My Hero Academia

First of all: Knuckleduster is freaking huge. I can believe that this guy can put someone down with one hit. I don't think Izuku would have that kind of power without a Quirk.

Second: Knuckleduster is fighting drugged-up people who don't know how to use their Quirks and low-level thugs. There's limits to how strong of an opponent that KD can take on.

He can if he has Melissa or Mei made armor! (Or both. Collaboration of geniuses!)

With the power escalation that's happened in this series, its important to note that most Quirk users aren't like that. Most villains aren't gonna be a world-level threat that the highest tech can only slow-down for a short time until the "big guns" get here. Most don't have combat training, either. Or have the psychological issues that the League of Villains do.

Our main villains in this series are outliers. Not the norm. And the whole theme of "Deku doesn't have to do everything himself" doesn't have to stop just because the final battle does. He can just save the people he can save and still have a happy life and career, if he were to remain Quirkless.

Edited by diddyknux on Apr 29th 2024 at 9:15:59 AM

Well being a hero is an eternal commitment for those dedicated enough, so if Deku wants to stay in the game, then he'd better prepare for the new generation of evil that's going to come. Unlike All Might who was mostly a solo act, Deku has allies he can count on like Class 1A.

I don't think Knuckleduster is a good reference for a Quirkless hero. He's borderline addicted to a constant stream of illicit painkillers obtained from the black market in order to function through the pain caused by the wear on his body. His methods only work because he's targeting low-level crooks and performs borderline police brutality in trying to beat confessions out of people. The only time he comes close to succeeding against an actually powerful villain is when he knew the villain inside and out as well as the limitations and weaknesses of his own Quirk. Knuckleduster also went into that fight ready to kill and attempts as Suicide Attack when he's cornered. Not to mention that his actions indirectly led to Stain.

Izuku's goal isn't just to be a hero. It's to be someone as inspiring and comforting as All Might is. A symbol. He doesn't want to be a shadowy, pragmatic guy who beats people until they cough up the info he's looking for.

And I wouldn't use the Iron Might suit as a reference either. All Might bankrupted himself to have it developed and ready on time, and he was extremely wealthy to the point of having an entire office building with hundreds of employees in the extremely expensive Roppongi Hills district of Tokyo.

Edited by reppuzan on Apr 29th 2024 at 9:17:18 AM

Even Deku going the Iron Might route still needs a solution to all the horrible injuries he keeps getting.

I guess Eri is there to theoretically rewind him to perfect health like a senzu bean, but still.

She damaged her quirk so who knows what side effects can result if she does it again.

It'll heal, horns grow back.

Yes but she still damaged her quirk. Even if it heals the implication is very much that this can have long term side effects when using it.

Maybe. Or it might not.

Depending on if Deku needs her rewind powers to heal.

Because there's no way MHA ends without Deku continuing the fight in some form, quirkless or not.

See, this is one of the issues I had with the final part, I could have accepted a “Quirkless Deku” ending if the story had made the point that there are more ways to help people than with Quirks or by showing the logical limits of trying to solve thing merely with one’s fists.

And he still can.

If he can help people before they become villains then that is a great victory for society. Most of the villains could have been prevented if they had proper help from the start and there is no need for a quirk to do that.

Right now, Izuku is going to have the attention of the whole world in the aftermath of this and from there, he could send a message that people in power could listen to in order to make real changes in society as they rebuild. He could act as an advisor.

And if Shigaraki goes down accepting defeat, any movement he had with the misfits world-wide would vanish as well, cutting down the increase of new villains in the process.

Edited by Trainbarrel on Apr 30th 2024 at 4:57:28 PM

I have to say I like the bits from the past two chapters showing the nameless blond Jerkass who wanted to hand Deku over to AFO doing his part to pitch in.

I remember in his first appearance people saying MHA civilians are as bad as Marvel civilians. Pfft...

Well, it looks like Marvel Civillians have once again taken the top spot.

All hail the kings of Ungrateful Masses.

To be fair, that moment was meant to be the lowest point of the MHA civilians, so yeah they did reach Marvel levels of bad but didn’t stay there.

And that's why only Marvel is the king of Ungrateful Masses.

I think every single person there was born at that lowest point.

.....

Thank god MHA isn't like that, but then again, everyone became super in that universe, so that probably helped.

That and not letting society sink into anarchy....well except for in the past....and in the present.

Unironically, you could call the MHA-verse what Tony wanted the Super Registration Act to actually lead up to.

Come to think of it, if there was a crossover with Marvel or DC, I imagine the Super Registration Act would be the first thing to be mentioned or discussed upon.

Followed by the MHA-cast's shock over there being aliens in the other verses and Earth being in the term of development where they thought it would be had their society not suffered a backlash in technological development upon enduring the dawn of Quirks.

Izuku is going to have a field day if he ever gets close to a Green Lantern-ring and trying to figure out its inner workings.

Edited by Trainbarrel on May 2nd 2024 at 5:18:21 PM

IF the universe of MHA does continue after this, It wouldn't surprise me if we do get aliens eventually.

Maybe some of the aliens from Barrage, Horikoshi's previous work that was canned early.

It’s interesting what Tony might think of MHA

There being heroes in every city, leading to an age of peace, is definitely up his alley. But the commercialization of superheroes isn’t fairly alien to how superheroes work in his own experience. And I think Tony is smart enough to see the flaws in hero society if he digs deep enough into it.

He might conclude it’s not perfect but a good step further than the 50 state initiative managed

That's true.

I'm not sure if any version of Tony has ever tried to commercialize Iron Man.

Maybe he's tried to use the tech incorporated into Iron Man to help others, but that's it.

Some technology Stark Industries sells uses the Iron Man red and gold color scheme. That’s probably less commercializing Iron Man and more Tony just really liking those colors

They're good colours.

Like, Tony's experimented here and there with other colours (Silver Centurion, that one Black and Gold armour he rocked for a bit, the Symbiote Suit) but Red and Gold always wins.

But that's a bit off topic. Every time I see Marvel remind us how Mutants and Humans can never ever co-exist, MHA comes along to punch that enforced Status Quo right right between the legs, Johnny Cage style.

And I'm grateful. Although one big difference between the two is that Mutants are considered the evolution of humanity (and technically a new sub-species) while in MHA, whether you have a quirk or not you're still considered human.

MHA is somehow more realistic with its biology, given the implications that Quirks were the result of a mutagenic virus, than X-Men where people are born with superpowers because humanity leveled up enough.

Funnily enough, Ultimate X-Men had the mutant gene be the result of experiments to replicate Captain America's super soldier serum. And every other hero ALSO is the result of the same desire.

Including the Hulk and Spider-Man.