#like please horikoshi i’m begging you

[sapphic-agent]

Can you please get into how much the fandom demonizes Rei? Like, I’m not disagreeing that she wasn’t the best mother. But people really turn this woman (who is financially, socially, AND emotionally dependent on her husband and Clan!) into some abusive mother who WANTED to burn Shoto’s face! When it’s obvious that she was begging her mother to take her away from the house because she was too stressed out from Endeavor’s influence and Touya’s death!

I don’t know, I just think she’s not a perfect mother, but nobody can be a perfect mother. She clearly did her best with what she had, and who would’ve believed her if she said Endeavor was an abusive husband and father? The police? Other heroes? No! I bet Endeavor would’ve claimed that SHE was the terrible parent and that she was suffering from PPSD (which, she probably was, four kids, two of which were born when Endeavor started getting obsessed with overcoming All Might? She definitely had that) and she would’ve ended up in the hospital no matter what.

Let's talk about it😈

So I was actually skimming through the manga where Shoto mentions this. He says that his mother was pushed and pushed by Endeavor until she just broke. And I love this because Shoto understands that his mom was in a shitty situation and never intended to hurt him. Unlike this shitty fandom, he's aware enough to see who was the abuser and who was the one who made a mistake.

Let's go over Rei's past for a minute. She:

Grew up in an environment that was at the best neglectful and at the worst abusive

Was sold like an object (and yes this is canon, the Himura Clan canonically sells their children it was a forced marriage, not an arranged marriage)

Married Endeavor and had Touya at 18

Already, she was dealt a shitty hand. Endeavor is also four years older than her, so he was 22 while she was only barely an adult. Even outside her being bought by him, there's a huge power imbalance here. Even if he was polite and nice in the beginning, she was at a major disadvantage in their "relationship."

One of my gripes with Horikoshi and the later parts of the manga is the retcon of the Todoroki past. How Shoto tells the story and how it's portrayed later are very different.

In Shoto's version, Endeavor hit Rei for defending him from Endeavor. In the Touya flashback, she tripped. In Shoto's version, Endeavor only saw his children as means to an end. In the Touya flashback, he's portrayed as caring about them. In Shoto's version, there's a menacing and villainous aura surrounding Endeavor. In the Touya flashback he's portrayed normally.

And this is done to make Endeavor look more sympathetic. Which is bad not only because he was an abuser who doesn't deserve sympathy, it also antagonizes Touya and Rei in the process.

(People could argue that Shoto's love for his mother and young age make him an unreliable narrator. But to me this is dismissing the victim. Shoto might have been young, but he recalls enough to tell it in excruciating detail. It was a huge part of his life and writing it off like that does him a disservice)

So there are two instances specifically that people demonize Rei for.

1. Shoto's Burn

Now this is the one that is her responsibility. My thing is though... No one ever said it wasn't? Least of all Rei herself. Once she saw Shoto again, she immediately apologized. During the event itself, she realized what she did and broke down and tried to fix it. She also spent 10 years in asylum paying for what she did (which is more consequence than Endeavor faced btw).

The thing no one seems to acknowledge about this is that this didn't come from nowhere. She didn't do what she did out of cruelty or hatred towards her son. She did it because Endeavor had abused her to the point of insanity. To the point where even seeing them in her kids' faces caused her to have a complete mental breakdown. Which is understandable due to the physical, verbal, financial, and sexual abuse he was putting her through.

You know, there's an irl story like this. A woman was suffering from severe PPD and other mental issues after having four kids I think it was. Doctors and everyone repeatedly told her husband that she souldn't have more kids. He didn't listen (I'm not sure if SA was involved here but I'm inclined to believe it was) and they continued to have more. Eventually one day she snapped and killed her children.

PPD is seriously dangerous when it's left untreated, even worse when that isn't the only thing going on. Rei was no doubt suffering from the ramifications of that, but on top of everything else Endeavor out her through I can't believe she didn't break earlier.

2. Touya's Situation

It baffles that people find it in themselves to blame Rei but feel sympathy towards Endeavor over Touya.

Because on top of every instance of abuse I mentioned above, Rei was also taking care of four kids completely by herself. That would be hard even without her own and Touya's mental issues.

From the manga panel I provided, she was the only one between her and Endeavor taking Touya's mental well-being seriously. She knew how having more kids would affect him and she was right. She was the one who had to deal with Touya lashing out when Endeavor ignored him (which also contributed to her breaking down and burning Shoto due to Touya emulating Endeavor).

Rei is a character who's been judged so unfairly. Partly because Endeavor fanboys, partly because Dabi/Shoto fangirls, and completely because of the misogyny that runs rampant in this fandom. She deserved so much better.

I have a fic giving Rei the justice she deserves if anyone's interested. It features my OC who happens to be Rei's quirkless younger sister. Give it a read if you want

[kitthepurplepotato]

DEAR DEAR LOVE.

OKAY.

I HAD to send this comment as a massage and not in the comments section because I have so much to fucking say.

I think I want to marry you?

First of all the new chapter got me into the six dimension and I can't believe I actually got the courage to read this in the car with my dad so I had to pause and actually get home so I could react to this in peace, and OMG the d-rule.

Perfection.

You have no fucking idea how I fucking love the idea of the mha series happening in this universe and Deku meeting horikoshi and there are no words that can describe my feelings rn but I'll try anyway

You, you bring me happiness and this has become much more than just a fanfic, and I might be exaggerating but who can blame me when I read perfection.

But love, dear, darling, sweetie, I adore you, okay? But please please PLEASE take a break if you need to, your health means much more than us and stupid adorable deku alright? I'm begging you, do not overwork yourself, please

Alright. So have an absolutely amazing wonderful and happy birthday ever, I wish you all the goods and hugs, and everything you could ever wish for, and as always, don't forget to drink, eat, and rest my love! ❤️❤️❤️

I love you so fucking much, I swear your comments are my favorite things on Tumblr! ;D

Not going to lie I kinda thought you’re gonna send me hundreds of questions when I saw your name pop up and I was kinda excited 😂 it’s still exciting though, you made my heart go all TOKIDOKI!!! 💜💜💜

Funnily enough the D-rule thing and the KiriBaku story wasn’t even planned that just happened while I was writing 😂 it was supposed to be a basic confession scene, no My hero academia story or anything but then… Deku decided to overcomplicate the whole chapter but I really like how it turned out and the confession wasn’t as harsh thanks to it so I’m glad!

About your marriage proposal, well, it’s not impossible to be fair, might need to talk to me boyfriend of 10 years about it but he doesn’t look like he wants to marry anyway so you can totally marry me? 😂😂😂😂😂💜

Thank you for all your worries, I swear I’m completely fine! (well, kinda, but it has nothing to do with me overworking myself I’m afraid 😂)

Writing these silly fanfictions make me happy and reading your comments is my favorite thing in life, honestly! I also play the two MHA games on my phone all the time so I swear I’m not just writing and editing every single moment of my free time. The only reason I get overwhelmed is because sometimes i enjoy the chapter I’m writing so much I over-concentrate on it and I give myself anxiety because I have so much to say but everything wants to come out quicker than my fingers can move and then I burn out for a few days. I’m silly like that. (yes, I have undiagnosed ADHD 😂)

(this bit a tiny bit more personal, mostly for Ronimacaroni, but feel free to read it if you are nosy like me haha)

I don’t really know how to do anything without stressing to be honest, even those two games makes me feel like I NEED TO play a certain amount of time with it daily even if I’m not in the mood, otherwise I feel like I’m “neglecting it”. So silly.

I do the same at work by the way, I used to be in management so I always had all the responsibility on my shoulders and I changed my job due to my mental health and went down to operations (so basically just putting stock on the shelves) yet I still manage to freak the shit out and try to sort stuff out that’s not my responsibility. It’s just who I am, trying to everything all at once then making myself sick with it. I’ll try to think about your words the next time I start being an idiot though!

But I swear I don’t only post because I need to and I do take a break when I have to it’s just that I had a random spur of inspiration after my birthday and I managed to write both the Izuku and the Bakugou chapter, all in one go so I was like “why wait if I can post them sooner and read the cute comments that will make me happy” so after I came home from work because I got a flu and had a Power Nap I posted the Izuku one quickly, knowing it will cheer me up 😂

Omg why can’t I shut up I’m so sorry I love you much btw be my friend thank you 😂💜

Tell your dad I said hi! 😂💜 (that sounds so weird omg just shut me up please omg this is as long as half of a shenanigan chapter send help)

Kit

This is me now and Inko is you, listening to my rambling thank you.

[brainrothawks]

if it’s one thing i want to control in mha is that i want Dabi to have a happy ending bro but not in the “oh my family actually loves me maybe i can return to normal” way but in the ‘he kills his father and gets away with it’ kind of way

[babyybitchhh]

Alright, I’m finally home and situated, and ready to talk about the movie. But first, a quick story:

I preordered tickets for a screening of the subbed version, because that’s my preference, and I was genuinely surprised at how much I actually enjoyed the film. Like, even putting best boy aside, it was a very fun movie. But walking out of the theater I felt like I hadn’t gotten enough of Rody yet … and knowing he’s (currently) a movie only character, I made an impulse decision to catch the next screening. I took the day off specifically for this purpose so if I want to watch it twice I damn well will. 😂 Only problem was that the next subbed screening wasn’t until hours later, whereas there was a dubbed version starting in 15 minutes. I already knew what my answer would be.

So I buy tickets at the kiosk, not really paying any attention to what exactly I was signing up for, and I’m sure you can imagine the look on my face when I walked into a 4DX theater. Lmaooooooo For anyone who doesn’t know (I didn’t, until today) it’s supposed to give you an interactive experience by moving the seats, vibrating, blowing mist on you, etc. Honestly I found the whole thing really quite annoying, and given how rough it was on the neck I probably will not be doing that ever again. 😂 The very definition of extra for the sake of it. At least make me cum if you’re gonna’ be jerking me around like that, you know what I mean? But anyway I endured both that and the dub (seriously tho, why do they pronounce Ochako’s name like that??? Lol Shit gets me every goddamn time) for the sake of Rody, and I can’t even claim to be mad about it. Suuuuch a good boy. 😭

I’m glad I DID decide to go back for the second screening though, because they gave me the data book that time!!

Genuinely unsure if they just forgot the first go or if this was only being handed out for screenings of the dub but … okay. I’ll stick this on my shelf with the rest of my Hero Academia shit and look at it fondly while thinking about my newest beloved, so it’s all good.

But, yeah. This was easily the best Hero Academia movie so far imo and I’m not just saying that because I’m biased - and yes, as I’m sure you can tell I love Rody every bit as much as I thought I would and then some. But cinematically speaking it was a very satisfying watch, particularly when my biggest complaint with the first movie was how simple the narrative was while only implementing a very small portion of the canon cast. The second movie was much, much better in that regard, and I enjoyed it quite a bit, but it was definitely more slice of life leaning up until the big fight at the end. This one, however, really felt like a true super hero action flick befitting of the series title. I’m still thinking about some of the camera work tbh, it was truly phenomenal at points, and I especially liked Bakugou’s battle choreography. It blended real world physics with the violent mobility of his quirk in a very believable manner, and I especially enjoyed watching him flip around in the air and then shoot off with his explosions. Haha. My biggest take away was definitely the sequence where Deku was chasing after Rody though because, little known fact about me, I LOVE a good chase scene. Honestly I get very disappointed when I’m watching something and they hit me with a lackluster chase, especially when there’s so much you could do with one when using an animated medium.

Luckily they absolutely delivered on that front, and the little note Horikoshi made on Rody’s character sheet about him being ‘very athletic’ was not in any way an exaggeration. 😂 He was putting Deku through his paces without even half of the training, so I think it’s a good thing none of the teachers saw that shit because they would’ve felt like goddamn stooges. Rody the 🏃‍♂️ track star over here dunking on everybody, smh.

Moving on, and in no particular order, I was SO thrilled about Burnin’ being in this movie! She’s just so, so great and I loved seeing her in action. Her civilian clothes at the end? Mwuah. Chefs kiss. That IS what a best girl looks like. Also the flying squirrel hero that was on their team? Adorable.

