Yes, yes we are all choked up with feels about Endeavour and Natsuo
and, frustrated to heck with Katsuki witholding his name....(God, who is going to tell him that the first person he wants to divulge his Hero Name to, (Best Jeanist) was last seen in a fucking body bag??!)
...but I'd like to ramble about this one page that I absolutely LOVED.
I love everything about this page. Everything.
From how darkened Enji's face is, to the shock on Natsuo's. And in the very next panel is Shouto who is clearly awed by those words.
The NEXT PANEL is Bakugou -fucking- Katsuki, who is turning away from Endeavour and Natsuo, NOT IZUKU. Izuku comes AFTER Kacchan.
Now, normally in a manga the panels move in the way a normal camera does while panning across a live set- so as not to disrupt the moving quality of a manga (or any comic for that matter). Therefore, the way the panels should have appeared- while panning away from Endeavour and Natsuo scene should be in this order: Katsuki (closest to Endeavour), Shouto (second closest), Izuku (furthest away).
But it's not necessary that the camera always has to follow such a sequence of closest to furthest.
There are a few expections - like when the 'camera' focuses on different people to catch their reactions. It is in these places that the 'director'can take initiative and add extra depth to the narrative.
In this case, the camera should move from those who should have the most reaction to this given scene to the ones with least reaction.
Thus the sequence should be:
Shouto (who is directly implicated in Todoroki affairs and is taken aback by Enji's words)
Izuku (who was the person who said the exact same thing as Enji did to Natsuo. In the previous chapter, He said that Shouto doesn't have to forgive Enji, but it seems like Shouto is waiting to forgive him)
Katsuki, who is at best a distant observer of this family drama.
However, You will notice that NEITHER of these sequences are followed although the second sequence is MOST LIKELY.
Which IMPLIES that Katsuki had a BIGGER REACTION than Izuku when Endeavour says "It's Alright If you Never Forgive Me"
Throughout this arc, we have seen very many examples of Katsuki vehemently denying physical contact and jealously protecting his personal space.
He is shown edging away from Izuku and Shouto in the 'small ass car of the No. 1 Hero' while literally poking his head out of it. He consistently bats off Toshinori's head pat as well as Mitsuki's. He is thoroughly disturbed when a family drama erupts right in middle of a family dinner.
Bakugou Katsuki is a person who deeply values personal space and it's sanctity and it's reflected most clearly in the fact that his dorm room was one of the few that was left out from the Dorm Interior Design competition. He inherently respects other's personal spaces as well. We can venture to say that maybe he is even afraid of someone breaching his space or vice versa.
So what is Katsuki's normal reaction when personal spaces brush sides?
Which is exactly what he is doing here.
When Enji says, "It's Alright If You Never Forgive Me"- To Katsuki, It is like a breach of personal space. Those words are brushing too close to his own thoughts and feelings (That Deku doesn't have to forgive him, ever) Thus, His reaction is more significant and second only to Shouto and not Izuku, because He is a Parallel To Enji.
So let's look at the sequence again. Reaction wise:
Shouto > Katsuki > Izuku.
Now if you'll notice the persepctive of the Interns is also something that is odd. It could be artist's license of course - but if you look deeper you can find something really clever:
As said before, the actual distance between Katsuki and Enji is the shortest among the three interns. Yet he is drawn with the furthest perspective.
Shouto's perspective is closer because he is directly related to this.
Izuku's perspective is midway, and observant - and ideally as an observer his perspective is supposed to be the furthest but it's not.
It's because he is the bridge between the perspectives of 'Katsuki' and 'Shouto'
'Shouto' who is 'waiting to forgive'
'Katsuki' who is in parallel to Enji's - 'it's alright if you never forgive me'
And putting Izuku perspective wise between them is GENIUS - because it implies that Izuku has already moved past the point of simply 'waiting to forgive' and closer to/already-at the point of completely forgiving Katsuki (if he hasn't already.)
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