This Image Makes Me Nostalgic (⁠〒⁠﹏⁠〒⁠)

Continuing with my theory of 'Izuku has an Energy/AFO Quirk'

It's exactly like you said Pizrad: Attraction + subtraction + energy storage… but if it didn't only have the aspect of subtraction of AFO but also had the element of transfer of it?…

Thinking ahead, let's say if Izuku continued for a while storing small amounts of energy from various people (either unwittingly at first and then asking permission to do so from people with trouble handling their overly powerful quirks) until he had enough and needed to draw out the excess from his reserves and then had the ability to transfer this excess quirk energy to others, how do you think that would work? For example, if he gave his mother a small quirk boost, remember 'attraction of small objects', then she wouldn't need so many hand movements to attract said objects or she could now attract not only one but several or even larger objects. Do you think it would be like a simple momentary caffeine rush, or would it be something long-lasting? And if it was long-lasting, would that allow people with "weak quirks" (let's take for example some of Izuku's former classmates from Aldera Junior High School)

Well, other young people like these could enter the UA hero course as long as they show Izuku that they deserve to become heroes, right?

That and Izuku's ability to analyze quirks would make him a kind of mentor like All Might or better (like Gran Torino that old man taught Izuku more in a few days than Yagi in months) to help train one or even several future heroes!

That would be my vision for the future if my theory was true and if not, then at least I gave you enough material for fanfics, right?

BUT I STILL BELIEVE IN DAD FOR ONE!

DAD FOR ONE FOREVER!

Ahhh I meant to ask, if you do end up giving thoughts on the leaks, I would LOVE to know your thoughts and this epilogue’s endings for bakugou (obviously!) and ochako as well.. in detail pls hehe

Everyone and their dog apparently wants my thoughts on the chapter, and I have to say I just don't wanna give them in the detail people seem to crave. Look, the chapter is meh. It's just meh. There are some cute things that happen in it and it seems that's at the expense of consistency in the story. They clearly didn't think about the things they were implying hard enough. Oh, Izuku and Ochako just didn't fucking interact for 8 years after high school but NOW Izuku wants to talk more? What about Ochako's school program with children that seems RIGHT UP Izuku's alley? They're both practically pursuing the same thing but apparently never breathe each other's air. Despite not thinking about each other for literal years apparently they're still attracted to each other, which, why? What are they attracted to? They're entirely new people now, they're meeting as adults with quite a few years missing between them? Oh, here's the rankings but also we're gonna give a throwaway line about how they're volatile and useless bUT STILL WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THEM. THEY DON'T MEAN ANYTHING ACTUALLY BUT HERE THEY ARE. Okay let's just imply Himiko is going to be Ochako's voyeur for life.

But worst of all is the weird idea that this is somehow the logical conclusion of the story that came before it. A conclusion should cap off the themes of its story and MAYBE introduce a new question to ponder. The story should LOGICALLY lead to the conclusion. But this conclusion basically turns around and says "Things change when you're an adult. You'll be a totally different person and maybe have new dreams. Except also you may not. Life is normal and boring and dreams sometimes die." What? WHAT????? Where's the theme of service to others? Where's the theme of heroes inspiring the next generation? Why are we implying heroes who are too good at their job will force their job to become unnecessary and die out but then try to prove no wait heroes are still necessary because sometimes people get weird urges to steal cars? What? Whatttt??? So heroes just exist now to be the quirk police basically. This is what all those kids were growing up to be? That's a weird implication after a whole story where the entire adult generation showed a VERY DIFFERENT AND MORE ADMIRABLE BRAND OF HEROISM (except for those that didn't, which was far more interesting than whatever this is). So the future of heroes AND villains is banality? Petty useless shit?

This is why 430 was such a good ending chapter. It DID showcase heroism in a mundane setting that actually had meaning and impact and inspiration. It made Izuku's adult life look like a fulfillment of his dream just in a new way.

In 431, Katsuki Bakugo is the only major character that shows a connection to the story that came before. He's the only one that still dreams of heroism and unity and inspiration, and he still thinks about who Izuku is deep down and resolves to save him from his stupidity AND SUCCESSFULLY DOES IT. He's the only one that resembles the heroic ideal that All Might supposedly instilled in everyone's hearts. MAYBE Ochako does too, but it's for a brief flash and then suddenly we're back on the mundane train (pun not intended) in a bad way.

And Shouto. Shouto can stay because he's the only character who PROPERLY introduces the question of "more to a hero than heroism" in the ending as a conclusion that introduces a new question, but it just...doesn't lead anywhere. I could see a potential path for that to have led the chapter somewhere meaningful, but it didn't.

So I maintain Katsuki is standing there watching on as the only character thinking about how the fuck to inspire people to be heroes again.

In summary, if I consider this the actual conclusion to the whole story, it's ass. I don't want it. It's useless and almost condescending. It's like the chapter is shaming me. How dare I enjoy the 430 chapters that came before, how dare I dream and feel inspired, how dare I expect anything of the concept of "hero" introduced by All Might and then the next one introduced by Izuku? But if I consider it an extra DLC bonus omake what-if didn't-think-too-hard-about-this-I'm-just-spitballing-and-having-fun-or-whatever side comic, fine, whatever, the mundane banality it wants to be succeeds, because I'm bored and I'm ignoring it. I'll have fun with it in fanfic maybe if I feel like it, but I ain't tying this shit into the themes of the actual MHA story. It doesn't belong there.

