BAKUGO VS TODOROKI! | My Hero Academia Season 2 Reaction | Ep 12, "Todoroki vs Bakugo"

[@LettsReact]

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[@Ai_uchiha_sasuke_taka]

My hero academia season 7 drops mid spring

[@DaveH82]

Why do you capitalize https? It doesn't become part of the link when you do that.

[@Marta-uv4id]

I'm really glad Shoto's trauma surrounding his fire wasn't immediately solved. For this moment in his fight with Midoriya, he didn't think about his father, quirk or childhood and, like he said in the previous episode, forgot all about it. The amount of trauma Shoto has can't be solved by a single inspiring speech from someone, but it did get him started on his journey.

[@hopejaworski9097]

I read somewhere that Horikoshi actually did intend for it to be fixed in time for the fight against Bakugou, but then he realized that didn't make sense.

[@alwandemthethwa7594]

​@@hopejaworski9097atleast he figured it out, coz it really would've been wierd

[@Prime_Nexus1]

it only takes that one

[@patzy0299]

Well not just start Shoto's journey but to also understand the depth of his family history and trauma to become not just hero-wise but to also understand himself

[@L-W-ko1hn]

@@Prime_Nexus1 no it dosnt

[@freemovies411]

I love how in Tenya Iida's grief for his brother, he broke all the rules. He ran in the hospital halls, he was shouting, and he ran to his brother's side without putting on a mask. It's one thing to have a character spout on for their love of another, but these small acts really SHOWED it.

[@nick14164]

"hes smart and an asshole" favorite description of Bakugo

[@tamarlevy5949]

the treatment bakugou gets in this tournament could be a whole ted talk on its own

[@els725]

REAL

[@soraya1144]

YES thank you! I really hoped she would talk about the chain and gag situation. Especially if you take in consideration that he had already had a very public traumatic event where he was incapacitated and gagged/drowned in slime. It is ridiculous that they went to that extreme length to give out medals and no teacher or parent had a problem with it...

[@334...4]

I honestly feel so bad for him. How is one supposed to be a winner, when treated like a feral animal shouldn't even be treated. Wth UA.

[@darknessunknown4384]

Aizawa is one of the few people who truly understands Bakugo; and I love that it's not because of a direct student/teacher relationship, like the one between Midoriya and AllMight. Aizawa's the kind of instructor whose very observant of all his students, and tries to teach them accordingly; and that's why he's one of my favorite characters in this series.

[@carlbowen7965]

28:44 what his mom yells is "Katsuki, you can't wake up at noon and start yelling!!"

[@adrianwagner8202]

This is the most ironic turn of events for this tournament. The main character doesn't even make the Top 3. The son of Endeavor (who always hated being number 2 next to All Might) lands second place. And the bully who said he's going to win, actually does win in the end, but isn't satisfied with the result. My Hero Academia really does have some twists up its sleeve.

[@satiramalek2572]

yeah ...twists up the sleeve indeed ... * coughs in toya todoroki *

[@SaraSong-mw3zm]

@@satiramalek2572 lol yeah

[@dylanholm9995]

@@satiramalek2572it was so obvious lol

[@satiramalek2572]

@dylanholm9995 yeh i know but thart doesn't make the reveal any less amazing

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

I do think a good chunk of the reason Bakugo wanted to beat Shoto was because of the power he saw during his and Deku's match. But I also think Bakugo just wanted to beat him at his strongest. The whole premise of the sports festival is that everyone is supposed to be trying their best. Which is why, even though the audience saw Ochako as a "weak, frail girl", Bakugo just saw her as another opponent. And he gave his respect to her by trying his best. Shoto only using his ice means he was only using about half of his power for most of the tournament. Sure, Bakugo won, but it was only against half of his power. And unless they fight again, he'll never know if he truly earned that victory. If you challenge someone to a race and you're at a full sprint but they're only kinda jogging, sure, you won. But could you have won if they were sprinting too? Maybe. But the victory is soured anyway. Obviously, the situation has more nuance with Shoto's trauma, but I mostly wanted to focus on Bakugo's mindset for this episode. Especially since the story focuses on his dynamic with Deku a lot

[@GamerGrovyle]

It's not a victory if you beat a handicapped player in your specialty.

