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** It's likely a direct translastion of Izkuku using a nongendered pronoun.
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**I think that it was only a lie he told Mirio and Midoryia when they found Eri because it was the simplest cover story rather than claiming to be her uncle by adoption. When Mirio is confronting Chisaki in the raid, he's pretty casual about admitting the fact that Eri isn't his child and I don't think we ever hear Eri identify him as her father. Chisaki even seems slightly confused when Mirio first mentions Eri being his child, suggesting that it wasn't a lie he used regularly.
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** It's clarified in the Internships Arc that while Aizawa can't erase the physical attributes of mutant Quirks, like Ojiro's tail, he can halt their functions. Ojiro uld still have a tail if his Quirk was erased, but he wouldn't be able to move. Also, there's no basis to assume that "Life Force" is a mutant Quirk anyway, as there's been no official classification for the Quirk.

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** It's clarified in the Internships Arc that while Aizawa can't erase the physical attributes of mutant Quirks, like Ojiro's tail, he can halt their functions. Ojiro uld would still have a tail if his Quirk was erased, but he wouldn't be able to move. Also, there's no basis to assume that "Life Force" is a mutant Quirk anyway, as there's been no official classification for the Quirk.
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** Add to this the difficulties of being an orphan in Japan, where adotion is historically not at all popular. Family lineage is of enormous importance in Japanese culture, to the point where every family is listed on a national registry. Adoption confuses the registry, as it essentially places a child in two places, their biological family and their adoptive one (this doesn't sound like much to Westerners, but is considered a big deal in Japan). Less of an issue now than in decades past, but still definitely an issue.

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** Add to this the difficulties of being an orphan in Japan, where adotion adoption is historically not at all popular. Family lineage is of enormous importance in Japanese culture, to the point where every family is listed on a national registry. Adoption confuses the registry, as it essentially places a child in two places, their biological family and their adoptive one (this doesn't sound like much to Westerners, but is considered a big deal in Japan). Less of an issue now than in decades past, but still definitely an issue.
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** It may also be that it's due to divergence in the animal and human traits. Orcas are shown to be very intelligent, social, human-like creatures, so Gang Orca's mutation is more subdued due to the relatively close neural patterns. Spinner's mutation isca Gecko, which has a very different neural structure that may not overlap as much with Spinner's own brain. Wheras rabbits and dogs have mammalian brains, but ones with much more divergence from a human's behavior patterns

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** It may also be that it's due to divergence in the animal and human traits. Orcas are shown to be very intelligent, social, human-like creatures, so Gang Orca's mutation is more subdued due to the relatively close neural patterns. Spinner's mutation isca is a Gecko, which has a very different neural structure that may not overlap as much with Spinner's own brain. Wheras rabbits and dogs have mammalian brains, but ones with much more divergence from a human's behavior patterns
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[[folder:The nice person]]
This is a really minor thing I noticed when I went over the show in both dub and sub: Why do the subtitles display "nice person" when Deku refers to Ochako upon first meeting her, like when he noticed her presence at the Entrance Exam? In the English dub (and Arabic dub, since that's what I watched actually), she's called "the nice girl".
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** As for how the users of One for All kept it circulating for over a century, there are ways. When the power was first made, it was, at best, a mediocre strength boost. It likely took a few passes before it amassed enough power to be worth All for One's attention. It's not like he'd have any way of knowing how many iterations the One for All had taken unless a wielder explicitly told him. We also know that it is possible that it could be given to people with Quirks and enhance them, meaning that the lighting-aura strength booster we see isn't the form it'd always take. This would make it very hard to locate over time since it'd be next to impossible to tell who the current wielder was. Even if they were found out, a wielder could pass it along to the next one and throw {{AoF}} off the scent. We're talking about All for One having to play "Needle in a Haystack" all over the world with a needle that constantly changes size and shape. Even with his resources, he'd have to be ridiculously lucky to track down the current vessel of One for All before they passed it on out of his reach. All this combined would allow the accidental Quirk to continue to grow until it not only threatened All for One but maybe even surpassed him.

