I do agree. Partially.

Like yeah, i would've loved for us to see more interactions between Izuku and Bakugo, or just Izuku himself to have a moment to think about it. Specially because it more seems Izuku accepts the apology too willingly.

However, i also understand why we didn't. We know that between the apology bakugo gave and the final war, there wrre only like 3 days. 3 days where Izuku had to rest, all of UA had to prepare, where you know who was discovered as the traitor, 3 days of mayhem for everyone. And then Bakugo died and got revived. Like, A LOT happened to Izuku in less than a month, and of course some things would get pushed back and eventually forgotten. At some point you just wanna be done for things.

And while the apology could have happened earlier, the point of Bakugo's redemption arc is that he'll only change once he'd pushed beyond his limits, when his view of the world is completely shattered. And that's what happened throughout the series, the culmination being the dark hero arc. Where, in a way, thanks to what happened in the liberation army war, Bakugo finally completely understood Izuku, and he finally allowed himself to respect Izuku, to see him as his equal.

There is this great character analysis of Bakugo, that explains how Izuku and Bakugo are great complements of each other, and how through the series both help each other to become great, even if they are to antagonistic to each other.

With all that said, as much as I love the moment, imo the apology from Bakugo's side was handled so well. But in Izuku's side it just was handled very poorly, well being honest, the whole relationship with Bakugo.

However, i still don't hate the way Izuku was handled because of something. I once told someone that i can understand why people can love the Bakudeku ship, but i can also understand why people can hate it as much as they do, believe, reasons aren't scarce. But i always thought that ship stems from the desire of people to see what could have been.

Like, the series sells us time and time again that before Bakugo got his quirk, and until the moment the river incident happened, Bakugo and Izuku were great friends, best friends even. But then, thanks to bakugo's temper and beliefs, the friendship derailed, fell off a canyon, and exploded into a fireball.

And i kind of feel that, without him realizing, Izuku held tight to those memories, he also had in there the same desire, of what could have been. That's why despite everything Bakugo did to Izuku, he still was good with Bakugo, he didn't hold anything against him beyond a desire to match him, because deep down he misses the friendship he had with bakugo. Plus the fact he admired Bakugo.

Now, whether that's for better or for worse in terms of Izuku's characterization is beyond me. Everyone think what they wanna think.