Deku Is An AWFUL Main Character | My Hero Academia Analysis 

Tbh Hitoshi Shinso would make a good MC for Mha, having him would really take a deep dive into the discrimination of quirks and the wrongs of society, deku proves nothing about that because he has a “heroic” quirk (stated by Hitoshi himself)

When you brought up Midoriya's quirklessness, it reminded me of this fanfic called 'Deku? I think he's some pro'. It's part of the For Want of a Nail series. In it he doesn't receive One For All and actually goes on to become a hero without a quirk. I loved it because it seemed like the anime kinda brushes off his being quirkless after he received a quirk and the fanfic goes into detail about how hard it is to be quirkless in a society that practically revolves around quirks. The same series also has an entry where Izuku says fuck it and becomes a quirkless villain called 'Mastermind'. I actually find myself reading and enjoying these stories more than the anime in fact. And now I guess I understand why. Everyone was written well enough except for poor Izuku

Deku is someone I really used to like but my main problem is that he confirms to a society that would normally expell him. Horikoshi is someone who can build up a massively flawed hero world but he didn't flesh out these plot points. Even though Deku has stated that all men aren't born equal he follows regulation that don't help everyone. His desire to become the Nr 1 hero is a responsibility that Deku would still need to comprehend. Ever since Deku received a quirk that made him lose his uniqueness. Deku also doesn't seems to be open to reforming his villains. The spinoff manga vigilantes is actually what Deku's story should have been.

Deku has a major savior complex and it’s pretty obvious. He needs to be the savior even when is obvious others can take care of themselves. The only explanation for such an annoying main character is that the people that wrote it don’t understand the difference between a real hero and someone with a savior complex. Also no one is 100 all good a lot of anime seem to forget that.

When fanfiction writers do better with your story than the original author you might have a problem

My biggest issue with deku is that despite wanting so desperately to be a hero, he did NOTHING to make that happen before the story. No training, no conditioning, no martial arts training, nothing. It makes it seem like, despite showing that he was willing to put his life on the line for it, he just didn't give a shit.

I think Deku is a great character, but his beliefs are never challenged giving him a chance to display character or growth. Then Horikoshi is inconsistent when it comes to the consequences with his actions. Him being good is not an issue. He’s very similar to Spider-Man and Captain America I think Deku is interesting because his heroic attributes are a result of trauma and being bullied. He has NO self worth so in his eyes the most valuable thing about him is the quirk he was given, hence why he will always destroy himself to save others.

Being a "nice guy" doesn't mean you have no room to grow. The only things that limit that character type are the writer's closed mind and the audience's even more skeptical perception of the archetype. Nightwing (Dick Greyson) and the Flash (Wally West) are *the* nice guys incarnated in the Western superhero media, yet they're some of the most beloved. They're morally decent, funny, and dorky, yet at the same time they're put in difficult situations where they become paranoid and act out of characters, argue with each other or question themselves, only to reunite and be better heroes and friends later on. This is how you progress the 'nice guys' by subtly shifting the 'scale': you put the characters in different sorts of challenges and corruptions that they can only overcome by being true to themselves, becoming more mature, more compassionate as well as becoming better people and heroes than they were. Contrary to many people's beliefs, being a 'nice guy' in modern society is something you *earn, maintain* and *develop,* not something you have and be done with it. Deku *does* have the definitive 'human' elements: he's an Otaku and a borderline hopeless hero worshipper. You can write countless dramas out of those qualities without sacrificing his decency: The fact that he can no longer treat superheroes like fun and cool pastime, the fact that the real world is grittier and more dangerous than what's shown on TV, the fact that his hero turns out not as great as he thought, the fact that people around him may get hurt or die because if his reckless actions, and the fact that everything he believes about being a superhero or the world is wrong, and that disappointment's what killing him from the inside. The only way Deku can become the #1 hero is to prove that he is virtuous no matter what kind of adversary he meets, not just bad guys that he fights, but also things that ideologically challenge his very core character. After all, personal virtues and ethics are the things that define a superhero, not what sort of quirk you have or how hard you can punch or kick bad guys. All in all, it boils down to Horikoshi being a bad writer. He may be capable of creating a main character that resonates with people, but he does not understand the essence behind the superhero genre or how to develop a good protagonist. He also doesn't seem to be the guy who cares that much about superheroes despite writing about them. He would rather spend time building up bad guys or framing how bad society is without juxtaposing it with the heroic standpoints and counterarguments. The way Deku turned out in the ending after everything he's done is REALLY telling about his piss poor attitude toward the character.

