#Monk is just cuddly but too anxious about it ;___;

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I need to make Monk gifs, but what really wrecks me is that he *loves* the physical comfort from people, when he can relax enough to accept it... I bet, before Trudy's death, Monk and Leland were more physical, since even after all the trauma Monk still goes for him for physical comfort: hugs, hand touches, just general "please hold me"...

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BnHA Chapter 143: The Spear and the Shield

Previously on BnHA: Tamaki beat the three assholes who were giving him a hard time. He then promptly passed out. Meanwhile his hero friends continued to run through the villain labyrinth waiting for the next villain to attack and whittle down their numbers some more. Irinaka (a.k.a. the “I am the basement” guy) suddenly whipped up a giant Wallmaster hand and tried to shotput Aizawa through a hole in the labyrinth wall. But Fat Gum and Kirishima took the hit instead and wound up in another boring featureless basement room with some more boring enemies. One of the enemies punched FG and Kiri hard enough to penetrate both of their quirks, which is probably not good. The other enemy is some barrier-creating asshole who seems to be able to make forcefields with his mind. So now Kirishima and Fat Gum have to fight these guys. Fucking great.

Today on BnHA: Rappa (the punching guy) tells Tengai (the barrier guy) not to use his quirk because he wants to fight the heroes without any interference. He punches Fat Gum a gazillion times while an already-beaten-up Kirishima watches in distress, feeling useless. After about half a chapter, Fat Gum thinks to himself that he’s been absorbing all of Rappa’s hits and storing the kinetic energy. He’s almost ready to strike back, but Rappa is coming at him faster and stronger than he anticipated, and he can’t keep up. All of a sudden Kirishima jumps in to take Rappa’s continued onslaught of punches, hardening and re-hardening his body any time the attacks break through his quirk. He gets the shit beat out of him, but his efforts pay off, as he manages to buy FG enough time to prepare his counterattack. Oh, and also Fat Gum is hot now. Like, oh damn.

(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. I’ve read up through chapter 175 now, so any ETAs will reflect that.)

well look at me, reading a new chapter two days in a row! you’d almost think I had my shit together. (I don’t, just to be clear)

this title is a whole goddamn sentence. “come on, Rappa, let’s have ourselves a match!!” hell, this is almost a conversation. we are pushing the limits and boundaries for what can be considered a title

Chance the Rappa is all “oh yeah, now things are getting real fun”, thus establishing that he and I are on very different pages

he’s telling the other guy (Tengai? that’s what he’s calling him) to take the barrier down

god bless overconfident shounen villains

Tengai has kind of a monk vibe to him, and he’s telling Rappa not to be overcome by his selfish desires, and that they have orders from Overhaul

see, now this villain is just the right amount of confident, and that is an issue

jesus, now Rappa’s trying to attack him. who paired these two together. the other villains were way more buddy-buddy with each other

did he really just call Overhaul “Overhole” lol. Tengai’s even telling him off for it

now Rappa’s launching another combo punch attack at Fat Gum, and holy shit, he’s really into it though

it almost literally is a rehash of All Might vs the USJ Noumu. even though Fat Gum has an absorption quirk, the attacks are still dealing damage to him

Fat Gum is on the bad end of this matchup. and he’s also thinking that despite their quarreling, it’s likely Tengai will put up another barrier if it looks like Rappa is in trouble

so he’s thinking that no matter what, he has to find a way to take out Tengai first

he’s looking back at Kiri and thinking that he’s taken a hell of a beating too

damn it, Fat Gum. you’re supposed to be keeping these kids safe, so why do I feel like Kirishima is the one who’s gonna end up having to bail your ass out. is it just that class 1-A is so OP? or are all of these pros actually really damn weak

I mean, FG could still have a trick or two hidden up his sleeve, but from the way he’s going on, it doesn’t sound like it

ho boy

that’s nice. a whole nother chapter of dudes just punching each other. fucking great

Kiri, do you wanna get in here, or

Rappa’s getting all fired up, naturally, and telling Tengai not to interfere

and here they go. punchin’

meanwhile Kirishima is watching in distress and thinking that FG is taking those hits for him

he’s upset because he came leaping into the fray confident that he could handle it, but he got fucked up so easily. “and now I’m nothing but a liability to him!”

