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Listening to Astronomy by Conan Gray

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Katsuki's the only one not toasting.

Hori also draws our eyes to him. He's the only one whose head is in front of an object that centers on him.

Or maybe I'm reaching.

But he's definitely not celebrating.

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Welp, this sucks.

Um... wish I could go back two years and tell myself... "No."

In the original tags I said-- get this-- "You can't change Horikoshi's writing. You can only hate it." And I said this addressing anti's.

Because it was so OBVIOUS that this story, being starting with bakugo and deku... would end with them...

I guess this is the perfect time to bring up like my favorite aspect of My Hero for the bajillionth time.

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Before All For One.

Before Shigaraki.

Before All Might.

My Hero Academia was a story about..

Deku and Bakugo.

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Can't believe the my hero manga ended without Katsuki ever smiling at Izuku.

Didn't happen once in 10 years.

Damn.

i can't believe the my hero manga ended without Katsuki ever smiling at Izuku.

didn't happen once in 10 years, damn.

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midoriya sensei sketch

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*wakes up in a cold sweat* WE NEVER GOT TO SEE/HEAR IZUKU CALL KATSUKI “GREAT EXPLOSION MURDER GOD DYNAMIGHT”

WE MAY NEVER KNOW IF HE USES HIS HERO NAME OR “KACCHAN” ON THE BATTLEFIELD

All I know is it’ll either be “Kacchan” or the full thing, never just “DynaMight”

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I think I miss my wife...

(bkdk)

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Crazy how kudo reaching his hand out created OFA and MHA ended like this

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*holds your hand * *holds your hand* *holds your hand* *holds y-*

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Don’t worry about a thing

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Isn’t that worth holding on?

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I've given it some thought--

Now, if you've read any of my posts and you've read 430, you know there are a lot of ways it falls short of what I wanted. On the other hand, I can respect an open ending, one where we are allowed and encouraged to dream. All things considered, I'm not satisfied or disappointed, but a secret third thing... bear with me.

For a lot of storylines, I can fill in the blanks how I want.

I'm heartbroken over Himiko's fate, but there's no denying that the lack of camera footage leaves open the possibility of her simply disappearing. Perhaps she is waiting in hiding for the world to change, just like Lady Nagant.

Dr. Yoshida is described as someone who can cure the incurable. That may be referring to Katsuki, but the doctor himself said it's a complete mystery how he survived, all Katsuki's own doing. Maybe he cured someone else in those 8 years... someone like Touya?

Honestly I got nothing on Tenko but who knows. Who knows! Something something OFA connection. Izuku having vestige visions. Idk.

As for the manner in which society is changing, I'm drawn to Shouji's speech: "I'm dedicating the honor to those who joined the uprising eight years ago. All I've done is stand atop the resolve that they demonstrated to the world, nothing more." That at least tells me his earlier judgment of the other heteromorphs "setting them back" was a narrow point of view Shouji was supposed to grow out of, rather than a way of Horikoshi trying to criticize revolutionaries. In general, just because a character says something doesn't mean we're supposed to take it as gospel. That's lit crit 101, people.

Then there's Izuku. Once again I am feeling this pretty close to home. I keep coming back to the fact that the class is 24/25 now and I'm 25, man. On top of that, anyone else who was 14/15 ten years ago when the manga started gets to feel like we've all grown up together. I wanted catharsis for Izuku's trauma so badly. I wanted words. But I can't deny that the way Izuku is shown attempting to make the best of things and be content with a humbler life resonates with me, as painful as it is, as much as I know deep down he's kidding himself. It doesn't surprise me that he kept his walls up all this time and continued to shun his "selfishness."

I almost feel like there's an all-encompassing narrative theme being expressed here, in the fact that Izuku was trying to push past his pain and focus on the next generation, but surprise, his story's not over yet. I think the implied message there is that more can be done in the here and now, and maybe other stories that seem to be over, aren't.

With these things in mind, I can take the ending in stride, even if this is all the more we get from Horikoshi. However. There's one thing that is jolting me out of my peace every time I start to get comfortable here. It's actually related to the storyline that got the most closure.

I've seen a lot of fellow bkdk enjoyers calling their conclusion the best part of the ending, and I agree with that. They got a truly full circle moment, and a way of communicating to the reader that they're together, they have their forever, in a way that is personal to them. It's not "canon" in the way a kiss or a confession is, but I've said it before--this makes sense for them. And Horikoshi also did something legitimately interesting and groundbreaking by not making Ochako confess, not showing her future being tied to the main character as a love interest.

No, the thing that's bugging me is a seemingly small detail: why does Izuku and Katsuki holding hands at the end, of all things, have to be implied? Lots of things about 430 make sense in the context of the interview Horikoshi recently gave where he expressed being content with what he has drawn, and what he has left to the imagination. But not this. You can't convince me he didn't want to draw this. It's a motherfucking story about hands. This is the one thing I was 110% certain would happen. It's been teased for forever. Katsuki clearly wanted it so bad. So many other characters got to hold Izuku's hand in-frame. What the hell. Why.

Idk. I will be thinking about it for the foreseeable future.

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I think I've accepted that there won't be a sequel, haha

I've been going through some serious denial regarding the mha ending.

Been hoping for a sequel ever since... well I don't know, maybe even before it was announced that 5 chapters were remaining.

And with every chapter, that wanting (for a sequel) amped up and up. I found great joy in many aspects of the epilogue. I resonate with a lot of MHA's theme's so profoundly because of my personal beliefs on change, forgiveness, and kindness.

But I was left wanting more, so much more, especially when it came to characters' arcs' resolutions. Their relationships. Their feelings of grief, wrath, optimism. It all felt so rushed! So surface-level.

Then we get a time skip of 8 years. We're left with characters who've spent 8 years of their lives untold. Who could be completely different people than we know, but we're left to assume they're unchanged in 8 years, but that also doesn't make sense! Because I'm only 22 and I'm already a complete person than I was at 16, 17.

So the past few days, more than ever, I've kept spiraling, thinking about a possible sequel.

But now, I'm not anymore? Not because I don't think there will ever be one or because I don't need one. I do. I need a whole expanded epilogue and sequel lol, but my feelings feel a lot less strongly.

I'm not content, but I am accepting that more likely than anything, chapter 430 was it. That the extended epilogue was those two chapters past 15. And that's okay. The ending doesn't sour the beautiful writing of the past, just means I'll have to do more rereading than I'll have to do reading new content.

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PH Dynamight visits teacher Deku after some time...

A needed hug.

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The question submissions are actually for Horikoshi to use when writing the sequel! He wants to address any unanswered questions!

I've cracked it!

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i will pour my blood, sweat, and tears into a piece of fanart so that maybe, just maybe Hori gets to see it TT

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this is so bkdk coded