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• Izuku's analysis are so good that the heroes initially thought he was a retired Pro Hero with an analysis/intelligence Quirk.
  • One of the examples is Izuku helping to catch a Serial Killer based on fifteen seconds of video.
  • He also manages to discover One for All's existence when Lemillion mentions his Quirk's "mutation", finding a Master-Apprentice Chain of heroes who underwent similar "mutations".
  • He additionally managed to come up with proof of One for All's existence, in addition to finding the connection between it and All for One.
• During the Recommendation Exam, Izuku was good enough in the obstacle course that the only reason he did not win his race was because Tenya Iida overtook him in the last stretch.
• Even without One for All, Izuku managed to win the Obstacle Course and achieved a fine result in the Cavalry Battle. This leads to him becoming the student with the third most internship requests, only behind Todoroki and Bakugo.
• Miruko actually managing to keep Bakugo on the edge and kicking him hard enough to leave a large dent in a wall. For that matter, one for Bakugo for being able to suffer that kick with no apparent injuries.
  • The time with Miruko is actually what Bakugo needs to realize the truth behind his lessons with Hound Dog: that being the strongest means nothing when you aren't using that strength to help people.
• Izuku managed to defeat Stain by using his own quirk against him by grabbing his tongue and tricking him into paralyzing Izuku to trap him, a move treated as equal parts clever, ballsy, and near-suicidal.
• Mirio takes out the flying Nomu by calculating its trajectory then turning intangible to sink through the earth until he's almost out of breath. Once he turns tangible again, Mirio is shot out of the ground like a cannon and right at the Nomu.
• Shigaraki's encounter with Izuku at the mall goes better than expected; thanks to Shigaraki's left hand not fully recovering from the time Izuku nearly cut off a finger, Izuku is able to evade his attacks while his classmates taunt Shigaraki to keep him distracted. Even though Shigaraki is able to get away, no civilians, heroes, or students are harmed.
  • Even better, the reason Shigaraki wasn't able to harm any bystanders was because Izuku's classmates evacuated all the civilians while Izuku kept Shigaraki occupied before the Pro Heroes arrived.
• When the League of Villains attacks the Summer Camp, their main target is Izuku, who fights just fine against everything sent against him until he's forced to surrender to save his classmates. But even then, he doesn't give up, as he gets loose for long enough to grab one of the tracking marbles so the heroes can find him.
• Deku manages to keep the situation with the villains under control by pandering to Shigaraki's love for video games, and then turns a losing position around by building on his previous discovery that Shigaraki is Quirkless to accidentally kickstart an Enemy Civil War.
  • Thanks in part to catching him by surprise, the League inflicts a Curb-Stomp Battle to All for One.
• Toga capable of imitating Quirks versus the League. The League had severe trouble when Toga just had the blood of Izuku's classmates... Then she gets Shigaraki's. And the moment she gets Kurogiri, the battle is over, because she quickly uses the portals to send all the League of Villains straight to holding cells in Tartarus, winning the fight with few to none casualties.
• Minor when compared to everything else Deku's already done, but during the Provisional Hero License Exam he tricks three third-year students by playing to their belief that he's weak, only to quickly eliminate all three of them in seconds before they can touch him.