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Deku's POV is almost comical
Kacchan's (reflective) POV is solemn and regretful. https://twitter.com/gesuko__/status/1310256248210636801
Kacchan's (reflective) POV is solemn and regretful. https://twitter.com/gesuko__/status/1310256248210636801
Forgive me for my speculation but...
Deku saw Kacchan & the class's bullying as a hurdle he must pass--since he passed it, his success makes it not quite so traumatic for him in the present.
Since he grew up with Kacchan, he believed Kacchan couldn't do anything SERIOUSLY bad,
Deku saw Kacchan & the class's bullying as a hurdle he must pass--since he passed it, his success makes it not quite so traumatic for him in the present.
Since he grew up with Kacchan, he believed Kacchan couldn't do anything SERIOUSLY bad,
but he does worry Kacchan will get himself in trouble if he keeps going down that path (arrogance w/o correction).
He thinks bullying is just something annoying and inconvenient he's gotta put up with until he proves himself. It doesn't matter what others say. Remember, he only
He thinks bullying is just something annoying and inconvenient he's gotta put up with until he proves himself. It doesn't matter what others say. Remember, he only
considered giving up after ALL MIGHT HIMSELF told him he couldn't be a quirkless hero. Nobody else could nudge his conviction, not even his mom, Kacchan, his teacher, etc.
Conversely, Kacchan, in the past, saw his bullying as harmless and a way to solidify his superiority.
Conversely, Kacchan, in the past, saw his bullying as harmless and a way to solidify his superiority.
At present, however, he recognizes it was to mask his weakness and insecurity.
If we were shown Kacchan's POV right when he cornered Deku in the classroom, I think it would be different--more lightherated, w/ Deku depicted weaker, almost to a comical, exaggerated extent, bc
If we were shown Kacchan's POV right when he cornered Deku in the classroom, I think it would be different--more lightherated, w/ Deku depicted weaker, almost to a comical, exaggerated extent, bc
he hasn't acknowledged what he's doing and WHY he's doing it yet.
But we see Kacchan's PRESENT reflection, when he realizes his guilt and wrongdoing. With his life flashing before his eyes he recalls that moment with regret that's been festering for a year now--maybe more.
But we see Kacchan's PRESENT reflection, when he realizes his guilt and wrongdoing. With his life flashing before his eyes he recalls that moment with regret that's been festering for a year now--maybe more.
Since childhood Deku has always been looking out for him. At the river, at the playground, when Kacchan told him to dive out the window--
"Stupid Kacchan, you shouldn't say that...what if somebody hears you?!"
Yeah he's sad, and mad, but still--worried.
"Stupid Kacchan, you shouldn't say that...what if somebody hears you?!"
Yeah he's sad, and mad, but still--worried.
When nobody was worried about Katsuki because he's the best--not the teachers, not his classmates, not his parents--DEKU was the one who recognizes that he's just a kid, just a person who also needed protecting. And that felt like weakness to Katsuki, who couldn't bear it when
everybody else told him he's invincible.
When the sludge villain came, when they entered UA, when Katsuki was kidnapped, when he kept LOSING...he HAD to face reality--he was not invincible. He needed protecting. He had weaknesses. Deku was....right? So his bullying was...wrong.
When the sludge villain came, when they entered UA, when Katsuki was kidnapped, when he kept LOSING...he HAD to face reality--he was not invincible. He needed protecting. He had weaknesses. Deku was....right? So his bullying was...wrong.
He has to atone for what he's done. Despite the roughness he shows outside he has one of the strongest moral compass out of all the characters in BNHA, and when he recognizes what he's done is wrong, he has to make it right--even if it's in his own, unconventional way.
