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CHARACTER NAME:Katsuki Bakugo (Hero Name: Great Explosion God Dynamight)
CANON: My Hero Academia
CANON POINT: After his death in chapter 362/episode 149
HISTORY: At the My Hero Wiki

SUITABILITY:
I’m interested in this setting for the character because Katsuki Bakugo’s death in canon represents a culmination of his character growth. Bakugo was born into a world where nearly everyone has super powers (called Quirks) and superheroes are real and treated like celebrities. Blessed with an exceptionally strong Quirk and told young age that he was destined for greatness, he grew up with a self-inflated sense of self. He obsessed over winning, being the best, and spurning those he saw as weak. However, deep down, he feared being seen as inadequate or a failure in the face of his amazing Quirk. This insecurity caused him to bully his Quirkless childhood best friend, Izuku Midoriya (Deku), because Deku’s innate heroic nature made him feel inadequate and fear that raw power wasn’t what actually made a true hero.

Eventually, those fears are proven right. Deku gets a Quirk (bestowed on him from their mutual idol) and begins rising to the top, while Bakugo struggles to succeed due to his unwillingness to set his ego aside and work with others or care about anything other than victory. After he indirectly causes the end of his idol’s hero career, Bakugo is forced to accept that his worldview was wrong. He realizes must find victory in saving others instead of raw domination. Though he remains (comically) abrasive and obsessed with winning, he starts learning to accept his weaknesses and that playing a supporting role can be a path to the victory he desires. Notably, he rekindles his friendship with Deku and throws himself into helping the other boy harness the incredible power he was gifted.

When Bakugo is killed in a fight against a villain, he puts his all into an attack knowing he won’t be landing the winning blow. All he wants is to do enough to buy time for Deku to make it to the battle and then win. He willingly causes great damage to his arm, vital for using his Quirk, which he knows would hinder his goal at being a top hero even if he survives. He has come to accept that Deku is the hero of their time and there’s a rush in trying to match him even if he fails every time.. Bakugo’s only fear is that he won’t be able to keep up. He is no longer driven by pure ego but instead a desire to know that he did his best and make a difference.

Of course, in canon, Bakugo comes back because he’s a shonen manga character but… what if he didn’t? The Crossing is a great opportunity to explore that. He may accept his death but he needs to come to accept that he’ll never know if his sacrifices made a difference and were “worth it” in the end. He will have to find the satisfaction within himself and be without the external validation that he spent so many years needing to feel secure. All he has are the scars that remind him that he has grown.

Because Bakugo has so committed to being a changed man , he’ll be furious (read horrified) at the idea of losing his memories. Without the memories of his failures pushing him to be better, he fears that he would simply backslide into the insecure boy he was a year ago. A foolish idiot who was too blinded by ego to see what was right and what was important. He holds massive amounts of guilt, especially over how he treated Deku, and part of his sacrifice of his own life was to attempt to make it up to the other boy. He believes that having to carry memories of his shameful past of his penance, though he’s the only one who thinks he has to pay up.

Bakugo will adamantly refuse to willingly sacrifice his memories and try to push through the challenges that the Crossing brings forth. To sacrifice pieces of himself, especially the ones he’s ashamed of, would be a sign of weak spirit and to give in without even trying is shameful. Even though he’s no longer overly-competitive, Bakugo still always strives for the top and will never give less than 100% in everything he does. He’ll encourage others to do the same, promising that he can help them cross without sacrificing anything.

Ideally, his arc in the game would explore if that is the right thing to do. Is it noble for Bakugo to ensure he acknowledges past wrongdoings or is just subjecting himself to self-flagellation? Is he prioritizing guilt over healing? Is he so afraid of who he used to be that he’d rather make a dangerous gamble that risks greater loss just so he doesn’t have to willingly choose it for himself? Even if he really believes he can cross without sacrifice… is it right to risk dragging other people down with him if he fails? It’s probably a mix of all of the above.

FIRST TOLL: The first memory he loses, with no choice of his own, is that he finally apologized to Izuku for his past horrible behavior where he admitted that it was his own weakness that caused him to resent Deku and states now all he wants to do is help Deku embrace his destiny however he can.

The lack of his memory will leave him pretty distraught. He worked towards an apology for quite some time, wanting to ensure that he could speak honestly about his feelings with hope his sincerity would be heard. Believing that he died without ever actually making that apology will eat at him and push him further towards holding on to his memories at all costs.
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