I think they should have given bakugou an older sibling who has close to both deku and bakugou but died protecting deku after he was 'diagnosed' as quirkless. This could help stem deku and bakugou's motivations and explain their bad friendship fallout better. Deku and baugou both trying to be heroes because of this one incident would have been intresting and a connecting factor. Plus it would also explain the defenless izuku or useless title better.

My problem with Deku has a protag is that when consider the amount of luck he had to get OFA is crazy. Like he would be dead if All Might wasn’t thete to save him when he suicide missioned to save Bakugo. Again when he tried to save bakugo with his friends, they were all fucked if the heroes didn’t show up. And don’t try to bring the “oh but he trained hard to deserve it” that’s not what I’m talking about. Deku never would have even trained to get stronger physically if he didn’t meet all might. My problem with him is that despite wanting to be the best, he never trained physically before meeting all might and afterwards despite knowing so much about heroes and training for so long he’s still reckless with his body and with other ppl’s lives. He’s a wet sack of an anime protagonist bc his entire story was 50% luck

The problem with deku is that even in his villain hunter arc he feels the same, I wanted to see him growing a backbone maybe drop some one-liners once in a while

Lmao the leg part really get me too, like how does he take that long to realize that he has legs

9:13 Exactly, quirkless people are completely ignored. If they struggle with discrimination, why don't they fight against it? Is whole 1/5 of society!

While I agree that batman deku would have been fun, he got the power in like the first 2 episodes. Its a minor annoyance built on preconceptions. There were a lot of ways that the story could have been more cohesive. For example, Deku attempts to train but hes denied because of lack of quirk. Or perhaps his bullies find out and torment him into giving up.. He tells his mom/teachers and they do nothing + the bullying gets worse. It explains his weakness and reluctance to do anything about his situation while tying in the quirk discrimination in a believable way. Hell, you could have had a scene where he overhears his dad leave specifically because of him being quirkless, adding to his issues. Then after he gets his powers society treats him better. His bullying could have led to an antisocial and distrustful attitude about him, leading to misunderstanding and drama with class A mistaking him for being a more polite Bakugo. Or he maintains his original attitude either through a mask or his improving situation. You could have had him witnessing a child being quirkless and either ignoring it and leading to self-loathing (even better if it happends around the eri arc) or getting involved, leading to different kinds of issues like for example one of his classmates trying to let the kid down gently and he just blows up at them, the situation hitting too close to home. Bonus points if theres a suicide of a quirkless kid leadong to the reveal that most quirkless are actuallu old people since quirkless kids rarely reach adulthood. Even more bonis points if this increase coincides with Allmights rise and his unintentional deification of power based heroism based on a superpower arms race. That could lead to a cobtrast between Allmights time and dekus, where batmanesque heroes existed but allmight made them irrelevent or something. All for one could further complicate things by having exquirkless minions with the quirks of their bullies, willing to die for him. I could go on.

I think the idea of him wanting to save people with a smile is a side of him unconsciously trying to become All Might without him knowing that. We can see it in season 4. I'm not going to spoil anything, in case of someone didn't see that. But yeah, he might not have anything just like you said, but the reason of WHY he doesn't. It's because he had a friend from 4 years old as a bully who said to Izuku to kill himself so he can born into something more useful 10 years later, with the idea of his IDOL and MANY OTHERS told him that he can't to suddenly his idol told him that he CAN be a hero was like a point where he needs to prove All Might that he can do it which had shaped Izuku's personality into what you said. Now, I do agree that there was no build up, but there we can't help it. Also Izuku is both perfect and bland character which you can put him in any kind of fanfic and it will STILL FIT. Sorry if I sound rude or anything

0:10 YOU TOO?! Also, You’re amazing at downplaying how horrible Endeavor is. Like you can’t call the things he’s done, treating most of his children like failed experiments, a „shortcoming“

13:25 if you actually read the series you find out Deku’s character pivots about mid-way through the series and it becomes exactly that. When he gets back to UA he even says: “this is the story of how I became the greatest hero - no, how we ALL became the greatest heroes. It’s pretty hard to miss you know.

