History Woobie / MyHeroAcademia

* [[DragonAscendant Tomura Shigaraki]]. [[spoiler:He [[SelfMadeOrphan killed]] his maternal grandparents, parents, sister Hana and pet dog when his quirk manifested. His dog and sister were accidents. Though one remark makes it ambiguous, his grandparents and mother, coming out to see what the commotion was about, were mostly accidental as well. He was furious and confused at them for always siding with [[AbusiveParents his dad]] and never protecting him,and he thought a villain was attacking, not his quirk. His father's murder was ''fully intentional''. All for One gave him their hands to wear to keep him in a constant state of emotional and mental instability. His hatred of heroes comes from both AFO's terrible parenting and the fact that after his family died he wandered the streets looking for help and instead the civilians ignored him saying a [[HoldingOutForAHero hero would come.]] None did.]] This ''really'' isn't helped when All For One reveals that Shigaraki is actually the grandson of Nana Shimura, the previous bearer of One For All who trained All Might, and was a significant reason All For One [[EvilIsPetty took him on as his apprentice]].

* [[TheHero Midoriya]]. Through all his life, nobody would ever believe that he had what it takes to be a hero, but even without a Quirk and being constantly harassed and bullied by his peers, he has never given up on his dream. He maintains a cheerful demeanor and a determined attitude even as he keeps facing his insecurities about whether he deserves to follow All Might and how One For All is a more troublesome quirk than first thought of.

* [[spoiler:[[GreaterScopeParagon Yoichi Shigaraki]]]], the first user of One For All. He was a sickly kid with a strong sense of justice and a desire to help others when society was at its worst. Awful for him, his brother is a sociopath with a god complex who (at worst) tried to subdue him to his will by giving him a Quirk (At best, giving him the Quirk may have been in part to try and heal him). Said Quirk would evolve and subsequently be used in the fight against the evil brother, who would lock him away and let him rot. He still kept fighting, even when he hardly had a chance and started a HeroicLineage that would keep fighting against his brother.

* [[DragonAscendant Tomura Shigaraki]]. Chapter 69 implies that Shigaraki could be this, with a brief flashback showing that he possibly killed his parents when he discovered his Quirk and his hatred for All Might stems from him being unable to save them. [[spoiler: Manga chapter 236 confirms this. He [[SelfMadeOrphan killed]] his maternal grandparents, parents, sister Hana and pet dog when his quirk manifested. His dog and sister were accidents. Though one remark makes it ambiguous, his grandparents and mother, coming out to see what the commotion was about, were mostly accidental as well. He was furious and confused at them for always siding with [[AbusiveParents his dad]] and never protecting him,and he thought a villain was attacking, not his quirk. His father's murder was ''fully intentional''. All for One gave him their hands to wear to keep him in a constant state of emotional and mental instability. His hatred of heroes comes from both AFO's terrible parenting and the fact that after his family died he wandered the streets looking for help and instead the civilians ignored him saying a [[HoldingOutForAHero hero would come.]] None did.]] This ''really'' isn't helped when All For One reveals that Shigaraki is actually the grandson of Nana Shimura, the previous bearer of One For All who trained All Might, and was a significant reason All For One [[EvilIsPetty took him on as his apprentice]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Those two]] sure know how heroes usually feel.]]

* Seriously, can you say that you don't feel sorry for Midoriya when he was told that he would never have a Quirk? The kid's crying face is basically a huge "hug me!" button. Even after obtaining One For All, his path to become a Hero is anything but easy, and he gets put through the wringer in ways no teenager should, like [[HeroicRROD being forced to repeatedly shatter the bones in his arm]] [[CastFromHitPoints to use his new superpower]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Those]] [[AbusiveParents two]] sure know how heroes usually feel.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Two woobies sure know how heroes usually feel.]]

* [[AmbiguousDisorder Twice]]. Chapter 115 reveals that he suffers from depression and a split personality. He is constantly on the verge of a mental breakdown and still lives with the scars about what happened when he overused his Quirk and severe doubts on whether he even [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman is real]]. He also blames Magne's death on himself, as he was the one who introduced Overhaul (who killed her) to the League of Villains. During the Paranormal Liberation Arc, [[spoiler:he is distraught over trusting Hawks and dies by his hand]].

* [[DragonWithAnAgenda Dabi]], to an extent. [[spoiler: Born as Toya Todoroki, due his Quirk's immense power, he was chosen by Endeavor to be his successor. However, the fact he inherited his mother's weak constitution ended up severely injuring him physically. Out of concern for his health, Endeavor stopped training him and decide to focus solely on Shoto. This led to him training in secret to prove to Endeavor that he wasn't a 'mistake', but was later burned at Sekoto Peak when Endeavor refused to meet him. He survived in the care of [[BigBad All For One]] at in his orphanage but left to return home only to find that his family moved on from him and that his death didn't changed Endeavor, and was still focusing on training Shoto. This broke Toya's mind and him becoming a villain with the goal to ruin his dad's hero career to make him feel the same pain he felt. Granted, there's zero justification for sending two villains to assassinate your father and killing over 30 innocent people, or trying to immolate your younger brother in a suicide attack, but it's understandable why he had such a dramatic FaceHeelTurn.]]

