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- In a close match, Midoriya will lose to Todoroki.
- Confirmed, though Midoriya succeeds in having Todoroki overcome his problem a little.
- Whether he wins or loses, he has already overexerted himself and will most likely have to rest for the remaining of the arc. It would make the arc move way faster instead of dragging it out and losing the readers' interest.
- Confirmed, Midoriya had lost and most of the fights were skipped.
- Confirmed, Stain really likes Midoriya's heroism.
- Her backstory will reveal that she was often picked on for looking like a frog and having a seemingly-useless quirk. Her motivation for signing up for Yuuei Academy was to prove that she wasn't useless.
- This would line up well with her insistence on her classmates referring to her by her first name. She views it as a sign of friendship and she just wants to have friends.
- This will give Deku more reason to sympathize with her, as he used to be bullied for being Quirkless, opening an option for romantic side story, to contrast the lighthearted humor and edgy fight against crime.
- Mostly confirmed. While Tsuyu wasn't bullied, she did have a Friendless Background and her insistence on First-Name Basis comes from I Just Want to Have Friends.
- Confirmed. Knuckleduster, one of the protagonists of VIGILANTES, is Quirkless, although he used to be a pro hero with a Quirk.
- Will probably be jossed, but the idea of Izuku using a shield like Captain America may not be a crazy idea given how effectively he had used his makeshift shield in chapter 26. Besides, it could be helpfully useful until he fully masters his ability.
- Possibility of Midoriya getting equipment as part of his permanent hero-gear has increased given his partnership with Mei Hatsume in the sports festival. Chances are, she would be happy to lend him her inventions, including prototype equipment. Hey, she got someone to test the "babies" before selling them to corporation, and it's free at that!
- Possibility has grown further as Midoriya is now seeking a way to fight without being reliant on One For All in Chapter 44.
- It's a possible stop-gap measure until he can fully use One For All since he's only got about 2-3 more uses of the arm until it's permanently damaged. He'll probably use some armor or mech-arm as support until he doesn't need it anymore.
- Confirmed in chapter 101 to have added mech support for his arms and legs, onto his hero costume.
- Confirmed in a sense, Sir Nighteye's Quirk saw him dying in a year or two. As he's never been wrong before, All Might certainly believes this can happen.
- And it will be called "All For One" to match his "One For All".
- And one of the powers the villain will gain will be Venomous Chainsaw's, forcing Midoriya to face a villain who possesses the same power that nearly killed All Might.
- Viz's official translation revealed that (according to All Might) that Venomous Chainsaw couldn't even get near him.
- Chapter 29 reveals that one student from class B has a Power Copying Quirk. It's not too hard to imagine someone else has a power stealing Quirk.
- "All for One" confirmed in Chapter 57, and not only was the user of "All for One" the one who wounded All Might, but he was also the one who killed All Might's predecessor.
- And one of the powers the villain will gain will be Venomous Chainsaw's, forcing Midoriya to face a villain who possesses the same power that nearly killed All Might.
- Confirmed. And this is NOT a good thing...
- This is based on the "All for One" WMG above. As stated in the series, quirks have limitations and it is possible that a person with the ability to permanently steal quirks from others could have already existed but could either only steal a limited number of quirks or must fulfill difficult conditions to be able to steal any quirk.
- Following the WMG above, it is possible that a "seemingly quirk-less" individual actually possess the ability to steal quirks but only realized about his/her ability after suffering much grief due to discrimination against people without quirks. If such a person discovers the nature of his/her quirk, then it would only be a matter of finding a way to overcome the limitations of the quirk (possibly via technology). This would lead to the "All for One" scenario of quirk-stealing.
- An alternative to the WMG is that "Venomous Chainsaw" is actually a person who somehow managed to steal two separate quirks, "Venom" and "Chainsaw", but cannot steal any more than that and is thus stuck with the two quirks. If that is true, it would not be surprising that the villain would be interested in going "All for One".
- Jossed, they are unrelated.
- And probably that person is also the one that can grant quirk to other person, the same guy that give Nomu his regenerative and super strength quirks.
- Confirmed.
- Confirmed! All for One winds up in a heavily guarded police facility while All Might loses the last of his power. Shigaraki steps up as Big Bad, which was Sensei's intention all along.
- Confirmed in chapter 114.
- Given how people are treated based on their quirks (or lack of quirks like Midoriya before he met All Might), it would not be surprising that there would be people who hate quirks in general due to past mistreatment/trauma. The faction does not even need to be composed of quirk-less individuals as people can be mistreated due to possessing the "wrong quirks" like Shinsou.
- Given Endeavor's past actions, it may be possible that Todoroki's elder sibling(s) would be members of such a faction if not a villain faction.
- Or at least one of Todoroki's siblings since it would seem contrived that all three of his siblings just happen to be Quirkless. Possibly Fuyumi since she's the first one we've seen, and she wouldn't look like the type who'd be an antagonist. Alternatively, Todoroki's mother would be in the faction. She would denounce her Quirk because of all the pain it caused her family.
- Confirmed! The villain Overhaul sees Quirks as a disease, and sees his anti-Quirk bullets as being the cure.
- Given Endeavor's past actions, it may be possible that Todoroki's elder sibling(s) would be members of such a faction if not a villain faction.
- Confirmed, the class begins to prepare for the UA Cultural Festival in chapter 169. While it's mentioned to be smaller in scale than in previous years, the other departments are in charge of it.
- Possibly confirmed with Shigaraki in Chapter 69.
- Chapters 235-237 confirm this with Shigaraki. Holy moly...
- Implied to be the case with Eri in Chapter 156 where it's heavily implied she made her own father disappear with her power. Said childhood only got worse from there because she wound up in the Hassaikai's custody because of it.
- Confirmed in Chapter 184. Aizawa doesn't legally adopt Eri, but due to the dangerous nature of her quirk Eri is now under UA's custody instead of being passed off to foster care. Aizawa will be looking after her with the help of Mirio.
- While the most obvious advantage of being empowered by One For All is Super Strength and being invincible, it was a receptacle for All For One's other powers. Maybe there are residual powers there that All Might hasn't unlocked yet, or that will be unlocked further by Deku.
- Based on the nature of One For All as the original wielder's latent power-transferring quirk combined with a strengthening quirk that his brother forced on him, logically it should continue to merge itself with any other quirks that its wielders have. While All Might and Deku were born Quirkless, Nana Shimura was not (though her original quirk has yet to be revealed) and we know nothing about what quirks the previous 5 inheritors had. So there's up to six other quirks that could've been absorbed into One For All beyond the original body enhancement and transferability aspects.
- Confirmed. Izuku has recently manifested 'Black Whip', one of the previous users' quirks. Said user has also told Izuku that he will receive all six of One for All's stored quirks.
- We know that All-Might and Izuku, at the very least, were Quirkless when they obtained One For All. We're not sure about Nana Shimura, or any of the other One For All bearers up until AFO's brother (who had a Quirk that could be transferred)— they could have had Quirks, and since OFA is a mutation of two different Quirks joining together, it's possible more could have gotten mixed in. This would explain some Quirk-like abilities that All-Might and Izuku have, such as All-Might's muscle form and Izuku's ridiculous pain tolerance.
- Confirmed. One for All has absorbed all six of the previous wielders' Quirks, and Izuku has already manifested one- Black Whip.
Incredibly powerful fire Quirk, burn scars, seems to be narratively linked to Mighty Endeavor and Shoto, we don't know where Toya is... It would fit.
- Going off of this, Toya was said to have a powerful fire Quirk, but a weak constitution, hence why he wasn't Endeavor's successor. Dabi's quirk produces blue flames, similarly how Endeavor pushes his Hellflame to his limits when fighting the Hosu Nomu. So then wouldn't it make sense for the burnt skin to be part of his "weak constitution"? Not to mention Toya left after a "particular accident". Would make sense for after that accident, for Toya to start hating Endeavor and become a villain to spite him.
- As of Chapter 290, confirmed - Dabi is Toya and his turn to villainy was a direct response to Endeavor's abuse.
- It also fits his name, "Dabi." That translates to "Cremation." It's possible that his old self died and was metaphorically cremated. His whole motif also fits bandages, like some undead mummy surviving and holding a grudge.
- The only thing going against this theory is that in the flashback with Shoto's siblings, none of them had completely dark hair. However, one of his brothers (the one whose face the reader didn't see) does have a haircut similar to Dabi's, so it's possible that he dyed it.
- Adding to the theory is that at the end of Chapter 81, Todoroki's expression looks surprised when he and the others appear in front of Dabi.
- In chapter 192, it's stated that something 'happened' to Touya Todoroki (who is the above mentioned sibling with a similar hairstyle).
- In chapter 202, Endeavor mentions in a flashback that he originally intended Touya to be his successor despite his lacking a combination of fire and ice like Shoto's, because Touya's fire was even stronger than Endeavor's own Hellflame. But Toya inherited his mother's "weak constitution" and thus was discarded as a failure. Which fits well with Dabi, who has a very powerful fire quirk (with blue flame, which in real life burns hotter than red or orange) but admits during the Training Camp arc to being physically weak. And his databook stats include 4/5 for power (surprisingly low given how strong his quirk is, which can only be explained by his weak body). By comparison both Endeavor and Shoto have 5/5 for power, reflecting that they have both strong quirks and strong bodies.
- Dabi is also colored with blue eyes, which in the anime are a similar shade to the eye on Todoroki's fire side. Inherited from Endeavor, perhaps?
- Touya has his father's red hair in the anime, so maybe he dyed it black because it reminded him of his abusive dad?
- Confirmed, Dabi IS Endeavor's son, as of Chapter 290. And he did dye it black!
- Confirmed as of 290 - Dabi has revealed Endeavors abuses to Japan. The repercussions are yet to be seen as of this posting.
- Confirmed in Chapter 290. Dabi claims responsibility for sending Starservant and Ending after Endeavor.
- Confirmed in Chapter 297, thanks to Shigaraki's upgrades and his Near-High Ends, All For One, Overhaul, Muscular, Moonfish, and some other villains make their escape.
- Partially Jossed in Chapter 44. He would not be retiring but he does have faith in the students.
- Completely Jossed, he retired after his battle with All For One, on live television, and he used the last of One For All.
- Partially Jossed, Midoriya lost, and Todoroki used his flame.
- Jossed. Iida got straightened out after his experience with Stain.
- Jossed. Iida is staying a hero.
- Jossed.
- Judging by Chapter 88, this is Jossed.
- Jossed; he survives the battle with AFO.
- Jossed, her quirk is revealed in chapter 115, as Human Shifting/Shapeshifting via another person's blood.
It's possible that Toga was like Deku and wasn't born with a quirk. So, she makes up for that with crazy reflexes, crazy speed, and just being crazy. It's also why Toga had the most equipment out of the villains we see during the arc. Unlike the others, she doesn't have a quirk to rely on and so was assigned to just gather blood, for whatever reason, instead of joining the attack.
- Jossed. Her backstory shows that she always had her quirk.
- To add to this, she may be forced to give out the location and weaknesses of everyone present to Dabi and the other villains. That is how they found Aizawa-sensei and Bakugo so fast. Her quirk provides her with such information and if she were able to participate in the battle the heroes and students would have had more of an edge. After she gave them the info, Dabi used the Nomu to nearly kill her. However, since her quirk would be incredibly useful on either the villain side or just on a Nomu, Kurogiri chose to take her half-alive when he came to take the villains away.
- Jossed in Chapter 87, she's narrowly avoided the second scenario thanks to the Big Damn Heroes.
Katsuki's stunned face after overhearing Shoto's conversation with Izuku about his past, in this case, would have as much to do with realizing they share the same father as trying to take in the horribleness of said past. And if Endeavor cares as little for Shoto's brothers as he implies to Shoto soon thereafter, then Katsuki may have been one of the sons who'd had to deal with being ignored or the like, which could explain his desperate hatred for those he perceives not as powerful as him "looking down on him" (since not only does he have his quirk, of all people he'd be Endeavor's—unacknowledged—son), as well as his stubborn insistence to be #1 all the time ahead of everyone (for the goal of both possibly being acknowledged and surpassing Endeavor).
- With chapter 39, Shoto's mother saying that "The children...they're more and more like him" could lend to this theory since Katsuki was a self-centric bully as a child, and both Shoto and he have "fire"-like basis to their quirks. When young Shoto looks outside to a group of children playing, with the implication that they're his siblings, the one in the middle has spiky hair like Katsuki's, though his face is hidden.
- From the same chapter, a main flaw to the theory is said possible siblings being nearby. If they really are his siblings, and they all live in the same household, it'd be strange for Shoto and Katsuki not to know each other's names and so on, as seen in earlier chapters, unless they were kept that isolated from each other.
- Jossed three ways to Sunday. Todoroki was not isolated enough from his older siblings that he doesn't know their names. We meet his older sister in the manga. Also, Bakugo doesn't possess Endeavor's eye and hair colors, which are somehow also passed down to the offspring that received such abilities. And we've met Bakugo's father.
- A simple modification to this theory would be that Bakugo's dad is Endeavor's BROTHER instead making them cousins, yet the last name thing is a serious blow to even that theory (unless Bakugo's dad changed his last name somewhere along the lines) and Endeavor never even interacting with Bakugo's mom. All and all, it is impossible the two are related in any shape or form, they look nothing like each other.
- Jossed. The anime started with 13 episodes in its first cour, and it ended with the Unforeseen Simulation Joint arc.
- Jossed. While not explicitly animated (at least not yet), Shoto narrated the incident as it happened in the manga.
- Jossed. His disdain for 'Fake Heroes' happened because he thought the occupation was suffering from "Fundamental Decay" and weren't acting like heroes anymore in his eyes. He tried to become a hero because he admired All Might, but the two never met. We haven't got any indication as to what caused his deformity... but he's screwed up enough in the head that it might be self-inflicted.
- Maybe one of Stains' victims managed to disfigure him before they died?
- If the Illegals spinoff is anything to go by, Stain may have been disfigured during a scuffle with the titular Vigilantes, or else as punishment by Quinn Hachi.
- His nose was broken by Knuckleduster who mocked Stendhal for his lack of resolve. So as a testament of his resolve, Stendhal cut off his nose and discarded the name, becoming Stain instead.
- He knows that Deku was given a Quirk. That would naturally aggravate him if he were to lose his.
- Jossed, Bakugo still has his Quirk after meeting All For One, and is learning some humility without having to lose it.
- At the moment, Jossed. She used what little blood she had from him to turn into him and lead the Ryuku team into helping Midoriya, Mirio, and Night Eye against Overhaul, the implication being she used all of it so the Villain Alliance could get Revenge on Overhaul.
- This will also stop it from becoming a Story-Breaker Power.
- At the moment, Jossed. After defeating Overhaul, her quirk started to Overload and put her in a mini coma. She did wake up, but they're keeping an eye on her for testing and have noticed her horn seems to be shrinking. So, no, she isn't getting rid of her quirk.
- Jossed.
- Jossed, the anime confirms that it doesn't work on humans.
This is probably not true though, as it's looking increasingly likely that Overhaul's ridiculous power is the real deal. But it might not be that strong a Quirk—like with Mirio, he may be using a standard Quirk in an unconventional way to make it appear much stronger than it actually is.
- Jossed. The shot to Compress's arm was a nullifier bullet to keep him from using his quirk on Overhaul. Overhaul's quirk is what destroyed Mr. Compress's arm.
- Obsession with appearance? Similar facial structure? Gifted in stealth(Aoyama sneaking onto Deku's balcony to leave him a message)? Appreciation for classy snack foods? Both concerned about their popularity? Both with a love of theatrics? Somewhat under-powered compared to their peers? Desperate for attention? They're too similar NOT to be related to each other in some manner. It's also a bit telling that Aoyama had a short character study just before Gentle showed up. Almost as if Horikoshi wanted to keep Aoyama fresh in the readers' minds as we were introduced to Gentle and La Brava!
- Jossed, Gentle, being 34, is way too young to be Aoyama's father.
- Nope, Hawks is way too young to be Inasa's father, and he's also an Endeavor fan.
- Midoriya is only pretending to be affected by Shinso's quirk. After being warned not to screw with him, he decided to fake getting caught in his spell to catch him off guard.
- Jossed, Midoriya was affected but he was able to free himself from the Quirk.
- During Uraraka's fight with Bakugo, it'll turn out that Bakugo is against hitting women, which makes the battle difficult for him.
- Jossed in Chapter 35 and 36, Bakugo only held back because he was being cautious against her as his opponent and with good reason too.
- If Midoriya makes it to the final round against Bakugo, he will avenge Uraraka. Todoroki makes it, Bakugo will beat him, prompting Endeavor to seek Bakugo out like in the above theory.
- Jossed. He doesn't make it to the final round.
- Bakugo will talk his way to victory. He will talk Todoroki into rebelling against Endeavor. In his first act of rebellion, Todoroki will forfeit because he knows it would really piss him off.
- Jossed. It's reversed, Bakugo ends up thoroughly pissed off that Todoroki refused to fight him with full power, and he ends up with an unwanted easy victory.
