Katsuki Bakugo: Crushed by Expectation
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- Bakugo is a bully. Bakugo is also a fantastic character and the most Popular Character of MHA.
Weird, huh?
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Great video, though I have my own moment of "hmm..." that got me to think Bakugo was a good character.
I believe Bakugo was #1 in a poll even before his Street fight with Midoria. I will agree it solidifies his characterization, but for me I started to respect and like Bakugo after his fight with Ochako and the conversations had by him, Kirishima, and Cero afterward as well as Present Mic and Eraserhead during the battle.
good points, but this is 14 year old development stuff... cant say MHA has no deeper points but its still just a shoenen... immature and shallow compared to even some other anime like HxH, aot, or death note ect, the classics. MHA has yet to earn me over and Bakugo is still an annoying arrogant crybaby twat. Waaaa i cant bully ppl no more waaaaaaaaa poor me i have problems but dont see anyone elses waaaaaaaa! Bakugo is written cheaply and its about as obvious and shallow as can be. As you said yourself, anyone could predict what was up with his character long ago, theres nothing next level deep or intelligent about him.... its just a bully learning veeery slowly not to be a dick, and failing to do so most the time. wow so deep
I agree that HxH, death note, and AoT have brilliant character writing, even better than MHA at many points. Those stories explore very different themes and character dynamics than MHA though. While it might not speak to you personally, Bakugou’s story arc speaks to a lot of people because his struggle is one than many people have experienced. It’s cathartic to watch this shithead of a kid learn, repent, and grow in ways a lot of people wish they had experienced at that age. Likewise, Deku’s arc is also one that speaks to many people in a different, but equally grounded in real life way. You get the sense that these characters are true to life teenagers in a way that many anime characters are not. I love MHA and Bakugo in particular because this story and this character show a stepping stone between flawed self image and the aspirations of heroism and personal growth. His story inspires a lot of people to not give up on ourselves or give in to crushing outside expectations, but to try, try, and try again to become better people.
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It's weird, but there's actually a very common situation that creates people like Bakugo (not in the bully sense, but in the superiority/inferiority battlefield within his mind). Being raised by a single mom that compliments you too often embeds a very similar false sense of self consciousness which is shattered by reality and the perceptions of other people. It creates a duality of self loathing and self praise manifesting as a bipolar fight between neurotic and egotistic behavior.
It's almost like you wonder if you're mentally handicapped and everyone praises the things you do because of it. Like, "Am I actually a vegetable and everyone is just patronizing me?" It's a complete rejection of your own sense of self-consciousness that you can only "test" through self-harm or violence in order to gauge what is "real".
Bakugo's character speaks to people without his environment being a mirror to theirs. It's a masterwork towards understanding perspective, aggression, and "confidence". Bakugo has Impostor Syndrome and he knows it, which is why he's constantly trying to gauge where he stands in relation to others, coming out in the form of aggression.
Oceaniz I honestly didn't give shit I was just happy to see him open up and all that development crap. Good video by the way.
Also vegeta and sasuke has had this moment's you just tp re watch and pay attention a little more. Like the fight in the valley of end I. Naruto. And Goku vs kid buu.
The harsh comments of Bakugo's mother, "if he wasn't so weak he wouldn't have gotten caught" hurt Bakugo alot more than he let on at the time.
Char Turned-Up Facts man
I noticed that too, and when she said “people began to question if he deserves the quirk”
Char Turner it’s sad to hear but it’s also how she tried to keep him grounded.
The reason why it hurts is because is true and there was no way he would have ever overcome this if he didn't face it so she wasn't entirely at fault. Although it's true she could have been more delicate about this stuff but that's just not how the bakugo family works
His mom is an asshole and she’s the reason for his behavior
I think the core of the conflict is that Bakugo was raised to value his powers. He wasn't raised to value *himself*. And now that his powers don't stand out anymore, he doesn't have anything in himself to value. That's why he thinks All Might's retirement was his fault.
Another thing to put on Quirk Society and demand change from.
@@deismaccountant To be fair, that's not a quirk-based-society-exclusive issue. You could replace his stand out quirk with any positive aspects a person may exhibit, and you'll find even in the real world being valued for only a couple of your assets over and over can turn them into an inescapable cage for anyone.
Lenore Miller sorry.......I just had to screenshot what your comment.... *claps slowly out respect*
Very true, this is what I know from my personal experience. I found out too late that I relied on my talents too much as a child and once my peers started to surpass me in those fields, I was left with almost nothing to value in myself. I assume Bakugou's case is similar. It's hard to accept becoming someone "average" if you've always been used to being "the best" or at least "better than most".
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Holy shit, that’s me, too
Funny thing I noticed about Bakugou: Ever since that first training match with Deku he's been getting more and more careful with his quirk & trying to make sure he doesn't hurt anyone with it. Both Deku's arms got hurt in that match - one from using OfA, but the other from Bakugou and arguably just as badly. Watch his body language, especially his face. He doesn't freak out only because he lost; when the smoke clears he sees for the (possibly)first time what sort of harm he could really do to other people, and he's horrified. In the tourney he freaks similarly after he KOs Todoroki. His voice catches, he nearly stumbles. His opponent is dead limp - possibly actually dead... After such a huge attack with no counter it would be a real possibility. One could even argue his dialogue from that scene betrays the fear that he's accidentally killed someone, and his future as a hero by proxy.
Agentofthe1Truth thank you
Just to add to this, literally anything and everything of the Uraraka fight
Agentofthe1Truth THANK U IM GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT NOTICED
Oh my god.........I didn't even notice that.
I didn’t notice that either he’s my favorite character along with deku shoto and all-might
It doesn't help everyone refers to him as "The kid who was attacked by the sludge villain."
especially when bakugo was raised to overvalue quirk and power
and "the kid who got kidnapped by the league"
@@sandman_2004 his reputation keep getting worst 😂
and then his mom called him weak for being kidnapped
better than being the kid that was told to kill himself
It's also worth pointing out that his "winning proves your strength" mentality seems to come from his mother who blamed his weakness for getting captured in the first place and forcing everyone to go through the hassle of saving him, so some of his characterization does come back to his parents.
Exactly. Bakugo used the same words to express his hurt that his mother used to criticize him.
Good point.
At the same time however, she probably did this on purpose with the goal of helping him get more grounded.
It seems counter-intuitive. Yet I think she also did that in an attempt to keep him more grounded and from getting too arrogant.
She was one of the few people that knowingly _didn't_ praise him, while everyone else kept telling him how great he was.
Kind of the opposite of what the usual mother would do, lol.
Yet something that shows she probably knows him in fact very well and can see through his attitude.
What the hell is up with his mom anyway? Can I hear a "Victim Blaming"? Her son goes through an extremely traumatic experience and all she has to say in response is: "Oh well, it was his fault for being weak." Fuck that! That's some toxic bullshit.
@@LinkEX Get more grounded? That might have been helpful earlier, but RIGHT AFTER being KIDNAPPED is NOT the right time to be trying to tear somebody down. PERIOD.
I remember in the training camp ark Bakugo was cutting some carrots, efficiently, and Uraraka was suprised by this. And his response was ¨What, did you EXPECT(or was it think?) that I would suck at this?!¨. A scene to show that it goes not only in all the hero stuff or quirks, its in his every day life.
lol I know this is a whole year later but hear me out, in season 4 (SPOILERS for s4 btw) when Bakuboi plays the drums for the school festival and they tell Uraraka, she does this again (being surprised I mean). Also this time including Deku, Tsu and even his best friend Kirishima. And after everything that’s happened to him he probably took this to heart as well because it’s obvious at this point he still blames himself. No hate to Uraraka tho she just doesn’t know any better
I feel like sometimes Bakugo may only think that some people value him just for his quirk so they don't think of him as anything else but a flashy quirk
@@lordpickle912 does he still think he's the reason of All Might's ending?
Duru Torun oh yeah, definitely.
We get to see his perspective in some newer chapters and... yeah. He doesn’t outwardly say it but it’s clear he still feels like shit about it
@@julietf3360oh no that's awful, he was always my favorite character and i hate seeing him put so much pressure on himself all the time! I hope he can fully understand that he wasn't responsible of it.
some of the people here were never built up as a child only to have it crumble around you when you hit high school and honestly it shows
Flash 314 I’m a early bloomer I crumbled at middle school
**crumbled in third grade**
whoA that shit hurted, i’m in this picture and i don’t like it lolol
If this was a tweet, I'd reply to it with that "I'm in this photo and I don't like it" reaction image! But really though, high school was a big slap to my face, and my confidence has never been worse. It made me finally realise I couldn't just get by on my natural intelligence, and there were so many people who were better than me academically, athletically, and creatively. But that's life, and we have to find ways to overcome the "child prodigy" burnout :\
I've always been beaten down so highschool has just been that but (x2) :)))))
"I sometimes forget that you are children"
All fanartists
Fictional Children.
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Lol seriously
@@moonlitequimby847 children nonetheless
People be really be angry when and underage girl gets sexualised but no one bats an eye when an underage boy gets treated the same way, fictional or not.
The most shocking thing was also the anime version of "stay away deku"
Everyone expected him to say it in a 'refusing to get saved from deku again' -tone.
Yet it ended up being said in a 'you'll get in trouble/more hurt/you cant save me so dont try' kinda way.
Like damn
dude it makes sense
ALSO he says it softly while being taken away, but when Deku reminisces about it in the hospital, in his mind Katsuki sounds harsh and rejecting, only bc he saw it that way, altho it's understandable why he'd think that
It’s happening over and over again. He’s starting to reveal who he really is and how he really feels underneath the mask and the walls he’s built up around himself.
Major examples of this can be seen in the newest manga chapter (spoilers!!!!) when these happen:
Bakugou: Well? What is it? Did you figure something out about One for All?
All Might: *Not yet.*
All Might: I don’t want to speculate and talk about things I’m not sure of... because I’m worried for him... you are too.
Bakugou: ...
Bakugou: he just... deep down, he doesn’t take himself into account, y’know? He’s always been like that. And now that he can do so much more... something doesn’t feel right. It makes me want to keep him at arm’s length. Back then, I ignored my own weakness... so I ended up bullying him.
All Might: but now you’re sincerely helping out with his training. That’s your way of trying to atone... right?