[@mkazaa]

In his own way Bakugo wanted Todoroki to feel the same with him as he did Midoriya. He already has an inferiority complex when it comes to him and so the idea that he's not even worth going all out against in a finals crushes him. He's also aware of all the trauma Todoroki has since he happened to overhear them in the hall and he doesn't even use to to try and goad Todoroki into using his power he simply wants the match to be the match with no outside influence.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

I LOVED Montana's reaction to this episode's cliffhanger. Most of the time, she and Kenny are frustrated with them. Here, she was PANICKING, NEEDING to know what happened next. 😅

[@SwordTune]

One thing Bakugo says which reflects his true feelings is that he won't accept it "even if the world says he's the winner." He only follows 1 standard: his own.

[@spartanJkut]

All Might hugging Shoto really gets me

[@giboit.]

Something that I want to point out is that the "recap" for this episode are all scenes that show how the school festival hasn't gone as Bakugo wanted at all. It first shows the scene where he realized that in his old school (before UA) he was just a big fish in a small pond. While promising that he'll prove that he is the best. Then shows the scene where he says that he's going to win the school festival, followed of the scenes where he lost the race against Deku, the scene where he only reached second place in the cavalry battle , the scene where Todoroki (arguably the strongest contestant in the sports festival) declared "war" to Deku and not him, then the scene where he struggled more than he expected with Uraraka's plan (even if he won), then the scene of Todoroki going with his full power against Deku but not against him, etc. All of them are scenes meant to show why Bakugo is so frustrated in this episode. Because they're all scenes of moments where he wasn't the #1 as he promised. That's why this battle against Todoroki was so important to him. Because it was the only way for him to feel that he actually won despite so much failure during the rest of the sports festival. In this episode he even made a mistake and accidentally entered the wrong room where Todoroki was preparing for the battle instead of his own room. So, even in little things like that you can see how the school festival really wasn't going as he wanted at all.

[@JamaicaZ160R1793010A]

It's as he said everything went horribly wrong for him.

[@soulstice94]

This battle, while not as emotionally impactful as Deku vs Todoroki, still gets a few tears from me. Deku cheering Todoroki on which momentarily calms is turmoil, and then Bakugo's VA (both english and japanese) sounding like they are in pain for winning without the fire are just so good!

[@grantharriman284]

That's not just a My Hero rule, that's an Anime rule. Unless somebody is actively saying they are dead and/or holding a funeral AND we see the body we assume they are not actually dead. Shows LOVE to bring back people we thought were dead in outlandish ways. Even when we do see the body and have someone tell us they are dead, we still have to question whether we trust the person telling us that they are not just faking. We refer this rule as "no body no death"

[@trixtor4372]

Fun fact: howitzer is the first long range artillery cannon ever invented

[@avenger14a]

"STUPID MOUTH GERMS!!!" is gonna be in my head when I brush my teeth now 😂

[@kofig8357]

fun fact bakugo is a parallel to todoroki. Bakugo has the perfect combination of both his parents quirks like Endeavor intended to do. But his parents loved each other

[@moonbloom2262]

14:23 theres a theory that bakugo got a bit of ptsd from being chained up like that. Being restrained with the muzzle is almost exactly how he was restrained by the goop villain.

[@Kinger_of_the_circus]

LMAO 🤣 I always lose it when bakugo says get that piece of garbage away from me 😂

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Bakugo needing to be CHAINED UP to receive his medal is still one of the funniest moments in the show. 🤣 As is the jumpscare at the end with Ururaka's parents; that came out of NOWHERE. 😂

[@nathanwilkins6107]

I love how All Might is a really, genuinely good (and goofy) guy.

[@satiramalek2572]

props to clifford chapin ! his performance this episode was on another level :>

[@EalainEP]

I like that Ida ignored the rules of no running and wearing a mask to show how worried he was for his brother ignoring rules is sort of the opposite of what he'd do

[@Chmmr]

28:35 she actually says "Katsuki, you can't wake up at noon and start yelling!"

[@forkxin]

I think Bakugo also feels like accepting help is an indictment on his own abilities. Like it's an admission that he's not capable of doing it on his own.

