where Kaminari trips into him waiting for the train and Bakugou shoves him hardon instinct, like hard enough that he pushes him out over almost onto the tracks and then—
needs to immediately save him, pulling him close.
And then Kaminari is like “d-did you almost kill me?”
And Bakugou is like “Uh, yeah. But. You’re fine. Maybe you shoulda been a little more substantial as a fucking person, and then I wouldn’t have been able to throw you so far.”
To which Kaminari, understandably, says “LIKE THAT WAS MY FAULT?!”
Hm, scales and electricity, what was he hoping to do together? Do they tried to team up, really? I would like to see it! But judging by the difference in their places in the final,theircooperation failed xD Maybe they were more fortunate with other students? Eh, we will never knows. And you know, later they again met with each other in a Joint Training ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
If Kaminari really let Jirou give him a name, though as she just jokingly asked him, then it’s so sweet ~ Although not as she expected x) Usually, the blondes gave the dark-haired guys help or a tip with their hero name, but here the opposite. It’s nice. Interestingly, did he really remember this moment, or was it just his subconscious memory tossed.
I just love how Denki moved from the state “I don’t know anything, I can’t think of anything” to the state “in short, I combined English with Japanese, eat it” in just a few minutes.
You may think I’m overthinking… and maybe yes, I am? But will it stop me? Nah. Just two idiots and their damn hair inspired me to this TED Talks.
Do not be afraid, I will not give a long lecture on biology here :)
Symmetry is one of the most fundamental and one of the most general laws of the universe: living, inanimate nature and society. The principles of symmetry play an important role in physics and mathematics, chemistry and biology, engineering and architecture, painting and sculpture, poetry and music.
There are two groups of symmetry. The first group includes the symmetry of positions, shapes and structures. This is the symmetry that can be directly seen by eyes and can be called geometric symmetry. There is a very complex multilevel classification of types of symmetries: central, axial, radial, mirror and so on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the BNHA world, the law of geometric symmetry, for the most part, is preserved.
And I’m not talking about costumes now, I’m talking about genetics: eyes, hairs, teeth, limbs have their own symmetry. Let me show you some examples.
- Shoji has 3 arms on each side. Not 2 on one side and 4 on another, or 1 on his back and others hell-knows-where-else;
- Mina’s eyes both are with black sclera;
- Kirishima’s teeth are sharp in the upper row and in the lower;
- activation of a quirk is possible with any hand, not just the left or the right;
- hair color also has its own symmetry: Kyoka, Sir, this dude.
Shouto and Fuyumi have their own symmetry in the color of their hair (we all know how Shouto looks like, so I just give you that Todoroki’s priceless facial expression).
And the question is: what went wrong with these two?
Probably, I would not have had this question, if they still turned out to be blood relatives. Because heredity can explain everything. But no, they don’t know each other. And since they only common things is a quirk and these streak… isn’t it strange?
I may be wrong, but it seems I am seeing something like that for the first time in the BNHA.
That is, it turns out, it’s a natural feature? I need to know if this is a coincidence or a purposely pattern.
Two strangers to each other man. The same type of quirk. The same figure on hair. Not just random spots, but a distinctly visible similar geometric figure. Yes, it is different for them, but at the same time is quite the same and recognizable so as not to be mistaken in what you see. They don’t hide it, on the contrary they are wearing a hairstyle of that type so that it catches the eye. And if this man also have black + yellow hair, I will shout very loud.
Before this man showed his quirk, we were almost sure that he had electricity-type quirk precisely because of this streak in his hair. Isn’t it stupid from his side then? Didn’t he just tells others in advance what to expect from him? And same for Kaminari.
I urgently need someone else with an electric quirk. Villain from USJ can’t help cause he have no hair. Or did he hide it under helmet (or that it is?)? If the last one - then he is damn megamind.
So, this streak comes as a bonus with a quirk? And precisely in asymmetric form - only on one side? Are you a magic pony, friendship is magic, all these things?
What for? Why nature work it this way? Why other people we know don’t have some patterns like that? I don’t know what it is. And don’t know is it even matters.
