honestly Deku is probably my favorite anime protagonist mostly because he is not a complete moron.

To everyone who is saying deku is not a bad character Im sorry to say this , and i hate to say this to deku but the thing is the reason deku has so much hate is because how poorly written and utilized he is as a character Especially since he didn't do anything after learning that hes quirkless all he did was hoping he could get a chance with no training besides writing down hero tactic... That ain't going to be enough to fight a villain with no muscle Secondly he's show some sympathy to the wrong people like bakugou and shiggarki and the league of villains, like Bakugou fuckin bullied deku and he stoll think they are friends especially after that bull shit apology, And secondly seriously why shiggarki hes a fuckin terrorist The story is fuckin conflicting when it comes to character And thirdly hes powers If the story was about deku becoming a hero with a power... Why did he got powers anyway, hes just proving a point to everyone that you can't be a hero without powers And worst of all why give it up for a terrorist because of a sob backstory!? And whats the point of ofa that can destroy afo if he got destroyed by a explosion quirks especially in a weekend state he can still kill people This is why deku is the worst character in history and I hope someone makes a character like deku but better than that geek !

Never hated Deku he is a very good protagonist the problem is how the western audience looks at him in the lousiest way like this: he is shy towards girls makes him gay😠,he cries a lot and not working out makes him a loser🤦🏾‍♂️,he should have trained to become the greatest hero like batman😞or Ironman😞 before he gets a powerful quirk("which he doesn't know how to use it like a pro")😮‍💨

🫡thank you for setting the record straight.

The multiple quirks didn’t really bother me. I just took it as an evolution in his power, the same way other MCs get their power ups. Plus, the quirks themselves aren’t that powerful, they’re useful due to Izuku’s creativity sure, but that’s about it. And 2 of the quirks that are strong, have very detrimental drawbacks so he rarely uses them. The only ones he uses regularly are Black Whip, Float, Danger Sense, and Smokescreen. Which again are useful and the fights more interesting but not exactly powerful. And an extra plus is the fact that outside of that short fight with Muscular using only 4 of the quirks, Izuku has only ever used these quirks in a fight against Shigaraki (and AFO). Which only proves what you mentioned in the video that it was done to balance out the fight against Shigaraki who is WAY more powerful by the end of MVA. So at the start, I can see why ppl were upset, but looking at it now, I don’t see how ppl can still be mad about it 😅

At the end of the day, a lot of the complaints against Izuku are ones that these same ppl accept in other MCs or Bakugo himself. It’s so funny to hear ppl talk about EARNING power, but then express love for characters were BORN with their power instead or got it by accident in Luffy’s case 🤣 it’s completely contradictory. Izuku earned by it showing All Might he had the mentality of a great hero and by spending months training his body to be able to take the quirk. Not to mention, he’s the only MC that I can think of that actually BROKE his body over and over to that extent while training with it. So I don’t get the “didn’t earn it” part. Ironically, I’d argue that Izuku is the one of few shounen MCs that did actually EARN his power.

People who say that didn’t get season 1😂 deku is an awesome protagonist

Midoriya isn't a perfect Mc, and he's not the worst. He's a great Mc who does embody heroism very well. Yes, he has flaws, but every Mc does. You can have the best back story but very crappy development. Same as how my hero is an amazing anime. It's not perfect, nor is it the greatest of all time, but it's good, it has its flaws and it's ok somethings are forgivable and some aren't but that's all fine.

People: Deka was handed everything bruh Deku: *breaks his hands for 15938573497450 time and suffers an excruciating pain just so he can fight*

I NEED youtubers like Nux Taku to watch this

Windbreaker is an anime that explain Bakugo as the protagonist xD

Deku is one of the bst protagonist some people are just dumb.

Lifting the sky alone is a struggle, all that weight on your shoulders, no matter how strong you are, you are going to buckle and eventually break under its ever pressing force. But when many hands, many legs, many people standing shouldering the sky, when you buckle. Someone will always be there to give you time and security to stand back up. That is the world of Heroes that Midoria has inspired, a world that whilst it may be without Atlas, still has so many willing to keep the sky aloft.