(Bakugou’s implying here that Deku has no reason to still want to be friends with him, and yet he’s trying. That doesn’t feel right to him and he sees it as self-sacrifice from deku’s perspective due to the years he spent bullying him.)
Then there’s also:
“DEKU!! WAIT!! YOU’RE THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE FURTHEST FROM THAT GUY!!! ‘ERASURE’ IS ALREADY GONE!!!”
So yeah. Bakugou’s extremely concerned for deku’s lack self-preservation skills-
Ikr
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It also helps that Bakugo respected Uraraka as a worthy opponent when everyone else was treating her like a frail little girl. That gets sympathy and respect for him from the audience.
"What part of her was frail?"
Really, everyone was judging him for "beating a helpless little girl", meanwhile he just tries to not lose against a literal meteor shower. That fight was so cool
Then resulted in a bunch of crazy people shipping them when they never interacted before or since
@@MurasakiTsukimaruTbf I prefer their shippers to Bk haters
Yeah, it was that fight that made me realize Bakugo was more than just a thug but a companate strategist
praise is like a medal, you put it around your neck show it off and you get to feel slightly above others for a while.
But too much praise repeated over and over every day for years becomes expectations, the medal gets heavier and heavier till its not hanging around your neck its dragging down your head, you cant see others you can just see whats beneath, and eventually.... you'll fall to the dirt, and everyone will see and will be shocked dissapointed, or maybe some won't, maybe some saw it coming but didn't warn you, that the medal wasn't there anymore. You aren't wearing a medal anymore, around your neck there is only a chain tying you, TRAPPING you to the expectations of others, and the expectations you've chained yourself to your beliefs.
Bakugo's chain has trapped him in his beliefs, and in the disapointement that comes with failure....
i did not think that i would get that deep
Edit: Thx for the likes
and okay kinda weird connection, but Baku's always hunched over right??
Well he might feel the weight of excpactations shoved on himpulling him down, or not just a rando connection
Damn, I really like your comparison.
@@0rinano thanks i did not mean to go that deep
That’s a beautiful analogy for him damn XD
And with that I think of the medal that he tried not to take in the tournament arc but was forced upon him anyway.
@@Lightning-ik3so holy shoot i did not think of that, you are so right
Props to the voice actor of Bakugo, he nails those lines. The desperation and shaking in his voice really made the scene incredible.
So I've noticed some people are talking about subs and dubs, so here's my unnecessary two cents.
I watch them both, but hearing the dialog is English always makes it feel more personal to me, like with Attack on Titan (absolutely brutal in season 2, definitely check it out). Of course, some shows got voice actors that I really can't stand (Luffy from One Piece dub) so I just watch the sub for those.
Seriously. One can argue subs vs dubs all day, but the VA killed it with that performance.
...I'm so used to subs that the dub cracked me up more than make me sad xD tho tbh both dub and sub of Bakugo feels weird to me
its weird for me when i hear both the sub and english dub the tone and pitches and voices are so close and yet it's 2 different VAs. its amazing. both amazing
To me personally I loved both English and sub but I read the manga.
i love how both the sub and dub of BNHA is really just equally fantastic, in their own rights.
I'm surprised you left out the moment where, to me, our expectations of Bakugou were first subverted. Aka, when he refused the league of villains. In fact I'm a little disappointed that you left out the whole reason why Bakugou was kidnapped and how it must have affected him, and how it must have added to the pressure that made him crack.
First, on expectations: sure, we technically in the text had no reason to suspect that Bakugou, based off of his ideals, would have gone with the villains. However I don't know about you, but I ended up leaning on my genre knowledge and expecting him to turn in the pursuit of power based on his violent actions and ambition. Which is, of course, EXACTLY why the LoV kidnapped him at all! They paid no attention to him as an individual with ideals and emotions. They saw him as a violent angry kid, just like the audience did. I fully expected Bakugou to pull a Sasuke, and then he DIDNT. That was the moment I and many other people started to suspect that maybe Bakugou was more than just an angry explosive bully, and I think that his emotional outburst at Deku would have had less impact without that previous setup.
Second, God, imagine what that did to him. First he's chained up and muzzled in front of the entire nation of Japan. Second the hero who's supposed to mentor him refers to him as a feral beast. Then finally, third, he's kidnapped and subjected to the reality that the entire world sees him not as a hero, but as a potential villain.
Imagine what that does to a child.
idk why but i knew from the start of that arc that he wouldn't turn to dark side. honestly, from the first episodes of the series i didn't find bakugou repulsive, except maybe for that one comment about taking a swan dive off the roof to deku which is, yeah, he better apoligise for that soon enough. maybe it's just cuz we could see kacchan thro deku's eyes, and he seemed to know him better than anyone, and still didn't hate him. also, thing that seemed to strike me right from the get go, when bakugou is attacked by the sludge, stranded and choked for what, 20 minutes and still fighting him off? the first thing the adult heroes do? fucking praise him for how powerful his quirk is. not a single person there is concerned with his well being or any of that. he's 14 at the time! imagine what that does to a child, indeed
maybe it's the setbacks of the type of society that he lives in. but that can't be healthy, not even for a future hero.
My thoughts exactly. I really thought he was gonna pull a Sasuke and I love villains so I was totally okay with it lol
But it's definitely different him acting like a villain at times yet being on the hero side
"genre knowledge" aka we all watched Sasuke betray Naruto and the village to pursue power. I find it interesting that Sasuke fought Naruto before the final betrayal whereas Bakugo stayed loyal but then fought Deku.
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Bakugou is the extreme version of the "gifted" kid that has a breakdown when he realizes he is not the only one that has potential to be great
Actually, to be honest, I always understood Bakugo from the beginning. For some reason I was always able to relate to him (even though I'm actually a pretty meek personality). I saw all those deeper parts of him but I always found it hard to explain to other people why I liked him so much. I was expecting the breakdown scene and was extremely excited to finally see it happen. So I wasn't caught off guard nor did I feel like I had my expectations thrown in my face. I'm not saying this to sound arrogant like I know everything, this is just my personal experience with the character that seems to be different from what most people had (as the video claims). I don't know why. He was always my favorite. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I myself have been faced with absurdly high expectations and praise my whole life. I am intimately familiar with that pain. Also I am an emotionally turbulent mess like Bakugo is. He's just more open about it than most people. It's almost cathartic. I always saw (and still see) that Bakugo is actually a sweet boy deep down. Many might think "sweet boy" is an exaggeration for a personality like Bakugo's but I really think it's true. There's a reason why his nickname is something as cute as "Kacchan" and it's not just to establish a childhood friendship. It's because it's cute as fuck and ironically suits him.
Bakugo was raised to measure his own worth (and that of others) by their power and success. He was never raised to value himself for his character or his own actions. As a result, his entire sense of self worth and self esteem is tied to "being the best." Without that, he has nothing. His entire sense of self disintegrates and his self esteem is destroyed, to the degree that it's incredibly damaging and dangerous. By the time Bakugo and Deku have their fight, Bakugo genuinely hates himself and sees himself as worthless.
I tend to be drawn toward characters like him a lot, the ones that nobody likes because they have nasty personalities or are problematic for one reason or another, but I can see they're actually just incredibly wounded and flawed people underneath. And maybe the fact that nobody likes them, either in real life or in the story, is part of it too. I've gone through life being generally disliked and ostracized by a lot of people. Being disliked and misunderstood by most people is probably the pain I'm most familiar with. That and feeling worthless, which Bakugo does at one point. There's nothing worse. Nothing worse than losing one's sense of worth or one's identity. And Bakugo, on top of that, is an emotionally distraught adolescent, like you said. Adults are one thing but I will always defend a child from people hating on them for being children, falling victim to societal pressures they're born into, having a tough time dealing with their extremely volatile emotions, and making the mistakes that children make. Plus he's a total flamboyant drama queen, to the max. I stan.
I just...beautifully put. Also, same.
Totally agree. What people seem to forget that Bakugo is still 16. hes still growing is still a kid
I agree with this so much...
Same... really well said though!
just
same
i dont even how to formulate what i want to say...but this was beautifully written.
@Kevin Crotty ew, u saying cringe is cringe. shut up
@Kevin Crotty 🤮
@Kevin Crotty yes it is. s h u t
@Kevin Crotty If you don't have something Nice to say, then don't speak.
@Kevin Crotty your cringe
One of the simplest reasons why anti-heroes are popular is because they deal with the struggle to be good a lot more realistically than the straight-laced protagonist. The protagonist is usually someone for who doing the right thing 'comes naturally' which isn't outside of the realm of possibility but still makes it feel like the struggle to become/be a better person is skimmed over/neglected. Even when the protagonist has to deal with their own shortcomings on an ethical level it's usually portrayed flatly: it ends up looking like their negative traits are a) not a part of their true self, b) never actually a problem, or c) not even negative, just neutral traits looked at from a negative angle.
i mean discrimination is bad but when there's this type of alien who appears to attack your own people at every opportunity it's not exactly a sign of evil if you don't like that type of alien. And even then usually the protagonist is the one who somehow is above that dislike/distrust which just goes to show how protagonists tend to be nearly supernaturally good-natured.
The vast majority of people want to be morally upright and do a fair job of it under normal circumstances, but we're always struggling with our own flaws (even in small ways) and our ability to be good is limited by upbringing, culture, experience and circumstances. The protagonist who almost always gets it right may be nice to watch as a symbol of ethical success but is hard to sympathize with, even when they have those one or two scenes where they mess up just to show that they're not perfect despite their ridiculously good track record and the fact that those mistakes tend to be heavily mitigated in the long run.
The morally ambiguous character is a lot better in that department because with the morally ambiguous character (MAC) the evilness isn't treated as some supernatural force or irrelevant minor flaw which doesn't affect the character most of the time. The MAC's less stellar traits are as natural a part of them as the good traits, and influence their overall behaviour and image just as much (rather than just being attached for the appearance of depth). They also do a better job representing the dilemma people often run into that they find themselves in a situation where there doesn't appear to be a perfect answer and you just have to make do and shoulder the responsibility and the consequences.
So the popularity of the MAC is often based on the fact that they face the same struggles as ourselves (in a broad sense) instead of being pure good by nature which at best is a somewhat flat source of inspiration and at worst depicts most people as being wrong/inferior for having such struggles to begin with even though reality just isn't that simple.
