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Me right now:

... or so I wish.

I wish I was this intelligent.

And this cute.

And this filthy rich. Especially this filthy rich.

Well, I got the tea consumption down.

As well as some of the insanity.

...

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Izuku kept the empty mochi bag after he finished its content

You know he did.

It's wiped clean and everything. He thought about laminating it, but that would've changed its structural integrity. Instead, the bag has been put in a document sleeve and stuff for safekeeping.

Izuku is a collector.

He's also a damn nerd who has received his first gift from his cru—dear friend.

...

Years later, Ochako stumbles over it while they unpack during their first week after moving in together.

Shonen manga and the issue with character shilling of female characters

Those unconvincing “let-me-tell-you-why-they-are-awesome” scenes, instead of ducking DEMONSTRATING how these characters are awesome like good story writing would, are one of the main reasons why I got turned off from Todomomo.

How a perfectly cute ship got ruined for me was through scenes in which Horikoshi tried to shove it down the audience’s throat why Yaoyorozu is sooo much more capable or intelligent than other students—in the most blatant and laziest manner.

(Yaoyorozu got to show off a bit during the PLM war - while the mechanics of her plan are debatable in the grander scheme of things, objectively, it was genuinely very impressive for a sixteen-year old student whom the other looked towards to.)

But instead of putting Yaoyorozu in more (smaller stakes are perfectly fine imo!) situations where her organically solves a complex problem (beyond just... canons), the narrative relies on Todotoki standing around character-shilling her. "Look how smart she is!"

It violates the fundamental rule of trusting the subtext.

When the author has to explicitly tell you that a characters is smart through dialogue, it usually means the plot itself failed (or did not do so adequately) to show it.

Another glaring examples of this?

occured during everyone's "favourite" Joint Training Arc.

Tokage was stated to be canonically one of the four Recommended Students. The narrative explicitly hyped her up as a peerless tactical genius.

... did we get to see ANY of that???!!!

No we didn't.

Instead of letting her actually demonstrate that intellect, the plot turns her into sacrificial cannon fodder just to validate Bakugou's character development.

Quickly gassing up a minor character and having Bakugou defeat them to "prove" how awesome Bakugou’s “teamwork” is isn’t really convincing if the audience didn’t get the chance to know the rival character and get invested in them beforehand.

It is an unearned victory because defeating an opponent the audience has no emotional investment in carries zero narrative weight.

The audience is simply told and expected to believe that Tokage Setsuna is really, really very capable.

Usually. We never got to see any of it... dammit, lazy-ass writing!

...

This specific brand of lazy writing disproportionately affects the female cast. Male characters get multi-chapter arcs demonstrating their grit and power. Female characters like Yaoyorozu and Tokage are often given a quick paragraph of hype text, only to be immediately sidelined.

Or worse, to prop up the boys' arcs.

In this case, literally. You cannot convince me that this entire fight was not about "I". It certainly was not about "we" - ironic, since other characters shilled Bakugou's growth in teamwork to hell and back in this very scene.

It’s a cheap narrative shortcut.

And yes, I am fully aware that BNHA is a shonen.

... so? Are you like that dumb teacher trainer who told my (then) teacher-in training friend that she should always pick literature with male protagonists because boys have difficulties relating to female characters?

Talk about self-fulfilling prophecies.

#bnha #mha #mha thoughtbunnies #yaoyorozu momo #todoroki shouto #tokage setsuna #bakugou katsuki

The potentially most exhausting and insane ship in MHA

IidaMei might be my favourite Iida-ship and my favourite Mei-ship.

But wait.

Let me present to you: BakuMei.

Based solely on Bakugou's desire for Deku's premature death. Like... when did you ever read Bakugou complimenting ANYONE this directly?!

Both have a lot of passion. That often results in other people's premature deaths.

Both are unlikely to fight with the other. Because neither of them listens when the other speaks.

Both are very smart. And neither are fit for polite society.

...

Those two would make up the most exhausting and insane couple ever in existence.

Someone draw some art for them pls.

#bnha #mha #mha thoughtbunnies #bakugou katsuki #mei hatsume #bakumei #mha ships

Post-UA

Team Dabohaze, “grown-up”

I headcanon that as adults, the remedial course squad gets together for drinks every now and then.

