#deku vs kacchan

[loverln]

i haven’t fed the bkdk nation in awhile hehe💚🧡

here’s a lil wip <3

[chilidip1]

MHA sketches

[aromanticannibal]

when deku vs kacchan. I have a bunch more of these here

[kacchanot-fucking-deal-with-this]

i needed a direct quote from the anime for my fanfic and found the line i was looking for in deku vs. kacchan and then ended up just fully rewatching the episode afterwards and haha no im not crying this show doesnt have a hold over my emotional state haha what are you talking about-

[arjengelly]

Deku vs Kacchan 3

So what if the final chapter/manga panel is Kacchan challenging Deku to another match, a friendly spar this time? And they smile at each other as they make their move and the shot sorta pans up to the sky and says: thanks for reading, all the support, see you soon, etc.

[eardun]

They're the 6th most popular AO3 ship for a reason ☝️

[dekusheroacademia]

Deku vs Kacchan part 2 as a trial by combat

My main life passion is King Arthur and medieval literature, so when I read Deku vs Kacchan part 2 it was clear to me that this was a trial by combat resolution. I have noticed a couple of comments here and there, of people who seem to not understand the point of Deku vs Kacchan part 2 at all, or even what it meant for Bakugou's character, so I thought I would write the summary of what I could get from it, and the most likely (in my opinion) explanation of what the whole thing means.

This is just from Bakugou's side, given that Deku's side of those chapters are a bit more complicated (he is confused as he never knew what was going on in Bakugou's anger filled head).

First of all, what is a trial by combat?

It was simple a trial, a way to demonstrate something (who is right and who is wrong) by combat. There is a A side, and a B side, and two fighters, each representing one of these two sides. Whoever win demonstrates that their side is correct.

Usually this was for something unrelated to fighting ability. Ex. Did my wife cheat and slept with you? (classic Lancelot and Guinevere situation), Lancelot says nope, and he wins, so nope it is.

In Deku vs Kacchan part 2 we have something more attached to the "strength" of the characters, so a combat to get the right answers make a little more sense.

Now, what are the two points, and what is the question?

Bakugou's question is "Which one of us has the correct way to admire All Might?" and the two sides are:

A) Bakugou's side: focusing on dominance/strength, winning over saving

B) Deku's side: empathy, kindness, focusing on saving

They both admire All Might but in two different ways. For Bakugou these two ways are not compatible, impossible to co-exist, only one of them is correct. In a trial by combat, if Deku wins, then (B) is correct, if Bakugou wins then (A) is correct.

The problem here, is that Bakugou has more information that can suggest to him a possible answer. In particular, we know that Bakugou's way of admiring All Might had led him to a bunch of negative consequences: being saved by Deku, being not chosen as successor, failing the first combat against Deku, failing the license exam, getting kidnapped, having to be saved again. And of course, being the cause of All Might's retirement. So he feels guilty, and he already can sum up that his way (A) of admiring All Might... surely cannot be correct, because look at what led him to.

I think this is why Bakugou wants to use this trial by combat to demonstrate to himself that he is correct in his guilt, he was the one being wrong, and this is why we see him surprised or even mad at having won:

Because now he has these two conflicting points:

Trial by combat says he won, he is correct

Actual life consequences say he is not correct

So now that Deku lost, what does this mean? I think this conflicting answers can only be resolved in completely nullifying Bakugou's way of seeing the world. He can only accept that this is not a correct way of identifying an answer, that winning and force are not the only way to go, but also their two modes are not as incompatible as he thought, maybe not ALL of his mode of admiration was incorrect.

This also reminds me of Javert from Les Miserables, someone who also saw everything in black and white, and that had to face the crumbling of "black/white incompatibiliry" of different ways of seeing people and the world (sadly, it did not end well for him).

[ilovereadingandstuff]

Katsuki, bring up bk vs dk 3 BEFORE the manga ends. please. i need it.

I will need Mr "I know deku better than you" katsuki to initiate yet another intervention because his babygirl is having eyebags and self-blame once again

[sugawara--san]

they are hitting the same pose and everything

[loverln]

i just saw someone say the ONLY thing they would change about the MHA ending is that they would have ochaco replace katsuki in the “cmon deku” scene.

regardless of ships this makes no sense for the narrative. that scene is meant to have the “reaching out” between katsuki and izuku come full circle.

if you really believe that then you didn’t absorb a massive overarching ideal in MHA and missed the point of the story.

also bkdk canon *mwah*

[loverln]

listen im always hype for married bkdk fics BUT HERO PARTNER BKDK FICS WHERE THEY GET TOGETHER HAVE A CHOKE HOLD ON ME.

DROP LINKS TO YOUR FAVS I BEG OF YOU!!

The post canon fics are gonna go so unbelievably hard so

Honorable mentions to old Davemight and middle aged Erasermic

[izzfr]

Just wanna say, when I was making this I realized how gay the episode was...

[chandralia]

when we say “kacchan and everyone else” we mean Deku smiling and sobbing sweetly, almost blissfully, for Katsuki’s sake… but acting pensive and shut off with the rest of the class.

[modharvest]

Don't start a fight you can't win nerd!!

Izuku started it

Bakugou just finished it

[dekusheroacademia]

I kept chasing after you

[flying-cat]

if bakudeku isn't canon why do we keep winning