BakuJirou

BakuJirou is the het ship between Katsuki Bakugou and Kyoka Jirou from the My Hero Academia fandom.

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The two didn't have much interaction at the start of the series, but thanks to being seat-mates, are commonly seen sitting or standing next to each other. During the bus ride to the USJ, Katsuki and Kyoka were sat together. Even with Katsuki’s brash personality, no complications formed between the two of them. However, Denki manages to rile Katsuki up. As he screams, Kyoka doesn’t give the usual reaction of fear, seemingly more annoyed than anything else.

Unfortunately, it isn’t until rather late in the series that Katsuki and Kyoka begin to form any semblance of a bond, although they do it quick.

In order to perform a concert for the U.A Festival, Kyoka needed a drummer to have a full band. She recognizes Katsuki to be immensely skilled at drumming- and to be the perfect candidate for her band. However, ever-stubborn Katsuki refuses to play due to feeling insulted by the other classes, knowing they feel disdain towards 1-A because of the amount of “clout” they gather, and the spotlight they steal. However, after yelling for Kyoka and the other band members (Denki, Fumikage, Momo) to play for themselves, he agrees to play Kyoka’s drummer, which excites her. Later, as the concert preparations are shown, Katsuki is seen multiple times actively listening to Kyoka’s ideas

On the day of the festival, Kyoka gives a final bit of advice to each of her band-mates. She tells Katsuki "not to improvise the music too much" to avoid confusion since not everyone can keep up with the rhythm yet, and Katsuki gives a rare, small smile during the performance.

During the Joint Training Arc, the two were in the same group with both Hanta Sero and Rikido Sato. As Katsuki instructed and told them what they needed to do, Hanta and Rikido complained, recalling how egotistical he still is. On the other hand, Kyoka noticed how Katsuki was more willing to contribute with his teammates, as opposed to when he was working with her in the band. When Setsuna tells Togaru to take out Kyoka first, due to how troublesome she is for them, Katsuki dives into the rescue, blowing Togaru away with his blast while at the same time, kicking Kyoka out of the way. Kyoka then remembers Katsuki's words of "saving them" as the latter manages to send Togaru flying with another explosive attack. Meanwhile, Neito noticed Katsuki's sudden decision to save her, finding it interesting. Eijiro then remarks that this was the first time he saw Katsuki throw himself in the face of danger for someone else, making Kyoka the first person he saved. As she regained her balance, Kyoka looked back at Katsuki who tried to fend off Togaru who escaped. She then thanked him for the unexpected rescue, with Katsuki responding, telling her to get back to action. When Katsuki fought with Togaru again, Kyoka shouted out Katsuki's name in concern.

BNHA SMASH (Manga Spin-Off)

 * In one chapter taking place during the Sports Festival, the students are paired up to perform a quick dance. Similar to Izuku and Ochako, or Shoto and Momo, Katsuki and Kyoka are partnered. As they dance, Katsuki’s hands crackle with small sparks, mildly harming Kyoka. Katsuki directly apologizes for this. Since Katsuki usually has such remarkable control over his Explosion, Kyoka begins to wonder if it’s going of because he’s nervous to be dancing, or rather, is nervous to be dancing with her. She begins to blush at this, but Katsuki mumbles that he’d trained hard before coming to the Festival as he thought it’d get straight to the fights. Kyoka makes a disappointed face at this.
 * Kyoka is shown to find Katsuki’s vulgar behavior amusing, and voices over several of his conversations, placing him in rather compromising situations with several of their male classmates, such as Shoto or Tenya. She holds no fear of “repenting” whatsoever.
 * After Eijiro drags him to a class outing, Kyoka blushes, and teases Katsuki about him being a “masochist”.

BNHA: School Briefs (Light Novel Spin-Off)

 * In one bonus novel, titled “Cultural Festival Wrap-Up Party”, the students of 1-A hold a celebration for their success at the Festival. One of the activities is viewing a recording of their performance. Eijiro compliments Katsuki on his drumming, but Katsuki replies that it’s just average. Kyoka butts in to tell him he’s remarkable.

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Due to the limited interactions Katsuki and Kyoka shared at the beginning, the ship hasn’t been able to gain as much traction as other ships, although its popularity is steadily climbing from rare-pair territory. Another reason it struggles slightly is the traction of already popular ships, the largest ones being KiriBaku and Kacchako for Katsuki, and KamiJirou and MomoJirou for Kyoka. Regardless of this, the ship has still managed to gain a relatively decent number of fanworks, especially fanart.

A popular trope amongst the two are their similar aesthetics and likings; both seem to carry a fondness for “punk-rock”, or “emo” type goods. Many fans portray them as bonding over emo or gothic culture and style, or in other cases music.

The ship’s popularity rose originally from the way Kyoka handles Katsuki’s loud personality, not with insults or chides, but just, letting it slide off her back in an incredibly chill manner. As of late, many fans, especially fans of Katsuki have come to acknowledge Katsuki's efforts for his friends outside of Eijiro and Denki, or more specifically Kyoka.

Many fans of BakuJirou like to crack (harmless) jokes over the chest sizes of the two, claiming that Katsuki’s chest is larger than Kyoka’s, which is a rather amusing thing to consider.

Due to the sudden flood of interactions between Katsuki and Kyoka, Some BakuJirou shippers have theorized that this ship could perhaps be one that only becomes apparent towards the end of the series. Katsuki’s character especially has a long way to go, even from where he is now and Horikoshi could easily, slowly build up their relationship as production makes it way.

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Trivia

 * In an official “Valentine’s Day” artwork, Kyoka, Momo, and Ochako are shown holding/preparing valentines treats. On the opposing side, Izuku, Katsuki and Shoto are shown having received said gifts. Izuku and Shoto got theirs from Ochako and Momo respectively, and Katsuki received his from Kyoka.
 * Both Katsuki and Kyoka are noted to resemble their mothers to an embarrassing extent, even carrying their respective personalities!
 * Katsuki appears to be gazing at Kyoka on the cover of “School Briefs: Vol. 4”.
 * It seems that Kyoka was the first person Katsuki befriended without the help of Eijiro. This specific relationship is notable, as it deviates this certain piece of growth in Katsuki’s character.
 * Kyoka and Katsuki are seatmates, and thus, are commonly seen sitting or standing together.
 * Kyoka’s “chill”, and rather dismissive personality allows her to tolerate Katsuki’s hotheaded behavior much more easily than just about any other.
 * In a vol. 20 omake, Class 1-A (and some teachers) were shown with swapped hairstyles. Kyoka’s hair was swapped for Katsuki’s.

Variations

 * MomoBakuJirou refers to the ship between Katsuki Bakugou, Momo Yaoyorozu, and Kyouka Jirou