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[aroiteroi]

💣''Izuku''💣

Y pensar que estos dibujos los hice cuando salieron en el manga, hace 2 años!!😭💚

Agosto 2021

[shapooda]

"Saving people is how we win."

[linkspooky]

I Can Be Your Hero or Your Villain

Let's talk about character foils. The intricate and detailed foiling of Hero Deku to villain Shigaraki is something Horikoshi puts a lot of work into, to the point where even in recent chapters there are visual parallels between Deku and child!Tenko when both of them are struggling and under extreme stress. Heroes and villains are two sides of the same coin, it's a mantra that's repeated a lot in MHA and one exemplified by its main hero and main villains Deku and Shigaraki respectively.

They share two halves of the same power, One for All and All for One, their mentors are enemies, even their goals are opposite Deku's is to become the greatest hero the embodiment of everything hero society values, while Shigaraki unites villains and outcasts to destroy the hero society that rejects him. Shigaraki embodies everything a villain is, and Deku is known for purely wanting to be a hero and yet... in the art parallels recently it's Shigarki who is drawn not only heroically, but almost angellically facing off against Endeavor, while all alone Deku is drawn with tendrils of black whip reaching out for him looking ragged like a villain (Black Whip resembles the black tendrils that come out of AFO's hands quite a lot), but also a demon.

If Shigaraki is clearly the villain, and Deku the hero then why flip the symbolism like this? It's because Horikoshi wants us to think about who they are as people.

1. What I Needed You To Tell Me Was...

If we look at both of them outside of their label as heroes and villains, and just as people, they share the same personal flaw. This is how characters are written all the way back to the heroes of Greek tragedy, there is usually one central flaw that even a larger than life hero struggles with.

For both Deku and Shigaraki, their flaw is their complete lack of "self-worth". Deku's hero name literally means worthless, Tomura the name given to Tenko was specifically stated by AFO to mean mourning the death of his former self.

They also both start out their backstories with the same phrase "Back then what I wanted you to say was...(I could be a hero)" Shigaraki and Deku started in the same relative place. They were both completely average kids who dreamed of being a hero like everyone else, and they both had those dreams rejected by everyone around them.

Both Shigaraki and Deku came to define themselves by this rejection. They were told "we are not good enough" and they internalized it. It's at the center of who they are. Not only do they both genuinely believe in their own "worthlessness" but everything they do is to try to spite this rejection, to prove that they have worth.

I think Bakugo's apology to Deku does a good job of explaining how ultimately messed up and unhealthy Deku's frame of mind is, even if it leads him to commit heroic actions.

Bakugo was afraid of Deku being better than him and also clung to the idea that him being born with a powerful quirk made him automatically superior, so he rejected Deku again and again and tried to put him down. After being continually told by Bakugo, among others, that he could never be a hero, Deku internalized the idea that he wasn't good enough. That rejection had an effect on him, it caused Deku to believe that HE was the problem, that there was something wrong with HIM and it continually lowered his self-esteem.

A Deku who believes he's "worthless" continually hurts himself trying to prove that he's good enough to be a hero, because he's been told his entire life that he ISN'T. Deku's desire to save people is what makes him heroic, his continual abuse of his body makes him UNHEALTHY. Bakugo even comments that gaining a quirk, getting stronger doesn't actually fix this problem, in fact now that he has so many more quirks Deku invents new ways to hurt himself with no regard for his well being. The problem doesn't stem from his positive trait, his desire to save everyone, but rather his flaw his lack of self-esteem.

Deku becomes caught up in this self-destructive cycle, of continually trying to prove that he's worthy of being a hero by gaining strength and powering up his quirk, but that never works. It's comparable to Touya trying to train on his own and ultimately burning himself to get his father's attention. The problem wasn't that Touya was weak enough, the problem was Touya believed that he himself was too weak because someone else made him feel that way. Touya was rejected and that rejection led to self-harm. Deku even continually destroys himself trying to be like the hero he admires, and on All Might's part it's a failure of communication, his inability to say that Deku is just fine as he is that leads to Deku isolating himself further. The problem wasn't Deku, but rather the fact that he was rejected, that he was taught he wasn't good enough at one point. This leads to a cycle where he continually tries to strengthen his quirk and that doesn't WORK, but he has no other way.

