hes a little liar hes a LIARRRRRR everyone is all “izuku is so boring” “izuku is underdeveloped” “where is izuku’s character arc/plotline i dont see it” it’s right here it’s been here OPEN YOUR EYES
I THINK the reason why the jump giga cover illustration hit us so hard is b/c hori NEVER mocks the intimacy of izkt’s bond. he has never made a homophobic gag out of them. he actively avoids taking advantage of their popularity for cash—every emotion btw them is taken seriously
Kudou was feeling weird and Bruce asks if he was touched by AFO during the battle, but Kudou tells him to reveal the results already. It appears that there are now two quirk factors inside Kudou, the gearshift one and a very small, almost insignificant one
#MHA408
the kudou/izuku meme template from 413 is unmatched COMEDYYYY
kudou: you have to build an inter dimensional time travel machine using a paperclip
Izuku:…. have u lost ur mind?
kudou: just like the time kacchan flipped an omelette
Izuku: kacchan‼️
can’t wait for clean scans
i wonder how agonizing it was for kacchan to be his nerdy self after his falling out w deku.
his “friends” def didn’t care abt stuff like all might as much as they did. i bet kacchan had moments where he wanted SO BAD to grab deku and be like THAT NEW ALL MIGHT MOVIE WAS SO GOOD
i love everyone is seeing/understanding how sweet & sentimental katsuki really is. it’s always been this way, jst buried under insecurity & anger & shame. when he realized, he immediately got to work dismantling his ways of thinking. tore it all apart to begin anew. HE did that!!
smth acutely painful abt katsuki immediately noticing smth is off w/ izuku & going on to say (not his fault, he literally doesn’t know what izuku’s going thru) that he needs to put those thoughts aside. essentially reinforcing izuku’s interpretation of “control ur heart”
#bkdk
#dkbk
if you asked katsuki what dating izuku is like, he’d probably dodge the question. make a quip or two, something unsatisfying and just the right amount of gross, like “that guy? sometimes he’ll wear the same pair of underwear two days in a row.”
we alr knew this but the way bones just full on confirmed the thing that broke the camels back and ultimately made izuku leave UA was katsuki getting stabbed 😁
so dark deku appears in an older costume and not his current one. his eyes are angled… his sleeves are also torn in the same place they tore in 285… guys oh my god
#mhaspoilers
#mhaspoilers
ok the deliberate, pointed reference BACK to the apology which deku has yet to address … thats entirely 100% on purpose we are supposed to make that connection right now
#dkbk
#bkdk
post-war, canonverse, fluff
They left the curtains open, he realizes, the thought soft and warm in the back of his mind like the rest of them. All of them. Katsuki pauses tracing the contours of Izuku’s face, resting the back of his fingers against his cheek instead.
fandom/shipping itself has NEVERRR revolved around whether a ship is canon/will be canon or not. it’s about creativity and community. ppl constantly fighting about what’s going to be canon instead of just enjoying their damn ship are never happy in fandom
we received this anon back in 2017 and it's a question a lot of people still ask, years later. the answer i wrote back then aged pretty nicely, so i thought i'd share it with you guys.
a breakdown of izuku's admiration--or, as i like to call it, WHY KATSUKI? a 🧵
I still can’t believe how casual bakugo calls deku “izuku” ever since? Yeah it might not be a big deal for the westerner’s, but jpn don’t approach each other with their giving name unless their extremely close with each other. Let that sink in lord
during this arc we’re reminded AT EVERY TURN that bkg and dk dont have a usual relationship, def to establish this idea of an inexplicable/beyond words connection btw osananajimi. and it baffles/catches the eye of multiple people- compress, kiri, iida, tdrk, etc. +
“and not just bakugou”
i like to think about this line as a way to shame izuku. of course iida is worried about everyone in his class, not only the one who’s been kidnapped, but it’s also like it’s aimed to izuku to say “bakugou isn’t the only one in danger here !” 🧵
But Bakugou finally gets it: pain is the key. When the sweat that should be coming from his hand runs all over his body, the pain is excruciating. He has to pinpoint where it hurts the most and master the timing in order to unleash stronger explosions
#MHA406
he takes izkt SERIOUSLY. when we see how they act in scenes like bkg’s kidnapping, bkg’s death/revival, etc. we’re also compelled to take them seriously. when hori drops an illustration like this, our first thought isn’t “love this week’s marketing strategy”, we take it SERIOUSLY
there we have it. izuku doesn’t hate katsuki, has never hated katsuki, even when u’d think he would, think he’s SUPPOSED to. he saw all the light and good in katsuki and it was so brilliant to him that he never let it go, even when katsuki himself lost sight of it
#mhaspoilers
bro i get so annoyed when ppl r like, its fine if u like bakugou but it’s a red flag if u liked him before his development. ?????? do u know how dumb this sounds do u know
i understand taking issue with folks going after c4leb w/ these recent translations as a matter of principle. but to be perfectly honest, ppl would more readily give him the benefit of the doubt rn if he didn’t have a track record of being spiteful towards fans in the past
never let this guy drive u anywhere if u put him in the trolley experiment with kacchan tied up on one set of tracks and like 50 ppl on the other he’d choose kacchan
i shipped bkdk before dvk2 even happened. i didn’t ship it bcs i wanted it to be canon (at the time i didnt even consider it a possibility), i shipped it bc i loved their story. i admired & was inspired by them, making art/writing abt them & everything they could become was FUN
kudou: its righty righty lefty loosy
deku: wht the actual fuck are u saying
kudou: what arm does kacchan lead with in a fight. turn it that way
deku: right hook… OH‼️
the kudou/izuku meme template from 413 is unmatched COMEDYYYY
kudou: you have to build an inter dimensional time travel machine using a paperclip
Izuku:…. have u lost ur mind?
