History Headscratchers / MyHeroAcademia

[[folder:Why wasn't it brought up that Deku saved Kota before the fight with muscular?]]
* When the class was bathing there was a wall between the boys and girls. Kota was on the wall to make sure Mineta didn't get to the girls. At some point, Kota accidentally saw the girls naked, fainted, and almost fell in the water but Deku caught him. If Kota fell in the water, he would've been in danger of drowning if it wasn't for Izuku, who Kota hit earlier. Kota was mad at superheroes, because his parents were superheroes and died after fighting Muscular, but Deku saved him without risking his life and as mentioned, in spite of being hit by the child. How come this wasn't brought up? The kid was unconscious when he was rescued so he has an excuse, but other characters, including his aunt, knew what happened.

** So a few responses,the hero exam IS open to people without quirks as Izuku entered whilst still filed as quirkless. Whilst making Hero support items is illegal, their is surely a market for civilain ones, plus they could just bring in a staff or something. And to the guy plotting were izuku would die- even without OFA Izuku was pretty damn strong after the ten months, so if he was thinking straight that is a pass through the exam and test, the battle training probably would have resulted in Izuku moving Katsukis arm so it isnt pointed at him when it goes off, the attack on the USJ would have been the least dangerous thing at that point because they can trapp the water villians and make a run for it, and then once at plaza taking down smaller vilians from a distance and doing basically what they did in cannon (since he didn't use the quirk effectively at all during it) and then going to block shiggy with a bar of metal or similar, sports festival is a non issue given it isnt life or death, stain is a ok to fight as long as Izuku has a lil' more mobility ( say capture weapon and able to use for dodging n stuff) and muscular is a simple as distract and maim in eyes then run tf away. Finally, the batman "skills" stuff is negated by one word: robin. any of them.

** Ojiro very likely ''did'' "just kung fu the robots", and his strength exceeds the human norm. Especially when you account for his tail which is extremely thick and muscular. And Jiro's earlobes can stretch up to 6 meters and are strong enough to punch holes in concrete. She could very likely forcibly plug them into the robots and disable them via sound vibrations.

** I know it's been a long time, but I want to take back what I said about Kota. I didn't really mean to say that she should've directly said what he was doing was selfish, I didn't think straight. The reason why I was surprised is because I assumed that the Pussycats being heroes would use their connections to get him to talk to people who have been saved by heroes. They could've also showed him clips of heroes saving people. I didn't expect him to be a fan of heroes, but at least to understand that the people prasising his parents weren't doing it because they don't care, but because they are glad that their own pain ended or other peoples' pain ended. Of course, this shouldn't replace counceling, but it still would've most likely helped. There is technically no proof that he didn't get counceling, but considering how incompetent the Pussycats were, it's very unlikely. Honestly, my question should've been why they are so incompetent with Kota. Seriously, the kid was bitter for '''2 years''' not for months. Not only that, but they took him to the camp, which has little to no contact to the outside world and they're training students to become heroes, which Kota hates, along with other things listed on the WhatAnIdiot page for anime.

* Kota has been going through a lot. He's 5 now and his parents, who were superheroes, were murdered by Muscular 2 years ago, this means he was only 3 back then and his hate for superheroes while wrong is understandable. There is also the fact that his caretakers, while well intetioned and patient, aren't the most level headed ones when it comes to raising him, as mentioned in the question if they neglected him. Considering he's so young he very likely doesn't (fully) understand that some people are evil like muscular so him not thinking he might someday be saved from a villain is believable, but there are rescue heroes who save people from disasters without fighting against villains. Did Kota's caretakers not tell him that? He believed that superheroes care only about glory and telling him that would've most likely not changed his opinion, but this types of superheroes are just as important as the ones who fight against villains and it's still important for Kota to know they exist. If he knows natural disasters are a thing wouldn't he believe there are chances he would be someday in danger and somebody would want to save him? If he thought superheroes are only seeking glory wouldn't he believe said hero would only save him for the glory?