- Jossed as of episode 50 of the anime, Masaru has a different hair color then Endeavor.
- Jossed. We get to see the exact moment Tomura needed a hero the most, and it is perhaps the one moment most pivotal in his turn to villainy.
- Jossed as of the Meta Liberation Army arc. Shigaraki has regained his memories of his childhood as Tenko Shimura, and learned from his sister what their grandmother looked like and that she was a hero. It's probable, however, that he doesn't know the full significance of his relation to her or that she was a user of One For All (if All For One ever even told him about the quirk).
All for One has spent a good chunk of his existence making the lives of the users of One for All harder, and killing Nana's family, kidnapping her grandson, then warping the child to hate her successor is right up his alley. He either killed the family himself and altered Tomura's memories to his needs, or gave the quirk to an unsuspecting Tomura to unleash when the time was right.
Eventually, probably near the end of the series, this will be revealed, and Tomura - thrown into a Villainous Breakdown upon learning that his beloved sensei is the reason he is the way he is and still in possession of the quirk erasing bullets he stole from Overhaul - will turn on All for One, Calling the Old Man Out, shooting him with the quirk erasing bullets, and disintegrating him.
- Jossed. We get to see a flashback of Tomura killing his family in gruesome detail.
- Possibly Jossed. We know that both AFO and OFA house the spirits of those whose Quirks have been stolen or passed on respectively, so it is possible AFO was hearing his brothers spirit.
At the end of Chapter 280, Kirishima had successfully administered Yaoyorozu's sedative to Gigantomachia, and while Gigantomachia responded by putting his armor plating over his eyes, the heroes still appeared to have a chance of winning. The next time Gigantomachia is seen is at the end of Chapter 282, after Iida, Uraraka and Tsuyu learn that Gigantomachia broke through the heroes and is going to rampage through anything in his path. It's possible that the reason we didn't see the heroes' defeat is because the traitor did something to interfere at a crucial moment, causing them to lose.
- I say this is Jossed since the sedative FINALLY takes effect in Chapter 293. Even the strongest sedatives don't work right away. Depending on what you're applying the sedative to, how you're applying it, and how big the dose is, all contribute to how long the sedative will take effect and how long it'll hold.
- The Summer Training arc leads into the Hideout Raid arc, which is centered on Bakugo.
- All Might: Adjusting to his depowered self and his status as a teacher and Midoriya's mentor.
- Yuuga Aoyama: Overcoming his narcissistic personality/ any lingering insecurities about his weaknesses at least somewhat to befriend other classmates both inside and outside 1-A, and learning other ways to control his Navel Laser and supplement his belt.
- Partly confirmed: He does get a subplot during the Remedial arc, where he befriends Midoriya through their similar struggles with balancing their powerful Quirks and their weaker body limits.
- Toru Hagakure: Begins doubting herself when she realizes how often her friends have to fight for their lives while she never contributes.
- Mezo Shoji: Revealing the reasons behind his mask (his full face will be shown) and his frugal lifestyle, which seem to point to a troubled past, and coming out better from opening to his classmates.
- Eijiro Kirishima: Developing his relationship with Bakugo, thus helping the latter to take a level in kindness.
- Tsuyu Asui: More froglike techniques?
- Minoru Mineta: Learning to be cool/ a kinder and more respectful character, especially towards female characters?
- Denki Kaminari: Learning efficient ways to use his quirk without hurting his allies (done), learning to keep calm in dire situations and think more before acting, and improve his wattage limit (or finding a way to limit its side effect)?
- Kyoka Jiro: Overcoming her implied confidence issues, improving her sound and finding new sound-based techniques (using electric instruments?), learning more fighting techniques (hand to hand or with a weapon)?
- Momo Yaoyorozu: Fully growing past her Heroic Self-Deprecation to grow into the AWESOME hero she could be.
- Fumikage Tokoyami: Finding a way to control Shadow even at night and developing more techniques with it. Also possibly something to do with Hawks, who is currently spying on the League of Villains for the government and has taken Tokoyami under his wing.
- Hanta Sero:
- Mina Ashido: Reveals that she used to be bullied all the time for her appearance and seemingly villainous Quirk. Her happy-go-lucky nature is just a disguise and she is similar to Izuku when not "in character".
- Mashirao Ojiro: Developing further techniques involving his tail, overcoming his confidence issues rooted in taking issue with being considered "normal".
- Koji Koda: Overcoming his EXTREME shyness.
- Rikido Sato:
- School faculty and staff: Finding out who the traitor in U.A. is, and continue protecting and forming the present and future students.
- Tomura Shigaraki: finding more allies and becoming a true Big Bad worthy of AFO.
- Alternatively, while he does mistreat his son, he does technically believe in being a hero, but has a very elitist, dark interpretation of what being a hero means. This led him to put Todoroki through Training from Hell many would consider child abuse.
- Alternatively, he might really be a stern but still loving father whom his son misunderstands and resents. May have something to do with his yet-to-be-seen mother.
- While he isn't shown to be physically abusive (yet), Chapter 29 reveals that he's condescending enough towards Shoto.
- Jossed, turns out to really be a case of Abusive Parents, including Todoroki's own mother who is the true responsible for his burn scar. While not exactly villainous, Endeavor seems to be very egotistical and has a screwed-up sense of competition, making him very similar to Bakugo. That is not even counting the fact that Todoroki is the fourth of Endeavour's attempts to produce super-powered offspring as stated in chapter 34.
- Support for this theory: She once described her face as looking like "if Yang Guifi and Francis Xavier were mashed together". It's Played for Laughs but when you really think about it, that...isn't a very flattering description of herself. That said, she may have simply been trolling the girls. Or maybe it's some mixture of the two.
- It may be possible. We do get a glimpse of half her face after she refracts one of Aoyamas lasers in Chapter 337.
- It's becoming clear that Midoriya's true rival is Todoroki, who seems to have a better grasp on what it means to be a hero and a more honorable way of doing things, especially since his rivalry with Midoriya will likely reflect his father's rivalry with All Might. Bakugo, being rather hateful and insensitive, will eventually become fed up with being third best and get recruited by the villains.
- Given the fact that the manga is partly inspired by Naruto, Midoriya to try knocking some sense into Bakugo when he does become a villain (hopefully not to the same degree of insane easy forgiveness as Naruto)
- To extend that WMG, it is possible that Bakugo may end up trying to gain more power through gaining more quirks (namely going "All For One"). Chances are, a mad scientist of a villain will use Bakugo as a test subject (with or without informed consent) for the said ability to absorb quirks from others.
- I actually just thought of how the straw to break the camel's back could be Bakugo getting demoted to a lower-ranked class or different department, likely due to his inability to control his rage and his subsequent ridiculously unheroic behavior.
- Alternatively, Endeavor will give up on trying to make Shoto his successor. After seeing Bakugo declare his desire to be number 1 and using his powers, he will try to manipulate him into becoming his heir.
- Given the events of chapter 34, it may get Jossed due to Todoroki's hatred towards his father, Endeavor, which may drive him into becoming a villain just to spite him (given his reaction after just a short conversation with his father, it is certainly not impossible). On the other hand, Bakugo is not exactly the most heroic individual either as some of the professional heroes realized in Chapter 36.
- Though lately Bakugo has shown some character development (the Jerkass past still persist though), being a little bit more analytical and respectful ever since his Break the Haughty moment. Todoroki on the other hand, will be more open and heroic. Kacchan will probably stay as The Rival or The Lancer, while Shoto will become the Hero of Another Story.
- Definitely Jossed considering Bakugo was given an invitation to join the VA while held hostage at their base, and he told them no way point blank. Even though he is a jerk, he really admires All Might and his heroics and that was all the motivation he needed.
- This is only the first year, it isn't jossed till the story's done. Bakugo becoming a villain is unlikely, but it isn't jossed yet, who knows what might happen down the road.
- Midoriya: Either Venomous Chainsaw or Bakugo if he becomes a villain.
- Things seem to be leaning towards Shigaraki.
- Iida: Stain.
- Spinner, Stain's Fanboy is another strong possibility. During the Summer training camp, he shows particular interest in Iida, calling him the one who "ushered in Stain's demise" and may try to kill him out of revenge and his intense dedication towards Stain.
- Uraraka: Shigaraki.
- Himiko may become this for her.
- Todoroki: Endeavor if he gets outed as a villain.
- Alternatively: Dabi may be more appropriate. So far, the only thing tying them together is a fire quirk, however in Chapter 82 the way the panels are drawn and the way they look at each other is too notable to be merely for dramatic tension. At least for a Shonen manga with tons of characters.
- The Paranormal War Arc seems confirm Dabi as one for Shoto, given The Reveal that he's actually Shoto's oldest brother.
- Alternatively: Dabi may be more appropriate. So far, the only thing tying them together is a fire quirk, however in Chapter 82 the way the panels are drawn and the way they look at each other is too notable to be merely for dramatic tension. At least for a Shonen manga with tons of characters.
- Tsuyu and Mineta: The Shark Villain that Tsuyu fought during the invasion.
- Tsuyu might share Himiko with Ochaco. As for Mineta, Twice could work for him since they're both the resident clowns of their respective groups.
- Bakugo: All For One. If he ever busts out of prison, by a twist of fate, Bakugo will be the one to finish him off for permanently crippling All-Might.
- Aizawa claims that Inasa was ranked the best of the Recommended Students as they also had to take a separate exam from normal applicants. This makes him stronger than both Yaoyorozu and Todoroki. Because of how supposedly strong he is and the small hype we're getting about him, there's a high chance that he'll be the reason why at least one or two of Class 1-A won't pass the exam.
- The way Todoroki looks at Inasa when he first appeared suggests that he's very familiar with him, or at the least remembers him and not in a good way. Some speculate that they went to the same middle school, but if that was the case than Inasa would most likely have said something about it. The most likely case is that Todoroki remembers him from the recommended student's exam, mostly for kicking his ass. If the above is true, then Todoroki is the only one familiar with Inasa's quirk and knows it through first-hand experience. These very small implications pretty much set-up Inasa as Todoroki's rival in the License Exam arc.
- According to some translators, one way to write Inasa's full name includes the characters for "storm." Going by Horikoshi's history of naming, this implies that Inasa's quirk has something to do with controlling weather like components. This troper is going to guess that he can create storms from his body, so he can do things like produce large amounts of wind and lightning. Both could very well beat both of Todoroki's abilities.
- However, going by the fact that Quirks tend to balance, so that use too much you will strain it/ get hurt, what would his weakness be? Would he have Required Secondary Powers of immunity to electricity, or being able to breath in high wind?
- Chapter 104 reveals that he has a wind-based Quirk.
- Well, he's the reason Todoroki didn't pass the exam.
- However, going by the fact that Quirks tend to balance, so that use too much you will strain it/ get hurt, what would his weakness be? Would he have Required Secondary Powers of immunity to electricity, or being able to breath in high wind?
- Supported by the fact that Aoyama has yet to use his Quirk without his belt on. If anything, his "quirk" is just a beam from his belt, rather than the person.
- More fuel to the fire is the very name of his supposed Quirk: "Navel Laser". Now, how big is a navel again? (Hint: Lift up your shirt and check for the answer) Considering if this is to be taken literally, even if he isn't Quirkless, the Quirk itself would be pretty much worthless without that belt, as not only would the laser be really, frigging small and thin, it might not even have the same range as it supposedly does with the belt on. Also, there might be inconsistencies with the assumed "drawbacks" as well. We know it is supposed to be "stomach ache/cramps" from repeated use...however, a navel isn't connected to the stomach, it's not connected to anything really, it's just a bump in the skin, a scar from an umbilical cord. Why would he get stomach pains from something connected to his navel alone? It doesn't make sense, unless...the pains are actually coming from overheating the belt too much, essentially boiling his innards with repeated usage. Regardless, the signs of his quirk being an actual quirk are alarmingly low...even more so considering that we don't know what his parents' quirks are either.
- If Aoyama is to be believed, it's a bit more complicated than that. He never uses his Navel Laser without the belt because doing so is dangerous. Like Deku was initially with One for All, Aoyama was born with a Quirk he couldn't control, doctors even noting it tended to leak out, and could cause him stomach pain. The Belt is a regulation device met to keep his Navel Laser in control and let him actually use it, but if he overuses it, he still suffers stomach cramps and if bad enough, diarrhea. (Possible explanation for his love of Cheese, as Cheese can be known to cause constipation) So it's not that he's Quirkless, nor is it that his quirk, on its own, is any powerful. The Belt is needed so he can actually control his quirk, and acts as a magnifier so he doesn't have to push himself as hard.
- He also says its why he was so invested in Deku, including stalking him. He sees Deku as a Kindred Spirit, someone born with a Quirk (Obviously not knowing about One For All) they couldn't control and would cause them pain when used. But he also sees Deku as someone inspiring, since Deku was able to get a hold of his quirk in the time they've been at UA without a Support Device, whereas Aoyama hasn't in 15 years and can only do so with a support device. He sees Deku as a Foil to himself, and as such is heavily interested in him.
- Confirmed...at least in his past: He was born Quirkless, so his parents struck a deal with All For One to give him a Quirk. The only problem was that his body didnt adapt that well to it, explaining why he cramps up after prolonged use of the laser.
- A possibility, but it doesn't seem that he knows how the transfer fully works. One For All can only be transferred if the user is willing to transfer it, and Midoriya doesn't seem to be very willing to transfer it to Aoyama anytime soon, given his reaction to Aoyama's attempt.
- Alternatively, a close friend or family member is the fan and convinced her to take the look and run with it.
This, of course, invokes some Fridge Horror: Recovery Girl hasn't been on-call for any of Deku's injuries since his fight against Todoroki at the Sports Festival, and said that she wouldn't treat him for anything else that severe. What if treating any more of Deku's wounds with her Quirk would literally kill her? And it's implied that healing Quirks are very rare...
- This should be Cast from Lifespan instead of Cast From Hitpoints, but otherwise it's a good theory and very plausible.
- Jossed- Recovery Girl has been with U.A. for forty years. Unless she was there since she was negative 10 years old, it seems like she really is as old as she looks.
- If they really were engaged in such illegalities - them being connected to the Yakuza is a quite popular theory - it feels strange they'd allow their daughter to become an heroine, a potential future enemy of their own affairs. However, they may have decided to protect her and keep her completely out of their criminal activities, to the point of even accepting her heroic aspirations; they may later use their connections to send her working far away from them.
- Alternatively, that may be how the family originally started their business, but they have amassed their wealth through more honest means in more recent generations. Still, Momo may know about her family's former wrongdoings and might be a bit self-conscious about it. She did seem rather quick to shut down the idea of her making extra money with her quirk.
- She has hyper-speed, but also adjustable digestion, since she can eat to replenish her stores in mere hours, rather than the one to five days that normal complete digestion takes. This ability can also turn off, since she also isnt constantly starving to death.
- She has a mild Healing Factor, since she can gain and lose body tissues (fat is a tissue) without suffering damage to her dermis or organs.
- She has some sort of pocket dimension that objects are formed in before teleporting out, since they dont emerge slowly like theyre being 3D printed, nor do they leave gaping wounds in her flesh.
- Being formed elsewhere also stops her from setting off nuclear explosions and emitting radiation from fusing lighter elements into heavier ones.
- She is definitely tapping somewhere else for matter/energy, since she is creating objects far more massive than she is (like cannons). If her Quirk were working wholly off her own body stores, shed have to be as big as Fatgum between uses, and dense to the point of being unable to walk, instead of the slender (if busty) girl she is.
- Her lipid stores could work to prime the pump for accessing her ability, which is why they serve as a limiting factor to her Quirk.
- Kind of has a problem though. Were Dabi to have a Dual Quirk, then he would have been the first success of Endeavor's instead of Todoroki, and Endeavor would have tried training him as the entire point of the Quirk Marriages was so Endeavor could have Dual Quirked Heir to surpass All Might. So, if Dabi had a Dual Quirk, why did he move onto Shoto? It's not like simple defiance would be enough, since Shoto does enough of that already and Endeavor still focuses on him, and if Dabi is Dual Quirked, it wouldn't be because of the Non-Fire Quirk as Endeavor picked out the mother. So, what exactly would be the justification behind him ditching Dabi if Dabi did have a Dual Quirk?
- He is clearly illegitimate (his hair is neither red nor white), could be from some harlot in a one-night stand or some woman who ran away after s brief relationship, rather than Endeavor ditching her. Additionally a dual quirk which is more subtle simply might not be apparent in early life. He's unlikely to be any sibling Todo actually knows about.
- He could very well have dyed his hair rather than being illegitimate. If we're taking hair colour to be indicative of quirks, Fuyumi has white hair with red streaks, possibly hinting that she has ice with a bit of fire - not quite the half-and-half state Endeavor wanted. It's possible that Dabi does have some degree of duality, just not the perfect even split Endeavor wanted.
- Jossed. He only inherited Endeabour's quirk.