On a side note I do believe that Bakugou still wants to be praised, but he wants to be praised when he actually deserves it and due to what has happened he doesn't believe that he deserves any of the praise he's been getting.
Your last paragraph makes so much sense when we consider how he reacted to his Sports Festival win.
I agree but, I would not go as far as to say that Bakugou is an anti-hero though. That's just me.
@@edwardelric2905 I think they were just using ‘anti-hero’ as the closest reference since a lot of people dislike bakugou because of his behavior (whether its continued or not) and think his behavior relates more with a villain rather than a hero. But I agree, I wouldn’t necessarily put him in the ‘anti-hero’ category.
@@edwardelric2905 The thing with being an anti-hero is you don't have to be the villain, or evil in any way. The anti-hero is just the one who provides an opposing side to the hero.
Honestly I was clued in on Bakugo from his fight with Ochaco Uraraka. This was the first moment I went "he's got more going on on a deeper level" and I re-evaluated my feelings on him. In taking her seriously and giving her respect and calling her by name he cemented the fact that he was paying attention to everyone and comparing himself to them. This made me think back on him comparing himself to Todoroki when they did their hero vs villain challenges and his fight with Deku. It recontextualized everything. Truthfully I should have seen it first from his encounter with Todoroki and Deku where he feels inferior to Todoroki and Deku beats him for the first time. That was the first point it clearly showed this side of him that we all ignored because all we saw is the bully.
By the time Explanation Point made his subs vs dubs video I had almost made it full circle to his conclusion, which ended up predicting Bakugo's moment and character well before the show had him break.
yeah me to... That fight with Ochaco really solidified him as one of my favorites. That and ... some other more tiny scenes during the Sports festival. (Like when he gets angry that Shoto doesn't even see him as a rival, when he quietly listens to their Shoto's and Izuku's conversation, when he analyzed Shoto's quirk and mostly when he was almost breaking down after Shoto essentially threw the fight.) Yes, mostly there was the battle with Ochaco and how he acknowledegd her. But that arc itself did wonders for me liking Bakugo :D
Of course I did not expect everything to happen quite like that, but I always thought All Might's loss of power would hit Bakugo especially hart. Same thing that I never thought he'd become a villain.
I literally kinda predicted there was gonna be a whole lot more than going on with him when i read the first page of manga. Idk why tho. Maybe I also "expected" it from Horikoshi, from Katsuki. Now I didn't summon the whole storyline or something but when I read the page i thought most of the fandom will see him as a bully, ain't they? Because I don't believe there is only one word expressing someone's character I immediately thought at some point he would get a 180, or should I say, our thoughts on him would.
“I wouldn’t call that girl frail” cemented my opinion on him. I stan ^__^
Uraraka vs. Bakugo is one of my favorite fights in the series because of how much it plays with our ideas of the roles those characters fill. As an audience, we think that the fight is going to be a squash match that might give Midoriya or Iida motivation to beat Bakugo, and all through the fight, it looks like Bakugo is just toying with her as she constantly runs head first into a metaphorical brick wall. And then Uraraka reveals her plan, and we realize that Bakugo was fighting so defensively the whole battle because he has been paying attention. He knows that Uraraka is friends with Midoriya, and so suspects that Midoriya gave her advice or an out of the box strategy to beat him. Although Midoriya tried to offer advice, Uraraka turned it down, and the plan she had in the arena was entirely her own. She forced Bakugo to go all out, and that is why he respects her.
I also think that Bakugo's visceral reaction to getting first in the Sports Festival isn't just because Todoroki didn't go all out, but because Todoroki went all out against Midoriya and not himself. if Bakugo beat Todoroki when both of them were going all out, and Todoroki beat Midoriya when both of them would go all out, it would mean that Bakugo is the strongest. However, if Bakugo can't force Todoroki to go all out, but Midoriya can, then Bakugo is forced to consider the possibility that he isn't stronger than Midoriya, or that there is something that he's missing.
@@jordanholt9170 do people forget that he doenst attack her even once during the whole battle? Instead of the agressive frontal assault he used against Todoroki and Tokoyami he just stood there waiting for her. So the whole "taking her seriously", "respecting her as an opponent", "dont take her lightly just because she is a girl" is just a lot bullshit xd in fact after the fight he even says to Deku "you give her that plan didnt you, it was your idea" he didnt even saw her capable of coming up with a strategy on her own and he never took her seriously.
What’s brilliant about this moment is that plenty of people DID see it coming. My cousin and I both yelled at Deku for being so blind when we saw his reaction to Bakugo’s monologue. Like “of course he’s upset, everything he’s done has been a result of his inferiority complex!”
The hints to his true nature are visible all throughout the season, his constant outbursts are clearly born from insecurity, not genuine confidence, and some viewers saw that. It’s been really cool to see more and more people grow to like bakugo over time as more and more hints like these have been dropped. That scene in his fight with Deku was just the first time he vocalized his feelings, rather than forcing the audience to intuit what he’s feeling.
thank you for writing this, it's been the same for me (although this probably sounds like one of those "I'M BETTER I SAW IT COMING I'M SMARTER THAN YOU!" comments, i've been impatiently waiting for this moment ever since the sports festival, and how he reacted to the todoroki and deku sitiuation. I felt like i knew that katsuki was changing, he was already a person in my mind, so i wanted him to overcome his issues and become a decend human being. so when it finally happened, Instead of being shocked, i was relieved that katsuki finally got his emotions to someone who would listen and accept them. I felt really rewarded for thinking of him as a person from so early on, as it felt deeply personal. sry for my incoherent ramblings, have a nice day!
PS. great video oceaniz
I noticed nothing even after I watched the fight I just thought “what??” And during I was saying in my head “just cry already and get this done with you don’t need to make a massive deal about this” I really skimmed this anime I don’t even remember allmights line or notice half the lines bakugou said let alone analyse it
Tourmelion nothing wrong with that, some shows evoke a stronger response from different people. I personally really relate to the main character and I’m a very analytical person in general, so I analyze the crap out of this show. But I can also see how it would be a forgettable shonen for others
inferiority complex? last time I checked he had a superiority complex, especially when begin compared with Deku
@@peynnep6483 he had a superiority complex due to all the praise he got, at the start of the series. But after the sludge villain, his losses and Deku's powers coming into play, the illusion was shattered and he has been feeling inferior ever since.
The word you were looking for to define Bakugou is "Pressure:"
- Pressure through expectation/s
- Pressure as a means to an explosion
- Pr essure of Self-ideal/s
-Pressure of emotional repression
He looks like the release of pressure (by means of am explosion) but his natural state is in the form of pressure around 75-80% of the time he is sitting/idling in a seemingly inactive state whilst internal and external forces build-up.
Which also explains why he’s most calm & rational when he’s in a real fight or really using his quirk, releasing that pressure.
still can't get over how his abuse over deku get's ignored. He's a good character but there's no repurcussions for him, doing what he did. Even as children you get punished, bullying is not condoned, yet people's defence for bakugo is "He was a child, children make mistakes" as if children don't get punished for their mistakes. He has never shown remorse for bullying deku, yes he doesn't do it anymore but does that mean he's sorry for doing it? They even gave the backstory for bakugo, which yes it makes sense for bakugo's character and his actions have some form of reasoning (albeit screwed, not helped by the unethical school of aldera, but that's beside the point), it also comes off as victim shaming, cause it's sorta framed as deku not understanding bakugo, Which doesn't really take away what bakugo did, just gives some context. In the end it's just something that nags me at the back of my mind, because it's not like horikoshi doesn't look at dark themes and stuff, but he adamantly refuses to acknowledge deku's mental state and childhood trauma to keep him as the same bland shonen protagonist. Might be the one thing fanfiction actually does better than the source material. Like imagine people calling you useless for 15 years and (implied) physically abuses and attacks you (dunno if it's everyday) with teachers (seemingly) ignoring it, it would be damaging to your mental health. hell bakugo suicide baits deku, you can say he doesn't mean it but it's suicide baiting all the same. Like i don't get why that stuff gets ignored in the story.
@@limdoo6473 I understand your point and your frustration, I would also like to see an acknowledgment and an apology for the past from Bakugou in the future, but I would like to offer up another perspective on why I think it probably will not happen in the story or it will happen much much later on rather than right now.
I myself was bullied the same as Deku by a close friend for around the same amount of time and escalation; In real life, these things are rarely addressed, you just sort of both grow up, sweep it under the rug and some people will say they're sorry, but not what for, and others just don't acknowledge it at all...but the guilt for the bully and the trauma for the bullied remain all the same. You feel the bully's guilt in the silences in conversation, like there is something they actually want to say but can't.
I did not get an apology until 3 years after the bullying stopped when we did a group exercise where everyone in the cohort sits down with their eyes closed, and one by one you take turns to be the one person in the middle that goes around and pick a person to apologize to for something you haven't apologized for yet. It is easier to say you are sorry when you have full control over the situation to do so without any feedback and Bakugou knows best that Deku always has something to say, so it would be even harder for him.
You also have to remember that in this story it has only been a bit over a year since Bakugou genuinely started trying to be a better person (even though it has been years longer for us). I think by the time they are full-grown adults there may come a point where they can talk more freely and it can be mentioned in passing by Bakugou if Deku even makes it to that age, or it may happen after Deku's death (ie. not at all in the relationship that Deku knows about). I would be astonished if Bakugou has the emotional availability to be able to apologize before the age of 23, but who knows, it may happen.
Either way, I think you can tell in the story currently by Bakugou's acknowledgment of Izuku and his attempts at better communication with Izuku, that he understands that he has not been "the best version of himself" and is trying to do better, Deku sees it and knows it, and to be honest that feels just as amazing as the apology because you know the cycle stops here and no one else gets hurt the way you were by the person who did it to you.
I definitely think a few of your points also apply perfectly to how people look at Midoriya. People look at his crying as him being a big baby, or him consistently breaking his limbs as a sign he isn’t getting better or growing. When he’s just like Bakugo in that he’s still a kid who went through a life of bullying and negative expectations about his future. Any thoughts on that? This video is the best I’ve seen on Bakugo honestly, and I really loved how you explained everything! Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much for the kind words!