[@ohnocj]

The bakugo/deku dynamic is so unique I love it

[@ItzSath]

Fun Fact, Bakugo is the only student in his class currently to have his own signature moves, stun grenade and howitzer impact

[@jonwoodall881]

Bakugo one of the best cases of long term character development in all of anime

[@Wezt334]

OST= Original Soundtrack. Also the song you love is called Weeee Are Fuxkin Super Star!!

[@gohithsrivatsa4746]

I was shocked when I learnt All Might was voiced by Christopher Sabat. The guy who voiced Vegeta from the Legendary Dragon Ball Z.

[@carlbowen7965]

He did Vegeta, Piccolo, Nappa, Yamcha, all three dragons, Kami, Popo, Mauri, Burter, Jeice, Guldo, Turtle and a lot of others from DBZ as well. He also voices Alex Louis Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist and Brotherhood too

[@Lupinemancer87]

@@carlbowen7965 As well as Zoro from One PIece and Yami from Black Clover.

[@sea-envy3137]

one of the Blu-ray's has Sabat and Justin Briner (voice of Izuku) walking around at a comic con- "I was in that one. I was in that one. I was in that one"

[@zuralani1]

i really like the subtractions to the "avoiding spoilers" counter

[@tiredidealist]

34:08 Montana coming at it with the most reasonable attitude out there. I know way too many people who just hate Bakugo because he's a bit of a bully. People are often very quick to dismiss any character that harms the MC in fiction. Like most bullies in real life, I don't think Bakugo has an inferiority complex or is really insecure, at least not in the way that the word is typically understood. According to actual studies on the issue, bullies usually have an inflated ego rather than any kind of self-esteem issues. Giving a bully self-esteem training just makes them a better bully. What changes a bully is his or her environment, and you actually see that reflected in MHA! The two things that make a bully stop bullying are 1) Victims and bystanders standing up against the bully's actions, and 2) A supportive adult role model.

[@thatredhead3613]

Agree with everything but calling bakugo a bit of a bully is a bit disingenuous. He did actively and maliciously bully deku for presumably over a decade (I.e literally saying that that deku should kill himself). I don't think that counts as a bit. And please don't get me wrong I'm neither a bakugo super hater or a Stan for him. So I mean to be as unbiased as I can. Still think he's a fantastic character and I agree with the rest of your points but I don't really think he should be forgiven or even having people like him this early in the series. Later on like season 5 and especially 6 is a different story if you've seen it yet. Anyways that's just my opinion and you're free to disagree with you so desire.

[@TheRaineyMan]

Ive been WAITING for your reaction!! I'ts sweet seeing the empathy you showed towards him this Bakugo centric episode!

[@Aerxis]

You should get a headphone splitter, that way both of you get the full experience

[@mr.j3149]

It looks like they are using AirPods so if they are using Apple TV or a MacBook they could actually use two sets of AirPods at once

[@Aerxis]

@@mr.j3149 even better then. I know nothing about apple products, they seem overpriced as hell. If what you say is true, they should look into it. I remember watching some anime shows using only one headphone and the sound quality is terrible, the music sounds wrong, and some dialogues are incomplete.

[@redacted1093]

6:02 As far as I know ost stands for original soundtrack and is the music made for the show/movie.

[@arelydelaluz8487]

My baby Bakugou struggling with his inferiority superiority complex. The way his voice crack gets me. He wouldn't take it as a win if his opponent did not give it their all. I can understand how he feels. There was this one time in college I entered an art competition and won third place. When I told my family, my brother said that then there might have been only three that entered and it hurt because I thought it was true. Not a lot of people knew about it, so I did not know what to think. Bakugou being chained was funny to me the first time, but upon rewatch, it felt very inapporiate to them to humiliate him like that. They should've respected that he did not that metal, but because they had to put a show for the public they still put him up there. Todoroki was also going through his stuff that he could not think straight. It's so heartwarming to face his mom again.

[@jesuspernia8031]

If this were at all realistic, “howitzer impact” would have quite literally murdered Todoroki and everyone else in the stands.

[@emodate]

5:44 This track actually has an F Bomb in it if you listen to it isolated. (right here, 6:34) 5:54 OST stands for Original Soundtrack and is typically used for the film score for a given project.

