#MHA431

[krystalmelodie]

When u take too long to get to the point

[fioblah]

somebody is still bitter they had to pick up deku

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[kimbapkimbapp]

About 431

Horikoshi didn’t write 431, his team did. The last chapter he wrote was 430 about the manga that impulsed his career and dedicated 10 years of his life.

Wouldn’t it make sense that he would draw the last chapter as it is the most important one of the whole series? Why would you have anyone else than you drawing it? And why does it look like he didn’t even revise it? ( cause horikoshi is very careful with the details and cmon dekus scar missing and ochako holding things with her hands all the time???? Font inconsistency????) it looks like he didn’t even read it tbh

What I’m saying now is that it doesn’t even look like horikoshi cared at all about the “ending”. However, we bkdk shipers also cope with not canon material to prove that they’re canon, like the novels, movies, extra chapters.

So in my opinion nor izuocha nor bakudeku can be confirmed by non canon material, only what Horikoshi specifically wrote from chapter 1 till 430. So if you wanna argue about your ship being canon or not I think you should not consider anything else…

[atalkingrat]

Izuku's weird ass intensity about being a hero and wanting to beat Kacchan was the most interesting part of him. Yeah he was a great person, but a protagonist needs to me more than a good human to be interesting.

I think that's why 431 is like????

So inheriting AMs legacy was just not important? Their lifelong rivalry ended first year high school when they achieved being the greatest heroes who save to win and win to save for FIVE MINUTES? You're saying they went through ALL THAT just to PEAK IN HIGH SCHOOL????????

Like I would understand if Izuku wanted to chill if he was fighting for years and lost his childhood to his heroic fate like Harry Potter, but he literally just lived out all his dreams for ONE YEAR. He wasn't just supposed to he a hero because the world needed one, he was supposed to be a hero because that was what he always wanted.

Sure, his ending is proving that there are many other ways to be a hero, which is great, but instead he's like a full time teacher and casual hero? And heroism is just a cool thing he gets to do? And all the kids he went to school with still maintained their passion? Except for the most passionate of all who's passion seems to have died in highschool, because he was fueled by the need to compete. And through the entire story he learns how to compete in a healthy way that isn't motivated by self-loathing and acted out through abuse. And then his lifelong rival who vowed to surpass him just dips out of the competition after surpassing him for 1 day (even though only Kacchan actually seemed to recognise that because Izuku tends towards extreme modestly).

I am ramble mcramblesen rn sorry - I just wanted to see these boys be interesting and passionate and EXCELLING. Instead one is doing alright for himself and the other is just kind of finding his way and seemingly unsatisfied.

[sheiireen]

forget me not.

[ghostclefable]

Katsuki: hey, uh, it seems like you're taking this pretty hard

Shoto: *clenching his bkdk soft launch packet* this is going to ruin the tour

Katsuki: ...the what?

Shoto: THE WORLD TOUR *sob*

[cowboylikesubai]

izuku and ochaco are BOTH going to wake up in the middle of the night with their head in their hands

[freyja-veens]

this is just me but i find it funny that this was mina's reaction to kuroiro and kinoko dating. she was surprised and said she didn't feel that to be the case when they teamed up

the lesson is do NOT trust mina's romance radar

[maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal]

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Imagine how winter is like for them and how they never get a break AT ALL. Harsh and cold wind and not having any shelter to stay protected from it, no blankets, no heaters, literally NOTHING.

please take the time to help them out even if you can’t provide much, anything helps! Share this constantly and please donate if you are able to!

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[createandconstruct]

your thoughts about chapter 431 of mha are super understandable, I hope the chapter won't discourage you completely from the series and such, and hopefully it'll only be temporary <3 I went through a bit of a creative rut when some of the later chapters were let out too, and thankfully it has passed. I hope the same will be true for you. wishing you well!!

Thank you anon.

