Deku& #39;s POV is almost comical

Kacchan& #39;s (reflective) POV is solemn and regretful. https://twitter.com/gesuko__/status/1310256248210636801">https://twitter.com/gesuko__/...
Forgive me for my speculation but...

Deku saw Kacchan & the class& #39;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& #39;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& #39;s gotta put up with until he proves himself. It doesn& #39;t matter what others say. Remember, he only
considered giving up after ALL MIGHT HIMSELF told him he couldn& #39;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.
At present, however, he recognizes it was to mask his weakness and insecurity.

If we were shown Kacchan& #39;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& #39;t acknowledged what he& #39;s doing and WHY he& #39;s doing it yet.

But we see Kacchan& #39;s PRESENT reflection, when he realizes his guilt and wrongdoing. With his life flashing before his eyes he recalls that moment with regret that& #39;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& #39;t say that...what if somebody hears you?!"

Yeah he& #39;s sad, and mad, but still--worried.
When nobody was worried about Katsuki because he& #39;s the best--not the teachers, not his classmates, not his parents--DEKU was the one who recognizes that he& #39;s just a kid, just a person who also needed protecting. And that felt like weakness to Katsuki, who couldn& #39;t bear it when
everybody else told him he& #39;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.
He has to atone for what he& #39;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& #39;s done is wrong, he has to make it right--even if it& #39;s in his own, unconventional way.
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