[@BenFranklin89]

I can't take credit for this as someone else commented it in another video but it's interesting that Bakugo, Deku & Todoroki all won with asterisks: Deku won the foot race but didn't showcase his quirk at all nor showed the world he was here! Todoroki won the cavalry battle but had to use his fire (something he hates because of Endeavor). And finally Bakugo he won but Todoroki didn't use his flames so it wasn't at his best.

[@Kaempfdog]

The finale match! I got some stuff for that! Now there is the question of what would have happened if Todoroki DID use his fire. And there are one of two options. If he missed, Bakugo would get hotter and have more sweat to work with. But if he hit Bakugo? Let’s say the kid would be a thing of the past. Bakugo’s quirk is nitroglycerin based. If you ignite or heat it up TOO much, it’ll go off. And if he hit Bakugo with a fire blast, he could preemptively set off his explosion sweat. So in all likelihood Bakugo would’ve lost a limb with that kind of force. (And honestly that’s a best case scenario. If Bakugo’s palm sweat is Nitroglycerin, that means ALL his sweat is nitroglycerin.) Even if Todoroki is nowhere near as skilled with his fire as he is with his ice. Todoroki is not without weakness. Deku found that during the Calvary battle. If you can stay on his fire side he won’t use, that creates a blind spot. And even though his quirk IS more or less without a recoil, he can screw up his body pretty easily by messing with his body temperature too much. And that makes him a bit more frail than most fighters in prolonged battles. Oh and emotional damage. LOTS of emotional damage. But he is ABSOLUTELY Bakugo’s weakness. Bakugo at the end in chains is one of the funniest animations in MHA. And there ARE competitors. But my goodness this one. At the very least he’s not heralding he’s unstoppable. He truly did want break through Todoroki to prove his quirk is better. I don’t think he understands how lucky he is Todoroki didn’t use his fire at all. In shonen anime it’s quite rare for the “rival” character to not have a satisfying finale win here. Because it’s too soon for the protagonist to overcome him. But this arc also takes a look at what rivals are. (And they make 3 rivalries to prove it.) Deku is probably Todoroki’s actual rival since they have mutual respect. Bakugo TRIES to rival Todoroki but is not succeeding. And Deku and Bakugo? Not even rivals. Don’t assume they are. Bakugo is the bully, Deku is his victim. And that’s a VERY long hole to crawl out of if at all. It’s not like other shows where characters like these will compete over everything. There’s always more to it underneath the surface. And this part of the show is where personalities are mastered and you see everyone here actually develop like actual people. Completely differently from adults, kids, and villains. And their emotional cores need development to get more strength. There’s always something to overcome. And Iida now is in the forefront of that with his brother being his core support, and he’s shaken beyond it all to be under attack. Because there is no character in this show you can truly write off as not important unless they aren’t even given a name. But that’s about it. Next time? The new arc begins.

[@CupOfTaeWithAKookie]

Just wanted to point out, that keeping in mind Bakugo is still a developing teenage boy, having a STADIUM of grown adults boo him must not be the best experience. He has an abrasive personality, but even then, he didnt deserve to be villainized to that extent by the crowd, and even the announcer, simply for putting effort into winning. That probably fueled his desire to prove himself to everyone, by defeating Todoroki at his best. Cuz to a crowd of people who see him as the boy who "bullied a frail girl", he didn’t need to have "the boy who won against a guy who didnt fight back," added to his impression.

[@SamuelLopez-zl7dp]

Bakugo may think that he doesn't deserve help in the sence that he holds so high standards that when he fails it means that he is doing something wrong and not that maybe it's something that can only be handle by being a team... so yeah he doesn't see people help him he sees himself failing when receiving help

[@tiredidealist]

Bakugo, my beloved...

[@tygerchickchibi]

That jump scare got me, I forgot that even happened 😂

[@HaydrogenBomb]

I'm glad one of the questions mentioned Deku and Bakugo being mirrors of All Might and Endeavor, cause I'm gonna bring that point up again in a much later episode . . .