** It'd make sense if she had something before, considering the type of conditions that she was in. As for Deku, he's stronger and far more resilient than Eri. It's possible that he already had a fever during the fight, but the symptoms didn't show up until afterwards. Alternatively... Chisaki's [[AmbiguousDisorder strange illness]] infects others as well, causing them to get a fever.

* 100% percent is by definition the maximum of something, why did All Might say he used 1.000.000% of his power when giving the last blow to the nomu? The concept of percentage above 100 does exist, but it refers to growth. Maybe All Might went above his limit and he said that his new limit and it represents 1.000.000% of the old limit. But here's the thing. Deku also said he used 1.000.000% when fighting muscular. Did Deku also go beyond the limit, how would he know that the amount of power he used wasn't his own limit from the start? I'm confused.

* It has been well-established that the power stockpiling Quirk that merged with Yoichi's Quirk that could be passed along has been growing over time. It is often described as growing stronger with each time it is passed down, but has also been described as being cultivated. So is it use of the Quirk and its power - the cultivation of the stockpile - the only thing that causes it to slowly grow and it's grown so powerful only because it has been in use for so long? Or does the act of actually ''passing'' it to someone else cause a jump in its strength, too?

[[folder: The Separation Strategy]]

** Match Ups: Using people with mid to long range quirks against Shigiraki such as Nejire, Bakugou, and Jeanist makes sense. But why send in a contact fighter like Mirko? Even Shigaraki points out how poorly thought out this is. We've already seen her take out high end Nomus and part of her quirk is great speed and agilit, so having her fight Toga or at least assist Uraraka and Asui would have ended things quickly. This isn't helped by the fact that Uraraka's fighting style leaves her open to having her blood sucked as shown in the Training Camp arc. And all of their fights thus far have only resulted in Toga escaping unharmed. Why was it decided that she'd be the best person to face her from a strategic standpoint? On top of this, Toga flat out told her that she can use the quirks of people she loves. So why even risk that happening when you can just send in heroes she doesn't know? Furthermore, as of chapter 380, the Shiketsu students arrive on the scene to help face off against AFO. But why wasn't Inasa sent to help confront Dabi in the first place? His quirk is extremely useful in dealing with fire and he's one of the few people outside of Class 1A to have bonded with Todoroki. It makes both more narrative and strategic sense for him to be there instead.

** Locations: Dabi is put in an evacuated cityscape, Toga and several Nomus are sent to an island, and Shigaraki is put in a floating fortress that has the UA building in it. For starters, why aren't Toga and Shigaraki's locations reversed? It's stated that Shigaraki is being kept above ground to minimize possible damage from his Decay and several other provisions are in place to counter that specific quirk. But it's been established that Decay cannot affect small particles or liquid. If the heroes truly wanted to prevent him from using Decay, an island full of nothing but sand, water, and leaves seems like a better solution. Shigaraki also immediately starts destroying the UA building which isn't protected for some reason. In Toga's case, it's both stated and shown that she struggles against multiple enemies during her confrontation with Curious. Having her in the floating fortress facing off against a barrage heroes would diminish her chances of hiding or escaping. Sure she could suck the blood of heroes to blend in but since everyone is out in the open, it would take little effort to figure out who she's impersonating and then it's just a matter of overwhelming her. And why wasn't Dabi sent to an open area without much to destroy? The city may be empty, but he still has the potential to use his surroundings as kindling and burn more people than he otherwise would.

** Match Ups: Using people with mid to long range quirks against Shigiraki such as Nejire, Bakugou, and Jeanist makes sense. But why send in a contact fighter like Mirko? We've already seen her take out high end Nomus and part of her quirk is great speed and agility. So having her fight Toga or at least assist Uraraka and Asui would have ended things quickly. This isn't helped by the fact that Uraraka's fighting style leaves her open to having her blood sucked as shown in the Training Camp arc. On top of this, Toga flat out told her that she can use the quirks of people she loves. So why even risk that happening when you can just send in heroes she doesn't know? In Dabi's case, we know that Shiketsu students are out helping in the aftermath of the war, so where is Inasa or even Camie? Inasa is self explanatory and Camie could create illusions of Todoroki and/or Endeavor to throw off Dabi's aim and allow for sneak attacks. They had moments with Todoroki and Bakugou during the Remedial Training Arc. Was that not meant to lead up to something?