My feelings are little more settled about the whole thing. I'm still determined to hang on to what I love about the series but its overall ending has me just really disappointed. The message and tone and the end to this story that 431 leaves us with... it all has me feeling really really sad.

[krystalmelodie]

This is our Uber driver … are we cooked ? 😭🙏🔥

[t0runn]

just wanna share my feelings with other bkdk shippers... now I can't listen to my music as I used to bc a lot of songs reminds me of my boys 💔

[th0verend]

Tiempo Libre

Drabble 495 w

[TodoBaku] Esp

>431 epílogo

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—Ahora mi corazón tiene mucho tiempo libre— le respondió Todoroki sonriendo.

Sintió que esa respuesta lo había tomado con la guardia baja, la mirada que le dedicó mientras lo decía tranquilamente parecía cómplice. No era bueno para él y su mente hecha un lío.

Katsuki nunca había creído que una noche como esta llegaría, una en la que fuera Izuku quien rechazaría su oferta de unirse a su agencia. Una noche en la que Shoto se convierte en el héroe número dos y él baja a ser el quince.

Ahora, con el nuevo interés de Shoto por los cuencos y palillos, se da cuenta de que quizá ha caído algo bajo. No quería seguir persiguiendo cosas que no le pertenecen y dejar ir las que sí se merecía.

El resto de la celebración la pasó aturdido, sin saber de qué hablaban los demás, sin saber de qué hablar consigo mismo. Sólo se dio cuenta de la incesante mirada de Todoroki sobre él. Supone que hay costumbres que nunca se pierden.

—Bastardo— lo llama cuando todos vuelven a sus casas, antes de él mismo tomar su auto lleno de idiotas y largarse—. Felicidades por tu ascenso en el ranking. Sé que no te lo dije antes.

Shoto no le contesta, sólo le sonríen. Ya no es tan raro verlo sonreir, pero sigue causando esa sensación nerviosa en su estómago cuando lo hace.

Ser atractivo es todo un talento.

—Supe que Midoriya te rechazó —siempre tan jodidamente directo—. Lo siento por eso.

—Sí, bueno. Ya no importa —se rascó un poco la nuca, nervioso—. Deku ha cambiado. Ya no es el mismo idiota soñador. Debí esperar que me mandara al carajo.

Los ojos de Todoroki no se despegaban de su cara, eso sólo lo hacía sentir más nervioso.

—¿Y qué harás? —da un pequeño y casi imperceptible paso al frente— ¿Invitarás a Kirishima?

No, no. Ese no era el plan. Kirishima está participando con otras agencias

—No, él ya tiene negocios.

—Ya veo —mira un poco hacia arriba, quitando los ojos de los suyos por primera vez en la noche.

Lo que daría por saber lo que piensa.

—Bueno. Ahora soy el número dos y...

—Te estás volviendo bastante presumido, Todoroki —Katsuki cruza los brazo y esto le saca una risita a Shoto.

—Discúlpame. Sólo quería invitarte yo a mi agencia. Podemos trabajar juntos —mira de nuevo los ojos confundidos de Bakugo—. Esperando no ser yo el rechazado esta vez.

El tono de voz con el que dijo aquello tenía un tinte sospechoso, algo seductor. ¿Era un coqueteo? Uno muy extraño, al puro estilo Shoto Todoroki.

Se obliga a quitar la cara de sorpresa y a controlar las cosquillas en el estómago.

—¿Por qué siento que no me lo dices sólo por el trabajo, icyhot?

Shoto encoge los hombros, tal vez fue muy obvio.

—Como te dije antes, Katsuki —oh, está usando su maldito nombre—. Ahora mi corazón tiene mucho tiempo libre.

Al diablo todo lo demás.

[boku-yes]

i haven't been active since 2017 but one (1) really good post is bringing me back oh my god

[sheiireen]

...the leaks feel so fake. What if the leakes were baited and the real chapter looks different? It's just too inconsistent. Storywise and artwise. It makes no sense at all...