Bakugou looked great in his red pants + open black button up + gray shirt underneath ensemble. I know his style isn’t necessarily fashionable, in a traditional sense, but does he absolutely rock it? Yes. 100% There’s a little question section in the data book where someone asked Hori what Bakugou’s room looks like, since we didn’t get to see it, and he said it’s “relatively” stylish, whatever that’s supposed to mean. 😂

Endeavor finally getting some semi decent screen time in a movie was very, very nice and the little comic Hori drew of him wanting to sit next to Shoto on the plane going to Otheon was too cute. 😭 He’s really just out here trying his best. And seeing him actively working with Burnin’?? Ugh. My heart is full today. My only complaint, forever and always, is that the anime team seems to struggle with transferring him over from the manga, and he looks a little off sometimes because of it. Not always as appealing as Hori’s polished design, but still mostly agreeable.

Oh, let’s see. What else. I don’t have much to say about Shoto (other than asking why his dub voice make it sound like he’s perpetually getting over a cold?? Lol) but I’m sure his fans will be happy. Deku was very cute in this film. Hawks had some real nice shots too, so I’m sure all of his baby chicks will be quite happy with that. Seeing all the heroes working together around the world was very satisfying, and I particularly liked the Egyptian hero Salam. He was fun. Lol I have a few too many thoughts about Rody to go into that here and now, haha. But rest assured I’m thinking many thoughts about him tonight.

Overall I’d say this was a VERY solid movie, my personal fave so far, and I hope everyone who sees it enjoys it just as much! If you were on the fence about going or not, I’d highly recommend it! Why wait for it to hit streaming services when you can watch it now and fall in love with Rody too? 😩

[haleigh-sloth]

AFO: gets his head blown off by All Might and still survives somehow

Everyone: Fire will kill him!

🤨

since the chapter wasn't fully leaked, i still don't think he'll actually beat afo

[deadwriter16]

rewatching bakugou vs uraraka and yall get to hear my thoughts

first of all bakugou needs to stop looking like this

WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE THIS

okay now for my thoughts

ochako does not like being called pink cheeks. their relationship is so great, i love them so much. horikoshi please give kacchako more screen time (platonically) i am begging you

iida: hey what was your strategy for uraraka to beat bakugou?

izuku, completely unprompted: kacchan’s so strong…

full offense but bakugou not holding back against uraraka is so great. feminist icon. but really uraraka and Bakugo are so similar, neither of them count a win unless their opponent is at full strength, they both want their opponent to come at them with full power…

they’re so similar. no wonder deku loves them both so much

mineta: bakugou is such a sadist

me: do you know how upsetting it would be to get an easier fight just because you’re a ‘frail girl?’ no way.

bakugou is doing her RIGHT

they’re both such badasses i love them so much. power couple

YES GET EM AIZAWA

damn he roasted that dude

“bakugou’s fierceness is an acknowledgement of his opponent’s strength. he knows she’s deserves to have made it this far” so true bestie aizawa spitting straight facts here

look at this man i would give him everything

and look at her!! the baddest bitch. marry me

uraraka is so fucking underrated

her rock strategy is so awesome

but unfortunately…

LOOK AT THAT EXPLOSION. DAMN

“that was close” bakugou says. if only uraraka could have heard him say that. he respects her strength so much

okay I’m sorry I keep interrupting this for bakugou pics but LOOK AT HIM

he called her uraraka

he respects her so much, really understands the immense capacity of her strength. even when she’s down he sees how much she wants to keep going and he’s already in fighting stance because he knows she will get up.

she’s so beautiful

don’t mind me im just sobbing over the two hottest bnha characters fighting each other like the badasses they are

she tried so crazy hard she’s so amazing. they’re both so amazing

kaminari: i dunno how you could aim a blast like that at such a frail girl

bakugou:

“I definitely wouldn’t call that girl frail”

awww ochako and deku. best friends <3

uraraka’s dad is the best. i love her parents, they’re so sweet

todoroki stop being emo

“he may be your son, but he isn’t you” hell yeah get em deku

in summary: my favorite sports festival fight by far. I think it’s so amazing, and shows a different side of bakugou that everyone immediately registers as sadism and cruelty, when in fact it’s bakugou respecting someone’s strength and giving her his all because it’s only fair. bakugou might have thought that her strategy was deku’s, but damn if he didn’t still respect her for how amazing she was throughout the whole fight. I mean…these two get this moment and then get one more scene talking about deku and that’s basically it? give them more scenes together please.

anyway, the point of this post is katsuocha besties.

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 322: IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME

Previously on BnHA: Endeavor was all, “Kirishima please take Hagakure and Aoyama and put them away somewhere out of sight until we’re finally ready for the U.A. Traitor Plot.” Shouto was all “HEY DEKU DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT MAYBE YOU WANDERING THE STREETS LOOKING LIKE A GOTH PRAYING MANTIS IS EXACTLY WHAT AFO WANTS.” Deku was all “I’M SORRY I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY CRUSHING MARTYR COMPLEX AND ACCUMULATED TRAUMA.” Mineta was all “HEY DEKU YOU SWEET THANG, IF I COULD REARRANGE THE ALPHABET I’D PUT ‘U’ AND ‘I’ TOGETHER, ANYWAYS HMU 💖”, or at least that’s what fandom apparently thought he said. Everyone was all “WELL SINCE WE’RE BACK HERE IN KAMINO WE SHOULD DO THE THING” and did the whole “launching someone into the air to save someone by dramatically grabbing their hand” thing that everybody fucking loves to do in Kamino so damn much. Iida was all “[bombards me and Deku with feels].” Deku was all, “ू(ʚ̴̶̷́ .̠ ʚ̴̶̷̥̀ ू).” I was all, “(;*△*;).” Horikoshi was all, “my work here is done.”

Today on BnHA: 

oh my god.

so I finally went back to look at what I wrote up for 321 last week, and it’s a hot fucking mess lol, and I really don’t want to deal with that right now, so we’re just gonna skip it and go back sometime in the next few days or something because I really want to read the new chapter and I have no self control. I’M SORRY IIDA

oh my god he’s breaking out the narration word bubbles oh my god. shit is about to get epic isn’t it

has there ever been a chapter that opened with these that WASN’T epic? serious question. anyways all aboard the Feels Express I guess

YEP

I saved a bunch of other crying kaomojis when I was looking for ones to use in the “previously on” summary, and right now it’s looking like that was a good fucking decision you guys. if I’m going to be an emotional wreck I might as well do it in style ʕ ಡ ﹏ ಡ ʔ

AND BY THE WAY!!

SHOULD I JUST THANK HORIKOSHI NOW AND SAVE MYSELF SOME TIME LATER. THE MAN ALWAYS FUCKING DELIVERS WHAT ELSE CAN I FUCKING SAY GODDAMN. IS IT TOO EARLY TO DECLARE THIS MY NEW FAVORITE CHAPTER? I SHOULD PROBABLY READ FURTHER THAN ONE PAGE BUT I’VE JUST GOT A FEELING

(ETA: it’s like. maybe my second favorite lol. A HUG WOULD HAVE PUT IT IN FIRST, I’M JUST SAYING.)

anyway so Ochako is releasing Iida, which is actually hilarious, because idk if you all know this but Iida can’t fucking fly you guys

like, I assume Ochako released him because she already knew that Kirishima was in place to catch him, but I really love this split-second of panic on Iida’s part where he’s all “HMM, IS OCHAKO TRYING TO KILL ME, ACTUALLY”

LOL THERE’S A THOOM AND EVERYTHING

that’s some plus fucking ultra on Ochako’s part right there. “IF THEY DIE THEY DIE” goddamn girl did you leave your chill in the same locker as Momo or what

now poor Kiri is all “DAMMIT DEKU ARE YOU PASSED OUT OR WHAT, I DIDN’T GET TO TELL YOU MY THING GODDAMMIT”

oh my gosh he is curled up so small you guys oh my fucking lord

RESIDUAL “LOST CHILD” FEELS FROM LAST WEEK COMING IN FOR A LANDING!! PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR SEATBACKS AND TRAY TABLES ARE IN THEIR UPRIGHT POSITIONS OMG ( ˚͈͈͈͈̥̆ ₍₎ ˚͈͈͈͈̥̆ )

LMAO IIDA IS TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT OCHAKO PLANNED FOR KIRISHIMA TO CATCH HIM, AND KIRISHIMA IS ALL “NOPE I’M JUST HERE BY CHANCE BRO”

Ochako is the U.A. Traitor confirmed. Hagakure I am so sorry I doubted you. Ochako get over here. so are you Toga now or what

anyway so now everyone is running over before Iida can react to this casual announcement of his attempted murder. and now Mina is taking her turn, and Horikoshi is all “HEY BTW IS MINA CRYING ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT MAKE YOU CRY?” and of fucking course it is, you bastard. I’m not made of stone

( ɵ̥̥ ˑ̫ ɵ̥̥)

SLDKFJLSDKJ:LKWEJ

IS THIS THE PART WHERE I JUST START SCREAMING INCOHERENTLY FOR THE REST OF THE CHAPTER LOL. SURE FEELS LIKE WE ARE GETTING TO THAT TIME

OH MY GOD KACCHAN AHHHHH

I CAN’T OMG LOL I ALREADY GLANCED AT THE NEXT COUPLE OF PANELS, AND HE’S STARTING A WHOLEASS MONOLOGUE ABOUT ALL OF HIS DEKU FEELS AND OH MY GOD

“HERE YOU GO MAKESTE, A WHOLE CHAPTER OF ALL YOUR FAVORITE META TOPICS JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE THEM” THANK YOU HORIKOSHI YOU’RE A BRO (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ

SLKASODIFALWKFLKJ

THEY’RE JUST DEKU AND KACCHAN. holy shit you guys. because oh my god, but it’s like when Deku was talking to the Vestiges about saving Tomura, and he turned into his little child self because his heart and intentions were so pure?? and it’s like that again, except that we’re seeing them as their child selves because that’s who they are to each other?? like, not that they actually see each other as children, but just, they can see past all of the stuff on the outside and see each other to their cores, to who they are inside, and when they look at each other they each simply see the other boy that they’ve known their whole entire life. idk?? does that make sense??? DOES ANY OF THIS EVEN MAKE SENSE I DON’T KNOW WHAT WORDS ARE ANYMORE I’M JUST SWIMMING IN FEELS OKAY. I’M TRYING HERE

they’re just boys, is what I’m trying to say, I guess. just Deku and Kacchan. all the walls are down, all the gaps are bridged, and all it is is the one boy reaching out and connecting with the other, and just,,, (꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)

OH MY GOD [GRABBING YOUR SHOULDERS AND POINTING WORDLESSLY] !!!1LK1

DO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THIS IS YOU GUYS

HOW PERFECTLY FUCKING RAD. WELL LET ME JUST ENJOY THESE LAST FEW SECONDS BEFORE MY LIFE IS FOREVER CHANGED, I GUESS

OH

MY

GOD

CAN HE EVEN SAY THAT??? IS THAT EVEN LEGAL??? IS HE EVEN FUCKING ALLOWED TO SAY THAT. WHAT IS HAPPENING

OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!

─=≡Σ((( つ ◕o◕ )つ

GET IN HERE, EVERYONE!!

Y’ALL HE REALLY DID IT. “BAKUGOU IS SUCH AN ASSHOLE HE HASN’T EVEN APOLOGIZED” WELL GUESS FUCKING WHAT. GUESS FUCKING WHAT, YOU GUYS!! LET’S FUCKING GOOOOO ((((／￣∇￣)／＼(￣∇￣＼)))) AHHHHHHHHHH

OHHHHHHHH

HEH. I’M ALREADY DEAD, HORIKOSHI, YOU BASTARD. DO YOUR WORST. GO ON

YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON “US”, HE SAYS. ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF OMG. KACCHAN, YOU STUDIED!! YOU UNDERSTAND!! PREACH!!