I fully agree on your point on Midoriya and would even go further - the misunderstanding of shonen characters is a problme that pervades all kinds of series. People constantly forget that these are kids. It's simply a natural dissasociation that happens - we see these characters go through inhumanely tough situations or how they perform feats of superhuman strenght, so its easy for people to forget that most of them are not even technically allowed to go to most movies alone. It sucks, but due to how Shonen is (almost always) based around power fantasy, this isn't gonna change soon.
Which gives guys like me topics for videos.
So everything works out :)
Thanks again and Take care!
Dude he is the mc he ought to have a better life than any one actually that's why he is better at everything even failing dude he even got all the hot chicks love him for some dumb fuck reason and he still thinks he is bad? I don't like him at all
I love deku but when it comes to deku squad's characters by themselves after a couple minutes I get bored like: "PLEASE CHANGE CHARACTERS OR ADD SOMEONE ELSE YOURE FUCKING CARDBOARD!" But with bakugou he is always with kirishima, kaminari, todoroki, and obviously midoriya. Kirishima and kaminari are literally puppies and bright so it's nice to see them interact with someone so grumpy. It's fun to see todoroki beat him into submission with friendship and the growth with bakugou mainly comes from kirishima and deku but deku goes deeper. But bakugou by himself is just angry faces in the background they're extremely funny. Kirishima by himself isnt bland neither is kaminari why? Because they're character flaws hasn't been fully established but we know everyone from the dekusquad and bakugou's flaws so it's boring they really truly need other people. But back to my point, midoriya is by himself alot and it's his point of view but he ends up repeating himself alot: "if I cant wash the dishes how can i call myself a hero?-" just...please sit down please just wash the damn dishes
yeah, thank god he didn't killed himself when Bakugo told him to do so.
@@KeltkeGH I don't really think that Izuku was extremely affected by that comment. He seems to be quite understanding of bakugou and how he functions. I'm not saying that it didn't hurt him at all, it probably stung quite a bit, but Izuku didn't even show any true reaction to it like "maybe bakugou is right" in fact he said that bakugou shouldn't say things like that because what if he was actually that close to the edge voicing concern for bakugou despite bakugou hating him. There's a major difference between bakugou and midoriya. Midoriya has always been torn down but he's never given up because he has belief in himself, meanwhile bakugou was always praised for how amazing he was and now everything he was ever taught and told is crumbling to bits. Bakugou literally doesn't have any sense of self worth outside of his quirk and seeing that he isn't as great as he thought he is over time was slowly breaking him. While midoriya started at nothing and built himself up, he has a sense of self worth and wants to make it to the top despite what people taught him and he had a support system through his mother who told him he could still be a hero. Bakugou's mother called him weak and an inconvenience to people because he was kidnapped, which is traumatizing. Midoriya has definitely gone through some stuff because of the bullying but he fought through it and even tried to get close to bakugou. Also bakugou is a child, he doesn't know any better. Doesn't make what he said right, but when you're constantly unpunished by actions that are bad. you don't see anything bad about said actions. I actually personally think that bakugou would have been completely crushed if Midoriya did commit suicide, finally realizing that his actions did have serious consequences. Bakugou would not have just pushed Midoriya's suicide aside as if it was nothing, he would have been deeply affected. Izuku probably knew this too which is why he was telling off bakugou for saying such things in his head. Sure Midoriya is kind of a crybaby, but he's strong when it comes to his emotions. He may not have had a father but he grew up with constant love and support from his mother. Bakugou didn't have that kind of support through his parents. His father was a bit of a pushover and his mother put impossibly high expectations on a child for years. I personally don't see Midoriya as being as affected with how he was treated(doesn't mean that he wasn't affected at all, he most likely was but not to the extent of actually thinking about suicide) while bakugou shows a much more emotional and regretful side of himself after realizing everything. I actually kind of view it as a misinterpretation of Izuku's character when he's depicted as overly depressed or suicidal when that just isn't true. Midoriya definitely went through some psychological issues because of the bullying but it wasn't as extreme as bakugou finally lashing out after everything he went through
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Am I the only one who saw Bakugou's break down coming?
From the moment I saw the All for One fight, and All Might lost his powers, I said to myself, "This is probably eating Bakugou up inside." Maybe I just didn't see him as a typical bully character or maybe it's because I'm around the same age as these characters, but I was honestly surprised when I found out people didn't expect this to happen.
No you are not ! I don’t think it is a question of the audience’s age but their ability to understand and empathize with fictional characters ! For me , I had the sense that he was always hiding that third dimension somewhere !
Agree with the opinion above.
Imo, All HeroAca characters are nuanced. There are a lot of depth in them if one is willing to step back, remove all prejudices to see them objectively, and put them into perspective. Bakugo is the first instance of this kind of emotional vulnerability. We'll get Deku's and Kirishima's in the next season. And seriously, it's gonna be awesome.
He has shown signs since he freaked ot at the sports festival.
I didn’t get any of them I kinda just skimmed it
I knew it......i don't know how but i just saw it coming......or i was just waiting for it to come
I think you missed one piece in your video. as you said, bokugo was born with amazing quirk and everyone in his school looked up to him. But onces he got into UA, things were different. there was other people with awesome quirks, no one really treated him like he was a big shot, even though he did score number 1 on the entrance exam. there was a scene that the kids were in a bus and they was teasing bokugo as well. adding to that, during the sports festival vs ochako, he gave it his all out of respect for his fellow classmate to even say under his breath when they were questing why he was going so rough on someone weak he replied " what part of her was weak" . I was watching bokugo ever since this scene and i expected him to break down sooner or later because no one can live with so much pressure especially a child who just started high school.
True
that moment he said "what part her is weak" is when I really started to fall in love with his character
Same, the whole Uraraka vs Bakugou fight was the first moment that Bakugou's character struck me, and gave me the hints that there was more to him than I thought. I immediately got SO much respect for him when he said "what part of her was weak." With this suddenly, he showed himself to be mature and respectful enough to take Everyone, even seemingly soft and sweet Uraraka, seriously. (This is badass to me and I was getting so mad when both boys And girls were booing Bakugou over seemingly beating up Uraraka because OF COURSE Uraraka is tough, she is in the hero course and a woman or ANY person can be sweet and bubbly and still be strong. Cough Cough Midoriya). I was still very struck by the moment he broke down from his guilt over All-might's retirement. Even though I was always waiting for the moment to see more from him, it was still shocking and intense when it happened.
Bakugo doesn t have an amazing qurik.he s like mirio skill and hard training.He made the quirk strong
@@onepunch1480 did you not see how teachers and peers would tell him how awesome his quick is and thanks to that, it developed the character we have. his quirk is good but he trained to make it better. murio had a quirk that for a while was a bother he even explained it him self. is hard to control but he was able to learn through trial and error to make it better.
The whole “he’s just a kid” part of this video made me tear up a bit bc that’s something I find myself always saying when thinking about the characters in this show and what they’ve had to go through. They’re just kids who make mistakes and still need to time to grow. It really hits me in moments like Bakugo’s breakdown how twisted the hero society is to put so much pressure on a child like that.
I’ve loved bakugo for the longest time, with the slow distruction of his world view, and the growing of desperation to succeed while he keeps slipping first losing, coming second, false victories and failing to get a license. I dont think I fell into the trap of not thinking of bakugo as a person probably because of a silent voice in which the main character bullies a disabled girl and regrets it deeply later in life. I’ve found myself in this mindset desperately trying to succeed to satisfy expectations and slowly slipping as the pond becomes an ocean. I learned to not put my self worth on success but rather consistently working on a given skill.
I only ever started liking Bakugo after reading that manga. Especially since Toshi kind of reminded me of my own feelings. It was like oh ok I'm not horrible for having those feelings. That part helped with my issues with Shoya and Bakugo.
i relate to this. One of the biggest reason i liked bakugou right off the bat was because i read alot of manga where bullies or perceived bullies were good, became good or got development that made them relatable and i really liked that sorta thing and bakugou became like that more and more as i read the manga and loved him even more. i always thought it was natural to like him, especially since he had so much development, but after meeting people who didn't like him cause they thought he was just a bully, but liked other characters who didnt have much development, i realised that wasnt the case. hopefully this vid can open the eyes of those people.
A silent voice was a great movie
God, I love "The Shape of Voice". Such a great movie.
The important thing here isn't that we missed the reality of Bakugo's character, it's that we do this exact thing in real life as well. This same process of expectations, insecurities and an idea of self-worth hanging from a thread is what drives basically all bullies in one way or another.
And yet we magnify the issue by acting like they're just assholes. They push others down, not primarily from some kind of sadistic love of domination, but in a desperate attempt to protect that thin and fragile idea that their entire understanding of their own worth rests on.
I never once misjudged Bakugo, he is someone I relate to on a lot of levels. I cried like a baby when he revealed all the pain he was holding inside to Midoriya. It was the same with Sasuke, when after his final fight with Naruto, he showed a side to him no one knew about and it was truly heart breaking to know he suffered alone for so long.
Bakugo is gonna be one of those characters that we will spend a very long time getting to know, because he never lets just anyone in.
Hell, I'm dying to finally see what his room looks like, because that might be the moment we learn way more about him.
!!!!!! THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT SHOWN, NOT IN ANIME OR MANGA, HE WON'T LET ANYONE IN HE DOESN'T REALLY TRUST ANYONE YET HHHNNNGGG
I didn’t miss it either. And I was celebrating every tiny step forward he took. I was proud
imagine if it's no personality, just an average room (not like Ojiro's). Or maybe like Deku's but toned down?
The real reason why bakugou is always so pissed:
Everyone tells him to baku-GO and not to Baku-STAY
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I make this joke way to often LMAO
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Fucking hell
oof
I started to like Bakugou during the sports festival because I realized he wasn't misogynistic (the fight with Uraraka) and that he had a moral code he followed. The way he interacted after defeating Todoroki opened my eyes to the fact that he is a kid, and he doesn't know how to deal with his emotions. That was the moment I started to like Bakugou as a character.
