i know I'm a hopeless romantic and also a bakudeku fanatic, but when I say bakudeku is queer platonic canon- i deadass mean it (exluding 431 which is a whole 'nother conversation to be held)
Now of course, I don't think Hirikoshi knows what "queer platonic" is. But I do think- that in creating bkdk's relationship, the aspects of what queer platonic is is what he was going for.
I say this especially since Shigaraki literally confirmed that they are the closest to each other, which means CANONICALLY, not figuratively or as a headcanon or any of that mumbo jumbo, Izuku and Bakugo are closer to each other than anyone else.
If this is the case, then that means they're at least either best friends, lovers, or siblings.
Obviously, they aren't lovers (canonically at least) because there's not enough evidence to support it.
However, I wouldn't necessarily consider them best friends or siblings either.
Obviously they aren't literally related, but "found family" is a possibility for them bejng siblings. Except, they don't necessarily give off that vibe. Even though they've known each other since a very young age, there was a period of time when they didn't even really talk to each other. The thing about siblings is that they grow up together, and then part ways. Instead, Bakugo is has CANONICALLY expressed that he wants to spend the rest of his life with izuku. He wants to "chase after" him. This isn't really your usual sibling dynamic, nor is is the dynamic of a best friend.
Furthermore, the kudoichi parallels to bakudeku weren't a coincidence, they were purposeful. Heros rising being the original idea for the finam ending of MHA, though not canon, speaks volumes. Hirikoshi wanted these two to be "destined," or in other words, soulmates.
This brings me back to them being queer platonic. I believe that when writing them, Hirikoshi intended for them to have a relationship that can't necessarily be "labeled." They aren't really best friends, not in the usual sense that best friends are at least. They don't hang out with the same people, and they don't seem like they immediately go to each other when they want a good laugh or to have some fun. If anything, there's a bit of codependency. Codependency when they're lost, afraid, alone, or need strength and guidance. They quite literally need each other. When Izuku was on his dark hero arc it was Bakugo that brought him back. When Bakugo was DYING, it was Izuku that motivated him to live and keep fighting.
In the epilogue Bakugo jumping from #15 to #5 in the hero ranks after izuku came back wasn't a coincidence. He was either holding himself back, or lacked any motivation to try until izuku came along. Also, izuku is #4 meaning that he now gets to "chase" after him and be at his heels.
anyhoo this being said, even though bakudeku didn't become canon in a typical sense, I think it'd be crazy to just discount everything there is about them- everything that's been PROVEN and crumble that down to them simply being "rivals"
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