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RodyDeku is the slash ship between Rody Soul and Izuku Midoriya from the My Hero Academia fandom.
Canon[]
Izuku, Katsuki Bakugou, and Shoto Todoroki, the lowest ranking members of the Otheon Hero team, are walking down the streets when they witness a jewel robbery. The two villains see them and decide to split up, with Katsuki chasing one of the robbers while Shoto and Izuku chase the other one, who is the one carrying a briefcase with the stolen jewelry. Due to this villain attacking bystanders during the escape, Izuku stays behind helping the civilians while Shoto continues the chase.
Shoto finds out the defeated villain no longer has the briefcase and tells Izuku about it when he arrives. Izuku then spots Rody running away with the briefcase and makes a break into a chase after him across the city, through the streets and on the rooftops. Izuku even tries to apprehend him with his Blackwhip, but Rody, who is exceptionally skilled in thievery and parkour, the knowledge of the city streets, and also the timely help of Pino, easily evades all of his attempts to capture him. Izuku eventually loses track of Rody. Meanwhile, Rody is involved in an accident and nearly crushed by falling debris. He loses his briefcase during the scuffle.
Izuku, who is still looking for Rody not far from there, sees the accident, though Shoto tells him to keep chasing after him while he deals with the car crash. After verifying that he is alright, Rody grabs the briefcase supposedly meant to contain the jewelry, and runs towards the subway station when he sees Izuku again, who goes after him. Rody rushes into a train just as it is leaving, and thinks that he has finally managed to give Izuku the slip. He ends up totally surprised when he sees Izuku reach the train after catching up to it on foot. At the next subway stop, Izuku questions Rody about why he was running, and orders him to show what's inside the briefcase. Rody doesn't want to do it, arguing that he is a foreign hero who has no jurisdiction in Otheon, which triggers a fight over the briefcase before the two, dropping it where they realize it only contains documents, books, and notepads, confusing the two, especially Rody.
At the subway stop, Izuku exaggeratedly apologizes to Rody for taking him for a thief, to which Rody tries to brush off, though inwardly he is completely freaked out that he doesn't have the briefcase with the stolen jewelry. He then realizes that he must have mixed it up with another case during the earlier accident. Barely hiding his anxiety, Rody leaves the place, taking the wrong briefcase with him. Seeing his nervousness, Izuku follows him to make sure everything is alright, but shortly after leaving the subway, the Otheon police arrive. All the officers point their guns at the frightened Rody and order him to surrender. Izuku tries to defuse the situation, but suddenly Rody runs away clutching the briefcase. The police respond with a shoot-to-kill order and begin to fire at Izuku and Rody.
Izuku grabs Rody and escapes with him by swinging throughout the city with Blackwhip, avoiding the police, and landing on the roof of a train. The rest of the Otheon team, who have all returned to the base, see the Otheon international news agency announce that Izuku is publicly accused of a mass murder of twelve people. The newscaster notifies the entire nation that he is considered to be extremely armed and dangerous, resulting in putting him on the most wanted list.
Rody is angry because he has been declared Izuku's accomplice, and demands him to explain how his life went south like this. He cannot give him a clear answer, much to Rody's discouragement. Izuku figures out that the reason for the police to be shooting at them was because of the briefcase that Rody stole, but after checking it, nothing that seems important is found. Rody suggests to hand the briefcase over to the police to clear their names, but Izuku advises against it because those who want it would kill them anyway. Izuku and Rody instead decide to make their way to a different country, where the Otheon police won't have jurisdiction. They change out their clothes and disguise themselves as tourists to avoid being spotted by anyone.
After several hours traveling, Izuku and Rody take a break inside of an old farmhouse to get some rest for the night before they can move again. Rody can't bear the idea of his siblings suffering even more for not being with them for those moments, so overnight, while Izuku sleeps, he takes the briefcase and goes off to secretly report to the police. Some time later, Rody spots a search helicopter arriving, thinking it's the police, and hands the briefcase over to them. However, the man, who turns out to be a Humarise agent, transforms, preparing to kill him for supposedly knowing the briefcase's secrets, despite Rody's insistence of just wanting to go back to his siblings. Just then, Izuku arrives to save Rody. During the fight Izuku is injured, but he and Rody manage to escape with the briefcase once again.
Once safe, Izuku's wound is treated. Rody apologizes for his actions while helping stitch him up, and Izuku forgives him. Rody asks why he saved him, Izuku announces his intentions to become a hero like All Might, someone Rody has respect for, even despite having mixed feelings for heroes overall. The next morning, Rody gets ahold of a nearby van and as they travel, the two get closer to each other, with Rody explaining how he and his siblings were abandoned by everyone after his father suddenly left to join Humarise, stating that they are the most important things in life for him now. The trip continues for several days with little incidents, and one night, Izuku asks Rody what his Quirk is. He refuses to tell him out of embarrassment, but after making Izuku promise that he won't laugh, he tells him.