I swear to god, these superhero kids and their guilt complexes. this isn’t fair. they know exactly which buttons of mine to push

man, they’re continuing to punch at each other, and Kiri is looking increasingly anxious

goddammit Fat Gum, look at this face. this is on you

FG is really getting the everloving shit pummeled out of him

Kiri’s taking a struggling step forward and thinking to himself, “do something!!” and that FG will die if he doesn’t and it’ll be his fault

U.A. really needs to give these kids some counseling because these guilt complexes are eating them alive

uh oh

is his armor down?? like, he can’t activate it at all, he’s reached his limit? fucking shit. that’s both his offense and defense, do not tell me this kid is fucking defenseless right now against these two and watching his hero mentor get beaten to death right before his eyes

his eyes are getting wider and wider, and even Tengai off to the side is observing it

hey buddy can you please stop relishing in my impenetrable son’s trauma. thanks

FG is like fucking dying and he’s all “not much longer now...” jesus christ

even Rappa is like “are you fucking kidding me, that’s really it?”

ohhhhhh shit, HOLD UP. HOLD ALL THE WAY UP, Y’ALL

are you telling me this is some kind of Black Panther shit where he can store all of the kinetic energy and return it all in one huge blast??

FAT GUM MY DUDE. ARE YOU ABOUT TO FLIP A CAR REALLY CINEMATICALLY

Tengai sees him holding up a fist and he’s all “this dude’s plotting some cool shit” and trying to warn Rappa

and yet he’s not doing anything, and Rappa’s not listening, and FG isn’t even doing anything. take your fucking time why don’t you

OH SHIT

KIRISHIMA EIJIROU YOU GET YOUR ASS BACK TO SAFETY YOUNG MAN. WHAT ARE YOU DOING. DO YOU NOT SEE THAT THIS GUY IS PUNCHING SO FAST HE HAS LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT FISTS. FUCKING LOOK AT THIS TWO-PAGE SPREAD. WHAT EXACTLY WAS YOUR GAME PLAN HERE??

I can’t believe Kirishima is fucking dead

nah just kidding. he withstood it. he’s still on his feet. of course he is

so we’re all in agreement that we can’t see shit in this panel. okay then

I’m telling you though, watching this fight in the anime next April is gonna be a gamechanger. we’ll actually be able to see what’s going on, and I’m sure it’s really cool

(ETA: make that October. god that’s so far away. but at least it gives them more time to work on it and make it even cooler I guess.

also, just a reminder that this is actually the cleaned-up version of this panel. this fight is basically just a bunch of angry smudges and speed lines no matter what, huh)

Kiri’s hardened toes are poking through his boots. kid really is going all out

lmao

-- ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

TENGAI NO ONE FUCKING ASKED YOU SO GO AWAY!!!

fuck me. naturally Rappa is pissed

you know who else is pissed. me. because now this is happening

Kirishima you had better not be fucking dead

!?!?!?!?!??!?!!?!!!!!

HOLY WHAT. HOLD THE FUCK UP

is... this... hold up. no fucking way

just. what. Kirishima is a bloodied pulp, but cute, cuddly Fat Gum is all of a sudden super ripped and crazy smoking hot???

WERE YOU SECRETLY HOT THIS WHOLE FUCKING TIME. FAT GUM YOU ABSOLUTE BASTARD. WHY DID YOU LET KIRISHIMA HOP IN THERE AND TAKE A FLURRY OF PUNCHES FOR YOU IF YOU WERE SECRETLY A HOT BADASS THIS WHOLE TIME

LIKE, JUST LOOK AT YOU THOUGH. CLEARLY YOU’VE GOT THIS. I CAN’T FUCKING BELIEVE IT. FUCK YOU

...

like. that’s the end of the chapter, but I’m still just sitting here. staring at Fat Gum. and his smoking fist. and sexy hair. and determined expression. oh no. BnHA. what have you done

BONUS:

there’s really not much to say about this picture except that it begs the question, who put less effort into their hero costume, Fat Gum or Aizawa? “thought long and hard” my ass. yeah. uh huh. sure you did