* [[PrecursorHero Nana Shimura]], the 7th user of One For All and All Might's mentor. She inherited One For All while watching All For One murder her predecessor. Sometime later, she was widowed. In an attempt to save him from All For One, Nana gave up her only child Kotaro to foster care, which caused him to despise her for the rest of his life. Nana herself died fighting All For One while her best friend and her protege were forced to flee. After her death, All For One manipulated her grandson into murdering his entire family and groomed him to inherit his status. The only hopeful thing that happened to her was being united with the spirits of her predecessors within Izuku Midoriya.

* [[DragonWithAnAgenda Dabi]], to an extent. [[spoiler: Born as Toya Todoroki, due his Quirk's immense power, he was chosen by Endeavor to be his successor. However, the fact he inherited his mother's weak constitution ended up severely injuring him physically. Out of concern for his health, Endeavor stopped training him and decide to focus solely on Shoto. This led to him training in secret to prove to Endeavor that he wasn't a 'mistake', but was later burned at Sekoto Peak when Endeavor refused to meet him. He survived in the care of [[Big Bad All For One]] at in his orphanage but left to return home only to find that his family moved on from him and that his death didn't changed Endeavor, and was still focusing on training Shoto. This broke Toya's mind and him becoming a villain with the goal to ruin his dad's hero career to make him feel the same pain he felt. Granted, there's zero justification for sending two villains to assassinate your father and killing over 30 innocent people, or trying to immolate your younger brother in a suicide attack, but it's understandable why he had such a dramatic FaceHeelTurn.]]

* [[DragonWithAnAgenda Dabi]], to an extent. [[spoiler: Born as Toya Todoroki, due his Quirk's immense power, he was forced by Endeavor to be his successor. However, the fact he inherited his mother's weak constitution ended up severely injuring him physically, and the anguish of the [[TrainingFromHell training]] made him feel suicidal. This broke his mind and led to him becoming a villain with the goal to make his dad feel the same pain he felt. Granted, there's zero justification for sending two villains to assassinate your father and killing over 30 innocent people, or trying to immolate your younger brother in a suicide attack, but it's understandable why he had such a dramatic FaceHeelTurn.]]

* [[DragonWithAnAgenda Dabi]], to an extent. [[spoiler: Born as Toya Todoroki, due his Quirk's immense power, he was forced by Endeavor to be his successor. However, the fact he inherited his mother's weak constitution ended up severely injuring him physically, and the anguish of the [[TrainingFromHell training]] made him feel suicidal. This broke his mind and led to him becoming a Villain with the goal to make his dad feel the same pain he felt. Granted, there's zero justification for sending two villains to assassinate your father and killing over 30 innocent people, or trying to immolate your younger brother in a suicide attack, but it's understandable why he had such a dramatic FaceHeelTurn.]]

* [[GenkiGirl Mina Ashido]]. After [[spoiler: witnessing the death of Midnight and many other heroes and civilians, as well hero society's collapse, finding out that Midoriya left U.A for a '''literal month''']], and about [[TheMole Aoyoma]] , she has become this. The trauma from these events prove too much for Ashido to bear, leaving her very weepy in terms of everything going on and full of resentment and hatred towards those who hurt the ones she loves, no longer the cheerful girl she once was before the [[WarArc incident.]]

The world of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' is [[CrapsackWorld quite an unforgiving one]]. Plenty of characters face this harsh world on a daily basis and some are even worse off than others.

--> '''Mina:''' Midoriya! Enough with this being alone stuff. Please...come back to us...so we can have classes together again

* [[GenkiGirl Mina Ashido]]. After [[spoiler: witnessing the death of Midnight and many other heroes and civilians, as well hero society's collapse, finding out that Midoriya left U.A for a '''literal month''']], and about [[spoiler: TheMole Aoyoma]] , she has become this. The trauma from these events prove too much for Ashido to bear, leaving her very weepy in terms of everything going on and full of resentment and hatred towards those who hurt the ones she loves, no longer the cheerful girl she once was before the [[WarArc incident.]]

* [[GenkiGirl Mina Ashido]]. After [[spoiler: witnessing the death of Midnight and many other heroes and civilians, as well hero society's collapse, finding out that Midoriya left U.A for a '''literal month''',and about [TheMole Aoyoma]] , she has become this. The trauma from these events prove too much for Ashido to bear, leaving her very weepy in terms of everything going on and full of resentment and hatred towards those who hurt the ones she loves, no longer the cheerful girl she once was before the [[WarArc incident.]]