also i don't know if i said this on my plurk but we ended up marathoning ALL of the bnha anime and i'm i love all these children and i just want them to be happy
i love that he's WEIRD and goes off muttering to himself and how much he evolves and that he's still kind of a crybaby BECAUSE HE GETS IT FROM HIS MOOOOOOOOM i loved that detail that was so cute
and i really like that even the most powerful kids have obvious flaws and it's important they all work together, and the less powerful kids have their own part to play?? like thank god for balance, and not just "here's goku saving the universe 6000 times, by himself"
i also love that bakugou... isn't just... an asshole??? don't get me wrong, he's a huge asshole, but there's more to him? but at the same time the whole series isn't about his anger/brooding/whatever vis-a-vis the protag. stares at naruto
in a series that is literally about superpowered teenagers, adults and parents and teachers are around and they matter and they are ACTUALLY BETTER AT THINGS than the children, who are actual children who still need looking after. god fucking bless.
I LOVE HOW WEIRD HE IS???? I LOVE THAT HE JUST GOES OFF IN HIS OWN WORLD BEING A FUCKING WEIRDO MUTTERING TO HIMSELF EXTENSIVELY AND HIS FRIENDS ARE JUST LIKE ah, that's midoriya...
he's got some of the standard shounen protag tropes but he actually feels like a real believable person who had to work EXTREMELY HARD for where he is and he isn't just some naturally gifted perfect being or w/e
au where everything is the same but mineta doesn't exist