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Top 5: Who Could Beat Bakugou?

I’m kind of obsessed with over-analyzing My Hero Academia, so here you go. Prime insanity.

Note: I am only using STUDENTS in this list! (From any school we’ve seen).

Technically speaking, Bakugou has never been beaten in a fight. During the training exercise in Season 1, he and Iida were outsmarted by Midoriya and Uraraka, but I’ve decided not to count that as a victory won in a fight. So yeah, he’s a strong little gremlin! But who could/can beat him under the correct circumstances.......

#5. Yaoyorozu Momo

It’s rather difficult to gauge whether or not Bakugou would be a tough match-up for her, as we’ve never seen them engaged in a conflict. But due to the vast range of her quirk, I firmly believe Momo has the capability to beat Bakugou in a one-on-one battle. The only set back being her confidence issues. As we saw in her and Todoroki’s fight against Aizawa in the second half of Season 2, Momo tends to lose confidence at the worst possible moment. I think Aizawa summed it up pretty well by saying, “She’s decided that he’s (Todoroki) better than her, and has begun to doubt herself.” And since most problems in life don’t just vanish, I’d say she still struggles with that.

Nevertheless, Momo has the ability to focus primarily on defense while Bakugou tires himself out on the offense. We don’t know exactly where she placed in the recommendation exam (since we only saw a glimpse of the boy’s exam during Inasa and Todoroki’s fight in the second half of Season 3), but it’s safe to say she scored within the top three spots. Especially since the exam looked like something right up her alley!

#4. Shinsou Hitoshi

(Now this is a match-up I would LOVE to see)!

It’s no secret that Bakugou Katsuki is easily provoked, and provoking people is a prime aspect of Shinsou’s quirk. When a person knows what his quirk is, his only choice is to get under their skin. (Which we saw him do during his fight with Midoriya at the sports festival). And he seems to be rather good at it too. Ojiro hammered Midoriya on NOT answering any of Shinsou’s questions, which he did almost immediately. Imagine if that’d been Bakugou instead of Midoriya, the reaction would have been 10x faster.

The only issue I can foresee with this match-up is Bakugou going all in at the beginning. Since Shinsou’s quirk is not showy, Bakugou could decimate him in like thirty seconds flat. That’s why, if Shinsou wanted to beat him, he would need to work on hitting him where it hurts, and dodging attacks. Which would most likely prove difficult, considering Bakugou’s quirk covers much more ground than Midoriya’s, for instance.

These two are a great match-up in my opinion, because they test each other’s biggest weakness. Shinsou’s being physical attacks, and Bakugou’s being anger management. In one of the last episodes of Season 3, we are informed that Shinsou has “bulked up”, meaning he has been working on physical training.

#3. Kirishima Eijirou

Kirishima is is one of the only people who I believe Bakugou would tolerate being beaten by. As we know, Katsuki considers Eijirou to be his equal, and wouldn’t be too hurt if he lost in a fight with him.

During the sports festival, Bakugou beats Kirishima in their bracket fight. He seems satisfied with his win, because he feels like Kirishima put his best foot forward. And he really did use all of his power during that battle, but since then, he has significantly improved.

In either volume 15 or 16 of the manga, (I’m not sure), Kirishima develops a new ultimate move during a street fight with a villain hyped up on “quirk steroids”. This move is called his “Unbreakable” form. (Note that this move was only made possible by Bakugou’s encouraging, supportive words). If Kirishima had had his Unbreakable form during the sports festival arc, he would have beaten Bakugou fair and square.

Not to say that Bakugou hasn’t also gotten stronger, but unlike Kiri he doesn’t have the ability to “power-up” even further. Which is simply due to the different nature of their quirks.

In addition, during Kirishima’s backstory retelling in the manga, we find out that he actually placed second in the U.A. entrance exams! Though he did not beat Bakugou, his score was much more well rounded than the latter. Meaning he had nearly an equal amount of rescue and defeat points, whereas Bakugou did not have ANY rescue points.

This match-up has very promising results.

#2. Midoriya Izuku

In Deku vs. Kacchan Part 2, Bakugou declares himself the victor of a match that I would personally define as a draw. I’m going to be quite blunt and just say it, Midoriya is stronger than Bakugou. It’s not too shocking, especially when you consider that Deku is the protagonist. The only reason he didn’t beat Bakugou in their most recent animated fight is because he had to repress his full power, i.e. “One For All, 5%”!

With Izuku’s handicap in mind, consider the main reason Bakugou struggles to beat the prior. Midoriya makes him angry. Depending on the exact nature of his emotions, Bakugou’s performance varies from an irrefutable victory to a slippery, emotion-heavy defeat. Battles with Deku tend to lean towards the slippery, emotion-heavy defeat outcome.