The first time they got really shitfaced together, Yoarashi and Bakugou almost destroyed the entire izakaya, while Utsushimi live-streamed the whole chaos on social media... until the chat pointed out to her that in the background, a sleepy-drunk Todoroki was about to get carried off by rabid fangirls.

Picture this, but without kids and with alcohol instead.

Naturally, both Yoarashi and Bakugou went into high gear to save their group’s damsel in distress. Naturally, they went entirely overboard trying to do so. The izakaya ended up going from almost to being totally destroyed. It was a PR nightmare for all of their agencies, and Bakugou swore to never go out with any of them ever again...

... the whole group went out together a month later.

On the opposite side of the city, because no establishment in the wider vicinity of where their first drinking location used to be would let them in.

But since their first outing with alcohol, one of them always remains sober to keep an eye on things...

That one time when Utsushimi was their designated sober babysitter. Naturally, she took full advantage of it. Yoarashi wore the same white ensemble, but with a bright purple shirt and a huge smile.

#bnha #mha #mha thoughtbunnies #mha friendships #remedial course squad #team dabohaze #todoroki shouto #bakugou katsuki #utsushimi camie #yoarashi inasa #todoroki shouto headcanon #bakugou katsuki headcanon #utsushimi camie headcanon #yoarashi inasa headcanon #team dabohaze headcanon #shiketsu high

Salvaging trash: A role model for Minoru?

I theorized whether Mineta would benefit from having a positive male role model. Someone whom he respects enough to learn from how to respect other humans.

Obviously girls' and women's reactions to his actions should be more than enough for Mineta to rethink his behaviour. But just like in real life, unfortunately that's often not the case. ...

To preface:

Pervy loser as a trope is not funny to me at all, but as long as it's clear that this behaviour is specifically the reason why he’s a loser, and as long as other characters step in to keep the character from doing worse, I'm "ok" with it.

As in, I dislike it, but I’m feeling mostly detached from Mineta’s portrayal. I’ll just fast forward those scenes if they annoy me too much.

Personally, I’m not one for the whole “expel Mineta and substitute him with Shinso” (especially since I don’t find Shinso very likable or interesting himself): I would have appreciated Mineta going through a small arc of self-directed character development regarding his view of girls. Instead, Horikoshi shortcutted that by having Mineta being forced into A Clockwork Orange experience.

That wasn't to be—slightly disappointing but not surprising.

What I’m NOT okay with is the framing of “boys will be boys”:

I fucking hate that Horikoshi had Mandalay remarking on Mineta’s inappropriate behaviour at the camp with something like ~unsurprising, with a class full of teenage boys.~

No. Just no.

That kind of behaviour should feel surprising and not be treated as normal.

And it actually wasn't. ...well, it wasn't treated as normal by the kids:

Were most of the boys curious about the other side of the onsen? Likely. But not a single one of them encouraged or participated in Mineta’s peeping attempt. In fact, many different guys in 1-A have verbalized their displeasure with Mineta’s “comedic” perverseness in different instances. Some more, some less, but more than one of them did.

The "boys will be boys" way of thinking really needs to die. Die! DIE!!!

It feels especially insulting since a male author has a female AND grown character reinforce this perspective.

Preface end.

Mineta has shown a caring side:

Expressed his deep affection for Deku during Class 1-A v. Deku.

Cried tears of happiness when Bakugou finally woke up in the hospital after the PLW and tried his best to prevent the latter from getting out of bed and hurting himself in the process.

Felt very remorseful about some of his previous comments after Shouji confides his own experiences with discrimination to the class, and expressed that remorse directly to the person whom he wronged.

Provokes AFO to divert his attention from Tokoyami, and then offers up his own quirk... all in hope that Dark Shadow wouldn’t get taken away from Tokoyami.

What do the recipients of Mineta's care have in common?

They're male.

My brain: If one cares about a person/group, one would be more inclined to listen to them than if they didn't care about that person/group. However...

Out of the 1-A guys, Iida was probably the most vocal about his disapproval of Mineta's inappropriate behaviour towards girls and has tried to lecture Mineta into being a better person on multiple occasions.

Other characters that I remember as having interfered more intensely are Kirishima and Sero. But none of them were successful in discouraging Mineta from harassing others in the long term.

It's not a matter of general respect either.