** Locations: Dabi is put in an evacuated cityscape, Toga and several Nomus are sent to an island, and Shigaraki is put in a floating fortress that has the UA building in it. For starters, why aren't Toga and Shigaraki's locations reversed? It's stated that Shigaraki is being kept above ground to minimize possible damage from his Decay and several other provisions are in place to counter that specific quirk. But it's been established that Decay cannot affect small particles or liquid. If the heroes truly wanted to prevent him from using Decay, an island full of nothing but sand, water, and leaves seems like a better solution. Shigaraki also immediately starts destroying the UA building which isn't protected for some reason. In Toga's case, it's both stated and shown that she struggles against multiple enemies during her confrontation with Curious. Having her in the floating fortress facing off against a barrage heroes would diminish her chances of hiding or escaping. Sure she could suck the blood of heroes to blend in but since everyone is out in the open, it would take little effort to figure out who she's impersonating and then it's just a matter of overwhelming her. Ans why wasn't Dabi sent to an open area without much to destroy? The city may be empty, but he still has the potential to use his surroundings as kindling and burn more people than he otherwise would.

** Locations: Dabi is put in an evacuated cityscape, Toga and several Nomus are sent to an island, and Shigaraki is put in a floating fortress that has the UA building in it. For starters, why arn't Toga and Shigaraki's locations reversed? It's stated that Shigaraki is being kept above ground to minimize possible damage from his Decay and several other provisions are in place to counter that specific quirk. But it's been established that Decay cannot affect small particles or liquid. If the heroes truly wanted to prevent him from using Decay, an island full of nothing but sand, water, and leaves seems like a better solution. Shigaraki also immediately starts destroying the UA building which isn't protected for some reason. In Toga's case, it's both stated and shown that she struggles against multiple enemies during her confrontation with Curious. Having her in the floating fortress facing off against a barrage heroes would diminish her chances of hiding or escaping. Sure she could suck the blood of heroes to blend in but since everyone is out in the open, it would take little effort to figure out who she's impersonating and then it's just a matter of overwhelming her. Ans why wasn't Dabi sent to an open area without much to destroy? The city may be empty, but he still has the potential to use his surroundings as kindling and burn more people than he otherwise would.

** Locations: Dabi is put in an evacuated cityscape, Toga and several Nomus are sent to an island, and Shigiraki is put in a floating fortress that has the UA building in it. For starters, why arn't Toga and Shigiraki's locations reversed? It's stated that Shigiraki is being kept above ground to minimize possible damage from his Decay and several other provisions are in place to counter that specific quirk. But it's been established that Decay cannot affect small particles or liquid. If the heroes truly wanted to prevent him from using Decay, an island full of nothing but sand, water, and leaves seems like a better solution. Shigiraki also immediately starts destroying the UA building which isn't protected for some reason. In Toga's case, it's both stated and shown that she struggles against multiple enemies during her confrontation with Curious. Having her in the floating fortress facing off against a barrage heroes would diminish her chances of hiding or escaping. Sure she could suck the blood of heroes to blend in but since everyone is out in the open, it would take little effort to figure out who she's impersonating and then it's just a matter of overwhelming her. Ans why wasn't Dabi sent to an open area without much to destroy? The city may be empty, but he still has the potential to use his surroundings as kindling and burn more people than he otherwise would.