When that doesn't work, Deku spirals and begins rejecting the others around him in return, because if HE'S the problem, then HE needs to work on it all on his own. He needs to prove that he's strong enough to fight on his own because relying on others is a weakness. It's not enough to be a hero, he has to be the greatest hero, it's not enough to be the greatest hero he has to be the greatest hero alone, it keeps spiraling like that and Deku is never satisfied. Becoming a stronger hero does not fix Deku's central flaw, it only amplifies it, because Deku thinks the way of being a hero is to throw himself into more and more danger in order to prove his "worth". Deku breaks away from all might and attention is drawn to their hands separating. All Might fails tor each out for Deku, and it's clear why, All Might has failed to make Deku feel like he hasn't been rejected because All Might not being the perfect mentor himself is unaware of how to say the words Deku most needs to hear.

Shigaraki shares the same flaw, and the same feelings of rejection. They both share the same point of origin, they were told by their families that they could never be heroes. Even though they were young at the time, both of them were smart enough to realize that all of the adults around them were telling them the wrong things. Kids are smart, they know when adults think there's something wrong with them, even if Inko and Tenko's extended family put it in the kindest way possible, they could feel the rejection. But the household that my father built... rejected me kindly.

Of course, Shigaraki's life veers wildly off course, and much in the opposite direction of Deku's. Deku lived the life of a mostly normal kid, sans bullying until middle school at which point a superhero decides to mentor him. Shigaraki's quirk activation is an accident that kills his family, and he's mentored at a much younger age by a super villain. However, while Shigaraki's circumstances are much more extreme, they both ultimately internalize the same idea. Deku was told not only by his mother and Bakugo, but also the entire society around him that he would never be good enough to be a hero. Shigaraki takes this one step further, not only can he never be a hero, young Tenko wasn't even worthy of being saved.

Tenko, just like Deku, is emotionally intelligent enough to realize that he's being rejected, but doesn't know why he's being rejected. He comes to believe that the problem is himself. At a young age, Deku believes that he is too worthless to become a hero, and Shigaraki comes to believe because of the accident that happens with his family he is not worth saving. Both Deku and Shigaraki's behaviors stem from the way they were fundamentally rejected as children, not just for their dreams of being a hero, but also who they were, Deku for being quirkless, Shigaraki for being too dirty of a child and not worthy of saving.

Tenko once again draws focus to everyone's hands. All Might's hands fail to reach Deku, because Deku believes he is not worthy of asking help, he cannot be a proper hero unless he does everything on his own. Shigaraki comes to believe that the reason he didn't get saved that day was there was something wrong with him, he internalizes his idea which makes him especially susceptible to All For One's suggestion, that he wants these things, that he wants to hurt other people, that he's perfect for the role of a villain because he was born to destroy.

2. That's What Makes Us Heroes and Villains

Deku and Shigaraki have the same central flaw, but they adopt different behaviors in order to try to correct that flaw. Deku fights as a hero, but he always fights alone, and always fights in ways that hurts himself. Shigaraki adopts the role of a villain, if Deku's method is to try to earn acceptance by continually proving himself a hero over and over then Shigaraki's is to become a villain who rejects the society that rejected him. For this Shigaraki must be stronger than the entire society around him. If Deku is battling himself, that is continually pushing himself to his absolute limit to try to prove he's a strong enough hero on his own then Shigaraki wants to prove he's strong enough to overcome the society that rejected him.

Deku aligns himself with society because of his positive quality and stated goal is "saving people" and he believes from the bottom of his heart that heroes save others. Shigaraki believes heroes don't save because he wasn't saved, he aligns himself as society's enemy because he was rejected and treated that way.

However, ultimately while they choose to take on different roles they share both the same flaw the feeling that they are worthless that they will never be good enough, and also the same desire to be told by the people around them that they are good enough. There should be enough of a similarity there for Deku to come to an understanding with Shigaraki already, but they don't, they fight each other, and the reason why is precisely this because both of them hold onto "hero" and "villain" so tightly as ways to define themselves.

That would be enough of a connection to make them Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader type enemies, but the story isn't going in that direction, more and more Deku has been pushing the idea that he and Shigaraki might be able to come to an understanding. He sees Tenko as a child for a moment, so close to his own childhood self. However, even now that Deku's desire to connect and reach out to Shigaraki is genuine what is it that's getting in the way of this heartfelt desire? This is what we call a story obstacle, brought about by Deku's character flaw. Shigaraki and Deku both believe they are worthless so they attach themselves to the label of Villain and Hero respectively. Shigaraki tries to prove his worth by becoming the enemy of society, and Deku tries to prove his worth in the same way by becoming its savior.