Eventually, Rody and Izuku meet up with Katsuki and Shoto again, and the four learn the real truth of the briefcase. They also discover that Humarise has set up bombs around the world, and is threatening to detonate them. The trio of heroes arrive at Humarise's hide out to try and disarm the bomb system. Because of the danger, they ask Rody to return before they launch a direct assault at the Humarise base, heavily guarded by armed terrorists and Quirk users. Rody ignores the students' warnings and carelessly lands in a nearby forest. He also wants to help, but is quickly captured by Humarise's soldiers.
After fighting the Humarise leader, Izuku is lying on the ground injured and bleeding profusely. He tries to get up to continue fighting, but his injuries are too serious. Rody suddenly appears and holds him up, which surprises Izuku. Rody assures him that everything is fine and takes away the deactivation key from him, seemingly preparing to betray Izuku, having already made a deal with Humarise not to detonate the Otheon bomb in exchange for saving his siblings. Izuku tries to convince him they can still win, but Rody says it's fruitless and just wants to make sure his family is safe. Rody is about to hand over the disarming key when Izuku sees Pino peeking out from behind his sweater. He then recalls the conversation they had a few days ago, in which Rody revealed that Pino is actually his Quirk, Soul, an extension of himself that shows his true intentions, and that even though he considers the Quirk embarrassing, Izuku says it is a great Quirk. Realizing it is a feint, on Pino's command, Rody flicks the deactivation key into the air and Rody runs to the control room to defuse the bombs.
Rody manages to dodge some of the attack shots from Humarise, but is seriously wounded by one of their lasers. Still, he continues to make his way to deactivate the bombs. Rody manages to get to the computer, but ends up passing out from blood loss before inserting the key. Izuku runs downstairs to help Rody. He arrives at the control room to find that Rody is still alive, and that Pino had managed to insert the key in time, defusing all the bombs and saving the world. A semi-conscious Rody asks him if he has managed to protect his family, and Izuku replies he did, saying he is amazing. Rody then says that make him looks real cool, and both laugh.
With the terrorist plot foiled and imminent destruction averted, Recovery Girl arrives to heal heal Izuku and Rody, who reunites with his younger siblings. After recovering from his injuries, the members of the Endeavor Agency prepare to head back to Japan. When they are about to board the plane, Rody appears at the airport to say goodbye to Izuku. Although he pretends that he is glad to be rid of Izuku, Pino's reactions show that he will miss him. Izuku and Rody bid a tearful goodbye to each other.
Fanon[]
RodyDeku got popular after the third movie, World Heroes' Mission, was released publicly. The fans liked seeing their friendship grow in difficult situations; getting chased by the police, getting chased by terrorists, having to travel undercover, and hauling a vehicle over troublesome terrain. The fans also loved that they were enemies that slowly turned into best friends. This ship still loses to TodoDeku and other Izuku ships, but it's Rody's most popular ship. Some of the fans also ship the two of them with Ochako, liking the idea that Izuku attracts brunettes romantically. Even Japanese fans of My Hero Academia were quick to draw and make content about the two on Twitter. There are currently over 507 works of them on AO3.
In fan works, the two are often compared to Nick Wilde (Rody) and Judy Hopps (Deku) from Disney’s Zootopia for their smooth talking con-man (Rody) and dedicated and cheerful hero (Deku) dynamic.
Rody’s quirk Pino is featured heavily in fan works as a plot device, with her ability to reveal hidden feelings often leading to a confession.
Fandom[]
FANFICTION
- Midoriya Izuku/Rody Soul tag on AO3
- Midoriya Izuku & Rody Soul tag on AO3
- RodyDeku stories on Wattpad
- Rody x Deku stories on Wattpad
ART
- RodyDeku search results on DeviantArt
- RodyDeku tag on DeviantArt
- ロディデク tag on Pixiv
- ロデク tag on Pixiv
- ロデ出 tag on Pixiv
- 出ロデ tag on Pixiv
TUMBLR
- RodyDeku posts on Tumblr
- RoDeku posts on Tumblr
- Rody x Deku posts on Tumblr
- Rody & Deku posts on Tumblr
- RodyDeku tag on Tumblr
- RoDeku tag on Tumblr
- Rody x Deku tag on Tumblr
- RodyDeku posts on Twitter
- RoDeku posts on Twitter
- Rody x Deku posts on Twitter
- ロディデク posts on Twitter
- ロデク posts on Twitter
- ロデ出 posts on Twitter
- ロディ出 posts on Twitter
- RodyDeku hashtag on Twitter
- RoDeku hashtag on Twitter
- ロディデク hashtag on Twitter
- ロディ出 hashtag on Twitter
- 出ロディ hashtag on Twitter
Gallery[]
Variations[]
- RoDekuChako refers to the ship between Ochako Uraraka, Rody and Izuku
- TodoBakuRodyDeku refers to the ship between Shoto Todoroki, Katsuki Bakugou, Rody and Izuku