Deku is rather empathetic, thus he feels bad when Bakugou can’t fight like his normal self due to emotional turmoil. Or, in simpler terms, he has a soft spot for his rival. Though Izuku is not immune to the same type of emotional turmoil, he is much better at working through it. Bakugou gave Midoriya one of his greatest strengths, emotional intelligence and control. His relentless bullying of Deku as a child and pre-teen resulted in the latter retaining a strong grasp on his feelings. In parallel, Bakugou did not prepare for these struggles since he was coddled and praised for everything he did.

Midoriya can absolutely beat Bakugou, he just needs to work on not literally killing him in order to do it.

Honorable Mentions:

~Monoma Neito~

During the sports festival, Monoma seriously misjudged Bakugou by picking a fight with him. Due to his lack of knowledge on his opponent, Neito lost. Had he known what buttons to push, he could have beaten Katsuki with his own quirk.

(Which would have been pretty badass, let’s be honest).

~Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu~

Based on what we know about Tetsutetsu, which is not much, he might be able to defeat Bakugou. Though his and Kirishima’s quirks are ridiculously similar, Kiri has something that Tetsu doesn’t. His special move.

I couldn’t omit him from the list entirely since he Kirishima are on just about the same level. And besides, Tetsutetsu placed in the Top 10 during the entrance exam.

~Inasa Yoarashi~

Since he placed first in the recommendation exam, I had to include him. Theoretically he could beat Bakugou, but scientifically he would fail miserably. As we all know, heat makes air rise. But more importantly, air makes nitroglycerin EVEN MORE explosive. Inasa would most likely end up fueling Bakugou’s quirk and scoring on himself.

(I honestly just put him in the honorable mentions so I could talk about science, because science is cool).

~Mirio Togata~

Considering Mirio is in the running for #1 Hero, he could probably beat Bakugou instantly. It’s unfortunate we didn’t get to see Katsuki test his skills against Togata. His skill is truly unparalleled by any other student, but sadly this match-up is no longer plausible. Maybe in another timeline :(

#1. Todoroki Shoto

This kind of goes without saying, honestly. Yes, Bakugou beat Todoroki in the sports festival, but that was due to Shoto not putting in his best effort. Had he fought the way he did with Midoriya, I have no doubt that he would have beaten Bakugou. And Katsuki knew this too.

Since the sports festival arc, Todoroki has worked hard at overcoming his childhood trauma, and even though I’m sure this will become a problem again in the future, for the time being he’s free from emotional distress. Also, placing second in the recommendation exam is nothing to scoff at.

Bakugou is beginning to view Todoroki as an equal, like he does with Kirishima, so someday being defeated by Shoto might not seem as painful as it is now.

Unlike with Midoriya, I believe that Todoroki and Bakugou are equal in terms of power. So I could imagine their victories against each other flip-flopping all over the place.

Shoto earned the #1 spot because currently, in the manga, he is the most likely to beat Katsuki.

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kaylewiswrites · 6 years

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Drunk WIP Week Day 2 - Knifepoint

Welcome to day two of the week where I rant about my wips like an excited drunk person because I’m tired of trying to make coherent and professional sense. Yesterday, I made an extremely long post about my main WIP Walk, so go check that out if you like morally grey characters, almost-dystopian settings, and found families that, every once in a while, get along with each other.

But today? Today, we’re talking about....

Knifepoint

Sometimes I start off a story with a vague idea in my head, and sometimes I literally just start writing words to see what happens. In this case, it was 75k of a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers lesbian romance in the desert between three politically fraught invented nations. It was almost entirely about (a) not having enough water and (b) deep conversations about feelings, so I decided to actually try drafting for the first time in my life, and now we have a plot! but the slow-burn romance and talking about feelings in a desert is still a thing. Like, a big thing.

Premise:

So we’ve got three countries living together, with a rich (not so thought out) history, and a desert sitting in the middle of the peninsula they occupy.

Ceathyia: This is a peaceful country of diplomats, fine artists, scholars, and doctors. They’re, like, pretty stuck up. They’re all proud of themselves because they value selflessness and kindness above everything else, and their neighboring countries can get kind of defensive around them. Not too defensive, though. They’re the best at selling and marketing to the more distant countries, so the other nations sell most of their goods to Ceathyia. Besides, they’re a bit annoying, but ultimately harmless. It’s not like a Ceathyia is ever going to stir up trouble. They worship the sun as a symbol of all they aspire to be (warm and giving and selfless and all that stuff).