However, hero and villain are just a label, it's not who they are as people. Deku is at times shown to be a bit of an odd duck. While he's a naturally friendly person, he's also characterized as shy, socially awkward, well-meaning, but bad at communicating with people His desire to save people is genuine, but he's often naive at how to save people, or even how to talk to them. Deku is extremely sympathetic as a person, and even the first one to realize that Shigaraki might be in need of saving, but I would argue he doesn't really understand Shigaraki's feelings. I would say this comes from the fact that Deku's own self-worth is so low he doesn't bother to self-reflect or think about his own feelings because that's an essential part of taking care of yourself. Sometimes, even Bakugo is better at looking at himself critically, because he has the self-confidence and selfish qualities that Deku lacks.

All this to say, even when Deku's heart is in the right place he doesn't have the easiest time reaching out to villains, and that may because he can't see himself in them. Being a hero is Deku's entire identity, and Deku struggles to see himself as a person outside of that label. This is even the direct stated reasons why Shigaraki doesn't care if Deku understands him or not.

They're going to be enemies simply because they were labeled of heroes and villains, that's reason enough in Shigaraki's case for them to fight. As a part of their foiling, Shigaraki also shares this trait of Deku's. However, while Deku is unable to see himself in villains, Shigaraki doesn't see the redeemable part of himself, his good side, he's continually exaggerating his flaws and hiding the part of him that is still "TENKO SHIMURA" the kid that wants to be a hero. He went so far as to forget his fast, and dissociate himself from his memories and feelings to forget that. Shigaraki is so hurt by the rejection of his family, that he buries Tenko in a grave, forgets about his family, to become the villain Shigaraki. Izuku is so mired by feelings of unworthiness, he'd rather be the hero Deku struggling alone far away from family and friends.

This leads to a second behavior they have in common, isolation. After the battle in Deika city even though it was a victory for the league, Shigaraki believes he needs even more power after that because just like Deku, he'll never be good enough, and decides to let himself be experimented on for four months in the mountains separating himself effectively from his friends and allies. After the War Arc, Deku's first choice is to separate himself from everybody to become a solo vigilante.

This is when the parallels between Shigaraki and Deku really begin to increase. Remember, Deku cannot understand Shigaraki yet because he still doesn't see himself in villains. Other people have said this arc is a crash course for Deku understanding villains, but it's also like a lesson in how to save. Deku wants to save, but believes he can only save others if he's the strongest hero in the whole world, even though it's been shown hundreds of times that's not really what saves people. Touya's father was the number two hero and he didn't get saved. Tenko was the granddaughter of a hero, and both him, and his father Kotaro her actual son didn't get saved. The act of saving others in this arc is demonstrated to be far more complex. However, to simplify I would like to think the parallels between Shigaraki and Deku are strongest whenever Deku is isolated and struggling alone.

Deku struggling against his friends deliberately draws parallels to two scenes, one when Tenko was destroying his household after his quirk activated, and two when Tenko wasn't saved by the society around him. However, both of these moments are when Tenko is getting rejected. First, when his quirk activated Tenko was begging for help the entire time, but unable to say it because of his panic, and due to that every time someone came near him his quirk destroyed them, finally culminating in him asking his father for help only for his father to attack him with garden tools at which point Tenko decides to lash out against the rejection and target his father. THe second was when in a society full of heroes, not a single hand reached out to help because Tenko was such a ghastly looking child with dark circles around his eyes. Both times led Tenko to believe he was alone, and unworthy of saving.

These are the feelings which Deku has been struggling with the entire arc, culminating with this climax. Deku's arc has been one of rejection. When he goes solo as a vigilante, he's not exactly thanked for his efforts in helping others. Not only does he witness completely innocent people getting rejected, like the woman with the animal quirk, he's not thanked for his constant attempts to rescue others, eh's feared. Deku is drawn as a villain, because everyone around him is characterizing him as a villain, they're rejecting him. Deku comes to the same conclusion that Shigaraki does, that he's not worthy of being helped by his friends. This isn't just something Shigaraki came to believe on his own, he was helped to think that way by everyone around him. The more Deku is rejected, the more isolated he becomes, and the more he hurts himself.