Either Horikoshi decided that such a design is too good to not use again, or I don’t understand something.
it seems its a mutation alongside a quirk. it also seems to be an elemental quirk thing.
its like a not-so-fucking-subtle nod (more like the head-banging-against-the-ground inasa does lol) to their quirks and their powers. it also seems to adjust with their hair, so its unhideable. its probably undyeable, too, since we haven’t seen any elemental user dye their hair, even the villain guy even tho it’d be quite helpful.
like i made a chart for the todoroki family (no touya cus i said so):
and that leaves me with screaming about how little we know about elemental quirks, especially electric ones. it also leaves me with questions:
what’s the difference between yellow and black hair?
how did the villain guy get that scar?? its not a cut or a burn im curious o.o
does it have to do something with creating electricity (the villain guy was shown to have to use a taser as a charger of sorts. we also don’t know if denki can actually create electricity??? so yea hahahhaha)?
is it actually quirk genetics????
where’s denki’s family????!?!?!
so many questions would be answers with denki’s backstory pls hori just give us his backstory-
I laughed so hard because of “Inasa’s nod”, I want to use this as idiom xD
But, again, not all “elementalists” go with a similar thing. Inasa’s hair are normal, Nejire’s hair curled in symmetric… I just can’t remember anyone else who walks with such a things.
As for hair dyeing - I think they can both be dyed black if they want. In any incomprehensible situation, dye your hair black xD Darker than black only Wantablack >D
AND
On the example of Todoroki’s family, we can see that even in closely related family members the “drawing” of a quirk can be different. But, still, what about the white-blonde Toya? I’m sorry, but you still can’t escape from the fact of his existence ;) But well, he can be just a mutated one with his haircolor too? In any incomprehensible situation, say it’s all because of a mutation :D
About “what’s the difference between yellow and black hair?” I have a crazy (it-looks-like-a-) theory about it, but I’m not sure I will not look like a complete idiot after that xDDD Because in this weird theory, the good old Endevour with his breeder manners possess me xD
BY THE WAY, YES?! HAVE WE EVER BEEN TOLDED THAT HE CREATES ELECTRICITY? I need to cheak it.
You may think I’m overthinking… and maybe yes, I am? But will it stop me? Nah. Just two idiots and their damn hair inspired me to this TED Talks.
Do not be afraid, I will not give a long lecture on biology here :)
Symmetry is one of the most fundamental and one of the most general laws of the universe: living, inanimate nature and society. The principles of symmetry play an important role in physics and mathematics, chemistry and biology, engineering and architecture, painting and sculpture, poetry and music.
There are two groups of symmetry. The first group includes the symmetry of positions, shapes and structures. This is the symmetry that can be directly seen by eyes and can be called geometric symmetry. There is a very complex multilevel classification of types of symmetries: central, axial, radial, mirror and so on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the BNHA world, the law of geometric symmetry, for the most part, is preserved.
And I’m not talking about costumes now, I’m talking about genetics: eyes, hairs, teeth, limbs have their own symmetry. Let me show you some examples.
- Shoji has 3 arms on each side. Not 2 on one side and 4 on another, or 1 on his back and others hell-knows-where-else;
- Mina’s eyes both are with black sclera;
- Kirishima’s teeth are sharp in the upper row and in the lower;
- activation of a quirk is possible with any hand, not just the left or the right;
- hair color also has its own symmetry: Kyoka, Sir, this dude.
Shouto and Fuyumi have their own symmetry in the color of their hair (we all know how Shouto looks like, so I just give you that Todoroki’s priceless facial expression).
And the question is: what went wrong with these two?
Probably, I would not have had this question, if they still turned out to be blood relatives. Because heredity can explain everything. But no, they don’t know each other. And since they only common things is a quirk and these streak… isn’t it strange?
I may be wrong, but it seems I am seeing something like that for the first time in the BNHA.
That is, it turns out, it’s a natural feature? I need to know if this is a coincidence or a purposely pattern.
Two strangers to each other man. The same type of quirk. The same figure on hair. Not just random spots, but a distinctly visible similar geometric figure. Yes, it is different for them, but at the same time is quite the same and recognizable so as not to be mistaken in what you see. They don’t hide it, on the contrary they are wearing a hairstyle of that type so that it catches the eye. And if this man also have black + yellow hair, I will shout very loud.
Before this man showed his quirk, we were almost sure that he had electricity-type quirk precisely because of this streak in his hair. Isn’t it stupid from his side then? Didn’t he just tells others in advance what to expect from him? And same for Kaminari.
I urgently need someone else with an electric quirk. Villain from USJ can’t help cause he have no hair. Or did he hide it under helmet (or that it is?)? If the last one - then he is damn megamind.
So, this streak comes as a bonus with a quirk? And precisely in asymmetric form - only on one side? Are you a magic pony, friendship is magic, all these things?
What for? Why nature work it this way? Why other people we know don’t have some patterns like that? I don’t know what it is. And don’t know is it even matters.
Either Horikoshi decided that such a design is too good to not use again, or I don’t understand something.
