#there are obvious critiques i have for hks handling of women overall

[prettyboykatsuki]

ochako is trending on twitter and people are saying all sorts of things regarding her character development and relationship with izuku katsuki himiko and whatnot, let's hear something actually insightful and correct like your opinion, my sire *kneels down in reverence*

i actually wrote a long ass rant about this exact thing on my sideblog when i was on hiatus so im just gonna copy and paste it here.

tldr yes hori sucks at writing, no ochako is not poorly written - her development is very subtext heavy and subtlw

most if not all of the complaints people have for her is simply because she's the love interest for the main character. and it is true that even to someone who enjoys izuocha, i think that too much of ochako's character development is related to deku. enough that it's frustrating to read.

but it isn't entirely. her upbringing and financial instability causes her to bottle up her feelings and much of her arc is learning how to express herself with confidence and clarity. toga plays a HUGE role in that development but people love to smooth that over lol. in the war arc, she takes the mic from her fucking teacher, because she recognizes that people need to be calmed down and she does it quickly. she does her job as a rescue hero.

hk doesn't utilize women well. however people calling her inconsequential is fucking annoying, especially post chapters 322-325. her characterization is subtle and her role in the story is mainly support! not just to deku but to hero's in general, it contrasts her quirk! for how shitty some of hks writing his - the intentional emotional support and strength of ochakos character when her quirk is zero gravity is something i enjoy! very similar to kirishima who has an incredibly weak emotional constitution but who's quirk is hardening.

she has a lot of character facets and she isn't ever dead weight. consistently she holds her own. she uses her quirk well and she's both noble and uplifting but not in a way that hinders her classmates at all in battle. she's extremely useful and level-headed, and is comfortably encouraging whoever needs it.

her entire arc is learning emotional vulnerability. i truly think people overlook that this one of the main things she actually admires in deku. his consistent ability to throw himself at things and make mistakes is something she wants for herself because she spent her entire upbringing trying to burden her family as little possible.

one of the most important things in her arc is her confrontation with toga humanizes villains for her entirely, something that happens entirely without deku!!!!!

of course it can be frustrating. of course it could be better and it would be lovely if deku did anything for her back (my biggest gripe with them). but im so fucking tired of people saying her character is completely bad!!!!!!!!!!!!! it just isn't! true!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE IS GREAT!!!!!!!!