Hello to the few people that are still reading this. I am here. I am not dead, and I am healthy. In my eyes, this is good. I hope everyone is doing well in these trying times, as COVID-19 has caused a lot of people's lives to be turned upside down, and not in a good way.

Anyway, my brain has finally decided to cooperate with me and gave me an idea for this chapter. In honor of all our struggles in keeping up with our friends and social lives during this pandemic, I have decided to write a chapter focusing on... friendship!

Disclaimer: Bungou Stray Dogs and My Hero Academia aren't mine. I am a FAN. I write FANfiction. I feel that this is self-explanatory.

Now, the question for today is... *drum roll*... Would Nakajima Atsushi and Midoriya Izuku be friends if they met?

I believe I have mentioned offhandedly once or twice that I have seen quite a few similarities between these two shows, especially in the character department.

Atsushi, the precious feline sushi roll, and Midoriya, the precious broccoli child with a sunny smile. These two protagonists of their respective animes have a lot in common, which makes me wonder... would they get along beautifully, or would their similarities cause any potential friendships to struggle?

For the sake of this theory, the two shows have been placed in the same world and are happening around the same time.

We'll get started by listing these similarities:

1. Both are the main protagonists of their respective animes. They are shy, kind of awkward cinnamon rolls to precious for this world, too pure. They also struggle(d) with self-esteem issues due to their pasts.

2. Both struggled with controlling their powers at first before they gain more control later on with the help of others. In Midoriya's case, he learned how to use Full Cowl under the instruction of Gran Torino. Atsushi had help indirectly from Fukuzawa's ability All Men Are Equal after he became a part of the Agency, and was originally saved by Dazai's ability, No Longer Human.

3. Both were taken in by a mentor figure who had helped them gain/made them aware of their powers about a day after meeting them. For Midoriya, this was All Might and for Atsushi, it's Dazai.

4. Both get dragged into dangerous situations, whether its due to their occupation or bad luck or their inability to sit back and let others get hurt. For Midoriya, I am thinking of USJ, the Summer Training Camp, and Kamino Ward to name a few. For Atsushi, some of the prominent ones are dealing with the Guild and fighting Akutagawa. He also tried to turn himself in due to him not wanting the members of the ADA to get hurt because of him. There's more, but I'll just leave it at this.

5. Both were involved in abusive relationships of some sort. For Atsushi, his abusive experiences came from his life at the orphanage. For Midoriya, it had come from bullying, particularly from Bakugou, at school for being quirkless.

6. In the end, both had also gotten out of these abusive situations with a change of environment. For Midoriya, this change came from getting into U.A., where bullying was frowned upon and he was able to make friends freely with people who hadn't known him as the "quirkless loser". For Atsushi, he'd been kicked out of the orphanage and met Dazai, who offered him a spot at the Armed Detective Agency, where he made friends and gained a sort of dysfunctional family.

I think I will stop there, for now.

Let's move on to the differences!

1. Atsushi is older than Midoriya. He's around 18 while Midoriya is only 15-16.

2. Midoriya is still a student, and while Atsushi mentioned he's the same age as Tanizaki, who is 18, -meaning he is technically still student age depending on what point in the school year it is and if he's closer to 17 or 19- he has a job at the Armed Detective Agency, where he makes a livelihood.

3. Midoriya got his quirk from All Might, who passed it down to him because he felt the boy was worthy. Atsushi had always had his ability, but he'd simply become aware of it more recently since it had been dormant.

4. Their powers are also quite different. Midoriya's quirk gives him super strength and, as more recently discovered, the ability to use the other quirks from previous users of One For All. It's a stockpiling quirk, after all. Meanwhile, Atsushi's Ability lets him transform himself or parts of his body into that of a white tiger. This gives him superior strength and speed along with more feline features when the transformation is partially active. In regards to control, Midoriya's problem was that his power output was too great to control, and when focused all the energy on a single point instead of spreading the power evenly throughout his body. For Atsushi, he couldn't control his transformations and lost himself when he wasn't... feline too good (I am very sorry, but I regret nothing).

5. Their appearances are completely different. This isn't exactly relevant, but I am listing differences, and this is a difference.

Now that all the big similarities and differences are out of the way, it's time to take a closer look at how these various similarities and differences could affect their potential friendship.

We'll start with the personalities, as that's one of the major things that affect how people interact with others.

Atsushi and Midoriya are both pretty nervous and awkward individuals, and this could cause a few different reactions. One way this could go down, is that the two would avoid each other, too nervous to really approach the other, or they feel inadequate in comparison to the other due to their self-esteem issues. In this scenario, the friendship wouldn't get off the ground at all unless they were given a push towards each other. Without this push, the two likely wouldn't even cross paths.

Due to the age difference, and the difference in location, it's also relatively unlikely for the two to meet through intentional circumstances since one lives in Musutafu and the other lives in Yokohama. Their encounters would probably be pretty random and unplanned due to their different occupations and ages and schedules. The only way I can think of that either one might know of the other would be through the media, which (from my experience) can make someone feel unreachable, since (according to self-esteem-issues brain logic) if someone was important enough for the media to cover them, there's no way they'd have time to be friends with an average joe like me!

Should a push towards each other happen, though, the two might still feel awkward around the other at first, as both can get pretty tongue-tied and might take the other's silence negatively. Since they are basically strangers, they wouldn't exactly know what the other person likes or dislikes, and they are both a little nervous when it comes to breaking the ice as seen when Midoriya first met Uraraka and was all "I talked to a girl!" when he didn't actually talk at all.

However, while shy and jittery, they are not completely incompetent in the social department, as seen by their 'inspiring protagonist speech' moments.

In other words, once the two get past their nervous exteriors, its highly possible the two would hit off rather quickly.

One way this could happen is if Midoriya asks Atsushi about his 'quirk', and once Midoriya gets talking, there's no stopping him. His enthusiasm could draw Atsushi in, and once the weretiger finally calms Midoriya enough to have a normal conversation, the rest is history. The two could bond over various things, from the eccentric people that surround them, to the crazy situations they get into, to their experiences with being oppressed. They have experiences that let them understand the other in ways that people who haven't experienced such things could never truly understand.

Since Atsushi is a bit older, there's a chance he might also take on a more brotherly role for Midoriya. He doesn't have problems interacting with those who are younger than him, proven by his interactions with Kenji and Kyouka, so he wouldn't really have a problem with being friends with someone three years his junior. He could relate to Midoriya through their similar struggles to control their powers, too, so while he can't really give advice due to the very different ways their powers work, he can help encourage Midoriya, and Midoriya can do the same for him like the precious cinnamon rolls they are.

Something tells me Inko would also be happy to take in another child. She's a fricking super mom. She deserves a loving hug and a billion thank yous for raising such a precious broccoli child!

The Headmaster, on the other hand, can go die in a ditch.

To conclude, the answer is...*drum roll*...

Yes. I think Atsushi and Midoriya would become great friends should they ever meet and get past their social jitters. The traits they share in common are traits that would mix relatively well together (with the exception of their jittery exteriors), and their differences are not so disagreeable that the two would not still be able to bond over them.

Anyways, that's that for the chapter. I'm so sorry to those that looked forward to these updates that I took so long to post this, but I legit went ages without a single idea popping into my head before I wrote this whole thing in one day. I hope you guys enjoyed it, anyway. I know it's a bit short.

By the way, if there's a question or theory you want me to answer/analyze, feel free to leave it in the reviews or PM it to me. I'll see what I can do, and I can, hopefully, answer/analyze all your questions and theories, both serious and crack. I find this to be pretty fun, after all.

Have a great day! Stay healthy!