His final battle before his friends show up is quite literally Deku against masses of people who overwhelm him. It's quite literally a parallel to the scene where even in a society full of saturated superheroes, not a single person reached out a hand to help young Tenko. This paralleling goes to great extents to show how bad this lifelong rejection has effected Deku, and how unhealthy this is for him.

When his friends come to save him, he literally fights them with violence in order to keep isolating himself. The rejection Deku has faced his entire life has finally led him to reject others. The more he is rejected, the more Deku slides and slides and the more his behaviors become like Shigaraki in return.

"He's got a whole mess of quirks in him. That sounds like ALl for One's ability or a nomu in him. But apparently he goes around helping people. The rumors say he's caked with blood and filth which cover up his many scars. Looking at him, you'd never guess he was a hero."

When people finally show up to help Deku, his first instinct is to fight against them, because deep down he believes he's not allowed to ask for help, just like Shigaraki believes he was unworthy of being saved all the way back when he was still Tenko. He doesn't just run away from his friends, he pushes them away violently.

Deku's internalized feelings of rejection don't just sit there doing nothing, it makes him fight alone against the whole world trying to prove he is a hero, in the same way, that Shigaraki fights against the whole society alone. They just have come to define themselves differently, Shigaraki a villain, Deku a hero, but even though they see themselves as different underneath the labels they are still people, and more than that they're children struggling alone.

This isolation they face doesn't help anybody. Deku fails in his goal of saving villains because he's trying to do it alone. He comes off as preachy, he's not in time to rescue Lady Nagant from the explosion, he falls into a trap afterward. This all happens not because Deku is wrong for wanting to save villains but wrongheaded, Deku is attempting to do these things all on his own. By the end of his journey, it seems he's lost his goal of saving and understanding villains, and is acting as a true vigilante and just neutralizing the assassins AFO sent after him. Because Deku isn't a perfect hero, he's a person struggling, and struggling alone makes him get worse and worse and lose his way.

However, MHA presents us in the finale of this arc of what to do with the child struggling alone, and on top of that, how to save someone who does not want to be saved. Deku has journeyed all the way from a well-meaning hero, to violate pushing his friends away and fighting against them physically, and how do all of those friends bring him back.

All of them come together to rescue him. The same way that everyone minding their own business and no one reaching out a helping hand is what doomed Tenko to become Shigaraki, everyone coming together to help Deku the whole of Class A is what saves him from becoming an overly violent vigilante like Stain.

During the entire fight, most of the class does the opposite of what Deku has done this whole time while preaching to the villains he fought like a hero. They try to talk to him as a person and bring him back to personhood. This is because this whole scene is a crash course for what Deku needs to do to begin saving even villains, stop seeing them as villains, or even people in need of saving, and remember they are people.

The assurance that class A gives is that they don't want to stop him from trying to save others, they don't want to be protected by him, they just want to be by his side. Their goal is not to fight against him and prove that they are strong, but rather, to show him that they aren't rejecting him and that he is not alone.

All of these scenes together are providing Deku a blueprint on how to reach others. If villains can be heroic at times, and heroes can act like villains, then deep down everyone is just people. All Might wanted to save Deku, but couldn't because he lacked the words to tell him. It wasn't a matter of strength but rather emotional weakness.

Deku tried to reach out to various villains, but couldn't because he couldn't see himself in those villains. However, all of Deku's friends reach out to Deku because they could see themselves in him. They all understand Deku as a person, and that's what makes their attempt to reach out effective.

NOt only that but it's not just one person who tries to save Deku alone, but rather a collaborative effort. It is everyone in class UA's responsibility to bring him back home. After that, Deku is saved not by the physical fight, but by the hand that reached out to him.

Even after the initial rescue attempt.

Everyone tries to kick Deku out of UA, because he is a dangerous threat. Despite his good intentions he is characterized and treated as a villain. Deku responds the way he always does, by isolating himself and trying to prove he is strong enough on his own in spite of society's rejection. However, what stops him this time is the knowledge that even if others around him reject him, there are others Bakugo and Uraraka and Iida who have accepted him, and even Bakugo who apologized telling Deku that the way he was treating him all along was wrong, he wasn't the problem, he wasn't the one at fault.

All of these scenes together are providing Deku a blueprint on how to reach others. If villains can be heroic at times, and heroes can act like villains, then deep down everyone is just people. All Might wanted to save Deku, but couldn't because he lacked the words to tell him. It's not a matter of not being strong enough, but rather not understanding how to best help Deku.