I think, honestly, Deku's development is not just powerscale. Its prooving himself. Feeling that others could have been given the power, Mirio for example, but it was him, so he wants to proove himself. Beyond saving everyone, I think it is also that. But I respect your opinion. I am gratefull for you finally not being one of those that judges him for crying a lot

Even if Deku was to become Anime Batman....I think the world building as it is now in the manga will probably get in the way tho... He still have to find a way to get to a school to be a hero and a license...Even tho in the beginning Deku say they can even allow quirkless people to a hero and go to U.A. But....That's never happen tho... I still believe Deku is a better MC than most others....But I can understand your opinions why you think otherwise.

the most confusing about deku is that he kinda never get consequences for his actions especially when he goes full one million percent and causes him to lose his main weapon of one for all and you could argue that shoot style is get getting to learn but until the war arc where he magically can use one million percent of his power to his arms which the doctor said he could lose his ability to used his arm ever again why kinda ruined his action has consequences other mc get to suffer the consequences of their actions like tanjiro they called him a traitor and should be killed because he had Nezuko and asta even he saved the clover kingom get accused by the attack because he had the powers of a demon and whenthey force him to reveal his power just to saves marie and still get hated by the royals even saitama could always get consequences like he destroy the meteor which caused to shatter and destroy multiple houses and nearly lost genos for being late on time

11:20 Gentle is a perfect narrative foil for Deku and encapsulates a lot about what you’re saying in this section. Further down the line he faces Aoyama, where it’s revealed that he was also quirkless and that builds a whole different atmosphere. Lady Nagant was a hero who went mad due to the corrupted hero system set in stone and she teaches Deku about the imbalances of society. Read up.

My biggest buff with him is that he is a crybaby who simps his own bully, I mean imagine naming your hero alter ego by the slur that was used to be used to undermine you and claiming that the name now means "I can do everything" lol

When they relaunched the DCEU on animated movie, when Green Lantern thinks Batman is some vampire/metahuman like him he is shocked to learn that Batman is just a guy in a cape wearing a bat costume. This has always been peak character building of Batman since the 1930s because he is the normal man fighting against God Like threats alongside God Like colleagues. Deku was supposed to be the first quirkless hero since in MHA universe there was no such category and it would have been awesome. There are so many characters who's abilities do not give them a physical boost yet they found ways to give themselves a leg up. Nezu is the principal and he beats the students in his exam just by toppling some buildings like dominos. Night Eye trained his body like mad to supplement his quirk. He also learned martial arts and much more wielding 5kg paperweights and stamps as weapons with just his finger strength. Aizawa is pretty much fighting as a quirkless person especially if he is up against a mutant he has to take them down without so much as a knife. The potential was there yes that there are already pro heroes who fight in a quirkless style in function but no we got a whiny nerd who does nothing and everything wrong. I can forgive all that! Once he gets One For All he botches it up so badly. He wrecks his arm for what? He doesn't even train himself properly to use it without breaking his bones. He has to go to Gran Torino to learn to use only 5 % but he never really has tech or anything to support him. Basically he is trying to be an All Might clone and is wrecking his body needlessly.

One person that does the whole I want to be a hero thing, right is Shirou Emiya from why he wants to be a hero is because he wants to see happiness of helping others like he saw when Kirisugu save them from the fire of Fuuki and they are on cemented that ideal by promise to being a hero of justice as his adoptive father died he saves others to see himself. He’s utterly selfless because he’s selfish because he is the only survivor of the tragedy.huge survivors guilt. And places others before himself because of it I can’t stand when others protect him, or go in harms way for him he has more motive, more reasoning to become a hero or what it means to be a hero, then Deku that doesn’t even get started on the relation of power and theme of the entire story as it fits perfectly fate stay night is literally a story of Shirou emiya

I still think the series would've been a lot better if he stayed quirkless. It would've further pushed the idea that "with enough hard work, you can be a hero too" and it can make him relatable and fights involving him would be more fun. but.. alas..

1.What is the point of mha?? 2. what are the themes the author wants to explore?? 3. How will deku change the society by being no 1?? 4. How will the discrimination of quirkless people be solved or atleast lessen? I had watched up to season 4 or 5 but i can't seem to find these things in the story. If anyone knows please inform me.

I agree. I also hated tanjiro for this very reason. his character is one dimensional. deep hate for only the demon king, and would try to "talk" with demons even upper. but when they attacked people infront of them they get mad. ignoring the fact they ate alot more people. Tanjiro vs Daki, he actually was mad and asked if killing was ok for them, but that only happened after he saw people hurt. and even then he let them reconcile. as if they didn't almost kill his best friends and a hashira with the entire village with it. but the scene in the anime when his sister was burning gave tanjiro alot more humanity. he was choosing between his sister and killing an upper moon and saving THREE lives. we all hear him contemplating whether to go and save them or find a way to save both, but we ALL saw the choice he already made. whether it was intentional or unintentional, he chose his sister. being selfish for once, even if he's trying to save the others he never MOVED an inch from his sister. meaning he already chose to save his sister than ending a man that killed thousands.

Deku is like Goku but without what makes goku interesting. Goku is a completely static character, but what makes him interesting is that he's a wall. Other characters either die or change in the face of Goku.

