#chapter 431

[btxtyuri]

"And I hope that you know I love you, Ochako”

[yaoyoroz-oops]

I lived and loved as I pleased.

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[christyartist]

Chapter 431🧡💚

[esarity11]

look at his FACE. hes so. soft. hes SO IN LOVE with him. his stupid little smile

[manicpixiesnail]

What makes chapter 431 so annoying isn't just that izuchoca (allegedly) becomes canon, but that in general so much of their characterization is missing.

For starters actually, Bakugo asking Izuku to join his Hero agency... doesn't really make sense canonically. The reason I say this is because apparently at the end of 430 Izuku is at #4, and he's at #5.

Bakugo, earlier in the series expresses that he wants to "be at Izuku's heels" for the rest of their lives. But when talking about the ideal person to work at his agency- he speaks of someone who chases after HIM. This already takes us out of the current timeline. Although this is a minute detail, it showcase how when chapter 431 was written- it was written without any of the prior chapters in mind. Why would Bakugo want Midorya to be a sidekick who would surpass him when he's currently trying to surpass Midoryia??

Not to mention that whoever put this together tried to make it seem as if bakudeku was some kind of unrequited love... Kirishima talking about how Bakugo got "rejected" and the Izuku having literally no reaction to Bakugo asking and just being like "Huh? oh nah i'm not doing that." It was lowkey sad to read- when it didn't really need to be

Even though we know Izuku would never react in that way- he especially wouldn't for the reason he gave. If Izuku were to say "No because I want to start my own agency" or "No because I don't want to be a SIDE KICK" the maybe I would have understood... but he said no because want to be... a teacher. Izuku, baby, you're ALREADY a teacher. You're a teacher and the #4 hero... this makes no sense????

There's so much more I could say about this chapter alone and breaking down how it's incredibly illogical- but that conversation alone was reason enough to say "Nope, didn't happen"

[invader-reggie]

One hilarious thing to come out of chapter 431 of MHA is the sheer amount of plot material for other bakugo ships.

Like I've already seen about 5 new fics in the todobaku community of todoroki swooping in to win bakugo's heart after finding out izuku rejected him.

Bakugo got rejected and now everyone is competing on who gets to win his heart and give him the love he deserves lmao they were all WAITING.

My sympathies to the bakudeku shippers cos wtf Izuku, but also thank you Izuku, for freeing bakugou from ya'lls years long situationship so other people can finally have a chance.

Sorry to bakudeku shippers but todobaku, shinbaku and kiribaku stay winning lolz.

[iscreamvanilla]

431 announced. On May 2026.

I'm warning you all right now, I will go absolutely insane with a tunneled vision on mr. Shoto Todoroki and I will not apologize for the insufferable person I become when it airs.

I'm so psyched, I want to see him smile and hear him laugh and talk about his silly chopsticks

[wonderneverlandsystem]

If I see on more bkdk become a doubter after finding out about that bs chapter 431 I will lose it😭

IT IS NOT CANON! IT IS NOT FROM HORIKOSHI! AND EVEN IF IT HAD (WHICH IT DIDN'T HE HAS CONFIRMED AS MUCH) IZUOCHA WASN'T CONFIRMED EITHER! Yeah they "held hands"- in an incredibly NOT romantic way. They held hands the same way bros do when they dap each other up and do that handshake into a hug thing. Compare that to ALL of the MANY scenes throughout the manga, show, and movies where bkdk hold hands and reach out to each other so as to work in perfect harmony, strengthen and literally pull the other up alongside them and or push them ahead toward the future? It's not even a fight.

All the queer doubt because of unofficial shit, NDA covered stuff, etc. lately is depressing me on top of all my personal shit... I get that times are bad right now (particularly in America & Japan), but y'all are letting it get through and break your spirits, which is how the queerphobic people WIN! We can't let them do that, we can't stop fighting them; that's not very Plus Ultra y'all-