Koden: Separated from it’s neighbors by a strip of desert, it’s only been two hundred or so years since Ceathyia and Haryth even knew that Koden and it’s people existed. Before then, both countries just assumed they had rights to the whole desert if they wanted it, but when they found out the other was there, they got...pissed. Koden raises it’s kids in kind of a weird way: each citizen is trained to live for only three things. Any three things, but only three. Is it money? Is it family? Is it peace, or lust, or commitment or happiness? The country doesn’t really care, and it believes everyone has the freedom to do what they need to do in pursuit of these ‘Aspects’ of their ‘Selves’. Murder a man because your aspect is ‘violence’? Fine with us, but that man over there with a ‘justice’ aspect has just as much right to slit your throat. So it reads as pretty lawless and chaotic.

Haryth: They want to fight. They want to fight ALL THE TIME. They want that desert that Koden claimed for themselves. Harythian people aren’t born with names. They have to die a glorious death on the field of battle to be worthy of remembering, so it’s easy to encourage young people to train to be soldiers. They have to pass ten tasks in order to be received: archery, hand-to-hand combat, sword fighting, stealth, on and on until their final task: walking the length of the enemy country of Koden and back without being killed. If you can do that, you’re a soldier, and you’re one step closer to getting your name.

Characters:

We’ve got one main character from each country, because how else would we do it?

Sian: Late teenage Ceathyian (why would I know my characters ages?). He’s studying to be a doctor, but for right now he’s accompanying his dad on a diplomatic trip to Koden. In a country of kind and selfless people, he feels an unhealthy need to be the MOST kind and the MOST selfless, because he’s terrified that people will find out that he’s faking. He thinks he’s terrible. He’s always felt this desire to live carefree lives the way the other nations do, and he’s been bottling up his resentment of his society since his mother died. So he compensates by donating the most, volunteering the most, getting the best grades, but the more praise he gets for his behavior, the guiltier he feels, and the harder he feels like he needs to work. He’s just a big ball of self-loathing anxiety. Oh, and he’s about to find out he’s not as straight as he thought he was.

(Side note, I’m pretty sure the only (maybe) straight people in this book are the villains. Like, even all the named side characters at this point are somewhere in the LGBT alphabet.)

Mona: Like all Kodens, she has a Self: Simplicity, Survival, and Self Control are her three aspects. She’s a blacksmith that makes really cool weapons, and her workmanship is so good that people come from Ceathyia to make requests. This is good, because all that money means Survival is happy. Simplicity likes the process of making everything, the repetitiveness. Self Control is happy to get rid of any trace of anger buy hitting things with a hammer over and over again. So she’s got a pretty chill life. Until these other two nerds come hurtling into it, ruining everything. When she can’t satisfy Simplicity, she gets intense stomach pains (Anxiety), but Self Control refuses to show weakness, so she just smiles. The more upset she is, the more she smiles. If she’s really panicking, she starts laughing. It throws the others off, and makes them think she’s an asshole, but she’s mostly just trying to make it through all these stressful situations without an ulcer.

Rada: That’s not her real name (since she’s not dead, she doesn’t have one), but it is a nickname Mona gives her to piss her off. Actually, most of want Mona does pisses her off. Rada is basically the (ง'̀-'́)ง emoji. She has a short temper, is extremely impatient, and a little too curious for her own good. She tends to feel everything very passionately, which is why she takes every accidental slight from the other two very personally. She’s also ridiculously impulsive. Like, deciding to jump into the final task of breaking into Koden without actually learning the language first kind of impulsive. Like gambling away her only weapons in an enemy country kind of impulsive. Like stealing new, very expensive knives from a famous Koden blacksmith in front of a Ceathyian, leading all three of them on a chase scenes that ends with the discovery of a political plot kind of impulsive. You know the type, right?

Plot

So yeah. Look at the last two sentences of the last paragraph, and that’s basically how we start. Turns out Ceathyian has been manipulating the other two countries into war for decades, for their own gain, and these three idiots have to figure out a way to stop them before another war breaks out. This will require them to: Cross a large, inhospitable desert, make their way through two different countries that members of their party are not welcome in, deal with disapproving fathers, coming to terms with different sexualities, coming to terms with the idea that your enemy might not need to be your enemy, learning new languages, discovering what platonic love feels like, and one very drunk night of dancing.

I really did try to make this one shorter than yesterday BUT it didn’t work. Tagging @aomory and @concerningwolves. Let me know if anyone wants to be tagged in posts about Knifepoint in the future, or in the rest of Drunk WIP Week. If you want to see a more professional explanation of Knifepoint, you can see the WIP page here

Below is a snippet of Knifepoint. Critique and criticism is always welcome!

