#chapter 360

Afo had his eyes on both bakugou and izuku since their childhood! Only that he thinks highly of izuku and looks down on bakugou.

He knows things of bakugou, he shouldnt be able to know! He knows that bakugou grew up watching all mights victories and that it was his wish to archieve these things someday too. This is a PERSONAL information about bakugous childhood dreams afo CANT know about.... except if he had an informant. An very young, innocent little informant, talking with excitement about that boy with the cool powerful quirk, talking all day how one day he will surpass all might!

"You will always live in midoriyas shadow."

Thats a personal fear of bakugou afo ALSO shouldnt be aware of... except if he watched both boys from afar without them noticing. He saw that bakugou was the one stalking izuku. Not leaving him alone. Abusing him out of his fear of him. Driving to be better then him, without understanding what made izuku better then bakugou!

And it also shows afos clear distaste in bakugou as a person. Not only does he beat him up BADLY, he also openly mocks, insults, humiliates and shames him infront of a lot of other pro heroes, including his "mentor", homeroom teacher and monoma, someone bakugou REALLY doesnt like! And on the other side afo has a HIGH opinion of izuku! Tells bakugou to his face that he will never be as great as izuku! That he will always be nothing more then izukus shadow! That there is nothing noteworthy about him, except his relationship with izuku!

Afo is literally FANBOYING over izuku! If thats not what a proud dad sounds like, I dont know! And it makes perfect sense! As izukus father he would watch over him from afar, playing the normal allday father and husband. He would see how badly bakugou treats izuku, but cant effort to do something, because afo needs to lay his profile low. Doing something to bakugou, could endanger his own family.

So WHO needs to sacrefice his head instead and was turned into a nomou? Little tsubasa, one of bakugous minions and one of the kids who also bullied izuku. And WHO was little tsubasa related too? Right, dr garaki, the most loyal follower of afo! A man who has no problem to use children as his lab rats and sees afo as his god!

Lady Helena Reynolds entered the drawing room next to Princess Jessica, finally relaxing a bit after being so nervous at meeting the reigning monarch and his wife.

“Dinner was wonderful, your royal highness,” Lady Helena said as she walked next to Princess Jessica into the lounge adjacent to the family dining room. “Please extend my compliments to your chef. It was a true delight.”

“I’m sure Monsieur Tremont will appreciate your kind words,” Jessica replied as they sat down. “He so rarely has the opportunity to challenge himself anymore. Growing older, Stephen’s tastes – and I must admit, my own, as well – are fairly simple, so I know he was excited to have a visitor to impress.”

“Well, he certainly did so,” Helena replied. “It’s been such a lovely evening I almost wish it wouldn’t end.”

“Such flattery,” Stephen said, smiling. “Though, I must admit, I’ve truly enjoyed myself as well. Michael has brought young ladies home before – but none have been quite as lovely as you.”

Helena dropped her gaze, nearly blushing.

“So how are you finding life in the city?” Jessica asked. “It must be quite a change from Hemingford.”

“It is,” Helena replied, “though, having spent so many years in Paris after my parents passed, Hemingford was more of an adjustment than Weston. While I enjoyed the peace and beauty, there were times it seemed a bit more bucolic than I might have preferred. At least, until Michael arrived.”

“Of course,” Stephen replied. “Which leads me to my next question. Do you two plan on going public with your relationship?”

“Stephen!” Jessica snapped as Helena dropped her gaze nervously. “That’s none of our business!”

“It is very much our business, my dear,” Stephen said. “If they are serious about this relationship, going public will be a much better option than being found out by the press. Believe me, I learned that lesson with Michael’s mother.”

“That may be, father,” Michael said, crossly. “But I would appreciate you allowing us to determine the next phase of our relationship. When we’re ready to go public, we will – but no amount of pressure from you or the press will push us into it.”

“Suit yourself,” Stephen said. “But I won’t be around forever, Michael. It’s time for you to start thinking about your future. That means a wife and a family. The monarchy requires stability, and it’s your responsibility to provide it.”

“I think we’re all getting ahead of ourselves,” Jessica said, trying to de-escalate the conversation. “Michael and Helena have only recently begun seeing one another. I think there’s plenty of time for them to decide how they want to move forward.”

“Perhaps,” Stephen said, standing. “I apologize if I’ve overstepped. If you’ll excuse me, I should turn in before I say anything more.”

“Father, you don’t have to ….” Michael began.

“Goodnight baroness, Michael,” Stephen said. “I’ll see you upstairs, my dear.”

After Stephen’s departure, the room was silent for a moment.

“Mother, what the hell is going on?” Michael asked quietly. “This behavior is extreme – even for him.”

“I’m not sure, but I intend to find out,” Jessica said. “Now, as far as you two are concerned, I hope you’ll ignore my husband’s comments. Michael, why don’t you show Helena the gardens. They’re actually quite lovely at night.”

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Trauma but not giving up!

Broken but still into the fight!

Beaten but not defeat!

Rather die doing his everything than running away from the war!

Everyone! He is the one who gonna surpass All Might! He is Deku's image of Victory!

Even in this state, he looks so handsome and of course, awesome!

And maybe, new quirk awakening! Look at his sweat make mini explosion!!! ✨️

And for closing this post:

Here Mirio, throwing Bakugou to Best Jeanist in amazing style!

he’s so pretty (★ ω ★)

i also have a new need for tokoyami-todoroki friendship, they look so cute

anyway these ppl are a full mood

i too internally monologue my life in the form of a story when things are going south

alsooo

they’re back! also mirio is finally here lmao

and nejire’s new cut is fabulous, rlly cute

mikey wannabe

speaking of, i think ive let chapters for tokyo revengers pile on long enough, it’s about time i start reading the highschool part

anyway we get a quick explanation of where mirio’s been and why, him on communications honestly makes sense, and I am looking forward to him entering the fight since he can’t be touched with his phasing quirk

and here he come, harsh, not holding back. that’s it, everyone pack up and go home, shiggy has been utterly wrecked lmao.

anyway, i shall finally address the blatant elephant in the room-

bakugou has also been utterly wrecked

i honestly couldnt feel the fear or other emotions the other characters were clearly feeling, just because bakugou dying is something i think is way out there in terms of predictions, but what is certainly on the table is him burning out completely and unable to continue his life as a hero.

clearly he’s getting the hand of shiggy’s moves and attacks,

but with the way things are going, especially since he’s so battered, bakugou will either get a power up or Midoriya will come in the nick of time for Bakugou to team-up with and basically direct him

well, i feel the latter may happen regardless, but the real question is if bakugou will merely get that power up, or if this will be his ‘final stand’ so to speak

this would deny him of everything he’s ever wanted and strived for, which would be a tragedy all on it’s own even if he doesn’t die

on the other hand, i don’t think horikoshi will take this route either because of the absolute beatdown bakugou is getting mentally, not just in the past two chapters but throughout the series. his behaviour and mentality has been questioned and revised and he’s grown a lot as a character, and now we have him and his theoretical absolute lowest, with shiggy taunting him with how he doesn’t care about bakugou and only knows him as deku’s bestfriend

once upon a time this wouldve been THE WORST thing ever for bakugou, but we can see he doesnt even get riled up, still focused on shiggy’s moves

all in all i think bakugou’s grown too much for horikoshi to cut him down now, so everyone can stop worrying!