his body. The Flame Hero raises the heat whenever he's trying to finish off the opponent; high-temperature attacks are meant to defeat foes definitively, as they raise Enji's body temperature significantly. This is a high-risk tactic that can backfire if he uses too many of these techniques.

As he is ranked very highly, Endeavor is an immensely powerful hero, which has been proven in his fight against the League of Villains. Endeavor is able to take on and defeat multiple mid-end and low-end Nomus without sustaining any damage, for which he is praised by the likes of even All For One, an immensely powerful villain. During the Kamino Incident, Endeavor showcased his camaraderie and mettle by tag-teaming with Edgeshot in order to help a struggling All Might subdue All For One, and emerge unscathed. When he battled against Hood, a member of the strongest breed of Nomu, Endeavor, with the help of Hawks, was able to damage and outmaneuver the High-End Nomu, overwhelming him in combat despite having the physical disadvantage, and ultimately defeat Hood.

• Enhanced Strength: After years of physical training, Enji possesses incredible physical strength. But despite that, his strength is not at the level of All Might. The force behind his punch was strong enough to break apart Eyeless Nomu's arm and send him flying several meters.
• Enhanced Durability: Endeavor possesses incredible durability as he was able to withstand being thrown into multiple buildings in his battle against Hood, who was using multiple Quirks.
• Enhanced Stamina: Endeavor is far more resistant to pain than the average Pro Hero, as seen when he is able to keep standing up, despite receiving numerous attacks from Hood and long after his body should have been unable to move.

Indomitable Will: One of Endeavor's most prominent traits is his ability to never give up, befitting of his hero name. This was shown in two instances: where he continues to bridge the gap between him and All Might regardless of the differences in their abilities, and continues to push past his limits and injuries in his battle against Hood.

Keen Intellect: Enji has extraordinary intelligence, having used it to tally up the most resolved criminal cases in history. He has very keen deductive skills, shown when he deduced that Izuku had a very powerful Quirk that stacks up to All Might's after only seeing it used briefly. During the Hosu Incident, Endeavor identified the nature of Four-Eyed Nomu's Absorption and Release Quirk, and took notice that the creature still retained damage from the low-temperature flame attack Endeavor used, even after the creature redirected it back at the Flame Hero. Against Eyeless Nomu, Endeavor witnessed its ability to regenerate, and was able to swiftly decide that the best course of action would be to carbonize the Nomu's cells in order to prevent regeneration. Throughout his battle against Hood, Enji displayed more of his intelligence as he analyzed the situation against the High-End Nomu, while simultaneously fighting it. While battling against the High-End Nomu, Endeavor was able to correctly calculate 6 Quirks that were in Hood's repertoire of abilities.

Quirk

Endeavor generating flames.

Hellflame (ヘルフレイム, Herufureimu^?): Enji's Quirk allows him to produce and manipulate large amounts of extremely intense fire at will.

He appears to be immune to other flames, and can easily control the shape and temperature of the blaze as well. His level of control enables Endeavor to utilize his flames in unorthodox ways, such as concentrating flames and heat to his feet to achieve limited flight. He has been shown shaping his flames into long range and melee weapons, such as when he struck a Nomu with a spear made of fire.

Using too much of his power will overheat his body, causing a depletion of stamina, and an impairment of his physical functions.

Super Moves

• Flashfire Fist (赫灼熱拳, Kaku Shakunekken^?): Endeavor's signature technique, he raises his fire's temperature to its highest level and maximizes his power. Doing so, the Flame Hero can unleash devastating flame attacks or increase his speed dramatically.
  • Flashfire Fist - Jet Burn (赫灼熱拳 ジェットバーン, Kaku Shakunekken Jettobān^?): This attack allows Endeavor to shoot a blast of fire at his desired target. This attack is quite powerful, as it damaged High-End, and sent him flying out of the building. According to Endeavor, this attack cannot be used too much as it heats up his body a lot.
  • Flashfire Fist - Hell Spider (赫灼熱拳 ヘルスパイダー, Kaku Shakunekken Heru Supaidā^?): This attack allows Endeavor to send out long, thin blasts of fire out of the tips of his fingers which he can use to cut through this target. He is able to slice the top half of a skyscraper into many pieces using this attack. Like before, this attack cannot be used too much.
• Prominence Burn (プロミネンスバーン, Purominensu Bān^?): This attack allows Endeavor to launch a massive, concentrated beam of fire from his entire body that is able to vaporize his target.