I know it's been two years but:
(1) your McDonald's Childe pfp. I- First of all, I am a fan of Childe and Bakugou too and it's easy to see why. They have a ton of similarities even if they're really different. Both just hurt children (one is a child and the other is a childe (lmao. Serious time: the other one has an inner child)) trying to navigate the world the best they can with socially unacceptable attitudes and defined goals and loyalties. Second of all: McDonald's cult lmao
(2) I started liking him ish right after the sludge villain when he went up to Deku and was like "I didn't need anything" >:( and then stormed off but it really started to kick off right after his ground beta fight (the first one)
Why: because the little stompie stomps not only gave his character a bit of comedy, but it (combined with everything before it) also gave us a hint of a couple traits that I caught onto that was already hinting at him being a deeper character. Which is the fact that he's a try hard, that he has a pride that can easily feel threatened, he's overly independent, and that he's a perfectionist that only strives for the best. Which combining all of these leads to the obvious conclusion of: He only feels he has worth as a human being when he is the best/perfect and he achieves that all on his own (but I was in no way thinking about this until the training session with Deku. They were just kind of planted in the back of my mind) He's also desperate to prove his worth at least to himself
How I even got that: It kinda hit me that "why would this even be here?" and then that lead to "what does it convey" (in hind sight, it really could have just been a joke but I didn't consider that XD) and then that lead to "Why would he feel the need to do that" which lead to the realization that, even when he was held hostage for I think it was 15 minutes straight of struggling for his life, one of his first thoughts was to reestablish that he doesn't need help and that he's essentially not weak, which stuck out to me. I also noticed that after the sludge villain, there is a huge change in how he as a character presents himself. He's no longer smiling, he's no longer loudly proclaiming his superiority at every turn, he's no longer bragging. Instead, he's quiet and constantly in a bad mood.
And then all of this went up into a point in Deku vs Kacchan 1 when we got to see him visibly mentally struggling, when we got to see his side of the story for their childhood, when we got see him almost go into a full blown panic attack twice during that little arc, and we got to see him truly doubt himself is when I knew that Horikoshi would treat this character like a human and I was excited (because I love these types of characters. I also love psychology and psychoanalyzing people (especially characters) which is the only reason I even thought about any of this)
Sorry for the length of the comment: it includes the golden child syndrome as a base for a character analysis of Katsuki. It covers early childhood, family situation, his relationship with Deku and his over all social status. The focus is on Katsukis perspective and his feelings. Needles to say, this is my interpretation of his character. I tried to keep the things that were already in the video said short.
Katsuki is as far as I can tell a victim to the golden child syndrome: It is based on misplaced praise e.g. for things that are yet to be done, or things that other see in them but the child doesn't see for themselves; like being called intelligent and gifted, being told they are able to exceed without doing much when they really are hardworking instead and have to fight for every good grade.
This eventually leads the child to see the difference in what people see in them and what they see in themselves, they notice the expectations. The child will then see themselves in a situation where they either can do everything to match the expectations or don't and fail.
In Katsukis case; he opted to include others expectations as his own and he choose not to fail.
Formulated in a slightly different way: he had to live up to this expectations or else everyone would see that he was unworthy of them; he would be unmasked. Beneath the facade of strength lies a lot of insecurity and anxiety; and those might have been very real since the sludge villain attacked him.
If you look closely at the story: Bakugou (as far as I know at least) ceases to interact with Deku after the incident, it is his first instance of change from the pure bullying behavior. Prior to that we know of instances that shaped them, especially shortly after Katsuki got his quirk. He did not shun Deku at the beginning, he was fine letting him follow alongside his other followers (note: they were unequal relationships that can't be classified as friendships). That changed when Deku - useless, bullied, quirkless, beneath Katsuki Deku - stood up to Katsuki in a heroic way to protect another kid, when this Deku - who wasn't supposed to be heroic in the least - wanted to help Katsuk when he fell. Katsuki from a very young age was threatened by Deku. Because he did not follow the rules that applied to Katsuki, who had to succeed to prove his worth. Deku in his behavior incorporated a lot of typical heroic stereotypes, when Katsuki only had his power, he also had the audacity to imply that Katsuki needed help, that he could not succeed on his own. Thus Katsuki tried to keep his most worthless competitor down to elevate his own worth.
Than the incident happens and all this keeping down was useless, because worthless Deku saved Katsuki for real. And if he has to be saved by someone powerless, wouldn't that make him powerless as well?
This mindset continues way into UA. The first devastating effects can be seen during their first fight and the desperate need in Katsuki to prove himself worth AGAIN, to clarify that the thing with the sludge monster was a fluke and that he still is more powerful, worthier than Deku. That backfires partly and Dekus admission does not change much for Katsuki, because in the end he still lost.
He does not gather a following as usual, the people around him stand their ground; Katsuki at first is alone in school (he probably tells himself that it does not matter) and he has no social skills that tell him how to make friends with people who do not look up to him (he probably still looks down on most of his class). In these first months he is isolated and even shitty Deku makes friends and above all he is alone in his worries, because remember his mother thinks that Bakugou was praised too much and likes to counter that. There is no way he can tell his mother about his worries (there isn't much disclosed about his relationship to his timid father yet).
So he focuses on school work and hero training to improve himself, because he needs to be on top or his persona, his very being falls apart.
Oceanz explained to following events pretty well, so I am going to add only a few points that lead to the breakdown:
The sports festival is devastating on its own accord. Not does only Todoroki don't give his all in his fight against Katsuki, he rather specifically singles out Deku as first his greatest rival and later as the only one he uses his flames against. To Katsuki this behavior translates to: you are not worthy of my full effort, you are less than Deku. This is also the reason why Katsuki refused the medal and first place; he genially believed that he did not deserve the first place, because he was unable to give his all, the tournament was in his eyes rigged; his win unlawful and not deserved.
The internship added to that wound, furthered by the training camp where a group agreed he needed to be protected, than the kidnapping where he learned that he was perceived as a villainous character instead of the hero he wanted to be. He needed to be saved again, All Might had to retire because of him, he was the cause for the end of an era, for the fear that arouse in the people and that was distributed through the news. Instead of winning, he was loosing and his weakness cost a lot.
When the teachers visit to ask permission of the parents to let their children come life in the dormitory, it becomes evident that even his parents do not understand his struggle. His mother assumes - rightly so - about his ambition and dreams and put them forth; not even considering the risks of furthering his education into a hero, even though he just went through a kidnapping. She places blame about what happend with the kidnapping on Katsuki and does so offhandedly, mindlessly - its an ingrained habit; because others put Katsuki up too much in the past and she still thinks he needs to be put down a peg.
On a positive note Katsuki started to make friends with Kirishima and Kaminari, both of who are highly social and thus probably able to work around Katsukis inept social skills. Their friendship (Katsuki is as the manga confirmed closer to Kirishima) is also evident in the licence exam. They outdo him too alongside Deku.
And then the breakdown happens: Insecurities are confirmed, the guilt about All Might, the feeling of being misunderstood, the image of what Katsuki believed he needed to be was nowhere reachable and Katsukis pathetic self visible to all, his goal gets so far out of sight, he can't even reach for it. He wasn't just taken down a peg. Katsuki hit rock bottom and the one he confronts about all, is the person who soars now instead of him. [I agree a beautiful written scene and while I am no fond of his behavior I am fond of Katsuki].
I read it whole, big thanks to you!
I agree with your analysis.
This is an underrated comment.
I was finally able to understand some things thanks to you (especially since I'm relatively new to the fandom).
Thank you for your comment. :D
i just read an essay
There are three ways of viewing the pharse, "You are great."
1. To fully accept what there are saying with no underlying implications, which is the healthy thing to do.
2. That they are actually saying is "With how great you are it would be really bad if you f*cked up." And then of course there is what I always think *liar*. They don't actually mean what they say. When someone says "hey good job" I can't bring myself to believe them. I know most of the time people do actually mean what they say, and this is just my own insecurites getting the better of me. But I can't stop myself from doubting every single complient I am given.
I'm the same way. I doubt compliments on my appearance the most. "Oh, they're just being nice." That's what I always think, and more. And I quite honestly bully myself to think that I'm on the same level as dirt. In my head, I don't deserve to be praised or even be seen as good
@@rachele.3229 Don't bully yourself, there's only one you!
Then think about what you've done. If other people did the same as you would you say ''good job'' and actually meant it? Would you think they're great? If yes, then it means you're great too.
As an outsider looking in, when I first heard about Bakugo's backstory, I kept thinking to myself: "Dear gods, when will this massive train wreck of emotions, expectations, and grief blow up in everyone's face?" And lo and behold...
Recently, I've been thinking about Bakugou's story, but my POV was "Well yeah, he's the bully, but he's been through some stuff, I still don't like him tho"
But thanks to your video, I'm starting to appreciate him, not only as someone close to Deku, but as an actual character I can relate to.
Probably ever since he was little, his line of thought must've been "I can't screw this up, who will I be if I do?", but he couldn't talk about it with anyone, because that shows weakness. And now, including all that he's been through, it just bottled up and exploded (hehe).
I think Horikoshi said "You Americans only worry about the destination, but we worry about the journey" and that's exactly what he's showing with Bakugou's character arc.
Is he my favorite character? Not at all, but damn right that he's a great character and I'd love to see him progress in the story.
Why only americans?
@@nehen2225 I don't know, Horikoshi said it like that
He either said "Americans" or "Westerners", I'm not sure
Im with you, he's a great character but I don't like him. He's still a cruel bully but he's finally growing.
If he said that then he is wrong. Westerners perfer the journey over the destination and it's Japanese literature that is far more likely to have a character maxed out in power doing stuff as the protagonist while the West wants to see the journey to becoming powerful. That's why Luke Skywalker is pretty much universally beloved as we follow him from a somewhat annoying farm boy to a capable Jedi Knight overthrowing the Empire. The most beloved characters in the West are the ones who struggle the most to find their way.
Nah, Horikoshi said this to the manga reads. Who, most, are Japanese.
Ok, so bakugo was sort of a character that I understood almost immediately when he entered the screen and he became a character that I related to at a personal level starting with his first battle with deku. He quickly became one of my favorites.
It was kind of weird that I related to him so heavily because he was not like any other character I've related to before. For starters, I'm not loud and angry at all. I was always known as the quiet kid in school, and I'm very open with my emotions, but I recognized bakugo's superiority complex and i saw myself in him.