Have the people who say that Deku has just started out OP started watching the show at season 6? Because anytime before that he WAS the underdog. He got a quirk that for the majority of the story he couldn't even use. And even when he could pretty much everyone was still stronger than him. It was really only once he started awakening the quirks of the former users that he started to get OP. But at that point he had been through so many battles and situations where he stood up despite NOT being strong enough that he EARNED that. Yes, One For All, used fully, makes him pretty much the strongest person in the verse. But the thing is that he EARNED that through pain and self sacrifice. And to be honest that's the reason I kinda hope that it turns out that he still has One For All too, maybe Shiggy gave it back to him or something, there WAS this foggy mist going from him to Deku before he smiled and said he was curious to see what Deku will do from now on. But it would feel kind of dumb to have the end of the story just reset him back to the beginning. Because like I said he earned his power, so it would be shit to take it from him once he has earned his power. That would be like Naruto ending with him becoming hokage for a day, then suddenly everyone decides to hate him again so he has to go back to sitting on his swing while everyone hates him. Or Ruffy becopming king of the pirates just for the series to end with "And by the way two days after that the age of the pirates ended and Ruffy became a fisher".

deku is a boring character because there is no conflict, he is a good guy and that's it. After the issue of him learning to use his powers ended, nothing interesting happened to him anymore, he doesn't question whether any villain really deserves to be saved despite the evil things he does to others, he always puts himself in a dangerous situation without even the slightest bit of appreciation for life itself. He has practically no negative character traits: fear, envy, resentment, hate, bitterness, nothing, he is a bucket of altruism and unlimited empathy and that is very boring because it is not real. In the first seasons you could sympathize with his fears and want to see him grow, but then Deku is just a good guy who does good and that's it. People prefer bakugou because he is an incredibly flawed character, and he learns to deal with his weaknesses, realizes that he was a horrible person and evolves

I think deku is a bad protagonist and his friends are too much when deku wanted to go solo we get see him get his solo fights then his friends ruin it and a waste considering he is animes spider man who fights villains by himself

What most people didn’t recall about Deku is how all his actions and intentions where directly linked to him wanting to Prove he was worth of his power. Even at some points being willing to transfer One for All for the greater good, like in MY HERO ACADEMIA: TWO HEROES movie in the final battle willing to give it to bakugo or When he find out Mirio was quirkless in the hospital, and was seriously considering transferring his quirk to him. HE IS SERIOUSLY COMPROMISE WITH THE CONCEPT OF (TO SAVE THEM ALL…)

Hes ok just ok. My hero is ass

Deku is the perfect representation of heroism and is an amazing protagonist he's relatively the same as spider man and superman

my main annoyance is that this whole series happens in what 2 years. there is no actual growing and moving to hero staus. they are stuck in school for8 seasons. like dude let them grow up.

Bro cooked with this video 🙏🏾

Not a huge MHA fan He's not the BEST protagonist ever but far from the worst.

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I hate the fact that people say that bakugo should have inherited ofa because bakugo already had explosion an already super powerful quirk and bakugous personality didint seem like the type of person worthy of ofa because he literally told deku to kill himself.

Bakugou is a better protagonist than deku😂

so its clear you didnt pay atttention to how bakugo actually is until season 3 ep 23 huh? no disrespect your not the only one, but bakugo while yes is a prodigy was no way complicit in his abilities, its shown that he put 110% into everything he does and was much more intelligent than most watchers gave him credit for, his freakout was that 110% wasnt the gold star like he thought but the standard for high profile UA and seeing people who he knew outclassed him was more than his ego could take at the time, but he still bounced back dont think he should lead the story or nothing but hes a much more interesting and complex character than people give him credit for and that starts WAAAAY before season 3 btw deku is an amazing character and as a crier myself no matter what the emotion i really relate to the greenette so thanks for defending the boy

Float and Zero gravity have a massive difference. Deku can't change his gravity or the gravity of other people. All he could do is float and fly in one direction. So the complaint that float makes zero gravity irrelevant never made sense.

IMO, the series isn’t bad at all, it’s just majority of the fandom is pretty weird…

Dekus power isn't even unearned😂. Goku had Talent Luffy ate a devil fruit and Naruto had Kurama from the start lmao

Not gonna lie if I thought anyone would take the role of protagonist from Deku I thought it would be Red Riot cause he is basically Deku but Actually interesting character wise

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most people that have issues with deku just ignore the fact that he’s a 15 year old with literally all of japan on his shoulders to that i have to ask, what were you doing at 15?