Shouji and Deku, two of the guys Mineta does respect and cares about, have told the latter to knock it off to no avail. Admittedly, their attempts (especially Deku's) were more mild-mannered compared to e.g., Iida.

My second theory is that while Mineta cares about Deku and Shouji in general, he might not put much stock into their opinion about how to treat girls.

My third theory is that those interferences were, in fact, probably not intense enough for Mineta.

Putting this all together, for a role model to have an effect on Mineta, they must:

Have his overall respect.

Make their disapproval of sexual harassment very clear, sternly, and repeatedly.

Ideally be someone who is "good with girls."

... so probably no guy from 1-A.

E.g., while Todoroki is considered a bishonen in-universe, he's coasting entirely on his outward appearance here. Character-wise, he's more of an awkward duck. He's also not among those who have ever voiced displeasure at Mineta's antics.

Would Mirio work as a role model on Mineta’s hypothetical goal of how to become a better human being?

Honestly, I feel like a direct but less wordy type than Iida might work. For example...

Yes, the no-nonsense kid who destroyed Mineta with just one sentence might work...

If only Kota were an older hero course student.

#bnha #mha #mha thoughtbunnies #mha friendships #class 1a #minoru mineta #togata mirio #izumi kota #mha season 7 #mineta minoru

Fumikage and Mina

In Movie 2, rare pair TokoMina formed a battle duo to fight off the main villain's second-in-command. Seeing Ashido get injured made Tokoyami go berserk and gave him the necessary push to defeat their opponent, similarly to when Shouji got injured at summer camp. Evidently, Tokoyami is a very kind guy who cherishes all of his classmates, but for some reason, I really liked seeing those two team up.

In true 1-A fashion, I headcanon that Tokoyami probably went plus-ultra on the self-blame regarding Ashido's injuries. Until she told him to cut it out with the same firm but understanding manner, just like how she did for Kirishima in middle school.

They definitely gained a new level of appreciation for each other after that battle.

In everyday life, their vibes are pretty much that of polar opposites, but I think that Tokoyami (just like the rest of the fandom) found “Alien Queen” to be a far superior hero name than “Pinky.”

I headcanon that one day, he told her that just like how darkness can come in many different shades, if Ashido wants, her “Alien Queen” can mean something entirely different from an evil monster of a B-tier horror flick (a movie that wasn’t even remotely scary in his opinion).

“Aw, Tokoyamiiiii!” Ashido glomps him. And then proceeds to invite herself, as well as a couple of their classmates, into his room.

Again.

He really just... remained on the floor at least a for a bit. What a drama king.

“You fiends! Have you no respect for other people's private space?!”

Tokoyami's Class-Dad impression has just as much effect as the original: None.

However, Angry-yami gets placated quickly. Because this time around, Ashido has him show their classmates what truly scary storytelling is.

#bnha #mha #mha thoughtbunnies #mha friendships #class 1a #tokoyami fumikage #ashido mina #class 1a headcanon #tokoyami fumikage headcanon #ashido mina headcanon #mha season 7

Team "Dabohaze no fun"

I headcanon that the remedial course squad will end up being frien…-dish (guess who’s making it difficult to simply label them as “friends”?) with each other.

Halfway through the course, Todoroki explicitly refers to Bakugou as a friend; and almost right afterwards they both (plus Deku) basically spend 24/7 around each other as Endeavor's interns. Normally most people would become friends... Bakugou just happens to be a ducking drama-queen special kid.

I imagine that Todoroki accepted Utsushimi as a friend fairly quickly—her flirting just went right over his head. On her part, I don’t think that she was too romantically invested in him anyways. I headcanon that after Utsushimi noticed how this pretty boy was not only totally clueless regarding romance but so many more important topics, she took it upon herself to become his pop-culture tutor.

Now, every once in a while, Todoroki uses slang that even Kaminari can’t decipher ("Slangy-roki" must be among Bakugou's most disliked iterations of Todoroki). He and Utsushimi also exchange cat gifs frequently.

Overall, it seems like Todoroki considers other people his friends fairly quickly, as long as they’re not nasty (as in, insanely nasty—after all, he called Bakugou his friend).