I don't have any issues with deku. He's my favorite character, but I understand your opinion

12:00 both of these things have happened by now. The latter happens in the early series too. Deku has been conscious not to overdo it with his quirk since unlocking full cowling

Da fuck you mean deku only wants to be number 1 hero just so he be good guy!? It literally tells you he wants to be the best hero because he wants to save people with a smile on his face like all might. When In a dire situation you need a beacon of light to come save you and that exactly what deku wants to do is he wants to help the little guy out who has no chance against all the evil in the world he doesn’t just do it for himself but for others. Deku literally embodies what it means to be a hero💯 Note:you don’t need to be a superhero to be a hero.

Bro Tanjiro is even more basic..

Deku for me is too perfect. He seems to have no flaws and it makes him unrelatable. Most conflict is resolved by him at the end too, and sometimes it feels like they forced him into being the resolution to challenges faced by other characters that would be far more satisfying to see them solve on their own. I think a great way to deal with "too perfect" savior type characters is to unironically kill them off. I think it would be incredible to matyr deku and have all these great side characters pick up the torch and deal with the darkness of their inspiring friend that both brought them together and that they relied on to fix everything is suddenly ripped from their lives. Maybe this could also strengthen the reliance certain characters have on one another and pull other ones apart

So, Mashle: Magic and Muscles? In that anime, Mashle is a non magical person who lives in a world where everyone has magic. The society he lives in so toxic that they wil kill anyone who is born without magic. Even if you have magic when you are born, if you get sick and it goes away you are in danger of being killed. To help Mashle in his world, his adoptive father makes him train really hard. Making him the peak of human fitness. However, Mashle is discovered and in order to survive he has attend the magic school to become Divine Visionary and show society that non magical people are just as powerful as magical people.

Umm deku is still young and he is improving as a person and a hero yall wanted batman but it would have been boring and cancelled also the dark hero arc was highlighting the flaws of deku and its conclusion was that he is not perfect he can't save everyone he needs to rely on others but yall throw that out the window and say the story about a underdog when its really about becoming a great hero for the people to be the symbol of peace to overcome ones weaknesses and go beyond to understand the pain of others so that nobody else has to experience it and being responsible for keeping the people safe but yall think this is a normal shonen when it never really was

A huge flaw of deku and good characterization is his self-destructive personality. As an anime only watcher, it was clearly show. Throughout the series, but they never directly addressed and resolved it. He just takes a bath and lets his friends help him. No closure or solution to his self destructive nature.

Endeavor short comings 😂 that's a nice way of putting it

Nice video, but the music was a little overpowering sometimes, especially around the 6 and 13 minute marks.

Honestly I find Tomura and the LOV to be about 1 million times more interesting characters than Izuku or basically anyone in class 1a besides maybe Shoto and I really fucking wish the story was about Izuku seeing the flaws of the hero world and then joining the villains

I could only watch until season four before i had enough with the story just pulling plot out of their ass. Literally give jim a single negative traight that IS his fault, make him take accountability. I love ururaka and she gets hard sidelined for the sake of love plot with her, which is also just as neglected. Literally every single side character is more interesting than the main protagonist. Even the guy whos quirk is a tail, hes weak, he knows it, but thats a flaw and id rather see him try and improve rather than deku. HECK EVEN THE INVISIBLE GIRL, SHES MORE INTERESTING THAN DEKU

Maybe i just like drama but am i the only one who got disappointed when he just got this strong ass quirk handed to him instead of having to be a hero without a quirk

You're wrong. Deku WAS good, up to a certain point. The most interesting thing about him is his suicidal selflessness and the fact that this is portrayed as a bad thing. At first, I kind of felt as you did about him technically being op at the start instead of going a Batman esque underdog route, but actually, him getting OFA is cool because he has to rip himself apart to use it, which is especially worrisome given his personality. Where it started going down hill is when he panicked and went back to going 100% with his arms, and this had no real consequence, even though the scene made it feel like it was gonna. When, after Black Whip, he was mastering the new quirks too easily. How he finally snapped, went vigilante to protect the school at the price of his mental and physical health, and it seems to me like we're just gonna move on from that without anyone really talking about it.

just found this, you should have just dropped spoilers, just give a warning. No point in limiting your topic if the material is already there.

Thank you for not only making good points, but also having possible fixes

This video has aged like a fine wine After the ending.