This is based on the idea Dabi is a Todoroki by blood, but does not share the same mother as Shoto and Fujimi, rather has a different mother. It's been noted that Dabi's Quirk is actually unique compared to Endeavor's Hellflame and Shoto's Half-Hot, in that his flames are more purple-black in coloration rather than the standard orange-red. Real life Purple Flame is a result of burning Sodium Chloride, but Dabi's is even darker than that Purple. It's possible a Quirk from his Mother melding with Hell Flame is what made his flame purple-black, and presumably, stronger than Shoto's Half-Hot flames.
It could also explain why Endeavor didn't focus on Dabi and went on to engage in a Quirk Marriage with Mrs. Todoroki, as Dabi didn't produce a Dual Quirk like he desired, at first simply coming across as a different colored version of his own quirk.
- As for what exactly the other quirk is, possibly a Salt Water Quirk. Rather than have command over Ice like Shoto, Dabi was intended to have command over Water, his Water being Salt Water Specifically. Except unlike the intended effect, his Salt Water Quirk manifested more as sweat similar to Katsuki and Mitsuki's Nitroglycerin quirk, so when he used the Hellflame he inherited, it gets boosted by the Salt Sweat. It could also explain the burn marks on his body. Salty Sweat and possibly Tears combined with accidental sparks from his own quirk caused his body to look burned.
- Season 3 of the anime shows us that Dabi's flames are actually blue, not purple/black. So either his flames are burning copper rather than sodium chloride, or it could just be that his flames are hotter than Endeavor's.
- Jossed. He's a Todoroki and only inherited his father's quirk.

- Adding onto this, one of the lesser-know signs of ASD is being hyper-emotional— they've mostly disappeared now, but Izuku's Ocular Gushers were one of his biggest character traits.
- Bonus: His American parent is from Detroit.
- All Might's American motif seems to come from his time working in America early on in his career, though this doesn't mean All Might can't still be of mixed ancestry.
With this in mind, I believe that a good portion of his arc in the rest of the manga will be dedicated to him finding himself for who he really is, and that it will probably involve him having to accept that All Might is truly gone, something that I think will only occur when his predicted death occurs. But then due to whatever plot device gets introduced then (or maybe Eri will learn to master her quirk quickly that she can heal All Might from a fatal injury or something, but it depends on what happens in the current arc), he gets revived, and thus chooses to go on living as Toshinori Yagi.
- Jossed as of the Meta Liberation Army arc. Taking some serious physical damage finally showed Twice he's indeed the original. It is to be seen, however, if there isn't more to it, like that the last "him" alive would just become the "main" one... he wouldn't take it nicely if he discovered he went mad for an issue that wasn't to begin with.

- This is supported by how Dark Shadow, in contrast to Tokoyami himself, is much more outgoing, like an alter ego showing parts of his personality he wouldn't normally. Tokoyami also probably saw maintaining a reserved personality as a necessity to keep Dark Shadow in check - were he temperamental, the results wouldn't be pretty.
- Considering he's now on the path of unlocking the quirk of his predecessors, which One For All assimilated at each passing, who knows if one of the previous holders had such power.

- Iida used his Super Speed to find robots, and destroyed them with Engine-empowered kicks.
- Ashido used her acid to disable the robots.
- Asui probably either used kicks or used her tongue to throw the robots around.
- Ojiro Bare-Fisted Monk'ed his way through the exam, using his tail to give him an edge.
- Kaminari got lucky- his electricity Quirk would be super effective against metal robots.
- Koda probably asked birds to help find robots, then got them to distract and disable the robots. Moving more into headcanon territory, the robots may have only been programmed to attack humans, and Koda's animals thus went right through.
- Sato munched some sugar then smashed the 'bots. Fairly straightforward.
- Shoji is shown using his Super Senses to find robots to fight, and may have replicated multiple hands to help take them down.
- Jiro did what she was shown doing at the Sports Festival- she plugged her Earphone Jacks into the robots and used sound to disable them.
- Sero probably made like Mineta and trapped the robots with his tape.
- Tokoyami had Dark Shadow fight the robots. He's even seen on-panel.
- Hagakure is one of the more puzzling passes, but she most likely fought them like a normal person, just exploiting her invisibility to get close and get openings. We also don't how many Rescue Points she got, as they may have got an important part in her pass.
- If the robots had a 'disable' goal switch, she could score by going for that.
- Monoma copied a fellow examinee's Quirk and used it against the robots.
- Most of Class 1B probably used their Quirks in the 'straightforward smash' manner.
- Awase also pulled a Mineta and welded robots to the ground.
- Shiozaki entangled the robots in her vines.
- Kodai probably decreased the size of the robots until they were fairly harmless.
- Komori likely disabled the robots by growing mushrooms in their inner workings.
- Kuroiro may have first attracted some robot in an area covered by good shadows, so to use his quirk properly. He may have also got some Rescue Points by helping a fellow candidate in the same condition.
- Nirengeki probably had to wait for other candidates to wreck some robots, so he could take the pieces, throw them and apply his quirk to destroy some targets for himself.
- Yanagi may have similarly waited to have some scrap and debris at disposal and then use them as weapons with her quirk.
- Just like Mineta, Sero and Awase, Bondo just glued and immobilized the robots.
- And that's all the ones I can think of at the moment. If anyone else has something to add, please do so.

- It's also possible that much like Midoriya, Dabi, and Aoyama his quirk isn't very compatible with his body and has side-effects, so he holds it in reserve unless it's seriously needed. It's also possible that he has a utility quirk of some sort that is useful in some situations but doesn't do much in combat.
- Jossed after Chapter 233, where his Quirk is revealed as Gecko, a quirk that allows him to stick to walls.
- Mina is also involved in the fight and injured, further motivating Kirishima to win.
- Bakugo is involved in the fight and injured, further motivating Kirishima to win.
- The theory that Gigantomachia used to be Crimson Riot turns out to be true, shocking Kirishima but at the same time strengthening his determination with the goal to "save" his role model turned monster.
- Confirmed! Kirishima was not only the one to ultimately stop Gigantomachia (albeit by using a sedative Momo made), but he also saved Mina from being crushed in the process.
- Jossed. He has survived the battle, even if at the cost of losing his legs.
The other possibility has to do with Toga's quirk and the way she processes "loving" someone, because that ultimately boils down to her wanting to become that person. And as seen in her fight with Curious, if she loves someone enough, she can copy them to the point of being able to use their quirk, in this case Uraraka's. What if her quirk can actually go further than that, and trying to "love someone more" can temporarily reshape her mental state to be more like that person's? If that is the case, then Deku and Uraraka are both very good and heroic people. If Toga "became" someone that heroic in both body and mind, even for a little while, she might accidentally apply the early stages of HeelFace Brainwashing on herself. I think this idea is especially possible if in copying Deku and using One For All, she accidentally wires herself into the vestige network for a short time, as that could give her a much more thorough exposure to Deku's mind and what makes him heroic. From Toga's twisted perspective, it's essentially a Love Redeems arc. Everyone else on the other hand, while glad there's one less villain they're fighting, will be understandably weirded out about the whole thing.
Keep in mind that none of this actually guarantees that Toga joins up with the heroes even if it happens. She could just as easily submit to being sent to prison or rehab, become an anti-villain vigilante, or get hit with the Redemption Equals Death stick.
- Except Shigaraki himself states he won't destroy anything his minions desire.
- Confirmed in chapter 291 as Jeanist makes such an entrance.
- He is perfectly aware that Bakugo, who bullied him the most, is an asshole. He had trouble standing up to Bakugo, but he didn't believe he was a lesser human being because of it.
- He generally feels like he gets too much help when in reality he himself works very hard. Overprotected children often end up having doubts about themselves and not wanting help.
- He puts a great lot of deal into not making others worry for him, this was influenced by his dad worying too much about him.
- When Shoto told him about his abusive father Izuku got shocked and asked himself: "We both have the same goal, yet we are so different?" and he didn't know what to respond at first, then told Todoroki that he himself always had help. If Izuku also hated his dad or if the latter was (always) neglectful, he wouldn't think him and Shoto are that different and would probably even tell him about his own dad. Because his own dad was overprotective, Izuku felt like someone who got too much help competing with someone who had to struggle more and this made him feel more privileged and weaker in comparison.
- The manga doesn't follow a lot of Shonen conventions, so the author made Izuku an overprotected child in comparison to most protagonists, whose fathers are abusive, neglectful (Izuku's dad is absent himself, but it could be that he doesn't have a choice and that it wasn't always this way) or normal. It is especially rare to see an overprotective father of a son not only in manga but in media in general.
- The manga also shows different types of parents and it is possible to show an overprotective one as well.
- Also, the chapter "The Boy born with Everything" does not refer to Shoto as being said boy, but to what Izuku thinks of himself. Nobody can be literally born with everything, but on a metaphorical level it means someone born with a lot of good things. Todoroki was born with a powerful quirk and a lot of talent and his family is wealthy, but his family life sucks. Meanwhile, Izuku was sheltered too much and his parents very likely loved and respected eachother as well as him. He lives in a simple apartment, but he is financially secure (he isn't rich, but might be higher middle class). Sure, he was born quirkless (or at least this is what is believed to be the case), but when All Might gave him One For All due to his heroic nature and hard work and despite of this Izuku felt like All Might did everything for him, thus feeling as born with everything, even if this is not the case.
- Unlike Shoto, who hates his own dad, Izuku wants to save his. His father is working overseas and didn't come home for a long time. Izuku knows his dad would not normally leave them and feels that something is wrong, but his dad keeps on reassuring them everything is fine. The boy thinks his father is in trouble and hides it not to worry them, which makes Izuku feel uncomfortable and too sheltered. Izuku is mad at his dad for it and it's the reason he doesn't apologize to him in his monologue when he gets into trouble or why he didn't send him a picture of his hero license like he did to his mom and All Might, but not mad enough to want to leave his dad. The police can't do anything about this, so he thinks that if he becomes a superhero his dad might finally trust him to tell him what is wrong, or he might use his abilities as a superhero to save him. If the theory of All For One being Izuku's father is true, then Izuku, being very observant, might've figured it out his dad has gone blind (he didn't figure the All For One part, though).
- In addition, Izuku decided to become a hero in order to make his dad feel safe. When he was little, Izuku saw how much his dad worries for him and wanted to become his (and his mom's) hero. Of course, the boy does it for other people as well, it's just that he puts his parents at priority. At first he only wanted to become a superhero, not the number 1, but he wanted to after his dad left.
- Confirmed in chapter 291. His father was also responsible of several murders and it's a reason why Hawks' true generalities were unknown to the public (altough, for all we know, he may have been given a different last name).
As the recent flashback arc in Vigilante has shown, Shirakumo was last seen hit in the head and buried by rubble after protecting a group of kids from a villain, and after the battle just a bloody blanket over his corpse was seen. But was he really there? He may have been pronounced dead while in truth he was in critical condition but still alive, and brought to the Doctor who kept him alive before doing all the operations that resulted in the Warp quirk and his new appearance. Alternatively, his corpse was effectively revived in a Frankenstein-esque experiment. Either way, as the second character book revealed, the Doctor owned and managed several hospitals so he may have had easy access to him.
Kurogiri may fully remember his past and have embraced All For One's cause out of gratitude for being saved and given a new life, or he may have completely forgot and effectively be a new individual today, even if that may open the door to a plotline of him getting his lost memories back, followed by an identity crisis and a redemption.
It's also worth noting that "Shirakumo" and "Kurogiri" are thematically opposite names, meaning "White Cloud" and "Black Mist" respectively, signifying a once clean and pure individual now twisted into a villain.
- Sort of. He's a Noumu made from Shirakumo's corpse.
Therefore Kurogiri would be not Shirakumo by any means but it still would be emotionally devastating for Eraser Head and Present Mic: at the very least, the body of their friend would have been horribly desecrated to create a villain.
- Confirmed-ish. Kurogiri is a Noumu created from Shirakumo's corpse. While Aizawa doubts that there's anything left of his friend, but Naomasa hopes that Kurogiri retained enough of Shirakumo's personality (much like how High-End retained a love of fighting) that Aizawa can reach him.
- This side was present at the fight between him and Hitoshi. Think about it, why would Midoryia fall for Hitoshi's trap and answer his question knowing about his quirk? Why wouldn't Deku just keep his mouth shut and beat Hitoshi up? Deku is used with far worse insults from Bakugou and is still usually nice to the latter after so many years. And if he really was mad at Hitoshi, why not just beat him up and win against him? The author could've easily kept the match between Deku and Hitoshi the same without making Deku look stupid by just not having Deku know about his opponents quirk. Keep in mind, before the sports' festival, Deku considered not participating due to the destructive nature of his quirk and beeing already under All Might's wing, but decided to participate when All Might told him that there's a difference between the ones who try and the ones who don't. Midoryia was able to win the first event by using a piece of metal and ingenuity. He was in a team in the second event and they've managed to qualify for the last event with their powers combined. However, Deku had no chance to have results at the last event without using his quirk at a high level. Because he didn't have high chances of winning the last event and was tired of breaking his bones, Midoryia decided to give up. However, he didn't want to ruin his reputation of somebody who always tries, so he faked giving in to his emotions in order to lose. After the OFA ghosts broke the effects of mind control Deku saw that he has no other choice but to continue. When he called Todoroki out for being unfair to the other contestants by not using his entire quirk Deku was actually mad at himself too for almost giving up. Keep in mind, the story is told by Deku, it's very likely not entirely true. At Hitoshi's and Midoryia's match we had someone who has a mind control quirk vs. someone who can control minds by classic manipulation (Deku didn't use it to win, on the contrary, he used it to lose, but you get the idea).
- Another example of his manipulative side is what he said about OFA being activated after the dream in which he met the other users' ghosts. Think about it, why would a simple hand touch with the first user, even if he is a ghost, activate the quirk? What makes the whole thing even more suspicious is that none of the users introduced themselves, nor did they tell Deku what was going on at the moment. He was staying there, missing a good amount of his body and the rest didn't do anything about it. The users that were only silhouettes have an excuse, but the other ones don't. This was especially frustrating for Deku, because they didn't have to risk their lives, only to tell him who they are and what was going on. Also, Deku overlanalyzes things, he hates the fact that the first user only gave him vague information about himself and his brother. Finding out that the first user was AFO's only family member left and that he locked the younger one in a vault really made Midoryia question how evil is and was AFO and how moral his brother is. Deku actually tried to punch the first wielder, then he lied about OFA being activated by accident, because he wants to be on the users' good side in order to obtain as much power as possible from them and is waiting for the right moment to get revenge on them.
- Butch Lesbian anyone?
- All for One will be killed by Shigaraki in a raid on Tartarus to solidify the Passing the Torch theme, possibly because Shigaraki is not entirely content with the fact that AfO can take control of his body. They may still be able to interact afterwards in a similar manner to the One for All vestige world.
- Kurogiri will begin to show shades of Shirakumo's personality in a way that will make Shigaraki decide it's too risky to leave him alive (as he could end up helping the heroes); he already seemed willing to kill him as far back as the USJ simply for letting Iida escape. He'll be killed in the Tartarus raid.
- Dr. Ujiko might end up surviving, but an ironic possibility would be him getting killed by a Nomu he can't control. He may also be killed in the Tartarus raid (assuming that's where he ends up after his arrest in the Paranormal Liberation War arc) because Shigaraki decides he has outlived his usefulness, but given how competent and loyal the doctor is, this seems unlikely.
- Shigaraki's fate will be the most straightforward; he will be killed in a final battle with Midoriya.
- Assuming Dabi is Toya Todoroki, Endeavor will perform an Heroic Sacrifice in a fight with him which will lead to both of their deaths. Alternatively, Dabi will go overboard with his Quirk while trying to kill Endeavor (who will be reluctant to fight back due to his feelings of guilt), and will succeed but end up burning himself to death.
- Spinner will perform a last-minute HeelFace Turn after becoming dissatisfied with the collateral damage caused by the League. He will be killed in the process.
- Toga will be fatally injured in a fight with Ochako. Ochako will take pity on the dying villain and offer some small gesture to finally return Toga's "love". Alternatively, Toga will have a final moment of sanity accompanied by a Heel Realization, but far too late. However, Toga has a higher chance than the rest of the League to survive due to her age, but it should be noted the series hasn't entirely shied away from Death of a Child and she's almost an adult anyway.
- Because not much is known about Mr. Compress, it's harder to guess how his death would tie into his character, but it's possible he'll become trapped in one of his own marbles as an ironic punishment.
- Gigantomachia will be captured at the end of the Paranormal Liberation War and will not die. If he instead ends up getting away unscathed, he will be taken down by class 1-A as a group as a way to make up for their failure to do so initially.
- Giran will be forgotten about or get arrested as an afterthought, but will survive.
