#@horikoshi

[oshiawaseni]

The atypical shounen MC and his tsundere deuteragonist boyfriend

Izuku’s mental is cooked and one of my favourite gags in doujinshi is when someone, usually Kacchan, references his emotional instability. I’ll laugh and think “true sis” because I feel a kinship in that doujinka seeing it in him too. And then Izuku can also be a trigger happy cry baby and that’s not “normal” for shounen MCs. I adore Horikoshi for designing and fitting him outside the box of certified normal™ standards. Because that box is a trap. It’s a stereotypical, overused and tiring pitfall of shounen protags past. It does make you wonder, though… if Horikoshi isn’t afraid of making his MC completely susceptible to his emotions, what else isn’t he afraid of..?

Izuku presents as a high in “typically feminine” energies, incredibly giving, considerate, loving, sensitive, yet somehow still ambiguous teenager (none of us know for sure what he truly thinks or feels most of the time, as he is prone to keeping his innermost feelings tightly locked inside his chest, where they can’t be judged or rejected) and to round his personality off, his role was cast to a seiyuu who has a higher vocal register and the same beautiful soul, but Izuku can sometimes be emotionally volatile. I can’t think of any major shounens that have written their MC in this way. I think that is why we sometimes see people call bnha mid. Because just like the mha fandom dudebros who stan Izuku when he was at his worst because he was more of a Chad for them, I think these people simply don’t understand Izuku and his sensitivity to emotions he feels with his whole self, so they can’t relate to him well.

But that’s what makes him so unique and loveable to the rest of us - just as he represents quirklessness in the series, he is also a king of neurodiversity. His head’s got a screw or two loose, right? His thinking has always been out of whack and we know this to be true because the person who knows him best says it too and he doesn’t even know the other half of it.

Kacchan sees the boy who’s pushing himself too hard to prove his worth but from our perspective, Izuku also has breakdowns, ptsd, memory lapses and is losing his shit at the slightest slight to Kacchan. All of this is in contrast to Kacchan who used to be just as screwed up with his own lifelong misunderstandings and foul temperament, but has been slowly getting his act together, and while doing so, metaphorically grabbing Izuku by the hands, gently taking him along with him, to that same path of self-care that Kacchan also longs for him. So that they can live healthier lives together. Apologetically so, because Kacchan feels a lot of Izuku’s messed up thinking/behaviour is somewhat his fault. That simply by being in each other’s lives, their problems and feelings had become so tangled and twisted for years. So Kacchan has been desperately trying to unravel and blow away the garbage of it all and go back to how it should have been, had he taken that small, unassuming and kind hand 12, 13 years ago.

Their struggle and battle with feelings for each other is what makes the main bnha relationship so interesting and endearing. They say there’s a fine line between love and hate and they have both loved each other a lot and hated each other in between, but through it all, through every moment, in every interaction they have together, it is so clear to me and to all of us here rooting for them that they need and complete each other.

They are both for each other: the Ying to the other’s Yang, the quiet and understanding kindness to the fragile vulnerability, the heart on the other’s sleeve, the anchor of reason to the unreasonable and the personal hero who always saves them, again and again, without hesitation. Two complete opposites that eventually lost to their unshakeable magnetism, overcoming their messed up history together and subsequently revealing feelings that yield the angsty fine print of them both screaming out into the void:

 “PLEASE DON’T LEAVE MY SIDE!”

This kizuna-bound pair have gone through so much pain and misunderstanding, only to realise the life-or-death need and crazy, obsessive, passionate love for their “most closest” other half, and damn it, if they were never meant to become canon after all this slowburn buildup, I’m going to throw down with Kohei🥊😤… 😂

[kimbapkimbapp]

Katsuki is the definition of getting prettier on the inside makes you prettier on the outside

Like look at him now

[ifearloveisviolence]

a lil 'chaco

[quozacheese]

i can't believe togachako is canon

[commander-revan]

I love seeing how Horikoshi's art has changed and improved over the years.

[ackee]

y'all be laughing abt how shounen authors are misogynistic but with the way none of you can focus on the female characters in any piece of media ever, even if they are the damn main character...? you're kishimoto jr!!!!!

[all-horikoshi-sketches]

[superbeeny]

The latest GIGA cover feels like a spiritual sequel to that one Horikoshi sketch.

[yugiohz]

[swatchitt]

i coughed onto my huion, and this is what was there afterwards.

i like how hizashi turned out.

[just-a-lil-critter]

Head empty no thoughts just Kacchan blep

HE'S SO ADORABLE AND FOR WHAT

[selene-19]

Everyone dropped everything. The Christmas sketch of Hori-sensei *̣̥☆·͙̥❄‧̩̥࿌ིྀ྇˟͙☃️˟͙࿌ིྀ྇‧̩̥❄·͙̥̣☆*̣̥

I just love it! Love Izuku saying it's 27th now to Kiri (aren't they cold 😆), Katsuki and Shoto arguing where to go (Katsuki looks so pretty), what can I say about Ochako and Nejire (love the lesbian energy) they look so beautiful 😍

Never too late to post a Christmas sketch from Hori and it's perfect 🥰

I think it's the continuation of this sketch or a new one with Kiri and Nejire

[beybuniki]

some deku variations, i struggle with his color palette, but also variant no.4 is why i give everyone black eyes with no pupils deku close you beautiful green eyes they are scaring me!!!!

[moonbiit-arts]

kacchan kakkoii !!!

[burquillos]

One For All users

[inkseye]

Yin and yang as characters

They've literally swapped places, I think that shows how much they complete eachother honestly.