** Locations: Dabi is put in an evacuated cityscape, Toga and several Nomus are sent to an island, and Shigiraki is put in a floating fortress that has the UA building in it. For starters, it would seem more logical for Toga and Shigiraki's locations to be swapped. It's stated that Shigiraki is being kept above ground to minimize possible damage from his Decay and several other provisions are in place to counter that specific quirk. But it's been established that Decay cannot affect small particles or liquid. If the heroes truly wanted to prevent him from using Decay, an island full of nothing but sand, water, and leaves seems like a better solution. Shigiraki also immediately starts destroying the UA building which isn't protected for some reason. In Toga's case, it's both stated and shown that she struggles against multiple enemies during her confrontation with Curious. Having her in the floating fortress facing off against a barrage heroes would diminish her chances of hiding or escaping. Sure she could suck the blood of heroes to blend in but since everyone is out in the open, it would take little effort to figure out who she's impersonating and then it's just a matter of overwhelming her. Dabi should also be in an open area without much to destroy. The city may be empty, but he still has the potential to use his surroundings as kindling and burn more people than he otherwise would.

** Match Ups: Using people with mid to long range quirks against Shigiraki such as Nejire, Bakugou, and Jeanist makes sense. But why send in a contact fighter like Mirko? We've already seen her take out high end Nomus and part of her quirk is great speed and agility. So having her fight Toga or at least assist Uraraka and Asui would have ended things quickly. This isn't helped by the fact that Uraraka's fighting style leaves her open to having her blood sucked as shown in the Training Camp arc. On top of this, Toga flat out told her that she can use the quirks of people she loves. So why even risk that happening when you can just send in heroes she doesn't know? In Dabi's case, we know that Shiketsu students are out helping in the aftermath of the war, so where is Inasa or even Camie? Inasa is self explanatory and Camie could create illusions of Todoroki and/or Endeavor to throw off Dabi's aim and allow for sneak attacks. Even if students from other schools are helping civilians, why would it be out of the question to ask two or three of them for help if their quirks could be especially useful for defeating the villains who caused the destruction they're cleaning up?

** Match Ups: Using people with mid to long range quirks against Shigiraki such as Nejire, Bakugou, and Jeanist makes sense. But why send in a contact fighter like Mirko? We've already seen her take out high end Nomus and part of her quirk is great speed and agility. So having her fight Toga or at least assist Uraraka and Asui would have ended things quickly. This isn't helped by the fact that Uraraka's fighting style leaves her open to having her blood sucked as shown in the Training Camp arc. In Dabi's case, we know that Shiketsu students are out helping in the aftermath of the war, so where is Inasa or even Camie? Inasa is self explanatory in that he can dispel flames, and Camie could create illusions to throw off Dabi's aim and allow for sneak attacks. Even if students from other schools are helping civilians, why would it be out of the question to ask two or three of them for help if their quirks could be especially useful for defeating the villains who caused the destruction they're cleaning up?

** Match Ups: Using people with mid to long range quirks against Shigiraki such as Nejire, Bakugou, and Jeanist makes sense. But why send in a contact fighter like Mirko? We've already seen her take out high end Nomus and she demonstrates great speed and agility, so having her fight Toga or at least assist Uraraka and Asui would have ended things quickly. This isn't helped by the fact that Uraraka's fighting style leaves her open to having her blood sucked as shown in the Training Camp arc. In Dabi's case, we know that Shiketsu students are out helping in the aftermath of the war, so where is Inasa or even Camie? Inasa is self explanatory in that he can dispel flames, and Camie could create illusions to throw off Dabi's aim and allow for sneak attacks. Even if students from other schools are helping civilians, why would it be out of the question to ask two or three of them for help if their quirks could be especially useful for defeating the villains who caused the destruction they're cleaning up?