I honestly hate how they make the whole world revolve around him. Like i get it, he is the main character, we are hearing HIS story. But why does he always have to be the one to end the fight? In most of the anime he isnt even the strongest person, he is just a student. Yet he always gets nosy and jumps in as if he is the "only" saviour of the world. There honestly a lot better quirks than one for all. One for all is supposed to be just a power quirk but it was made better thanks to the quirks of previous wielders. If consider one for all alone, other quirks like todoroki, bakugou, eraser head, creati and many more seem a lot better since they can be used more strategically. All deku can do is punch, kick or blow air.

I’d argue anime Batman isn’t exactly original either.

One shot deku was straight up anime batman

Deku is a Gary Sue.

i think this is why the vigilante ark is so cool

13:01 the last thing Deku’s character is about is ego.

The people complaining about this show have never struggled or truly put their best into anything before in their lives and it shows including this channel

I agree

with deku getting a quirk the story shifted from being about IF he will become a hero and into WHEN he will become a hero. i think both of those could have been written in an interesting way. i haven't been keeping up with mha since season 4 but i heard that it gets worse :/

Idk I like him

11:05 Ok I find it ironic that you mention this since this is well my character will have this tragic backstory that made him into a villain and this is going to be in my MHA comic. 😂

i'm still mad that mirio didn't get one for all like he was originally supposed to (it was said that All might was on his way to meet Mirio but on the way he met Deku and decided to give it to him instead). Mirio is literally one of the best IF NOT the best character in the whole show in my opinion and continues to be even when the show tries to screw him so bad. all he has is what he has WORKED HIS ASS OFF ALL HIS LIFE. everything he has is what he achieved with what he was given, even when life gave him the most shitty cards. HE is what Deku SHOULD BE but isn't. i cannot stress this enough. there is so much to him my head hurts.

Deku has a human reason. When you idolize for example ronaldo and you play football you wanna be a football player.

the quirkless won't exist for long most of the population that is quirkless are adults or elderly deku's generation is most likely the last to have quirkless people which is why he's the last person to have one for all he doesn't need to care for a group that likely won't exist by or will be on there death beds the times he's an adult

This series isn't really about a kid who's trying to become a number one hero despite it showing up numerous times: It's about how old school shonen hero sensibilities sometimes no longer work in a modern world and that leaning too hard into specific hero conventions can have devastating consequences. For example, Deku kept hurting himself because he kept following his mentor's advice of never giving up, but he started growing when he realized being a sacrificial paragon no longer works for him and that innovative thinking is the better solution. Granted, this is undermined by him receiving several new powers, but the above point still stands

I do think that he’s to “heroic” like his morals doesn’t change or has guilt like you can save people but you don’t need to save everyone not all people are nice or tragic some are just pure evil

This video is not good. For many reasons, but the main one is your lack of understanding for Midoriya as a character, and his character archetype. I understand that you wantan incredibly complex character, but the complexity of Midoriya is something you have to actually think about to understand. Honestly, everything about his character could be easily summed up just by watching through season 1. Throughout his entire life, he was told that he couldn't become a hero, that he wasn't special, and that he wouldn't be able to amount to much, bullied for being weak, and despite that he still tries to save people, we see this in the first episode of the anime, which is honestly something everyone in the comment section needs to rewatch. Midoriya has struggles, and character development. Not every single MC needs to be Eren Jaeger, not every MC needs to have a paradox. All Might didn't just fall from heaven and give him OFA, he reminded him of what it means to be a hero, which is why All Might saw him as worthy of One For All. We don't lose what's interesting about him afterwards, we lose the quirkless aspect of his character and are put into his next "arc", learning to hone the power of One For All properly, and not letting his idol down, and throughout season 1, we see and hear his thoughts on it. When he goes to the entrance exam, that's an obstacle that he overcomes, and it shows off his character even more, his strongest and most interesting aspect, his heart, his compassion is what makes him a good character. In a world full of pro heroes that we learn can be selfish, only care about fame, power, or money, Midoriya is one who only wants to save people, to protect people, and though he had no time at all to gain points of his own during the exam, he chooses to save Uraraka rather than gain points to pass the exam. Willing to completely throw away his dream, just to save a life, of someone he doesn't even know as well, while the other students were focused on getting their points and getting into UA. Midoriya has a paradox, and it's shown throughout the entire series time and time again with villains like Stain, and pros like Endeavor. Midoriya wants to become a hero, a true hero, one that saves people, even villains but he lives in a society that doesn't truly care about that, in a society that is full of those who care about money, fame, and power. His paradox is tested time and time again, season after season, and his paradox, his ideals are clashed with the ideals of villains, other heroes, and even the other students at UA High. Midoriya develops with the story, and the people around him develop thanks to Midoriya's most interesting part. That's what makes the arcs of the characters he interacts with interesting, that's what makes Midoriya an interesting character. Todoroki wouldn't have started his arc of becoming his own hero if it weren't for Midorya trying to save him. Bakugo would still have his ideals of "strength is all that matters" if it weren't for his interactions, and just seeing what Midoriya does through the whole series. All Might's development is directly thanks to Midoriya as well. He isn't a bad MC, in terms of an MC archetype, he's a lot like Goku, in that he causes change in the characters around him. That's only going about season 1 and 2. Season 3 he changes Kota's mind about heros and hero society. Deku constantly develops as a hero, and with how he uses OFA, like Full Cowling, Shoot Style, Air Force, his use of mobility, using his notes about his friends and such to better improve his ability to make up for the things he lacks in. Izuku Midoriya is a hero. That's his character, and his goal is driven by the most human aspect of his character, compassion. Why do you think people become doctors? Why do you think people become fire fighters and risk their lives daily? Why do you think people join the army? It's not always to get money, it's not always because it's cool, and it's not always because they want to fight. It's to protect people, to save lives, to be heroes to those they care about, to those of society, to everyday people like you, like me, like anyone in the world. He's pushed many times in more human ways than any other protagonist, and he's just 16 in the story, but despite that: Midoriya is a savior.