These are all thematically set up for how Deku is going to save from now on. It all goes back to the day that Tenko was ignored by everyone around him, not a single hand reached out to save him. Now Deku has learned that what saves people isn't a single hero reaching out alone, but rather everyone's hands reaching out together. It's not someone special, or strong that has to be a hero, but rather someone who has the strength to meddle and reach out. Now that Deku has challenged his own feelings of low-self worth by realizing that the solution is not to be strong enough on his own, we may finally see him realize that what is true heroics is not strength but rather his act of reaching out and trying to understand. Shigaraki and Deku are not heroes and villains, they are both rejected children, both alone, and that is why rather than fighting each other they can come to understand each other. Shigaraki and Deku may not understand each other as heroes and villains, but they can understand each outer as people.

[auchihaaa]

bakudeku antis are now drowning in an indescribable emptiness

[lcrnbw]

You know what?

However funny it is, I’m not going to say that Horikoshi was inspired by, or is reading bkdk fanfic.

Of course I think it’s HILARIOUS, but don’t you think it’s even better that Hori did this all by himself, that he intended their relationship to go this way? I think that is much more valuable than saying he “got the ideas” from fanfiction!

So rather than saying that Hori understands us, I’m going to say that we understand him, if anything. We understand the way he is writing these two (if not to a more romantic level), and I think that is so, so, so much cooler.

To be clear, this is just me being nitpicky about a genuinely amusing and simple joke, I just had to get this thought off my chest! So don’t take it to heart, and keep making jokes about it!

[alyssapoprocks]

I want to preface this with that fact I haven't, nor do I really plan to, watch all of BNHA or read the entire manga, this is just based on the things I HAVE read or watched, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on anything.

Okay, the traitor. I did read that Horikoshi apparently actually forgot about this plotline, so there's a chance it will actually never be brought up again, but the latest chapter really got me thinking. Edit: I have been informed this isn't actually true!!! My hope that this theory will come into play is bigger than ever now!

So, in the last few chapters, everyone had a moment with Midoriya, even the smaller side characters like Kouda and Satou. They all got to tell him how they felt about him, how he's helped them at some point in time, ways he's inspired them. Kirishima, Hagakure and Aoyama being the only ones who hadn't, until 322.

Kirishima finally steps in and says what he needs to to Midoriya, bringing up the slime incident and protecting him from falling to the ground and getting hurt.

That makes every single student in Class A, except Hagakure and Aoyama. They are the only two that don't say anything to try to convince Midoriya to come back with them, they didn't get their moment with him.

Now, I don't know a lot about Hagakure, as she hasn't really shown up in the canon content I have seen (I mostly focus on the BakuSquad), but I know it's been a theory for quite some time that she's the traitor, due to certain things that have happened. I actually read the theory before I got into Kirishima (specifically him, he's the only reason I'm here and invested now), but I can't remember the whole theory.

And then we have Aoyama, he's just low-key weird in general, the cheese incident standing out specifically to me. Due to this incident, Aoyama actually became friends with Midoriya, and thinking back to that, it's kinda weird he didn't say anything to convince Midoriya to stay. In the cheese incident he points out that they're similar in the fact their Quirks aren't compatible with their bodies, so I do find it weird this wasn't brought back up in the past few chapters.

I did also read another theory that Aoyama is actually quirkless, and the belt was potentially a gift from the LOV. This does add up with what Aoyama says to Midoriya about wearing the belt since he was young, no one has seen him without it (I don't know how much strength is actually behind this theory though, I just thought it fit with that comment).

In that same couple of chapters, Midoriya makes two comments about Aoyama.

1. None of us have any idea what Aoyama is ever thinking.

And,

2. He doesn't go out of his way to talk to anyone.

Not knowing anything about Aoyama, I thought this was strange, as he definitely gives off a talkative, look at me, kinda personality, so the fact he actually doesn't go out of his way to usually make friends, but fully went out of his way to befriend Midoriya, kinda fishy. Especially as this happens not long after the whole saving Bakugou bit, which is where the villains revealed they knew who All Might had given his power to (right? I vaguely remember the conversation between All for One and All Might).

