#The Book of Deku

[chandralia]

IM CRYING the exhibition with hori pulling another “yeah iz//ch, it’s definitely… they’re definitely um certainly something… ! anyways here’s bkdk” then proceeds to go into detail about their dynamic again HELLO

[bkdk-dump-blog]

I love how bkdk shippers are finally starting to be happy again, but ya’ll…

Some of ya’ll are just completely forgot about Eri 😭, ya know, the main reason why he wanted to do this one shot in the first place

I know the bkdk brain rot is real guys, literally just started to read mha ships outside of it like togachako, but please give my girl some love

[codenamesazanka]

Databook: "[Spinner] was attracted to Shigaraki"

okay

[call-me-copycat]

Look what I just got!!

I skimmed through it since I'm a little busy but here are my favorites that stood out!

(I didn't feel like translating so I used Google translate ^⁠_⁠^;)

Typo? "End of an Ear" instead of "End of an Era"

FIRST THINGS FIRST: THIS LOOKS LIKE THE QUESTION I SUBMITTED!!

Not saying it is completely mine since it's a very broad question I'm sure many sent but I'm really happy to see it answered ... (⁠๑⁠¯⁠◡⁠¯⁠๑⁠)

Horikoshi and his terrible eating habits strike again hahaha. At least in his older notes he was eating "healthy" you could say.

I remember in a note, he said he was amazed with watermelon since it could be eaten for all 3 meals due to its size

In another, he admitted to at one line crouching in front of his fridge at 3am, gnawing on a head of lettuce (cabbage? I don't remember)

Maybe Horikoshi and I are more similar than I thought lol

My schedule! Although I don't have the free time to sleep things off like that (⁠；⁠^⁠ω⁠^⁠）

I've been wanting to see a class like this (or on quirks and quirk history) for awhile now! I'm sure it's very easy for him -⁠ᄒ⁠ᴥ⁠ᄒ⁠-

I never thought I'd come across someone who'd want to eat one of those. I guess we all have our impulses, huh? (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠)

I also love how honest Horikoshi is lol

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I'll read through more later but I wanted to stop by and look through it real fast! I'm really happy with it overall ♪⁠～⁠(⁠´⁠ε⁠｀⁠ ⁠)

(goodness knows how expensive this thing was...)

[moezarte]

What multiverse did you sling into Spidey?!

[arottenlust]

MONTHS AND MONTHS OF PAIN SWIPED AWAY IN A SINGLE IMAGE💔💔❤️‍🔥 THEYRE TOGETHER THEYRE COMPETING BKDK CANON 😭😭😭😭😭

[haine-kleine]

anyway. the ending was like That because it was Izuku's hero academia. it was his story told from his point of view and it concluded all the plot points he was concerned with, like his relationship with Bakugou, Allmight, the public's opinion on the heroes, what the new generation of heroes is going to be like, how Shouto is perceived by the public, Izuku's general relationship with his former classmates and Aizawa.

he never really cared about Shigaraki outside of their brief confrontation. he didn't really know Shigaraki as a person, and nor was he interested in getting to know him, even when he got the chance to peek into his past, Nana and Allmight had more reason to be interested in who Shigaraki the person was. to Izuku, Shigaraki started as a terrifying villain and ended as a crying boy he was unable to save. this is why, as he joins the rest of his classmates and becomes a pro hero, he imagines the ghost of Shigaraki looking over him, haunting him, reminding him of his failure but also inspiring him to try harder and 'keep reaching out'.

The villains were the ones concerned with their stories. Spinner wrote that book by himself, as Izuku's notes are being written at the point the book has already been published. Izuku never mentions any contents of that book nor Spinner or Mister Compress. Because they do not belong in his story, not really.

They belong with each other, in the League of Villains, as they have proven time and time again how important they are to each other and how far they are willing to go to protect their own. Shigaraki's thoughts before Izuku had killed him were all about the League. Kurogiri's last act was trying to save Shigaraki from AFO and the heroes. What kept Spinner's spirit from crumbling after losing everyone he had cared about was his burning desire to tell their story to others, to let their stories be heard. Touya finds no solace despite getting everything he had ever wanted from his family and being reunited with them - because his place was in the League of villains, the place where he was accepted just as he was, unconditionally.

the conflict of heroes versus the villains led to nothing but devastation and destruction for the villains. even those who were heard out and validated by the other party ended up becoming victims, or martyrs.

after that experience, after having a whole crowd of pro heroes, the people who made it their lives career to save others witness his destruction by the man who stole his body from him and by the boy who swore to save him, why would Shigaraki be interested in keeping in contact with these people, had he survived? why would Kurogiri go out of his way to let Shirakumo's friends know he had survived their students attempt to take his life and the life of the boy he wanted to save, all because they couldn't accept his affection for that boy outweighing their long gone friendship? why would Toga, when the reporters and the heroes saw her body after starting to transfuse all of her blood to Ochako and not even bothered to pick it up, to save her life or even to bury her?

here is how it went: Kurogiri did end up successfully saving Shigaraki, the fact going unnoticed by the heroes because both of their bodies were crumbling. he had also taken Toga, which is why her body wasn't picked up together with Ochako (and why Ochako doesn't have any memories of Toga's dead body, only of her final words to her). and then Kurogiri teleported them far away, where they healed and started planning how to get the remaining three LOV members back, while they are still alive.

they broke Spinner and Compress out of the prisons. In memory of Twice, Hawks had covered it up, as long as they don't resurface as villains.

