#like being all mean to izuku

[tabbyrocks]

monodeku au where izuku plays this one dating sim visual novel game and one of the characters is monoma.

and i mean that literally. like monoma got trapped in this game somehow.

when monoma starts talking to izuku, izuku thinks "oh this must be a 4th wall break horror type thing" but when he posted about it or something people thought that monoma was a fan character he made (since he like, isnt in the game game, just trapped in izukus)

[evelynpr]

Congratulations My Hero Academia for providing, possibly, the biggest and longest legit straightbaiting yet in shonen history.

Bonus points that their final chapter was released on yaoi day.

[nagitosstolenhand]

i don't like the growing opinion that people are being 'too hard' on deku for his failing to save shigaraki.

i've seen quite a few people complaining that a lot of the bnha-critical crowd are being too mean to deku for getting tomura killed, arguing that it isn't really his fault, and that hes a 16 year old child soldier who's been failed by almost every adult in his life, why should we be putting all of this on his shoulders? hes just a kid after all?

and the truth is, they're right. deku IS a 16 year old boy whos had the fate of the world thrust on his shoulders. but the story itself just plainly refuses to acknowledge this.

the narrative doesn't acknowledge how fucked up having a school that trains literal children how to be combo cop-celebrities is. it only tentatively acknowledges the fact that a universe having combo cop-celebrities is fucked up, and even then the only people who ever point this out are antagonists, who are portrayed and treated in-universe as untrustworthy. the narrative doesn't care how fucked up dekus circumstances are. the narrative treats deku like hes a fucking messiah here to touch the hearts of the evil depressed villains with his magical empathetic heart of gold before they get blown up or just sent to fucking superhell for daring to challenge the status quote.

deku isn't a person. he's barely even a fucking character at this point. he's a plot device, and a mouth piece for the objectively shitty themes bnha is trying to spout. the themes that tell you that if you're mistreated by society and want to do something about it, you're a villain. that disrupting the status quote and refusing to repent to some random teenage boy spouting empty platitudes at you means you deserve to get sent to fucking superhell. the themes that portray people fighting for civil change as mass murdering supervillains. the themes that look the audience dead in the eye and can call deku the greatest hero to ever live.

deku, who barely spared a second thought to lady nagant telling him the truth about the hero commission. who spouts meaningless platitudes about heroism and morality at nagant, and aoyama, and toga and shigaraki, when even the thought that he should question the world around him comes up. who's constantly talked about as this truly kind, empathetic person, but hasn't spared an empathetic thought to literally anyone who is classified as a villain. who listened to every authority figure around him except the ones who asked him to question his worldview. who saw la bravas tears, shigarakis various breakdowns, himikos plead for understanding, chisakis catatonic state, lady nagants truth, and barley batted a fucking eye. deku, who killed tomura shigaraki.

people don't criticize deku for failing shigaraki because they just hate deku. people criticize deku because of what he represents. because hes a mouthpiece for the atrocious morals and themes of this ideologically rotten manga. because any character he had was chopped up to bits in favor of the incomplete husk we have now. people criticize deku because hes the main character of my hero academia. theres nothing more damning then that.

[epickiya722]

Imagine being an anti in 2024 still going "can we please stop shipping characters that hate each other" and use BAKUDEKU of all ships.

With everything we have seen with those two? Especially, all of what is happening in the current arc?! Yeah, "hate" is not the word. Sorry, but I wouldn't be like that with someone I genuinely hate. If you think that's "hate"... um...

[sapphic-agent]

Part of me is glad that Mirio became the #1 instead of Bakugou. But the other part is wondering what the fuck was the point of claiming everyone would be the #1 then putting one person who wasn't even part of that group at the top

[kacievvbbbb]

Honestly despite my feelings about how the last arc of MHA went down I really love Deku and his story.

I just feel like a lot of the time we get these protagonists whose whole philosophy is it doesn’t matter what you were born as everyone can achieve greatness. But then the series goes on and it turns out that actually it DOES matter because the protagonist has this really great lineage and these really great powers you can only have through birth they were actually born born, predestined if you will, to do this.

But MHA actually sticks to its guns. Midoriya wasn’t revealed to have some great connection to all might that the universe had put in place. He wasn’t defended from some great lineage that makes him uniquely suited to this. Hell All for one didn’t even turn out to be his father, there was no hidden powerful quirk he was always meant to have. He was just Midoriya Izuku a boy who was in the right place at the right time and simply decided to act while the world did nothing. And that’s what really made him a hero.

I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but I believe him a bit more when he goes anybody can be a hero if you just decide to act

[darkflierazura]

My interpretation of the 430 spread before the high def scans were available.

I fell off of reading/watching mha after season 3 or 4. I think I like how it ended (I have a general approximate knowledge of the rest of the plot) so if I do get around to finishing it maybe I’ll make new art.

