#bnha 144

[delawaredetroit]

A large part of the fandom misinterpreted this chapter. Kirishima wasn’t bullied, he was a failed bully buster. He was never shown being attacked first or maliciously ridiculed by his peers. Kirishima was first to use force here and those other children then responded in kind. Kirishima’s peers weren’t initially supportive of his dream but that doesn’t necessarily make them bullies.

So the middle school roles were thus:

Kirishima - failed bully buster

Mina - successful bully buster

Bakugou - bully

Izuku* - bully victim

*Child Izuku was both a bully victim and a failed bully buster. Some of the child Izuku bullying scenes were the result of him attempting to prevent Bakugou from bullying others. However, in the middle school scenes, all hostilities were initiated against Izuku directly.

[annalovesfiction]

angry and tiny kirishimas (╬ Ò ‸ O)

[chjroptera]

1 reblog=1 hug for kiri

[nakurawari]

As long as you’ve got a manly spirit, then Quirks don’t even matter!!

[deestch]

i would die for this little sunshine

[nonvial]

THEY CALL HIM EI 

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME

[boisonice]

he's so beautiful...

[poscoposco]

Things I Appreciate About The New Chapter

Kirishima doesn’t like the concept of modern heroes, who save others for money and fame, as much as he likes retro ones, who save others because it’s the right thing to do.

He was a good boy.

Kirishima’s friends called him Ei

Those same friends are kind of dicks for crushing his dreams like that.

Mina was always extremely outgoing!

THE FUCKING BREAKDANCING

Even though Mina stood up for those girls, she was still scared and broke down afterwards, which I like because it makes her human and seem young.

Mina and Kiri didn’t explicitly know each other in middle school.

Kiri’s quirk has strengthened over the course of his life through training. What a dedicated child!

He probably changed his look to be more noticeable when applying to UA (even though we might have already seen him in the practical exam, and he still had black hair if that was him)

He’s always had issues with himself and his quirk, but seems to also recognize that it isn’t entirely his fault because society likes flashy quirks.

KIRI WAS INSPIRED BY MINA AND DEKU (AFTER THE SLUDGE INCIDENT)

Kiri seems well on his way to becoming a real hero (or it’ll be short lived because we have no idea how any of this will effect him physically or psychologically)