Can we PLEASE talk about this???
(WARNING BNHA MANGA SPOILERS AHEAD)
I KNEW, I JUST FUCKING KNEW IT!!
I knew that calling Midoriya Izuku, āDekuā would somehow come back to bite Katsuki in the ass. I ALWAYS KNEW IT. From the start of the manga, when I literally hated Bakugou, I knew karma would find its way to him. But as I nursed that idea, and slowly began falling for the beautifully complex character that Bakugou is, I came to realise that karma wonāt bite him - he is going to bite karma.
The Final Battlefield between All Might and AfO has been turned into a memorial after the Heroās retirement (as you can see from the All Might statue erected there)- and itās publicly called as Ground Zero now.
Why do I think Katsuki will choose this as his hero name?
Because an angsty binch like Bakugou Katsuki would ofcourse use a name that held this sort of a meaning. He still blames himself for the retirement of All Might
The parallel: As Deku is to Izuku, so is Ground Zero to Katsuki. Izuku chose a name that was clearly meant to be derogatory, and decided to make it his Hero name. He didnt want his past to hold him back from chasing his dreams. He wanted to change the meaning of the name that meant 'uselessā into something more optimistic 'I can do itā. But let me make it clear- the name 'Dekuā still is a SCAR for Izuku that he will never forget. For him that name is synonymous to his desperation to be a hero. I canāt tell if Katsuki was inspired by this or not, but he is going to choose a name which also equates to his OWN FAILURE. a.k.a. - Ground Zero. This goes with Point no. 1. That name is also a scar for Katsuki, a name that evokes grief - and he will chose it as his hero name. To change its meaning? I sure hope so. Because I love this parallel between him and Deku, both choosing scars for names, meeting their insecurities head on.
For those of you out there who dont know why the name 'Ground Zeroā has been infallibly used as Kacchanās hero name in so many fanmade-media, and why I am so excited about it - itās plainly because thatās what the initial sketches of Kohei Horikoshi hinted at. But now I can say with absolute 100% certainity that this name is now as good as canon.
I cannot express in words how much I love this idea.
Although there has been a lot of hue and cry over Katsukiās hero name with people on both sides of the spectrum expressing their love and hate for the name 'Ground Zeroā, some people even suggesting that he would choose 'Kacchanā as his hero name,
But with this recent development I am dead certain about what hero name Katsuki will choose- and it will be 'Ground Zeroā without a doubt.
Also Thatās why I say Karma wont come to bite Katsukiās ass, he will hunt it down and bite back. Because he is choosing this 'stigmaā for himself, like everything he does in life- he isnāt going to let anyone ( not even Karma) dictate what gets to grind him down. His redemptiom (if it is one for his past behaviour) is also ofhis own choice. And damn, I am gonna keep screaming about it till I lose my voice.
Bakugou Katsuki is a fucking beauty and my love for him and the smol green bean will NEVER die, no Villain, no God can sway me.
[Next I want that he names one of his attacks as 'Trinity Testā (maybe a little tribute to his Hero partner, Deku and his childhood hero, All Might - a trinity? Yes? No?) Ah well, we will see later]
I love the fact that Katsuki is still consistent in his admiration for All Might, how he is determined to carve glory out of the grief from a name that is supposed to haunt him, much like Izuku. I love how Katsuki, in his own small way, is resolving to be better - and it all shows in the name.
And above all, I love this parallel between Izuku and Katsuki. Love the way they fight the intangible clutches of their own darkness, how they wanna break out of it, how they are so fucking inspiring. Might be just me - fangirling unnecessarily, or even idolizing trauma, but I donāt mean that- I just love the grit these two embody? For me their names hold a blinding inspiration- I might be wrong to believe in it, but it helps me through my day:
āYou can do anythingā
āSo Fight till the bitter endā
You can overcome anything.
Whatās in a name, you ask?
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