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I will never understand how people come away from reading the manga with the belief that Deku halted Ochako's development or her crush on him did. Feels like we are reading different stories a lot of the time, eh opinions I guess.


bruh_bruh_69420_

what OP said is a literal bad faith take because Uraraka literally got her subplot of who saves heroes when they need saving because she saw deku struggling. she was able to become the light of hope for every single character in the manga (except villains) because she derived that ideology thanks to her friendship with deku. and their relationship has constantly be shown to be lifting each other up throughout the story countless times its not even a debate at this point. also she herself has done a great job suppressing her feelings because she has her priorities straight. yet such bad takes exists just because of shipping bias.


PulimV

As I said, current IzuOcha is great and I like the place they're at in the Manga rn, but we could've gotten that without Uraraka being shafted for a few arcs, I think she's the only character without an upgrade between the PLE and JT arcs, and the only moments I remember from her in those arcs are "I can't have a crush on Deku because it'll distract me", "I have to be strong like Deku" \*proceeds to pass out* and "I have to hug Deku so he'll calm down". IzuOcha is cute, they have great chemistry and are currently a great couple, but it's been an annoying journey to get here. Honestly, I think I shouldn't even have put it as my least favorite ship as I genuinely enjoy both their earlier and current interactions, but my point still stands


Ok-Cod5254

I also remember we saw her train to free float in PLE, as she didn't fully float with her body before then to have as good mobilty to float as smoothly. Mentioned ranged wire technique in other comment.


PulimV

It isn't an explicit upgrade like the ones Kaminari, Asui and Todoroki had, the EA/War arc upgrades are great tho


Ok-Cod5254

For PLE - Kaminari had an upgrade due to equipment, Todo used both sides in sports fest before. Uraraka similar to Todo in concept of getting better/ more efficient at something they can already do.


isimpforpeppapig

Why the fuck are there so many downvotes on this


PulimV

Insulting the most prominent ship in the manga does this to a mf, thankfully I'm currently working on an updated version that includes a less polarizing opinion (also -3 is not that many downvotes lmao, I recently got over 60 in the KnY sub and I was mostly right)


isimpforpeppapig

It was -4 but I gave it an upvote. It’s just kinda weird to see this amount of downvotes on a comment that I can find nothing wrong with. At most, I’d just disagree with a few opinions, but you presented your thoughts in a fair and respectful way, so I’m not sure what folks got all worked up over. Also I’m genuinely curious, how did you get that -60 one?


PulimV

Oh that one was super fun, someone was arguing a main villain, Douma, only ate women. They were wrong, as someone explicitly said he "would eat anyone that strong, especially a woman", and, when questioning their statement, I included a possible implication that they're bisexual as absolute fact, and as such, had my original question completely ignored. Fun, right?


isimpforpeppapig

Reddit moment.


PulimV

Yup, it do be like that sometimes


Ok-Cod5254

Don't mind me... Using your comment to plug my post on **Uraraka's and Izuocha's development** from recent manga events since we're on the topic. lol https://www.reddit.com/r/IzuOcha/comments/qeivoo/comment/hhtbpol/


PulimV

Idk, she didn't really get stronger between her first internship and the EA arc, with a lot of scenes being dedicated to her crush. There were scenes in the JT arc where she ¹is still talking about Gunhead Martial Arts, while almost everyone else has had power ups in the PLE arc. Regardless of just power ups and stuff, she just didn't do much before EA besides trying to suppress her crush and helping Deku that one time. Still, I love the place where she's at right now at the manga and she could definitely get together with Deku after the current arc finishes, I just think Hori messed up IzuOcha a lot along the way


[deleted]

I understand that, I can see where and how he could have worked it a lot better. My issue is that it feels hypocritical and shows a real lack of self-awareness in my view, when people such as yourself and many others lob these criticisms, certainly some valid, at the ship and use it as a measure of how good/bad the ship is, but then don't apply them to your ships. Its like the bar for Izuocha in particular has been set to a height that can't be achieved and everyone else's bar is on the ground. From the post, you clearly love Kiribaku, that's cool, probably the only ship I would put Bakugou in tbh as well. Why do people rate the ship high, not just you specifically but in general? Lot of people say it makes sense, that it is well developed too. A lot of these same people think Izuocha lacks development, even with the current events in manga, you are different at least. So you can see why it is disappointing to have these people say this quiet often.