OH NO!!

OH WAIT!!!!

LOL I GOT SCARED THERE FOR A SECOND BUT ANYWAY! EVERYONE GET IN HERE!!! GROUP HUG!!! OR WAIT, NO, WHAT ABOUT -- [GRABS YOUR COLLAR URGENTLY] YOU DON’T THINK -- COULD THEY POSSIBLY -- !!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ARE YOU GONNA HUG!??!?!?!?! I AM NOT OKAY!!!!!!! !!!hgk

REACTION PANELS LOL EVERYONE ELSE IS ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS TOO WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

LOL OCHAKO

I KNOW THAT IN REALITY THIS FACE IS JUST BECAUSE SHE’S CONCERNED ABOUT DEKU’S FRAGILE STATE RN, BUT I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE WAY SHE JUST DROPPED IIDA COLD THOUGH, AND I CAN’T HELP BUT FEAR FOR KACCHAN’S SAFETY LMAO. THAT FEELING WHEN THE CLASS PERV AND THE CLASS BULLY BOTH BEAT YOU TO THE LOVE CONFESSION. KACCHAN WATCH YOUR SIX

OKAY BUT LOOK, IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T LOVE ALL OF THE OTHER KIDS, OKAY, BUT CAN WE PLEASE!??!?! HELLO?!?!? MOMO, JUST -- COULD YOU JUST FOR A MINUTE --

NOOOOOOOOOOO

“DON’T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, I HAVE TO SAVE SOMETHING FOR THE FINALE” HORIKOSHI YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, I’M COMING FOR YOU WITH A TWO BY FOUR!! NOT THAT I’M UNGRATEFUL!! BUT JESUS CHRIST, YOU CAN’T JUST DO THAT, AND THEN ALMOST DO THAT, AND THEN NOT!! OMG I HATE YOU

sure let’s cut to Thirteen then, yay. I mean I’m glad they’re alive lol, don’t get me wrong

(ETA: I think that might have sounded a bit sarcastic so I just want to clarify that I really am happy Thirteen is alive and on the job again lol.)

it’s just that if your name doesn’t begin with Baku or Deku I honestly am not interested for just these next five minutes okay lol. like I’m just gonna be completely honest. I am too invested lol, please, they were having a moment, JUST LET ME HAVE THIS PLEASE

OH DAMN U.A. GOT SWOLE AF

THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN JUICING WTF. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TARTARUS LOL

I’m literally not even reading the speech bubbles though omg I’m so sorry. I really hope there is not a quiz, I promise I will come back to it later scroll scroll scroll

okay so they brought him back to U.A. and he’s all tired and out of it yes

oh goody Hagakure knows all about the security system

(ETA: is it just me or is Horikoshi really laying it on thick with the hints about these two guys lately? I’m on to you sir.)

THAT’S WONDERFUL NEWS. GLAD THIS CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE IS SAFE IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE TRUST

ffs Deku

WHAT WILL IT EVEN TAKE TO CONVINCE YOU THEN?? SWEET JESUS

-- holy shit, what??!

they know?? how did they find out??! holy shit???

I’m about to cancel the whole of Japan lmao. fucking try me dudes

-- THE PRINCIPAL!?

NEZU GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!! WHAT THE FUCK

“a ticking time bomb” tell you what, this man is just asking to be punched in the face. literally begging for it omg

(ETA: I have been advised that I misread this part; Rat Principal told everyone how safe U.A. was, but he’s not the one who ratted out Deku; that was “the rumors”, apparently. which, if I had to guess, were probably started by AFO.)

oh I see, so it’s to be Feels, Part II then

he looks so sad and tired and lonely and she goes right for the hand, god bless. though if Kacchan’s not gonna hug him, you’d think someone would at least. or is it because he still smells bad. hmm

AND THE CHAPTER’S ENDING ON HER LOL WELL OKAY THEN

I MEAN IT’S GREAT AND ALL, I LOVE OCHAKO REALLY I DO, BUT WE WERE PROMISED GREAT EXPLOSION MURDER GODS, WHAT GIVES SOB. I WAS ALL READY TO BREAK OUT INTO SONG AND EVERYTHING. SURE, HE DID THE APOLOGY, BUT WHERE IS THE FOLLOW-UP GODDAMMIT

(ETA: just to clarify the reason for my rambling here, I was really waiting for the hero name reveal and the presumed deeper meaning behind it lol. but I guess that is a conversation still to come! and we still need Deku’s response to the apology too for that matter. lots to look forward to still.)

WELL WHATEVER, SO THAT IS THE END OF THE CHAPTER! SHOUT OUT TO MY BOY RAT “LET ME JUST TELL EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD ABOUT DEKU’S SUPER SECRET IDENTITY, I GUESS THAT’S ALL RIGHT NOW, NOTHING BAD COULD POSSIBLY COME OF THIS” PRINCIPAL. listen here you little shit

anyway but if you’ll excuse me... IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME. IF I COULD FIND A WAY. I’D TAKE BACK THOSE WORDS THAT HAVE HURT YOU, AND YOU’D STAY. I DON’T KNOW WHY I DID THE THINGS I DID. I DON’T KNOW WHY I SAID THE THINGS I SAID. PRIDE’S LIKE A KNIFE, IT CAN CUT DEEP INSIDE. WORDS ARE LIKE WEAPONS, THEY WOUND SOMETIMES. BUM~ BUM~ BUM~, I DIDN’T REALLY MEAN TO HURT YOU. BUM~ BUM~ BUM~, I DIDN’T WANNA SEE YOU GO. I KNOW I MADE YOU CRY, BUT BABAY, IF I COULD TUUUUURN BACK TIIIIIIIIIIIME...

[shotorozu]

hello !! I'd rlly like to request Monoma if that's alright! I've had a huge soft spot for him for a while now and I'd love to see more content of him ;v;

anyway! we all know that superiority complex of his is definitely hiding some insecurities, but I also feel like he'd be quite touchstarved too bc of his peers seldom physically interacting with him due to his quirk, yknow?

with that in mind, I'd love to see how he'd handle an s/o who has "physical touch" as their main love language. they can give verbal praise/comfort, but they always get so shy abt it that they prefer giving physical affection to show their love. and maybe combining that with "quality time" being their second love language, they love to just cuddle him or toy with his hands/hair during quiet moments uwu

if you wanna do multiple characters, I'd love to request Shinsou, Midoriya, and Amajiki (separately) for the same idea, but if you'd rather do this with just Monoma then I'm okay with that !! no worries if you don't wanna do all four ♡

thank you if you do this request, and make sure to take care of yourself !! ♡

physically affectionate s/o

character(s) : monoma neito, shinsou hitoshi, midoriya izuku (i cut out tamaki for this one, sorry :[ but i’ll do another part if anyone wants it)

legend : [Y/N = your name] they/them pronouns used, strong quirk but the details aren’t specific, reader is a part of 1-A

headcanon type : fluff (and if you squint, then crack)

note(s) : yes i do agree :,) monoma should be getting a little bit more content, and i’m sorry that this came out so late! i was multitasking with other requests (because i took a 2 day absence,,) but this doesn’t mean i don’t read people’s requests

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monoma neito

monoma 🤝 bakugou “the pros at sending mixed signals”

if there’s one thing he’s known for— then it’s for the persistent teasing, and his quite obnoxious attitude (especially at 1-A)

but he’s not a terrible person, he sure does have his reasons. and by now, people either choose to ignore him, or they simply knock the wind out of him

so, he was not prepared to encounter someone that was tolerant of him, AND also his type— like.. huh. that’s.. odd

and he was even more surprised when they accepted his wild love confession. there must be some catch to it, right?

so like i’ve said— monoma sends a lot of mixed signals. it’s either he’s complimenting your existence, or teasing you in various ways.

so— it’s just another normal day of monoma mouthing off to you, teasing you in a playful way, while you guys are hanging out this is way of making you remember him

but then, you just.. leaned forward and placed your hand on his head— not exchanging any words at all.

monoma’s first reaction is (・・?) because what?? someone is touching him right now.. wait.. someone is touching him!

honestly really shook, and at a lost for words— because everyone has refrained from coming into any physical contact with him? what a surprise! what even is this?

after said incident, you decide to speak “you had something in your hair.” and for once, monoma is the one that’s sitting in silence

“R-REALLY, Y/N? DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT WAS GOING TO W-WORK ON ME OR SOMETHING?” he questions in his usual mocking tone, but his cheeks are accompanied in a flushed red

he’d only experience field day when he realized that touch was basically your love language, with quality time in the second lead

so whenever you guys are spending time together, you’d,, actually go closer to him! this has never happened before, let him be

he doesn’t really like the idea of getting his hair touched, so you usually choose to fiddle with his hands— sometimes observing his details, and other times you’ll be comparing hand sizes

he’ll ridicule you for being so touchy— but he’ll ask if he’s “that irresistable?” while also moving you closer to him. he loves it a lot, okay?

don’t let class 1-b see this, he will flex on them because when he starts getting annoying again, they’ll use you as blackmail.

“monoma, i swear— if you do that, we’ll tell Y/N-”

“HAHA— ok, i’m sorry.”

shinsou hitoshi

he probably has the most chill reaction out of the bunch

again— another person that has been antagonized because of their quirk. he’s been perceived as villanious ever since his middle school days

kids have been told to keep their distance away from him at a young age so.. you’d bet that he’d be really touch starved

he never had any serious experiences with dating, and he never had any real friends— that weren’t cautious of his quirk

that was until he met you, which he just assumed you were another highkey stuck up person in the hero course

but, you were basically the opposite, and you were a real pleasure to have around. one thing lead to another, and now you guys are dating

he thought it was really cute whenever you got too shy to just sit in silence during dates, or to even give out words of affirmations

but hitoshi was surprised at first when he felt you pull yourself closer to him— resting your head on his shoulder. the concept of someone wanting to be in his presence is still sinking in for him

lucky for you! shinsou knows how to adapt to situations quickly, immediately slinging an arm around your shoulder, as he listens to you talk

he’ll be surprised when you start touching his hair, because golly!! are you guys close

but do it more pls, he loves it a lot— it sometimes makes him really drowsy.

if you play with his hands omg, his heart will do somersaults. he’s lucky that he’s able to keep himself composed.

loves watching you choosing to cuddle him, after briefly giving up on trying to form coherent words of affirmations.

it’s something he brings up quite often, but not in a teasing manner!

sometimes he’ll pat the free spot beside him, basically begging you to come closer to him.

eventually, denki notices on how touchy he’ll get whenever you’re around— but hitoshi will just shrug it off

“it’s always been that way.” he simply says, but he’ll turn around with this big ass grin on his face 💀

he’s whipped for your touch. so please, do it more

midoriya izuku

he’s also touchstarved. actually, all of them are really touchstarved, and for different reasons 💀

well.. it’s not like he had a choice from the getgo. he was born quirkless, and that lead to him becoming an outcase— and also the victim of bullying i wanna hug him

and being told constantly that he won’t ever be enough, or he won’t ever be a hero— it’s obvious that he doesn’t have any dating experience

but he didn’t think he’d be dating anytime soon— especially since he was ‘just’ pinning over you. he was convinced it was going nowhere

until you confessed. he’s surprised that he didn’t pass out

ever since you guys started dating, he noticed that you’ve been a little timid— not in the way that you feel awkward, more like,, you wanted to say something

or do something, because when you guys were studying together, you just suddenly sat closer to him— and started counting his freckles

he short circuited for a second.

he was reduced to a stuttering, and blushy mess— and you just laughed, telling him “you should continue what you’re doing!” as you ran your other hand across his shoulders

that night, he was wide awake in his bed— recalling your gentle and loving touch, running his hands along the parts of his hair, that you’ve touched

he loves quality time, because while he does like to ramble a lot— he does enjoy spending time with you in silence, but it’s the touches that makes him flustered

despite him being quite shy to initiate any sort of touch, you— on the other hand, were shy with saying praises. so you coped with physical touch, and quality time

man, izuku never gets used to it. no matter how much he tries to— he’s just.. needy, touchstarved.