** Locations: Dabi is put in an evacuated cityscape, Toga and several Nomus are sent to an island, and Shigiraki is put in a floating fortress that has the UA building in it. For starters, it would seem more logical for Toga and Shigiraki's locations to be swapped. It's stated that Shigiraki is being kept above ground to minimize possible damage from his Decay and several other provisions are in place to counter that specific quirk. But it's been established that Decay cannot affect small particles or liquid. If the heroes truly wanted to prevent him from using Decay, an island full of nothing but sand, water, and leaves seems like a better solution. Shigiraki also immediately starts destroying the UA building which isn't protected for some reason. In Toga's case, it's both stated and shown that she struggles against multiple enemies during her confrontation with Curious. Having her in the floating fortress facing off against a barrage heroes would diminish her chances of hiding or escaping. Sure she could suck the blood of heroes to blend in but since everyone is out in the open, it would take little effort to figure out who she's impersonating and then it's just a matter of overwhelming her. Dabi should also be in an open area without much to destroy. The city may be empty, but he still has the potential to use his surrounding as kindling and hurt more people than he otherwise would.

** Locations: Dabi is put in an evacuated cityscape, Toga and several Nomus are sent to an island, and Shigiraki is put in a floating fortress that has the UA building in it. For starters, it would seem more logical for Toga and Shigiraki's locations to be swapped. It's stated that Shigiraki is being kept above ground to minimize possible damage from his Decay and several other provisions are in place to counter that specific quirk. But it's been established that Decay cannot affect small particles or liquid. If the heroes truly wanted to prevent him from using Decay, an island full of nothing but sand, water, and leaves seems like a better solution. Shigiraki also immediately starts destroying the UA building which isn't protected for some reason. In Toga's case, it's both stated and shown that she struggles against fighting multiple enemies during her confrontation with Curious. Having her in the floating fortress facing off against a barrage heroes would diminish her chances of hiding or escaping. Sure she could suck the blood of heroes to blend in but since everyone is out in the open, it would take little effort to figure out who she's impersonating and then it's just a matter of overwhelming her. Dabi should also be in an open area without much to destroy. The city may be empty, but he still has the potential to use his surrounding as kindling and hurt more people than he otherwise would.

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* Kota has been going through a lot. He's 5 now and his parents, who were superheroes, were murdered by Muscular 2 years ago, this means he was only 3 back then and his hate for superheroes while wrong is understandable. There is also the fact that his caretakers, while well intetioned and patient, aren't the most level headed ones when it comes to raising him, as mentioned in the question if they neglected him. Considering he's so young he very likely doesn't (fully) understand that some people are evil like muscular so him not thinking he might someday be saved from a villain is believable, but there are rescue heroes who save people from disasters without fighting against villains. Did Kota's caretakers not tell him that? He believed that superheroes care only about glory and telling him that would've most likely not changed his opinion, but this types of superheroes are just as important as the ones who fight against villains and it's still important for Kota to know they exist. If he knows natural disasters are a thing wouldn't he believe there are chances he would be someday in danger and somebody would want to save him? If he thought superheroes are only seeking glory would'nt he believe said hero would only save him for the glory?

** It's ok, and all of those points are good ones. Him wearing a disguise would fit the ninja-theme that Aizawa has going on for himself as well. On a side-note though, people ''do'' canonically get bothered by some appearances of the characters, such as Tsuyu and her lizard friend (which [[UncannyValley isn't hard to see why]]), as well as Gang Orca, who is intimidating to children. So there likely are a few people who would find Shinso creepy. So a disguise would work better for him, probably.

** His Quirk (at least in the early stages) decays whatever he's touching ''with all of his fingers'', and by that it means he has to be touching the same unbroken surface or object with all five of his fingers at once, whereas if he touches, say, three of his fingers on a wall, while his pinky and thumb are on the ground, neither of those will decay since he isn't touching either surface or object with all five fingers. Gloves, due to how they cover each finger seperately, would be immune to decaying since they essentially create small seperate surfaces that each finger is individually touching, and by extension, since he isn't making direct contact with anything while wearing gloves, he can't decay anything until he takes them off. With his Quirk much more flexible now, it's likely this is not the case anymore, but in Decay's less controlled stages, gloves wouldn't trigger it. Another example is that if Tomura were touching someone's neck with ''four'' of his fingers, but his thumb were on their shirt, that wouldn't trigger his Quirk either. His Quirk needs a "clear path" of sorts to spread out and decay an object that is in contact with all five of his fingers, with as little distance as possible and no obstruction, and in a sense, the parts he's touching have to be "level" with each other and "fully connected", rather than seperated by their shape, like the finger-parts of gloves are.