Stats

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Power		5/5 A
Speed		5/5 A
Technique		5/5 A
Intelligence		4/5 B
Cooperativeness		2/5 D

Enji's stats, according to the Ultra Archive Book

Power		6/6 S+
Speed		5/6 A+
Technique		5/6 A
Wits		4/6 B
Helicopter Parent		6/6 S

Enji's stats, according to the Ultra Analysis Book

Battles & Events

• Manga
• Vigilantes

Battles & Events

Vs. Hero Killer Arc Hero Agency Internships Hosu Incident Gran Torino & Endeavor vs. Nomu Endeavor vs. Nomu Hideout Raid Arc Kamino Incident Hideout Raid Team vs. League of Villains All Might vs. All For One: Rematch Pro Hero Arc Hero Billboard Chart JP Endeavor & Hawks vs. High-End Endeavor Agency Arc Hero Work-Studies II Endeavor & Hawks vs. Starservant Endeavor Agency vs. Ending Paranormal Liberation War Arc Paranormal Liberation Raid

Battles & Events

Vigilantes Beginnings Arc Pro Heroes vs. Instant Villains Pro Heroes vs. Suicide Bomber

Relatives

Enji

Rei

Toya

Fuyumi

Natsuo

Shoto

Character Appearances

Entrance Exam Arc
1. Izuku Midoriya: Origin	Screen
2. Roaring Muscles	Absent
3. Entrance Exam	Fantasy
4. Starting Line	Absent

U.A. Sports Festival Arc
22. That's the Idea, Ochaco	Absent
23. Roaring Sports Festival	Absent
24. Mad Dash and Knockdown	Absent
25. In Their Own Quirky Ways	Absent
26. Chase Down the Leader	Absent
27. Earth-Shatteringly Fateful Negotiations	Absent
28. Strats, Strats, Strats	Debut
29. Unaware	Absent
30. Cavalry-Match Finale	Appears
31. The Boy Born with Everything	Appears
32. Smile, Prince of Nonsense Land!	Absent
33. Shinso's Situation	Absent
34. Victory or Defeat	Appears
35. Battle On, Challengers!	Absent
36. Bakugo vs. Uraraka	Absent
37. Midoriya and Endeavor	Appears
38. Todoroki vs. Midoriya	Appears
39. Shoto Todoroki: Origin	Appears
40. Emancipation	Appears
41. Fight On, Ida	Appears
42. Final-Match Time	Appears
43. Todoroki vs. Bakugo	Appears
44. Relaxing Day Off	Absent

Hideout Raid Arc
84. From Ida to Midoriya	Appears
85. Nothing but Fools	Absent
86. Before the Storm	Appears
87. Clash	Appears
88. All For One	Appears
89. All for a Certain One	Appears
90. Reach Out	Absent
91. Symbol of Peace	Absent
92. One For All	Absent
93. One For All's Ember	Appears
94. From Teacher to Disciple	Appears
95. End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End	Appears
96. Home Visits	Absent
97. Tell It Like It Is, Mom	Absent

Provisional Hero License Exam Arc
98. Moving into Dorms	Absent
99. Goodbye Two-Digit Chapters, Hello Three Digits	Absent
100. Creating Ultimate Moves	Absent
101. The Girl Called Mei Hatsume	Absent
102. On Cloud Nine	Absent
103. The Test	Absent
104. White-Hot Battle! To Each Their Own Strengths!	Absent
105. Shiketsu High Lurking	Absent
106. Class 1-A	Mentioned
107. Denki Kaminari's Thoughts	Absent
108. RUSH!	Absent
109. Rescue Exercise	Absent
110. Rescue Exercise Continued	Absent
111. Smoldering Start	Mentioned
112. What's the Big Idea?	Flashback
113. Test's Aftermath	Absent
114. Results' Aftermath	Absent
115. Unleashed	Pictured
116. Meeting in Tartarus	Absent
117. A Talk About Your Quirk	Absent
118. Meaningless Battle	Absent
119. Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2	Absent
120. The Three	Absent
121. Second Semester Opening Ceremony	Absent