he doesn’t realize how lost he looks when you’re sitting beside him, and not touching his hair or hands for once. please feel free to do so

oh, and since we’re on the topic of hands— he’ll tear up if you start playing/fiddling with his hands, and especially when you start tracing his scars. it makes him feel so warm.

okay but,, please give him a heads up if you’re going to act touchy in public. he’ll start stammering and blushing hard you might have to put him in rice or smth

the dekusquad talks about that quite a lot, especially when they accidentally witnessed it in the common room (for the first time)

in short— he adores it. sometimes he’ll initiate it, by asking you if you want to sit beside him, to play with his hair. he’s so inlove

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[zukuist]

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫/𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲

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fandom/s: 僕のヘロアカデミア // boku no hero academia (bnha)

includes: i. midoriya, s. todoroki, k. bakugō, h. shinsō, d. kaminari

your name is shortened to y/n, gender neutral reader

notes: can’t believe i gained alot in like.. a week, so this is my thank you to all of you! also i know i’ve been gone for,, a week, but that’s because of school they suck

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midoriya izuku

i’d say he’s pretty good at replying and taking incoming calls.

sometimes he’d get anxious just thinking about talking to you in person (yeah, even when you guys are officially together.) so he’d just hit you up via text messages. it’s usually accompanied with an emoji, greeting you a hello, and what are you doing? text message. once he gets more comfortable, he’ll start sending pictures of things that remind him of you

example of his text style: “Hey :) What are you doing, y/n?” yeah, and he has auto caps on. he never thought about turning that off

he’s just glad that you can’t tell that his palms are sweaty as he typed that out.

regarding face times, and calls, he takes them pretty quickly. pretty much after the first ring. he tries not to, but he panics when he sees your caller id, and the idea of accidentally hanging up on you haunts him.

btw, your nickname is set to “aaaa this is y/n ❤️” and he puts the A’s on front, so that you’d be on the top of his contact lists.

bakugō katsuki

uh.. he’s kind of bad at it, but it’s intentional.

first and foremost, katsuki prefers talking in person. he might get called a grandpa for that, but he couldn’t care less tbh. he rarely picks up on calls, and the only time he bothers on picking up, is if you call him, or if it’s his mother. he’s very straightforward too! no beating around the bush here

example of his text style: “No.” “I’m coming over.” “Answer your damn phone.” rarely uses emojis, unless if he’s sarcastic

oh, and did i forget to mention that he makes sure to use the period at the end of every sentence? it’s super intimidating, like.. you’d assume he’s mad, but he’s only does that as an indicator that the convo is over

usually not nervous when you guys are exchanging messages, but he does get surprised when he sees you calling him. he answers quick, so if he doesn’t want to talk to you, he’ll just decline your call 💀

your nickname is set to “dumbass 😐” but you changed it to “dumbass <3” he doesn’t bother on changing it back

todoroki shotō

he’s actually decent (surprise? hm.. maybe?)

even though shotō prefers in person, and face to face conversations (especially with a special person like you) he’s great at replying, and picking up your calls. with everyone else, he’s used to sticking with text messages, and staying silent, until his name is mentioned, or if anyone asked for his input. in regards with you? he’d drop everything just to answer you!

example of his text style: “y/n, could i come over?” “may i come over for some cuddles?” auto caps are off, he uses caps when he needs to.

his sarcasm also grows during text, like.. if you’re sick, and if you ask him if he’ll come over, shotō will reply with “no, i’m going to train. of course i’m coming over” also uses emoticons like :) and <3 a lot

surprisingly eager to answer your text messages and calls. as soon as he sees that you’re calling, or if you sent him a message, he’ll immediately answer.

of course, your nickname is sent to “my love <3” and it has been that way ever since he started liking you. and no, he won’t change it, even if you beg him to

shinsō hitoshi

dry ass texter :/ and it’s not even funny on how bad he is (on the regular)

hitoshi just.. never had the reason to text you? well again, it’s not like he hated the idea, but he just preferred being with you more (quite similar to todoroki) he usually has all of the group chats he’s in on mute, and he never answers within minutes. the shortest time he took to reply was 5 minutes, but that’s about it. otherwise, your reply comes in roughly 3 hours! okay but.. he won’t ghost you. that’s different. he’s just shit at picking up and replying

example of his text style: “ok” “yea” “im going to your room, don’t ask” he’ll send a crude meme to make up for his dry text messages, and his auto caps are always off. also uses emojis like <3 and >:(

never picks up on calls, if you don’t tell him before hand. he has his own thing going on, so unless you tell him first, he won’t really bother on picking up.

but he’s nocturnal, so most of the time, he finds himself talking to you more around 11pm and beyond. eventually, the dry text messages disappear, and then comes in the subtly flirty hitoshi. so yeah, he might be absolute ass at calls and texts, but he’ll talk when you’re asleep probably

your nickname is set to “kitty” or “the other half of me” because yeah <3

kaminari denki

the best at texting, out of all of them.

sends you messages on a regular, to the point that he could be in the same room as you, and he’d send you a funny tiktok, even when he could just show you personally. the only time he doesn’t pick up, or answer your calls immediately is if he’s playing games with his besties, but of course, he makes sure to tell you that first.

example of his text style : “hey shawty 😩✋‼️‼️‼️ can i pls come over 🤩” “ugh why do you have to be studying rn, can’t you do something else in my presence 😔 #wounded” uses a tone of emojis, and hashtags when he wants to mess with you

with calls, it takes him a few rings for him to pick up, and when he accidentally misses your call, he’ll ring you up right away. ‘shawty please pick up 🥺‼️‼️‼️ i was taking the fattest dookie’ yeah, he tells too much detail sometimes.

his nickname for you is “shawty bae y/n” or “the best person to hug, kiss, and annoy” he gets creative, and he changes it depending on his mood.

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Has no one said deku and his dad toshinori for the ask game yet 😞

Midoriya Izuku

favorite thing about them: his sheer fucking drive, man. this boy decides what he wants to accomplish and just accomplishes it. that’s fucking insane. thinking about Dagobah beach blows my mind every time.

least favorite thing about them: holy FUCK dude please learn how to care for your own mental health. there is more to health than physical. PLEASE learn this buddy.

favorite line: “Up till now, I’ve come across all types. They’ve refused to back down... so fighting was the only way to stop them. But... I never understood what made them turn out that way. If I had, maybe things would’ve worked out differently. Or, who knows? Maybe I still would’ve had to fight them anyway. Shigaraki killed so many people. He’s hurt people near and dear to me. And yet!! One For All is a power meant for saving, not killing. All Might taught me that.” from chapter 305.

brOTP: Midoriya & Uraraka

OTP: Midoriya/Bakugou, which if you follow me you already knew <3

nOTP: Midoriya/Chisaki. saw some overdeku art on pinterest today. why. what the fuck.

random headcanon: he was the ER kid as a tiny baby as well... breaking his bones in high school is just the upgraded version of needing stitches because he crashed his bike at age six. and needing stitches because he fell out of a tree at age eight. and needing a boot because he sprained his ankle trying to hop a fence “like a cool hero, mom!” at age ten. Problem Child <3

unpopular opinion: All Might telling him he couldn’t be a hero would NOT have made him turn to the villain’s side. I reread that scene before I started writing my fic, and not only does All Might outline all his reasons for saying “no” before he actually says no, but the horror on Izuku’s face says that he got the message. once he’s down from the building we even get a scene with introspection where Izuku resolves himself to living a normal life, and we all know how strong the boy’s resolve is! He deadass probably would have wound up as CEO of some company.

song i associate with them: Zero by Imagine Dragons

favorite picture of them:

Yagi Toshinori (All Might)

favorite thing about them: he said "hey the world needs someone to provide hope" and then just went and BECAME that someone. not only is this an INCREDIBLE feat, it's just really admirable that he looked at the shit circumstances around him, and instead of (just) getting depressed about it, he decided he could fix it. he came up with an impossible, fairytale solution, and then just... made it come true. that's fucking ridiculous.

least favorite thing about them: Toshi I am begging you. please learn some self care. please I'm begging. Toshi. Toshi. this isn't what ur mom would have wanted.

favorite line: “So even now, I’m fighting to live! You changed my outlook!! I’m still alive! I’ll use this very hand... to shape my own fate!!” from chapter 131.

brOTP: Yagi & Aizawa. I think their friendship is nice and also Horikoshi's commentary on it is fucking hilarious.

OTP: NONE, jokes on you! I believe in AROMANTIC ALL MIGHT!!!

nOTP: Yagi/Aizawa. I've seen some cute art but. HOOO BOY the AGE GAP no THANK you SIRS.

random headcanon: he was ALWAYS the tallest kid in class. he drank lots of milk but the Tall was always just genetics. his grade school friends were jealous.

unpopular opinion: he may not be the best teacher but he is trying his best! the man literally is depressed and also has never taught before. he has no model to go off of other than Gran Torino who’s teaching method starts and ends at violence! in comparison to that All Might is actually very good!

song i associate with them: Get Along by Kenny Chesney

favorite picture of them:

peak Dork Dad energy like, sir.

this ask was SO HARD to pic ONE fav line and pic for each of them! I just love them too much! But these are what I settled on for now <3

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[avionvadion]

Everyone is freaking out about Edgeshot and I’m just like, “It’ll be fine~! When everything is over Bakugou can get a heart transplant and then Eri can rewind time on Edgeshot and BAM. Both are alive. Maybe she can even rewind time on Bakugou so he has his original heart, too. We’re good!”

That being said, Horikoshi I swear to god if my ninja man Edgeshot is doomed to be a heart forever I will-

Cry. Very much.

Please do not make me cry, I beg of you, I don’t have the lungs for that right now. 😭🥺😭

Literally, someone pick up the pieces of Bakugou’s heart so we can stick them back in him and have Eri rewind so he and my ninja husbando are alive, please.

[haleigh-sloth]

is your opinion on deku still the same? i still think he’s a basic shonen protagonist, but i’m also interested to see where he’s going. he’s completely lost the light in his eyes and is pushing everyone away (even all might), so i’m interested to see how he’s going to save shigaraki when he himself looks so lost and depressed.

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED

Because as underwhelmed as I was with the spoilers--I was proven wrong by the chapter.

So if this chapter ends up holding weight later in the story---then what I'm saying below is going to be how I feel about Midoriya. If it doesn't and we go back to the typical "save the villains but also bring hero society back" then these are still my thoughts.

I think Midoriya looking "lost and depressed" is EXACTLY what needs to happen in order for him to really save Shigaraki.

No, not save Shigaraki--REACH Shigaraki.

The whole "too far gone" argument is overused and it isn't valid, but I am going to say that Shigaraki is too lost in his pain and trauma to simply just switch things up after one conversation with Midoriya. He needs to be convinced. He needs to hear it from the right person--and up until now Midoriya has not been the person Shigaraki needs.

He is slowly becoming that though. He's slowly becoming that person that Shigaraki needs. The one that actually is starting to understand exactly what the issue is he's been begging people to acknowledge.

I put these two panels side by side so they can 1) face each other in a way that I see happening in the future, and 2) emphasize Shigaraki preaching, and Midoriya looking more and more like he's finally heard and understood what Shigaraki said in this moment shown above.

It's been pointed out a couple of times and I touched on what I thought about it here--but Midoriya's eyes are VERY noticeably getting darker. It's definitely on purpose.

Horikoshi draws his villains with darker eyes. It makes them look tired, ragged, defeated, jaded--and that is how Midoriya is starting to look.

It's almost like....knowing how ugly the world really is makes you--oh idk--TIRED and JADED (me rn irl lol). It drags you down. And the villains have been living that life this whole time--and Midoriya is only getting his feet wet. He's not even submerged into it.

Midoriya leaving UA meant a couple things:

He's working outside of the system

He's working alone

He’s leaving behind society’s definition of “hero”

He's ultimately unsupported because--even though he and the Top 3 are "teamed up"--they don't know what his goal is. They don't know that this is what he's working toward

He is working in tandem but...he's also working alone. He's probably been wondering how in the world he's going to do what it is he wants to do--and that's heavy for him to carry alone.