This troper's most damning evidence however, is that Shirakumo actually made an appearance. If Shirakumo was dead, shouldn't his personality be dead too? There might be lingering characteristics, but Shirakumo actually appearing, calling to shota, and giving him a vital piece of information is super weird if he's supposed to be dead. Ghosts and bringing people back to life like that isn't really this work's style. It would make more sense if you thought about it in the way that Shirakumo never died, but his personality and behaviour was modified to the point that his authentic self was buried. It would make sense that he's still there, and also provide an explanation for his unusually high intelligence.Also, to explain the quirk, Cloud WAS used as a base for warp gate. All for One can merge quirks inside of himself. It's not too farfetched to believe that the process of making Shirakumo different body-wise could be done while he was alive. In fact, such extreme modification could be used to further distance Kurogiri from Shirakumo on a subconscious level.

- Now Inko's Quirk could work similarly, where Nana "pushes" she "pulls". It could be that Inko is a niece or something of Nana's.
- There are also visual hints like Tomura and Izuku's shared preference for red shoes. Both their childhood selves look identical with Izuku simply having curlier, different coloured hair (unless its a case of only six faces).
- Todoroki vs. Dabi AND Geten
- Requires Todoroki to push his flames to the point that they are hotter than Dabi and his ice is colder than Geten. This will be his ultimate challenge.
- Uravity vs. Toga
- Toga loves her after all, and may even try and use her quirk against her
- Deku AND Kacchan vs. AfO Shigaraki
- Until one of them gets killed, and the other has to use OfA to finish Shigaraki
I think that Endeavor, much like his son did, might think that Midoriya is All Might's illegitimate child due to All For One's comments regarding All Might passing his strength on to someone, and he instead interprets it to mean that Midoriya is All Might's bastard child. After all, he did meet Midoriya and see that Midoriya's Quirk is eerily similar to All Might's, and being a detective, he would probably end up coming to that conclusion.
Building from this, I kind of get the feeling that now that Endeavor isn't able to get what he wants regarding All Might (being Number One on his own merits and instead getting it because All Might was forced to retire after losing One For All), that he's going to end up forcing Todoroki to outdo Midoriya and thus by proxy proving himself better than All Might via their "progeny".
- With 20 people, it's possible. It's very likely that Midoriya, Bakugo, Yaoyorozu and Todoroki get their own teams. With Midoriya's team consisting himself, Uraraka, Iida, Tsuyu and Mineta.
- Entirely likely if the Sports Festival has a team event later on. Which, at that point will define the Five Man Bands.
- Partially Jossed. There was a team event, but the teams themselves were mostly unpredictable such as Iida choosing Todoroki over Midoriya and Midoriya choosing Mei and Tokoyami. Also, the teams were of 2-4 people instead of 5.
- This is an alternative to the "quirk-less villain" WMG based on the events of chapter 34 which showed that Shinsou was often compared to being a villain due to the nature of his quirk. It would not be surprising if there is at least one actual villain who became so because he/she felt that there was no other choice, not unlike Jinx. The quirk does not even have to be of a villainous nature as it is perfectly possible that people with weak or silly quirks get mistreated, hence driving them towards a path of villainy (even quirks that only seem useless, as in the case of Royal Pain's ability, could end up being mocked).
- This might actually be the reason Tomura Shigaraki became a Villain in the first place. Someone with hands all over their face who has petrification powers doesn't exactly scream "good guy".
- Actually, Tomura doesn't act like a victim of circumstance of the Then Let Me Be Evil variety, as he's noted as being an incredibly sadistic person who just wants to destroy things regardless of the reason for it, and it's all stated by his mentor that he was an Enfant Terrible.
- Tomura's flashback shows that he Used to Be a Sweet Kid, but was driven to villainy by a combination of his abusive father and his destructive quirk manifesting. All for One then took him in and encouraged his destructive tendencies for his own ends.
- However, Himiko Toga seems to have elements of this. Her transformation quirk comes with the side effect of being absolutely obsessed with blood, which led her to be socially excluded, especially after she gave in and drank someone's blood for the first time. It's even pointed out in her flashback that 'fascination' and 'blood' just isn't a good combo for a normal life.
- This might actually be the reason Tomura Shigaraki became a Villain in the first place. Someone with hands all over their face who has petrification powers doesn't exactly scream "good guy".
- Looks to be on the way to being Jossed. Endeavor has not only approached Toshinori for advice on how to be the new Symbol of Peace, the Narrative implies he will undergo a Redemption Arc, with even Shoto and Inasa noting he seems to be serious in his attempt to change.
- That was an Early-Bird Cameo of Gigantomachia. It took almost 100 chapters to see something about him again, and over 150 to finally have him revealed in full.
- And probably a new person with healing quirk will show up to replace her.
- Seemingly jossed as of the Meta Liberation Army arc, as the events have greatly strengthened the group for the time being. If anything, Spinner looks to have decided to pledge his loyalty to Shigaraki.
- Appears to be jossed as of Chapter 229. Twice, after getting his arm broken after being attacked by Skeptic, realizes he is the real Twice, and starts using his Quirk again to copy himself.
- There isn't much sign that he had interest in romance to begin with. Also adoption.
- His injury wouldn't really affect his reproductive organs, though it would likely cause some issues in the bedroom. More likely is both a lack of interest in pursuing a relationship and that anyone close to him would be targeted by villains like what happened with USJ. You'll notice he doesn't exactly have a lot of acquaintances from before his job as a teacher.
- Icarus was a guy who grew cocky despite his father's warnings and flew too high, resulting in his wings burning and him falling to his death. Hawks has wings, seems rather arrogant/brash, and ascended incredibly quickly in the hero rankings.
- Hawks is now working with Endeavor who could easily represent the sun, and there's reason to suspect Dabi, another fire user, will be involved in this arc.
- There's also that panel of him flying up with a bright light shining behind him, which others have already noted looks like a Icarus reference.
- On top of it, both he and Endeavor battled a very odd Nomu. It's possible that will be when it happens.
- With the reveal that he's working as a double-agent in the League of Villains, it could be that when this deception is uncovered this will be how they punish him.
- Possibly confirmed—Word of God has stated that Hisashi will make an appearance in the future, but hasn't stated whether or not he'll play a major role.
- With the obvious inspirations from Marvel and DC, I wouldn't be surprised if aliens were conducting experiments that resulted in Quirks.
- Isn't that the world setting of the Wild Cards series?
- Another potential shocker could be that while his siblings would expect him to blame Endeavor, he has no ill will toward their father and may indeed actually have found peace with himself. After all, if he would be like his father, then he would view his injuries as his own fault and any attempts at blaming Endeavor would be shut down by pointing out that the possibility always would've been there and he still accepted going into this. He would also probably try and help Todoroki in overcoming his own issues.
- With the huge power-up Shigaraki has obtained, the probability of it happening is much higher...
While we don't know exactly how Izuku feels about Hisashi Midoriya, his dad seems to play little to no part in his life. Izuku is a spitting image of his mother in both appearance and personality. Inko has been shown to be the only parent around while Izuku was growing up and experiencing struggles, from not having a quirk to being bullied by his peers. When he was accepted into UA Academy, the first two people he wanted to tell were All Might and Inko. He has never once brought up his dad in a conversation.
On top of all this, they possibly act as each others' foils. Hisashi is related to Izuku by blood, but he seems to have left no impact on his life and spends more time working than with his family. All Might is only connected to Izuku by One For All, but he's been a HUGE influence on his entire life and has completely changed his occupation in order to be there for him. It's easy to see why Izuku might become upset if his dad were to try and waltz back into his life again.
- With the League having taken over the MLA, this scenario appears less likely for now.
- Partially confirmed: there has been a cover-up by the MLA but the government knows at least something due to Hawks having infiltrated the newly-formed PLF.
- Jossed. Destro has survived, albeit crippled, and has handed the Army over to Shigaraki.
- A theory on how Todoroki wins that battle: Endeavor's primary goal in combining his and Rei's Quirks was to create a child who could use his own Hellfire to it's maximum potential without overheating, something he could never manage; thus, with Shoto's ice ruled out as an option, he'll be left with no other choice than to exactly what Endeavor had been training him to do all those years, and turn his fire up to a degree higher than Endeavor or even Dabi could ever manage, while using his mother's ice to regulate the heat, overwhelming both villains.
- With Shigaraki now commanding sufficient forces to go toe-to-toe with Hero Society itself, this is practically a given. As for specifics:
- Dr. "Ujiko" will create more High-End Nomu. Specifically ten of them, one for each of the Top 10 Heroes to fight one on one. Each Hero will get a High-End custom made to take each of them down.
- UA will be attacked by Shigaraki's Lieutenants and their teams, forcing 1A and 1B to fight them off in a Call-Back to the Training Camp Arc, allowing both sides to show off their growth, but leveling UA in the process.
- The Vigilantes will make an appearance, as something that big would naturally draw in everyone capable of fighting, legal status be damned.
- Considering that the quirks have opposite effects. He'll be able to selectively give and take quirks to those he deems worthy.
Some time after Nana Shimura's death the Doctor found out that a new kid in one of his orphanages was indeed her son, whom she had given up after her husband was murdered, and told it to the real owner, for whom he acted as a front man - All For One, who from then on monitored Kotaro closely, waiting for the day to mess up with him and his family just to get back at both the previous and current holder of One For All.
This would make Nana's attempt to protect her son even especially tragic, as it'd have backfired even more spectacularly than we already knew, Kotaro's fate sealed the very day she decided to abandon him for his own sake.
- Sort of jossed since Re-Destro has recently been outed as a member of the MLA during the mansion raid. However, it still has potential for a smaller, more character-driven arc. Altelternatively, Eri's mom might be a deadbeat after all and is hiding out to avoid being blamed for putting Eri in such close proximity to Overhaul. It's been more than four months in story time since Eri's rescue and there is no indication that this lady has even attempted to check up on her daughter. Maybe Aizawa helps the police try and track her down to formally charge her with child abandonment/endangerment. After all, she did leave a little girl with an unstable, reality-warping quirk to the Yakuza seemingly without facing any consequences. The climax of the arc would likely feature Eri Calling the Old Man Out by telling her mom that she isn't cursed and that UA is her real family now.
- To be fair, Eri's mom was traumatized by Eri's first quirk manifestation. It's very likely that by cursed she didn't mean evil or a monster, but rather that there was something wrong with Eri and she does have a point considering how dangerous the quirk is. The mother might not even be alive anymore and if she is she probably didn't try to reach to Eri because she feels ashamed of herself.
- It's also very likely to get into Mind Screw territory to the point where you will ask the question "What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?".
- In chapter 257 we are told he's starting training Eri soon; it's to see where this will lead.
- As of Chapter 281, Shigaraki is ready to use two of those bullets...
- As of Chapter 362, he is fatally injured. Whether or not he survives remains to be seen.
- His speed is on par with Muscular and Moonfish, who've been confirmed to have escaped.- Characters who've sat out before like Mirio and Best Jeanist returned during the PLF War arc, so it's safe to assume another important character like him could come back. And with Overhaul also escaping...- He's clearly not been forgotten about, as early in the PLF War arc, a meeting with him that was going to involve All Might got delayed.- He's VERY important to the League of Villain's growth as a whole, as some of their more prominent members like Dabi and Toga joined through his ideals.
As for what he's going to do, no clue if he's going to be a minor villain, or an ally to the heroes (albeit begrudgingly). But a full-blown redemption arc would seem ridiculous, as he's got a kill count of 17.
1) Said Arc Villain will be a Knight of Cerebus who will challenge the existing status quo in one form of another.
2) Shigaraki will learn something from the Arc Villain that will allow him to develop as a villain.
3) What Shigiraki learns from the Arc Villain will be the key to said villain's success.
Based on the above, I postulate that one future Arc Villain will be an Affably Evil, Father To All His Men who has managed to convert both heroes and villains to his/her cause.
I further speculate that this Arc Villain may have a well thought out, legitimate reason for opposing the hero society as it stands and possibly manage to convert a member of Class 1A to his/her cause (perhaps a fan-favourite like Asui or Ochaco to further twist the knife).
From his encounter with this Arc Villain (possibly through an alliance), Shigaraki will learn how to become a much more persuasive, charismatic leader (in stark contrast to his abysmal failure to convince Bakugo to join him).
- Well, on a small scale Gentle Criminal is definitely this, as he doesn't want to hurt anyone and is very caring towards La Brava. However, he and Shigaraki never meet.
- Not likely as while he has that attitude and likes to compete against them, has no villainous intentions. If anything he has hopes of actually becoming an Ensemble Dark Horse.
- Jossed, apparently he doesn't actually expel them.
- Demoted to Dragon: Or possibly a lower underling. Overhaul was a pretty capable scientist, and other villains may want to capitalize on that. He might voluntarily work with somebody gunning for the heroes for revenge, or might be forced to work with someone he doesn't like.
- Weak, but Ambitious: Overhaul goes after the heroes by himself, or with more people he's manipulated into being his minions. Either out for revenge, or hoping to get Eri back so he can force her to rewind him to back when he still had his arms. Possibly ends with Eri standing up to him herself.
- Enemy Mine: Probably the least likely. The heroes end up working with Overhaul, most likely against a mutual enemy, like the League of Villains or the Quirk liberation army. Might involve restoring his arms, if Eri ever learns to control her powers and the heroes having some kind of contingency plan for if (when) he betrays them. A sign that the Godzilla Threshold has been crossed.
- As one of All For One's new henchmen, convinced into it by the offer of getting a new, better, second quirk that doesn't require touch to activate, in exchange for helping AFO escape Tartarus in a prisonbreak arc. Additionally, All For One might end up backstabbing Overhaul and convert him into a semi-sentient second version of High-End with less quirks than the regular ones, in order to prevent a Quirk Overload from breaking Overhaul too badly for use. Either the new Overhaul Nomu is used as a distraction in order to ensure AFO escapes the heroes, or he (together with his loyal disposables) gets reassigned into joining the league of villains, with his still sane followers (Chronos and Nemoto foremost) accepting the offer to join the LOV in hope that they can get Eri back and undo the nomu-transformation AFO forced upon Overhaul in order to make an obedient pawn of him. From there, main focus will be on the characterization of the disposables, while Overhaul himself remain as their motivation and additional muscle to the league.
- Alternatively, one of his past mistakes will bite him in the ass. Alternatively alternatively, he would succeed in becoming the ruler of the Underworld, but will fail due to his own actions.
Considering that there seems to be a pattern in which whatever trips both the heroes and villains up in the climax of one saga will become the focus of the following saga, it makes sense that due to how much espionage and intel-gathering has played a part in the current arc as of writing this (The Paranormal Liberation War Arc) the following saga will deal with the topic in much the same way that 'Rise of the Villains' dealt with strategy, foresight, leadership and teamwork after those things played key roles in shaping the events of the 'School Trip' and 'Hideout Raid' arcs.
It's possible that Midoriya will injure himself enough that he doesn't completely lose the use of his arms, but would have to go through rehabilitation to do superhero work again. This would lead to a period of time in which Midoriya is away from the others, and likely in the dark about various goings-on, and he would reunite with his friends and learn what's going on after the Time Skip.
2. When discussing AFO either Endevor or Hawks said his constant smiling made it feel like something was missing.
At first I thought AFO's quirk allowed him to safely intergrate quirks, but between that statement and how much this series likes leaving out Required Secondary Powers I think he did something to himself to contain extra quirks. There is the possiblity he was born like this.
- Possibly jossed, since it's revealed that due to the origin of One for All, it cannot be forcibly taken away, but it CAN be forcibly given.
- He can be shot by the quirk erasing bullets in the final battle...
- Or he is forced to give it up to Shiragaki/AFO in exchange for someone being held in ransom by them. (both tomura shigaraki/tenko shimura have *ten* in their name....
- It's been revealed that OFA causes Rapid Aging to those that already had a quirk of their own. So what would it cause to someone that has as many quirks as AFO has? An agelessness quirk or not, they would wither away and die very quickly. Hence, All for One and One for All, and then... nothing.
They both have the same birthday, and in someways, Togata is like Red Herring protagonist for Deku, because they operate in a similar space in narrative as 'future #1 hero'. In reality, they take journey's in opposite directions. Midoriya started quirkless and gained OFA, Mirio started with a quirk but ended up quirkless. Internship arc is the first time Togata loses all the hard work he put towards his quirk, and the first time Izuku uses OFA %100 full cowl extensively.
If the narrative continues in these directions for the two- Mirio getting his quirk back would be lampshading for Izuku really giving up/loosing OFA. But this time, If Midoriya tries to give it up, it'll be to someone who has to take it- possibly because the situation requires it, but mostly because, Izuku would have already done all he could with it by then.
Midoriya has to accept that he was, will be, and always has been worthy as a true inheritor of OFA- only then, once he's fully embraced the power as his own does any attempt to pass on OFA narratively make sense. Who the inheritor will be, however, could be anyone (from Tomura to Todoroki).
- The whole world finds out that Deku's Quirk is originally All Might's and now a lot of people are actively trying to get the power from him, making it really difficult to find a suitable heir.
- One for All has become TOO powerful, to the point where if Midoriya tries to pass it on, his would-be successor would explode to Ludicrous Gibs because his/her body cannot handle the concentrated awesomeness.
- Midoriya ends up dying before he can find an heir.
