#even tho he does feel bad and wishes to be a pro hero he'll keep feeling like hey it isnt that bad he is still blessed

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on simple words: Ochako falling in love with Izuku is part of her and Himiko's arc, but not Izuku's. Katsuki's arc revolves around accepting, along other things, Izuku, and this gives Izuku a different kind of support and future which impacts his arc greatly (the apology, wanting to chase each other forever, leading the suit project).

With this I dont mean Ochako doesnt impacto Izuku's character, she does it greatly and she's his hero, but those things didn't happen because of her accepting she fell in love with him -she is like that, a hero at heart, from the very beginning. Katsuki needed to learn to accept him, and because of that he gains strength to help him and be by his side.

Ochako's acceptance of her love isn't meant to create a new relationship with Izuku, but with herself and the way she treats any scary/bad emotion, denying it to herself, an internal conflict.

Katsuki's acceptance of Izuku is literally meant to bring them closer and create a new relationship together, he is still a bratty asshole at 25 but he is able to accept his own vulnerability and work thru it while keeping in mind how Izuku is chasing him(he's chasing Izuku.

Ochako and Katsuki's feelings for Izuku, accepting them, helps them to be better heroes and take inspiration, admiring him and expressing it in the ways they can. The difference, beyond love being textual in her case and not in his, is how Ochako doesn't need to be in a new relationship with Deku, she already accepts who he is and neither have anything implying there's anything more going on behind closed doors, while Katsuki does -after they became friends, being considered one even before the apology, their relationship keeps evolving creating this feeling of needing to be together, which is why Deku being separated from him during the Final War was a huge bad omen, and the reason behind Katsuki's temporary death. Katsuki has a huge role in Izuku's wellbeing, and he is aware of that responsibility, he can't show that much change between them outside of smaller cracks like the hospital scene.

In conclusion, ill admit Izuku's arc doesnt revolve around anyone like that, around accepting them, bc he as the Japanese hero already accepts everybody and skips his most emotional and vulnerable thoughts that go outside of heroism. We know so much about how others feel about him, I cant help but believe its on purpose -he doesnt want to talk about those things, so he wont describe them or express them in order to keep control of his heart.

We don't know most negative things about his world or the people in it when we are in his POV, and he prefers to make everything have a hopeful and heroic perspective, a Deku point of view if you will. If something is bad and he tell us, is because it will get resolved, something heroic will happen, or theres some hope in it. In his narration, he doesnt focus on who he is as a person, but a hero. A potential hero training, a potential hero with his heroic peers, a potential hero giving saving in non traditional ways (the cultural festival, giving others speeches, etc).

At this point, we know he sees Ochako as his hero who always tries to not need help and will focus on a positive facade without completely believing it like him. While he is similar to both Ochako and Himiko in the way they focus only in the positives, I personally believe Izuku is fully aware of his "bad" and scary feelings and accepts them, but prefers to not reveal that much to the readers so he can still be heroic. That's what his character is about, he is genuinely at peace with losing OFA, or hurting Shigaraki, or not being a hero because he is pure hope. If he loses it, his mind would be gone too, he wouldn't be able to process these things. He helps Ochako because Ochako didnt have hope at that moment, he gave civilians hope, and he tried to give Katsuki hope too.

We don't know what he textually feels about Katsuki. Or his death. Or wanting to be chasing after each other forever.

We don't know, and I can't help but see his acceptance for Katsuki, his silent screams, him losing focus because of his pain, his trust in him, without a single expressed comment or thought about it.

Maybe that's not so heroic for a hero.

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