kaminari & why he may want to become a sidekick

So I, a desperate Kaminari Denki fan, have a theory on what his character arc/development may be about, should he get one. (he deserves one lbr)

This is my first full length theory/meta post (and probably my only one tbh) so sorry if it’s like weirdly written or anything…

tl;dr: Kaminari thinks his drawback will impair his chances of becoming a successful solo hero.

(Feel free to add on something or debunk me whichever lol)



((Another point added 5/6/18!))

This whole theory is based on me over-analyzing a single panel lol… though.. it’s interesting, I think, since if I remember right this (or at least the first point) hasn’t been brought up again yet



Ok so let’s get itttt-

So my first point is obviously to source where he says he’s thinking of being a sidekick instead of a solo since I feel like this isn’t very common knowledge:

This panel from chapter 22 is where Kaminari says he’s thinking of becoming a sidekick after graduating and Jirou shoots him down. Maybe this isn’t much based on just this panel, but the very next Kaminari we see is him with a very sad or embarrassed looking expression, which is very hmmmm *thinking emoji*



(poor) ((also this was in the anime too so my theory lives))



Such a negative expression as his reaction got me thinking, so now I’m writing this theory lol

My next point is that he seems almost like he’s insecure about his quirk’s drawback, and there’s a little bit of evidence for this.

Everytime he gets insults related to his drawback he gets this sad look on his face or gets mad:

From chapter 34, “drooly” obviously referring to his drained state. I think this was played more for laughs but I’m still putting it here

And from chapter 45, Jirou giving him a name that makes fun of his sputtering during his drained state.

Listen I’m just sayin if he didn’t at least feel a Little bit bad about having such a bad drawback he wouldn’t have reacted like this to Bakugou and Jirou’s insults towards it, and anywayz even if he isn’t insecure about it my first point is still something to think about…….

Conclusion, Kaminari probably wants to be a sidekick because of his drawback.

(Edit 1+2: Very good addition to this + extra thoughts of mine that i recently added - http://sugaricedreams.tumblr.com/post/172724682245/on-your-denki-meta-i-do-wonder-if-how-he-is-in)

(Edit 3) I realized another point relating to how he feels or might feel about his quirk: Kaminari seems to be jealous of his stronger/better quirk having (what word do i use lmao?) friends. I’ve got only 2 pieces of evidence for this point–

(chapter 25) Here he’s jealous of Kirishima and Tetsutetsu’s quirks making it easy for them to break through the robot rubble Todoroki caused…

(chapter 59) And here he’s jealous of Tokoyami (i assume that’s who he meant by “you”) and Sero having quirks that help their speed.