Deku’s final plot twist at the end of My Hero Academia finally makes the original promise of the series come true

Warning: Spoilers for the ending of My Hero Academia

The My hero academia Manga ended, and although it was 430 chapters too late, it finally did justice to its teased premise of making someone lacking superpowers one of the world’s greatest heroes. Several incredible arcs and a variety of beloved heroes and villains helped tell the tale of author Kōhei Horikoshi. My hero academiawhat Started with a quirkless boy striving to become a great hero In a world full of super-powered people. However, readers who expected to see him rise through the ranks without a superpower had their expectations quickly challenged.

Not long into Young Deku’s history, he is arguably given the strongest My hero academia Quirk by All Might, history’s greatest hero who inspired countless people. Seeing the young boy come to grips with the responsibilities and the many abilities of the One For All power was one of the greatest joys of the series, but It betrays the hope that the story will center on a character without supernatural abilities who excels in a world ruled by them.

Deku’s One For All Quirk was linked to the series’ final villain’s Quirk, known as All For One. The last arc of the series finally demonstrated what an all-out battle between the two would look like, and although it ended well for the heroes, Deku’s powers had to be sacrificed to defeat the villain. It wasn’t until the last chapter of the series that Deku was given the tools to save people from harm without the use of a quirk, something fans certainly wanted to see since the beginning.

The series has waited too long to deliver a quirkless pro hero

Twenty percent of the human population was born without quirks in my hero academy

The drive to save people, even at the risk of his own safety, was a trait shown by Deku at the beginning of the series in an act of heroism that even inspired All Might. One point MHAThe plot is that people can be capable of great things and helping others even if they are not naturally gifted, which made it easier to do so. Although Deku has saved the world with one of the most extraordinary superpowers to existThe end of the story drives home the point that even the strongest quirks can fail against humanity’s capacity for kindness.

While it took time to get there, Deku’s One For All Quirk eventually made him the strongest hero in the world, capable of incredible feats of speed and strength. His personality and natural ability to want to help others combined with One For All was a combo that saved the world. However, at his most powerful, Deku’s character development seemed closer to Spider-Man’s struggle of having great power come with great responsibility, instead of being a character like Batman who must use his brains and tools in an attempt to make the world a Safer place.

“…even people without reality-challenging abilities can help make the world a better place by helping each other in any way they can.”

Part of the appeal of characters like Batman or Rock Lee NarutoThose who don’t have the otherworldly skills that others have in their franchises, it’s easier to connect with them as readers who live in a world that can often make them feel powerless. The first chapters of MHA Teased that the quirkless Deku would become the world’s greatest hero, however Giving him one of the franchise’s best powers made it more difficult to relate to the character. Still, in the final chapter, author Kōhei Horikoshi could not fail to make a quirkless Deku a great hero in a different way.

In the end, Deku didn’t need powers to be useful

My Hero Academia is written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi, Anime By Bones

The end of My hero academia Put Deku in a position where he can help teach students how to be a hero at Japan’s No. 1 Hero School, proving that even though his One For All Quirk is gone, he can still be very useful in building a better future. yet, All Might and his friends gave him incredibly advanced support gearAllow him to actively participate in saving lives from disasters and the declining percentage of villains.

Unfortunately, the true extent of the support gear Deku was gifted in the final pages of the manga was left to the reader’s imagination. The last manga panel has him wearing it but not using any of his abilities as he and his friends join forces to save people from a natural disaster. Judging by All Might’s final battle against the aging All For One in the final arc, Quirkless Deku is likely just as capable as he was in the past.

My hero academiaThe entire plot focuses on the pros and cons of a super-powered society. Initially, it fostered the idea that Pro Heroes would take care of everything instead of spreading the idea that even people without reality-challenging abilities can help make the world a better place by helping each other in any way they can. when My hero academiaThe last chapter was published, Horikoshi’s story successfully drove home that one does not need extraordinary powers to be a good person who helps others, whereas Deku needed a quirk to save the world.