There is just something about Katsuki in pain that Izuku cannot fucking stand. It’s the thing that always spurs him to act immediately. He can’t handle it. It’s like he has an intense physical reaction to it.
Starting with chapter one. He wasn’t going to interfere with the sludge villain until he saw the pain in Kacchan’s eyes. Then before he knew it, he was running towards him. His body just fucking moved. And it’s not the only time this has happened.
The most prominent example is the final exams. All Deku had to do was fucking run like he was supposed to and they would have passed the exam. Kacchan was even begging for him to run but when All Might crushed him, Deku physically could not stand it. He had to go save him. The stakes were lower than ever. It’s not like All Might would have kept hurting Bakugo had Deku just made a break for it. But he was in pain and Deku just couldn’t handle it. He had to relieve him from the pain. He had to get him away from All Might.
Then there’s Dk v Kc 2. Look at his face when Bakugo reveals how much pain he’s in. He wanted a peaceful talk with him but Kacchan was hurting emotionally and he had to accept his feelings the only way he knew Bakugo would be able to unleash them. Because he couldn’t stand him being in pain. He has no choice.
I wanna now go back to before this fight and look at Uraraka’s words. A lot of people found this strange coming from her. But look at right after. We see Todoroki emphasizing that what they are doing is selfish. And what this Spurs Deku to think about?
Kacchan in emotional pain. And while yes the emphasis is mainly on him telling Deku to “stay back”, his eyes are saying he’s in pain. So while Deku saving Bakugo in this case is selfish. It’s what he has to do. He cannot stand to having him in pain if he can do something about it.
And now we have Monoma poking at Kacchan’s very real emotional turmoil and this causes Izuku to absolutely lose his shit. Bakugo is not in danger, I’m not even sure if Bakugo can hear what Monoma said but Deku remembers all the pain he went through and to have this insecurity mocked just tore right into Deku as if he was the one being insulted. So he unlocks a new quirk because he was that angry.
And now the final moment to really eat away at his skin is Bakugo being hurt for his sake. I think that’s what tore away at him the most so when AFO insults Kacchan’s sacrifice, Deku again cannot handle it. He goes fucking berserk.
I feel like Deku sees Bakugo as this strong, amazing impenetrable force who he loves to emulate in order to feel stronger. So when that person, when his self admitted symbol of victory gets hurt? It sends a complete shock to his system that he just..can’t handle.
In conclusion, Deku spends a lot of the manga fighting for Bakugo’s safety and happiness and poor Kacchan keeps getting into more and more trouble as the series goes on. When Deku finally wakes up, I hope they will talk it out and Deku can see now that Kacchan feels the exact same way and has always felt that way which is what lead to them straying apart in the first place.
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