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I said this in a whole reblog, but just copy-pasting to a separate post because I think it'll give some reading comprehension and reblogs don't show up in the search feature.. again, I'm reiterating what I said in another post.

Go check out @demidokuriya 's post for this; OP's post made me put this all down in like. 20 minutes. Mind went vroom vroom cuz HEY THEY'RE ONTO SOMETHING.

(They also reblogged the post with some hint to some behind the scenes of what led to the ideas if you wanna check that out)

Look below at how, when Mineta told AFO to spare Tokoyami, AFO specifically went "..."

He remembers Jirou and thinks, The braying howls of the weak...

He was going to take Tokoyami's Quirk. He took Hawks'. But after Mineta pleaded with him, AFO just straight-up left and didn't take anyone else's Quirk.

AFO saw Yoichi in Mineta.

These scenes are near-identical to each other.

Mineta and Yoichi (at that time) are both much smaller than the normal person at their age

They're both hurt, yet dragged themselves up from the ground to throw something at AFO, to get his attention and make their voice

Both are considered weak, even if they have a Quirk (Mineta's Pop-Off and Yoichi's undeveloped Factor)

The fact that Yoichi got AFO's attention here by throwing a can at him, while Mineta got his attention by throwing a Pop-Off ball; and it stuck.

Mineta's call for his attention landed and actually stuck to AFO. This is unlike when Yoichi and his can bounced off, and AFO kicked him, not listening to him; AFO listened to Mineta and left Tokoyami alone, technically doing what Mineta wanted—to not hurt this person.

AFO just went on to hurt more people away from Mineta's [Yoichi's] eyes so the small weakling wouldn't see.

Yoichi and Mineta both cried to AFO to not hurt in his ways, when AFO was intent on stealing people's Quirks

AFO even stole Hawks' Quirk during this time.

He had time to steal Hawks' Quirk, and though he could've tossed him to the side, he let Hawks stand in his way.

He had the energy. Right after this event, he flew off and left the scene. But he didn't go for Tokoyami immediately.

And this let Mineta play his part, and remind AFO of Yoichi.

"A putrid, festering Quirk Factor."

That sounds like Yoichi, AFO.

".. such garbage."

Hey hey hey, what did Yoichi throw at him when they were kids?

A discarded can. Garbage.

This chapter (385) where AFO listens to Mineta is literally called [A Youthful Urge].

Mineta told AFO to take his Pop-Off (hurt him) instead. But last time, AFO hurt Yoichi by kicking him; this time, AFO not only listened to Mineta to not hurt Tokoyami, but didn't touch Mineta at all.

Even though this time, Mineta [Yoichi] offered to take that place of suffering.

Yoichi didn't do that back then. AFO just turned on little Yoichi anyway.

Yoichi through his whole existence is literally [the braying howls of the weak]. AFO acknowledges he's weak and idealistic, yet he still loves him.

Side note about this panel, I think it's interesting that in this vision, this was the first time we saw Yoichi's eyes: when he was being defiant, despite being pushed down by someone much stronger than him.

Really characteristic of him, honestly. Yoichi's soft-spoken and frail, but it's always reiterated that Yoichi had a powerful will against his stronger big brother.

Mineta at this moment reminded him too much of Yoichi, because the two scenes are near-identical to each other. Parallels, really.

Reiterating something from OP's post that I reblogged this from;

"The reminder of his brother made him uncomfortable, so he hurried away."

AFO didn't want to hurt Yoichi again.

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Thank you so much for your lovely words! I really love your art and I imagine so many scenarios where we see the grape vibe with his classmates. I haven’t posted in a while, but seeing a small and supportive community of Mineta fans puts a smile on my face.

i am still quite in shock that this manga is actually over…it consumed my brain a long time ago and made me feel so many things about its characters and mineta in particular. no matter how questionable the ending was or how bad the last couple of arcs were, it still held me captive until the very end! i'm glad i've got into fandom and have found a lot of cool people under mineta's tag! i just want to say a big thank you to all of you guys, it was and still is a pleasure to see your posts, art and fics about him and i hope it continues on!

@mineta-minoru-is-baby, thanks to you for being one of the most active people under the tag and basically introdusing me to minoru's character ages ago (it's still crazy to think about)

@mineta-loveblog, your skill to search for new content with mineta is just incredible, scrolling and reading your blog is always a pleasure!

@coaxol0tl, i adore your art and the ways you draw always makes me happy! you're so imaginative about au's to put mineta in and it always looks amazing!

@i-like-pikmin, thank you for being here with us for such a long time and liking this little grape guy no matter what! your content is lovely and i hope the bad ending of the manga will not yurn you off from the bnha stuff completely, seeing your posts always makes us feel better!

@grapesinbound, i know you don't really post stuff about mineta, but it would be unfair not to mention you as one of the best people in the fandom! all of your posts about other fandoms are lovely and i hope you are doing great!

@mezo-shojis-top-surgeon, i adore all the stuff you did through the years under this tag and even if you don't post a lot anymore, i really wanted to say a big thank you

@grape-juice-explosion-murder, i love your art so much i am actually about to explode out of excitement every time i look at it! we all want to see you developing your skill and becoming better with every new artwork

i am corny as hell about all of this, but it feels to be too important to be silent about!

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This ending was so bad, I cannot take it seriously holy shit.

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how will you remember me?

sometimes i wonder how all people who are around minoru see him. like, how will they remember him after a graduaton and when they go separate ways? i want to think about it more, because, come on. they won't be that close as now forever...that's just a part of growing up that i don't see represented often now

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i really liked the design i did for fem!mineta so I gave her a hero outfit

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I think I draw femneta a little too silly for my own good..

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will i ever find my way and go the distance?

anyway, random thing for an au i like to think about!! i really like to wonder, how mineta's going to feel after graduating ua and seeing all of his friends being cool and being the heroes of their dreams, while he is, well...mineta.

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hey guys new diagnosis just dropped: EVIL AUTISM

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i suffer from 'men are hotter banged up' disease. unfortunately there is no cure.

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name them. now.

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I cant believe this tweet is how I find out

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Not all venom fans are monster fuckers 😞 some of us are just aroace disasters who like the idea of a platonic soulmate who likes to murder annoying people for you, is that so bad?

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“comrade!!!!”

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squish 😚

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Hori is just messing with us at this point

Here is something someone pointed out to me on the AFO discord. I don't know Japanese, so take things with a grain of salt to not spread misinformation! But. . . Koga - the construction company that AFO had/worked at.

How it's written in the Japanese version: 甲 - armour/first class 賀 - celebration.

Okay, nothing specific.

BUT. What other way can Koga be spelled as? 久我

AND GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS

久- Hisashi 我 - I/myself (I am Hisashi) … Yea

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Original audio from dhtoomey in instagram

animation by me :D