- Midoriya will lose one for all before he can pass it on. (either by the quirk erasing bullets/the final battle between Shirigaki/All for One)
- Seems to be leaning to this, as 304 confirms One For All can only truly be used by Quirkless People, which are dwindling.
- Now consider the fact that his power is passed down from one host to another. It has to start from someone, and that person will hold precious information regarding the power and quirk in general.
- And since it passed down for many years, what if the previous host still has their battle experience and memory in general? Not only it will help Deku for his analytical power, he will gain good advantage for history class!
- One for All can be passed onto people who already have a Quirk; All Might and Deku are the only past holders who were originally quirkless. It will be revealed that Deku will be able to use the Quirks of the past One For All users (Or at least, the ones who had Quirks).
- The latter one has been confirmed, although for now Deku has unlocked only one power.
- And that Quirk has been conspiring to make sure that no one finds out.
- Alternatively, Deku lacked the trigger to activate his Quirk. And One For All substituted for it.
- Double alternatively, Midoriya's real Quirk is high-speed situational analysis and nobody noticed because it isn't a very flashy power. It awakened early on in his life but was mistaken for a mere obsession with heroes by those around him. Midoriya gains a working knowledge of environments, objects, and even people after observing them even once and can quickly formulate plans to deal with them. The problem is that he has to observe something (touch it, see it, get hit by it) to gain that knowledge. This means his studies don't benefit his exam scores any more than the average person (information from reading is too far removed from real experience to trigger his quirk) and his kind heart keeps him from putting it to more brutal use against assholes like Bakugo.
- Alternatively, Deku lacked the trigger to activate his Quirk. And One For All substituted for it.
- More likely he might have a quirk that doesn't manifest by itself, á la Aluminium Gnats from Mistborn, where his power doesn't provide any benefit to him normally unless it is combined with another power. It might overcharge his other quirk (which would explain how he can use the full power of One For All without hulking out) or even completely redefine the other quirk (the representation of the usage of One For All is so different between All Might and Deku (Deku doesn't buff out, All Might doesn't get the glowing lines over the affected body part, only the power-boost is the same, which is pretty generic) that they might as well be completely different powers at a glance).
- Another potential quirk is energy transference similar to his mother. Thus why his signature attack is a LONG-RANGE kinetic blast. He could always "push" things from a distanceñ but wasn't strong enough for it to even register. When amped up with OFA, though, it allows for the attack we see
- The theory is based around the fact that the doctor that told Midoriya he had no quirk looks a lot like All For One's doctor who is seen in one panel. That and one of Bakugo's old friends, the one with wings, is apparently the doctor's grandson, and Horikoshi very heavily hinted that that friend was turned into the flying Nomu that tried to kidnap Deku that was killed by Stain. So, if Midoriya's doctor was also All For One's doctor, it's possible he had strings pulled to let All For One steal Midoriya's quirk before anyone knew he had it.
- And its theorized that Midoriya's quirk might have been regeneration, since that is what All For One needed to recover from his massive injuries.
- Izuku was called 'quirkless' some time before the five year ago battle...
- All for One is known to take any quirk he finds interesting or useful. See Ambiguous Disorder on his character page.
- As Gran Torino commented that All Might is more easily accustomed to "One For All", he wouldn't do as much innovation than what Deku can do. Deku power will be vastly superior because of his Determinator mindset (more training), his analytical ability (more innovative application), and tied to a WMG above, use of hero gear, added to "One for All" power.
- The fact that One For All gets stronger with each generation could be part of why Deku has so much more trouble handling its power than All Might ever did. All Might failed to account for how much he's improved One For All since receiving it, and how that would put additional strain on his successor's body beyond what he had to deal with when Nana gave it to him.
- Add on the reveal of One for All having the previous users' abilities and those being slowly unlocked, Midoriya will eventually have more tools to use than what he had.
- Much like the younger brother of All for One, Deku is not quirk-less but had a well-hidden quirk no one knew about because it is virtually useless by itself. His is the power to boost quirks exponentially. Since Deku inherited no secondary quirk, it couldn't manifest. One for All once it was passed to him is evidently dangerous, so dangerous the recoil breaks bones, tears muscles, it risks not only disfiguring the hero, but blowing off the limbs of the user. All-Might never had to cope with such deadly drawbacks. Deku is boosting the stockpiling quirk to insane levels, where he can speak to the previous seven deceased torch bearers and use their quirks as his own.
- If he does have a hidden quirk, it could actually be ANYTHING that requires another quirk to work. Odds are AFO himself was assumed quirkless until the very first time he stole a quirk, which could have taken well into his teens to discover. The Japanese aren't keen on touching each other a lot. AFO's first quirk could have been taken during cuddles with a girl or something who had an amazing quirk. He could have thought about how much he wanted the quirk and suddenly had it. It was 200 years ago, so the toe joint thing probably didn't even exist.
- Jossed, One For All can only be safely used by Quirkless people, which the spirits confirm Izuku is.
- If he does have a hidden quirk, it could actually be ANYTHING that requires another quirk to work. Odds are AFO himself was assumed quirkless until the very first time he stole a quirk, which could have taken well into his teens to discover. The Japanese aren't keen on touching each other a lot. AFO's first quirk could have been taken during cuddles with a girl or something who had an amazing quirk. He could have thought about how much he wanted the quirk and suddenly had it. It was 200 years ago, so the toe joint thing probably didn't even exist.
- If it gets to that point, a huge Tearjerker is expected. I imagine scenarios like trying to reject the power all together. He may even think to quit being a hero.
- If All Might does die, Midoriya will suffer a Heroic BSoD and blame himself for his idol's death.
- He could have become someone like Batman or Owlman. Granted, this is only an idea but given Midoriya's analytic abilities and the mistreatment he endured from people due to being quirk-less, it is certainly possible. Using technology and undergoing intense training, he would have become a "Badass Normal" hero or villain
- I actually think it would be pretty funny if one day a super-rich Bruce Wayne Expy were to just show up at Midoriya's house one day looking for him. The guy is, naturally, a pro hero that fights exclusively using support gear produced by his company, and he wants to recruit Deku to be his successor/apprentice. Hilarity Ensues as everyone demands to know how he missed that what Deku did during the Sports Festival and a possible rivalry buds between him and All Might.
- Imagine Batman!Deku falling under the influence of Stain. The Hero-Killer finds a kindred soul, a person whose sense of justice is absolute and who is despondent at the fact that he cannot become a hero. Some training and indoctrination later and the Hero-killer will have a successor more than capable of surpassing him.
- I think the author mentioned that in his first draft, that was the plan with Midoriya... At least the Batman part. All he'd have had was some Capture Tape, and industrial strength Taser (which people without Quirks can own for self-defense) and his wit. All Might was still supposed to show up now and again for "You Can Do It!" moments like the boy scout he is.
- I actually think it would be pretty funny if one day a super-rich Bruce Wayne Expy were to just show up at Midoriya's house one day looking for him. The guy is, naturally, a pro hero that fights exclusively using support gear produced by his company, and he wants to recruit Deku to be his successor/apprentice. Hilarity Ensues as everyone demands to know how he missed that what Deku did during the Sports Festival and a possible rivalry buds between him and All Might.
- The reactions will vary from between negative backlash and defensive support.
- As for Class A's response to Midoriya, some of his friends will probably be understanding of the situation.
- On a related note, if the theory that All for One will steal Bakugo's Quirk is true, then this will only exacerbate his disdain for Deku.
- The exacerbate part seems less likely now, as Bakugo is aware of One for All's true nature thanks to Toshinori and Deku, and wants Deku to train his quirk so they can be real rivals, and in his mind, so he can surpass Deku for real. His disdain has also been slowly dying down too.
- As for Class A's response to Midoriya, some of his friends will probably be understanding of the situation.
- And it will be titled "All Might: The Origin"
- As of Chapter 285, he's actually taken over Shigaraki. He does it again when Shigaraki is unconscious in 295 to force his protege to retreat, chilling echoing his earlier everything is for your sake quote, but in a somewhat ambiguous sense. He could easily have been referring to either Shigaraki or himself.
- Given that AFO is a first-generation Quirk user whose body is A. not necessarily adapting as Quirks become more complex (to the point where the procedure Shigaraki underwent was originally intended for AFO instead), B. living in a body ravaged by his previous confrontations with All Might, and C. primarily defined by his own selfishness and lack of genuinely compassion, this seems terrifyingly plausible and in-character.
When Izuku was brainwashed by Shinsou during their match, the spirits of the past holders were the ones to move his fingers to snap him out of it. If All For One works the same way in that regard then OFA could theoretically hijack anyone he gave his quirk to.

- Except a large amount of that theory reaches for things verging on Fan Wank, overanalyzing scenes that were meant to be taken at face value, and support a self-serving bias. So, I wouldn't take too much stock in it.
- And more importantly :P, her name doesn't fit. The named All For One users to date all have names that connect to the order in which they receive it. All Might has the kanji for 8 in his name, Izuku's name contains "ku" which is an alternate pronunciation for 9, and Nana's name is Nana. But there's no reference to be found for "jū" or "tō" (10) in the name "Ochaco Uraraka".

- Given that we see One for All's origin via its first user's memories and it lines up with what All Might said, I'm gonna call this one jossed. Also, One for All cannot be forcibly taken, so it's useless for that purpose.
...But in addition will show Deku being far more creative than prior cases. With the (as of current) situation as of chapter 157, it's both fairly clear that Night Eye sees Mirio still as the superior between the two, as well as a current 'need' to get him back into fighting capability. And the quickest way Night Eye knows, is to just use One For All on him. In addition, this would fit the current theme going with it, with the characters having the number in their name, Mirio Togata would fit, though in native Japanese instead of Sino.
However, this comes also with some creative use of one for all once again, as Deku instead gives Miro 50% of One for All's power. Before this happens, nobody considers the idea of a 50% transfer, meaning there is in effect both two users of one for all running about. (Which only adds further mass guessing that it will recombine back to 100% if one or the other is made unable to keep going).
The issue with this theory though, is less that of counter-proof, but plot wise escalation. It opens the door to a massive split of power, and more dangerously a return of said power, since by this sort of logic, someone could be given 1% of one for all, then give it back with the 1% and their own quirk, which can just get even more ridiculous if a stockpile similar to All for One is built up and the power is shared back. Toga's disguise quirk becomes far more dangerous as she might steal bits and amounts of One for All, and so on.
- Another issue, Mirio refused to take One for All. After Night Eye died, he tells Deku he won't take One for All as it would just put Deku in Mirio's place. So, unless they really can divide the powers and concretely prove it will work, Mirio won't take it.
This one's fairly minor, but it explains why One for All wasn't taken in, for example, the fight with All for One in the past. Simply put, because the power itself is giving others power, it means they can control when it is not given, and thus, counteract the power stealing by not willfully giving it. This can be seen in the rules and guidelines for One for All's bestowing power, where you cannot forcefully take it, but you can forcefully give it. Because it cannot be forcefully taken, it naturally counteracts the power of, well, forcefully taking a power. Either All for One has realized this and either didn't care, or it was too late when they tried it, (probably around 6th or 7th holder) but it may go further if he does not know, and a prior theory of 'harvesting' One for All comes up to be true, only to find the power itself hard locks it out may occur.
- Crimson Riot is described as a Retro Hero by Kirishima and "Classic", the Man among Men by Midnight, when he chooses his hero name Red Riot in homage to him. The wording "Retro" suggests that Crimson Riot is not a hero of the recent past, potentially being a hero from an earlier bygone era, before the current generation like All Might and Endeavor or the generation before them like Nana Shimura or Gran Torino.
- In the few times he's shown he appears to have dark, shadowed or black eyes with glowing irises/pupils a design feature he shares only with All Might.
- He does posses a quirk that appears to harden his hair but that doesn't necessarily preclude him from having One For All.
- In a Meta sense, he seems to have far too much characterization for what otherwise appears to be a throwaway character. Kirishima didn't "need" a real reason for the name Red Riot, and while the his existence provided Kirishima's character with significant background - such as his admiration, fixation on "manliness", and his desire to change his earlier self - the fact that it goes into far more detail on Crimson Riot's fears and regrets on a past mistake that eventually got him labeled as a "Fearless Hero" see far more significant and fleshed out than simply a character created for the purpose of being the rarely mentioned inspiration for another.
- In fact this "Regret of inaction and fear for the life of others over fear for self - even if that fear for self is present" feels almost uniquely All Might-ish/Deku-ish in it's tone.
Maybe the author is just good at exposition...but it feels like there's more here.
- Counterpoint: We currently have seen at least silhouettes of all the previous One for All wielders, and Crimson Riot doesn't fit any of them.
- Think about it. In the HeroAca universe, children inherit one, and usually a combination of both of their parent's quirks, barring the occasional genetic mutation. By that logic, it's likely that quirklessness will be eradicated in a few generations. Furthermore, the more people get together, the more quirks will blend together until eventually everyone's quirks are identical to each other (and they would have an amalgamation of all of them). AFO is a quirk that is meant to be used to counteract that inevitability with its two powers:
- That takes hours to kick in.
- That wouldn't really matter in any scenario where he could go around to all these heroes and prepare he likely has time to wait a few hours, the time limit would just mean he wouldn't have time to get every power form every hero
- See bit about 'taking hours to be ready'.
- And? that would allow the villain to beat Midoriya but he would still ultimately be rendered helpless once it kicked in,and he cant transfer it away because he doesn't have the quirk till it kicks in.
- And this third sibling has/had a Quirk called "All for Nothing". (Theory base on this drawing:

- Maybe it could be a counter to the other two like stopping energy from being transferred (he can take a lunch but none of the impact would happen.
- This is actually a theory I've had for a while— if All for Nothing exists, they're able to take and give Quirks, but not use them. They're a counterpart to One for All (which can be given and used, but not taken) and All for One (which can take and use, but not give— kind of. My reading of it is that AFO can force Quirks upon someone, but not give them.). They're responsible for constructing the Nomu and giving them a wide variety of Quirks. Hell, they may even be the Doctor who Midoriya saw when he was a kid.
- Given talk of giving quirks to people, wanting to give one to Shigaraki, and the creation of One for All, that is fairly confirmed. There is just some point when it causes problems, but what point that is isn't known.
- Jossed. He was a minor thug who participated in pit fights.
- The Half-Nomu idea wouldn't work. The reason Nomu are rendered brain dead is because they have multiple quirks, something their brains are incapable of processing due to not having the mental capacity for multiple distinct quirks. Eri's quirk reverts biomatter back to a point in time, so if she tried to use it on the Nomu, the only way they wouldn't be brain dead would be if they were reverted to the point before they received their additional quirks, as that would be when their brains were operational.
- Eri's quirk also isn't something that can be relied on. She has no control over it whatsoever, and the few times she willingly used it, to help Deku fight Overhaul and then separate Overhaul from his Precepts, they were purely random outcomes. It was said the only reason Deku didn't vanish out of existence is because he repeatedly broke his body so that Eri would have to continually revert it, and that the two only escaped this vicious cycle because Aizawa managed to erase their quirks simultaneously. Even after, Eri using her quirk left her in critical condition due to a horrible fever, and after waking up, the horn that dictates her quirks power had noticeably shrunken, implying its not as strong anymore. Although the horn is slightly growing again, it would still take time, and unless Aizawa is around to immediately shut her quirk off, it could be catastrophic.
- More intelligent Nomu called High-End's have been created and with increased intelligence come the capacity to rebel especially if they remember what's been done to them.
- Well, Naomasa and Gran Torino are trying to invoke this with Kurogiri, but time will tell whether or not they succeed.
- What is less unlikely is that he has a difficult to see quirk giving him enhanced analytical ability - faster, more precise, more accurate.
- Problem is, Destro doesn't resemble either of the mystery silhouettes. So unless he had a spiky-hair phase, it probably wasn't him. Would make a great fanfic idea though...
- Jossed; the fourth user is the guy with the scarf and the facial scars.
- Seems to be jossed for now: Nana's quirk has been revealed to be Float, on top of Tomura's quirk having been a mutation (just like Eri)... Unless you want to follow the theory it was discreetly put into him by All For One.
- Blackwhip has already been established.
- Nana's Quirk has been established to be 'Float', and to allow levitation.
- A boosting/inspiration quirk, similar to Trumpet's "Incite" or La Brava's "Love." Coupled with OFA's power boost, it will effectively act as a much weaker, temporary, more manageable version of OFA for his allies to use. This ties in with the idea of hero teams over solo heroes that the story seems to be building towards. Bonus points if this is how Uraraka and/or Iida learn of OFA.
- An empathy quirk, boosted by OFA into full telepathy. Midoriya will have to deal with some serious power incontinence and get overwhelmed by people's thoughts when it first manifests, but mastering it will strengthen his connection to the vestiges and make learning from them easier, even if it doesn't make unlocking the bonus quirks themselves happen any faster.
- A quirk that provides some kind of enhanced senses, like radar, super-vision, or a spider-sense. Beyond helping in combat, this could make it easier to locate and respond to crime or danger. Might be the same thing as the telepathy.
