The character development that Bakugo Katsuki got just, hits me sometimes? It’s just so beautifully done that I have to stop whatever I’m doing (like my trig homework) and appreciate it.
I always keep coming back to this one line from chp 285 which just seals the deal for me.
I mean every single thing in that chapter, or even the entire war arc is amazing but this one line just completely redefines him.
“Even if One for All is a cursed power–”
The next few panels show how he thinks that the people (All Might and Deku) make the power heroic.
(also bakugo’s expression in that last panel just kills me)
But, is that something that Bakugo at the beginning of the manga would have thought?
The one who believed that victory and strength were the ultimate goals, who was completely willing to sacrifice everything for the perfect win, and got into UA with the highest villain score but zero hero points?
Who believed that a powerful quirk was the indication of the strongest hero?
Logically, OFA is the strongest quirk in their world.
Sure, you can argue and say that AFO which gives the user multiple quirks or Todoroki’s Half Hot-Half Cold which are powerful and balanced, or even Bakugo’s explosions or Momo’s Creation could take that title.
But speaking from a biological perspective (my stem nerd side just jumped up and down with glee), the passing of OFA is what makes it so powerful.
The combining of the original (and incredibly powerful) quirk with those of several other heroes, with increase in variation and deepening of the quirk’s power (the quirk singularity theory) which all cumulated within Deku, makes it an awe-some power.
Even Shigaraki/AFO almost levels an entire city trying to take away OFA.
The combination of super-strength, super-speed and even affecting of air pressure from the original power stock-piling quirk with blackwhip for restrainment and offence, float and even danger sense (four of the seven existing OFA quirks that we have seen so far) is absolutely unstoppable.
But it also tears the user apart.
Bakugo Katsuki, who would do anything for total victory, to be the absolute best that there could be, calls the most powerful quirk a curse because of what it does to Deku.
While pro heroes like Manual are in awe of the power (also why is Rock Lock the only one questioning why a teenager is the one fighting, get it together adults), Bakugo is in absolute panic because Deku is wrecking himself with OFA.
If that complete shift in mentality isn’t peak character development, I don’t know what is.
{also sidenote: how do I think this shift affects the dynamic between Deku and Bakugo?
Well, the way they are now is so at odds to how they began: they are probably one of the, if not the most important people in each others lives.
This is illustrated heavily by Bakugo’s sacrifice and how Deku becomes absolutely feral when AFO insults that sacrifice; and how they are the ones that the other asks about first–the top priority.
Do I think that this is leaning towards the romantic side of the pairing?
I would like to hope so, because having not one, but two of the main charcaters be top pro heroes and also queer would mean so much to me; because people do tend to assume that one cannot be queer and also a hero (as shown in the media, most hero stories are so heteronormative it’s painful). I mean, you can like people of the same gender and still fight good.
But as someone who’s best friend is probably the most important person in my life, I know that platonic relationships can be as, if not more impactful than romantic ones.
Saying that, do I still think that they’re queer (for each other)?
Yeah. I love my bestie, but I don’t look at her the way Bakugo and Deku look at each other.}
(take note of the dramatic lighting, the briefest of ‘touches’ and the reaction–it’s like some shit out of regency novel)
(The first time I read the last panel I proceeded to gape in shock, almost trip over myself and fall flat on my face getting out of bed so i could grab my phone from my desk and call my best friend and then do the vocal equivalent of a keysmash for five minutes. This picture is picked up from a screenshot i sent to her in an email with the title: the gayest thing i have laid my eyes on.)
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