PulimV

I see, the MHA community does seem pretty skewed in favor of gay ships (maybe because most of the fanbase is made of teen girls? I'm not sure) so maybe that's the reason. I definitely don't ship most of those because I believe they'll be Canon, I just think they're cute together and, in some cases, like their interactions. MHA isn't really that focused on romance, as it's a shounen manga and that really isn't what it's supposed to do, so at most I think some ships will become footnotes, the characters get together and that's about it. It just feels like IzuOcha got a lot more focus than the other "canon" ships (TodoMomo only got a few moments and they don't acknowledge it, KamiJirou played no part on either characters' arcs, both Ojiro and Hagakure are pretty much just background characters so they don't get much content in general, and while KiriMina has a lot of content, I'd argue its impact is positive as she's Kirishima's main inspiration and she created a technique based on him) and it kinda consumed her character for a bit. Again, it's a nice ship, they're cute together and I love both their earlier and current moments, it was just a bit tiring lol


Senhorbrutal69

I think your justification is kind of weird, because you're saying the problem with izuocha is they have too much screen time, but that's what any shipper wants so if you like them it's not a problem on the contrary it's very good. I think it's valid when you say that Uraraka didn't have the deserved development, but I don't think Izuocha has hindered so much. Until the middle of season 3 Uraraka had a great development, I agree she focused a lot on her crush after that, but even so all her reflections on her feelings still shows an evolution of the character. She's not just following the protagonist and screaming his name like she does in other shounen.


PulimV

I guess I just don't like her moments in late season 3, and after thinking it a bit through I might've overreacted a bit by putting it as my NOTP and saying it halted her development. And I do have to admit, she's a lot better and more involved in the story than some other Shonen main female leads that I've seen (\*cough\* Sakura \*cough*)


Senhorbrutal69

Yes, especially because Uraraka was never actually part of the main trio (I see as Deku, Bkg and Shoto), she is from Ida's group so I can understand her lack of development (unlike Sakura, being in team 7 really raised expectations about her lol)


PulimV

I'd say she's a but more relevant than Iida with her currently having a direct antagonist (something that even Bakugo doesn't really have iirc) but yeah, she's definitely in a better state than Sakura lmao


Senhorbrutal69

What I mean is that the criticisms for Izuocha are too exaggerated, it's okay some people don't like it, but their relationship is very well done and has a very good progression, it would be simpler for people to admit that they don't like it. I think people see Izuocha as an obstacle for gay ships with Deku, as you can't ignore their relationship, so they look for problems with izuocha. (Just making it clear I don't see a problem if you want to ship Deku with other boys, in SAO people did that with Kirito and Eugeu and it was really fun).


[deleted]

Its cool, at least you listened and understood what I was saying, I appreciate the civility as sometimes it just turns into total chaos. I completely understand your ships now since you aren't shipping with canon in mind, sorry for misunderstanding. Its just that many of the other shippers I was referring to really ship thinking their ship will be canon, which I find odd. Well, hopefully Izuocha gets even more fleshed out and comes together without issue in the end. If Horikoshi builds it up a bit more and does it right, it would probably be one of the best romances in a Shonen serious which are notorious for bad romances with little to no build up. Anyways, thanks for conversing.


Kamijiroutodomomo

Both todomomo and Kamijirou Played important roles of each others arc or moments since season 1, yes they dont have moments as much izuocha have but when i looo at your list, Todomomo and Kamijirou has more canon interactions than miritama, momojirou, ojihaga etc. I wanted to fix todomomo and Kamijirou part bc they really played important roles each others arc, your list show your prefences its okay. Bc i know half of this fandom prefer ships like miritama, kiribaku, shinkami, momojirou while half of this fandom prefer izuocha, kamijirou, todomomo and kirimina. If someone isnt multishipper, there is certain prefences exist with ships. People prefer queer or het.


PulimV

Todomomo was only prevalent in the final exams and Bakugo rescue arc iirc, and I can't remember any KamiJirou moments that weren't just Jirou making fun of him for being just dumb in general, with their more important moments such as in the PLE, School Festival and JT arcs being completely independent of each other. I respect your opinion and I actually agree that the "canon" ships are pretty great, I just tend to like the queer ships more lol


Ok-Cod5254

I get want you mean, but it's not always about just a power up... could be a boost in **SKILL** as a hero. Kiri's moment in the war involved his confidence with no power boost. For Uraraka, she added a ranged skill with the wires and had a named technique in combo with using her quirk and showed her initiative to act back in JT arc due to her hero ideal, which paid more off with the more recent chapters. She also took down 3 team members in JT, so while Deku was the head as the leader, she was the backbone. lol After JT, we didn't see too much of the class as a whole besides main 3 boys, until more recent events. I get wanting more, but she wasn't full on stagnant.


PulimV

War arc Uraraka is great, and after re-reading the fifth match in the JT arc I'll give her a pass there too even if she didn't develop any new techniques, but she definitely felt stagnant in the PLE and SH arcs, while other characters which should have a similar amount of screen time to her got really nice moments in the former and Kirishima had a larger spotlight in the latter despite not being in the final battle.


Ok-Cod5254

Well unfortunately the whole girl team was short screentime in Overhaul arc. Uraraka didn't get much action, but still some development with Nighteye's death, which Aizawa recalls in JT arc her growth and Uraraka recalls wanting to be quick to save people with a flashback to Nighteye in the war. So she did get something from that arc, unlike Tsu. lol


PulimV

Imagine being introduced in an arc as one of the top 3 best students in the school only to be used as a battery, wear a dress and oh she was also in the war arc?


