Did Inko and Mitsuki know about how much Katsuki bullied Izuku?
I wonder if Izuku and Katsuki kept their frenemy / victim-bully dynamic under wraps in front of their parents when they were younger. Seeing how close their families are, there's no doubt they went on playdates or someth every once in a while, maybe even at each other's houses! It could've been a bit more obvious to Mitsuki since Katsuki was the one bullying Izuku, but he was also the kinda kid who was more aggressive and would push ppl around to seem tough, so she might've just thought he was being himself, however many times she would've told him not to be hurtful. And I wonder how Masaru would react - probs in a similar way, but less stern. It's defo a bit more complex for Inko tho. Did she know or did she just assume they were best friends who played rough? Did Deku and Katsuki, let's say in junior high, hide their dynamic from their parents to avoid being scolded and prevent potential arguments from happening between their families?
Cos genuinely, I feel like if Inko knew just how severely Katsuki bullied her son, she would never allow the two of them to play together, or even hang out, ever again. I mean, seeing how physically aggressive Katsuki was with him, there's no way she wouldn't have noticed or asked about it. What if Izuku lied to make sure she didn't worry, saying that he tripped while running around or someth like that (after all, we know how clumsy he is, and he has a whole thing about lying that he's fine in order to prevent ppl from worrying about him)? Plus, we've seen just how upset Inko got when she saw how much Izuku was getting injured when using OFA / after crisis situations involving school, e.g the forest training camp.
Which makes me wonder: Inko has barely ever mentioned Katsuki, not even when talking to Izuku. It's weird to me cos Izuku and Katsuki are such a big part of each others' lives. There's no way the Bakugo family ISN'T mentioned every day in the Midoriya household and vice versa. Yet Inko barely mentions Katsuki at all! I acknowledge that this might just be cos she doesn't get much screentime, but still. What if the way she'd piece together that Izuku was being bullied by Katsuki is from the injuries he came home from school with most days, but noticed how desperately he wanted to be friends with Katsuki, so she didn't wanna pull them apart cos it'd make him more sad. And he was ALREADY sad about being Quirkless... so in the end she just refuses to talk about Katsuki cos of how much pain he caused to Izuku. Ofc, she'd become a bit more open to talking about him after the Final War when the two of them successfully heal their friendship.
All Izuku wanted was two things that were seemingly unattainable at the time- to become a hero, and to be friends with Katsuki. Striving for both these things hurt him so much, which would've obvs hurt Inko too, but she might've thought "my son might not be able to achieve his dream of being a hero, but at the very least he should get to have the friend that he wants so badly..." she'd just want him to have at least ONE thing that he could achieve that'd make him happy :(
There's an entire part of Izuku and Katsuki's dynamic that's missing cos we barely know anything about their parents and how much they knew about it. I wish Horikoshi expanded more on them... all we can infer is that Inko and Mitsuki are good friends, cos we very frequently see them together, and the latter comforting / being there for the former. That's what gives me the impression that the Midoriya and Bakugo families are close. I wonder how often the two mothers talk about their kids, and if they've ever mentioned the bullying. If they even knew...
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