- Confirmed! He has Danger Sense, letting him detect danger, but boosted to headache inducing levels.
- A water projection quirk. He will be able to use it very similarly to how he punches the air, but will be able to use it at a higher level without damaging himself since it isn't as closely tied to the force he is exerting. He might also use powerful water jets as a sort of Not Quite Flight to augment his Shoot Style.
- A "joke" quirk, belonging to a user that was chosen more as a emergency option rather than a thought-out choice of succession. One who had to resort to actual physical edges in a fight rather than quirk-based ones due to the weakness of the quirk during their time and lack of creativity in how to use it. Midoriya however, will figure out how even a "joke" can be of used effectively (together with the boost of OFA added to it) and keep it as a "joker" in his deck of powers for emergency situations.
- A monstrous transformation type quirk, for it's original wielder it was just something that only changed them somewhat for a mild power boost but under OFAs influence it becomes more akin to a werewolf transformation. Giving him greater power plus a more bestial appearance but also making him aggressive and animalistic, forcing him to learn how to control these instincts.
- Or he told his brother what it actually meant, but the latter didn't believe him.
- In addition, he will not be defeated by fighting, but by talking. All For One is an intellectual who really likes power and sees knowledge as power, so gaining information is important to him. Because of this, he will be willing to listen to what his opponents have to say. He is also a firm believer that accepting your mistakes is power and not accepting them is a weakness. He would also notice that he isn't feeling safe and happy inspite of his efforts, so he might consider a different way. If his opponent (most likely Izuku) proves to him that he should and can accept danger as a part of life and that life will someday end and to focus more on living the moment, while still making plans for the future and avoiding dangers, he will be redeemed, will surrender, fix the mistakes he can fix and pay for his crimes.
- Shinomori Hikage: Fourth Wielder, his family name contains "shi", or "four".
- Banjo Daigoro: Fifth Wielder, his given name contains "go", which sounds like "five".
- Shimura Nana: Seventh Wielder, her given name is a possible pronunciation of "seven".
- Yagi Toshinori: Eighth Wielder, his family name contains "ya", or "eight".
- Midoriya Izuku: Ninth Wielder, his given name contains "ku", a possible pronunciation for "nine".
- First Wielder: His family name is Shigaraki, so it should be his name. One likely option could be Ichika, which is a common Japanese name that contains "ichi" or "one".
- Jossed, his name is revealed to be Yoichi.
- Second Bearer: Nothing is known about him. If it is his given name, a few possibilities could be Kenji or Ryuuji, with "ji" standing for "two".
- Third Bearer: Nothing is known about him. If it is his given name, it could be "Saburou" (where "sabu" would stand for "three").
- Sixth Bearer: His family name is En, so it should be his given name. This one is more difficult, but one possibility could be Rokuro, where "roku" would be "six".
- Midoriya states that all the other torchbearers he could clearly see except for Toshinori who was fuzzy. He then state that 2 others were also fuzzy. The fuzziness could indicate that they are alive like Toshinori.
- Jossed, the two other Torchbearers were the second and the third and stated to have died after passing One for All to their successors. Plus, when they show up at the end of the Paranormal Liberation War Arc, they are completely defined, they just look away for some unknown reason that is later revealed to be that they do not share Deku's views on saving everyone.
- In Chapter 318, the Second User states he has a way to bolster Izuku Midoriya in some way, but his explanation is not revealed to the readers. That quote is repeated when Bakugou finds Midoriya and saves him from Dictator's attack. This could possibly be his quirk, which allows him to think of someone and that someone is able to locate Midoriya's location. It could be called "Beacon", "Locator", or even "Blood Bond". Considering how often the Second and Third users worked together, it would be useful for finding each other.
- He just isn't fond of his personality and wants his quirk. This is why he treats him this way. There are some possibilities:
- AFO never truly loved his brother, but he is fully aware that the latter is his own person. He doesn't care about that, but he wouldn't have had a problem with it either if it didn't interfere with his plans. AFO was a Play-Along Prisoner for a very long time, is fully aware that most of society hates him and doesn't seem to believe he is outright perfect. While he is arrogant maybe even with narcissistic traits (or at least it seems so), it's not to the point of needing constant reassurence. There is no way he suffers from the full blown narcissistic personality disorder (at least not a realistic representation of it), so he likely doesn't mind if he can't control certain things as long as he is very powerful. It is possible that seeing people as extensions of yourself isn't exclusive to narcissism, maybe psychopaths and sociopaths do it too, but their egos aren't as easily hurt as a narcissist's, so they might see and accept more individuality from their victims than a narcissist would. But just because they don't mind it, it doesn't mean they will hurt others any less.
- AFO did love his brother, he just had problems showing it because he was mentally unstable. AFO is angry at his brother because the latter abandoned him and called him a monster without understanding him.
- The brief power-up will shave years off each recipient's potential lifespan. Not that anyone will mind that since dying at sixty rather than seventy is better than the world coming to an end and dying right now.
- The passed on power drawing directly from One For All's core reserve and making the stockpiling aspect of the Quirk semi-permanently weaker. "Semi" meaning it will take time to once again build to All Might levels. But with all of the assimilated Quirks, his friends power-ups, and Izuku's sheer determination, the sacrifice of his own power will still be enough to win.
- The vestiges of previous users will be weakened and unable to be reached until the Quirk grows in power again.
- Given how risky it is to use Eri's Rewind from the Quirk Erasing Bullet, while AFO does return to his prime, this would prove to be unstable, and he keeps going backward in time until he poofs out of existence.
- Even if Izuku is capable of stalemating or overpowering Shigaraki as he is now, purely physical force is unlikely to be enough to keep Shigaraki down permanently due to his completely absurd levels of durability and regeneration, at least without outright killing him, which Izuku explicitly seeks to avoid in favor of saving Tomura from himself and AFO. Instead, he'll fall back on One For All's most fundamental ability: it can be passed on. Giving away OFA would completely bypass AFO's entire master plan, which revolved around being able to erode the user's willpower enough to steal it in a battle of wills. He seemingly never considered getting the user of OFA to surrender the power through it's own natural means, which implies he needs to specifically *steal* the Quirk in order to control it, and he probably can't steal a Quirk from himself. Instead of AFO assimilating OFA, it will be the other way around, nullifying AFO's ability to bend the wills of Quirks it consumes. Since AFO likely upgraded Shigaraki's body to withstand holding OFA under the expectation of consuming it into All For One, this will likely destabilize Shigaraki's upgrades and the mental fusion ever further.
- Since All Might has an empathic link with Izuku through OFA due to him having been Quirkless upon inheriting OFA, the same would likely be true for Izuku, allowing him a direct link into Tenko/Tomura's emotional state in order to help bring out the Tenko personality while continuing the fight with the embers of OFA. Thanks to seeing Izuku's efforts to save him, not to mention seeing his grandmother Shimura Nana finally coming to his rescue and redeeming her most tragic error, Tenko's faith in heroes will be rekindled and he will begin to fight off AFO's parasitic corruption. The rest of the fight will involve Tomura gradually freeing himself of his rage in a parallel to the Tomura vs Re-Destro finale. Assuming Yagi's potential death before the battle concludes, since his vestige in OFA is still directly linked to him, it might vanish from OFA when the real Yagi perishes, but since much of Shigaraki's rage is honed on All Might and AFO feeds on The Power of Hate, him being in the vestige world when OFA is passed to Tenko might do more harm than good, meaning this gambit might turn of the series's biggest potential tearjerkers into a massive Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! In the aftermath, One For All will either be destroyed in the process or Tenko will return it to Izuku out of gratitude or respect. One of the Rewind Bullets or Eri herself could rewind Tenko back to his pre-Nomuized state, rendering him much easier to safely detain without killing him and erasing All For One forever.
- Given the reveal from Chapter 304, it is unlikely that Izuku will manage to pass his Quirk to someone else.
- Alternatively, the series ends with a Distant Finale in which an older Midoriya passes One For All down to another Quirkless youth, possibly one of the last Quirkless people in the world, doing for them what All Might did for him.
- Partially Confirmed. The previous holder of One for All was All Might's friend and mentor figure.
- It's more likely that Shigaraki had a quirk, but All for One took it away and replaced it. It's certainly an interesting coincidence that the grandson of All Might's mentor just happened to be batshit crazy... until you remember that one of the side effects of All for One's Quirk transfer is that it damages the brain of the transfer victim. The Nomu have multiple quirks and are basically brain dead. Shigaraki has one, is a massive man-child, and utterly devoted to "Sensei"...
- Currently Jossed as it's not merely power transfer that fries brains but rather transfering a certain number/quality/mix of them. That and Shigaraki was able to recover to a rather composed, if warped, mindset.
- At the beginning of chapter 235's flashback, we see little Tenko Shimura (aka Shigaraki) accompanied home by a man, apparently just a gentle passersby, who Tenko's mother thanks. We then learn Tenko was 5 and his quirk hadn't manifested yet - it did shortly after. Now what if that man was All For One and he had just given Decay to the kid, the latter not even realizing?
- Or alternatively, Aizawa became this strict because he saw too many students (and old classmates) die shortly after their graduation because they weren't up to the job.
- Jossed after the reveal that he expelled... and re-enrolled them immediately.
- I personally think that VC is in prison, and that if and when the Villain Alliance is finally captured, what follows is a prison break arc that results in both VC and Stain being freed.
- More exactly, the younger brother is a hypocrite/a hero who went too far who either did not see the nuance of the situation or outright lied, which made All For One say that if he's going to be treated like a villain, "Then Let Me Be Evil".
- Some evidence for this theory:
- We have very little information about AFO, his brother and most of the users. Surely, loss of information is to be expected considering how much time has past, but there are only 9 users in total and we already know the names of 3 of them. How were the names of the other six users and All For One's forgotten? Everything that has vague information is suspicious.
- It was established again and again that the world isn't black and white and not all heroes are morally good. Just because the younger brother is fighting against a villain this doesn't make him a good person. The fact that we barely saw anything about him makes everything even more suspicious.
- When the users visited Deku during his dream nobody bothered to introduce themselves or tell him what was going on and this is literally the first thing you have to do when you meet someone for the first time. In Japan people give eachother calling cards when they firstly meet someone new, even in informal situations for crying out loud. Was that added to the story to keep tension, due to not knowing their names? Well, firstly, just knowing their names wouldn't have killed much tension if at all; secondly, Deku was staying there missing parts of his body, due to not mastering all the OFA power, why didn't they do something about it? Surely, he wasn't really in danger, but he couldn't have known that, why not take a few minutes to tell the poor, good boy that everything his fine and maybe even try to get his missing body parts back? There's nothing urgent about him knowing the story about AFO and his brother. Remeber when Kota said that if you want to be a hero you should be a good person first?
- Notice how vague the information the little brother gives is. Again, he didn't even introduce himself or the others, nor did he made his brother's name known. This is a sign that the names getting lost wasn't just due to time, but he and the other users don't really care about them. Why, telling someone your name isn't an act of arrogance. Not only that, but the first wielder kept on complaining how he'll never forgive his brother, but notice he doesn't actually mention clearly what his brother did. He said AFO manipulated people and some of his subordinates killed a group that didn't join them. What the first wielder didn't say, was what exactly did AFO ask the so called manipulated people to do. He also wasn't specific about that group. Killing is a very serious thing, but if you don't know the clear context of what was going on, you shouldn't judge. It's understandable that he wouldn't mention every piece of information about these things, but someone who cares about justice should give at least one clear example about what AFO did. He also didn't mention if his brother was always like this or not, it's very likely that he used to be good and the younger one was scared of his transformation and chooses to ignore it because of that. If he gives so little information, he very likely is hiding something.
- Not only is there a lack of evidence if the first wielder is telling the truth and very little information, but even the given information is suspicious. He complained about his brother asking for favours and using people, but there are people like Stain who cause chaos, but geniuenly believe they are doing good. Yes, AFO is evil now, but this doesn't mean he was back then and didn't have good intentions. From what we've seen he kept his promises and wasn't really mean to his subordinates. The younger one mentioned he disposed of his subordinates, but did he really? The first wielder told two guys that wanted to make a pact with AFO that his brother isn't trustworthy, yet they ignored his warnings. So did AFO truly dispose of his subordinates, or was the disposal that bad? At no point were those guys shown as being unhappy, so it probably wasn't so bad. Not to mention that while they were in tough situations, they should've had second thoughts, so they're not blameless. In fact during the flashback AFO didn't mention wanting to be demon king at all. He said everything is like in the superhero comics, but he wasn't specific. Even if he truly was evil, he did try to make a reputation of a good guy, so wouldn't it have made more sense for him to compare himself with the hero? After his younger brother told him the villain always looses, the other said this isn't true. Plenty of people don't believe the villain always looses and are not evil themselves. AFO locked his brother in a vault for crying out loud, it's very likely he was mentally unstable and possibly not evil.
- AFO mentioned his brother being the only family member he had left. Remember when Kota used to be angry at superheroes due to his parents losing their lives as superheroes? He was treated with compassion, yet AFO isn't shown getting any at all from his brother. Not to mention how revolted the younger one was at his brother for apparently using desperate people, but showed absolutely no sympathy when AFO mentioned him being the only family member left. It's qutie possible AFO did what he did back then due to losing the rest of the family. Of course it doesn't justify it, but you can feel sorry for the tragedy in AFO's life and still be angry at his actions. Not to mention that in many cases people get better if they overcome tragedies.
- Notice how during the flashback AFO's brother seems to be the one starting to insult the ther one. He most likely started the fight himself, yet AFO kept on trying to find a middle ground, but the other one refused to. What kind of hero doesn't consider solving problems peacefully/finding a middle ground?
- While it is heroic to risk your life for others, sometimes it's better not to. As stated, AFO tried to find a middle ground, why would his brother think talking wouldn't solve anything at all? What was the first wielder really thinking about when he refused to eat? Did he think his brother cares about him and will stop so that he will start eating again? If so how come he didn't say he knows there is good in his brother? In fact, AFO himself stated that sinners can change. Lastly, why didn't the younger one lie that he wants to join his brother so that he will be set free and become a double agent in order to stop his brother?
- The series is a Deconstructor Fleet. Yoichi didn't even tell Deku his own name when they first met. It doesn't make any sense. Names have been invented for a reason and it's not like Yoichi had a reason to hide his identity. Why show this character for the first time and not tell his name right away? It's not that big of a reveal. Also, the way he looked at Deku, a small smile, dead eyes and starring at Deku. He claims to like Deku and everyone else looked normally at him. Unlike some other characters, Youchi looks perfectly human. You might believe he's Creepy Good, but the only creepy things about hi appearence are the things mentioned earlier and the fact that he had the hair over his face. Why stare like that at someone you care about and trust?
- Maybe the first user wasn't wrong about not wanting to find a middle ground with AFO, but he sure as hell didn't make it clear how his brother was like in the past. It's possible that AFO was redeemable.
- Even if Yoichi is (mostly) right about his brother, that doesn't mean he is as awesome as he seems.
- What if the theory that the first time AFO destroyed someones brain by giving them many quirks being by accident and that he was traumatized by it is true? Yoichi most likely knows this. He didn't tell Deku at least anything about it. I don't have a good feeling abou this.
After Yoichis unsuccessful attack on his brother, flashbacks imply that AFO kept his little brother locked up. On one visit he comments Youve stopped eating again, and Yoichi seems even more frail and weak than previously. Yoichi may have been using hunger strikes to get his brothers attention, or even more darkly for a genuine suicide attempt out of loneliness/despair (prolonged isolation is a torture technique after all).
Yoichi is eventually pulled out of his cell by the Second Wielder, though its possible that he is too far gone to be saved by the time they get to him. He then succumbs not long after transferring the newly-formed One For All to his savior.
- He would act as an Evil Counterpart for Midoriya. He never had All Might to help motivate him, so he grew envious of superheroes. He would create artificial powers in order to render Quirks obsolete. Basically, he'd be like Syndrome.
- Or, tying in to the previous WMG, he'll somehow acquire "All For One" and go nuts stealing Quirks.
- Given the fact that the manga is partly inspired by Naruto, Midoriya will likely sympathize with a quirk-less villain even if he is forced to stop him at all costs (much like how Naruto sympathized with Gaara due to understanding the pain of being alone and unloved).
- Or he/she will used tactic and technology, becoming an evil version of Batman, which Deku's analytical ability already resemble.
- Alternatively, instead of a Quirkless villain, a Quirkless character may serve as Midoriya's third rival after Bakugo and Todoroki, possibly built around the question What If?, instead of accepting All For One, Midoriya decided to train hard and use tech to become a Quirkless hero. Such a rival would probably dislike Quirk-using heroes and think himself better than anyone who uses a "crutch" like a Quirk, coming off as just like Bakugo if he was the one born Quirkless instead of Midoriya.
- Though it seems unlikely that All For One has been able to get his hands on 20% of the population of earth, which is the percentage of Quirkless people.