i respect your opinion but, I like a protagonist that is just a good person in heart and deku symbolises that.

"Deku's biggest realization is that he has legs" NO ITS THAT HIS IDOLIZATION OF ALLMIGHT MADE HIM BEEN COPY ALLMIGHT PREVENTING HIM FROM BECOMING HIS OWN SELF WHICH WAS STATED IN SEASON 2 DURING HIS TRAINING WITH GRAN TORINO

...you telling me you never felt something for Mirko?

One way they could have improved deku is to make him want to become no.1 to prove himself (a bit of selfish desire) anyone could be a hero no matter the skill issue of genetics even some crap quirks(i mean did you see the lego guy in the background of the UA hall)

I do kinda agree, but I think another big thing is the lack of consequences for all the characters in general. It's not as important to this video, but does still pertain to it. Deku is meant to be a derogatory nickname, but he uses it as his hero name. I'd be okay with that if it was shown to be purely for himself, rather than because someone said it sounded nice. Have it be like how people use to use Queer as a term to mock LGBTQ+ individuals, but they decided to start embracing it as their own term as an act to empower themselves, and not because someone else brought up that it sounded nice. Still think Dekiru would've been better, but still. He was bullied horrendously by Bakugou, but still refuses to acknowledge that he isn't the best person, and doesn't really push back against him in any meaningful way, and especially not as his own person. He was told how he would have to stop using his arms, otherwise they would be damaged beyond repair, yet he still uses them in the War Arc to the point of breaking his bones again, and can still use them just as effectively as before. He needs to truly be forced to deal with the consequences of his own actions more often, just to show that he isn't infallible. That's kinda the biggest flaw of both Deku and the series as a whole, but that's neither here nor there. Hope you have a nice day!

Tbh I don’t like deku because of his OVERLYNICE character trope and how he believes he should stick his nose in other peoples business just because he’s their friend. I will fight to the death to defeat my dislike of characters like ash Ketchum Midoriya and Tanjiro (sometime Luffy, but it’s more of just how stupid he can be at times). And for those people who like those characters I apologize but it seemed only fitting to put this comment on this video.

Deku was given the strongest quirk by super glazing 💀

Another problem with Deku is that Deku always wanted to be a hero and after hearing he doesn't have a quirk, he basically does nothing Sure, he makes the notebooks and focuses on inteligence but that's it. His physical training only starts when All Might tells Deku to start training. He wants to be a hero even without a quirk, but doesn't physically train. Batmans parents were shot and Batman decided to train his body to the limit, learn more than a hundred martial arts, detective skills, multiple languages,... Batman did all he could to become Batman. Deku wants to be a hero and after 11 years... he's still a scrawny kid

Bnha was your first anime? Man i feeel old hearing rhis

i feel like its dumb how people hate on deku, deku is based on an actualy teenage kid, a normal teenage geeky kid would act like all of the things people hate on him for in real life if he had powers.

We needed an equalist movement from the quirkless. LIterally a marginalized group in the world and Horikoshi just ignores them. Even though our protagonist started out quirkless. This gets worse when the story wants to suddenly use mutant quirks as marginalized peoples. The bigger problem really is the gross amount of people with quirks. This phenomenon apparently started less than a century ago, yet within a few generations 80% of the world populace has a superpower? Not even X-men, a franchise that has mutants dating back as far as ancient Egypt (if not further), has only 2% of the entire population with an active mutant power.