MY HERO ACADEMIA SCHOOL BRIEFS LIGHT NOVEL “CHERRY BLOSSOMS”
CHAPTER 1: The Red Ogre Who Doesn’t Cry?
The chapter takes place in February before the Meta Liberation War but after Aizawa and Present Mic visit Kurogiri at Tartarus.
It’s still Winter, and the sakura are not blooming yet. Class A undergo an exercise with Aizawa and Eri to teach her the Japanese holiday “Setsubun” (Coming of Spring).
During Setsubun, it is common to play traditional games with children where one person acts as the “oni” (ogre) and the children chase the “oni” around and throw beans at them, symbolizing chasing away the bad to the bring in good fortune. Class A are emulating this and are divided into two teams, the “Oni” team and the “Momotarou” team.
They get placed in the teams based on a random draw of tickets. Kaminari teases Bakugou saying that he looks like an ogre, so by appearances alone, he would belong on the Oni team without even drawing the ticket. Bakugou gets angry, but Aizawa tells them to finish drawing the tickets.
The teams are Momotarou Team: Deku, Ochako, Tsuyu, Mineta, Kaminari, Jirou, Sero, Ashido, Ojiro, Hagakure, Satou, and Koda.
The Oni Team is Bakugou, Todoroki, Tokoyami, Iida, Shoji, Kirishima, Yaoyorozu, and Aoyama.
Iida asks why the teams are unbalanced as there are far more people on the Momotarou team than the Oni team. The rules are that each team has to either throw beans at each other (Momotarou team members) or get hit by an ogre club (Oni team members) to get that team member out. The Momotarou team needs to hit an ogre three times with a bean to get that person out whereas the Oni team only needs to hit the opponent with the ogre club once to get them out.
The only way for the Momotarou team to win is if they can rescue Eri, who is being held “hostage” by the Oni Team. Aizawa then stares at Bakugou, and Bakugou feels uneasy. He then explains that he has a special assignment for Bakugou, which is he will need to get along with Eri.
Bakugou doesn’t get why this is necessary. The rest of Class A are also surprised as to why Bakugou has this task. Aizawa explains that in order to save people, you can’t just grab them with no care and hope they survive. Doing so makes you seem like the villain instead. If he keeps up his scary demeanor, then in the event he’s trying to save a child, if the child starts crying, then it’ll also attract the attention of the villain. Therefore, this exercise is to help Bakugou control his emotions and attitude around children.
Bakugou is annoyed that he has to do this task but keeps quiet anyway. The Oni team proceed to scale the mountain, and Kirishima comes up to Bakugou and says “seems like you’ve got a real tough task there. I’ll work with you, and we can befriend Eri together!” and Iida says “of course, let’s all work together!” Yaoyorozu voices concern, wondering if Bakugou can actually get along with Eri. Aoyama suggests that Bakugou brings out a dashing sparkly smile, just like him and Midoriya. Todoroki also adds that since Midoriya is close to Eri, all Bakugou needs to do is imitate what Midoriya does.
Bakugou yells at Todoroki and says that even if the world gets flipped upside down, he would never copy Deku’s moves.
Meanwhile, the Momotarou team are heading to the forest but are also worried about Bakugou trying to get along with Eri. Deku wonders if Kacchan will be okay with Eri, and the rest of the team members also wonder how it will go. They decide that the best thing they can do is just try to save Eri in either case.
The Oni team on the other hand are trying to warm up to Eri. Eri looks really nervous, so they decide to introduce themselves to her. Kirishima and Yaoyorozu both greet her, and Kirishima knows her since they met during the Overhaul mission. Yaoyorozu also knows Eri since she saw her when she accompanied Ochako to the Teacher’s Dormitory several times. The others were not very familiar with her. Eri still looks nervous, especially since Bakugou is behind her staring at her as well.
He scoffs, and Iida reprimands him, saying that it’s not nice to click your tongue in front of a little girl. Bakugou tells him to shut up. However, the teachers who take care of Eri also sometimes use rough language in front her too.
They eventually get to the location where Eri is supposed to stay with Bakugou. The buzzer rings in the air, signaling that the game has started.
Kirishima looks at Bakugou a bit worriedly and says that in either case, Bakugou should look after Eri.
As he says this, both Bakugou and Eri stare at each other in surprise, and feeling awkward, both avert their gaze.
As the Momotarou team approaches to try to save Eri, Hagakure quietly comes around to sneak up on them, but as she does, she steps on a fallen branch on the floor. Shoji notices and Hagakure tries to run away, but Shoji whacks her with the ogre club. Hagakure is out.