** later on it's revealed that Lady Nagant was sent after AFO in the past, meaning government agencies and such ''were'' aware of him, but most likely helped to cover up his existence, as he was antithetical to the image of a peaceful hero society they were creating, which probably also benefited AFO himself in the long run, letting him keep to the shadows and prepare his plans, aware that the hero society they were upholding was a flimsy exercise that would collapse with enough pressure applied, so he allowed them to obscure his existence and run a 'shadow war' against him because he has long-term goals to tear down society, and all they were doing was benefiting him by helping to keep his existence a secret.

* Okay, so despite being the main villain in the series, we know very little about All For One. Why did he establish a criminal empire in the first place? When All Might asks him, All For One simply replied that he [[ForTheEvulz felt like it]], which actually sounds lame (given the extent of his crimes). So let's try to reason out his motives.
** When All For One was born, society was in complete anarchy due to the arrival of Quirks. So maybe All For One decided to exploit this for his own benefit after discovering his Quirk. Just like how businessmen take advantage of the situations to start new businesses. In the process of "trading" Quirks, All For One could have gathered followers and built a criminal empire.
** It is highly probable that the society at that time discriminated Quirk users as freaks and criminals. So All For One must have considered it and decided to start a criminal empire. That may explain why he seems to care for his comrades.
** It's also possible that Quirks might have been seen as something of disease at the time. All For One could easily develop a following by offering a "cure" for the condition as well as offering power to fight back against those who abused their new abilities. The situation was very chaotic so someone with the ability to manipulate the very cause of the strife would just need a little cleverness and a lot of charisma to build themselves up into a figure of incredible power behind the scenes.
** Maybe All For One just became arrogant after discovering the true extent of his powers, just like Bakugo. Like Bakugo, he might have [[AmbitionIsEvil wanted]] to be the most powerful man. That can explain why he wanted to kidnap Bakugo.
** Except it was Shigaraki's plan not All For One's.
** Perhaps All For One just despises society, thinking it to be a bunch of crap invented by humans with no real power. He probably doesn't believe in morality, thinking that it's just a stupid invention of the society to equate the strong and the weak. He thinks in terms of power and not [[AboveGoodAndEvil good or evil]].
** All For One must be just an OpportunisticBastard with a clear lack of integrity, who is fixated on absolute power at all costs, whatever that may be. That may explain his BlueAndOrangeMorality. It also makes sense why his villain name is [[MeaningfulName All For One]]. His Quirk also suits his nature. That also explains why he tells All Might he didn't have much of a motivation for what he did and his disdain for morality, believing it to be ineffective bullshit.
** It has been established that most humans turn into vegetables if they get too many Quirks. Now, how did All For One find this out? Most likely by giving someone many Quirks. Who would he give a lot of Quirks? Most likely to someone he wished to make stronger, maybe someone he cared about. Just imagine the trauma of wanting to give someone cool Quirks and ending up destroying their brain. Maybe said trauma influenced him to become evil.
** All For One spend his youth during chaotic times and had a sickly little brother who was the only family he had left. He most likely took most of the responsibility because he was the older one and had hard times caring for his brother.
** The entire [=AfO=] storylines counter the idea of heroes doing good "because they felt that they should." It's kind of the idea that, if All Might wants to be a Symbol for the good guys, why shouldn't [=AfO=] want to be a Symbol for the bad guys? If All Might wants to destroy crime, why shouldn't there be a counterpart who wants to cause chaos?
** In the end, All For One's motive is exactly what he had told All Might- that he wanted to become the all-powerful devil. He wants to rule the world from the shadows as the most powerful man of all time, but that is only the means to his true end- to enjoy himself at the expense of everyone, forever and ever. Plain and simple.