Bakugou Katsuki

goodwill and regains

Player Name: Kels
Contact: PM, secretofthekels @ discord, speedstering
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Other Characters: Ace D. Portgas, Riku, Hunter, AZ


Character Name: Katsuki Bakugou
Canon: My Hero Academia
Canon Point: Chapter 46; on his way home from school after having his hero name rejected
Age: 16
Birthday: April 20
History: here!


Personality:
Crude & Arrogant - Bakugou is, above all else, a rude person. He has no qualms about saying hurtful things to people's faces and very rarely shows regret for his actions or words, especially at this point in his life. He only respects people who have earned it, in his eyes, and if you haven't... well, he'll be the first to give you an insulting nickname and call you useless to your face. Because of how much he was praised in his childhood because of his quirk, this crassness also goes hand in hand with some pretty extreme arrogance. Not only will he put people down, but he so honestly believes that he's better than most people around him. He's stronger, smarter, and more capable. Which is why he'll just go and inform people - again, to their faces - that they're just extras in his story.

Prideful - you can't have arrogance without pride, really, and boy is Bakugou a bundle of pride. Admitting defeat is worse than death to this boy, and he'll go through pretty extreme lengths to avoid doing so. Additionally, anything he sees as a wound to his pride is something he'll get extremely worked up about. At his canon point, for example, he had just won a competition because an opponent didn't go all out against him. Despite technically being the winner, Bakugou couldn't accept such a hollow victory, protesting against it to the point of violence and needing to be restrained in order to accept his winning medal. This also, unfortunately, means that admitting his own mistakes and weaknesses is nearly impossible for Bakugou. At least at this point in his life.

Loud & Explosive - Bakugou has basically two modes, quiet and analyzing a fight, and loud enough to break your eardrums. This boy yells like it's his default state. He's full of energy and fire and has absolutely zero impulse control when it comes to his reactions to things. He's an animal through and through, screaming at people to "die" when they piss him off, screaming in outrage at anything and everything that gets in his way, and. Well. The boy explodes, literally, as a default. He's a very noisy creature.

But that's not the only way he's explosive. Bakugou feels... a lot. His emotions are extremely strong and volatile, he doesn't have subtle and soft reactions to the things that happen to him or around him. He feels everything at 150%, be it joy, annoyance, or upset. And because of his short fuse and naturally explosive nature, that means everything he feels and does is loud and dramatic. He doesn't just kick at the ground in frustration, he screams until his voice breaks and throws punches with tears in his eyes. He laughs and grins like an actual homicidal maniac while in a battle high.

However, there are some exceptions to this explosiveness. Bakugou has a a short list of things that are of the utmost importance to him. And when those are on the table he's able to reign himself in and focus. When his life is honestly in danger, he buckles down and focuses. Right now those moments are few and far between, but he is capable of calm rationality in a crisis.

Determined - perhaps the most important cornerstone of Bakugou's personality is his determination. It's what inspires the people around him, despite his general attitude, and is what drives him forward every day. When Bakugou sets his mind on something, he will do it. His entire existence is built on the simple thought that he will win, no matter what. No matter who he's up against, no matter what gets in his way, he will come out victorious in the end. It's not a matter of motivating himself, either. To him, this is just a fact. The sky is blue, water is wet, and Katsuki Bakugou will win.

The Dumbest Genius - despite his brutish nature, his loud arrogance, and the way he can't get along with anyone for more than five seconds at a time, Bakugou isn't just some punk who is wholly focused on violence. Bakugou is smart. Annoyingly so. He's third in his class in terms of grades, and that's at an extremely hard to get in, prestigious school. He finished first in the entrance exams, as well, something that combined his fighting ability with his book smarts. He's always been this way, really, absorbing and perfecting everything he could and studying hard to keep ahead of everyone else his age. Hell, he even made it a point to be able to read perfectly by the time he was four.

You wouldn't really know any of this at first glance, though. Bakugou is a feral little animal who looks, talks, and acts like the kind of punk who wouldn't put any effort into schoolwork. That and... he can be so clueless when it comes to people and social interactions. Books and facts he can understand. Fighting he can understand. But people? Eugh. They're stupid and annoying why would he even try?

Bad At People, Good At Everything Else - so yeah, Bakugou is just. The actual picture in the dictionary next to gifted child burnout. He sucks at interpersonal connections, sucks at understanding emotions, sucks at handling his own emotions, but he's so good at everything else he does. He's gifted. Full of natural talent in just about everything he tries to do. He's organized, a perfectionist when it comes to the things he does. He cleans nearly as a hobby, maintains a strict sleep schedule to maximize his day, is a fantastic chef with amazing knife skills, a talented musician, and good at every single sport and physical-based activity he's ever tried to do. Couple that with having a naturally strong quirk and being at near genius level intellect and... the kid is good at things. His entire life, up to the end of middle school, he was both told he was amazing and never shown that he wasn't.

Facing weakness and losses in high school after an entire childhood of never being bad at anything is really what Bakugou is struggling with the most.

A Hero, No Matter What - finally, it is worth mentioning that no matter how horribly Bakugou acts, no matter how rude or insulting or violent he tends to be, there is one indisputable truth to him. He is a hero through and through. He has never wanted to be anything but a hero. Someone who fights and wins and saves everyone, no matter what. He idolizes the greatest hero of their time, wanting to not only be like him, but to be better than him. That is his greatest truth and his biggest inspiration. No matter what anyone says or thinks about him, Bakugou knows what he is, what he's going to be. He's going to be a her. And he's going to be the best.

Time of Arrival to Kaisou: Immediately upon acceptance. There is no way this idiot would have made a quiet entrance and gotten his bearings.

Because Bakugou's life can never be easy, his labyrinth is a mix between a burnt up, half-exploded alley covered in bits of sludge and a small river at the bottom of a semi-steep embankment with a log acting as a bridge up above it. Basically, a typical small Japanese city suburb, where nature is just a few blocks away from the aftermath of a villain incident.
Items: His U.A. school uniform, cell phone, and wallet with a very special collectible securely tucked inside.
Retained Abilities:
Conjure Combustion - Medium - 4
Wings of FireNitroglycerin - Low - 1
Improved Physical Abilities - Good; Reflexes - 1