My Hero Academia: Bakugo Announces His New Hero Name

Warning: Contains spoilers for My Hero Academia Chapter 293!

In the world of Kohei Horikoshi’s popular manga series My Hero Academia, a hero’s name can sometimes be just as important as their abilities. Fans may remember a young Katsuki Bakugo pitching a pretty unconventional choice for his hero name back in chapter 45. Shockingly, the rest of the U.A. classroom doesn’t support the hot-headed student’s decision: “King of Explodo-Kills.” Rather than come up with a different explosive-inspired mantle, he decides to follow in Shoto Todoroki’s footsteps, choosing to let his own name double as his hero name as well. While he has spent the past 200+ chapters of the series operating as “Bakugo,” that could change after this latest release (at least, he’s hoping it will).

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Chapter 293 brings the latest update in the Paranormal Liberation War Arc into fruition. This issue, titled “Hero-Saturated Society,” begins with Mirio Togata (aka Lemillion) recounting the recovery of his quirk. Following this wholesome flashback, readers are pulled back into the present day, where Lemillion joins forces with his peers in their fight. While the Nomu start to overwhelm the heroes, Katsuki Bakugo comes into frame. A previous memory of coming face-to-face with death in battle fills his mind and motivates him to create an explosion intense enough to save his comrades. Alongside Tenya Ida (aka Ingenium) and Nejire Hado (aka Nejire Chan), he manages to miraculously rescue Best Jeanist from being defeated by the Nomu.

However, all eyes are now on Bakugo, as his actions reveal a major similarity between him and childhood bestie-turned-rival Izuku Midoriya: the tendency to ignore the potential consequences of his actions in the pursuit of victory at all costs. Ingenium realizes this as well, warning him of the danger he chose to put himself in, but Bakugo’s ego remains boosted as he has once again cheated death. Best Jeanist turns to the hero, asking him if he’s ever “experienced the world,” referring to him as Bakugo as he poses the question. The request goes over the head of the elated hero. He instead seizes this moment to claim that the title “Bakugo” has always just been temporary. From now on, he wishes to be referred to as “Great Explosion Murder God Dynamite.”

Of course, the name is a mouthful, and his peers think so as well. The idea would most likely not receive the approval of the 1-A’s homeroom teacher Shoto Aizawa (considering it makes “King of Explodo-Kills” seem relatively PG). Still, it seems to be the most confident he has ever been in his hero identity. The name reveal serves as a cathartic callback to his earlier days at UA. While it may be a bit unrealistic, it could be seen as an endearing show of growth by fans of the dynamic hero, who can see the joy on his face in this moment, even if it is reveling in the violence.

Will the fandom be quick to stop referring to their favorite hero as “Bakugo” in favor of this new suggestion? Probably not, but who knows? It wouldn’t be the weirdest thing to happen in the crazy, quirk-filled world of My Hero Academia. For now, readers can choose whatever name they wish to go with, and feel comforted knowing that it would take a miracle for the pro hero world to go along with such an aggressive, yet on-the-nose name, for Katsuki Bakugo.

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