The only, single thing i dislike about kacchaco
Before start, i want to make it clear, i not against kacchaco, i support all the ships (even if i prefer izuocha, they are my babies), even if don’t understand why they are shipped,even if i don’t get what maked people ship them in the first place (right now i don’t think bakugou would date anyone), i am not against it, they saw something i don’t, and kacchako , like any other ship, its about love and understanding.
And for being honest, this is a thing that is personal for me, it affects me in particular i believe, i don’t know it others think the same.
My only problem is when a kacchaco shipper (not all of them) says that the bakugou vs uraraka fight was a kacchaco moment.
I remember the first time i saw ochaco, i have readed various mangas and saw various animes (when i finished all the good ones), at that moment, i was certainly sure ochaco it was going to be just a character created whit the solely purpose of being the romantic interest of the protagonist, and danzel in distress, someone i knew i was going to hate, just the idealized version of what a boy wants in a girl, only another manga heroine.
And then, the story keep going. Ochaco at that moment was proof being capable of being useful, and not a coward, she did it great in heroes vs villains training, and reacted very well in the USJ when she dealed whit a real villain, she proved not being a dead weight, but the other students of class 1-A did it as well.
The sports festival arrived, and she revealed her motivations, for the first time in many years, if not in my life i felt identified with a female character (im a boy) like many others did with her. I really started to like her.
The moments before the fight, i felt bad for her, i didn’t she could win, she was going to get beated up, she was nervious, affraid, she didn’t to her to Iida and Izuku, she rejected the strategy of one of the best (if not the best) strategist in the class, “if she lose, it will be by her own” i thought, i respected her for that.
The fight started, it was difficult to wacht, every explosson right on the face, but she didn’t stoped, she was still standing, Bakugou didn’t contain himself, the strong and arrogant Bakugou, with the guard high, againts the girl no one except Izuku and maybe Iida expected to win, her determination make feel goosebumps, in my head i was: “i think she would able to win”, “i think she CAN actually win”, the thrill, the excitement, “come on, come on!!!”, and finally the meteor attack: SHE IS GOING TO WIN!!!, Izuku stole the words from my mouth: “COME ON!!, YOU CAN DOIT, WIN URARAKA !!!.But she losted. Never a character losing hurted me so much, after all the effort, after she was still standing, refusing to give up, crawling. From the bottom of my heart, i tought she was going to win, i would have betted she was going to win, the girl i looked down at the begging of the manga.
That fight was not a kacchaco moment, it was a URARAKA OCHACO moment.
Its a very special moment for me, because changed the way i see her, now, when she does someting great, i don’t go “well done, nice one”, i go “YEAHHH, FUCKING YES, GO KICK SOME ASSES!!!, i was able to see all the good things of her i didn’t see before, she was a sweet person, a brave and bold one, supportive of her friends, and don’t let her feelings distract her, not blinded for them or suppressing them, but under control (but i still ship theeeeem!!!), and she is getting stronger and stronger.
It was the first time a female character wasn’t a “waifu material” for me, but someone i feel identified, someone i respect, someone i aspire to be like, someone i wish i had as a friend in real life.
Sorry for the long post, i hope you guys understand that i do not hate kacchaco, but don’t turn one of biggest the moment of glory of Uraraka Ochaco in a ship moment. Thank you