Sero uses his tape to swing through the branches. However, he notices that Iida is on his tail. Iida is able to catch up to him and swings his club. Sero is out too.
Ojiro hears Aizawa’s voice ringing across the mountains and says, “man, already two out?” He then runs into Kirishima, who’s holding the ogre club casually on his shoulder. Kirishima says this is the end of the line for Ojiro.
Kirishima smirks and Ojiro puts on a bitter smile. The two proceed to duke it out.
Meanwhile, Tsuyu and Deku are trying to sneak up towards Eri’s location, but Todoroki stops them with a wall of ice. Tsuyu uses her tongue to wrap around Deku to save him from the ice. She tells Deku to go ahead as she tries to hold Todoroki back. He easily freezes her legs and chases after Deku.
It’s been a while since Deku sparred with Todoroki, and the two of them smile playfully at each other like children as they proceed to fight.
Jirou and Ochako are also trying to sneak up to where Eri is being held “hostage,” but they suddenly hear sounds coming from a distance, which they deem to be Todoroki and Deku. They try to proceed but are intercepted by Yaoyorozu. They try to throw beans at her, but Yaoyorozu makes a vacuum cleaner and uses it to suck up all the beans.
Tokoyami then appears up above and uses Dark Shadow to whack both Jirou and Ochako. The battle is heating up.
As the others are fighting, Bakugou is in the small hut with Eri, and silence fills the room. Bakugou is still trying to figure out why exactly he has to do this task. He wonders if Aizawa is trying to teach Eri about Stockholm Syndrome but then berates himself for even thinking that silly thought.
He thinks to himself “what the hell do you even talk about with kids!?” He then thinks about Todoroki’s words about how Deku is close with Eri, so all he needs to do is copy what Deku did. He yells “goddamnit!!” and accidentally surprises Eri.
Bakugou is adamant to not copy Deku, so he resolves to just doing what he’d think is best for this situation. He tries to think about how to get a kid to open up to him while he’s in the role of the “ogre.”
He then thinks to himself, “as if there’s something like that!” He goes through a bit of an internal struggle but then settles on asking Eri what is her favorite food.
Eri responds, “Oh…? Um….a—apples…”
Eri looks confused, and Bakugou struggles internally again and says, “what are you, some kinda damn weirdo…!?”
Outside, the battle has turned as Tokoyami managed to get Ochako, Jirou, Ashido, and Ojiro out. The only ones left on the Momotarou team are Deku, Tsuyu, Kaminari, Mineta, Satou, and Kouda. The Oni team has no outs at all.
The Momotarou team regroups and tries to figure out a good strategy on what to do. They only have five members left, and they’re also running low on beans. Mineta asks if Deku has a plan, and Deku proceeds to open his mouth to explain when…
Back at the the hut, their fears became true. Bakugou hardly made any progress befriending Eri. Iida tries to get Eri to warm up to Bakugou by saying, “Eri-chan-kun, Bakugou might look the way he is, but he actually has some good parts too! Right, everyone!?”
He hopes that if they can all talk about Bakugou’s good side, then maybe Eri would warm up to him.
Kirishima says, “Even though Bakugou looks the way he is, he’s a straightforward guy who will never tell lies!” Kirishima gives a thumbs up and smiles at Bakugou. Yaoyorozu adds, “That’s right! Bakugou might look this way, but umm…oh uh..that’s right! He has great table manners! He’s very neat!”
With Yaoyorozu’s words of encouragement, Shoji also adds “Bakugou might uh, look like…look like this but uh…he gets up early! I’ve never seen him rush in the morning!”
Shoji then looks towards Tokoyami, and Tokoyami says “what, me!?” He then says, “Bakugou might look like err, this…but…oh right. He cleans up the bathroom sink well after he uses it, wiping away all the water splatters.”
Todoroki then adds, “Bakugou might look like this uh….might look like this…?”
Todoroki ponders a bit and gets quiet. Aoyama butts in and says “I’ll go first! Bakugou might look like this but has talents! For example, he wears his pants really low, but they actually never fall down!”
Todoroki remembers what he wants to say and continues with, “Bakugou might look like this, but he takes his studies seriously. He is also Midoriya’s childhood friend.”
Bakugou gets mad and says, “What the hell! Why are you saying that my good side is being childhood friends with that damn nerd Deku!?”
Upon hearing Deku’s name, Eri asks, “Oh, Deku-san?”
Even though Eri seemed interested in the conversation, Bakugou goes on to yell at Todoroki, saying that he never wanted to be childhood friends with Deku. He also asks why the hell is everyone saying “he might look like this…” when trying to talk about him?
