Deku, Bakugo and Kirishima
Okay I wanna preface this post by saying first, this isnāt a post about Bakudeku (youāre itching to call me out, I feel it, but donāt do it) and while I will be mentioning the Kiribaku ship, it will be me mostly mentioning the FANS of this ship and the ideals around that ship. If this doesnāt apply to you, please gloss over it. This post was caused by once again, seeing SOME Kiribakuās speak absolute garbage all over Tiktok. Wrong garbage mind you. Now let me start..
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When was it, that fans suddenly decided that for Kiribaku to be a ship, that suddenly people had to downplay Dekuās importance in Bakugoās life. Yes, Bakugo use to bully Deku and he was wrong for it, he was a little fucking shithead for it. But that was in chapter one of the manga and season 1 episode 1 of the show. Where are we now? About to hit chapter 305 (leaks today whoo) and weāre about hit season 5. Things of changed, Bakugo has changed, and if you can pick up what Horikoshi is putting down, then you KNOW things have changed in their relationship.
Now what these Tiktoker Kiribakuās like to claim is that Bakugo doesnāt care about Deku, doesnāt even LIKE Deku. That the only person Bakugo cares about is Kirishima⦠you can headcanon all you like that Kirishima is Bakugoās most important person. You can 100% believe that and use it for your fanon content. But that is all it is, headcanon and fanon, because it isnāt true. And BECAUSE it isnāt true and is fanon, Do not come at people who believe CANON FACT and tell them theyāre wrong and your headcanon is right.
Why does Bakugoās relationship with Deku have to be diminished for Kiribakuās ship to flourish? Why? When did that become a thing? because a LOT of people spread around this garbage like itās fact.
Now iām going to get into the major point these Tiktoker Kiribakuās made, and what I think is the worst take iāve ever heard. Ahem.
āKirishima cared about Bakugo the most which is why he went to Kamino to save him, and Bakugo cared about Kirishima the most which is why he took his handā
Iām going to get into how WRONG this statement is.Ā
The person who found out that Bakugo was going to be kidnapped was Deku. Deku found out during his fight with Muscular and after the fight was over, his first thought was to get Kota to safety so he could save Kacchan. He told the pussycat lady to alert everyone to Kacchanās possible kidnapping, which is where Kirishima heard about it.
As youād expect, Kirishima got upset and instantly wanted to go out and help protect Bakugo. Why? because he is his FRIEND. Canonly theyāre not together so we are going forward with their platonic relationship, which is canon. He wanted to save his friends, as did others in the group, but he wanted to save him most. But he couldnāt. (Something we later learned was a trigger for Kirishima in season 4)
Because Deku was out on the field, he was able to go and try to save Bakugo. That boy ran around, in absolute pain to the point that some of the class commented on the fact he should be unconcious right now. But that didnāt matter because he wanted to save Bakugo. And he tried his hardest, despite being in pain and his arms not working, Bakugo gets taken, telling DekuĀ āNot to comeā. I like to believe he said that because Deku was injured and WOULD be killed following him, because Bakugo knows Deku would follow him into fire. Like Deku knows Bakugo best, Bakugo also knows Deku best (minus the whole looking down on him stuff, wtf Bakugo.) But because that was never established, weāll leave that up to interpretation.
Something these Tiktokers used in their arguement was that Kirishima was the one who decided to save Bakugo, nobody else. Which.. just isnāt true at all. Another thing they said was DEKU DIDNāT PLAN TO SAVE HIM. Again, not true.
Lets go back to before Deku was in hospital and Bakugo was kidnapped. When Bakugo was gone, Deku SCREAMED in absolute DISPAIR (these tiktokers also commented that Deku hates Bakugo and all I can do is LOL, wonāt even entertain that.) Deku was in such ABSOLUTE DISPAIR that he instantly went into shock. Shock, that he said, lasted for the 2 whole days in hospital, he couldnāt remember a thing. The only moment he remembers WHY he was in shock, was when the whole class were there and Todoroki told him about it.
Also at this point, while Deku is in shock, Kirishima and Todoroki had 2 whole days with a clear head to decide they were going to save Bakugo, consequences be damned.
What happened after remembering Kacchan was taken? Deku came out of his shock and burst into tears. He failed to save Kacchan and it HURT him. And then Kirishima mentions the rescue.. the rescue that he AND TODOROKI PLANNED. Do people not remember that while Kirishima had decided he was going to save Bakugo, that Todoroki ALSO had the same plan?? That if Kirishima hadnāt intended to save him, Todoroki would have mentioned the plan to Deku himself???