Midoriya is slowly becoming more and more interesting because ever since chapter 306 he has been slowly becoming less and less of a recognized hero. He's still obviously a hero--saving people and what not. But he's becoming a hero that doesn't worship and benefit off the system built by heroes and for heroes. Midoriya is in the beginning stages of rejecting the society that actually rejected him first--and also rejected all of the villains. And "good heroes" don't do that.

Shigaraki needs a hero but, he doesn't need a BNHA hero. He needs someone who wants to throw away BNHA society's definition of a hero and completely redefine it--and if Hori continues on this path with Midoriya (please god) then that's what Midoriya is going to do. Reject the traditional role of a hero and redefine it.

In other words, this is what Shigaraki needs

A hero--who isn't anything like a hero.

[agentark88]

Think: Chapter Eighty-Four: Doku Kobura: A Villain Playing Hero

My Hero Academia Fan Fiction by Agent ARK 88

Disclaimer: The following is a work of fan fiction using characters and settings from My Hero Academia/Boku no Hero Academia created by Kohei Horikoshi. I do not claim any ownership of characters present in this piece that are owned and created by Kohei Horikoshi. I do not own My Hero Academia/Boku no Hero Academia.

Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead is entirely coincidental.

Warnings: This work contains mild language and violence.

Please be aware this chapter is in third-person perspective, following my original character, BioVirus, Doku Kobura, who is a villain currently a part of The League of Villains.

Chapter Eighty-Four: Doku Kobura: A Villain Playing Hero

Sweet Anna stepped out into the afternoon sun. Even with her hair dyed to its original brown color she appeared like an ethereal angel, otherworldly to Kobura. Her parents and these horrid students had broken her to pieces again. Her confidence had crumbled to dust. Kobura was slowly trying to sweep her back together.

“Hello, Sweet Anna,” he greeted her warmly. His new uniform itched, constricting him in ways that he just wasn’t used to in his normal gear. Despite his costume looking of leather on the outside, the fabric had quite a bit of stretch and was breathable to help him move. It was a lot harder to hide his weaponry under the cheap fabric of this school uniform as well, so he decided on just packing the essentials. The school should really consider getting a metal detector because the number of knives that Kobura had smuggled in could open a small weapon shop.

“Hey,” Anna said. Her cheeks were flush.

Doku’s attention dwelled on her expression. She didn’t appear sad, so what had gotten her to blush like that? “Was class eventful?” Kobura pulled himself off of the wall. He offered out his hand toward Anna’s bag.

“It was weird.” Anna declined his outstretched hand, shaking her head. “I’m pretty sure everyone thinks that I fought back against those girls. Well, everyone except Higa. He actually apologized to me. He wanted to make sure that someone named Abe knew he did it too. He seemed really freaked out.”

Kobura snaked his hands into his pockets. “He did, did he? It’s about time he apologized for his behavior toward you. I’ll make sure your classmates know it’s me next time, so they can keep your name out of their mouths.” Kobura brushed his arm intentionally against Anna’s to give her some kind of comfort. She didn’t seem to react much to his touch. What had happened in class must have been pretty bad to distract her from acknowledging his proximity to her. “By the way, Abe is me, remember?”

Anna stopped short, the gears turning in that pretty head of hers. “Wait a second. You made Higa do that? He begged me for forgiveness. He was so scared.”

Kobura frowned. “The only thing I made him do is what he should have done since he targeted you. Sorry goes a long way in this society. I learned that from you.” He grinned again, reaching out to ruffle Anna’s hair but thinking better of it. He lowered his voice. “It was his decision to beg for it, not mine. Though I must admit he should have done much more than beg for your forgiveness for what he put you through.” He tilted his head thoughtfully. Kobura extended his hand back, scratching the back of his head. “Try not to forget my new name, Sweet Anna. I can’t spend time with you if you blow my cover.” Kobura brought a finger to his lips, winking at her. “Remember that I’m called Ikuo Abe while we’re at school. Although I won’t correct you if you use my first name by accident.”

Anna uncomfortably shifted back from Doku. Her hands clenched at her backpack straps. “Why do you always use my first name? Wouldn’t it make more sense that you use my last name since you just joined the school?”

“Not if we’re best friends. I knew you before going here, Sweet Anna, so it’s okay. If it makes more sense to you, you can call me Ikuo.” Kobura leaned back, his coy smile catching the sun. “If you’d prefer, as your upperclassman, you could also call me Senpai.”

Anna’s face became a few shades darker. She glanced away in embarrassment, making Kobura’s heart flutter. She was so damn cute.

“I-I’m just fine calling you Abe.” She tugged absently at the bottom of her skirt. “Sure, I’ve spoken to you before, but I don’t really know you like this.” She gestured to his school uniform. “It’s a little odd seeing you as a normal student.” Anna paused, her stolid expression saddening. “Are you sure you want to be here with me? I thought that high school was kind of rough on you.”

Kobura winced. He’d forgotten she’d seen some of his past. “Don’t worry about me. I’m here for you. Sure, I was a late bloomer while I was in high school, but I’m a completely different creature now. I can thrive in this soul-sucking environment because I’ve been there done that, you know?” Kobura clenched his teeth together. “My priorities are set on ensuring your happiness. If you worry about me, it’s kind of counter-productive.”

Anna gave him a dubious look, but she didn’t question him about it. He led her over to a secluded area beneath a cherry blossom tree in full bloom. He wondered if a quirk had been used to make it blossom out of season. As a cold breeze swept through the tree, the pink petals dusted the surrounding area. Kobura brushed them clean from the bench, offering the seat to Sweet Anna. She sat down quickly, shoving her bag between her feet.

Kobura watched her sit in adoration. She was more beautiful than the scenery around her. He ensured that she was settled before he scrambled to get the bento box out of his backpack. Kobura couldn’t cook for shit. In fact, cooking was one of the few things he was actually bad at. He wouldn’t dare risk subjecting Sweet Anna to food poisoning. Instead, he had purchased a fresh meal from a nearby vendor, packing it while still scorching hot into a cute blue bento box he’d bought for her. The outside of the box was under-the-sea themed. It didn’t have a shark, but there were some tiny little fish on it. The meal he’d stuffed inside had some chicken, beef, and rice, and it included some grilled vegetables. Kobura offered her the box, afraid that she wouldn’t consider taking it from him.

“I packed it for you,” he said. Nerves rattled through his system. This was different for him. He was embarrassed he couldn’t serve her food that he’d made himself, but he was proud he had put the effort into the small gift. Kobura was also well-aware that Anna’s witch of a mother had been starving her, so he hoped that food was a good way to raise her spirits.

Anna hesitated to reach out toward the box. Kobura showed her that he had his own, and she more readily took it from him.

“Thank you,” she said, uncertainty straining her melodic tone. She opened the bento box, and her eyes widened. “Did you make this?”

Kobura sheepishly ducked his head. “Not exactly,” he mumbled under his breath. “I’m not very handy in the kitchen. I have a habit of burning things to a crisp.” Kobura slid next to Anna on the bench. “It’s the thought that counts though, right?” Kobura hesitated to open his own food. “It’s stupid, isn’t it? I would have sliced some fruits and vegetables for you, but because I can’t actually cook anything I didn’t want to disappoint you with a salad.”

“It’s not stupid,” Anna blurted. She peered down at the food before her. “It’s nice of you to bring it for me. I don’t think I’ve eaten an actual meal since I was dragged out of U.A..”

Kobura gazed at her while eating, and he had a hard time looking away. He forced his mind to capture the moment. Her head bopped side to side with her eyes closed when she realized how good it tasted. Her small feet kicked out rhythmically. A smile finally appeared on her angelic face, and he noticed the smallest of dimples dent her perfect cheek. She opened her eyes again, and Kobura nearly dropped his food. He tried to hide the fact he was just staring at her by snapping his head forward.

Kobura decided not to eat. He waited until Anna had finished and offered the rest of his food too. She hesitated at first, but then accepted his as well. To Kobura’s chagrin, lunch ended quickly. He could just skip class, but he didn’t want to draw unwanted attention on himself. Instead, he followed protocol, wishing Anna a better rest of her day. He used his class time for planning out new gadgets for himself. His notebook was filled with intricate explosives and weaponry. Funny how a teacher overlooks a notebook and is more aghast by the sight of a phone.

Class finally let out, and Kobura shot up from his desk, practically pushing students out of the way to meet up with Sweet Anna. He made it out into the courtyard, taking a straight path toward her last classroom building. He stopped short when he spotted a male student speaking with her. He narrowed his eyes, noticing how frustrated Anna looked. He started stalking in their direction.

The boy spotted Kobura first. He raised his head, putting his shoulders back defensively. He made an attempt to stand in front of Anna, but as soon as she lifted her head to see what was going on, she put a hand on him to pull him back.

“Is there a problem here?” Kobura hissed out.

The boy looked confused. “I was just having a discussion with my classmate.” The boy scanned Kobura over. “I haven’t seen you around here before. Are you new or something?”

“Upperclassman. Just transferred in. The name is Abe, and you’re making my friend uncomfortable.”

Anna readily moved over to Kobura. “We were just talking. Muto was about to go home. H-he offered to walk with me, but I already told him I was fine. There was a misunderstanding that happened between us, and he was just trying to make amends.” Anna placed a hand on Kobura’s arm, giving it a small squeeze. Her face said it all, she was terrified that Kobura would act irrationally.

“I was just offering to take her home,” Muto reaffirmed, barely acknowledging Kobura’s existence.

Kobura stepped back, but he’d reached a hand out toward Anna to ensure he could protect her at a moment’s notice. He continued to glare at Muto. Surprisingly, the boy didn’t seem concerned with Kobura’s presence at all. His gaze was set on Sweet Anna, Kobura’s Anna, and he looked lost in thought.

Kobura gracefully spun Anna around him to put distance between her and the other boy. His fingers were gentle but firm, sliding down to the small of her back and easing her away. “If that’s all, we’ll be on our way.”

A hand grabbed for Kobura’s shoulder. A switch flipped in him. He jerked back, his arm hooking around the one that was nearly too close to him, but he was stopped. Sweet Anna had stopped him. Bless her for her forethought. Her quirk coiled tightly around his forearm. Kobura could already feel the tremble in his fingers, itching to bring a blade to the boy who’d touched him. He withdrew his counterattack, his muscles easing as he felt Anna’s quirk dissipate away from his body.

“I wasn’t done talking to her,” Muto said.

“As far as I’m concerned, you were,” Kobura hissed. He glowered at the hand still extended toward him. Kobura wanted to bite Muto’s fingers off. “Don’t put your hands on me again, or you’ll lose them.”

“Is that a threat?” Muto asked, pulling his hand back and cocking his head in curiosity. He appeared intrigued rather than frightened. “You’d attack me for what? Invading your space? Or, is it because I talked to the klutz?”

A breath left Kobura’s body, a succinct exhale of air that left his body rattled. He glanced at Anna out of the corner of his eye, and he watched her cute little face blanch out of fear for what Kobura might do this boy, this nobody. Kobura’s stance shifted forward, his fingers clenching at his side. Anna’s small fingers caught his sleeve.

“Please don’t,” she pleaded. “He’s been decent to me.”

Kobura scoffed. Muto raised an eyebrow.

“Decent? He has insulted you and has done something that he thought he needed to make amends for. He’s a problem.” Kobura glared at Muto, contemplating if he launched a blade in his direction, would Anna be able to stop both the blade and an attack.

Muto picked at his fingernails in disinterest. “Seems like you’re the one causing problems,” Muto countered. “This conversation is boring.” Muto leaned to the side, so he could see Anna better. He shrugged. “I tried, klutz.”

Kobura visibly shook. He hesitated, eyeing Anna again and hoping she’d give him the go ahead to slit this guy’s throat. He knew better than to expect it, but he watched her response all the same. She seemed frozen, confused, or like she was holding her breath and hoping this would all end on its own.

