My Hero Academia

This isn't really the theme of MHA, but you can't be a hero in this world without power and heart. A person with power and no heart is, at best, apathetic and won't be a hero, and worst will be a villain. A person with heart but no power usually isn't in the position to make change in the world. Can't You See-kun isn't known for his Quirk, but instead for him rallying the people for Endeavor. He's one of a few examples of people in this story being only heart and displaying no power.

This is a battle manga, you're not going to have the protagonist go the way of Joan of Arc, or Gandhi, or MLK. They, by design, need to have power. They need to fight on the frontlines somehow. It's just the way it is. Midoriya is going to have some kind of Quirk by the end, be it One For All, All For One, or what have you.

Deku gets All for One and has to deal with AFO in his brain.

The SUPERIOR MHA.

NO

Iron All Might was pretty powerful, and I'm suggesting that Adult Deku would be even more powerful.

By the way, I still really hope Deku gets an Iron All Might action figure. He deserves it.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Apr 29th 2024 at 1:52:39 AM

UA is def going to have hell of a medical bill after this.

I'd like to bring to attention the move "Heroes Rising" and how Horikoshi stated the climax of that movie was based on an original draft for the series' ending. If you recall, that movie also ended with Izuku giving up One For All, albeit there it was giving it to Bakugo so the two of them could fight Nine together. However, the very end had One For All return to Izuku, due to him being the chosen 9th and the Vestiges willing themselves back to him and leaving Bakugo.

Maybe that's how Izuku gets OFA back. The Vestiges will likely stay dead, their job over now that AFO is finally gone, but they'll give back to Izuku the base Quirk of OFA, the power stockpile, as a thank you for his achieving what they failed to.

Honestly it's pretty clear why more Quirkless people don't go the Iron Might route. Budget. And the connections required. But mostly the budget. Granted you probably don't need anywhere the same kind of firepower for regular crimefighting, not everyone's gonna be a Nomu or multi Quirk abomination but I imagine it's still going to be a mess.

Still there's plenty of people where the Quirk is basically a bonus and they're essentially a Badass Normal . Unless you subscribe to the theory that just being born with a Quirk makes you somewhat superhuman. (which I do subscribe to, Stain and Aizawa basically scream that to me. )

There’s definitely going to be some kind of resolution with Yoichi and Kudou revolving around AFO, since it’s made clear that for all his talk AFO was obsessed with being a Sith Lord Demon Lord in some misplace attempt to keep his brother.

And Nana herself has not only seen what happened to her family but was immediately followed by Shigaraki once again get taken over.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Apr 29th 2024 at 5:30:51 AM

IF they go that route, I can see All Might financially supporting Deku going the Batman Beyond route.

But then we'd be asking why doesn't AM and Deku solve real problems with that cash.

Yup.

Supervillains are a real problem in Japan tho.

I guess they aren't a real problem in Gotham.

The real issues regarding All Might is why doesn’t he have a my space account, and isn’t watching American Idol.

So out of touch with the American people and the real problems.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Apr 29th 2024 at 9:05:22 PM

Still there's plenty of people where the Quirk is basically a bonus and they're essentially a Badass Normal . Unless you subscribe to the theory that just being born with a Quirk makes you somewhat superhuman. (which I do subscribe to, Stain and Aizawa basically scream that to me.  ) 

My theory is more specific. I think the more physical mutations you have (the more heteromorphic you are, the more different from a normal human), the more your physical stats can diverge from a regular human. That explains Stain and his superhuman agility and strength.

And we know that physical mutations can be inherited even if a Quirk isn't. Izuku inherited his mom's mutation of having naturally green hair, despite being born Quirkless. Physical mutations can be completely disconnected from the Quirk powers themselves.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Apr 29th 2024 at 6:16:49 AM

For what is worth, I wouldn't mind if Izuku lost his quirk, but only if it is much, much later in the story, because then he would have had enough time and work invested in being a hero for him to retire and still keep an honour position in the industry the same way All Might did.

Thing is, when there's Quirks that boost your eyesight, raise your intelligence, or let you greatly accelerate your mental processing speed, there's a lot of Quirks that could actually let you be a better Ironman than a Quirkless person.

Hell, Mellisa has no quirk and is still smart enough to be an Iron-Man type if she wanted.

I feel like the other factor is that anybody who does have the budget or connections to do that is far more likely to use those resources on support devices for people who already have quirks. In the vast majority of cases, it just isn't efficient for them to put so much time and effort into helping someone with no quirk reach the point where they can be on the same level as powered individuals. Yeah, the technology exists to empower a quirkless individual to that level, but I imagine there are very few scenarios where that would be the best use of it.

Plus All Might was in the rare position of being a quirkless individual with decades of experience as a hero. They don't want just anyone slapping on a suit and heroing without a licence.

Deku might become the first hero of that type ever.

You don't have to break the bank. Knuckleduster managed vigilantism without much tech. Although he did have to go through some shady deals to get his gear.

Edited by diddyknux on Apr 29th 2024 at 5:15:26 AM

There's also a limit to how much crime you can clean up with just bare-knuckle brawling.

Or how many people you can rescue within human limits.

He also got killed in under 5 years, so not a GREAT recommendation for going that route.

Edited by Krory on Apr 29th 2024 at 4:43:22 AM

Knuckleduster was still alive in the epilogue chapter? Back to beating up thugs on the streets.