So
I answered an ask (this one) about how Shinsou would deserve to learn Izuku was quirkless and be told the
secret behind One for All, and couldn’t help but wanted to write a
proper post on his and Izuku’s relationship, as I came up with
other thoughts shortly after. I really believe Shinsou and Izuku would become good friends, and could even be close to each other if they came to
share their past and painful experiences of being quirkless/having a
quirk labelled as evil and being mocked for that.
To
begin with, I find interesting to notice the good chemistry going on
between Izuku and Shinsou. Shinsou had no problem to understand
Izuku, and Izuku was moved by Shinsou’s words. Izuku was warned by
Ojiro about Shinsou’s quirk. He was aware he had to be careful to not
fall for any trap, but Shinsou succeed anyway because he knew exactly
what to say to set up Izuku.
He could set up others students before
without relying on strategy and guessing their personality because
they weren’t aware of his quirk. But after that he had to think about
how to force Izuku to talk because he knew how his quirk worked. So
he had to read through Izuku and come up with something that would
make him commit a mistake quickly, before he could throw him out of the
ring. Shinsou didn’t know Izuku personally, never talked to him
before, but surprisingly, he knew exactly what to say because he guessed
well what would throw Izuku off. I don’t think this could’ve worked
with others students, like Todoroki, Tsukuyami or Bakugou. Shinsou
probably guessed Izuku was a loyal and honest friend, and could feel he was
compassionate. He tried in a last resort to make him talk by
provoking him on how blessed he was and how little Izuku must have known about being cast aside and seeing his dream denied because he
couldn’t fit. And he was right, as Izuku was fighting back against
his instinct to don’t answer Shinsou.
It wasn’t a matter or making
him fall in his trap anymore, as Shinsou was really pouring his heart
out in front of Izuku, and, once again, I don’t think he would’ve
done the same in front of someone else. I truly believe he could do
so in front of Izuku because he felt listened enough to voice his
feelings to him. Their relationship kinda feel like these ones
when you meet someone for the first time but it’s like you knew them since forever. Had
it not been during a fight, Izuku would have probably let some
information slip or at least suggest he was the same, because he
can’t watch people being hurt and do nothing about it. It was
physically hard for him to not talk back to Shinsou. Izuku felt
Shinsou’s distress, and was really holding back because he really wanted to help him and find a way to heal him mentally
and emotionally speaking. At the end, he eventually took a step
forward and talked to him, without even contemplating Shinsou could
use his quirk again.
Shinsou looked mischievous when he told Izuku he
should be more careful when he’s talking to him, like he’s surprised but pleased with how
Izuku lowered his guard just after their fight despite falling for his trap once. To be honest, I find
that very cute. It’s noticeable that Shinsou’s already kinda fond of Izuku.
Shinsou
has experienced painful words and wrong assumptions, exactly like
Izuku (though on a different level) because of similar reasons ;
because they didn’t fit in.
They didn’t because one had an ‘evil
quirk’, and the other was quirkless and ‘weak’. It would be moving to
see Shinsou and Izuku share their experiences and support each other
whenever they would admit it was really hard and painful. They both
have friends who support them now, but finding someone you can relate
to and share your experience with when you’ve been hurt by how
others treated you unfairly is life-changing. It makes you feel
you’re not the only one, you’re not facing those hardships alone
and someone can actually really understand and identify with what you’ve
been through. It’s incredibly healing and comforting, and I do hope
Izuku and Shinsou will eventually come to talk about it.
Shinsou
is someone who’s very reliable and trustworthy; he has this
incredible quirk that could give him access to absolutely everything,
but he decided to use it fairly to be a hero. He didn’t take the
easy way, because not only his quirk isn’t adapted to what UA hero
course expects, but also because he’ll face a lot of prejudices
because of his ‘evil quirk’, and will constantly be told by
people he can’t be trust. This kind of assumption, especially when you’re
still a kid growing up and building your identity, is incredibly
painful and breaks more people than you’d think. So Izuku and Shinsou couldn’t do anything but accept painful words and wrong assumptions, waiting for the day they could prove to everyone else how wrong they were to treat them this way. They’re both moving forward, but their past are an important part of who they are. Izuku especially can’t talk about his past for obvious reasons, but he and Shinsou would probably be unwilling to talk about their past, at least not genuinely, with most people because what could they give them apart from sympathy? People fitting in because they have good quirks didn’t have to live what they’ve been through, so maybe they’ll be compassionate, but they won’t understand. Izuku and Shinsou won’t see that light of understanding in anyone else’s eyes, like they could with each other because they can relate with what they’ve really been through, and how painful it was because they know. For now only Izuku can feel that way towards Shinsou, and he’s already concerned about him after their fight, where he felt sorry he couldn’t do a thing, and privileged his victory over Shinsou’s feeling of achievement.
Shinsou, like Izuku,
is incredibly brave, because even though people doubted him, even
though he failed to enter the hero course, still tried and pushed his way
through, enough to be the only student of the general course to
attain the last stage. Because he can’t help what he long to be and
after all, can’t give up on being a hero. That’s truly admirable, and
Izuku did the same when he didn’t give up even though his entire
class in middle school mocked hip for taking UA entrance exam. They both didn’t gave anything up and still tried because there was no way for them to just turn their back to their convictions. For
them to stay true to who they are and stick to their convictions
without going astray mean they share high morals and a strong sense
of justice where power isn’t to be used so you can take advantages
of others. In that sense, they’re very similar, and I believe they
could be friends and for that reason, be very dear to each other. It
wouldn’t be unexpected at all for them to become close. It would
also be very interesting in regards to the plot and character
development, and also endearing for all the reasons I wrote above.
From the little interactions we’ve seen of them later, when they
cross path and Shinsou’s with Aizawa, it’s hinted that Shinsou
will take part of Izuku’s life later. I sure hope Hori will explore
their relationship because Shinsou and Izuku are unique to each other in UA and would really benefit for being close friends.
In a interview, Hori confirmed Shinsou will later take an important
part in the story.
Given how Izuku was the only one of the hero course he bonded with, it would totally make sense for them to work together and gradually become closer.
I’m looking forward to that, because I really feel a special
chemistry between those two, for the way Shinsou is amused and comforted by Izuku’s
honesty and how Izuku relate to Shinsou and already care about him.
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