I couldn't really place my finger on why I saw myself in a character like him at first, but as I got to know him better, I started to understand. I was definitely considered one of the "gifted" students. I always got straight A's in class without ever really trying, and my classmates would always rely on me for group projects. The teachers saw me as a leader and role model, so the problem children were almost always sat next to me. The longer I was put on this pedestal, the more I began to subconsciously think, "well the people who are doing worse than me must be trying to fail on purpose. And the ones who actually try must be really stupid" Because it was always so easy for me. Of course, most people I knew thought I was a pretty pleasant person, and i never told anyone that they weren't trying hard enough or that they must be trying to fail because I knew that school wasn't as important for other people.
I never learned what it was like to struggle for something and no one ever challenged my intelligence. I expected myself to be able to ace every class while barely trying. This expectation made the failures so much worse. I would sometimes cry over my homework whenever it suddenly became too hard, and if I got below an A on a test I would be so ashamed of myself. I would be crying so much, it would be impossible to hide the truth from my parents. My parents did have expectations of me, but I don't really think they were as strict with me as I was with myself. It didn't help that my sister was kind of a genius too so I never really saw that it was normal to struggle.
Basically, the failures were extremely rare, and most people wouldn't even consider them failures, but when they did happen, it would take me forever to get over them, and i still sometimes think about them to this day.
I was still brought up as a perfect model student, and i even ended up skipping a grade in middle school, but I wish a got to struggle more, because in the long run, it makes it way harder to truly succeed at anything as the failures heavily affected my mental state for a while. I skipped a grade because i was seeking out challenge. Because success without struggle wasn't rewarding at all. Much like how bakugo wanted todoroki to use his full power in their fight because if it wasn't as hard as it could possibly be, then what is the point.
Basically, the more you succeed in life, the less rewarding it is and the harder it is when you fail. And expectations mean way more when you set them for yourself. This is what makes bakugo feel so real, and when I watched how bakugo reacted to failing his battle against deku, it felt like i was watching myself. As I saw bakugo's story unfold, I imagined myself in an environment where everyone I knew seemed better than me at everything and all of his actions just made sense because I, too, am way too stubborn to accept help from people, and i hate losing arguments and competitions. Even when I'm struggling, it would just add insult to injury if I had to rely on someone else to tell me what to do.
This is only part of why bakugo is so amazing, because not only do people like me see their obvious flaws through this character, they also see their undeniable strengths. Bakugo's mindset isn't completely flawed. It helps him stay determined in difficult situations. Even when he's not used to giving much effort to be the best, he will still do whatever it takes to meet the expectations he set for himself, and in that way, he is still a role model, just like I was. He will inspire those around him even without meaning to. His obvious strengths and weaknesses make him such a lovable character because it makes him feel extremely genuine.
mhm
Wow, that was beautiful
Thank you
I honestly have a similar experience as you and with Katsuki, ESPECIALLY with the anger issues. I never skipped a grade, but every failure, emotional or academic, felt so much heavier, so much STRONGER than me. Yea it hurts, but for me, it hurts way more than it should.
I know I'm late, but that is incredibly well-put. You made me realize something about myself from you sharing your experience and insight, so thank you.
Lmao i never hated Bakugo the first time i saw him on screen, it was really clear how inferior he felt and it showed in the hero vs villan fights , in a way i think i understood Bakugo and i have been a Bakugo before( well not the bullying part at least) someone who thought so high of themselves and expected so much more of their future and their selfs , only for all these expectations to come crashing down along with their pride the moment they come across better people , people who have potential, people who are talented and just how small of a worth they had in this big biiiig world .Its bitter and it hurts but they just gotta accept how things work
Same. I knew he would totally get a redemption, and that his behavior had to be influenced by some major internal issues.
Bakugo was my favorite character since the beginning of season 2, but the moment that really made me love him is when Kirishima (and others) went to save him from All for One and Bakugo accepted it and took his friend's hand. It showed a side of him that we could never see from Deku's protagonist point of view. That's when I realised how complex his character is and that he is not an antagonist for the main character but a mirror of who the main character could also have been.
oh my god THANK YOU i've been searching high and low for a textured, indepth analysis of bakugo. ive always appreciated bakugo for his skill and creativity but i had a really hard time understanding him as a character. i always kind of figured part of it was that ya know, he is a kid and kids do act like bakugo and it's completely normal but i still just couldn't wrap my head around him. this video does such a good job breaking down his character without falling into the trap of over praising him or like, redirecting his motives to forgive his bullying. i just. Really appreciate the thought and attention to detail that went into this!!!!
You seem to have missed out on Aleczandr's analisys
@@GeazakiCosplay Aleczandr's analysis of Bakugo is by far my favorite one out of all of them. Lol.
I agree with most of your analysis, but as I see, the turning point for bakugo's popularity was when he was kidnapped and he showed his true colors, as you said, he ain't just another sasuke. That moment showed that he could be mean and aggressive, but he was a hero, and then this second moment with midorya solidified him as an amazing character. But this moment only has a meaning because of how bad ass he showed he could be.
There are a lot of moments before that as well. Like when he befriends Kirishima at the end of the first season, or during the sports festival when he shows respect for Uraraka's strength, only to be denied that same respect from Todoroki, when he fights All Might and have to team up with Deku, or when he sees his classmate has been injured at the training camp and disregards the no-fighting rule, etc.
He's shown compassion and respect to other people, he just hasn't been that explicit about it. Hating Deku is because of a personal grudge, but he still respects him for who he is and accknowledges how much he's grown. Seeing other people treating Deku as a rival almost makes him jealous (even though he'd never admit to it). He's a very interesting character and definitely one of my favourites :)
He was hurt because he knew deku all this time and all of the sudden he has thi quirk and strengh he didnt knew about. Thats was why he was so angry at deku, because he was hurt that deku witheld that from him, after all, they were sort of friends and he felt betrayed. They have this complicated relationship that is the reason why i cant blame fanyone who ships him and deku. I would love seeing that ship in action.
you know what i've always gotten angry at when it comes to Bakugou bullying Deku, is that as soon as it was discovered the *ADULTS* should have put a stop to it. They should have taken Bakugou and explained to him why it is wrong of him to bully and why he shouldn't do it (Although i think most of the adults in MHA have the same mentality as Bakugou has/had) cause it started when they were 4 years old.
A 4 year old cannot be held responsible for every action they do, and by that i don't mean that they can't be held responsible at all only that you as the adult need to TEACH them that it's wrong, a 4 year old don't think about future consequenses; they don't understand it, they may understand consequences within a certain timeframe but not years.
Both Bakugou and Midoriya could have had such an amazing and supportive friendship if only the school they went to had responsible adults there and as much as i love Mitsuki i have to say that she's a HORRIBLE mother, most of Bakugou's behaviour is learnt behaviour that Mitsuki is teaching him.
She's not a bad person, she's just not a good mother either.
I am gonna stop you right there, because people say Goku is a bad parent and bad person, I am gonna say Bakugo's mother is a bad parent and bad person :D
It always made me mad when people went on about how Bakugou was devil incarnate for bullying Deku for years and causing all his confidence issues. But then fail to realise how f*cked up their class situation was, how ALL of the kids contributed to Izuku's torment, and how their TEACHER couldn't care less.
Katsuki is finally developing into a better person now, because his perception of reality has been torn apart and he has good people around him to help him build it back up. And call him out on his bs.
mitsuki sucks
it’s where bakugou got the idea of him being weak from.
the idea that it was his fault for getting kidnapped
and therefore his fault for the fall of all might.
I don’t care if she was just messing with him it was a really bad fucking time
That’s Japan for ya
I never expected to find myself liking Bakugo. At all. Ever. I appreciated him as a good character for the story, but I hated him. Especially involving my own experiences with bullying, he was the lowest of the low for me (alongside Mineta lmao oops). Once I finished the anime I was a little shocked by the ending and I actually started to give him the tiniest chance. Okay, he wasn't a complete asshole like I thought, so maybe he could change. MAYBE. But I still didn't like him. THEN I started the Manga, and that changed everything. I won't spoil, but let's just say recent arcs have given him a lot of growth. He's coming around, he's showing compassion (in his own way), hes being a team player. And I can genuinely say that watching him become who he is in the manga at this point has made him one of my favorite characters in the show (obv alongside Deku, Kirishima, and Todoroki).
You have Kirishima in ur favorite characters list
I see you are a man of culture
And true
DJHart what do you mean by that
Man he really did got grown he got his wing man kirishima and the respect of his classmates, of course a simple low grade bully would never get that like bakugou did
Such a misunderstood loud boy. He’s such a well written and interesting and much deeper character than people give him credit for. When people say they hate his character I’m just...flabbergasted. I love his character so much. And he’s changed and grown a lot so far and I’m seriously so excited to see more of where he goes.
Bakugo is a masterpiece of a character, this video solidified this
He reminds me a lot of Ichigo Kurosaki fron bleach
Thumbs up if you agree with me?
That moment was when Bakugo became my favourite character and I didn’t know why it was so emotional until I watched this video. Bakugo was such a well thought out character.
mhm
Ehh not really...
this needs to be seen by all mha fans and people who still dislike bakugo so they can better understand him
I'm pretty sure most will prob still dislike him lok
@@venor2612 yea i know. it would still be nice for them to watch this
@@grizzy-thekiwi1144 true tbh
So at least they can understand his character better
@@venor2612 yes
@@grizzy-thekiwi1144 can't wait to see more of his development
I honestly think Bakugo has my favorite character development. He starts off as your average bully that picks on the weak quirkless kid in class and is portrayed as incredibly cocky and arrogant. But, that shallow exterior is peeled away to reveal a child who has spent his whole life working tirelessly to be the strongest. He doesn't pick on Deku because Deku's weak, but because he feels threatened by the courage and true heroism an objectively weaker person has. Not only that but the same weak kid was chosen by his hero and inspiration for those exact qualities Bakugo felt threatened by.
TLDR; Bakugo worked hard his whole life and Deku was given his strength. Bakugo is rightfully angry to be out matched.
I feel so bad for bakugou in the most recent season (4). His temperamental attitude distanced him from everybody, so he doesn't really have friends. You can argue Kiri is his friend, but they interact little if at all in this season. And besides, it's kinda hard to be close to someone like kirishima-- who has such a demanding social life (arguably) -- that he can't really make a lot of time for bakugou. He has tons of friends outside of him.
Honestly, bakugou is one of the most relatable and sympathetic ppl in the entire series to me. Despite the fact he used to bully deku.