I feel like the only person Todoroki has ever seemed reluctant to befriend is Inasa. Inasa’s type of "too much" has been just a bit too much for Todoroki. Furthermore, being compared to and then judged as being just the same as his father was something that left a bitter taste in Todoroki's mouth.

However, if Inasa can ease up on trying to force the friendship and Todoroki can experience him being a dependable and capable ally on the battlefield, there should be potential for them to become friends.

I imagine that Utsushimi gained points with Bakugou when she did the Glamour-roki illusion—just to promptly lose them, AND more, when she did a "Moe-baku" illusion the next day.

Headcanon: Bakugou being mean to Todoroki, and Yoarashi comforting the latter.

Bakugou finds Inasa to be a ducking drama-queen. Todoroki deadpans that Bakugou is in no position to say such things. Bakugou threatens to blow Todoroki up. Yoarashi gets in between to defend his new reluctant friend.

My point is, out of the four of them, Utsushimi is the only one who’s not a drama-queen but simply a queen.

Kouji is 1-A's makeshift mental health care coordinator

As it apparently didn't occur to anyone (neither "Dadzawa", nor "Dadmight", nor any other adult) that these kids miiight just need benefit from getting some dedicated mental health care...

-A's mental health care providers are the animals that Kouda asks for help for this specific purpose. He actually puts a lot of thought into which of his animal friends he pairs up with which of his classmates. It all started after the first work-study students returned from the Shie Hassaikai raid.

Kouda, like the rest of 1-A, didn't learn any details about what exactly had gone down, as Asui and the others remained under their gag orders. But it was clear enough to them that the mission had been hard on everyone involved.

In the weeks that follow, Kouda often sends Yuwai up to Uraraka's room. Some evenings, the pet bunny also thumps against Asui's door until she opens for him. When Kaminari quietly bemoans that he can't get a good night's rest because Kirishima had started to drop weights in the middle of the night, Kouda asks a porcupine to visit the latter the very same evening and hopes that his classmate will understand.

The next morning, Kirishima shoots him a discreet thumbs-up from the other side of the gym. Much more importantly, Kouda also receives a toothy and bright-eyed smile. This lets him know that he did the right thing. Therefore, while Kouda does fidget a little bit when he asks Midoriya to accompany him to the small sheep pen on their school grounds—after he caught the latter practicing kicks for more than three hours straight—he manages to voice his request clearly and loud enough.

All in all, Kouda's peers appreciate him for his efforts in providing comfort very much. Prior to all of this, however, there was one incident in which one 1-A member might have ended up requiring one or two extra therapy sessions because of one of their mental health support animals:

In one of the light novels, Bakugou chases after Yuwai when the latter escaped from his cage in Kouda's room... and accidentally follows the bunny into Mineta’s den of hell.

I headcanon that when Bakugou's screams echoed down to their common rooms, Deku sprang to his feet so quickly that he accidentally knocked over the stool he had been using. He thought his rival was gearing up for a fight. Seriously, Deku could have sworn that Kacchan sounded even more enraged than he did during their recent nighttime smackdown!

When Bakugou thundered downstairs, the whole class had to work together in order to prevent their explosive classmate from throwing away his dream of becoming the number one hero... just to follow his new dream of becoming Mineta Minoru's killer instead. Sero almost ran out of tape because he also had to keep Bakugou from looking for brain bleach on the Darknet afterwards.

As a result, Bakugou—and by extension the rest of the class—received an impromptu lecture from their Class Reps about how illegal and unsafe such an act would be. Kouda was just about to go and get Yuwai to help with calming down their still-fuming classmate... before he remembered that it was kinda the bunny's fault that Bakugou ended up like this in the first place.

He still feels very apologetic about that whole incident. None of 1-A—except for unfortunate Bakugou—has ever stepped a toe into Mineta's room... but all of them knew their resident degenerate too well by now.

There is a wonderful fanfic, “Lesson Plan: Expertise Swap and New Skills Acquisition” by Cyberneticstar on AO3, in which 1-A has to team up with classmates whom they usually have little interaction with… and poor, gentle Kouda gets paired up with Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight.

#bnha #mha #mha friendships #class 1a #kouda kouji #kouda kouji headcanon #class 1a headcanon #class 1a dorm life headcanon #bakugou katsuki #mineta minoru

pi-ying-xi

I noticed that Fan Sizhe’s mother was standing off to the side while they were approaching Fan Jian to make their wedding vows, and I wondered if Fan Xian was going to let it go.