We’ve already established I’m not good with the mud, right? That point’s been made clear to you? No review necessary? Great. So you understand that while I’m running from the second shop keep of the day, I’m not doing too well.

Each step feels like a gamble, a chance. I’m usually fast—the Speed Task was the first one I passed, after all— but each step I take lands deep in the mud and it’s hard to call what I’m doing running when it takes so long to lift each foot up. Some people yell as my attempts to sprint splatter them with wet dirt.

While it seemed clear pretty quickly that the used salesman wasn’t interested in a pursuit, I’m getting a different vibe from this encounter. Maybe because you actually took something this time, I remind myself. Technically three things. Three very expensive things.

Stupid broach. Stupid Ceathyian. Does he think he’s doing the right thing? Does getting someone killed over a piece of jewelry make him morally superior?

I take a glance over my shoulder, wondering if it’s safe to slow down. The shop keep probably isn’t hard to lose, and the Ceathyian wouldn’t want to get his nice clothes all dirty. But I don’t find either of them behind me.

The blacksmith. The blacksmith running with her hammer in hand. The blacksmith that is running barefoot through the mud like she was born in it.

She probably was, I growl to myself. I take a sharp turn into the market square, using a pole to pull myself in the right direction. It’ll be easy to disappear into the crowd here, I think. I take a few steps leaning back to slow myself down quickly…

…and slip. I slip right into a tent with a wooden board of a gold painted sword.

The poles fall, the cloth collapses, and from inside I hear the sound of clanging metal and an angry roar. I roll off the cloth, just in case any of the sword happen to be sharper than they looked. I right myself quickly, but the blacksmith is only a few tents away, and that hammer doesn’t look friendly. I pull my feet out of the mud and keep running.

So the market plan was a bust. But if I can get into some of the tighter side streets, I might be able to lose her there. I need to, fast. She’s gaining on me with every turn. She might be able to run better in mud, but a Harythian will always be able to outsmart a Koden.

A left, a right. The paths get skinnier, the backs of the buildings point toward us. The paths don’t make sense, houses built and added to at a whim. I’m going to have a hell of a time finding my way out of this, but I guess being lost is a privilege of being alive.

Left, left, right, and then a fork in the road. Perfect. I run to the left, then shove myself into an alley way on the right, folding my body behind a barrel. She’ll have no idea which way I’ve gone. She won’t be able to—

A hand grabs my hair and yanks me up. I pull the new knives out of my sleeves and swipe, but I only gaze the hand pulling back. Even that, though, is enough to draw a thin, shallow line of blood across the blacksmith’s palm.

She smiles as she lifts the hammer. “You give up, you get to live. You fight, I leave a corpse back here. This is your choice.”

I growl and slash upwards, but the movement is awkward in this cramped space. I realize this is the first fight I’ve ever had outside my training yard, and it couldn’t be more different. Narrow alley, muddy ground, and a girl with a hammer—everything I’ve learned in training is failing me. In less than a minute she has me on the ground, knives in the mud, holding me up by my wrist. I wait for her to bring the hammer down on my head and end it, but she keeps looking at me with the same vague smile. “Well? I demand, knees sinking into that godforsaken mud. If this is how I die, I’d rather get it over with.

“You didn’t happen to steal an ax as well, did you?” She asks. Her voice is soft and smooth, not at all what I expect, and I’m wondering if that has something to do with the fact that I’m obviously not hearing things right.

“What?”

Wet running footsetps and wheezy breath narrowly give us warning to the arrival of another person. I feel both ashamed and hopeful at the idea of someone finding me like this, but the person that almost runs by and has to double back is not some savoir but the Ceathyian snitch that put me in this position in the first place.

“Stop!” he pants. “Don’t—Don’t hurt her!” He’s leaning heavily on the silver staff he was holding when I ran.

“Did you steal that, too?” The blacksmith asks.

The boy closes his eyes and pants harder. “No, i…it was in my hand when I chased you out of the shop, and I didn’t realize it until I had gone all the way down the street, and I was afraid it would get stolen if I put it down, so I thought I’d…just return it in person when I found you, but the important part is, don’t hurt her.”

“Did you happen to bring an ax?” The blacksmith asks. Ok, I know I didn’t mistranslate this time. Between her vague smile, calm voice, and irrational questions, there’s something going on with her.

When the Ceathyian looks confused, she continues: “Do you think Gadum was being serious? About bringing back her hand?”

Instinctually, I try to twist out of her grip, but I swear the girl is made of the same iron she works with.

“You can’t cut off her hand!” The Ceathyian cries.

“I know,” the blacksmith answers. “All I brought was this hammer.”

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