“You know where to find me.” Muto lifted a hand in farewell as he turned away.

Kobura bit back a retort. Anna let out a relieved sigh. She gave Kobura a weary look before spinning on her own heel and walking in the direction of her house. Kobura guiltily hung his head. He caught up with her in only a few steps.

“I wasn’t trying to upset you,” Kobura said first. His hands clenched and unclenched in uncertainty. He kept feeling like he had made progress with their relationship only for it to be reeled back because Kobura was only trying to do what was best for Anna.

“Well, you did,” she said.

Kobura misplaced one of his steps out of surprise. Sweet Anna didn’t usually tell him bluntly what he’d done to upset her. Well, she didn’t do it right away. Usually, they’d have a little back and forth and then she’d blurt it out in frustration.

“I… How can I fix it?” he asked, looking at her pleadingly.

“Stop attacking people because you ‘think’ they dishonored me in some way,” she said.

“To be fair, he did seem awfully dishonorable—”

Anna snapped her attention back on Kobura. Her hazel eyes narrowed, and she gave him such a fierce look it made his heart skip a beat. He cleared his throat, blushing.

“I can ease up,” he said bashfully, rubbing the back of his neck.

“I hope so.” The fury in her eyes dimmed, exhaustion plain in the dark circles under her lower lids. She turned away again, plodding in the direction of her house. Her quivering fingers met her backpack straps.

Kobura hesitated to announce his next thought. “What’s that guy’s deal anyway?”

“He looked out for me at first. Or, so I thought. Then, he watched on as I was bullied by exactly the same people he warned me about. I… It confused me to say the least. He seemed to want to help me, but he just didn’t. I only realized it after…” Anna trailed off, suddenly speeding up. Crimson blush dusted her cheeks.

“After what?” Kobura asked curiously, bounding up to her.

“It’s stupid.” Anna waved him away.

“I’m certain it’s not.”

“I’m mad at you. I’m not going to just answer your questions.”

“What did I do? I was just defending you,” Kobura pouted, pursing his lips. “I already said that I’d ease up.” Heat began to rise up to Kobura’s face as he remembered what had just transpired. “I think I was right to be pissed off that he called you a klutz.”

“I am a klutz,” she bluntly retorted.

Kobura frowned. “Don’t call yourself that. You are not. I better never hear another bad thing about yourself come out of your mouth either.”

“It’s true. What else do you call someone that trips over their own feet all of the time? I can’t even control my own quirk. It’s pathetic.”

“Anna,” Kobura breathed out. “Don’t be mean to yourself, please. You’re the hardest working person I’ve ever met.” He strode up ahead of her, walking backwards, so he could speak with her face to face. “You weren’t given the same advantages as everyone else. You had to work to get where you are now. Your parents weren’t heroes. You had to use your powers in secret—”

Anna winced. “You shouldn’t know that about me,” she said.

“Well, I do.” Kobura shook his head. “That’s not the point. You and I, we were never given the same opportunities that everyone else had. Our parents weren’t supportive. Our quirks were shunned. But, we thrived all the same. You built yourself from the ground up. You didn’t get help. You’re more capable than you give yourself credit for.”

“It doesn’t matter how capable I am now, does it?” Anna snapped. She guiltily looked away. Tears filled her eyes. “All that work is worth nothing. I can’t get a hero license without being in a hero school.”

Kobura stopped. Anna swerved around his stilled form. He watched her pass. His heart clenched in his chest. The bullies had gone away, but they weren’t her problem. Misery cascaded off of her in waves. Kobura couldn’t have been happier spending time with her, but it was hard to see her so distraught.

Kobura and Anna reached her house. Anna didn’t make a move to go inside. Her fingers fidgeted with a button on her uniform.

“Are your parents always this late to come home?” Kobura asked.

“It’s better this way,” Anna said. “They only lock me in my room when they get home.”

Kobura gulped. He hated her parents. They mistreated her. They didn’t deserve such a perfect daughter. He wanted nothing more than to have Sweet Anna live with him. At least, that way he could know she was safe, treated fairly.

Kobura slipped past Anna. He sat down on the small porch. “I could stay with you for a little bit. We don’t have to go in yet.” He patted the space beside him.

Anna turned her gaze down, her attention trained on the empty space. “What if someone sees you? Sees us out here together?”

“I’ve walked with you before. Don’t you think they could have seen us then? We’re just a couple of students from the same school. No one would look at us twice.”

“You’re a fake student,” she argued.

“They don’t know that,” Kobura shrugged.

To his surprise, he’d convinced Anna to sit down. As she planted herself beside him, she sighed. It didn’t take long for her to start talking. She clearly had pent up a lot of her feelings.

“It feels like I wake up in a nightmare,” Anna admitted, shouldering off her bag. She placed her hands on her knees, pulling her legs closer to her chest. “I spend every day wondering if I had done something different I’d still be at U.A.. And, you want to know what? I don’t think I would be. There isn’t a scenario in my mind that would have kept my parents from eventually finding a reason to remove me from the school of my dreams. Yes, it was dangerous. Yes, I’d gotten hurt. They didn’t take me out for my safety though. They took me out because now they were being directly targeted, now people could connect me to them.” Anna picked at a splintering piece of wood beside her. “They would have taken me out far earlier if they’d actually done it for me.”

“They hate the attention,” Kobura stated, affirming her thoughts. “They think your quirk would put a bad light on them.”

“That’s how it always had been. I think they let me pursue my hero career, hoping that it would distance my association with them. When they realized it was doing the opposite, and then the Emoticon thing happened, it was enough of a reason to pull me out of hero school.” Anna bit into her lip. “They’ll never let me go back. I’m stuck here, and I hate it.”

Kobura nudged her with his elbow, giving her a worried smile. “Hey, it’s not so bad. I’m here, aren’t I?”

Anna shrugged. At least she didn’t outright deny his company was unwelcome.

“It will get better. No one will mess with you while I’m around.” He raised his arms, flexing. “I can get you whatever you want on the down low too. You’ll never have to be lonely either. I’ll spend as much or as little time with you as you want.”

“I doubt you would allow me to ask to spend only a little time with you,” Anna said.

Kobura’s shoulders dropped. “If that’s what you wish, I will give you space.” He picked himself up off of the ground, only for Anna to reach out to him.

“Y-you’re fine to stay right now,” she stuttered out.

Kobura sat back down. He tilted his face up to the sun, stretching his long limbs out. He was living the dream. Sweet Anna was next to him, talking to him. She wanted him there. Still, it felt wrong. While Kobura basked in Anna’s attention, she was slowly falling into despair. She didn’t belong here as much as Kobura wanted her to love it. The lack of security made it so much easier to spend time with her. At this school, Kobura didn’t even have to worry about other suitors with powerful quirks to contend with.

Kobura leaned forward, setting his arms on his knees. He tilted his head, looking at Anna. She’d set her gaze outward, lost. She was beside him, but she wasn’t actually there in the moment. The light had left her eyes, the excitement. She slouched, defeat hanging heavily on her petite shoulders. It killed him to see her like this. He couldn’t fight her sadness. He couldn’t slice up her depression. He would forge a hero license for her, but it would go against her wishes. He would change her name and help her into a different school, but she would know it was a lie. He’d do anything for her. He loved her.

“What can I do?” Kobura asked sincerely.

Anna jolted back, focusing again. “What? What are you asking?”

“How can I help you?” Kobura leaned back. “I want to help, but I don’t know how.”

“There’s nothing you can do, Doku,” Anna said.

Kobura smiled softly at hearing his first name leave her perfect lips. He would have sold his very soul to have kissed her in that moment. “So, burn down the world that has caused you this much grief? Got it.” He chuckled.

“Kobura, that’s not funny,” Anna said. “You better not.”

“Oh, you have that much faith in me that I could decimate the world for you?” Kobura perched his chin atop his hands. “You know I have that much power, and you still refuse to ask me for anything?”

“You can’t give me what I want,” she said finitely.

“Who said?”

“Can you legally get me back into U.A.?” she tested.

“Why do you want to go back there so badly? There are plenty of other schools that would be better.” Kobura sighed. He knew why she wanted to go there so badly without her even having to say anything. Her friends were there. It’s where she made it in on her own. He hated to admit it, but she clearly belonged there. At the same time, Kobura’s enemies were there. There was a whole ass gate keeping him away from Sweet Anna there too.

“I miss being there,” she said. She didn’t elaborate further. She didn’t have to.

Kobura felt his heart shattering piece by piece as he considered how he could get her back in. Wasn’t he enough? Couldn’t he be enough for her? Selfish. He was thinking selfishly. This was about Sweet Anna, not him.

“Legally?” he asked.

“Yes.”

Kobura rummaged through the confines of his thoughts. He was smart enough to figure out some way to do it, but he didn’t want to. He just wanted to be there with her forever. Didn’t she see how much this meant to him? Kobura strangled those invasive thoughts again. He needed to make Anna happy. That was what he truly wanted.

“It’s improbable,” Kobura said, his plan clicking together like the last pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. He saw what he could do clearly.

“Not impossible? Don’t give me false hope,” Anna said, but she’d already resigned to her fate. Her voice was missing its vivacity. “Even if you could, my parents would just take me out again.”

Kobura scanned her over. He adored her with every part of his being. He wanted to keep her all to himself. He hated her with the other U.A. students. He hated himself for being what he was, a villain. If he could change… he would. But, he couldn’t be redeemed. He’d done things that were unalterable. He’d set his path long ago. She still had a chance.

“I could get you new parents,” he offered.

Anna shot him a death glare. “You can’t just replace my parents. Where would they go?”

In the ground, Kobura thought, praying that she wasn’t using her quirk to read his mind. Kobura shrugged. He would gladly rid Anna of her abusive parents, but she would hate him for it. “It was just a thought,” Kobura said.

They sat there together for another hour, not saying much. Anna got up when she knew her parents would be coming home soon. Kobura helped her collect her things, holding the door open for her.

“See you tomorrow?” he asked.

“Yeah,” she said.

He wanted to see her smile. He needed to see her smile. She was nothing more than a husk of her former self. Anna stopped briefly.

“Thank you for walking me home.” She closed the door.

Kobura went to his new apartment, trying desperately to keep out the idea he had to get Sweet Anna back into U.A.. He knew how to do it. He didn’t want to do it.

Kobura tried his best to make Anna’s days better at school. The two of them did everything together. Some days, he could see the beginning of a smile on her face. He’d bring her sweets, take her to places on the campus they weren’t allowed to be. He took her to the roof, the gym after hours, and even the school pool. She went willingly with him, but he could never quite get her back the way that she used to be. There were glimmers of her joy that appeared for a second, but each was brought on by a memory of being at her old school. Her expression always soured as soon as she realized where she was. Nothing Kobura did could fully bring her back to him.

Weeks went by. Anna only got worse. Her parents locked her away during winter break. Kobura waited outside for her to leave the house, but she never did. Something broke in her over that long period of time locked in that dark house. Her spirit began to fade. Even when she returned to school, there were barely any signs of the old her left. Still, he never stopped waiting for her, taking care of her in any small way that he could.

Kobura stood next to the stairwell door of the school roof, watching Anna stare up into the sky while her hair whipped around her face. Sweet Anna hadn’t eaten that day. She refused anything that he offered her too. She’d been crying before he came to pick her up and walk her to school. Her eyes had been red-ringed and puffy. She hadn’t denied having cried when he asked her earlier that morning. Those days were becoming more often.

Now that it was lunch and Anna’s mood hadn’t improved in the slightest, he was beginning to get worried, more worried than he had been at least.

“We could stop by the chocolate shop on the way home,” Kobura offered, trying to get her to at least say more than two words to him.

“No thanks,” she despondently responded.

“Maybe we shake things up and go the aquarium. That sounds fun, right?” Kobura had managed to take her to small places nearby but nothing too significant. The chocolate shop was one of her favorites. Plus, she knew that she could get back before her parents got home. It was a risk offering the aquarium, but Kobura would do anything to see her remotely cheerful.

