In the wake of pro-child sentiments ever since the Crossoverian incidents, one can not forget the trauma that young folks had in their childhoods with abusive parents. With many older citizens coming forward with secret abuses, this one takes Cartoonia’s military by surprise. Shouto Todoroki, a former captain in the Cartoon Army before transferring into the civil service as ambassador, recounts the abuse forced on him by his father Enji Todoroki, commonly known as General Endeavor, in his autobiography “The Path Untaken”. General Endeavor was one of the top-ranking generals in the Cartoon Army since 1961, having served as commander in the Philippines back in the 1970s, North Korea in the 1990s, the Middle East, and Somalia in the 2000s. He has since retired with full honors and benefits since early 2010, even after retirement, he was still benignly praised by Cartoon House politicians, he was even assumed that he would have been appointed either Gran-General of the Army, or Secretary of Defense if Mr. Loud Kiddington of the Grand Old Cartoon Party was elected as Chancellor instead of Nigel Uno. In his lifetime, he has always strived to be the highest-ranking general over all others and establish a family dynasty in the military, expecting all of his children to serve as commanders, training them to their limits. Out of all of his children, he had his eyes on his fourth son, Shouto Todorki. “I remember how poorly my father treated me. I wanted to play with my siblings, but my father would take me away for training,” Says Todoroki in an exclusive interview with the Gallagher Herald. “His training methods were unorthodox, I would say that they were inhumane. He would push me until I was sick. I tried to tell him I didn’t want to go on, but he ignored my cries. My mother used to stand up for me, but she fell victim to the domestic abuse given by my father”. He goes on to explain how bad his abuse got, that his mother went insane, scarring the young boy at age 6 years old which made provincial news in the 1980s. “I never want to be like him” he adds. “I do not want to become like that pig of my father”.
Given the strong stance against child abuse, Cartoonian politicans have questioned the general that Enji was made out to be. Up and coming politician in the Western Pacifica Province, Natsuo Todoroki, Shouto’s older brother, came out saying “He would control the diet of my brother. Not allowing him to eat anything unfit for a military commander. He was kept away from my cooking and our sister’s cooking for a long time”. He was in the line to become a commander himself before rejecting his father and becoming a politician. He citied the hypocrisy and denial of freedom as the source of this animosity, he was even the reason Natsuo has been running on a campaign of absolutely no forgiveness for child abusers. With outrage from all persons and parties involved, a military council held in the Department of Defense building have voted to hold a tribunal with the cooperation of Cartoon House and interrogate the case and alligation. “While we encourage the youth to participate in the military through the boy-scouts like organization that is the KND Corps” says Secretary of Defense, Ludwig Belischmidt, “We do not condone of the forced muster of children to be raised as commanders. The KND Corps builds the youth of Cartoonia into strong leaders, but what General Endevour did was downright child abuse, and he must be strictly held accountable”. While the trial goes on, General Endeavor shall be put into custody with all of his assets frozen until the verdict is reached. If the trial finds guilty, he will be stripped of all his honors, medals, and his retirement pension, ultimately stripping him of his title and rank. While he may find a few supporters on his side, General Endeavor has proven that no matter how strong and great a general maybe, he can be easily disgraced for past actions.
-Lucy Heartfilia, Co-Head-Journalist for The Gallagher Herald