[@TheJjcczz]

An OST can be a single track or an entire album OSTs would be multiple albums or multiple individual tracks

[@echonvoid]

I love all the comments about all the ✨trauma✨, but god I love fuyumi so fucking much and I’m so happy to see her

[@Luna88-88fz]

Bakogou looking like a feral animal on foto 😂😂😂😂

[@carissamarie7833]

Can we talk about how fucked up it is that a school chained up and muzzled a minor to force him to take part in a medal ceremony, after that same student had been in a villain attack where he was also restrained and muzzled? So they could force a medal on him that he didn’t want to accept? Like…why? 🙃🙃🙃

[@grantharriman284]

OST is Original Sound Track and is equally valid to refer to both the individual song and the collective music of the show. Kenny used it right.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Funny, I remember this fight lasting longer than it did. 🤔

[@Kaempfdog]

At the same time, both of them did not get any healing between rounds and are on the same finite energy from the very beginning of the obstacle race. Each passing round Todoroki gets his frostbite faster and faster. And every round Bakugo has more and more arm creaking in much shorter time periods. And both were in VERY long rounds prior to this.

[@VictorDeumakin]

Seeing the flashbacks Bakugo has of Deku when they are kids and where their relationship is now really makes me feel the feels 🥹

[@MysterySpiral]

Tenya's injury hurts more when you've read vigilantes

[@brokendrifter4626]

Bakugou my favorite ♡

[@josephdavis9234]

The really weird thing about this conflict is that Bakugo's power comes from his sweat, so using fire would just make him stronger.

[@anairsta6507]

Since you always mention when a character in this anime also does a voice in Attack on Titan, I'm surprised you haven't mentioned Bakugo is the same voice actor for Conny Springer in Attack on Titan. I also love how he gets that crack in his voice when he's upset, like he was talking to Todoroki.

[@Tubular_dude_20y_ago]

5:52 honestly, who doesn't use OST incorrectly? It's just that little bit easier to say and most people won't put in the effort to somebody else about it, so we ball.

[@DeeJayAARonYT]

That jump scare LMFAO

[@austinseaman1913]

I can’t wait for the events that happened after this I think your really gonna like a certain character

[@Luna88-88fz]

Onastly bakugou looks like he has raibues

[@Aron_Marie]

I'm more surprised that Montana and Kenny missed the end credits on this episode. I would've been able to see her reaction to the last few seconds of the episode.

[@ItsaJap]

OST = Official SoundTrack

[@darknessunknown4384]

I think it's interesting how this episode foreshadows something that happens next season. I won't go into specifics, to avoid spoilers, but if you know you know.

[@carlbowen7965]

Timeline-wise, if you decide to do the movies, the first one happens between season 2 and 3

[@WhereMerx]

I have never seen this after credit scene. Im glad i have never seen it until now

[@tofu_golem]

You're starting to see why Todoroki doesn't show much emotion. He's pretty damaged by his past.

[@samoth5161]

Surprisingly a very accurate result of trauma shown in an anime. Repression of emotion and overall awkwardness with peers from the lack of social interaction due to his father

[@echonvoid]

The fun thing with mha, is that they might not *really* kill a character off, but they’re will almost always be lasting consequences. Like Tensei being in a wheelchair or Deku fucking up his own arms. It may seem minor, but I love the details that go into things like that. Especially cuz they actively show the steps disabled and chronically ill folk have to take to help mitigate tendon or joint damage. It makes the character living a far more interesting story beat than if the character died from said injuries. Now the couple deaths that do happen, heartbreaking and genuinely tragic. It’s not like the walking dead (tv show, not games) were everyone is dying to the point you don’t get attached anymore. Or game of thrones, AOT, etc. and since humans as a species have evolved bc of quirks, it’s completely viable that the humans have evolved durability against things like temporary hyperspeed and the such God I love this world Horikoshi has created

[@ThelordHayden34]

Can someone please get a therapist for Bakugo, like the dude has serious anger issues and instead of addressing this they use restraints. Jesus this society is F’ed

[@dpkmishra03]

OST means original soundtrack

[@beastslayer8729]

It's funny, Bakugo is saying almost the exact same things Deku did to Todoroki, but he lacks Deku's empathy. That's why he couldn't draw out Todoroki's fire.