“No,” she said. Her bottom lip quivered.

“Anna,” Kobura pleaded. He crossed the roof, but she shifted closer to the roof’s edge, up against the safety bars.

“Thank you for trying, but I just…” she trailed off. She was over it. She wanted to be a hero, and she knew she couldn’t do it here. It was written all over her face. She’d lost hope.

Kobura made a decision. Not for him. But, dammit, he wished that he had made that decision for him. He had been so selfish. He cherished this time he got to spend with Anna, but it wasn’t her anymore. He knew exactly what he had to do. He’d have to get Sweet Anna back into U.A. no matter the cost.

“I’m sorry,” Kobura said.

“For what?” Anna asked, hugging her arms.

“I’m just sorry.” He was sorry for keeping her to himself. He was sorry for waiting so long to sacrifice his happiness. He was sorry because he was part of the reason she was sent to this school to be concealed from the world. He was sorry for postponing her dreams, so he could just spend time with her. He didn’t have the courage to say it out loud to her either.

Anna shrugged. A dismissive gesture he wasn’t accustomed of seeing from her. His face fell.

“I won’t be able to walk you home tonight,” Kobura said carefully.

“Huh, why?” Anna asked. There was a sliver of consciousness that possessed her through her dismal expression.

“There’s something I have to take care of,” he said.

“Okay. Do you need any help?” she asked. Her forest hazel eyes blinked up at him, and he nearly melted.

“No. You’ve done more than enough.” Kobura’s stomach flipped. This could be the last time he would see her on even footing, as another student, rather than a villain. He gently grasped her shoulders.

Anna didn’t pull away, but she watched him cautiously. Kobura leaned forward, only to be met by Sweet Anna’s quirk repelling him away. He kept his weight forward, not fighting against her quirk, but letting her hold him there. She looked confused, scanning him over in case he was trying to attack her. She blinked up at him, and he gave her a gentle smile. He couldn’t help but chuckle at the predicament. It was awkward, but it felt innately real to him, a moment that he would hold dear. For some reason, Anna slowly released her quirk from holding him, and he leaned further into it until he was a breath away from her forehead. He wanted to kiss her, knowing it might be the last time, but he changed his mind.

Tentatively, Kobura’s hands slid up to Anna’s face, gently tilting it upward. He nuzzled his nose into hers. The gesture was more intimate than he expected, filling his cheeks with warmth.

“I don’t want to be the cause of your pain anymore,” he murmured. He pulled back a few inches. “I promise to do better for you.” He released her.

Anna let out the breath she was holding. Her breath had quickened. Her face was red.

Kobura left her standing on that rooftop, hoping this would not be the last moment they would share together as two youths in a budding romance. He headed for his apartment, already dialing his phone to call Toga.

“Have time to help me do something falsely heroic?” Kobura asked.

[verdantmoontruther]

the anti-bkdk ramble that turned into an anti-internet ramble

i’m not like the biggest or most present bnha fan on here (i’m more about naruto personally) and i know this point has been discussed to death within the more intellectually capable circles of the fanbase, but i think we should really talk about the hypocrisy of people that excuse or ‘forgive’ bakugou’s behaviour for whatever purpose they come up with, whether it be shipping or ‘bc he’s hot’ or whatnot.

the tl;dr of what i want to say: bakugou and midoriya do not like each other. there is no evidence for that in the books or otherwise. it is unwise to view their genuine dislike as unresolved sexual tension because injecting a sexual component into bakugou’s decade-long antipathy makes for a much, much scarier bullying scenario. also, please touch grass and get a hobby outside of media consumption; i make friendship bracelets and photograph graffiti around my town. it’s very fun. take a break from the online world.

first things first: i UNDERSTAND, fully and wholeheartedly, the desire to see a queer enemies-to-lovers relationship happen in mainstream media. i may be young enough to be on the cusp between gen z and millennial, but i’m also old enough to remember when homosexuality was the weird joke paraded out on late night telly to explain a man’s bizarre behaviour, or be the shitty punchline to an equally unfunny joke. i remember feeling young and disgusted, young and scared, young and hopeless when i thought that we would never see anything remotely resembling a healthy gay relationship on tv. i didn’t even think legalised gay marriage is something that would be won in my youth. but you’re going about it the wrong way.

bakugou bullied midoriya for a long time. that is an immutable fact, and a very important aspect of both of their identities. in their childhoods, bakugou cemented midoriya into a victim role by singling him out and tormenting him. it’s important for some of you to understand that you can’t come back from that. whatever relationship they may have in the future will forever be tainted by the fact that, when bakugou knew he had the upper hand physically over midoriya, he chose to ridicule, belittle, and hurt him, and was never told by those around him that he may have been wrong for it.

it bothers me to no end that the people who will recognise how well the bnha universe fits as an allegory to the treatment of disabled people in society - which is, in my opinion, a completely astute and intelligent observation - will fail to see bakugou’s treatment of midoriya in their formative years as not abusive or ableist, but criticise a character because they said something demeaning about the quirkless population. it’s interesting because the allegory only extends to the characters and actions that are easily dealt with (cancelling a minor character for their words is very easy), but as soon as you raise the issue of physically, emotionally, and mentally abusing someone for their disability, it gets wishy washy because that’s their favourite character that we’re accusing of unsavoury behaviours. it begs the question - do you actually give a shit at all?

the reason i raise this is because fiction directly translates to real life. the things an author, screenwriter, or mangaka write about and the perspective they write about it from effect our view of ourselves and other people, especially in an industry aimed at, and mostly consumed by, the youth. that’s why i discussed what i did in the second paragraph - representation is important because it makes people feel more comfortable in their skin. and i can understand why you crave seeing yourself depicted as the hero of a story. but it also means that bad interpretations can weasel their way into the malleable minds of the young people consuming these stories: think about everything jk rowling was cancelled for. her only irish character constantly blowing things up. hook-nosed elves in love with money. werewolves preying on young boys as a metaphor for the aids epidemic.

i can’t blame horikoshi for the way that people infer his writing because there is absolutely no evidence in his writing that bakugou and midoriya harbour romantic feelings for each other, but i do know where this sentiment comes from: you kids are grasping at straws, wanting to make genuinely antagonistic characters into some sort of star-crossed romance because this is your first time being exposed to fighty blowy uppy shounen that doesn’t give a shit about love, and it worries me, because it means you begin romanticising all the wrong behaviours. if i was reading half the shit you guys like about the mythical bkdk dynamic in an actual book, it’d be raising red flags immediately. no communication. possessiveness. jealousy. entitlement. belittling. taking out their anger on each other. i’m concerned for you lot.

some of you aren’t going to like hearing this, but i think the reason we are seeing such a strong insurgence of the romanticisation of such an unhealthy relationship dynamic, apart from representation, is because being bombarded by so many stories and headlines and works in a day due to the internet has desensitised us to a lot of things. you look at a news headline about a bombing or a murder and you don’t feel anything anymore. same thing with fiction: ten years of bullying, when you have nothing from your own personal life to compare it to, doesn’t sound that bad. someone telling you to kill yourself gets brushed off like water off a duck’s back because everyone tells everyone to kts these days. having no friends is normalised because all of us people online are ‘depressed and anxious uwu no fwends’. in order to get a real hit right in the gut you need something that takes the word angst and amplifies it by a scale factor of seven million. in a culture that sensationalises pain and is devoid of empathy, midoriya’s situation is just not enough anymore.

once again idk if any of this made sense. i write what i think and if it comes out like a jumble of random letters then oh well.

[kirikiribaku]

I saw your KiriBaku headcanons post, and your Kirishima not liking Bakugou's mum headcanon got me intrigued! I mean, I understand (Im not her biggest fan either and admittedly very prone to antagonizing her), but I'm interested to hear your ideas for it!

boy. When I read this ask I told myself: I’m gonna sit down in front of the computer and write a well-argued answer. So now I have this 1k-words essay in a word document that I’m about to copy-paste here. Enjoy.

On why Kirishima wouldn’t like Bakugou’s mum.

Okay, so first of all, full disclaimer, this is all a result of my own headcanons (that may have been inspired by some canon content), but still remain as that, headcanons.

We don’t know much about Bakugou’s mum besides the fact that she works in the fashion industry and that she’s...

well. Pretty aggressive.

The scene where Aizawa comes ask for the kids’ parents’ permission to move into the dorms is the one time we get to see Katsuki’s parents and their personalities, and while I can understand the appeal of making Mitsuki rough and aggressive (his son really takes after her!), there’s just something that doesn’t feel right.  We see her hit Bakugou multiple times while his teachers are there, she even pushes his head down into an apologetic bow, and we know this must have been normal during Katsuki’s childhood because of what he says during the remedial course.

That’s how he was raised! What does that mean? That he received a few slaps every time he was being a brat? That his mum would yell at him and he didn’t hesitate to raise his voice back until she lost her patience? (is that why he talks so loudly all the time now?) Not the ideal environment for a kid, and yes it probably has a lot to do with all his anger issues as a teenager.  

But what really really gets to me is this one particular panel.

I understand this probably might have been drawn as a gag panel, “Oh look, they’re fighting again haha! That must be lowkey uncomfortable for the teachers!”.

But I don’t think calling Bakugou weak for being kidnapped is funny. And I don’t think he could just brush it off at that time.

The guilt and self-hate that must have (still are) eating at Bakugou, that would build up to the catharsis during Deku vs Kacchan 2, must’ve only been worsened by comments like that one.

So yeah. No. Not at all what Mitsuki should’ve said as his mother.

If we know little about Bakugou’s parents, we know nothing about Kirishima’s family (Horikoshi please this is me begging you). But we do know Kirishima: sweet, friendly, all sunshine smiles and words of encouragement! He is the opposite of Bakugou in that aspect, and that makes me think that his parents mums are completely different from Mitsuki too.

I imagine (again, we are entering headcanon territory) Kirishima was raised in a caring environment, showered with love and affection. He was probably a pretty well mannered kid too, so he didn’t argue with his mums often, and they never raised a hand against him.

So now, what do you think Kirishima’s opinion of Bakugou’s mum would be, if he ever met her?

I don’t think Katsuki talks about his mum much (if at all) with his classmates. Why would he. But then again we saw the “I was raised this way” quote earlier, so let’s say Kirishima and he talk about her at some point, for the sake of this argument. 

Maybe they’re on a study date in Bakugou’s room, Kirishima still finishing his homework while Bakugou reads laying on his bed. Kirishima’s been telling Bakugou about how excited he is to go back home for the holidays because he wants to see his mums, that they’re gonna go shopping and cook together. Bakugou remains silent, humming from time to time to signal he’s paying attention, but not looking at Kiri. There’s silence when Kirishima stops talking, and since it doesn’t seem like Bakugou is gonna say anything on his own accord, he asks: “Hey, I just realised, you’ve never told me what your mum’s like.”

Bakugou scoffs, “she’s fucking annoying.”

“Oh, come on,” Kirishima teases, “she can’t be that bad.”

Bakugou shrugs. His brow is furrowed and his shoulders tense. He turns to his side, showing his back to Kirishima. “I’d much rather stay here training, holidays‘re a waste of time.”

Kirishima’s face falls. It’s not just Bakugou’s words that get to him, but his whole body language. It’s not like when he refuses to hang out with the class in the common room on a week day, or when he reluctantly agrees to go to the game centre with their friends. He looks truly uncomfortable. The idea of not enjoying the precious days one gets to spend with their family is... depressing for Kirishima. He feels sad for Bakugou; just what kind of environment did Bakugou grow up in?

If Kirishima were ever to witness Mitsuki calling Bakugou weak, I’m sure he would snap and jump into the argument to defend Bakugou. Knowing Kirishima’s backstory, and how bad he struggled with confidence-issues in middle school, this is probably one of the worst insults for him – and it’s being thrown at one of the strongest people he knows, a kid he’s grown to admire and whose words serve as inspiration for him!