I love that he didn’t. I love that he said she should take the empty seat that is meant for the legal wife, and that she did. And that Fan Xian and Wan'er bow to both of them. (I wonder what Fan Xian would have done if it had been possible for Wu Zhu to be present.)

And I adore that I was so wrong about this particular wedding in cdrama, and they got to have this!

And later, when they exchange rings under the stars. That was like a private wedding for just them and it was perfect.

guzhuangheaven

I’m still so confused about their family situation. She says she isn’t the matriarch, but WHY? In S1 they made it very clear that Sizhe is the dizi, which means Liu Yuru is the wife. She’s a duke’s daughter, there’s no way she’s a concubine. And it’s not like Fan Jian was ever actually with Ye Qingmei (the whole point of Fan Xian is that he isn’t considered legitimate). But even if somehow Ye Qingmei was one point his legal wife, she’s also dead. So Liu Yuru should be his wife now and be considered the family matriarch. OR is Ruoruo’s mother out there locked in an attic somewhere????

But then the text introducing Liu Yuru IN THIS SEASON even says she’s the matriarch. So I have no idea what this whole thing is about.

Does she actually mean here that she’s not really Fan Xian’s mother so she shouldn’t be sitting in the seat reserved for his mother? But that’s not what the dialogue is, which places much more emphasis on how socially she shouldn’t be sitting there, when in reality if she is Fan Jian’s wife, she does have a right to be there.

Is this explained in the long ass novel that I will never read, or am I missing something somewhere…

pi-ying-xi

In S1 they explain that Fan Jian’s official wife is Ruoruo’s mother, who is dead. I don’t know what Sizhe’s mother’s status is, but it’s not the principal wife.

guzhuangheaven

Then why/how is Sizhe the dizi???? Did Ruoruo’s mother just adopt him at some point?

And why is Liu Yuru, a duke’s daughter, not the wife now that Ruoruo’s mother is dead???

pi-ying-xi

🤷🏾‍♀️ it’s a mystery! Maybe Fan Jian didn’t want to try on wedding outfits again? Maybe there are no elders they can make their bows to? (Speaking of which, what *do* older men who want to take another wife do in these circs?)

As for Sizhe, it’s probably because he’s the only male? Fan Jian is perfectly aware that Fan Xian is his son only in name.

guzhuangheaven

Even jf your parents are dead you just bow to their memorial tablets. Anyway, someone sent an ask which sort of solved the mystery. Doesn’t really solve my dizi question but 🤷‍♀️.

susagnon

Is it possible (JoL is a sci-fi fantasy in an alternate timeline, so probably yes?) that Sizhe was elevated to dizi, while his mother still remains a side-wife/concubine formally? I agree that normally a family of Madam Liu's standing probably wouldn't have accepted her to be married into another family a a concubine. But perhaps they struck an explicit agreement with Fan Jian, that Liu Ruyu's children would be considered "main" children, no matter her own formal status (perhaps Sizhe wasn't even elevated, but recorded as dizi from the get-go)? As Ruoruo's mother has passed away before Liu Ruyu entered the Fan clan, perhaps the Liu family thought that aside from formal recognition, Ruyu would be treated as the matriarch anyways, ... Which seems to be the case, for the most part.

I've also read somewhere (reddit?) that one of the reasons Fan Jian didn't elevate Liu Ruyu, was to avoid giving her to much formal authority over a young Ruoruo, in case Ruyu followed the evil stepmom trope. Aka a safety measure for his eldest daughter, born to his deceased, first wife. E.g., if Fan Jian died, Ruyu can't just marry off Ruoruo to anyone at her own will.

If that's the case, I applaud Fan Jian. Obviously you shouldn't bring someone that you mistrust into your family. But in these settings, you usually get to know your spouse after stepping in front of the alter with them.

And if I had children from previous relationships, I wouldn't take my chances in any way, as my children's safety would always be paramount to ettiquette, or anyone's pride.

#joy of life 2 #cdrama #chinese honorifics #costume drama #good parents

14DaysofMHA - Day 13 (August 4th): Future, Growth, Change, Evolution

Fumikage and his 1-B friends

People were quite hard on Komori for the way she took Tokoyami out during 1-A and 1-B’s joint training.