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** As for how the users of One for All kept it circulating for over a century, there are ways. When the power was first made, it was, at best, a mediocre strength boost. It likely took a few passes before it amassed enough power to be worth All for One's attention. It's not like he'd have any way of knowing how many iterations the One for All had taken unless a wielder explicitly told him. We also know that it is possible that it could be given to people with Quirks and enhance them, meaning that the lighting-aura strength booster we see isn't the form it'd always take. This would make it very hard to locate over time since it'd be next to impossible to tell who the current wielder was. Even if they were found out, a wielder could pass it along to the next one and throw {{AoF}} [=AoF=] off the scent. We're talking about All for One having to play "Needle in a Haystack" all over the world with a needle that constantly changes size and shape. Even with his resources, he'd have to be ridiculously lucky to track down the current vessel of One for All before they passed it on out of his reach. All this combined would allow the accidental Quirk to continue to grow until it not only threatened All for One but maybe even surpassed him.
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** Did you remember TheDarkKnight ? There are people that just want to see the world burn. AFO didn't mind to be in prison, or being at the risk of being on the receiving end of [[Depower Eraser's head sight]] that would disable his Eternal Youth quirk (That would kill him quickly, and by a complete accident!) He
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** Izuku eventually learned how to use One For All to protect his body. Since All Might was a genius with OFA, we can assume he figured it out a long time ago and that's part of the reason he was to invincible.
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** Both Deku and Eri didn't look well-dressed for the outside at the time, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome so that's probably why.]]

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** Both Deku and Eri didn't look well-dressed for the outside at the time, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome so that's probably why.]]
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** Ochako understood that Himiko Toga was a PERSON, someone who felt she had no choice but to become what she did. She wanted to understand Himiko, and, if she could, save her. It's the same way Deku intends fully to save Shigaraki, even if it ultimately means that Shigaraki will not live. It's the attempt to free someone from the darkness that has overshadowed them
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[[folder: Ochacho's Odd Hubris]]
* During her battle with Himiko, Ochaco tries to talk with her. Himiko claims that this must be hubris, since they are both fighting for their lives. If Ochaco wins, then Himiko will die. Either by Ochaco's hands, or later by execution. Ochaco admits to this and says that you could think of it like that, but that she still wanted to know why Himiko did what she did. The ending becomees even weirder when Himiko sacrifices herself to save Ochaco, only to have the other girl beg her not to die. The end of the fight would have resulted in Himiko dying anyway, so what was Ochaco on about here? She was shown to be fully aware Himiko will likely be executed if she catches her, so what is up with her reaction here?
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*** The answer to the first is: there's no way to know. OFA users usually died violent deaths before it became an issue. 4th literally wore himself out cultivating the power, dying quickly afterward. All Might didn't have a quirk himself, and Izuku likely won't have a successor. Unless there's a sequel series that explores these questions we simply don't have enough data. The answer to the second question is: Most likely. See the point about violent deaths. They went out in a blaze of glory, most likely getting a gut feeling that they'd pushed their luck too far and passing OFA along to a friend before providing a distraction. Nezu makes a point during the entrance exam that the most successful heroes use power, tactics, and information gathering in order to maximize their potential. The OFA heroes, while fighting against The Personification of Evil in their world, would have done this by necessity.


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** Evidently not, seeing as she survived. Most likely the cloned blood stabilized once it was in her system. Twice was clearly distressed at the time and just throwing it at the wall to see if it would stick. Obviously it did, continuing the theme of quirks being something that can take a lifetime to truly master.
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** Why it doesn't work that way is unknown, but it clearly doesn't. The stockpile (at least as far as can be observed) ups purely physical power without directly affecting biological processes. It's mentioned sometime around Deku's loner period that he's learned how to use the energy to reinforce his body, but that's something he had to train himself to do. It took practice and time. Following this to the logical extreme, it might be possible for Deku to direct the energy into his brain to achieve enhanced cognition, but once again it would take time.
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** I don't think we have much to worry about with ''adult'' Mineta becoming some kind of predator because its unlikely he'll ever manage to get any work in the hyper-competitive hero world to begin with. He's not charismatic, he's not handsome, and his powers not only don't stand out but are also only circumstantially useful. And the moment even one sexual assault allegation gets out then no one will want to hire him anyway. The best chance he's got is as a sidekick and at which point he'll have someone watching over him. Its in his own interests to reform and I think Aizawa probably sees that too.

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