So I feel like I'm going crazy, but is there any point in canon where Bakugou calls Ochaco "angelface"? I see it ALL the time in fanon, where did that come from?
it’s from when he first addresses her in their battle. in the official translated manga, he calls her “Round-face” and in the dub, he says “Pink Cheeks”
the scanlators who used “Angelface” are known for taking liberties with their translations, but their translation is the most popular, probably because it was the first one to show up. (plus, it sounds flirty.)
personally, i don’t like it because it sounds way too much like Bakugou is flirting with her, when he’s really just calling her a degrading nickname by insulting a physical feature of hers, like he does to everyone he doesn’t really know or respect. (examples: drooly (Kaminari), Two-Face (Todoroki), Raccoon Eyes (Mina), Soy-Sauce face (Sero), Hair-For-Brains (Kirishima), etc)
i prefer the “Round-Face” translation, because i think it sounds the most like he’s insulting her, which was the intent of the nickname. he is, very intentionally, trying to insult her after all.
the point is kinda moot anyway, since Bakugou only calls her that once in the entire series, and starts calling her by her name at the end of the fight since she earned his respect during it. he never calls her “Round-Face” again.
once Bakugou starts calling someone by their names, he never goes back. it’s his own weird sign of respect. he will always refer to that person by name from then on, be it verbally or in his own thoughts (as shown in the Omake, where he calls her “Useless Uraraka” in his mind, showing that he still respects her even when she’s pissed him off)
(you can find a rough translation of the original omake here, and a scanlation from the french version here)
anyway, yeah. to answer your question, “Angelface” is just a mistranslation from a scnalation group that likes to take liberties with it’s translations. it’s not actually what he calls her, but it’s the most popular of the translations because of the flirty undertones it creates (that are, as mentioned, completely absent from the original intent of the nickname)