Even though she apologized to him right afterwards. Even though she evidently knew that her technique could be reversed by Recovery Girl easily, without any lasting after-effects. Even though Tokoyami himself mustn't have minded it too much, considering he and Komori are shown talking and hanging out with each other when 1-B visits 1-A’s dorm the very same evening.

Whatever. ...

Komori is implied to be a Hawks fangirl. I saw a fan comic somewhere depicting her asking Tokoyami for Hawks’ autograph. I headcanon that Tokoyami did her one better: he had the winged hero call her on her birthday. Ever since then, Tokoyami's been Komori’s favourite from class 1-A.

I also headcanon that as young pro-heroes, Tokoyami and Komori's agencies are located very close by. Thus, they meet up for lunch regularly. After a while, they encounter Kuroiro, who happens to have lunch at the same place and time that they do...

This happens again. And again. And again.

Even though Komori is such a foodie that she and Tokoyami don't have a regular lunch spot. Even though Kuroiro's agency is usually located on the opposite side of town.

When those coincidences reach a frequency of almost every single time that Tokoyami and Komori meet up, Tokoyami’s annoyance also hits the roof. While Komori is in the restroom, Tokoyami makes it clear to Kuroiro that there's no rivalry between himself and the latter regarding their friend. And that the latter should take a page out of Red Riot's book and man up—and put his feelings out into the light for once!

After that conversation, Tokoyami and Komori have their chill lunch breaks back. But occasionally, they intentionally meet up with Kuroiro. Every now and then, Komori does have to stop Kuroiro from getting on Tokoyami’s nerves, but for the most part, everyone gets along well.

How I picture Komori and Kuroiro's matchmaking through Tokoyami (and Dark Shadow) went.

I don’t think it’s common in Japan to have friends doing this, but I can see Komori having Tokoyami officiating her and Kuroiro’s wedding. Or MCing it—that might be more common. I can picture Tokoyami harbouring a romantic side. He already has the flowery language down—he would do a good job.

And Dark Shadow would keep him from getting too long-winded.

#bnha #mha #mha thoughtbunnies #mha friendships #class 1a #class 1b #tokoyami fumikage #komori kinoko #kuroiro shihai #tokoyami fumikage headcanon #komori kinoko headcanon #kuroiro shihai headcanon #14DaysofMHA

To me, these characters are not really in any particular order.

Especially since I do like more characters than these, e.g. Deku.

Alas, the generator only allowed five highlights...

So, I guess, the first three are those characters that I found myself relating to the most often.

While the last two feral kids are among those, that I enjoyed watching the most.

Create your own here.

#bnha #mha #mha thoughtbunnies #bnha 430 #mha global poll #todoroki shouto #kendo itsuka #lady nagant #monoma neito #bakugou katsuki

14DaysofMHA - Day 11 (August 2nd): Symbol (of), Name

What's in the names, GEMGD?

According to fanon, his deity, Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight, uses someone's name if he respects them and a nickname if he doesn't.

Examples that are often cited are either Bakugou calling Uraraka by her name instead of "Pink cheeks" during their sports fest match, or him calling Deku "Izuku" during his apology to the latter.

Only, it's not as clear-cut.

Bakugou refers to his bestie as both "Stupid Hair" and "Kirishima"—without one displacing the other.

Bakugou refers to his... frenemy (?) as both "Icyhot" and "Todoroki"—also without one displacing the other.

Instead of "real name = respect, and not-real-name = no respect", it seems more like Bakugou uses nicknames by default and switches to their actual names whenever a serious moment calls for it.

One more minor example: During the second movie, he yelled out Sero’s name in worry for the latter, and everyone awed about how much he cares about his friend Sero.

But I'm not so sure.

As in, I don't think it's an indicator of anything special about their relationship, not that Sero isn't his good friend (...although. Is he?) or that Bakugou doesn't care.

I just can't remember any other instance of Bakugou using Sero's name. I believe it was simply to show Bakugou's worry and horror about a comrade saving him and then getting hit in the head for that.

I can easily imagine that if it had been Mineta who had done the Bakugou-saving and gotten punished for it, Bakugou would have yelled out "MINETAAA!!!" instead of "LITTLE SHIT RUNT!!!" ...

