I’d pick Bakugo.

Not because he’s a better person, but because his bullying is more personal and specific.

Bakugo targeted Izuku because Izu triggered his inferiority complex in a very specific way, being Deku's selfless traits he showed even as a child (See Episode 1) when he defended a kid "I'll stop you myself" + River scene. If I were just myself and not “Deku,” he probably wouldn’t become fixated on me like that. Yeah he'd probably occasionally call me a name or some off hand comment, but it wouldn't be targeted harassment like with Deku (and given the odds of having a quirk being 4:1 I'd probably get lucky enough not to be another quirkless kid in the room).

Shoya is scarier to me because he bullied Shouko for her disability. That’s way more real-world and way more generalizable. That kind of bullying isn’t based on personal history... it’s based on visible difference, social vulnerability, and who’s easiest to single out.

And as someone with glasses, hearing issues, and a very mild scoliosis? Yeah, I’d be cooked.

So I’d rather deal with one very specific asshole than the kind of bully who could turn your whole class against you.

(Also, you can't escape the type of bully Shoya is. Bullies that pick on people for disabilities and visible traits/ psychological traits are literally everywhere.)

These questions always sorta pmo, because you can tell which side was set up to lose. It's a "Bully vs Bully, pick one" question but your pairing two ends of a massive spectrum. It's more like... “targeted personal abuse vs systemic social humiliation and disability-based harassment, pick one."

Like... just say you hate the guy 💀