disclaimer: I made this list YEARS ago when I was really into this pairing, like... balls deep into it. Reading it again made me laugh so hard that I'll never get ride of it. Shippin' fictional characters really makes people go crazy sometimes...

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• ok i'm rotting for them more than tyra banks could ever... like seriously
• if horikoshi can write trans characters he can write gays characters, right? right
• like two powerful manly heroes being in love is.... such a powerful concept
• kiribaku being canon means a win for us, the gays and the world
• I got gay vibes since... ever

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• manga
  • already 1° (bakugo) & 2° (kirishima) @ the entrance exam (ch 5)
  • bakugo sure is confident... (ch 10)
  • kirishima smiling at bakugo's outburst BYE (ch 13)
  • they attacked together i'm not crying fUCK (ch 14)
  • fighting together, a match made in heaven aka EVERYTHING BEGINS HERE I trust in my buddies OGHDFHJDSFJKSDHGJK (ch 17)
  • kiri yelling at bakugo thanks to you we got haters now but then being all he's so manly!! while crying and kaminari is like don't let him play you! literally lol I cant (ch 23)
  • ok there's so much going on in 2 pages like kirishima searching for bakugo, offering being the horse in the cavalry battle, I know you wanna be a rider, I cant take your explosions, This horse won't break (ugh eijiro is so powerful HIS MIND) and making bakugo smile with his plan to take midoriya down (ch 27)
  • bakugo calls kirishima by his name instead of "shitty hair" (he seriously respects him at this point) (ch 28)
  • precious teamwork... thats all (ch 30)
  • kiri laughing at bakugo's death threats and bakugo taking him seriously ;A; (ch 38)
  • kirishima (ft. sero) messing with bakugo (ch 58)
  • bakugo tutoring kishima (& it was his choice alone) (ch 60)
  • kirishima asking bakugo to go shopping (ch 68)
  • kirishima being a mess over bakugo being in danger (ch 78)
  • more kirishima suffering because... bakugo u know (ch 82)
  • kirishima being more of a mess and going against the rules with the risk of being expelled just to bring bakugo back, trusting in midoriya more than anyone to save him (ch 83)
  • kirishima trusting in bakugo, not only his force but who he is (ch 85)
  • kirishima spending a lot of money in buying an item just to save bakugo I CANT (ch 87)
  • HERE IT COMES: THAT MOMENT. At this point we were lead to believe that midoriya is the one whose hand could reach bakugo but it turns out to be that is actually kirishima's. Bakugo considers kiri an equal, a friend... and bakugo smiling upon seeing kirishima calling out to him & saying you idiot is my sexual orientation
    • the anime made this scene even GAYER with bakugo flying the motherfuckin' sky just to reach kirishima's hand, then squeezing it with a fuckin' big smile.... & tbh they look soo happy (while iida and midoriya are in full stress mode lol)
      • aaand the game was just THE GAYEST, with bakugo smiling at kirishima while saying you idiot so softly that it just seems a scene from a shoujo
  • for some reason, my body no longer felt fatigue how bakugo feels about kiri while reaching his hand... wow, if that isnt romantic idk what it is (ch 91)
  • just being together (ch 92)
  • bakugo worring about kirishima and just trying to be nice (ch 98)
  • you want to know about bakugo? just ask kirishima! (ch 99)
  • kirishima running after bakugo at the license exam and bakugo teaming up with him (ft. kaminari) (ch 103)
  • touching kirishima is bakugo's new berserk button (106)
  • kirishima just worried for bakugo ;A; (ch 114)
  • If you refuse to go down it means you’re stupidly strong bakugo's way of saying you cant feel bad about yourself, not in my sight bitch i love you (ch 133)
  • kirishima went hard thinking abt bakugo, that's all (ch 142)
  • bakugo casually checking on kirishima (ch 163)
  • "take your hand willingly" (ch 164)
  • "let me shot you with my howitzer" "sounds good" (ch 168)
  • kirishima isn't here? well i'll go to sleep - bakugo, probably (ch 169)
  • Bones ships them, like
    • kirishima crying over bakugo being manly
    • kirishima saving bakugo
      • plus: bakugo angry af @ the one who attacked kirishima
    • hey let's make everyone stand alone here but no kiri&baku u know?like make them touch each other

AND THE SHIPPING GOES ON...

• Kirishima favourite thing is this world is "manly". Bakugo is "manly".
• they went mountain climbing together
• THEY GO OUT ON HOLIDAYS. U KNOW THAT IN JAPAN COUPLES GO OUT ON HOLIDAYS???
• "I hate you... less than other people" BAKUGOU TSUNDERE KATSUKI DID U REALLY SAY THAT OMG
• "" Kirishima is the chicken soup for Bakugou’s sensitive soul,,,, "" GAYS HOW R WE FEEELIN'???
• if cap 90 was like "KIRISHIMA LOVES BAKUGOU", then cap 133 is like "AND BAKUGOU LOVES KIRISHIMA"
• The whole festival thing, where the narrator says that Bakugou must have given his coat to a pretty girl who was cold, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT HE GAVE IT TO KIRISHIMA BC HE DIDN'T HAVE A SHIRT ON
• bakugo dressed as the big bad wolf and kirishima running from him as... red riding-hood...

THE MOTHERFUCKIN' MOVIE

• Bakugo took kirishima with him to I-island. kirishima out of all people.
• they shared a room. and excuse me but it was a... PRETTY MUCH A GAY ROOM. They only had ONE FUCKING BED. ONE. WITH FLOWERS ON IT. F-L-O-W-E-R-S. Like when everyone said that the scene betweent kiri&baku was gay I said "uh ok, maybe". When I watched it my eyes couldn't believe what I saw bc it was fucking gay, like... just obviously gay.
• Kirishima bought suits for both of them bc he wanted to GO WITH BAKUGO to the party
• Bakugo's vest (that kirishima bought) had white roses on it... u know what white roses mean... ok I'll say it. It means "I'm the one for you"
  • Even mha smash talks about it, like everyone knows that there's something going on between them lmao
• The fact that they were together before going to the party and "got lost" and even the others finding this suspicious... :))))
• kirishima jumpin' right in front of bakugo to save him
• bakugo screaming at kiri bc he is worried abt him
• "were you worried about me?"
• AND YOU KNOW WHO WAS BLUSHING

smash

• the class talking about their romantic undertones (the vest with white -and then red- roses on it)
• Kirishima inviting Bakugou to spend christmas together, with the translators noting christmas in Japan to be a romantic holiday
• That one chapter where Jirou falls for kiri and he leaves her for bakugou
• That other chapter where k&b flirt with each other
• Kirishima (as a dog) getting jealous because Todoroki (as a koala) has climbed up Bakugou’s torso and won’t let go. (horikoshi wrote this)

novels

• bakugo and kirishima @ their dates or study lessons that seems more like dates tbh
• bakugo being all like you pay the drinks right?
• kirishima blushing
• bakugo laughing (HE NEVER DID THIS. I REPEAT: HE N.E.V.E.R DID THIS) with kirishima's blushing right after he yelled in the library
• defending each other what did u say about him?!
• being with him feels nice my gay soul can't take this
• just cheering each other and kiri understanding bakugo