If that all sounds like more than you bargained for with your ask, it's because I received 30 other asks all wanting me to expand on these points, and so I decided to consolidate them all here. It's just too many asks for me to respond to individually. If I don't answer your ask, random anon reading this, it's because I consider your ask answered well enough.

I've never written a story with my own characters, but I think that would be like having your own children, I mean, they are your creations, and so what kind of parent would want their child to become a mediocre loser instead of fulfilling their dreams by THEIR OWN EFFORT and not by the help of magic machines and "charity" money from others?

Why "Izuku is a UA teacher" doesn't work in the end.

People who tried to defend trash ending use often this argument "Being a teacher in Japan is prestigious and respectable, so Izuku being a teacher in UA is win win for him".

My answer to this: no its not

Problem is not that Izuku is UA teacher. Problem is that Horikoshi portrays this as misery and losing. Izuku is miserable being teacher. He makes sad face, he is lonely, people doesn't recognize him.

But immediately after he recieves an Iron man Suit he smiles again, happy and with all of his classmates again. So, no. Doesn't matter If Izuku is a teacher, he is a loser by 430 narration. Blame Horikoshi for this.

I keep telling that 430 chapter and ending should be different. But somehow Horikoshi changed that in kast minutes and write this sh$t. (I blame Jump)

HORIKOSHI YOU WRETCHED DOG YOU DID IT!

I was about to upload a review for chapter 431, of which there must be many by now, when I found this…

I know it's too long and only the postscript matters…

I think what the damn coolest cretin in history wanted to say with that postscript is that chapter 431 is technically not canonical since it's not part of the original story that for him was until 430, everything in 431 was left to the free will of its characters so they could do and undo whatever they wanted…

Let's say that Horikoshi the damn genius bastard did it and technically created 2 endings, one for each facto bitches!… we have the BKDK ending in 430 which I'll call canonical and the Izuocha ending in 431 which I'll call the alternative ending and everyone can decide which ending they want… see? Both would be canon endings if you want them that way, except that one is the official one and the other is separate, it's like if Horikoshi had to prepare a single cake for two people with different tastes, let's say vanilla and strawberry, then what does he do? A two-tier cake with one layer of one flavor for one and the other for the other person, so everyone eats their favorite flavor! A fucking genius who wanted to avoid the hate of ship wars!

For my part, I'm sticking with the canonical ending just because they held hands, and although we can't see it, to me, the way Katsuki offered it has all the weight placed on chivalry and romanticism…

and with that smile, Izuku obviously accepted.

As for the alternative ending, while it was seen that they held hands, I didn't see it as something romantic, we know that Izuku feels good holding hands like that (red flag, ladies and gentlemen, emotional codependent behavior)

besides it seemed to me like a kind of give me 5 or a way of saying "Hey, I'm here for whatever you need, 'little friend'",

so I took my advice.

Although in reality the only hands that I was interested in seeing were Izuku's AFO hands, instead of avoiding the ship wars, Horikoshi, should have explained to us why Izuku's hands shined like that...

and if he was AFO's son then why did he put it aside as an unsolved mystery and preferred the pairings! Where is my revelation of "Izuku… I am your father"? I just wanted him to confirm my Dad For One! (⁠っ⁠˘̩⁠╭⁠╮⁠˘̩⁠)⁠っ

I still don't like the ending Horikoshi gave Izuku!!

Come on, the guy practically told him again that without a quirk he is completely USELESS as a hero, unless he has enough money to build himself a super mega expensive mechanical suit that emulates all the quirks he lost, as if that skinny 14 year old quirkless boy who started his training on Dagobah beach hadn't lifted a 255 kg All Might on his back or dragged a huge refrigerator along the coast with said 255 kg man on top!

If a quirk is a tool then why would he need an exorbitantly priced multi-quirk emulator armor to be a hero?! Well I'm just say that: "You don't need a super power or a fancy and expensive mechanical suit, If you have the strength, the intelligence, the cunning and the heart to do it Then YOU CAN BE A HERO TOO!"

HAVE A MERRY CHIBI BKDK X-MAS!

Oh? Please, Madam

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.

...and my interpretation which is the correct one is that Katsuki tells Izuku, "Here let me show you how to love people, damnit!" to give him the character development everyone has been begging for him to have for years, to realize that saving people doesn't mean they're special to him if he's known for saving everyone ever, so like, maybe go show them you care in OTHER ways, Izuku, and also I'll be waiting right here for you to come show you love me you jackass (and he does, he does come show him that)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE KAISHIN NORTEÑOS COUSINS! 💎💜💙👓

"La vida (Aoyama) nos hizo primos, pero el Norte (Fandom) nos hizo esposos"

"Life (Aoyama) made us cousins, but the North (Fandom) made us husbands"

The fact that they're cousins ​​isn't going to stop me. It's too late for that. You're 30 years late, Aoyama. And I've NEVER taken the movies as canon (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

So… IN YOUR FACE! HA-HA! (⁠☞⁠^⁠o⁠^⁠)⁠ ⁠☞

Buscando más parecidos "familiares"

Entonces de acuerdo a Gosho ellos también son primos? Misma cara mismo flequillo mismos anteojos 😂🤣

recently have seen people on tiktok be disgusted at people saying they still ship kaishin even after the revealing of them being cousins... Idk about you guys but if I enjoyed a ship for 20 years them being related wouldn't stop me at all