[boku-yes]

hey so this is insane and night just change my life

Oh? Please, Madam

What Izuku rejects is the opportunity to be Katsuki's SIDEKICK. He doesn't reject being a hero or competing with Katsuki. He rejects working FOR/UNDER Katsuki. Which is hilarious because Katsuki accepts (apparently multiple times) showing up as a guest lecturer to help out Izuku's class. Katsuki tells Izuku that "If everyone is special, no one is special," which has the potential for SO MUCH DOUBLE MEANING. But what there is no ambiguity about to me is he's basically telling Izuku "Hey, notice this. I'm treating you special. You're special to me. NOTICE."

It's also implied that Izuku sees Katsuki more regularly than he sees most others from their class, which is emphasized by the previous chapter when Aizawa complains to him about Katsuki's behavior in public affecting his ranking. Katsuki basically tells Izuku he needs to start thinking about himself more, and he also ends their final interaction with a "See ya [later]." Katsuki is NOT talking about Ochako, but Izuku takes some of his advice as the impetus for going to talk to Ochako (specifically they just wanna talk more after the dinner since the dinner is now over and they didn't get to talk). So what was Katsuki thinking of? I personally read his "See ya later" as "You'll figure it out, just go handle what you gotta right now and you can catch up to me later."

Hilariously, Izuku calls Katsuki out for being the one to say "If you don't start thinking a little more highly of yourself, you won't notice the things you should." Izuku's response is basically, "Look who's talking." Again, the potential for double meaning here is painfully obvious. He could be referring to SO MANY THINGS and we're meant to infer what that is. WE GET TO GUESS. Izuku could be saying "You did stuff just as bad as what you're saying," or "You're STILL not noticing something, Kacchan."

And Izuku taking inspiration from Katsuki's words to go talk to Ochako is meaningful in another way--IT MEANS IZUKU LISTENED TO HIM. Katsuki is having an influence on Izuku in a way to improve who he is just like Izuku did for him in high school. Izuku takes Katsuki's advice seriously. NO ONE HAS EVER GOTTEN HIM TO UNDERSTAND THIS LESSON BEFORE NOW. It ends with Izuku and Ochako deciding to talk more, but what it shows us is the beginning of Izuku considering himself more. If Izuku follows Katsuki's advice long enough, he'll end up back in the competition with Katsuki just like Katsuki expects him to. That is just as easy of a conclusion to make from the theme of "inevitability" that Shouto gives us (and that Izuku also takes to heart).

This ending implies that inevitably Izuku's gonna catch up again, basically. Things will continue to change. So yeah, we get a beginning where he and Ochako meet up to talk, but it's just a beginning. It's one night of chatting. They're seeing if something's there now (which kind of implies that there wasn't much there before), but it's left open-ended. And I think it's left open-ended what happens with Ochako on purpose because anyone can read how that ends up however they like. You just have to decide as a reader what's "inevitable" for Izuku Midoriya from this point on. Me? I've decided Izuku is taking Katsuki's advice to treat people who mean more to him better. Ochako is just the beginning. Izuku has other people in his life he needs to show love to as well (because that's what this is, Izuku is learning to show people that they're important to him, that he loves them, because saving people doesn't do that--he saves EVERYONE). And then maybe he'll start to see how the people who love him treat him special too, like guest SPECIAL (same kanji) LECTURER KATSUKI BAKUGOU.

tl;dr there is a lot left open to interpretation and it's probably on purpose, read the chapter however you like, just like we did with the last chapter.

...and my interpretation which is the correct one is that Katsuki tells Izuku, "Here let me show you how to love people, damnit!" to give him the character development everyone has been begging for him to have for years, to realize that saving people doesn't mean they're special to him if he's known for saving everyone ever, so like, maybe go show them you care in OTHER ways, Izuku, and also I'll be waiting right here for you to come show you love me you jackass (and he does, he does come show him that)