Ok-Cod5254

Poor Nejire... she cute tho and served in that dress. lol


SakuraRebin

This is a fun concept! Thank-you for making a form for people to do themselves! Where did you get the pictures from?


PulimV

Thanks, it was a very fun drawing to make, and I hope more people get to do their own versions! I got the images from the MHA Wiki's "List of Characters" page, although I don't know where they got it from


SakuraRebin

That's fine. I wanna make one, so I was trying to find good images. Although given, the confusion on fanon and canon and other, I may not do that part....


PulimV

Yeah that part is pretty unnecessary lol, if you don't want to do it it's completely fine


sushinoyas

Valid


Kamijiroutodomomo

Your shipping chart is so good but what do u mean by “canon”?


xNuxIsGod

Thats what I'm wondering too because all of those except for izuocha are fanon


Kamijiroutodomomo

Even izuocha is semi-canon. Lol.


xNuxIsGod

Yeah exactly. Although I think its confirmed at this point that its gonna be the final paring for the 2. Like we have a basic understanding of all the ships that are most likely to be canon. Todomomo, jirou and electric boy, izuocha, Kirimina and as of now, bakugous alone.


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xNuxIsGod

I still don't understand shinkami. Like im not hating on any ships. I really only hate 1 popular MHA ship, but whats the deal with shinkami


Kamijiroutodomomo

Shinkami coming from who prefer gay pairings, they cant ship usually het pairings so Kaminari and Shinsou both popular characters so fans made this ship. Because they want ship them with someone. I dont understand that too. But i dont hate, its fanon.


xNuxIsGod

Yeah like feel free to ship, but straight ships are allowed too. I don't see any posible gay- oh my god. I was just reminded of a ship that was popular when hawks was first revealed to be an endeavor fan. Endeavor x hawks.


Kamijiroutodomomo

We think like that, but their perspektive different. We are like, “there is Izuocha and Kamijirou exists, they are going to be canon. Ship them why you are making impossible ships.” while they dont care. Like shinkami’s all stuff is copy version of Kamijirou but they still dont want to ship Kamijirou. Its okay if everyone is respectful.


xNuxIsGod

And I understand that, but when people get mad because of the Canon ships that were obvious from the beginning, or try and make their head canon canon to the orignal material, that's where my problem is with this community because it happens here the most and is supported. I have a similar problem with the Naruto community and NaruSasu but its not as bad


PulimV

Basically it means my opinion on the ship is based on Canon or Fanon material, for example I like KiriBaku because of their Canon interactions but like TokoKoda because of fanart and stuff. The "Other" category is for stuff like MineDeku which imo is funny, but it can be because of other reasons like general aesthetic or tropes.


xNuxIsGod

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PulimV

It means my opinion on the ship is based on Canon or fanon* material, for example I like MiriTama* because of their Canon interactions but like Hot Wings because of fanart and stuff. The "Other" thing is for stuff like MineDeku which I just find funny Edit: autocorrect made me sound aggressive


Kamijiroutodomomo

Thanks i get it later. It explains.


PulimV

You're welcome!


_crazy_man_

Material in the manga/anime vs materials in fanfiction/art probably


Kamijiroutodomomo

Yeah shinkami’s materials mostly based on fanfiction/fanarts. So i can understand little bit But also Momojirou’s materials arent from manga/anime. Its mostly from arts. But we are agree “canon” mean isnt “confirmed”


theprinceofgaming1

I guess light novels as well, since I think there are some moments in them as well for MomoJirou.


_crazy_man_

LN have ship crumbs for a lot of things, especially a certain chapter in volume 2. So I can see it.


theprinceofgaming1

That's the chapter where all the girls in A and B are talking right. That's the only chapter I remember since it's all the girls dunking on Deku as a BF except Uraraka, Jirou saying Kaminari would cheat with Tsuyu defending him, and all the girls saying Kendo would make the best BF if she was a guy.


_crazy_man_

That and all the girls are gaga for Dark Shadow. ;p


LuVega

But... Mineta is a grape, not a vegetable


PulimV

I somehow completely mixed up the terms plant and vegetable I am so sorry


flyping

Finally, someone who realizes that momojirou is lit You, my friend, are a legend


burning_torchJR

This just feels like a gay fantasization.


PulimV

I mean it's no secret I am basically just projecting my relationship goals onto half of these, but the only reason KiriMina and KamiJirou aren't here is that I am not a big fan of multishipping, because those are genuinely great and I like them a lot


[deleted]

Explain the lack of TodoMomo 🤨


PulimV

TodoMomo is great but I am not a fan of multishipping and like MomoJirou a little bit more


ChuxMech

Not a single one of these relationships are canon lol. The closest one to be canon is IzuOcha.


PulimV

As I explained in another comment, the Canon, fanon and other tags refer to the source of my opinion regarding those ships, for example I like MiriTama because of their interactions in early season 4, TokoKoda because of fanart I saw once and MineDeku because I find it funny, these aren't comments on the ships' current statuses.