Quote Originally Posted by Inversed View Post
I don't even think its necessarily the Shonen trope inversion the reason why he's so popular, I think it's mainly the Vegeta/Sasuke approach, that anime/manga fans just REALLY love the a-hole rivals. Given characters like those's popularity, Bakugo's isn't a surprise in that aspect, I just mostly mean I'm always surprised those characters are so popular in general because they've never been of my personal taste. Vegeta and Bakugo are at their best to me when used for comedic effect, and I've only been able to actually stand Sasuke in Boruto, when he's effectively a different character.
Now that you say that I can see that too