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In My Hero Academia, we see several times Bakugo using his explosion quirk to
lift himself to mid-air and fly to increase his speed. How much can he uses
this technique to fly? Can he fly as much as he wants or is he limited to fly
a few metres above the ground?


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Can Katsuki Bakugo fly as much as he wants with his explosion quirk?


I can't remember this being elaborated in the manga, but since it is very
serious of the mechanics of the quirks, we can find out ourselves. I'll use
this [page](http://bokunoheroacademia.wikia.com/wiki/Katsuki_Bakugo) as
reference.

> Katsuki's Quirk allows him to sweat nitroglycerin from his palms and
> detonate it at will to create explosions.

So as long as he sweats, he can fly. This effect is in fact achieved by being
on the right side of the shock wave of the explosion. However:

> These explosions, especially when used repeatedly in rapid succession, were
> actually shown to have a negative impact on Katsuki's arms.

So there is a limit.

To actually fly and not just "jump" midair, he would need to navigate the
explosions constantly, adjusting their strength and also needing a really big
amount stored if he wants to fly long distances, which on the other hand he
needs to carry.

So if Bakugo wanted to fly, think of him as an Iron Man without repulsors in
his shoes (allowing him only to navigate and accelerate/decelerate with the
hands) on short fuel with every second of the repulsors being on taking a
burden on his arms. Not really flying.


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**Tl;Dr** Bakugo isn't flying at all. He is jumping and augmenting himself
using his Explosion quirk. There is no actual flying involved, though he may
seem to be floating (much like Midoriya) in the slowmos.

We see him do the exact same thing multiple times throughout the anime/manga.

  * He does this when he sent threw the baseball flying or the sprint/long jump in the Quick Apprehension Test.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PFq1Fm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PFq1Fm.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jCLO0m.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jCLO0m.png)

  * He shows more adaptability with his precision and control by jumping and changing directions during the Trial Battle

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rc6ce.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rc6ce.png)

  * The main proof his "inability" to fly while jumping really high comes during the Sports Festival. Cero had to use tape to control his dissent. If he could maneuver himself, Cero wouldn't have needed to help.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1milpm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1milpm.jpg)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LrlO4m.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LrlO4m.png)

  * The most lengthy and continuous use of his explosion is the so called "Special Move" used by Bakugo using his explosions to rotate while propelling himself like a bullet, the Howitzer Blast seen in finals vs Todoroki

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q82St.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q82St.jpg)


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he can fly but crudely. He's moving through the air without having to touch
the ground so I suppose it counts. His limit would be how much he can sweat
and how long he can endure his own explosions. Elevation-wise,he has no real
limits there. He's flown all the way up to catch Kirishima's hand which was
well above some multistory buildings. He's also flown low like in the Quirk
Apprehension Exam.


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