Everyone realizes he’s got a point, and they get quiet. Todoroki says, “my bad.”
They then go back to strategizing on how to get the other five Momotarou members out. They know that their opponents are running out of beans, so the only plan they probably have is to try to take Eri.
Suddenly, a long tongue wraps around Aoyama. He screams, and Kirishima tries to help him. Iida follows them.
Deku and the others are jumping through the trees. Mineta throws his mogi mogi sticky balls at them, and they get stuck. Koda then summons a murder of crows to distract them. Satou then makes a hole in the ground, and they all fall down.
Kaminari then zaps them, making the freeze in their tracks. The Momotarou team throws beans at the fallen victims, and Iida, Aoyama, Todoroki, Kirishima, Tokoyami, Shoji, and Yaoyorozu all get out at the same time.
Even though Kirishima is out, he pleads to Deku, saying, “I know it’s probably weird to ask of you guys since you’re on the opposite team, but please help Bakugou get along with Eri, I’m begging you!”
Kirishima puts his hands together to plead. Deku asks Kirishima, “is it really that bad?” and Kirishima nods his head. Iida also mentions that they haven’t made any progress, so please lend them a hand.
Deku and the other Momotaro team members agree to help Bakugou get along with Eri. They think of a strategy and recall a popular folktale called “The Red Oni Who Cried.” They will play a game of “ogres out, fortune in” where they will act like the ogres, and when Bakugou helps defeat them, it will make him look better in front of Eri. This might let her warm up to him.
Back at the hut, Bakugou hears that everyone on his team is out except him. He knows that if they come for him, then there’s no way the Oni team can win.
However, Tsuyu stealthily hands Bakugou a note using her tongue. He reads it and says, “so I’m the red ogre?” The Momotaro team act tough and say “ohh, I’m the villain!” and “I’m here to take the girl!” to sound more intimidating. Bakugou gets angry and takes the ogre club and says, “if you’re not coming in, then I’m coming after you!!”
Bakugou readies his explosions, and Deku realizes if he lets it out, he might actually destroy the entire hut. Deku says, “Wa—wait, Kacchan!” and Bakugou says, “Stop moving, damnit, Deku!!”
Deku tells him to remember his special assignment with Eri! Bakugou doesn’t care and is about to swing the club at Deku when he hears Eri say, “ogres out, fortune in…!”
Bakugou feels something small hit him. It turns out that Eri actually had the beans and was part of the Momotarou team too! She gets Bakugou out, and the Momotarou Team wins!
Eri says she didn’t know when she would have the chance to throw the beans at him to escape. Deku looks at Eri and thanks her for saving him. Bakugou sees Eri looks much different than earlier, and he says “You…did well…”
Eri was scared that Bakugou might be mad at her, but her eyes widen as she hears what he says to her. Bakugou says, “Hey, I’m just saying this to someone who was held captive, all right!?”
Deku’s eyes widen as he tells Eri that Bakugou actually complimented her, which means she really did a good job! He continues to praise her, and Bakugou says “I didn’t compliment her, I was just speaking my mind!”
After Thirteen comes to pick Eri up to see her safely home, Aizawa tells Class A that although the Momotarou team won, they shouldn’t have wasted time doing something aside from the assignment. The class dejectedly say “Yes, sir.” Aizawa then turns to Bakugou and says that Eri’s impression of Bakugou got better compared to before the class started.
She told Aizawa that she was happy he complimented her and that he probably worked his best to try to act like an ogre. Kaminari then lets out a laugh and says, “Pfft, you think he was trying his best to act? That’s just how he is!!” and Bakugou yells, “shut the hell up!” Aizawa tells Bakugou that he at least passed his special assignment.
Kirishima then comes up to Bakugou and throws an arm across his shoulder. He exclaims, “You did it, Bakugou! I knew you would pass!”
Iida says that seeing Bakugou pass makes him happy as Class President. Ochako and the others all offer words of praise as well. Bakugou says they’re being damn annoying. Aizawa watches his class as he says with a hint of happiness “getting along, huh.”
THE END!
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Chapter 2, 3, and 5 in text format will be posted soon. For now, please check the links to my Twitter threads!
The Boku No Hero Academia Hero Fes 2020 had a lot of different segments to it with all the voice actors and actresses in the official art!
There were live readings of Season 4 highlighted scenes, a mini game that 4 teams had to play, as well as a funny drama skit about Deku and everyone getting isekai’d into a dream world where they were part of the U.A. Troops fighting against the Big 3.