kudou: just like the time kacchan flipped an omelette
Izuku: kacchan‼️
can’t wait for clean scans
my take is it’s very hard to genuinely piss him off but that doesnt mean it’s impossible/all that rare. his anger is sharp/sudden, powerful but short-lived (how much of that is him deliberately swallowing his ugly feelings down bc hes embarrassed/ashamed/afraid of them, u decide)
one crucial thing about kacchan u gotta consider if u want to rly understand him is how hes FULLL of contradictions. tough guy “i dont gaf about anything or anyone else” is 9/10 times an act, he actually gaf way too much. hes notorious for speaking misleadingly/w double meanings+
it genuinely breaks my heart because i love izuku. manga izuku feels like a different character from anime izuku for me. hori draws each and every detail with intent, and the drawings complement the emotions and developments in the story. they work in tandem to tell it.
In terms of design, the anime does Izuku more of a disservice than any other character, IMO. His face shows so many emotions all at the same time, and they get muddled in the adaptation. THIS is our Izuku.
the person who created the rumour that hori said izu0cha will get married at the end 🤝 the person who created the rumour that bkdks mass sent hori death threats for not making deku gay
right so i figured out one of the main reasons why the whole bksquad and dksquad fanon grouping has always bothered me. it's right there in their names. bkg and dk being in two separate groups. they're forced to split apart into distinct spheres. it's bkg OR dk.
#mhaspoilers
on that note, i also thing kacchans smile being on the bottom corner of the page is on purpose. we are going to get… a bigger one, at some point. later. and itll be where deku can see it this time. mark my fucking words
i can never stop thinking abt how he’s covered in scars he took while protecting/thinking about izuku.. any potential partner that isnt izuku would have to come to terms with that
@Dekuhive
kacchan dates to marry and if we’re going to pretend he would date anyone before izuku he stresses anyone else he ever dates out bcs of how dedicated he is
just thinking about kacchan having to fight off the urge to talk to deku, getting upset that he even still wants to talk to him, having to like. DEAL with missing him when he’s supposed to be angry at him.
no one ever GOT him like deku did and im sure he felt that
please please RT!!
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i bet he TRIED too. i bet he tried to connect w/the other kids always hanging around him. no one rly understood. & all itd take is for one of them to eventually go “u still watch that stuff? thats for babies” for him to be like. right. and start hiding it, like he did w/ the card
@Boobookittyfk_
? kandake's entire character takes heavily from the african queens of the ancient kingdom of kush who went by the same title. they were black. this is a matter of basic respect, not opinion. also ppl have BEEN commenting on her outfit for some time now, where have u been lol
ill never shut up about how bnha is a story about hope and love and empathy. healing. and facing the past so you can grow. like i dont care if u think thats naive. i like to acknowledge when stories/people dare to care in such a bleak and cynical world
sorry to make this abt bkdk again but is shigaraki abt to be forced into OFAFO Theatre to watch deku’s kacchan memories too .. like who doesn’t know atp
#mhaspoilers
it usually does the job of getting people to leave him alone.
now, if you play your cards juuust right, you might be lucky enough to catch him off his guard, fumble a little. you might get him to admit that izuku is “not that bad,
like it’s heart crushing and ironic that the thoughts izuku is having that are causing him so much distress he panics mid-fight and has trouble breathing bc of it are ABOUT KATSUKI. and katsuki has no fucking idea just how deep this runs. Okay
man im thinking. if bkdk’s relationship development thus far was rly just pandering/bait, calling them “friends” or even family/brothers (a la sns) would be no issue. they know ppl would ship them anyway. historically thats been the case (unfortunately). hori stubbornly refuses
“i dont care what happens to me” encompasses it all honestly. obv the issue is he takes self sacrifice too far but what does that MEAN? he sees himself as a vessel & that’s it. chars like AM & bkg are like please see ur humanity/value the way i do & dk is like umm no i’m good :)
so a lot of ppl theorized danger sense wouldn't go off, and it did. i.e. izuku in his HEAD knows what he's saying is what he's supposed to do, but he's not in a state rn to do it. that dissonance is on my mind
#mhaspoilers
it’s crazy cos iida is being reasonable from his position. people outside bkg and dk’s bubble aren’t able to understand why bkg’s kidnapping fucked dk up so bad, or why he’s willing to risk so much to get him back
over time knowing them, and particularly witnessing firsthand the effect they have on each other, they eventually start to understand. the class keeping bkg away from deku during the hospital scene imo is another example of ppl just Not Understanding why they’re like this
maybe even cool, don’t tell him i fucking said that, i’ll kill you.”
his demeanour may shift, like a chameleon changes colour. a katsuki with his shackles down, the one that thinks about izuku as though he were the most stunning puzzle katsuki has ever seen.
“Yes, you do,” Kacchan grumbles. He turns his wrist in Izuku’s grip, slipping out and replacing it with his own hand.
“Sorry for embarrassing you, then.” Izuku threads their fingers together.
“Gross,” Katsuki whispers, aloud this time.
#mhaspoilers
when u cover half of kacchan’s face in this panel like that, he really looks like deku… hori’s also been drawing deku’s eyes at an angle lately