[@Bookishdinos]

Shoto continues to remind me on zuko from avatar the last air bender

[@midoriya-shonen]

what a legendary finale for a legendary arc ✨

[@stardusterplays]

I sometimes wonder, can she express her self with out using middle finger 🤣

[@cleverusername7241]

I adore how in MHA we learn more about the side characters that we do the main character like we don't really know a lot about Deku' family really but we know all of Todoroki's, Bakugou's, Tsu's, Aoyoma, etc its nice change of pace.

[@MikaGinelle]

I'm surprised that Montana didn't bring up the psychological repercussions of chaining and muzzling a student. I was looking forward to her thoughts on what they did to Bakugo to get him to stay still and be quiet during the ceremony. It was already bad enough that Present Mic belittled him during hus match with Uraraka.

[@samoth5161]

It was really just done as a funny gag, and in anime those moments are never taken literally or seriously by the characters so there's no negative effects due to it

[@MikaGinelle]

@samoth5161 I know that but Montana tends to talk about the emotional side of things when doing a reaction and she's talked about psychological aspects of some other anime scenes as well. I just wanted her thoughts on it. Especially since that scene is one of the reasons something (spoilers) happens in the camp arc.

[@brianlaureus]

14:59 relax bro she said he left for family reasons doesn’t mean she knows he was injured or on deaths door.

[@snowman9631]

It's not insecure to want u opponent at their best

[@davekisman2763]

Eng. Dub Katsuki is truely acting like a feral.😂

[@Bondrewd_The_Based]

Talking anime OST's, I think you'd love Made In Abyss. The soundtrack is my absolute favorite of any show I've ever watched. In my personal opinion, it eclipses Attack on Titan's OST

[@P0ofpoom]

9:20 LMFAO

[@deathpearl360]

If u really think about it, they all won each category that described them. Deku winning the race was about strategy which he is good at. Shoto winning the cavalry was about endurance which shoto has endured quite a lot to be able to withstand many obstacles Bakugo winning the battle was of course combat which he loves to do.

[@maxwellisthinking]

A+ INCREDIBLES REFERENCE 😂😂

[@LegoCat88]

“My hero doesn’t really kill counter”

[@Yuunohu]

Yall should definitely start listening in mono audio if there are voice lines being played through only the left or right channels

[@jacintacapelety9600]

Montana's kinda overestimating Todoroki's social aptitude this episode. I didn't get the impression that Todoroki picked up on how his comment hit a nerve for Bakugo, I think the camera was just focusing on Todoroki's confused/surprised expression. Side note: raise your hand if thinking about how that hug from All Might was probably the closest thing to fatherly affection that Todoroki has ever felt made you hella sad. ✋

[@kingsora6352]

Kenny dubbing mha and attack on Titan top OSTs makes me wonder if he's seen bleach

[@p.anthony_xpert1013]

Assassination Classroom as your next Anime reaction series!

[@blakec8549]

I'm a person who thrives in chaos. I actually spiral when there isn't enough pressure. Been trying to change that the last few years. Definitely not a healthy way to live. Also I think bakugo isn't as much if a hothead as he appears. I think he just yells all the time because his quirk damaged his hearing. That's why he gets mad when people mumble. I also have hearing loss and tenitus and I get very frustrated when I cant hear people talking to me. It makes me very averse to meek people.

[@xrloki3529]

I can’t hear the word combination again after the trend 2:18

[@devbhoomimandal1]

Bakugo ❤

[@MagicMeansMurder]

Really messed up to muzzle a teenager on live TV like that, regardless of the reason...

[@mrjrountree]

No harm, even if todoroki used his full power, he wouldn't stand a chance against bakugo

[@onyx88dragon65]

Bakugo = angry Pomeranian 🐕

[@konoctiball_gaming]

i agree. they have great music but attack on titan is the best when it comes to music by far

[@thatgirljae7844]

CRYING BEC IIDA😭😭😭😭😭

[@Bookishdinos]

Its interesting shoto has fire AND ice but bakugo only has fire. Bakugo is still holding his own.. Its kinda like fire and ice but ice also has fire so it's not a great matchup... But also shoto doesn't have training for his fire meanwhile bakugo has astounding control of his power.

[@HannahNitura]

i don't think he's insecure,

[@loveyouToys3829]

10:26

[@al_alemania]

So good