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| “ | I haven't changed. My goal's always been the same-- To surpass All Might and become the Number One Hero. | „ |
| ~ Bakugo to Setsuna in "Early Bird". |
| “ | Our whole lives, I've looked down on you. You were Quirkless, obviously way behind me. But somehow, it felt like you were ahead of me too. I hated that. I hoped you'd disappear. I didn't want to accept you. So I bullied you, to make sure you'd stay away. I had to reject you, so that I could feel superior. I needed to win to beat you... then we both got into U.A., where not a single thing played out the way I wanted it to. Everyday, I was forced to see how strong you were, and how weak I was. Saying this out loud doesn't change a thing, but it's how I feel, Izuku... I'm sorry for everything... you made the right calls ever since you inherited One For All, followed the best path, acted like a real symbol. But I can see that you're lost right now. You hit a wall that you can't overcome with ideals alone, so we'll handle the things you can't take care of yourself. In order to be our best selves... we'll save you, the refugees at U.A., and everyone else. Anybody out there in need of a hero! | „ |
| ~ Bakugo apologizing to Midoriya for the way he treated him over the years and vowing to save him and everyone along with Class 1-A. |
| “ | One more thing. When you guys are in danger... I'll protect you. | „ |
| ~ Katsuki to Jirou in the Joint Training match |
Katsuki Bakugo, also known by his hero name, Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight, and his nickname, Kacchan, is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside All Might) of the My Hero Academia franchise.
He is enrolled in U.A. High School's Hero Department and is a member of Class 1-A. Once a bully and all-around jerk, especially to his former childhood friend, Midoriya, he redeems himself as the series goes on, becoming a true hero and friend to his classmates.
He is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Clifford Chapin in the English version of the anime.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- His goal at the end of the day is to become a Pro Hero, even if his motivation for doing so is ultimately selfish.
- He fought alongside Kirishima to help his classmates fight off the League of Villains.
- During the attack on the USJ, he saved All Might and Izuku from Kurogiri.
- He was instrumental in his team's success in the cavalry battle, helping his teammates advance.
- Albeit reluctantly, he ended up helping Midoriya defeat All Might in the final exam.
- In Two Heroes, he saved Ochaco from hostile robots.
- Held off Wolfram so that Midoriya and All Might could defeat him.
- Tried to fight the villains invading the Forest Training Camp, even after being told he was their target
- When he was kidnapped by the League of Villains, he told Midoriya not to come after him so that he (Midoriya) wouldn't be in danger.
- Despite the League's offers, he refused to join them, proving his loyalty and dedication to becoming a hero.
- Escaped the battlefield when All Might did battle with All For One so the former wouldn't have to hold back on his account, and cheered him on during the fight.
- When he discovered that Midoriya had One For All, he kept it a secret rather than outing it against Midoriya's wishes.
- In his License Training Exam, he encouraged children to behave better.
- In the Joint Training arc, he protected his teammates.
- Saved Aoyoma, Mineta and Hagukare from Mummy in Heroes Rising.
- Saved Midoriya from Nine.
- Saved Maharo during his and Midoryia’s final fight with Nine.
- Took One For All and defeated Nine alongside Midoriya, in doing so saving Nabu Island and all the people on it.
- Earned his Hero License by defeating two villains alongside Todoroki.
- Saved All Might and another civilian from being crushed during the fight.
- During his internship with Endeavor, he helped him fight multiple villains, like Ending and Starvest.
- Saved Natsuo Todoroki during the fight with Ending.
- After Midoriya was framed for murder, he helped track him and Rody down.
- In Otheon, he stopped two jewel thieves.
- Defeated the Serpenters twins in battle, helping the others stop Humarise.
- After Midoriya left their assigned group to find Shigaraki, he tailed after him
- Helped fight Shigaraki in the war.
- Tried to have Endeavor incinerate Shigaraki because he knew Shigaraki would eventually get the upper hand and kill Midoryia.
- Protected Midoriya from being impaled by Shigaraki, getting seriously injured himself in the process.
- Saved Best Jeanist and Lemillion from the High-end Nomus.
- After waking up in the hospital, he immediately inquired for his allies status and tried to rush to Midoriya's room after finding out he was comatose.
- Confronted Endeavor alongside Class 1-A for Midoriya's location.
- Saved Midoriya from Dictator.
- Apologizes to Midoriya for all the bullying he put him through over the years, and genuinely tries to make amends with him, which he fully abandons his hatred and animosity towards him as result.
- Helped Midoriya and Shoto defeat Dark Might.
