#also togachako

[imaginarylungfish]

ok evidence for bakudeku (and/or togachako) to become canon:

- so mha starts out really normie/cishetero because we are shown good (heroes) and bad (villains) presented as a binary. this is a popular-held belief in society (i'm writing from the perspective of someone from america).

- but the story is now changing into bad (villians) isn't necessarily all bad and irredeemable. bad is just seen as bad because of trauma (especially childhood trauma).

- and we may end up seeing more "reform rather than prison" ideas pop up later too

- in other words, this manga/anime is liberal-leaning. queerness and progressive politics usually go hand in hand.

Hori is constantly presenting us with "shades of grey" vs. "black and white" thinking. Queerness is a shade of grey. How can it not be included at this point?

[beybuniki]

post-war togachaco <3 i like to think that toga grows her hair out because she gets a girlfriend who likes taking care of it :)

[nutsack90]

tgck tarot cards :3

i might make more mha tarot cards idk... i kinda sacrificed quality for the sake of them matching

[fourkicks]

posting old bnha yuri from my previous art acct bc im feeling nostalgic and im #1 yuri fan [ft my old watermark bc im too lazy to edit it out lol]

[poofbark]

himichako i didnt ACTUALLY want you to be doomed yuri Please come back to me PLEASE

[evelynpr]

Ochako kinned Izuku so hard she also unconditionally reached out to a traumatized violent blonde who's physically hurt them- leading to said blonde feeling indebted and unworthy, then giving their life to them.

[bicheetopuff]

Ochako is standing here breaking down about Toga and her friend is coming to check on her and y’all are already throwing in the towel? Just because Izuku showed up?

A romantic confession during an emotional breakdown isn’t and shouldn’t be considered a legitimate one and it absolutely shouldn’t be considered romantic. Do yall really think Deku will take advantage of Ochakos emotional vulnerability rn and kiss her or something if she confesses?? Our sweet little sunshine boy?

Also, Horikoshi has a trend of making us think he’s gonna portray a basic shonen trope and then doing the exact opposite. I think he left it on a cliffhanger for a reason and you’re all thinking exactly what he wants you to think… please stop worrying so much and calm down. Hold my hand and we’ll wait until next week together to see what happens <3

[amaranthdahlia]

and again and again and again

[bkap0s]

fancy running into you here!

[dekusleftsock]

I think about this sometimes but I personally love that Horikoshi took the Yandere trope, split it in two, and gave one half to Izuku and Himiko.

Like it’s so fascinating how you can just SEE how purposeful Himiko was as a character in hindsight standing next to him.

Himiko is a really interesting subversion of her trope for two reasons:

She hurts people because she loves them, not for isolation or destruction of the competition (gore/blood is love to her, not necessarily a means to love someone)

She’s not possessive. Like at all.

I’ve seen that hc a few times and it always bothers me. Ochako is for sure a possessive character (we saw that with Hatsume around Izuku way back at the sports festival arc), but Himiko? Really?

You mean the girl who had a crush on a boy AND the girl who also had a crush on the same boy? Her?

You mean the girl who doesn’t hurt people who love who she loves, rather actively encouraging it in the first place? That one? Really?

Like it’s such an integral part to her subversion too. It’s what makes her such a weird and fascinating character. Possessiveness is supposed to be whats ugly about love itself, yet her love remains ugly without it. She is ugly because the fundamental ways in which she sees and feels about the world are considered “wrong”, “dangerous”, and “deviant”.

But Izuku… ohhhh Izuku…

He holds this trait like a badge melted to his skin. My man cannot escape these allegations. It’s to the point where it’s honestly a fundamental to his narrative. Izuku does not act nor feel the same without it.

Izuku holds a cutesy nickname that literally every other childhood friend of Katsuki’s has long left behind, saying his real name instead (this is honestly why I’m also uninterested in a scene where Izuku calls him “Katsuki” instead of “Kacchan”, Katsuki doesn’t represent the same things the name Izuku does, imo at least), izuku “give him back to me” midoriya, holds his dead body to his chest on a cover, freaked out on someone either hurting/offending Kacchan.. 3 times(?), keeping big boy ofa secrets…. The list goes on.

So it’s this main reason that I think their characters are just so. Fucking. Intertwined. I’m glad this has become a more common interpretation because there’s just so much that aligns between them.

Both of them call their “special people” with -chan endings, both by their first names, both deemed deviants/irrelevant by society. It’s no wonder Ochako fell in love with Izuku, just like she did toga, they’re fucking freaks. They’re interesting. They’re weird. They’re overly friendly and socially inept and a little beaten down by the world yet have too much passion to stay on the ground. They’re envious of the ones they love (Ochako of her freedom to be a normal girl, Katsuki for his raw power and harnessed skill), and I guess I just wanted to make this post because I adore how it’s all done.

I LOVE how the yandere trope is used as societal commentary here. Not necessarily as a way to make the main love interest jealous and feel she must protect the main character, nor for some kinky reason surrounding her character, but because the trope is built off of real, ugly feelings that can and do happen. That love can and is considered truly beautiful in all its forms, especially those of queer people.

So I especially love it because it isn’t just limited to Himiko, but Izuku as well. He may never hurt the ones he loves, but he would hurt for them.

A perfect narrative foil on queer and deviant forms of love. Big fan Horikoshi.

[nina-scribbles]

Finally done with this piece for my 🪐🛸Space Au🚀🌌 !!!

+ some bonus closeups on details i really liked 💕

[musicalmoritz]

Most people’s “how can anyone hate this?” ships are like super fluffy pairings that can do no wrong but unfortunately mine are always massively toxic to where I understand WHY they aren’t for everyone but I simply cannot imagine passing up that much conflict

[beybuniki]

togachako wrestler au

[dailytogachako]

Villain Ochako and Hero Toga!

[deadboyswalking]

this looks like togachako (insane lesbians) are tragically separated by two different insane gay couples 😭😭😭

[yugiohz]

MY YURI ACADEMIA