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Pages from Deku's creature chronicle... part 7

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The void boy has arrived!

He’s so cute, I just wanna- hey wait

What Izuku rejects is the opportunity to be Katsuki's SIDEKICK. He doesn't reject being a hero or competing with Katsuki. He rejects working FOR/UNDER Katsuki. Which is hilarious because Katsuki accepts (apparently multiple times) showing up as a guest lecturer to help out Izuku's class. Katsuki tells Izuku that "If everyone is special, no one is special," which has the potential for SO MUCH DOUBLE MEANING. But what there is no ambiguity about to me is he's basically telling Izuku "Hey, notice this. I'm treating you special. You're special to me. NOTICE."

It's also implied that Izuku sees Katsuki more regularly than he sees most others from their class, which is emphasized by the previous chapter when Aizawa complains to him about Katsuki's behavior in public affecting his ranking. Katsuki basically tells Izuku he needs to start thinking about himself more, and he also ends their final interaction with a "See ya [later]." Katsuki is NOT talking about Ochako, but Izuku takes some of his advice as the impetus for going to talk to Ochako (specifically they just wanna talk more after the dinner since the dinner is now over and they didn't get to talk). So what was Katsuki thinking of? I personally read his "See ya later" as "You'll figure it out, just go handle what you gotta right now and you can catch up to me later."

Hilariously, Izuku calls Katsuki out for being the one to say "If you don't start thinking a little more highly of yourself, you won't notice the things you should." Izuku's response is basically, "Look who's talking." Again, the potential for double meaning here is painfully obvious. He could be referring to SO MANY THINGS and we're meant to infer what that is. WE GET TO GUESS. Izuku could be saying "You did stuff just as bad as what you're saying," or "You're STILL not noticing something, Kacchan."

And Izuku taking inspiration from Katsuki's words to go talk to Ochako is meaningful in another way--IT MEANS IZUKU LISTENED TO HIM. Katsuki is having an influence on Izuku in a way to improve who he is just like Izuku did for him in high school. Izuku takes Katsuki's advice seriously. NO ONE HAS EVER GOTTEN HIM TO UNDERSTAND THIS LESSON BEFORE NOW. It ends with Izuku and Ochako deciding to talk more, but what it shows us is the beginning of Izuku considering himself more. If Izuku follows Katsuki's advice long enough, he'll end up back in the competition with Katsuki just like Katsuki expects him to. That is just as easy of a conclusion to make from the theme of "inevitability" that Shouto gives us (and that Izuku also takes to heart).

This ending implies that inevitably Izuku's gonna catch up again, basically. Things will continue to change. So yeah, we get a beginning where he and Ochako meet up to talk, but it's just a beginning. It's one night of chatting. They're seeing if something's there now (which kind of implies that there wasn't much there before), but it's left open-ended. And I think it's left open-ended what happens with Ochako on purpose because anyone can read how that ends up however they like. You just have to decide as a reader what's "inevitable" for Izuku Midoriya from this point on. Me? I've decided Izuku is taking Katsuki's advice to treat people who mean more to him better. Ochako is just the beginning. Izuku has other people in his life he needs to show love to as well (because that's what this is, Izuku is learning to show people that they're important to him, that he loves them, because saving people doesn't do that--he saves EVERYONE). And then maybe he'll start to see how the people who love him treat him special too, like guest SPECIAL (same kanji) LECTURER KATSUKI BAKUGOU.

tl;dr there is a lot left open to interpretation and it's probably on purpose, read the chapter however you like, just like we did with the last chapter.

More Bkdk that I had drawn before yknow

Warrior Cats

Survivor Dogs

Bojack Horseman

Death Note

Brokeback Mountain

The Owl House, Gravity falls, Infinity Train, Scavengers Reign, Over the Garden Wall, etc.

Shows I enjoy getting cancelled or shortened

Warriors Cats

Set building and stage crew in general

My friend group’s comprehensive list of quotes, references, and inside jokes.

1. The owl house

2. Ancient roman warfare and city laws

3. The history of wine and alcohol

4. Weird aerospace engineerin inventions invented durin the cold war (very specific but hey)

5. History of metallurgy

1. The Owl House

2. Music boxes

3. Hermit crabs

4. Undertale/Deltarune

5. Avatar: The Last Airbender

1. Various Spider-Man media (Sam Raimi trilogy and Insomniac games in particular)

2. Detroit: Become Human

3. The Owl House

4. 3D modeling

5. Wax cylinders

Look I know the last one sounds like a joke but it's real it's absolutely real, I will make a whole freaking video about it when I finish my 3D model

1: The Owl House

2: my Roblox Piggy au i made in 2021-22 entirely executed by gcmms (and that whole fandom in general, i miss kittychannelafnan)

3: ALEX G

4: the MOON 🌙

5: Track and Field

tags >:) @calebsrottingcorpse @n0b0dyukn0w @newtknewit

hunter's (toh) trauma and parental figures.

shiny rocks and gems + tiny glass animals

wwwomen

any and all fandoms im in tbh (ex. toh, ii, objectified, she-ra, bfdi ect.)

the lgbtqia+ flags, what they mean & what they represent (i made a slide show on that once!)

1. Feminism

2. One Piece

3. Miraculous : Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

4. Books & Fanfictions

5. Psychology

Ok let’s gooo

1. My Hero Academia

2. Every fact related to queerness (I dedicate this to my fellow friends who must be tired of all my rants about me being gay/trans)

3. My Little Pony (specifically FiM) (gkendodbtbfufbed I could talk about the end of the series and the songs and the character development for HOURS-)

4. The worldbuilding of all my writing projects (including original works AND fanfictions) and specifically talking about it with @unealchimiste in our dms 👀👀

5. The Owl House (Amity my inspiration and Hunter my traumatised baby-)

6. (Because in this house we do NOT respect the rules) the video game·s I’m currently obsessed with (nowadays I don’t have time to play but when I do I play PokemonGo and Bravely Default II :D)

Thanks for sharing (and sorry for tagging you twice Alchimiste- 😭)

1. My Hero Academia - My current favourite media ever. Rejoining this fandom has helped me improve my art and meet amazing people.

2. RWBY - The cornerstone of my creativity. Without this show, I wouldn't be the artist, writer, or singer I am today.

3. Neuroscience/Psychology - There's so many things I want to do involving neurology. I want to help people who struggle with mental disabilities and disorders, and the best way I can is by studying and getting a degree.

4. Art and Music - These are integral parts to my life. I love seeing my characters come to life and singing has always been a huge comfort for me.

5. My friends and mutuals✨ - While I struggle making closer bonds, I do my best to interact with my mutuals as much as I can. They've all supported me in ways I could never fathom and they mean the world to me.