He's an Over-achiever. But though he wins he doesn't achieve. Though he wins (physically) against Deku in the battle simulation, he looses the actual simulation. Though he wins the sports festival, he doesn't achieve a victory that is indisputable. Etc.. He keeps (winning?) but actually not achieving any substance. As Bakugou grows, he is internalizing that his (wins) don't carry value.
The sense of accomplishment is non-existant, when after completing a task, the result is dry.
If Deku is the symbol of peace (stability), Bakugou is that of Victory. But just because you win, does that make you the best or right? Not necessarilly.... Achieving a positive outcome alongside that victory, substantiates it.
Guys,
Think.
What this guy is saying is true, this is the woke-est man I've ever seen in my life.
Bakugo started seeing himself as weak and not having purpose in life ever since that slime monster attacked him. Ever since that it's been the sports festival, final exams, the first fight with deku, kamino, and theres way more in forgetting. It wasn't just some people but it was
E V E R Y O N E
that forgot that bakugo was a fucking human.
Hes not just a sick mindless jerk that bullies deku and thinks their better than everyone. The only reason he felt good about himself is because people completed him. But they weren't complementing him. They were complementing his quirk. People are mindless when it comes to quirks. To think, WE were the sick mindless jerks that bullied not just bakugo but maybe ALL the characters. THINK.
Explosions=bad big loud rude
Fire ice= edgy halfnhalf powerful
Frog= happy hop around cute
But they're REAL PEOPLE.
Bakugo isnt just an explosion.
Tsuyu isnt just a frog.
Todoroki isnt just fire and ice.
The people of MHA arent just about superpowers. It's also the personality we bully aswell.
Loud=bad
Edgy=traumatized
Happy=cute
Its not true
WE are the real villains.
I, well sorrrry
Harsh
Okay seems cool 😎
Society is the true villain, I love your point. It’s so true! Someone needed to say it. PEOPLE ARE COMPLEX! Just because bakugou used to be a bully doesn’t mean he’s a horrible human being. And just because shigaraki was traumatized doesn’t make all his actions excusable.
But...
I didn't initially make up my mind that Bakugo sucks because he's like every other rival character.
I didn't like him cuz he told Deke to kill himself.
Am I really a villain for disliking a chacter that bullies people weaker than him?
It's a good video. Although I think it focuses too much on just Bakugo's quirk. His issues came well before that point. Bakugo was 'that kid', the one that excelled at everything! He wasn't just the kid who developed the OP quirk and his ego was inflated. He was the most skilled, the smartest, and could do anything he set his mind to. And then he developed a quirk and the praise went to his head even more.
I thought the flashbacks were really nicely done in the show to establish this guy. He went from someone confused about why Deku couldn't do the things he could do as well as he could. And soon enough he came to a frightening answer of "I'm just better."
I do think it's a fair interpretation to say he was crushed by the expectations put upon him. His upbringing was a mess that built a bully. He was someone that in his small world couldn't be matched by anyone at anything he put his mind towards. Overall I still don't really like Bakugo. But I do want to see him grow to a point that I do like him as a character.
Thanks, you gave voice to my thoughts.
Chapter 322 made us love him even more....
For me, he became a decent character in the Tournament arc when he fought Uraraka and didn't hold back just because she was a girl which is what EVERY other guy would have done, because she is supposedly "frail". They even said so.
While it's not the same as real people don't have super powers, there's other metrics that people judge you on. As someone who is yet to leave the education sphere but has seen all of it, one of those metrics is intelligence. I was raised being constantly told how intelligent I was and how I could do anything. I was forever told how good of a kid I was and that I could really... do anything if I put my mind to it.
It kills a kid.
Yeah, I was rather naturally intelligent (not insanely, but enough to wow people as a kid) but this video really shows how, even if it's true to some extent, the weight of the expectations of others can hurt so bad.
Let's start with what's more obvious to some. I was raised believing that if I ever failed to achieve something that I was broken and something was wrong with me. I was making friends with the wrong people or I was eating unhealthy or I was playing too many video games and they were rotting my brain. Funnily enough, I was told the last one many many times but I only ever believed the first 2. Because I didn't finish highschool achieving the university scholarship I wanted, having just fallen short, I developed insane amounts of anxiety and later nearly pushed away all my friends, family, and convinced my girlfriend she couldn't live with me anymore. I developed an eating disorder and was convinced I either had bowel cancer or was a developing celiac. I've only just started on the road to recovery for those things now, after having them nearly permanently ruin/end my life. Also, because I was always supposed to be such a good boy, I can't even say anything in disagreement or ask to be treated better without others thinking I'm just complaining and making a fuss or, if it's my parents, being told I'm a disrespectful little twat who needs to know his place.
But there's more to it that people don't think about. I don't feel like I can ever talk about something I've achieved to anyone because they have been convinced by either my family or other people who had been convinced in the past that I am naturally good at anything I do. The reason is that they think I'm bragging about how good I am. Usually, I'm just happy I've managed to achieve something. Anything impressive I do is expected of me and failing to achieve that is explicitly stated as something I have fucked up in. Sometimes I feel like if I don't know what a word means or how to spell it, I will be mocked by those close to me. My friends don't play video games with me anymore, at least against me, because, while there is some that I have put the time into getting good at, if I win in another game that was just us having fun, they think it was pointless to play against me. That sucks. 99% of the time (at least in the last 5 years) I don't care about winning, I just care about having a game that's challenging and fun.
I can now also never take a compliment to my natural ability as I really do see it as an expectation and, even more so than that, something that discredits the work and effort I have put in to achieve my goals.
I was never a bully like Bakugo and hopefully never will be but I can understand him and empathise with him. I don't have some super power but expectations are crushing. Please remember guys, you don't have to hold yourself up to other's standards and try to lower your own. Have goals and realistic expectations and be happy when you reach both. I'm far happier now than I was a year ago and the amount I appreciate my new understanding of myself can't be understated.
Good luck, heroes.
Good on you for changing your outlook to something that'll make you healthier and happier. One thing I always try to do is encourage others or show them support in big and small ways (like saying good job on hitting the gym or beating me in a game). I don't know if it'll help you in your exact situation, but I'd give it a shot and see if it works.
Good luck in the future and hope you continue to grow and change for the better
P.S. If you have a PS4, you can PM me if you want someone to play a game with and we both have the game.
@Tighe Gilmore You are the one person I can 100% relate to. I understood bakugous outbursts long ago as he reminded me of myself.
I get where you are coming from. My home wasn't a good place when I was growing up cuz of family issues and I had to stay strong. I also was very good at learning anything I wanted to but now I'm just scared because I feel like I'll fail like always do just because of expectations.
I get how we just want to be understood buy people and not be expected to be anything.
I just hope you are happy where ever you are man!! I hope that you get to best of who you are!! Never stop believing in yourself.
As a current day manga reader, bakugo continually gets better, specially in the most recent chapters
You know I think that's probably why I liked Bakugo from the beginning. Unlike Me thinking of him as the "audience" thought, I feel like I understood him more and more. He reminded me a lot of Zuko but in a different way, which is also my favorite character ever in a story. I felt like everyone did the same to Zuko especially in the beginning. I feel like I can relate to these type of characters a lot more than protaganists that seem to be always supported by everyone.
I have always loved Bakugou. I also feel bad for him and how nobody seems to be trying to help him with his inferiority complex or even tries to notice it from his actions. Also in some scenes when he is calmer he seems sad or even depressed\alone if you pay attention to his expressions.
I've never really compared bakugou to any other angry bully since I haven't seen that many in the media I watched before I saw MHA, but I did dislike him for a while. The turning point was a lot sooner for me actually, I kinda realized how I was judging him after the scene where we see him cry after Bakugou first gets beaten by Deku.
YES! For me it was that _exact_ scene too. I started liking him since then. And then at the sports festival, when he was angry at Todoroki because he wouldn't use his full powers, and he wouldn't accept the medal, that's where I started liking him even more. The whole kidnap and rescue thing just made me love him.
me too
Deku didn’t really beat him. Bakugo won that fight
The character doesn't have any develop he is just facing reality and wait he changed ? Noooooo he didnt change shit trough all the fucking seasons come on everybody's deku has even worse expectations deku has the expectation to be number one with but im not going to defend deku cause he is really shit to, but Im going to compare him to Mirio togata his expections were pretty bad he didn't know how to control his quirk and people didn't have big expectations on him but he didn't give up even with all the pain he didn't say Can i still become a hero? He said Im still lemillion even with out a quirk saying how he always search a way to be a number one hero but bakugou he doesn't like what he is looking at deku getting better than him no such a pain because I didn't look for a way after facing reality and if guys think that facing reality its a good character you guys need to watch evangelion or full metal alchemist seriously. I can say everyone can become number one if they put their back on it but bakugoi has the easy way and the only pain trough all the series is facing reality he is just straight bull shit
@@nestly1103 I’m laughing rn
The ending should have been "crushed" *I'm just saying*
Yeah I thought about it after it went up, but I wrote and recorded the script before I knew the title of the vid - oh well
lol
Props to Clifford Chapin for voicing Bakugo so well
I think the reason I judged Bakugo so hard was because he was actually older than me when I started watching the show, so I saw a lot of my school bullies in him.
WoW! Your explanation of Bakugo's personality is amazing you connected all the dots and was able to provide a rather authentic review of how this character became the mot popular character of the series! Thank you!
I've always loved Katsuki, but this made me wanna give him a hug~
big bear hug
Bakugou’s probably extremely touch starved tbh he needs it
this is why we have Kirishima and Kaminari
momo’s girlfriend and Mina and Sero and Jirou and Deku
momo’s girlfriend
he needs all the hugs he can get
I think this is why bnha has had so much success, because, fandoms generally revolve around characters, that's why AUs exist, because if people just came for the concepts then the audience for concepts of the characters in a different world and environment simply couldn't exist, people like AUs because they love the characters, even more so than the concept of the story, and unlike alot of fiction, the pretty much all the characters in bnha are extremely well rounded, and real, even the background characters, which creates a super strong baiss for a fandom
Y’know, when I saw Bakugo, I thought he was someone who was mainly angry and had a superiority complex, something we both have in common.
But now seeing this, I realize we’re more similar than I thought.