[marimeeko]

What if Katsuki and Izuku ran into their teacher from Aldera one day, and he was over the moon with how he "raised up not one but two great heroes, let alone ones who defeated the greatest evils of their era"

And he's like vigorously shaking Izuku's hand, and izuku is being his nervous self but taking the praise politely,

Katsuki can't help but feel sick about those days. Hindsight of growing up tells him that the adult in the room, this teacher, shouldn't have encouraged and ignored blatant bullying that he and others had put Izuku through for being Quirkless.

Katsuki takes every ounce of responsibility for his own past actions, of course, and is not about to export blame, but he can't help but feel a twinge of disdain for the man now shaking Izukus hand and going on about how he guided him on the path to greatness when he did less than nothing to help Izuku.

[obsidianstrawberrymilk]

Tbh a huge amount of the issues MHA has could have been fixed had Bakugo just been expelled from UA in the first season or not gotten in at all

[chandralia]

this is gonna change lives (again!!!!)

[mettywiththenotes]

The way this is going to be a scene shared between them that nobody outside will know or experience being a part of

Nobody else will see the moments of Tenko's origin, the hurt and the pain and the blood spilled in that garden

Nobody else will see those happy moments with his sister and his dog. The moment he discovered his grandma was a hero, staring starry-eyed at her photo

Nobody else will see the neglect on the street as a little boy with blood on his hands walks away

Nobody else will see AFO picking him up, the first person to act sympathetic and hug him and give him a place to stay

Nobody else will see the way Tenko hesitated to use his quirk

Nobody else will see the way AFO encouraged him to kill

Nobody else will see the image of a small boy hugging the dead hands of his family and wearing them, surrounded by the "gifts" he was given as a reward for killing

Nobody else will see the purposeful neglect, the trash bags in his room and the isolation, the way he stares at a computer screen as his future hero loses the sports festival but saves a traumatized boy's heart

Nobody else will see it all, experience it playing in front of them, except Izuku

It's so personal. Blood in the wounds, sharing each other's experiences, only for the other to see and know

[super-paper]

So I fall pretty firmly in the “Horikoshi frequently uses visuals and symbolism to tell a large chunk of this story” camp, and anyone who follows this blog knows how enthusiastic i can get about dissecting those visuals— but tbh some of the more… passionate takes i’ve seen about that last panel in ch. 388 have got me like

[doctorweebmd]

coming out of my baldurs gate 3 delirium (aka i am working a night shift and can't physically play it. at work.) to say that horikoshi. horikoshi when i GET YOU. you are NOT leaving izuku with no quirk and no arms. i am in your walls

[aromanticannibal]

I remember seeing people being like "deku's dark hero/vigilante arc makes him cooler/he should stay like that" and I'm just here like.

did the whole depression thing fly over your head?

it makes me think of my dad whom I tried to watch mha with because its my favorite show, who always complained about deku being a crybaby and about how men in anime are feminized or not real men or whatever and I'm like.

midoriya izuku is a crybaby. it's addressed in the show and the fact that he's very emotional is a fundamental part of his character that makes him unique and interesting - and dudebros (gender neutral but like it's mostly toxic guys form my experience) not understanding that and deciding that Depression Deku is better than normal Deku is just. Like just watch another anime at this point. You have other shows to watch with protagonists who arent crybabies if that pisses you off so much

[shigussy]

started writing for my fic again😊i think im goin a little heavy on building the friendship of hinata and tenko but i actually believe 2 little boys WOULD bond this fast especially if they have shared trauma.

[silverynight]

Little Katsuki being the worst and I mean the WORST at trying to express his feelings for little Izuku and as a result, he ends up making the poor green kid cry and run away from him every single time.

Then Masaru and Mitsuki pick him up from school and the blond boy is tearing up, but at the same time frustrated and angry until his father asks what's going on.

"Deku doesn't like me!"

After asking more about the other kid, the Bakugos realize it's that sweet boy with green curls whose mother is one of the kindest people on earth.

"You mean little Izuku!" Masaru says with a smile. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll make friends with him in no time!"

"I WANT HIM TO BE MY BOYFRIEND!"

"That's my brat!" Mitsuki starts laughing, prompting Katsuki to get angrier until Masaru intervenes.

"Maybe you should tell him how you feel."

"I DID! HE DOESN'T LIKE MY LETTERS!"

"Let me see those, brat."

Katsuki gives them the pieces of paper that have the most ominous, weird messages that a little kid can come up with. All of them written in red ink.

I'll take your heart, Deku.

I'll make your heart explode, nerd.

You won't be able to escape from me.

Masaru remains silent for a couple of minutes while Mitsuki ends up on the floor dying of laughter.

Little explosions are coming from Katsuki's hands and he's about to start yelling, but Masaru stops them both in time.

He then promises to help his son with the letters.

After reading a cute letter, Izuku agrees to be Katsuki's boyfriend, although none of them know exactly what that means, but they hold hands all the time now.

Katsuki even thanks his father after that and Masaru almost cries out of happiness.