Then, there is the Class A Vs Mirio battle, in which he just straight up shoots his laser at Mirio's head, this is mostly based on the comments on the YouTube video I watched, so I don't know how much backing it has. Mina also shoots her acid at him, but I read she can control the acidity of her acid, but no one said Aoyama can control the power of his laser, and if that's true, he just straight-up tried to kill Mirio in front of basically his entire class.

And finally, USJ. When the fight is over, and the class are all back in one spot, Aoyama says to Tsuyu, "As for my location, where do you think I was?" To which Tsu asks where and he replies, "it's a secret." Now, sure, this can be seen as him just being weird, but when you mix it with a few other factors of the USJ surrounding him and Hagakure, it seems a little fishy.

For one, the map at the start of the chapter that shows where everyone is, Aoyama and Hagakure are together with a 'where?' under them. They're not given a location.

Later on, Hagakure congratulates Ojiro for holding his own again a villain all by himself, but when asked where SHE was, she says she was with Todoroki. There are a couple of issues with this statement, obviously.

1. How would she have known Ojiro was on his own if she was with Todoroki. The areas that Todoroki and Ojiro were in were on almost opposite sides of the USJ arena, she should have had no way to know Ojiro was on his own.

2. Why would she have not let Todoroki know she was there? Why would she take her shoes and gloves off, and just stand in a place Todoroki could have done her harm by accident. If she WAS with Todoroki, she literally just stood there and did nothing, while putting herself in complete danger of not only the villain Todoroki was fighting, but Todoroki himself.

I find it odd the person she claims to have been with, and the person she knew was alone, were the only people she speaks with. The only two people that were on their own, everyone else was with at least one other person. They were the easiest options to lie about.

We also have to add the why the characters are split up in that scene anyway, Hagakura being with Todoroki wouldn't have even made any sense when you look at how everyone was split.

Kirishima and Bakugou are together, because they were together in front of everyone after duo attacking Kurogiri. Iida, Uraraka, Shouji, Satou, Sero and Mina were standing close together. Momo, Jirou and Kaminari were standing together. Todoroki moved further from the group as it went out, so he was alone. Midoriya, Froppy and Mineta were almost standing together. And then there's Ojiro and Aoyama. Aoyama was directly next to him, so isn't it odd, following the pattern from the rest of the students, that Aoyama wasn't with Ojiro? Instead his location was unknown. And then Hagakure, she was directly in front of Satou, so realistically she should have been with that group as well, but she wasn't. She was apparently with Todoroki, which just doesn't fit the pattern, especially as Todoroki throws himself further from the group as they're teleported, which is why he was alone in the first place.

Everyone who was sent off together, are standing together. Hagakure can be seen standing with Satou and Shouji, she definitely should have been with them.

So, the fact both Aoyama and Hagakure's actual whereabouts during this attack are unknown, seems really odd all things considered.

I then come to the Training Camp situation, the only other villains attack on the school I know anything about (was there another one?). Once again, Aoyama and Hagakure are together in this arc. Sure, Hagakure is passed out, and Aoyama is hiding behind a rock but just the fact they're inexplicably together AGAIN in a villain attack, weird.

And finally, back to the latest arc, which isn't technically a villain attack arc, but again, they're together. When Midoriya let's the white smoke off, Kirishima, Aoyama and Hagakure are split from everyone else. Kirishima makes up for this, he plays his part, helps save Midoriya, but Aoyama and Hagakure don't. They both agree when Kirishima says he has things he wants to tell Midoriya, but they don't. They don't say anything. Even Mina gets a second attempt at convincing him, but Aoyama and Hagakure say nothing. They could have shouted something before Bakugou's apology, but they don't.

There may be things within the stuff I haven't seen or read that disproves this theory, but I think, from these facts alone, both Hagakure and Aoyama being the traitors TOGETHER makes a lot of sense in my opinion.

[darkienoir]

mha manga spoilers (LEAKS ch.322)

AU in which Deku goes vigilante and starts becoming more independent in the way he starts pushing everyone away and Bakugo overcomes his inferiority complex and goes with the entire class to look for him, which means he understands that he doesn’t have to work alone anymore and accepts help from others, and then confesses that he never hated him but feared his spirit of becoming a hero and a powerful person and that was why he tried to keep him at arms length but he failed and apologizes to him for everything that he has done until that day, calling him Izuku for the first time in a decade and Deku without being able to respond collapses and gets caught by him

oh wait this is not an AU anymore

[slpyblue]

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