Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season Episode 24 Discussion

LuZeke said:


Great character in the sense that he's really good at making you absolutely hate him, sure. But he's completely irredeemable. Everything about him screams villain, and I'd be pretty disappointed if he doesn't turn out to become a villain himself a la Stain.

FireFistYamaan said:
Needless how much people can hate on Bakugo. Yes, he's an asshole and all but that just means that he has alot of room to grow. Compare Bakugo when the last when Hero academia ends and see how much he will come to grow.

Alphasoldier said:
I really do not understand Bakugo's character. He's so far from hero material.
He says he wants to be the best hero, and the only way he measures it is being able to beat other people. Being an actual hero is way more than that.

I honestly wonder if his backstory is just that what has been shown so far, or if there's something much deeper.

LuZeke said:


Like another poster said here, Bakugo acts nothing like a hero would. It goes beyond the point of being an edgy anti-hero sort of type. Even other characters in the show acknowledge this and have pointed out on more than one occasion that he doesn't act like a hero and at least once said that he behaves like a villain.

Wanting to be the greatest hero is far from all it takes to actually become even a modest everyday hero. And yeah, it's being brought up over and over, it's just as likely that it's setting his character up for a fall from grace (well... a dip in this case) by reinforcing the notion.

Luke72 said:
They couldn't have him go 100% against them. He would've killed them! And those weights on him were an actual nerf. It's not a plothole for convenience or anything.

TheEnhancedExe said:


There is a scene that surpasses Deku vs Todoroki by a lot which will happen in Season 3, definitely the highlight of the manga so far. I expect it to cover 2-2.5 episodes of Season 3, but these will imo be by far the best episodes of the anime once they air, as long as the animation stays the same as during this season. Plus the recent events in the manga are also slightly above Deku vs Todoroki level, they come close to what will happen in Season 3, but they won't happen in the anime until Season 4.

LuZeke said:


But it does matter that he doesn't act like a hero. It does matter that his behaviour is an issue. It informs his character. It tells us that he lacks several key factors in being a hero. Heck, he lacks several factors in being a decent person, period. Maybe it isn't permanent, we can't say for sure any which way until it happens, but what we can be sure of is this: Bakugo has been an asshole his entire life.

All of Bakugo's stated motivations are based on pride and selfishness. Something that can easily be subverted into villainy.

LuZeke said:


Great character in the sense that he's really good at making you absolutely hate him, sure. But he's completely irredeemable. Everything about him screams villain, and I'd be pretty disappointed if he doesn't turn out to become a villain himself a la Stain.

LauraBirdie said:
This was pretty well done. Not the kind of animation we saw during Deku vs Todoroki but still good enough. All Might must be a pretty hard character to animate

Speaking of All Might, I still can't believe how bad he is as a teacher. Guy almost broke his successor's back beyond repair

G_Spark233 said:


I hope we get a season 3 so we can see more of her.

TheTsunami said:
All Might really gets into his work.

Xiammes said:
Bakugo's character is probably one of the more complex ones. He spent his entire life building up a ego to hide his own insecurities, however that ego itself was completely shattered during the first combat training exercise when he not only lost, but found out that he really wasn't the hottest shit around.

Bakugo's world view is almost the inverse of what it actually is. Compliments to him are viewed as patronizing or criticism, Deku trying to be his friend was viewed as a challenge. He views himself as weak so he works ultra hard to not be weak, he puts people down to make him feel better about himself. We know he respects hard work, him calling Ochako by her actual name rather then round face is him acknowledging her, Bakugo only ever calls people by their nicknames unless he respects them.

His facade has been shattered ever since season 1, he has been broken down and is currently rebuilding himself. He is trying to come to grips with a world he previously misinterpreted and its why his growth is the series is the most fascinating to watch.

Nakurawari said:

He let them win, just like Aizawa let Todoroki and Momo win. All Might could have easily stopped them, but he chose not to.

owlette said:
how do people actually like Bakugo? he's easily one of the worst characters. i really hope he gets better character development because so far he's been like "get out of my way! i am so cool and strong and no one else matters!" for no reason whatsoever, like i get it he hates Deku and is his rival or whatever but wtf. like this episode is the first time he slightly cooperated with Deku and still BARELY. the only good feature he has is that he's strong, that's literally it