The most problematic Midoriya character is that he's childish, he's super strong but he's so weak in his confidence when faced Bakugo, Kota. C'mon, it ain't logic. You are super strong and like what? You're still feeling weak? Worthless? What the hell, Naruto's confidence is much better even though I'm not a fan of it.

Context clues and reading comprehension would have prevented this video from existing.

like i thought he was going to be anime's batman too but he gut his power not long after on a golden plate

5:40 hold on, Takemichi doesn't want to be the number 1 delinquent?! he wants to save his ex girlfriend. (I'm saying this as a person who finished reading the manga)

As someone who loves mha, I love watching people shit on mha. Probably because I also shit on mha.

BLAND?!?!Bruh he's literally the RIZZALANTE NOW IN SEASON 6

Holy hell, hes a flat character. Hes not necessarily supposed to improve himself. But he helps others improve. Just like goku. goku doesnt really change all that much mentally throughout his series, yet hes revered. He changes piccolo for the better. He changes vegeta for the better. Deku? He changes bakugo from some dude whos just angry all the time who wants to be a hero cause as he litterally says in the beginning, fame and money. Although that changes thanks to who? Deku. Deku is a great main character. It just wasn't as painfully obvious that he changed them because they didn't constantly go back to it. (Although they did a few times anyway) I agree they shouldn't have given him the previous users powers though.

This dude does not kno what his talking about yes I seen the full video 😂

I see no problem in deku, or in him getting ofa. If there was actual effort in writing an a character and a world around him. For example in the vigilant arc, there could have been multiple conflicts and a actual slap in deku face, as he sees people are not really pure and worth saving, and the main villain fucks with his mind. Or go the opposite route and make a happy history about ideals. What fucks the whole thing is that boku no hero tries to be both at once while being poorly thought out and poorly written.

Oh my God who cares about your opinion! This is the whole point! This is called character development!

Deku and Tanjiro both are just so god damn boring

I like how deku one the race with out powers. That should of been the deku we got more of

Bro thinks he's spider-man🤣🤣🤣

Deku's biggest flaw isnt even his personality, is how the universe bends around him and ruins what he should have been, instead of the underdog hes first introduced as, he gets god like powers from the best of the best , in the first season, then he only gets more overpowered as the show goes. also, the side characters have more depth than deku, so thats a problem.

I just hate him for letting Bakugo walk all over him while worshiping him.

Deku was liked for being the "underdog," and we all love to root for the underdogs, but now he's not the underdog anymore. Hes just a "dog" to the system. Even having gained Allmight's quirk I would have loved to see him use his "privilege" to improve the lives of other quirkless and inspire them. Its almost like he is becoming Allmight, the same Allmight who was once quirkless himself and told a previously quirkless Deku he could never be a hero without a quirk. Like the message from Deku's characterization is "you cant be a hero without power and if one power isnt enough then you can just use another." They make it seem like theyre promoting togetherness and teamwork, "no hero can do it alone," then constantly showcase Deku surpassing/bodying everyone and how he can "do ot all on his own," people who have years of experience learning their quirks. We only really notice the other characters now because theyre more interesting, not because they're getting any spotlight, nothing focused on them anyways. And sure some of class 1A has had their own arcs and family drama, but Deku was at the center of each one, yes he's the main character but if we're focusing on the Todoroki family struggles we dont really need Deku, if youre there to support your friend then support your friend not "steal the show." The manga does a better job at not completely focusing on him during some of them but its not much better than the anime. I was literally cheering for Deku during the sports festival and now... I'm not even interested, we all know "this is the story of how i become the #1 hero" so the ending is set. Its not even Satisfying when he masters a new Quirk... Cause its not a matter of "how" its a matter of "when." We watch the show and read the manga for the other characters, and we only care about Deku to see how close he is to his dream

When he was given multiple powers instead of improving OFA ane getting over its weaknesses, Deku became a Mary Sue

I remember seeing a drawing of Goku passing the torch to Deku. That drawing aged like milk left outside during a hot Florida summer.

