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This Week in Anime - Will Bakugo Become a Hero or a Villain?

I don't know how many times I've said this already, BAKUGO IS NOT SASUKE, STOP THAT! And the arc after the Training Arc is gonna prove that to you which is also the arc with spoiler[ All Might and All for One final fight] and boooooy that's is gonna hype animated, I can't wait for that.

He comes away from his talk with Deku not deciding he needs to embody a greater cause, but that he needs to put on the airs of a radical like Stain in order to get the satisfaction he really wants. He doesn't have any grander ideals.

FackuIkari wrote:

I don't know how many times I've said this already, BAKUGO IS NOT SASUKE, STOP THAT! And the arc after the Training Arc is gonna prove that to you which is also the arc with spoiler[ All Might and All for One final fight] and boooooy that's is gonna hype animated, I can't wait for that.

Ya if you want to compare Bakugo to another shounen anime character then Vegeta is the perfect choice. Horikoshi seemed to develop Bakugo from a mold of Vegeta.

I don't see that, Vegeta was a villain that turned into a good guy, Bakugo was never a villain, he is a good guy with pride and overconfidence but that get him compared to Sasuke when the backgrounds of both characters are completely different, there's no reason for Bakugo to become a Villain, Sasuke had it coming from the start with is f****d up past.

Don't people still get that Bakugo admires All Might as much as Midoriya does?

Don't people still get that Bakugo admires All Might as much as Midoriya does?

I mean, you could just read the manga. The manga answers this question pretty definitively.

Bakugo is one of the most interesting and compelling characters in the series for me and from near the beginning he has been one of my favorites. When Season 3 comes out and plays out how I think it will go you will see the groundwork for HUGE Bakugo development. Bakugo and Deku have a great rivalry to each other that pushes the other to be better and I love that. People kept wanting to compare these two to Naruto and Sasuke when they really aren't all that close to that. Deku and Bakugo have a closer relationship to Goku and Vegeta post Frieza Saga. Where they aren't enemies but they definitely aren't friends and like Vegeta Bakugo is pushed almost solely by his pride.

Season 3 will hopefully get to where we really dive into Bakugo and see what makes him tick. spoiler[We learn why Bakugo is the way he is through his environment. When Bakugo developed his powers everyone praised him and how he would be a great hero some day. A child of five being praised and built up constantly by everyone from his peers, to his teachers, to random adults on the streets it built up in him this immense tower of confidence and pride. He learned that power means respect and admiration so in contrast no power must mean weakness and degradation. So Deku being the only kid in his class without a quirk he must be the loser and pariah. To then later see Deku have such a powerful quirk it struck at the very core of his tower of confidence and pride. This person so much weaker and of less status then him being his equal possibly his better was unthinkable. This also is a great counterpoint to the character of Shinso from the general education course of U.A. and from the sports festival. While Bakugo was praised and told he would be a great hero with his powers Shinso was told his powers were frightening and he would be a villain. Later well after season 3 will end Bakugo is going to call Deku out for a fight finally putting together Deku inherited his powers from All Might. At this point All Might has used up every bit of One for All defeating his arch nemesis All for One while rescuing Bakugo and this destroys Bakugo. The ultimate pinnacle of strength who Bakugo looked up to lost all his powers and it was because of Bakugo. That if Bakugo was stronger and better he wouldn't have needed to be saved and All Might could still be a hero. Bakugo being a person who has always run on the emotions of pride and anger didn't know how to handle such terrible grief and regret so he deals with it the only way he knows through anger. So he calls Deku out for a fight because that is the only thing he can and it turns into a pretty awesome fight and a great moment between Bakugo, Deku and All Might.]