Idk what’s better Hori intentionally being extra about BkDk or him when he’s being subtle about it
Like Dekus favorite dish is katsudon is not a subtle nod to Katsuki
But Kacchan’s favorite activity being hiking could be a very subtle nod to the fact that Midoriyameansgreen valley
Now get ready for some ✨conspiracy✨
One of the worlds most famous hiking trials is on the Izu peninsula(Kawazu Seven Waterfalls)
One of the it’s so well known is that it’s loved by both hiking enthusiasts and classic literature nerds alike
That’s because its the setting to first Japanese Nobel prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s short story “The Izu Dancer”
The Izu Dancer is about a young upper class man going hiking on vacation from university to escape his feelings of loneliness and discontentment with life
While traveling his develops crush/friendship with the dancer/drummer and daughter of a family traveling entertainers. These social outcasts teach this well to do young man how to accept himself and be more open with others
When it’s time for him to go back to school he and the dancer promise each other they will meet again but when he leaves he realize how impossible that dream is
I think Hori knows this story well because
A. It won a Nobel prize so a fuck ton of people know, even more so in Japan(obviously)
B. The seven waterfalls is only a few hours away from where Hori himself went to university
C. A social outcast teaching a boy who has it all to be a better person sounds real familiar (that could only describe like a million stories lol)
And it’s so fitting that Deku’s nod would clear as day while Kacchan’s takes time and thought to discover
Here’s some of the status featuring the drummer/dancer and the young man
