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In season 1 of _My Hero Academia_ , Todoroki looks like this:

[![Season 1; Todoroki
appearance](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cNiyAm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cNiyAm.png)

In season 2, he looks like this:

[![Season 2; Todoroki
appearance](https://i.stack.imgur.com/avwihm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/avwihm.jpg)

As can be seen from the first image, his _left_ side (and _not_ his right
side) is his ice side. His left eye is also round and red. I believe there is
only 1 short instance in season 2 when he activates his fire power where his
left eye becomes round and red.

Another difference is that in season 1, Todoroki's left side is always encased
in ice, but never in season 2. Even when he uses his ice Quirk extensively in
season 2, he is only seen with a little ice on himself:

[![Season 2 Todoroki
2](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q7Sfxm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q7Sfxm.jpg)

What is the reason for the difference between season 1's and season 2's
Todoroki?


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Why does Todoroki look different between the 1st and 2nd season?


In the first picture, it was Todoroki wearing his hero costume. In episode 6
to 8, they had mock battles wearing their costumes. It is also explained that
the students can give their own design for their costume.

The second one, it's in the Sports Festival where they cannot wear hero
costumes because they will have an advantage to their enemies.

* * *

Regarding freezing and shivering, if you're referring in the 1st picture, no,
he won't freeze because that is just his hero costume, not his quirk at work.

But if you're talking about his quirk, then the answer is still no, because he
uses the other half of his quirk which is

> half hot

to keep himself from the effects of his half cold and vice versa.


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The ice on his side from season one is actually a part of his costume. It's
possible to tell because he never wanted to use his flames, so he covered the
side in ice so that no one would see his father's quirk in him.


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Yep! The first picture was Todoroki in his hero costume. **His left side was
most likely encased in ice because he didn't want to show it** (after all, he
hates his father and vowed to himself to never use flames.) In the UA Sports
Festival, however, they cannot wear their hero suits. Like the first answer
said, the use of hero suits would be an unfair advantage (for example, Katsuki
Bakugo can make massive explosions with his hand grenades, which would totally
change things up.) I really like Todoroki's character! I hope this cleared
things up so you can enjoy and understand him better too! ^^


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