Bakugou's last stand honestly reminds me of a much worse version of Koichi's last stand. They're alike when you think about it. They both fight against someone suffering from an identity crisis/disorder, granted number 6 pulls it off way better which is why hes the best villain in the franchise (written by not Hori of course
). They fight against someone with multiple broken quirks. They both get power ups mid battle, though unlike Betagou or Betaku, Chadchi's power up (reflexes, flight, speed, multiple double jumps) are built on his already existing powers meanwhile Bakugou's awakening happens again for full body explosions because the nitroglycerin sweat from his palms seeks victory and needed another outlet (don't even try making sense of this). Dodging attacks is supposed to be impressive but Bakugou got bullied when a feint he saw couldn't apply, meanwhile Koichi literally has ultra Instinct and seeing shit just makes it harder to hit him also unlike Betagou Chadchi could actually do some damage due to a technique that was also foreshadowed and made sense. I could go on but I won't
. Betagou got what Hori thought was Might Guy vs Madara but actually got Neji's death scene instead
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At least I get pleasantly surprised by Black Clover sometimes and it doesn't do anything explicitly terrible. Far more than I can say about Mha.
I remember people going:
"Oh but Asta's not smart like Izuku, we never get smart Shounen protagonists"
As if I'm supposed to ignore our "genius" here having a Jimmy Neutron brain blast over fucking kicking
"Izuku works harder"
On what fucking planet
? Asta worked out since he was in the single digits because it's better than doing nothing despite having nothing to really show that it'll pay off with a magic ability or anything. Izuku couldn't even comprehend the idea of a push up until All Might basically put the boot up the ass to not be a no neck chump
. Despite living in a series with technology, videos and shit where he would know people can charles atlas their way to power or learn martial arts. Now that I think about it dude was shocked that Aizawa trains in his custom weapons and martial arts because he expects him to sit back and not account for weaknesses I guess
. Give Koichi some credit in Mha, at least he was a vigilante before Knuckleduster showed up. He wasn't doing anything serious at all but at least he did what he could, which is apparently too much to ask in Mha. Cause it shocks people when you say that Izuku's notes are practically worthless.