- Chapter 233 reveals his quirk is "Gecko" which apparently makes him merely capable of sticking on walls. However, real-life geckos also possess regenerative capabilities, so if Spinner possessed such ability, he may be not aware of it yet.
His first appearance has him as a talking face protruding from a wall and floor, except that would require his lungs and vocal cords be phased, making him unable to speak, and he can hear Midoriya despite his ears being phased into the wall (or he can read lips). Light clearly doesn't pass through him while he's phased, because if that was true phased body parts would be invisible.
- Also, Midoriya and his mother both have super tears.
- Amusingly, the super-tears has actually been confirmed, with Izuku & Inko mentioning that their Ocular Gushers have actually caused property damage.
As for why they appear, maybe it's because Deku's body still isn't quite used to having a quirk? He did go through several years without one, after all. It could also be because he's simply going further than beyond his normal limits.
- Re-Destro seemingly confirms this.
- There are several feats of strength, speed, and durability way beyond what a normal human can survive. Gran Torino and Bakugos Quirks have enough force backlash to explain why they can take blows from All Mights without turning into Ludicrous Gibs. But, without Quirks of this type, injuries like what Aizawa receives facing Nomu 1, Endeavor from Hood, or Best Jeanist from the All for One should have ended in body bags: even Uraraka tanked multiple blows from Bakugo that shattered concrete. The same goes for strength when theres instances of Nighteye flinging around 5 kg seals like darts, Stain slicing through giant ice pillars in a sword swing, or Endeavor sending a Nomu flying with a punch. And thats before getting to the near-Flash Step abilities that people like Shigaraki and Toga possess.
- The societal treatment of Quirkless is pretty inconsistent with the number of background characters whose Quirks are totally useless. Plus, there are multiple combat-capable heroes, villains, and students whose Quirks offer a slight or easily replicable effect (at best) in direct fights: Mandalay, Spinner, Bubble Girl, Hatsume. The commonly held belief that there was no way someone Quirkless could become a hero implies that people with Quirks have an intrinsic quality that makes hero status out of reach for those without. The simple nature of most of the earlier Quirks might mean the abilities themselves cant be enough of a boost.
- Hatsume isn't trying to become a hero. She's trying to become an engineer, which her Quirk would be somewhat useful for. Mandalay's Quirk may not be useful in a dirct fight, but the Pussycats' specialty is search and rescue, where it would be useful.
- One explanation is, so long as a person continues to use their Quirk while training, convincing their body to associate Quirk use with heavy physical activity, the strain may boost the bodys natural boundaries without facing things like muscle restrictions. For someone like Toga or Stain, who have to subdue their victims by direct violence (while also using their Quirk very shortly before or after each of their kills) there would probably be an automatic association between Quirk and physical ability. This implies that someone who uses their Quirk on and off while going through Training from Hell might be able to replicate the influence of backlash-heavy powers, even if they had the power to do something like change colors.
- This might also explain why Midoriya came in last in the Quirk Apprehension Test. Even considering that several of his classmates had Quirks that boosted their physical abilities, there were still people like Kirishima (shown to have started strength training around the same time as Midoriya), Kaminari, and Jiro, all of which would almost definitely have to rely purely on physical ability as well. Midoriya having only used OFA a single time at that point, compared to the hundreds of times of his classmates, may be the reason why he did so much worse despite his year-and-a-half of training and his high ball-throw score.
- The societal treatment of Quirkless is pretty inconsistent with the number of background characters whose Quirks are totally useless. Plus, there are multiple combat-capable heroes, villains, and students whose Quirks offer a slight or easily replicable effect (at best) in direct fights: Mandalay, Spinner, Bubble Girl, Hatsume. The commonly held belief that there was no way someone Quirkless could become a hero implies that people with Quirks have an intrinsic quality that makes hero status out of reach for those without. The simple nature of most of the earlier Quirks might mean the abilities themselves cant be enough of a boost.
- Just like in Steven Universe the future is influenced on what actions are taken and just like Garnet he is able to see the future based on the actions that are going to be taken. His vision about the team being killed by Overhaul was the posibility that would have happened if they didn't fight back, but Overhaul did not know that.
- One: They'd be hunted down and killed for being monsters.
- Two: They'd kill themselves for being monsters or being different, thinking something along the lines that they were cursed.
- Three: They'd get absolutely positively DRUNK on power, doing risky things, gaining the attention of authorities and through concentrated effort be killed. Which would loop back to one because people with quirks would be demonized by the appearance of those who used thier powers poorly.
- Four: They'd self destruct because they wouldn't know to expect biological limitations of their quirks. We know that every quirk has a biological limitation like Tremors causing concusions, fire quirks causing someone to overheat, or sight based quirks causing dry eye, but would first generation quirk users know that? Most likely not, they'd likely experiment or exhaust themselves or accidentally kill themselves using their powers.
- Five: People with subtle or non offensive quirks, hiding their status as quirk users completely to ignore blowback. This means that these people with the lesser quirks are the basis of modern quirks which is why so many of them seem random, silly, or off the wall, they're mutations of very subtle things coming together.
- Ochaco's Hero mentor at least notices it. So, does Aoyama.
- Uraraka has acknowledged that she has a huge crush on Midoriya, but is trying to ignore because she's focusing 100% of her attention on becoming a hero rather than letting herself be distracted by her personal life. Of course, she has no idea that he's also got a crush on her, so who knows how she'd handle it if that came out.
- Ochaco has Midoriya attention since as early as UA entrance examination, and stay close to him even now. She also has Clingy Jealous Girl quality on her, when Midoriya praised Mei.
- Tied to WMG about the hero-gear above, the Gadgeteer Genius Mei. Hero-gear is custom made to conform with the user, so they will inevitably get close for "measurement and adjustment", then one thing led to another...
- Mei actually does begin taking Midoriya's measurements in the story, in front of Ochaco, leading her to snap in jealousy.
- Tied with WMG about Tsuyu being an outcast, they will get close mostly on term that they can sympathize with one another, both friendliness to each other, and that both are Adorkable. Fans have noticed, and Rule 34 ensued...
- Bakugo would get really angry at Deku that he not only got a girl to like him, but a whole bunch of girls so he would try to ruin the harem by proclaiming that he likes Uraraka and that Deku is a jerk for stealing her from him. Even if he doesn't actually like Ochaco.
- Deku and Melissa's interactions in the movie have a certain air of Ship Tease. Born quirkless, admiring All-Might, comparable heroic spirits, they have a lot in common. Her father even says he can "the future is in front of him" when while she is standing with Midoriya. Sure, he meant in the Passing the Torch sense, but he might be considering something else as well. Ochaco even thought they were on a date. And by all indications, the movie is canon.
- Ochaco is the cute, easy to talk to, happy-go-lucky, girly girl that may seem fragile but is much stronger, tougher and smarter that you would think at first glance. Whereas Jiro is the cold and sharp at first glance but she appears to be much nicer when you manage to get close to her and is hinted to hide a lot of insecurities and may be much more emotional than she lets show. Both come from a middle-class loving family who is encouraging them as much as they can on the hero business. And both seems to have a really close and strong bond with their fathers. Their physical appearances are opposites with Uraraka having nice curves and fair hair and Jiro being less endowed with dark hair.
- Both Midoriya and Kaminari are friendly guys with an important influence on the class. Midoriya is a deconstruction of the chronic hero syndrome. He is kind, shy, all-loving. Many stated that he looks rather plain, and wouldn't expect much from him. Then comes danger and he will show you just how much of a hero he already is. He is also one of the smartest students and will (refreshingly) think things through and come up with a plan more often than not. On the contrary, Kaminari looks confident on the outside with his flirty, cheerful and enthusiastic personality. But on the inside, he not may be not so confident in himself as he almost always starts to freak out whenever danger (or difficulty) shows up. He is not that bright but has better physical aptitudes that Midoriya. Moreover, Midoriya quirk puts his own body in danger while Kaminari's put others (and his mental faculties too). Again, their appearances contrast.
- They also have a bit of Ship Tease in one of the drama CDs, where they attend a festival together.
- Well it's already been established that they've known each other since at least middle school, and they both get along with each other (then again, they get along with pretty much everybody, even Bakugo), so...maybe?
- Unlikely. She's not necessarily loving a shadow nor does she ignore his flaws like his constant muttering, but she's still shown to harbor a massive crush on him despite getting closer to her ideal version of herself. Plus, with this being a shonen series and Uraraka being the main female lead, typical writing for the demographic dictates either the Main Leads remain single, or they get together. Just ask Naruto and Hinata, Ichigo and Orihime, and Ed and Winry.
- Counterpoint: Hinata wasn't the main heroine of Naruto. Sakura was.
- Counter Counterpoint: Sakura wasn't the main heroine. Kishimoto has gone on record as saying that while he had called her the main heroine, he later came to regret saying that since she never truly acted like she was, and that he had intended for Naruto and Hinata to always be the Official Couple. It's also worth noting that "heroine" has different connotations in Japanese media than in Western media, since it usually boils to "Main Love Interest", and that Horikoshi has officially stated Uraraka isn't a "heroine", but one of the main "protagonists". Plus, the blushing comment is outdated since he ''has'' blushed around her in the more recent arcs.
- Counterpoint: Hinata wasn't the main heroine of Naruto. Sakura was.
- Think about it, his dad has fire powers and Endeavor has fire powers. It wouldn't be a stretch to think he wouldn't try and sow his oats to make an heir before finding Todoroki's raw talent.
- Alternatively, depending on how old Endeavor is, it's possible that Izuku's father is one of Todoroki's older brothers whom Endeavor dismissed as a failure. Making Endeavor Izuku's grandfather and Todoroki Izuku's uncle.
- Why would Endeavour want to create a child with a woman who possesses telekinesis? Well if his son can hold people down, then his flame powers cannot be dodged. Which means that short of being immune to fire or just plain super durable, he can one-shot just about anyone.
- Jossed, Izuku's father is a man named Hisashi Midoriya.
- Maybe not, Hisashi Midoriya may be just his legal name. He could've changed his name for a yet to be revealed reason.
- Since Endeavour is still legally married to his wife, and Inko is presumably still married to her husband (still using his last name, after all), AND considering Endeavour is the second and later first ranked hero in the entire country, it would require one HELL of a double life on his part.
- The resemblance between Izuku and Todoroki can probably be chalked up to Generic Cuteness, but this theory is sound given that Hisashi's power is fire breathing, he's never seen, and Inko encouraging Izuku's fanboyism of All Might and desire to be a hero (of course Hisashi Midoriya would want his son idolizing a hero that's the ideological opposite of a brother he hates or fears). Hisashi may well have taken Inko's surname to separate himself from the Todoroki family.
- Since it's shown that Endeavour wasn't really all that terrible until a few years after Shoto's birth, it doesn't seem likely that he'd have a brother who hates him so much that he'd break Japanese societal norms.
- His Copy power is somewhat similar to All for One (the power); it relies on other people's Quirks and isn't that powerful on its own. Neito was told multiple times growing up that he could never be a Hero, which is definitely something AfO would espouse. Neito could be at UA to try to escape his father, or as a plant.
- Monoma's uniform is a tux. AfO favors nice suits, even in battle.
- The hulking individual is probably Gigantomachia, but any link between him and anyone other than All for One is unconfirmed.
- Inasa's resentment towards Todoroki is because he remembers the pre-Character Development Todoroki as being cold and revenge-obsessed, basically the opposite of Inasa's ideals of Hot Bloodedness.
- Dabi seems too young to have a high-school aged kid.
- Jossed.
- We never see clearly what All For One looked like before his injuries, but he seems suspiciously similar to Izuku, especially in the anime. Considering that MHA has a Cast of Snowflakes, this can't be just a coincidence.
- Many characters have meaningful names. "Hisashi" means "a long time ago". All For One is two centuries old (and we still don't know his real name).
- All For One's doctor seems to be the same one who diagnosed Izuku as Quirkless.
- According to the Word of God, the winged boy who bullied Izuku was turned into a Nomu.
- All For One was able to use Transmission on Bakugo, even though it's only supposed to work on the people well-known to the user.
- All For One might be blind, but his senses are good enough to allow him to go toe-to-toe with All Might, yet somehow he didn't notice a bunch of kids hiding behind a flimsy wall ten feet away from him? (Probably didn't want to accidentally kill his son).
- It actually explains why Izuku was thought to be Quirkless. It is just that he did not know how to activate All For One, which he might have inherited.
- Given Izuku's extensive knowledge of Quirk applications, if he actually inherited All For One quirk, then he would be the most dangerous opponent Shigaraki will ever face.
- ....You've been reading Conversations with a Cryptid haven't you? I'll admit, it does have some plausibility, but there are several issues with the idea:
- The first of course being Hisashi's established Quirk: Fire Breath. Now, it's entirely possible All For One has Fire Breath among his many Quirks, it raises the question as to why he would limit himself to that one Quirk, and why something as generic as Fire Breath. Yes, it could be to live in incognito from the likes of All Might, but if it was just to be with Inko, he wouldn't need to do that if he just took Inko with him.
- The second is the time from when Hisashi was in the Midoriya's lives and when All Might "killed" All For One. All Might is said to have "killed" All For One roughly 5 to 6 years ago, so when Izuku was 9 or 10. Hisashi's whereabouts are never noted, but the flashbacks to when Deku was first found to be Quirkless, Age 6, indicate that Hisashi was not around in their lives. Whenever Deku is shown as a little kid, he and Inko are always by themselves. So unless Hisashi walked out on their lives long before All Might "killed" All For One, it raises the question as to why he was gone, or gives the implication they are separate people.
- Then there is the nature of the Quirk "All For One". All For One has demonstrated the ability to give others Quirks, yet Hisashi's son, Izuku, remains Quirkless. This coincides to Hisashi's absence even during Deku's childhood upon discovering he was Quirkless. All For One gave his younger brother a Quirk when he was under the impression he was Quirkless, so why wouldn't he give his own son one? It would not be hard to do so, especially with the stigma Quirkless kids have in school, so why wouldn't he?
- All For One couldn't steal One For All by himself so he must have manipulated events so that Izuku could meet All Might and acquire One For All.
- Not possible. The events that led Izuku to gaining One for All were all out of pure circumstance. Izuku only got it because he saved Bakugo from the Slime Villain and demonstrated his Heroic Spirit. That only happened because the Slime Villain was in a bottle that fell out of All Mights pants after Izuku grabbed onto him. That only happened after he ran into All Might after being attacked by the Slime Villain. The Slime Villain had been chased by All Might the entire morning, roughly 3 hours at most due to All Mights time limit. So for All for One to have orchestrated any of that, he would have to been responsible for the Slime Villains rampage, known that All Might would be in that specific convenience store close to its rampage, known Izuku would take a path he normally doesn't take home, known Bakugo would have been attacked by the Slime Villain at some point, and known Izuku would just happen to be nearby during the blaze while knowing All Might would just happen to be watching so he could demonstrate his heroic spirit. The only way he would be able to that, without an omnipresent quirk as he hadn't stolen Search from Ragdoll yet, would be if it was an Ass Pull of the highest caliber. No, worse. It would be Aizen level planning.
- This troper, firmly believes that this theory may have been true at one point but has been since abandoned by the mangaka potentially because it was too cliche or predictable - or even maybe because of copyright.
- Manga like any long work often read like onions, or tree rings, there is signature, a mark of changes, shifts and abandoned ideas throughout the story. As the plot changes and new ideas are inserted and old ones removed it leaves evidence behind that suggest when ideas or plot points are changed or abandoned. As an example in Fairy Tail The author freely admitted that he planned Mavis Vermilion to be male, likely an old man, before he was apparently told that Mavis is a feminine name, this meant that before that point the whole Zeref/Mavis romantic plot point - and quite possible the reveal that Zeref - the big bad - was the older brother of protagonist Natsu didn't yet exist or other unrelated plot existed in place of it.
- Given all the hinting, little clues, and the author's love of Star Wars; the Luke/Darth Vader parallels between Izuku and All for One are too strong for the idea to not have been considered at some point. That being the case I believe it is an abandoned plot point at this juncture, something left over from an earlier design phase or the first handful of chapters that no longer holds true in series at present. It may simply be that Horikoshi didn't want to go to the trouble of redesigning All For One and removing various old hints and references or perhaps he just liked the character as is and didn't want to change him.
- Or we could be pulling a 'Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond' and noticing foreshadowing deliberately put there. Plus, there's the Dramatic Irony of All for One going out of his way to have Revenge Through Corruption on Nana Shimura by raising her grandson to be a villain, only for All Might to pull the same thing on him by complete accident.
- And yeah, we've been reading too much Conversations with a Cryptid.
- If All For One was Izuku's father, the latter should have recognised him when the first user was showing Izuku flashbacks of One For All's creation. That didn't happen, confirming that All For One and Izuku are not related.
- Or that Izuku doesn't remember what his father (Mr. Never There) looks like off the top of his head. He was in a freaky situation and All for One was shrouded in black fog, so he may not have connected the dots.
- Well, All For One has been active for over a century. Perhaps, he went through facial surgery to not be recognized as the same man.
