#mha chapter 431

[uglygreenjacket]

It's not about the ship.

A majority of us BKDKs never believed the ship would become canon. That was never really on the table.

What it is about, is 10 years of character and relationship development completely nuked for the establishment of a different relationship that had faded into the background at best for a lot of that time.

Izuku and Katsuki are important to one another. There's zero denying that. Katsuki died for Izuku. All of his scars come from protecting Izuku in one way or another. Katsuki was devastated when he learned of OFA's loss. He worked for eight years to make sure Izuku could live out his dream.

Izuku has looked up to Katsuki since they were children. He lost the plot multiple times when Katsuki was insulted or in trouble. Shigraki himself said Katsuki was closer to Izuku than anyone else.

And all of that development brought us zero discussions about what they've been through. No talk about the impact of Katsuki's death. No talk of Katsuki's apology. No talk about Izuku's feelings about the demise of his dream. Instead, we got Izuku rejecting the idea of being partners with Katsuki, something his character for the entirety of the series would have undoubtedly loved.

Yes, people can grow apart. But show me that. Give me background on why. Give me something, anything that would explain why the Izuku at the end of the epilogue is in diametric contrast to the Izuku we saw at the end of chapter 430.

These two characters mean so much to me. I don't see myself in their story, but the love (whether platonic or otherwise) and care that they show for each other speaks to me so deeply. Katsuki's growth as a person and Izuku's acceptance of and willingness to forgive Katsuki no matter what speaks to me so deeply, and to see that thrown away stings.

It's not about the ship. It was never really about the ship.

[cheese-doorstop48]

Time skip tdiidk, who go out on Fridays after a long week of work

[elkios-god-of-chaos]

How 431 shoulda gone:

Bonus:

[beautifulbutterfly-123]

Artist: https://x.com/Linniss97

[maryo274]

SPOILER ALERT FOR MY HERO ACADEMIA'S VOLUME 42, EXTRA CHAPTER 431.

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It took QUITE a while but now they're FINALLY and canonically TOGETHER!! 💚🩷🤩

Although, they need to get better at the handholding thing, they'll get it right. 😂

Sorry, again, for the lack of updates. I've gotten to that point in my life where after another day at work I just like the motivation or energy to do anything other than lay in bed and try to find my place in the universe. But after the MHA Volume 42 and the new extra chapter after the finale that's made to tie some loose ends and add some extra story, Deku and Uraraka finally getting together reignited my interest to take a pencil again.

Hope you guys like it. 😊

Kohei Horikoshi ©

Art by Maryo274©

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[ultimatelyre]

what's done is done, here's the action plan now

When I open AO3 after a couple of weeks, I better find the bakudeku tag filled with fics where IZUKU is the one comforting Katsuki. Izuku doing the heavy lifting and being the more whipped one.

Don't care if its canon/post canon/ some other freaking AU, Izuku apologizing for his canon actions is the only medicine for the betrayal I'm feeling right now.

sorry to be overdramatic but what the fuckkk

disclaimer: no hate towards anyone, I'm a multishipper myself. My point is that horikoshi should've made izuocha canon in any other way literally any other way The series was good for me despite its shortcomings cause

it had a strong msg in "you are a hero for more than your powers, because you work and dream for it"

ochako was more than a "romance lead", she did have romantic moments with izuku i wont deny it, but,

horikoshi had always kept it in balance with bkdk and even tddk moments, so i always thought horikoshi would keep the ending open.

The Izuku we know would go crazy at a chance to work with kacchan EVEN if he ends up romantically with Ochako, do ppl change so much in 8 years while their school crushes remain the same?

So please read this as me disapproving of the writing, and be kind to shippers who may be pissed off (the same applies to literally any ship)

With all respect to the creators of this series, if you have all the time and money in the world but you're not gng to take time to make the fans see why your characters are acting the way they are, then you kinda come off as not caring about it.

[rusted-soda-can]

Currently (humbly) seeking encouragement while writing my first fic in almost three years…

Here’s a sneak peak:

[person25]

About a year after the epilogue.

Katsuki: I’m not in love with you anymore.

Izuku: …I didn’t know you ever were.

[smallvictorianchildwhofoundwifi]

Breaking my silence, I love both interpretations that Ochako had genuine feelings for Izuku but pushed the feelings so far down due to her commitment to her duty that she believed that following those feelings would be a reflection of her capability as a hero and only allowed herself to break from her expectations of herself in the last chapter

AND that Ochako never had genuine feelings for Izuku and only believed she did because of comphet and accidentally twisted her deep admiration for him for being the exact hero and person she strove to be into a false feeling of romantic intent

[yzccmz]

My ass is being HANDED to me by school so have this doodle until I can get back to actually being alive

Inspo/original by @amaranthdahlia!! Go look at that one it’s better anyways

[number1abbasupporter]

after many days, i’ve come to very loosely accept the mha epilogue

[vdragon-creations]

Everyone out here being all upset about Chapter 431 thanks to the rampant shipping let downs to them.

Meanwhile I'm just over here, my only problem being Sero is confirmed to be a smoker. (I know it was an art piece done by one of Hori's assistants, but still)

Like...I saw it a lot in art, but I never liked the idea of Sero ever smoking...like...anything at all. He's a confirmed health nut according to Hori's own words about what Sero likes. So I always found it pretty contradictory for Sero to ever end up being a smoker.

But, it's whatever! Like the amout of copeum the shippers are doing rn, I too shall cope with this by just....writing him differently in my stories 8-10 year time skip. (Maybe I'll just make him starting to quit or something, for Riley's sake. She doesn't like smoking at all. It smells bad and her mother's a nurse. So yeah...she no likey.)

[ccrylo]

Time skip Izuku doodle :3

[andrewmoocow]

My Hero Academia fans when the main character is straight.

[nerdyanimefan]

Deku: Oh! Kacchan offered me to start an agency together with him.

Ochako: oh? That's awesome I hope-

Deku: I rejected it though

Ochako: YOU FUCKING WHAT?!

[ieatbeetlesandworms]

I’m sorry I love bakudeku angst😭