^^^
bravo bravo 👏🏻
This is so well done! I love it! Bakugo is my favorite character!
btw your channel is great!
hi
As someone who has actually gone through this kind of thing, I can confirm that it FUCKS YOU UP. In year 6, I was a very mature kid. I was constantly getting praise for my writing, I always got an A on writing and spelling tests, I always read my writing in front of the class, and people ALWAYS told me how my writing was flawless. Once I hit high school (year 7 for Australians), I was suddenly pushed down and, as you said, my whole world began to crumble. I was no longer the best, I started getting B's in English, and I was suddenly thrown in with the average group. Unfortunately, my parents had high expectations of me as well, and eventually, I ended up with anxiety and depression. I'm still great at creative writing, in fact, I do well in that aspect of English, but every compliment I get makes my life more miserable because I'm worried that if I write the wrong word, or spell something slightly wrong, or rush something, they'll hate me.
Praise is a dangerous thing if done wrong, and I'm still dealing with my problems to this day. So, feel free to compliment people, but constructive criticism will be more useful for their mental state. Katsuki Bakugou is a beautifully written character, and I'm glad there's FINALLY someone who can represent the problems that I went through.
Thanks for listening to my rant haha
A lot of people forget how young these characters are
*I'm looking at you hardcore shippers*
Bakugo has been my favourite character from episode one! The foreshadow was always there, he constantly showed insecurity but i guess most people were insensitive to that and focused on his angry and aggressive demeanour. I'm glad people are showing him the love he deserves now, and can finally see him as a teenager who's still learning and improving himself 💖
Your video of Bakugo was very great.
Thanks, my dude!
Your welcome, man.
mhm
The moment Baku got like that, I wasn't shocked. I wasn't surprised. I just... Cried. I understood him, and I sympathised with him. I understood his pain, not because I had been through it, but because, I thought, something inside him, must be hurting, to produce so much rage. I knew at some point that rage was going to be replaced with hurt. I just wanted to hug him and tell him its okay.
I commend that dubbing, it's full of emotion and message. Great video btw.
Bakugou is like a balloon. Everyday there’s more and more air, one day he’ll explode and completely break himself.
He’s really grown a lot. UA’s been good for all of us- Aizawa-sensei taught us to value heroic passion more than the power of our quirks. Bakugou’s had to work on that more than any of us. He had to learn something from Midoriya for the first time in his life.
I have so many friends who hate him and still do, even after this moment. But he's been my favorite character since season one. I just had a feeling, never knew what, but I still liked his character. I never expected the moment to happen, and I'm glad I understand him more as a character. I genuinely think he is my favorite character I have ever come across in any show. Ugh I love him so much.
I know this comment is super late, but I relate to Bakugo so much. I mean, I didn't grow up in the same way he was raised. In fact, I was bullied and ignored for most of my youth. I had asperger syndrome which was a massive struggle when I was a kid, and I basically had zero control over my emotions. Once I learned to conceal my emotions and pour my feelings into my various talents, I noticed that many people adored me for them. So I decided that my talents had to be perfected in order to satisfy others and gain popularity. Any mistake that was pointed out to me threw me into a loop where I would degrade myself for not doing it correctly. I wanted to use my talent to make up for my attitude since didnt consider myself "normal". With that one moment in season 3 where Bakugo blames himself for All Mights retirement, calling himself weak and a failure, it made me tear up. I felt like I was watching myself on screen, having another outburst and embarrassing myself in front of someone I care about. I love this series for fleshing out so many different characters with realistic struggles, not because they are attractive or whatever. I hate that some people look at people like me who say Bakugo is my favorite character and think "oh, that's because he's hot!" Or "He told Deku to kill himself". Believe me, as someone who still struggles with insecurity and peer pressure, I can assure you that I like the way Bakugo is being developed.
Am I the only one that cried-
_ok._
Guess what........Im crying right now 😢✌
Me too
I cried when i read the title idk what wrong with me
Also Bakugou was called "weak" and deku was praised by all might that is also a reason why he thinks its his fault for all mights end.
Instead of Bakugou getting comfort after being kidnaped all he gets is "if he werent weak he wouldnt of been kidnapped" that is also a reason why i think bakugou is like that.
I like Bakugou as a character but not as a person YET. I think some people here don't get that the video only explains why he is the way he is and how he will ultimately be a better person. Not one moment or second did the video state you should like Bakugou as a person so I feel that some people in the comment section are blinded by hate.
Martin Ramos I agree for the most part! I like him as well but I like him because I looked past his childhood being praised. He only cares about himself yeah, but he pushes himself so hard to be on the top. He didn’t ride the compliments. He used them as a starting point, and worked so hard. He forced himself to become the top. The best of the best. Even if it means pushing others out of the way. I think he’s truely inspiring.
"Expectations" has to be the BEST word to describe Bakugo I have ever heard.
i get confused when people compare sasuke and bakugou, sasuke annoyed me to death but i really like bakugou. bakugou is the perfect rival for deku while sasuke seemed more like a temporary goal to naruto
Bakugou looks like a blonde hair version of Ichigo Kurosaki from bleach
I never watched Naruto, so O can't say for sure, but you are right
That's probably because of one of the most standing out traits of Bakugou's relationship with Midoriya (not Bakugou's personality). That is because both Sasuke and Bakugou developed inferiority complex towards Naruto and Midoriya respectively.
People legit thought Bakugou would go Sasuke route where Bakugou got kidnapped, and because the way he told Midoriya not to save him, people thought Bakugou would join the League of Villains, hence the comparison to Sasuke since Sasuke did join Orochimaru
@@Blizzburn people really thought that he would join the lov bc he said to deku not rescue him? his eyes were so terrified at the moment, i've never seen such an oblivious emotion on a character and people thought that? smh
@@miaalmeida4787 It's the fact that he said Midoriya not to rescue him while he's being kidnapped and was with the League that made some people thought Bakugou would join them.
Fundamentally bakugo is basically what’s wrong with hero society (aside from shigaraki)
Raw strength and power is what matters instead of what makes a hero… well a hero
I’m honestly surprised bak didn’t just go full villainous instead of what we got
this scene still has me crying mahn
All of Bakugo's thoughts exploded out of him.
It's like a poem. It rhymes.
Great video, much appreciated. Katsuki went from bully to a PRECIOUS BOI WHO MUST BE LOVED!
“He somehow finds himself at the top of popularity polls”
whispers: *it’s because he’s hot*
Still think this not-so-smol baby needs hugs, love and happiness
... And therapy...
He got redeemed for me during the tournament arc against Ochako.
i can’t believe i was dumb enough to not see this or piece this together. thank you, dude; i don’t dislike lord explosion murder anymore.
I have always loved Bakugo's character since the first episode at first I thought "This guy is an asshole!", but as I moved on with the show even before the tournament arc. He kind of grew on me and I noticed how he was constantly getting shat on from every direction. At first I thought that he was going to be a future villian, but when he kept going onward about being as strong as All Might I had a feeling he wasn't. Cause I knew that it wasn't part of his character even though he has shown Villianous character traits he has always stuck with being a Hero even though he is a bit of a jerk sometimes. When he rejected on wanting to join the villians and rebelled hardcore that was where I screamed "THAT'S MY BOI, RIGHT THERE!!". To me I treated him like a real person with real emotions, because the character has proven that he has depth, development and room to grow and the show gained my trust completely by not ruining that. That fight with Deku was absolutely brilliant and I fucking cried hardcore when Bakugo let it all go.. man. I love this show.
Then to top it all off with heroes rising too
Okay. This video makes a lot of since from Bakugo's character. Thank you so much for helping me understand Bakugo more.
I am so happy this was the direction they took with the series, I could relate to his feelings he had about him being pissed off even when winning against todoroki, and when All Might came to give his award I hoped he would tell Bakugo how he did well and he shouldn't be so hard on himself, but instead his emotions got brushed off and All Might just kept trying to put the award on him.
Funny one thing I constantly noticed throughout the series was whenever Bakugou insulted someone else he had a tendency to add something along the lines of "Are you looking down on me?" "Do you think you're better than me?" "Did you think you were stronger than me?"
Especially with Deku.... It's like he's constantly saying " I'm not weak btw. Who you callin weak? Stop tryna think you're better than me". It's also whenever he tries to belittle others, that's when he says it the most
looks like katsuki is one of the most real people an anime can have
His character progress is really amazing, despite how much of a jerk he can be I really feel like he's a real person.
That moment Bakugou became my fav mha character dethroning Shoto. I always like the dark characters over the protagonists like Kilua over Gon or Vegeta over Goku
Bakugo is dark? Honestly, compared to Bakugo, Deku is even darker. It just overshadowed by the positive traits he displays in his character.
@@einzweichschein lol true
Same! They're usually way more complex.
started paying attention to bakugo as soon as he cried in the first season when deku talked to him 😭 and since that point I began to be more impressed by his character development and realistic reactions to things going on around him. the fight with ochaco was awesome and when he refused to be accepted as the winner in the tournament, I was sold. he became my favorite in the series
Brilliant video! love the pacing and observations of Bakugo. The emphasization of certain words with the red colouring worked really nicely as well. Definitely earned my sub!
This video was honestly gorgeous, it explains his character beautifully, and makes any watcher grasp what is character actually is. Thank you, because honestly your analysis is probably what Horikoshi was going for. To make other people understand a character that isn’t just 2D. He has many layers and I think you really explained that it an amazing way
bakugo will always be my favorite character. i feel so connected with his struggles, like i’m living the same life. (though he’s obviously just an anime character and i’m a living human) my whole life i’ve always been praised for little achievements like my intelligence, or how good i am at a hobby, sometimes even my looks. and this may seem like a good thing but it’s really not. i’m constantly trying to 1up everyone around me. always feeling like i’m not good enough. i torture myself to the point where i can’t BREATHE without someone’s approval. i work so hard but end up crumbling down halfway to the top- because i’m so scared that even if i DO give it my all, it will never be enough. i always act like i’m untouchable, like i can do anything. i hate it when people worry about me. i was so obsessed and absorbed in trying to please the ones around me that i’ve fallen behind, and its constantly driving me insane. there’s a phrase in one of Marina’s songs that has always stuck with me. “i feel like i’m the worst, so i always act like i’m the best”
i admit i hated this guy when i started getting into mha, he reminded me of my own bullies i had to deal with. but he has separated himself from those bullies i associated him with and has become a character i like