- Evacuated civilians during the start of the second war and save several civilians from Shigaraki's decay wave.
- Fought Shigaraki in the second war and helped Mirko, protecting her from Shigaraki.
- Stood up to Shigaraki and decided to face him alongside Midoryia to atone for his past actions towards him.
- Kept fighting Shigaraki to defeat him and stop his evil rampage, even after Shigaraki seriously wounded and eventually killed him.
- Immediately after being revived, he left to find Izuku.
- Saved All Might from being killed by All For One with Izuku’s help.
- Thanks All Might for his help and prepares to fight All For One head-on.
- Defeats All For One and prevents him from intervening in Midoriya’s fight with Shigaraki, vowing he won’t get in Midoriya’s way again.
- Destroyed Kurogiri before he severed Midoriya's arm via closing on him and helped Midoryia reach All For One to give the final blow.
- Used the money he earned as a hero to help fund the enhanced Super Armor for Midoriya, so that he could continue being a hero again.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- Despite all his admirable deeds and redeeming qualities, he is a massive jerk for most of the series, and often acts incredibly abrasive (or even sadistic) to everyone around him (especially when Midoriya is concerned). While he does eventually outgrow these qualities, they were still too prominent of the story and his actions were also far too severe.
- At the beginning of the story, he suicide-dares him for being Quirkless after destroying his desk and notebook and he later strikes him in rage several times, such as during the Final Exams.
- It's not helping that his serious anger issues, in general, can get out of control and go far too overboard to the point of getting mad, rabid and act violent and hostile at everyone without good reason (especially when he often lashes out at Izuku, who doesn't do much to provoke him), and his uncontrollable wrath and anger issues are always an overwhelming factor of his ill-tempered personality. This shows how aggressive he usually is in general.
- Although not entirely his character, he rudely dismisses anyone who even tries to be close to him ever since the Sludge Villain incident, showing some misanthropy. While it's not extreme, but he prefers to work alone, calls anyone around by a derogatory nickname or “extra”, slaps Midoriya when he says he needs help, and only asks for help out of pragmatism or when he can use Kirishima and Kaminari, who he barely respects, to help him as he ordered.
- When he was relegated to nothing more than an errand boy during the Otheon mission, all he did was complain and shout about how unfair it was before throwing away Endeavor’s groceries to catch jewel thieves.
- He attacks and issues death threats (though these threats are empty) to Midoriya during the Battle Trails while awfully excusing his horrible actions as "being okay so long as [Midoriya] dodges".
- He was also shown to be relentlessly cruel towards kids as well, as he was seen threatening them one time and also wanted to teach kids lessons by the form of inflicting torture on their leader via throwing rocks at someone tied and hanged up in the Remedial Course Arc. Even if Bakugo said that this was how he was raised, this is still very wrong and a bad thing to teach kids, which can make him seem like a potential child abuser despite Bakugo only being a teenager.
- Even in the series' Epilogue over seven years later, it's shown that he's not a well-liked hero and has dropped quite a bit on the Hero Billboard for his mistreatment to those all around him, as shown with a video of him angrily yelling at his fans that were trying to film him.
- He is also extremely arrogant and self-absorbed, and while this is mainly due to his hidden insecurities, this doesn't make it any less of a prevention for the fact that he is way too prideful of himself to the point of being condescending, reckless and hypocritical.
- This has been taken to the point where during the Final Exams Arc, Midoriya even points out how idiotic Bakugo's ideals of "never getting help from anyone", even against enemies he can't defeat, genuinely are.
- Momo Yaoyorozu even calls out Katsuki for how reckless he was being with his arrogance during his fight with Izuku in the Battle Trial.
- Since it's his fighting style and behavior in combat to make himself noticeably very angry and brutal, he can arguably be considered lethal and a berserker by habit.
- He is an anti-hero since his goal was fundamentally selfish, due to mainly being after fame and glory in his quest to become the No. 1 Hero and wanting to make others weak for the sake of his own inflated ego.
External Links[]
- Katsuki Bakugo on the Heroes Wiki
- Katsuki Bakugo on the My Hero Academia Wiki
- Katsuki Bakugo on the Antagonists Wiki
- Katsuki Bakugo on the Shonen Rivals Wiki
- Katsuki Bakugo on the Shonen Heroes Wiki
- Katsuki Bakugo on the Base Breaking Character Wiki
- Katsuki Bakugo on the Likability Scaling Purgatory Wiki
- Katsuki Bakugo on the Conflicting Evil Wiki
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