Remedial Course Arc
163. Smoldering Flames	Absent
164. Masegaki	Appears
165. Win Those Kids' Hearts	Appears
166. Be Proud, License Trainees	Appears
167. Number One Hero's Starting Line	Appears
168. The Strange Tale of Aoyama	Absent

Pro Hero Arc
184. Japanese Hero Billboard Chart	Appears
185. Wing Hero: Hawks	Appears
186. Endeavor and Hawks	Appears
187. Flaming Roar! vs. Nomu: High-End	Appears
188. Your Father, the Number One Hero	Appears
189. Why He Gets Back Up	Appears
190. His Start	Appears
191. Dabi, Hawks, Endeavor	Appears
192. The Todoroki Family	Appears
193. Vestiges	Absent

Joint Training Arc
194. Cold Skies over U.A. High!	Absent
195. Clash! Class A vs. Class B!	Absent
196. Make It Happen, Shinso!!	Absent
197. Quaotic Quirkstravaganza	Absent
198. Know Where You Stand when It Counts!!	Absent
199. Operation New Improv Moves!	Absent
200. Clever Commander!	Absent
201. Foresight	Absent
202. Match 3	Flashback
203. Flexible! Juzo Honenuki!	Appears
204. Tuning Up	Flashback
205. Detour	Flashback
206. Match 3 Conclusion	Absent
207. Early Bird!	Absent
208. Match 4 Conclusion	Absent
209. Match 5 Start	Absent
210. The One For All Dream	Absent
211. That Which Is Inherited	Absent
212. That Which Is Inherited, Part 2	Absent
213. Realm of Souls	Absent
214. Our Brawl	Absent
215. Final Face-Off! Midoriya vs. Shinso!	Absent
216. Class A vs. Class B: Conclusion!	Absent
217. The New Power and All For One	Appears

Meta Liberation Army Arc
218. The Meta Liberation Army	Absent
219. Go, Slidin' Go!	Absent
220. My Villain Academia	Absent
221. Memento from All For One	Absent
222. Tomura Shigaraki: Distortion	Absent
223. Cockroaches	Mentioned
224. Revival Party	Absent
225. Interview with a Vampire	Absent
226. Bloody Love	Absent
227. Sleepy	Absent
228. Wounded Soul	Absent
229. All It Takes Is One Bad Day	Absent
230. Sad Man's Parade	Absent
231. Path	Absent
232. Meta Abilities and Quirks	Absent
233. Bright Future	Absent
234. Destruction Sense	Absent
235. Tenko Shimura: Origin	Absent
236. Tenko Shimura: Origin, Part 2	Absent
237. Tomura Shigaraki: Origin	Absent
238. Liberation	Absent
239. Successor	Absent
240. Power	Absent

Endeavor Agency Arc
241. Do That Interview!	Absent
242. Have a Merry Christmas!	Mentioned
243. Off to Endeavor's Agency!	Appears
244. Recommended Reading	Appears
245. Rise to Action	Appears
246. Message	Appears
247. Status Report!	Appears
248. One Thing at a Time	Appears
249. The Hellish Todoroki Family	Appears
250. Ending	Appears
251. Just One Week	Appears
252. The Unforgiven	Appears