There's only one instance where Bakugou evidently tried to change how he refers to someone intentionally, and only one other instance where Bakugou apparently made a permanent change.

First, with Deku: After making his apology to Deku, Bakugou tried to switch to "Izuku" permanently—he almost got constipated while trying to do so, which was lampshaded by Deku himself.

Now, Bakugou does refer to Deku as "Izuku" in his mind. But for the most part, he resorts to the nickname that he had given him in mean spirit—it's just that Deku has changed its meaning.

Second, with Iida: When 1-A launched Iida at a runaway Deku, Bakugou calls Iida "Prez" for the first time instead of the previously established "Four-eyes". (I don't count Uraraka, because I don't remember him ever calling her by anything after the sports fest ever again.)

Apparently Bakugou never switched back, because (spoiler alert!) by chapter 428, he still calls Iida "Prez" instead of "Four-eyes".

By the "real name = respect, not-real-name = no respect" philosophy, Bakugou doesn't respect anyone, as he doesn't call anyone by their actual name consistently—which I don't think is the case.

By that philosophy, Bakugou switching from "Four-eyes" to "Prez" permanently has no significance at all—which I don't think is the case.

E.g., I'd argue that Bakugou has held Deku in high regard at the latest when he witnessed how the latter struggled against Shigaraki during the PLW.

I don't remember when, but Bakugou has also called Todoroki by his name long before the latter "defeated" Dabi at the beginning of the Final War. ...

What I actually mean to say is: I don't think Bakugou started the whole nickname thing to insult people on purpose (aside from Deku ofc). He was just so busy being up his own ass that he didn't care to remember anything about anyone else—including something as basic and simultaneously important as their names.

However, just because Bakugou apparently continues to use nicknames doesn't mean that he doesn't respect the person in question.

I actually would like for him to continue to use nicknames. It's fun to think of how Bakugou (consciously or subconsciously) modifies nicknames when he's updating his impressions about certain people.

E.g., for some reason, I just find the limited interactions that he and Asui had with each other quite fun:

In the episode “Bakugou: Rising”, we can observe how in the background, Asui and Uraraka (and Sero?) are hounding Bakugou after he repeatedly blew Deku up for fun training. When the other two get distracted, Asui just keeps going.

Horikoshi’s sketches of these two with each other: One, of Asui finding Bakugou sitting in a box in the rain like an abandoned puppy. Two, of Bakugou getting splashed with water by Asui, and him... simply taking it?!

The thoughtbunny: Asui has potential as a Bakugou-wrangler.

Imagine both of them doing a team-up mission together, and Bakugou finally experiencing the versatility and value of "Frog-face" first-hand.

What would Bakugou call Asui afterwards?

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14DaysofMHA - Day 6 (July 28th): Minor Character

I wanted to see more 1-A shenanigans with 1-B

We deserved more bonding time with them.

Class 1-B are good and kind kids - including my favorite 1-B brat, Monoma Neito. (With the current season, no one can deny his heroism anymore.)

The KiriTetsu bromance that we got to see was quite sweet. As the other potential background friendships between 1-A and 1-B could have been: MomoKendo, TokoKomo... Not to mention the crushes: YaoWase, TsuyuTsubu... ...

Horikoshi, I empathise with the desire to finish a decade-long work and to finally move on with your life.

However.

Would it have been that bad if you had utilised the full three years of Japanese high school to tell your story in a slightly more realistic timeframe, instead of cramming all that trauma and character development into one single school year?

Would it have been that bad if you had given those lovable characters that you've birthed the chance to connect more with your audience and each other?

Some uncultured (jkjk) fans might have liked to label everything that wasn't 'My Hero Smackdown' as filler.

But personally, I will mourn the lack of "slice of life" scenes (aka the unshown, unseen character and relationship developments outside of the action scenes that are necessary to feel organic and more believable) in 'My Hero Academia' for a while.

...

Obviously, Horikoshi can do whatever he pleases with the world that he created. Still, I'm praying that he didn't rush through the story at such neck-breaking speed just to do the MHA equivalent to Boruto next. I believe that would break many fans' hearts.

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14DaysofMHA - Day 2 (July 24th): UA Academy, Education

I wanted to see more of academia in 'My Hero Academia'