So Kirishima cannot accept it. He would stand up and praise Bakugou for all he’s worth, his manliness and his ambition, his power and his technique, with such confidence and determination that it would leave Mitsuki at a loss for words. And he would be appalled that it was Katsuki’s own mother who was slandering him so easily like that

TL;DR: What I’m trying to say is that Bakugou’s relationship with his mum seems uncomfortable and stressful, the kind of mother-son relationship that would make Bakugou feel locked in and constantly on edge in his own house, maybe even not appreciated. Kirishima is perceptive enough to notice that, and that’s why he doesn’t like Bakugou’s mother.

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BnHA Chapter 308: VIBE: CHECKED

Previously on BnHA: Lots and lots of Shindou idk what else to tell you.

Today on BnHA: Tired Nomad Deku rescues Shindou from Muscular, and us from Shindou. Muscular is all “OH BOY I SURE CAN’T WAIT TO FIGHT DEKU AGAIN AFTER HE TOTALLY KICKED MY ASS THE LAST TIME!! I’M SURE THIS TIME WILL GO DIFFERENTLY SEEING AS HE’S HAD ALMOST AN ENTIRE YEAR’S WORTH OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING, AND ALSO HAS SIX FOURQUIRKS NOW, IN ADDITION TO THE CONFIDENCE THAT COMES WITH HAVING EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE’S SOULS CHILLING OUT INSIDE HIM OFFERING MORAL SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.” Deku is all, “[kicks Muscular’s ass effortlessly].” Muscular is all, “[gets his ass totally kicked].” I for one am very satisfied with this, and with respect to all, I would like to hereby declare this post a discourse-free zone. I’m just happy to see my son out here making good use of his FOURQUIRKS, and more importantly beating Muscular in less than seventeen pages so we can all go on with our lives lol.

damn Deku since when were you allowed to look this cool

from this perspective and with the smoke, cape, backpack, and mask more or less obscuring his actual profile, he looks less like a sixteen-year-old boy and more like a grownass man

OH SNAP

we got a glimpse of this in the cleaned-up scan of 307, but seeing both of his eyes looking so distinctively All Might-esque here is... whoa. I mean we know that his face still looks pretty normal underneath the mask and he doesn’t actually have the black sclera, but still, this is an awesome look. mini-Might

lol Muscular

you and me both. I mean no offense, but yeah

so Deku is just standing there silently

typical Deku. tight-lipped and expressionless. mum’s the word. quiet as a mouse. silent as a grave

okay no but seriously this is so weird and creepy though you guys. Deku please say something or else I’m just gonna mindlessly say whatever stupid things come into my head in an effort to make things less awkward

so Muscular is all “I should probably make a cool speech about revenge but Horikoshi couldn’t think of anything good so I’m just going to stand here clenching my fist real slowly”

“I’m not here to go on a monologue” he says, as he monologues about not monologuing

okay you guys I confess I have only read through/watched the Deku VS Muscular fight once because the arm-breaking is just way too uncomfortable for me to revisit. and so as a result, I have completely forgotten Whatever The Deal Is with Muscular’s eye lmao so let me go look it up real quick

okay so it’s a prosthetic, obviously, and he changes it out according to his mood. that part does sound familiar. I just can’t remember which eye is supposed to indicate which mood. don’t tell me I actually have to go back and reread this shit

lol I’m skimming through chapter 75 now and remembering/realizing that I hardly paid any attention to this the first time around because as soon as I found out the villains were after Kacchan my brain was like “TIME TO FOCUS ON THIS AND ONLY THIS NOW AND FOREVER” and yeah. ah memories

anyway so he started out with the flower-looking eye, and then later on he was all

which begs the question, how on earth could I have ever forgotten the most ridiculous panel I’ve ever read lmao

anyway, but so after all of that, I'm only just now realizing that this isn't one of his previous eye prosthetics in the current chapter; this is an ACTUAL FUCKING ROCK that he's just randomly shoved into his eye socket fkdsjlk

so basically (1) I did all of that painstaking research for nothing, five whole minutes of my life wasted THANKS A LOT, and (2) what, and I have never meant this more emphatically, THE FUCK

anyway so now he's leaping at the building that Deku is standing on top of. but he’s not aiming anywhere near Deku though, wtf

(ETA: HAHA YOU BROKE ALL YOUR MUSCLES YOU LOSER.)

...huh

lmao okay then. I hope those annoying citizens in the building next door are watching this go down and rethinking their life choices

dlkdkljk

just keep standing there pressed right up against the window, why don’t you. “WHAT’S GOING ON THIS SUPER CLOSE COLLAPSING BUILDING IS BLOCKING OUR VIEW.” well, folks, we’ve long since known there’s a critical shortage of hero and villain brain cells, but what we’re learning now is that civilian brain cells are also in short supply

OH THANK GOD DEKU IS FINALLY TALKING THAT WAS ACTUALLY UNSETTLING AS FUCK

SO HE’S STILL OUR GOOD, POLITE, WORRIED, CONSIDERATE DEKU UNDERNEATH THAT COOL AND MYSTERIOUS VENEER. for real, thank fuck, because I swear to god if he suddenly started acting like the Dekus in all of the vigilante AUs my interest in this series would have dropped something like 50% lol. just because he dropped out of school and ran away from home and is currently dressed like the physical manifestation of a Linkin Park playlist doesn’t mean he’s not still the WORLD’S BIGGEST DORK okay

I MEAN, THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. HE’S APOLOGIZING FOR THE DELAY

PLEASE FIND THE ATTACHED SHINDOU YOU REQUESTED. BEST REGARDS!!!

OH MY GOD WHY IS HE SUCH A BADASS

something about making bold, confident statements while obscured in smoke?? idk but damn it fucking works

ffjkkl

more importantly, should you tell him you actually need your copy of Shindou in excel format and not pdf?? on the one hand you don’t want to sound ungrateful, but on the other hand what are you even supposed to do with this

this chapter so far consists of like 50% smoke, but on the other hand Deku VS Kacchan 2 had a lot of cinematic smoke too so who am I to complain

OMG IS IT HIS ARMS

IDK DID YOU?! TELL ME YOUR SECRETS. PLEASE, AT SOME POINT THIS FIGHT HAS GOT TO ACTUALLY ADVANCE THE PLOT

OHHHHHHH

IT’S EN’S QUIRK!! OH MY GOD OKAY THAT’S ACTUALLY AWESOME

I CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF DISCOURSE RUMBLING IN THE BACKGROUND BUT I DON’T CARE LOL. WON’T CATCH ME EVER SAYING NO TO ANOTHER SIXQUIRK. GO AHEAD, BRING THEM ON, I WANT TO SEE THEM ALL but take it easy though Deku. don’t want to give yourself lung cancer or anything

also it’s good to see that in a very real sense he’s not fighting alone. the Vestiges really did mean it when they said they could appear more easily now. this is on a whole other level

so is this whole next page still En talking, or someone else? because whoever it is sure is chatty

okay, several things

pretty sure it is En, because he keeps saying “I suppose.” for someone who never said two words until one page ago, this guy sure never shuts up. we can’t all follow Muscular’s lead I suppose. oh my god now I’m doing it too

really like the suggestion of Deku using the SIXQUIRKS like tools in an arsenal, because that’s what he’s good at! it’s almost like he’s been training for this his entire life. “you value quirks too much” LOOK HE JUST THINKS THEY’RE COOL OKAY IS THAT A CRIME

where the fuck did all this rope come from

not gonna ask what the fuck that thing is sticking out from the back of his utility belt. Horikoshi will surely explain this

is that a fucking jetpack. I’m sorry Deku were six fucking quirks not enough for you. you can fucking float??? but JUST TO BE SAFE, LET’S STRAP A PAIR OF ROCKETS TO OUR SHOULDERS IDK

-- or wait, is this all supposed to be like a visual representation of En’s metaphor?? OH MY GOD AM I JUST STUPID LOL, DON’T ANSWER THAT. NEVER MIND. NEW LIST!!

rope = blackwhip

jetpack = float

radio = danger sense

and so I’m guessing that this ridiculously phallic thing is supposed to be a flare or something?? and that = the new quirk, smokescreen. well that was a fucking ride lmao we now return you to our regularly scheduled chapter

so now Deku is floating to his heart’s content and thinking that he’ll just sneak up on Muscular and vibe check his ass or whatever

WOOOOOOOO DANGER SENSE YESSSS I LOVE THIS FOR HIM

okay guys, I'm gonna press pause here for a sec to make a serious note, because I am loving the shit out of this, but tbh I'm having trouble enjoying it as much as I want to because I keep getting anxious thinking about the discourse. I know that a lot of the fandom has very strong opinions on Deku's character development one way or the other, and I want to respect that. but I also really have no spoons to debate this topic at all beyond what I’ve already weighed in on. so if it’s all the same to everyone, I plan on staying out of this discussion, at least this week

anyway! that said, YEAH BOI GET HIS ASS

VIBE: CHECKED. CURB: STOMPED. HOTEL: TRIVAGO

-- OF COURSE HE’S STILL FUCKING FINE LOL HE CRASHES INTO BUILDINGS FOR FUN IDK WHAT I WAS EXPECTING

dammit Muscular. how many fucking quirks does it take to beat you?! the annoying thing is that even with all of his cool new powers, Deku is still something of a mismatch against him. anyway r.i.p. to all these poor buildings

OOOOOHHHHH

you guys have no idea how intrigued I am at the prospect of watching Deku try to play both good cop and bad cop here lmao

anyway so Muscular says he doesn’t know, go figure

“I’m not here to make small talk or anything” he says as he small talks about not small talking

OH MY GOD DEKU

are you really gonna talk no jutsu all of these villains from now on?? that last battle really did have a profound impact on you, huh! interesting

you guys he’s really doing it omg

Deku this guy tried to murder a five-year-old literally just for fun. I mean more power to you, but holy shit you’re really gonna try to defeat Muscular with anger management therapy huh

I MEAN

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THAT RESPONSE COMING dlkjslkjk

FUCK’S SAKE DEKU, I KNOW YOU MEAN WELL BUT THEY CAN’T ALL HAVE TRAGIC PASTS KIDDO

but. I have to admit, I do still like that he tried. probably knew just as well as we did what the end result was going to be, but still. he made the effort in good faith and I respect that

uh oh

why do I get the feeling Muscular just got a whole lot deader

oh my god oh my god he’s doing the “powering up” stance ffff don’t fucking tell me you can still use your fucking arms here, Deku

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT’S THIS??

okay so basically he’s saying that whatever it was he sensed in Tomura, he doesn’t sense from Muscular. which, yeah, that sounds exactly right. good judge of character here lol

AHHHHAHAHA YESS

WHOOPS, GET FUCKED I GUESS

WOOOOHOOOOOOOO

lmao so apparently this is the belated result of Shindou’s attack from chapter 307?? I’ll be damned. good for you Shindou!! I always liked you buddy. please just take my word on that and don’t fact check that statement

okay lol the one tiny bit of discourse I will allow is that it’s bullshit that he just did that with his right arm. like, I’ll fully acknowledge that. that makes no fucking sense, and I demand an explanation from the Great Plot Hole Filler himself. he’s never let us down before when it comes to continuity so I’m trusting him not to suddenly start now

that said, we love to see a rematch against a boring guy settled quickly and decisively within the span of a single chapter. THANK YOU

I like that Deku implies that his power is being a smart nerd who battles villains using the power of ANALYTICS. he basically didn’t do anything except restrain Muscular and wait for Shindou’s attack to take effect while halfheartedly checking to see if he regretted any of that murder and stuff

(ETA: and almost forgot to mention, he made excellent use of all four of his active SIXQUIRKS. it’s like the chapter title said; this is basically him fighting all-out, and it’s a sight to see.)

also, as cool as the mask was, this just feels right. like, we had our fun, now let us see his face, yes good

anyway, I think this was a good start towards establishing What’s Up With Deku Right Now! so if it’s all the same to Horikoshi, I would next like to take some time to explore Why’s Up With Deku. that, and What’s Up With Everyone Else, Especially Kacchan. por favor