- Or maybe Izuku actually connected the dots and he is in denial, because he can't accept his father being All For One.
- Or maybe he isn't in denial. The story is told by Deku after all, maybe Deku is planning something.
- So as the series has gone on more and more evidence of this theory has been piling up.
- For instance, All for One had the perfect opportunity to off Deku and many of the top students of UA's class 1-A during the Kamino Ward Incident but he chose not to. There's no way he didn't sense them behind the wall, he'd just stolen a Quirk that lets him track the positions of people around him.
- Deku's One for All sparks, which are unique to him and haven't been seen in that color on All Might, are a direct inverse of All for One's color scheme.
◊ If they were setting him up as his rival's opposite, wouldn't it make more sense to do that with Shigaraki?
- While this isn't evidence specific to All for One and Deku being related, we've never seen All for One's face unobscured, meaning his appearance will be some sort of twist.
- Deku is the first One for All user to directly access previous users' Quirks. This is not because he's Quirkless, because so was All Might. There are only two other characters whom we've seen use multiple Quirks at once: Technically Todoroki, and All for One.
- That's stated to be a result of One For All itself changing. Besides, how would being All For One's son let him do that? "Deku's Quirkless but he has part of his dad's Quirk" makes no sense.
- Deku being the child of a first generation Quirk user drastically increases the odds of him not having a Quirk.
- That's not how genetics work. The number of people with Quirks has grown over generations bcause it started off small and it takes generations for a trait to become widespread, not because Quirks were somehow harder to pass along for earlier generations.
- Actually, it's not unreasonable. If we look at it as a simple dominant/recessive situation, an early generation Quirk user is far more likely to be heterozygous- there hadn't been enough time for the gene to spread enough for homozygous dominant Quirk users to exist in large numbers. Although Quirk inheritance is more likely to be polygenic, the same basic principle applies.
- Apparently they reuse All for One's theme when Deku's beating Chisaki senseless?
- Again, it appears almost to certainly be a relic from an earlier version of the Story. Beyond the first few prototypes and into the near final draft of the story, there was a central plot point stuck with with every version story: Izuku/Deku was to remain quirkless and the story was of him training to become the first quirkless hero, and that was something that didn't change until the very final draft. In these versions All-Might was just a powerful and famous hero who was to ocasionally pop in and offer Izuku encouragement and on some cases advice or mentorship. According to words from the author, it was only right at the last minute, supposedly only a handful of months before the publication of the first chapter that Kohei Horikoshi's editor made a fateful series of suggestions that would see Midoryia ending up with a quirk and All-Might's no less. This certainly shook up the entire story. But let's look at the Dad for One theory in the light of the "second to last draft". It would make so much more symbolic, dramatic and overall literary sense for the Archenemy of the first ever hero with no quirk and no hope of ever having one, to be his father a man with multiple quirks who can obtain any quirk he desires. I think that all we're seeing is the remains of a plot line like this, the dead end hints and story devices from a previously integral premise that was abandonded far too late to remove all of the foreshadowing and other details pointing to it. We're looking at a ghost, the echoes of what could have or would have been. Indeed the very nature of All For One as a quirk would be an utter anathma to a quirkless hero, a perversion of the entire world order which was already terribly unfair to them. If anything One For All and it's connection to All For One were probably developed later after the decision to give Izuku a quirk was made. Either way, I think after the manga is finished a history of how various plot points were created and how the story grew would be very interesting.
- The last names wouldn't necessarily need to match. If All Might is dedicating his life to fighting his father, he might opt to drop his name. What if "Yagi" was his mother's name?
- While Mina and Bakugo's Quirks don't seem all that alike, that's because Bakugo's Quirk is effectively a fusion of his parents Quirks. His mother essentially sweats a type of glycerin and his father sweats nitric acid from his hands and in Bakugo they combine to form an explosive, nitroglycerin like substance. Taken on their own either (or both) could be variations on Mina's acid excreting Quirk.
- My best guess? Cool Aunt.

- What makes the theory dubious are the ages. Hana was older than Tomura/Tenko and he was younger than 10 when the tragedy happened, while Momo is at least 4 years younger than him. Unless other factors - beside her having suffered complete amnesia and being practically another person today - are involved, like Momo being in truth older than she looks, or some convenient quirk used to halt her physical growth for some years, it feels unlikely and it may be just due to coincidental similarities in some of the traits used by Horikoshi to design certain characters. As much as he's capable of avoding the Only Six Faces trope more than other mangakas, with so many characters it can happen sooner or later. For the same reason, there are also theories about Momo being related to Overhaul.
- OP didn't say Momo was Hana, she could have been recently born into the family so Shigaraki didn't really have any lingering memories of her especially since as a baby, she didn't contribute to his suffering.
- After chapter 236 this theory can be put to rest, unless one wants to theorize memory alteration, so not everything we see in Shigaraki's flashback really happened.
- There is a way the theory could still work. Kotaro may have had a brief affair with Momo's mother a few years after Shigaraki's birth. This led to Momo's conception, which he never knew about. Mrs. Yaoyorozu went on to give birth to Momo, whom she raised under the belief that her father is a different man because she was too ashamed to admit her daughter is the product of an affair (she is married or marrying into a wealthy family at the time, after all). Either way, this would make Momo the half-sister of Shigaraki, rather than his full-sister.
Momo may have never heard of this great-aunt who, from her relatives' point of view, had ended up tangled in something suspicious and ultimately disappeared mysteriously. And if she did, she wouldn't have enough elements to deduce any connection with Shigaraki anyway.
- Inko could also be a cousin of Kotaro, seeing as no mention of a daughter exists.
- Alternatively Nana made sure no one knew of her daughter so AFO couldn't track her.
- Inko could also be a cousin of Kotaro, seeing as no mention of a daughter exists.
- Jossed, he is Endeavor's son.
Is this because of Todoroki Shoto's scar, fire abilites and both daddy and mommy issues? Yes. However, considering how rare elemental quirks are, it's likely Endeavor comes from a long line of powerful firebenders. Also if the Dabi is Todoroki Touya theory is true, his blue flames may be an inherited trait from his greatx-aunt Azula. Rei herself probably comes from a strong family line of waterbenders (maybe even Katara's descendants, if any of her airbender grandchildren or their descendants married back into the water tribe), perhaps even Rei's ancestors were waterbenders that grew to specialize in ice. It's probably this knowledge of powerful lineage that lead to Endeavor and Rei's quirk marriage.
[[WMG The second and third bearers of One For All are, respectively, Midoriya and Bakugo's ancestors.]]They've yet to be named and bare a passing semblance to the modern pair.
- Kendo Rappa appears in Chapter 86 but it's set several years prior, when he fought in an underground ring and he hadn't been defeated and recruited by Overhaul yet.
If Izuku's father was a deep cover agent whose job doesn't allow him to communicate easily due to the risk of blowing his covers, it would explain why he's been such a ghost in Izuku's life, and him working abroad would be just a cover story. Inko may not know the truth either, or know and been asked by Hisashi to keep it secret, or know and have decided on her own to hide the truth from Izuku, whom she felt was already quite affected by his being quirkless to know about his father. Hisashi having sacrificed staying on the side of his son while he was growing up in exchange for such a dangerous job, may also prompt Izuku to better understand Shigaraki's resentment towards heroes.
Finally, there's a precedent in Vigilante itself. The flashback arc about Aizawa presented us Oboro Shirakumo and his death, and just one month later the main series had the shocking reveal of him being Kurogiri. Likewise, this other flashabck may introduce some character that the main series will eventually explore further.
At the same time, we have Mirio Togata, who runs into similar issues since his clothes don't phase with him. His Lemillion costume is made with fibers that have his hair woven into them so they can go with him when he phases through objects.
Hagakure does indeed have a proper hero costume; one woven with her hair in its fibers like Togata, so she can be both clothed and invisible. The visible boots and gloves she wears aren't the only things she wears. They're a deliberate design choice so she can be located out of combat.

Bakugo: Cinnamon
Uraraka: Bubblegum
Iida: Vanilla
Todoroki: Blueberry
- Aoyama - Bright Knight
- It's just too obvious. Besides it sound infinity cooler than I can't stop twinkling.
- He changed it to "Can't Stop Twinkling" already.
- It's just too obvious. Besides it sound infinity cooler than I can't stop twinkling.
- Midoriya is still Deku
- Ochaco will keep Uravity
- Ingenium/Ida - Make it Engenium. That way it's a pun.
- 'Ingenium' is already a reference to the Ingenium engine family. The Iidas are an engine-quirk hero family, it fits perfectly without being too on the nose.
- Red Riot still sounds OK in english so we'll keep Kirashima
- Invisible Girl might be copyrighted so let's make Hagakure Unseeable (Her Hero name)
- Considering they kept it in the English Dub, Copyright isn't an issue.
- Shoji - Armee
- Most of these don't need to be changed for several reasons.
- 1. They are all Japanese In-Universe, so changing them to English words would make no sense.
- 2. The Dub already aired the episode they named themselves in so any names they had were still maintained even if they only truly make sense in their native tongue.
- This may strangely be canon, funnily enough. In-universe, the characters had the same Uncanny Valley reactions towards the creepier side of Mutations as we, do viewers had. So it's extremely likely that all that Medium Blending truly is what they look like in-universe.
- "Dekugo" might flow a bit better as a fusion name.
A Staunen Artificer, to be specific, with dots in Prostasia and perhaps Skafoi. Her inventions go haywire because of Havoc; the reason they don't regularly do this is because the world of Quirks is strange anyway, which gives Inspired creations a good measure of protection, and the tamer ones can be reliably used as support equipment.
But it will turn out that the other heroine's gigantification quirk is superior to Lady's in every way: she can adjust how much she grows, it grants her a level of invulnerability, and her maximum height is greater than Lady's. In a bit of karma, the new hero will end up upstaging Yu in some way and leave the latter jealously sulking.
The reinstated Overwatch took down Talon, however the world was never rid of villains. The members at the time, both old and new, recognized their time as heroes was coming to an end, so they eventually set up hero schools all over the world to teach young heroes with big dreams to follow in their footsteps and make the world a better place. (Hanzo and Genji Shimada founded UA) Thanks to technology, DNA altering and other things, some kids ended up mutating and developing quirks. Overwatch's name faded as time went on, but the schools remained and developed more and more to help kids with quirks.The robots test to get into UA? A nod to the Omnic crisis struggles in the past.
The arts of bending was sadly lost after many centuries and eventually the world may have reached a point when the Avatar was no longer needed or worse, the Avatar cycle ended. However, as time went on, bending abilities remained dormant, but they also started to evolve. Some other elemental abilities emerged, while others may have been watered down. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's quirk is a legacy of earthbending. Todoroki's ice quirk from his mother is the result of some waterbenders that became ice specialists while his father's quirk may have been something that somehow managed to stay. Bakugo's explosion quirk is likely a firebending legacy as well.
Many seem to have received a quirk tied to a certain element. Even more so, some plants and manmade objects have achieved sentience and quirk abilities. Little do most of the people know, these animals with quirks would evolve. They'd learn more abilities and powers, and expand beyond their quirks in the beginning. Professors grew very invested in researching them, and some quirkless people considered, what about capturing and training them? This, was the beginning of Pokémon.
And somebody will mistake that plant for Deku before seeing the pot. Also, Izuku's hair might be mistaken for said plant and somebody might water his hair.
- Also Stain is The Boys
- The First volume had a yellow colour for All-Might, Midoriya's Colour Motif is Green, this will show the torch has been passed and Midoriya has achieved his goal of number one hero.
- When his character development has gone full-circle, he will accept "Kacchan" as his hero name the same way Izuku accepted "Deku" as his.
- Unlikely, Kacchan sounds too cute for Bakugo to accept it as a hero name (although he doesn't mind being called Kacchan, he has been shown to prefer more violent names, which unless he starts liking cute stuff more, won't really change.) Deku actually has meaning to it that would apply to heroism (never giving up) while Kacchan is just a nickname.
- Alternately, his official hero name will be Ground Zero, but Deku calls him "Kacchan" in an interview or something, and it will catch on so badly nobody actually calls him Ground Zero.
- This comes from a post I read on Tumblr
actually. And it does make sense, Izuku is a Magnetic Hero that his classmates change and found a new peace and hope for the future and the points the post make actually brought some light to what if no one acted right then in several turning points of Izuku's life. And with some fridge brilliance in mind, it goes a long way. Green, Izuku's color, is often associated to traffic lights that gives you a sign that you can now move forward and, in several RPG'fs, healing effects are cast as green, and gives some chance that you can survive more hits to go on with the game. And to go further, in heraldry, green can mean hope and growth.
- Deku will become a symbol for a bright new age of heroes in the series current Darkest Hour after All-Might's retirement.
- A follow-up similarity that will be towards the above case, is Bakugo. It's noted by Aizawa that along with Midoriya, Bakugo is also a driving force to the class. And, where Midoriya brings hope and encourages others to hope as well, Bakugo similarly pushes others in a different way, that of Courage. As brash and rude as he may be, he pushes the marker as a shining example of unrelenting courage and, knowingly or not, inspires others to push it as well. From Midoriya saying how he looked up to Bakugo whilst following and growing up together, to Uraraka willing to go all out on him, Kirishima pushing to go rescue him despite the rules and Kaminari's attitude during the provisional license exam, many of his class similarly are stepping up in the face of danger or challenges with him being the reason why they strive to step up.
- To add to this a little further, there are two other major incidents that showed more hints about this: The exam against All Might with Midoriya, and being captured by the League of Villains. For the first, Deku, who both worships and is completely certain upon their inability to win head on, in the end doesn't just flee for it as All Might notes he can, but turns around and makes an attack. Because Deku convinced Bakugo to keep the idea of them having a shot at winning in mind, compared to his initial claim that he'd rather lose. The second, surrounded and in the League of Villain's very base, he calls them out on it on his own, showing that even in the face of almost certain defeat, one he knows he can't win against by how he reacted when they tried to re-capture him, he still holds no hesitation to his courage to stand against the odds. Where Izuku is the one who will keep people hoping and working for the best, Bakugo is/will be the force to push them to continue striving for what they aim for despite the slimmest of chances.
- If the above mentioned theory that Dabi is indeed Touya Todoroki true, then what could have caused his burns exactly. If Endeavor's comment on him inheriting his mother's "weak constitution", is anything to go by, the most logical take on it is that as powerful as his flames are, Dabi/Touya is not resistant to them. This could be expanded on as well, as Natsuo Todoroki comments that he feels rather sensitive towards warm weather; which hints at his own Quirk.It also counts into Endeavor's reason for having married Rei in the first place. As he wanted/needed a child to have the perfect balance of a fire Quirk and an Ice Quirk. it has been explained that if Shoto uses his ice too much, then he will suffer from frostbite, and there are implications for something similar to happen if he uses his flames too much. Endeavor's Quirk, Hellflame will rise Enji's body temperature to dangerous levels if overused due to successive powerful attacks or drawn out battles, impairing his physical abilities. So, it's quite likely that Touya/Dabi's burns might have been a result of his dangerous Quirk.
- Or he could have burned himself deliberately in an effort to hide his identity. All of his burns are completely symmetrical. Burns are not so exact in nature. Along with dying his hair jet black, he may have done it to further distance himself from Endeavor and his family.
- Another theory is that his burns are a direct result of trying to copy Endeavour's iconic fire mask. The burns appear to be concentrated in similar locations to where Endeavour's mask covers...
Considering You Say Run got an updated version for the second season called Jet Set Run, it'd only be appropriate if future seasons also got remixes of the song. This may possibly even show up as early as Season 3, and play when All-Might takes on All For One. Also, Just for Pun.
- It might even be saved for the Final Battle between Midoriya and Shigaraki, :with all the Vestiges of the former One For All users somehow either manifesting in the real world, or fusing with Midoriya to empower him, or something equally symbolic of "One for all and all for one".
Since the former was once All-Might's sidekick, it wouldn't be too far off if he and Nighteye knew each other.
It's the reason her special gauntlet, which would have been incredibly useful to Deku, cannot be made anymore; while created for him and with all the best intentions, the government is afraid that its technology may fall in wrong hands and be reverse-engineered to provide villains with an instrument to overcome the limitations of certain types of offensive quirks. You cannot even blame the governments because of what just happened with a tech her father David had conceived to help All Might. The flipside is that, once investigations verify that she had no knowledge of David's actions, much less complicity in them, most of Melissa's inventions will be given back to her, and she may be even offered a position by the government.
In Chapter 137, one of Overhaul's henchmen is buying toys for Eri, and they are based on a Magical Girl team called Pretty Yure 10, a reference to the Pretty Cure franchise. The scene heavily hints that the team is fictional because it's based on a long-running series, but don't get surprised if later, we find out the Pretty Yure team exists as superheroines with quirks, with the explanation that there's an anime series based on them.
- Shigiraki and All for One replacing Deku and All Might in the intro
- The intro being a Dark Reprise of a past intro
- Most of Class 1A being excluded, with those present in cameos