Paranormal Liberation War Arc
253. Shirakumo	Absent
254. More of a Hero than Anyone	Absent
255. Hero Hopeful	Absent
256. The High, Deep Blue Sky	Absent
257. Pass It Forward, to Whomever	Absent
258. Friends	Appears
259. A Quiet Beginning	Appears
260. Life's Work	Appears
261. High-Ends	Appears
262. Mirko, the No. 5 Hero	Absent
263. I Wanna Be with You Guys!!	Absent
264. One's Justice	Absent
265. Villains and Heroes	Absent
266. Happy Life	Absent
267. Flames	Appears
268. Scramble!	Appears
269. The Three of Us	Appears
270. Inheritance	Absent
271. Dark Cloud	Absent
272. Good Morning!	Absent
273. The Thrill of Destruction	Absent
274. Search	Absent
275. Encounter, Part 2	Absent
276. You Cheated...!	Absent
277. Who...?	Absent
278. Disaster Walker	Absent
279. League of Villains vs. U.A. Students	Absent
280. Red Riot, Part 3	Absent
281. Plus Ultra	Absent
282. Footfall of Destruction	Absent
283. 75	Absent
284. Deep Blue Battle	Absent
285. Katsuki Bakugo Rising	Absent
286. The Ones Within Us	Absent
287. Mistake	Absent
288. Save Takeo!!	Absent
289. Miss Candid and Miss Shut-Away	Absent
290. Dabi's Dance	Absent
291. Thanks For Going Strong	Absent
292. Threads of Hope	Absent
293. Hero-Saturated Society	Absent
294. Final Performance	Absent
295. Tenacious	Absent
296. Hellish Hell	Absent
297. Tartarus	Absent
298. Sounds of Collapse	Absent
299. Like Those Tragic Tales	Absent
300. The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2	Absent
301. The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire, Part 1	Absent
302. The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire, Part 2	Absent
303. Top Three	Absent
304. Izuku Midoriya and Toshinori Yagi	Absent
305. Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki	Absent
306. The Final Act Begins	Absent

Trivia

• Enji's name contains the kanji for "roar" (轟, todoroki^?), "flame" (炎, en^?), and "boss" (司, ji^?), which is also a common component of male names.
  • Written with the Latin alphabet, his name is the same as that of the fire god in Albanian mythology, Enji, worshiped by the Illyrians.
• Enji likes to keep his Quirk active around his face even while outside of work, in order to showcase power and intimidation.
• Enji's blood type is AB, while his son's is O. For that to be possible, Enji must have a rare genetic mutation known as Cis AB, the only genetically possible way for an AB blood type person to have a child with O blood type.
• Enji's favorite food is kuzumochi.
• In the original concept, Enji was an instructor at U.A. High School. This concept was discarded, due to it shifting the balance of power towards the protagonists too much, as having both the 1st and 2nd ranking hero in the protagonist's side would mean most conflicts would be easy to deal with.
• He shares his birthday with Fat Gum and Shuichi Iguchi.
• Enji's Rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
  • Enji ranked 8th in the Fourth Popularity Poll.
  • Enji ranked 18th in the Fifth Popularity Poll.
• Enji's hero name means "attempting to achieve a goal", which is very fitting for his character.
• Enji overall shares many parallels with Katsuki Bakugo:
  • Both possess ignition-based Quirks, such as Hellflame for Enji and Explosion for Katsuki.
  • Both aim to be the number one hero.
  • Both have a rivalry with an One For All user, such as Enji to All Might and Katsuki to Izuku.
  • Both are known for their hot tempers and aggressive attitude.
  • Both were known for their lack of cooperative skills, having improved them throughout the story.
  • Both act abusively toward a major character, such as Enji to his son Shoto and Katsuki to Izuku.
  • Both express their remorse after understanding All Might's words.
  • However, while Enji becomes calmer and patient to others, Katsuki still acts temperamental towards others.

Quotes

• (To Shoto Todoroki about using the fire half of his Quirk) "So you've finally accepted it! Yes! Excellent!! It all starts now for you! With my blood pumping through your veins, you will surpass me...you will fulfill my ambitions!!"
• (To High-End during their fight) "I've hated this school credo for as long as I can remember! PLUS ULTRA; PROMINENCE BURN!"
• (To Katsuki Bakugo lecturing him on his attitude) "Bakugo, you said you wanted to learn what you couldn't do right? Il'll your ability is top notch, well for a rookie at least. But as you are, you will never be able to surpass me. This winter might just be training, but if you're too slow, you won't be able to use your normal excuse anymore. This is not a classroom, if you're ever too slow, you won't be losing points, but rather human lives."