Shigaraki and Toga had considered letting Touya stay together with his family, up until the news of Endeavor's disgraced villain son being on his deathbed got out. On the very next day, Shigaraki broke the tank Touya was residing in to pieces. Enji and his sidekicks had covered his eldest going missing by holding a funeral ceremony for him (the second one, this time knowing full well it's a fake funeral). Shouto was enraged with his father's decision and Enji used Shouto's just starting pro hero career as an excuse, don't you want to have a clean start, without the weight of mine and Touya's crimes weighting you down? It's not like Shouto has a choice in the matter, just as when he was a kid. The family wonders about the missing one's fate. Sometimes, Shouto gets messages from unknown numbers. He doesn't share them with anyone, except for Natsuo, who is still devastated about not using his one last chance to reconcile with the brother he had been so sorely missing for 8 years.

The ghosts of Toga, Shigaraki and Dabi live on, haunting the heroes who failed to save them. Himiko, Tenko and Touya also live on. They are very different from these ghosts.

[champie-moon]

2-A class. Mid-Fall. 8:44pm. A bench nearby their houses. They wanted to walk around the yard together just because. Izuku is babbling about how he spent the weekend. They don't date but let everything take its course. Maybe now Katsuki is up to something...

[kingkatsuki]

IMAGINE!!! You’re a Princess from a neighbouring kingdom hand picked by the Midoriya dynasty to marry the young Prince Izuku. A man who has riches far beyond your own city, and it’s a marriage that could unite the two kingdoms to forge an even stronger bond.

Except, while you’re living in the castle and preparing for your marriage to Prince Deku— you end up falling for the King’s bodyguard, Bakugou Katsuki.

[my-sticker-b00k]

Some misc/slightly themed mha sticker/collage pages!

[nutsack90]

this scene is soooo neat i HAD to redraw it

also this brush effect feels like colored pencils i lub it... colored pencils are my fab media EVER

[risingvoltstorm]

"Can I ever hope to be someone like you?!" Oh Izuku... my green son, if only you knew what your future was going to be like... I'm so proud of you. You will always be GOATED to me.

[codenamesazanka]

I was thinking about it after rereading the chapter where the two of them talk, and I'm curious what you think about it: Do you think Spinner actually hates Deku?

Well, I can't imagine Spinner having that many good feelings towards Deku when he reacts like this:

That last image, especially, comes after Deku relayed Shigaraki's last words, and Spinner promises not to let the League be forgotten. Specifically, he promises "I bet you'll forget all about Shigaraki Tomura and the League. Just smiles and good times for you. I'm gonna write a book... that will stick it to you heroes forever...."

So that's a big grudge! He resents that Heroes and the world will go on, unchanged (remember, Spinner said: "If Heroes win the day, nothing will change"); he won't let the League's struggle against these Heroes be forgotten; and it's framed as "sticking it' to the heroes.

(This is also the glare that Deku remembers with a stab of pain the next chapter when someone congrats him on killing Shigaraki calls him inspiring for killing Shigaraki.)

Then also Deku does and responds to that with "Make it a comic book" which is quite the callous line to a grieving, angry League survivor; which is why Spinner looks like that, in the third image.

Above all, you know. Deku killed Shigaraki. Who Spinner considered his first friend and just wanted to be by his side and lighten his burden and achieve his dream. Also can't imagine Spinner have a lot of good feelings to his friend's murderer (which is what he calls Deku).

I hate Deku a lot! But I can't say for certain that Spinner is the same - at the very least, considering the evidence, he doesn't like Deku very much.

That said, I think he does give Deku the grudging respect of an enemy. Deku did after all delivered Shigaraki's last words to him and told him about Shigaraki's feelings; and Spinner didn't immediately crush his tiny little body in rage when he had the chance. And he trusted Deku to deliver a message to Shoji too (a message that also conveys some respect for an enemy - "ganbare", do his best) (just like Shigaraki said to Deku).

[maythebaebewithyou]

ONE FOR ALL HERO:

DEKU

[lily-claw]

my crashing out times before the leaks, in someone's straw page

Me thinking we will need this

And then, me after the leaks:

[cosmicaces]

rody has such a low self esteem. of course, right?

"why would a criminal like me be worth getting hurt over"

"truth is, i'm pretty lame"

"look, i'm a worthless delinquent, deku. i can't take on the world, much less save it. i'm not a hero like you."

i know that last one was said while he was feigning compliance with flect, but i don't think he was lying when he said that. i do think there was truth to his words, the way he viewed himself. it makes deku telling him that he did great, that he's amazing all the more meaningful.

...that said, he still thinks pretty lowly of himself. this is evident in the team-up mission. in a small way, sure, but still something worth noting.

"i feel like i've done nothing but put [roro and lala] through hard times"

this line right here is indicative of it. rody was doing what he could to provide for his siblings and yet he feels like he's responsible for putting them through a rough period...

i also wanna address this:

(as a side note, i wanna say good on deku for asking both jirou and shouji to accompany them since they have recon quirks and are going around a big city with two little kids)

rody is doing a good job of raising his siblings!! when roro and lala wanted to buy those pilot goggles, they made sure to ask the heroes! they made sure that they were not alone! he taught them how to be safe!

but... notice what rody assumed when he saw that roro and lala weren't there?

"i told them not to walk off with strangers"

he immediately assumes that they disregarded what he said. this is a reasonable assumption for sure, but the reason why i bring it up in my argument is because rody does have a level of trust in his siblings. in whm, he knew that he could leave them alone, that they would remain at home, and that they would make dinner and take care of themselves if he was out for an extended period of time.

this assumption of his paired with him feeling like he's done nothing but put them through hard times... it tells me that rody doesn't feel like he's doing a good job of raising his siblings.