I 100% believe, as should ANYONE who knows Deku as a character and as someone whoās always cared about Bakugo despite him being an asshat, would have also come up with a plan to save Bakugo if he hadnāt been in hospital with damaged arms and in complete shock and disassociation.
I now want to point out a panel that people seem to forget:
For people to believe Deku doesnāt care as much as Kirishima does about Bakugo, how is it your boy is saying the complete OPPOSITE statement???
Now skip forward to finding Bakugo and AFO. While Kirishima (and Todoroki) had decided they were going to rescue Bakugo, it was Deku who came up with the plan to get Bakugo out of there. Deku planned the best possible way to get Bakugo out of there and not damage his pride in the meantime. Deku could have been selfish and have reached out for Bakugo, because we all know Deku wanted to have been the one to reach out his hand. But he didnāt because Deku knows Bakugo best and didnāt want to possibly upset him.
Bakugo, who feels incredibly insecure when it comes to Deku, how do you think heād have reacted if Deku saved him A SECOND TIME? First the sludge villian and now Kamino? Iād wager that Deku would expect any chance of reconsilliation between himself and Bakugo to have died that moment if heād reached out to save him.
Lets be honest, Bakugo would have taken ANYONES hand to get out of there and iāll explain why that is true in a moment.
Another thing people seem to forget is that Bakugo didnāt tell Kirishima he was the one who should hold his hand out. Bakugo didnāt tell Kirishima that he would only take his hand. No, DEKU said this. Deku who knows Bakugo better than ANYONE. He knew, because currently his and Bakugoās relationship was rocky, that he couldnāt risk Bakugoās pride getting in the way of the rescue. So DEKU chose Kirishima to reach out his hand, because Kirishima isnāt someone Bakugo feels threatened by. Deku is Bakugoās biggest insecurity, him reaching out was a risk Deku wasnāt going to place over saving Bakugo.Ā
Again, Bakugo didnāt mention ANY of this, he didnāt even know. So how anyone came to the conclusion that canonly, this meant that Bakugo believed Kirishima to be more important than anyone else I will never know.
And when they did save him, Horikoshi put in a VERY BIG CLUE that a lot of people gloss over.
That teeth grit there was put INTENTIONALLY to show that even with Kirishimaās hand out.. he still didnāt want to take it, he didnāt want to have been saved. This is why I believe that he would have taken ANYONEāS hand. For anime fans, this teeth grit was cut out to instead focus on how close Shigaraki got to grabbing Bakugo.Ā
Bakugo isnāt stupid, he knew he couldnāt stay. For one, he already mentioned that he was in All Mights way by being there. So he HAD NO CHOICE but to take Kirishimaās hand. And when he was saved, he addressed EVERYONE for saving him, not just Kirishima.
Now, for non manga readers, you will have to wait until season 5 to see Bakugo and Dekuās relationship flourish and I donāt want to spoil you. Iām so excited for people to see what their relationship is going to turn into and why itās one of the most popular canon relationships in the show (and how itās grown to be one of the biggest ships)
I will give you this though, to indicate just how much Deku means to Bakugo now without spoiling it for anyone. Anyone whos read the manga should know how Bakugo feels about Deku.
For anyone who feels that Bakugo taking Kirishimaās hand indicated how important they were to each other, iād like to hope you have the same energy for that cover for Vol.29 of the manga drawn by Horikoshi himself. If Bakugo went back, he would have taken Dekuās hand all along. At the river, in Kamino, during the fight. Bakugo wants to hold Dekuās hand now, he wants Dekuās friendship, he wants Deku, and that is platonically canon.
The last thing I want to say is that Kiribaku as a ship can still exist without ignoring how much Bakugo and Deku mean to each other. Kirishima and Bakugo are friends, maybe even best friends canonly (though honestly iād argue that Kaminari is closer to Bakugo but thatās my personal opinion.)
Dekuās best friends are Iida and Uraraka, but Bakugo is still the person he loves and cares about the most.
Bakugoās best friends are Kirishima and Kaminari, but Deku is still the person he loves and cares about the most.
Do you see people push Bakugo down to make IzuOcha work? no.
Wanna headcanon that Kirishima is Bakugoās most important person? Go right ahead. But donāt push it on others as fact when itās not.
If you have to come to other peoples spaces and force your headcanon on them and disminish the utterly beautiful relationship thats blossoming between Bakugo and Deku, then maybe you shouldnāt be in the fandom. Horikoshi wants you to know how important these boys are to each other and if you canāt see that, donāt comment publically because you sound dumb.
Ship Kiribaku, but do not attack others for things that you have WRONG.
Tldr; Stop erasing Bakugo and Dekuās canon relationship to big up your Kiribaku ship and donāt force that on other people.