Thank you so much! I liked when you talked about how Deku inspires others around him to become better. A lot of series focus on just the power of the main character, and have the whole final battle ride on them. That is not wrong, but MHA is just not that kind of story.

Great video, great quality, new subscriber

how the hell was one for all unearned, he had to train to get that power almost everyone else in series was born with a quirk at an early age if anything he is one of the people to actually EARN a quirk.

Not only did Deku run to save someone without thinking even though he didn't have a quirk, that person was the one who bullied him mercilessly. Bakugou even told him to jump out the window and kill himself. Though I like Bakugou's growth, he doesn't deserve to be the MC.

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Even tho hes a crybaby i still love him as a MHA character

I mean Deku is a good protagonist depending on what hes trying to be, its just that this style of protagonist most people dont like in a shonen. Giving up Power to reach an inner child of someone instead of just fucking killing the mf is something no one who watches a shonen is looking for.

Deku is basically the same as Goku, he works hard to be stronger and master his abilities, if you want to say deku steals techniques from his classmates, don't say Goku doesn't, Goku doesn't have a single technique to himself, but no one mentions anything about that, kamahama, solar flare, kioken, spirit bomb, goku steals, and what about Naruto, he literally stole his first technique, shadow clone jitsu, deku is just the best, he's smart and strong, he cries a lot so, he's emotional

They tend to forget my hero is a love letter to American comics it's not about being an underdog it's about being a good person

Also, as much as I love Bakugou the best thing about him is his change BECAUSE of Deku. Seeing him go from a nasty bully to a reliable ally to our MC is what makes him a great character.

I am so tired of the Deku hate. He is a wonderful MC. Not my favorite character in the series, but very loveable and a very GOOD person. His ability to see the humanity in the villains is a very amazing thing.

16:51 I have literally never heard this until now. Also can please do more videos on the other bnha characters. If you’re going to analyze Deku can do it with the others that also deserve it. Also also should wanted to be a hero because of your own reasons be treated as a bad thing? Is that wrong? 20:11 and is that universal fact? The dark Deku arc should’ve been longer. Do you believe their are still flaws with the story in the manga that need to be addressed? Ps. Hori has just announced that the story has 5 chapters left now. Don’t believe me look it up!

Yeah, it’s true, but like…stain did respect todoroki. Deku showed up and showed with words and actions that what he believes to be the meaning of a hero, and stain spared with him because of what he saw. Then todoroki showed up, did the same thing, and stain actually decided to spare him. He went to stab him, but said that he was a real hero unlike Native, so he changed his mind and went for him, but then Deku woke up and blocked him to save native. Both Deku and todoroki were accepted by stain as real heroes worth sparing or at the very least worth killing iida and native instead. It wasn’t until later tho that todoroki states that stain is now going for the kill for all of them due to being desperate. He even nearly cut off todoroki’s arm. They beat his ass and then he later saved deku from a nomu. He even technically noticed iida’s changed philosophy being that of a hero, but he just didn’t buy that a person could change that quickly, so he was still tryna kill him.

Just wanted to add my two cents on the 'Bakugou is a prodigy' take. It's true that a lot of things come easily to him on the first try, like doing tricks with balls and skipping stones. And he was born with a quirk that inherently has a lot of potential. But here comes the 'but': He honed that quirk since childhood. When he manifested it, all it could make was tiny firework sparks. To get the fire power he has during the UA entrance exam, he must have used and trained his quirk for years, otherwise it would be much, much weaker. And the mid-air mobility is also a skill he must've first come up with and then seriously worked towards. Not to mention that he probably didn't get abs and super strong shoulders out of nowhere. I can't prove that he put in as much work as Todoroki or Midoriya during the 10-month long training, but he certainly hasn't been sitting on his ass either (considering that he always knew he wanted to be a hero and his prideful, obsessive personality wouldn't have allowed him to slack off). Other than that I really like the video.

“He’s touched his fellow heroes and students”

He is literally the incarnation of THE hero. His sacrifice and stubborness, knidness and altruism, he is great! He broke himself to save people, what other things someone should ask to be convenced? Boh