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Hey, Todoroki, ...

… your infatuation is showing.

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The “Uselessness” of Midoriya Izuku

Today, Hori shares an interesting fact through his author’s note:

The poem is called Ame ni mo Makezu in Japan, written by Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa, and it is a very famous poem. The verse Horikoshi is referring to is [ミンナニデクノボートヨバレ] (originally written in katakana) or “minna ni deku-no-bō to yobare”. Translated straight, means “Called useless by all.”

I’ve always wondered why Izuku never really gets credit or widespread acknowledgement whenever he wins villain fights, of how he doesn’t seem to be known more than being ‘the boy who broke his bones during the U.A. Sports Festival.’ The shared victory against Stain was credited to Endeavor, his personal fight against Overhaul was never televised, and his defeat of Gentle Criminal was never relayed to his classmates.

Even now, he’s known as ‘the cryptid who saves people.’ In the span of the entire manga, Deku never really sought popularity nor money. The closest he did this was when he was told by All Might to announce his presence to the world via the Sports Festival, but even then, he prioritized saving his classmate over winning and wasn’t recognized for his previous victories. He didn’t even receive a single internship offer aside from Gran Torino. Plus, Deku doesn’t exude a natural charm when it comes to scripted interviews.

The poem:

The poem illustrates a person who lives simply, who helps those who are in need of help, and doesn’t get praise for it (nor desires to be praised.) So aside from it’s other meaning ‘dekiru’ or ‘I can do it!’, Deku as a hero name means that he doesn’t seek credit for doing what should come naturally.

But since Izuku choosing it for a hero name is yet another statement: he still hopes to become someone that everyone aspires to. That is, by asking people to call him Deku, he becomes a ‘No One who can save everyone.’

And that is the theme of BnHA. Izuku is supposed to symbolize the turning point, the revolution against the broken Hero Society, the society which is built upon the self-interests of “Heroes” barring a few. Izuku choosing Deku as a name means to impart that anyone who ‘helps/reaches out a hand to those who needed saving without expecting anything in return’ is already a hero.

Read More: The “Popularity” of Midoriya Izuku

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Commission for @tired-biscuit💛.

Bakugo and Kiba arguing until the end of the world, then Kaminari and Naruto… I imagine this with an explosion in the background XD.

Commissions open!

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Do I love bakugou? Yes, do I like him? No absolutely not I hate him.

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Decided to experiment with CSP a little, it turned into a comic :3

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random word prompt was ‘maybe’

this also ended up being a lil mini update to the journalist!deku AU, lil bit of insight to what their dynamic looks like

something quick because ive been busy! and i had only like two hours of free time today before im back to being busy ;-;

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This is my first ever DTIYS challenge to celebrate reaching 1K followers over on Twitter!

Feel free to participate and use the tag #sammachudtiys and tag me to make sure I see it!

If you know what this is an au for (congrats, I love you) then I'm not insinuating that Denki is an egomaniac asshole XD

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Kings of Hell

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It's their love language

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I present to you the ultimate BAKUSQUAD

These dorks sure are my favs XD

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Bakusquad summer 😏😏

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my zine cover for notmyfortezine over on twt!!!

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Commissioned @kyoties to draw my MHA OC with Denki and it turned out soooo good! I love it so much and y'all should go check them out! Their art is beautiful they are an amazing person!

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# of times i yawned when drawing this: 39

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Rockstar!Katsuki owns my whole ass rn, and we all have @we-stanjirou to thank for that~

these sketches are inspired by her latest fic that you can read here, i can’t wait to see where it goes!

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‘bakugou katsuki faces consequences’ tag on ao3 is such a wild thing to me, considering in some of those fanfics bakugou just straight up fucking dies (bakugou is a teenager).

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We’ll meet again, my friend