In defense of Deku’s character: I believe his motivations does come from a human place, idealism or childhood fantasy, as children most us would see something on TV or in the real world and be like, I wanna be that when I grow, (most likely cause it looked cool) Deku was denied and insulted for his dream for most of his life and then is suddenly given the chance to achieve it through all might. Problem is he learns that his dream job isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, he sees many of flaws within this hero society: selfish Heroes only caring about popularity and status, the failed trainees that slip through the cracks of the system, and most of all how society creates its own villains. Through these experiences he gains a wider perspective on his dream of “being a hero to everyone.” He realizes that it’s not just the citizens and even other heroes that need saving but the villains too. Most of them people that got screwed over by society similar to him, it doesn’t excuse their actions by any means, but by learning the stories of the victims he can help make changes to society to slow of stop the creation of more monsters, that’s how he’ll surpass allmight, whose presence dissuaded monsters, Deku reforms them and stops them before they show up. And briefly on the topic of class 1A, the series has been clear in showing that society can’t stand on the back of one pillar else the entire thing crumbles when that pillar is gone, thus the importance of other rising heroes that Deku has trained with and inspired. Thanks for reading if bothered to.😂

Yeah Deku is a pretty vanilla... He is even blander than boiled chicken with no seasoning I feel like the problem with Deku is that he is the main character... Let me explain alot of main characters in anime or cartoons usually have they're flaws removed as time goes to make them more Jesussy, so anything controversial or anything that would make the fan base be disappointed him is removed.... It's why alot of MC's get so boring as time goes on they're not allowed to have flaws or go through interesting character arcs all in an attempt to make them the moral center of the story It's why the rivals and supporting characters have the better characters arcs

to be honest if they wanted to have deku saving people make him be like the animated flash in dc animated series helping people by not just saving them but helping them out on a personal level while adding variety to how he needs to save people instead of just punching the next villain in the face and calling it a day. Have deku show that he goes out his way to help the small nobody by doing simple task like painting their fences for them or something that adds more substance, or if he could try to talk the villains down from doing bad things first before trying to blow their heads off with his quirk first. All deku is now is some strong guy that punches the strong villains to save the day. One arc almost got this right the Vigilante Story Arc started to do this but it went in a stupid way.

Ironically, the "Anime Batman" was the original goal. Shonen Jump, the compony, basically said no. Which is how we get the "Chosen one" aspect as a second hand option. Oddly, the lack of "human element" isn't really an issue to be honest. Some irl individuals are mentally lacking with particular drives which could very well have helped them, but doesn't cross their minds. I just find it nice to see a good one track mind character in a similar vein to Goku. Though as someone has pointed out, it could very well be the fact of idealism or childhood fantasy. But again, all the issues that you can point to where it all started was with Shonen Jump. We could have had the Anime Batman, but didn't because they said that it wouldn't be as cool. We could have had a decent story line where we learn about the world and see where things could have gone, have him use his mental ability to win fights instead of punch/kick to win. But with how Shonen Jump forces the artist to basically suffer under the wight of deadlines, it's hard for Horikoshi to actually put enough effort without making things feel like there hand-me-down's. And that's where I think we will need to focus more on.

In my experience, Deku's main problem is his likability. It wasn't as easy to like Deku as it was to like other characters like Naruto, Asta, Natsu, or even Tanjiro. Deku isn't really that charismatic compared to other shonen protagonists. Those characters personalities and backstories made them more magnetic. Deku's personality in season 1 is understandably weak and meek, it's somewhat annoying, but after that, he's kinda uninteresting as a person. Iruma-kun from Mairimashita Iruma-kun is a lot more likable despite having similar personality traits like being a pushover. however when Iruma acts weak are less out of fear but more out of kindness. Deku just doesn't feel as human as other characters from anime.

It's been a while since I've seen the anime but man does this video hit the feelings i've had about the series. At the beginning of MHA I had the same idea that you had of Deku becoming a Batman-like character fighting with his brain instead of brawn, and they even had the roots established with the hero support course being brought up as well as a crazy pinked haired tech girl who had way more likeability and personality compared to the gravity girl Ochako(she peaked during bakugo fight).

My main issue is I don’t see what makes him different than other heroes other than his power which was given to him out of sheer luck. Like MHA tries to tell you he deserves it because of how he ran in to save Bakugo but seriously? Knowing the students in mha is the anime trying to tell me they wouldn’t have done the same in Deku’s situation? I don’t see what makes him different, as far as I am concerned MOST students have the same attitude as Deku and would give their life to save another. Yes I have read the manga and personality wise I still don’t think he is different from the other students

If mineta undergoes character development (even if he just becomes taller) that would save the show.

I’ve never thought about If Deku went the Support Hero and honestly it’s an amazing idea. He could’ve been on the same level of Saitama in the MHA verse. Like during the forest when he took on muscular it could’ve had even more weight as we see this support hero take on a villain as strong as that. He could’ve gotten control over his quirk much sooner and we could see him control how much power he has, or see him get rid of the restraints. Maybe limited people know how strong he is so everyone seeing Shigi try to take this support hero would be cool and Bakugou taking on AFO would’ve had more weight. Maybe he becomes a support hero because he felt like he didn’t deserve OFA, but eventually has to go to the front lines you know?