One of my biggest issues with mha is how izuku rarely/ never questions the status quo despite being unfairly prejudiced,isolated and tormented like alot of our villain characters and even some other characters like hawks(tho he does absolutely nothing about it he still acknowledged it), lady nagant, gentle criminal and so on and on.
My biggest comparison is hero killer stain. When we find out about Akaguro's backstory, we see that he was inspired by all might and decided to work hard to get into a hero school (just like izuku), but after joining, he had the realization that almost everyone there desired fame,reward and riches.
Not the heroic desires and self-sacrificing nature that inspired him to become a hero,but pure greed and selfishness. Seeing the title "hero" being given and sought out by celebrity wannabes who were there for their own personal gains and building their public image must've been a sickening site for Akaguro. So he drops out and started trying to make others see that the title hero was being killed by money and power hunger imposters and called for the "revival of the hero" but no one listened so he decided to make it his mission to be the one do it. Even if it ment killing and dying for the cause.
Okay, I won't lie. There's a lot of issues with stains, story and character, but in my personal opinion, this was one of the best arcs in mha because it let us see what kinda society we were dealing with. Stains ideology (tho being flawed) and backstory gave us a new prospective ..... or did it?
What If I said we've already experienced something similar to Akaguro's back story in CHAPER 1.
When we get the introduction to the first scene, we see a child protecting another kid who's hurt really badly from bullies who are mocking him for playing the role of a hero despite being powerless. Now, what's interesting is that ALL these children want to become heroes. The child protecting another even if he's scared,outnumbered, and will get hurt (izuku) and the bullies who are hurting,mocking and jumping people weaker than them (bakugo and his lackies)."THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT!?ALL THESE KIDS WANT THE TITLE HERO THAT DOESN'T MAKS SENSE!? " right? There's only one person displaying the traits of a true hero which is izuku but but bakugo and his friends believe they're the ones destined for heroics as a career path.
Right here is where we (or at least i did)start questioning what it means to be a hero in this society. We already start seeing stain's point about people killing heroics and the title hero losing meaning by being associated with phonies who just wanna cash grab at best and horrible and disgusting people who love to have power over others ( Bakugo,HPSC and Endeavor being big examples).
*note:there are exceptions like ochako cuz she wanted to help her parents and the way to do that was make money but she's still more hero than a "phony" so I'll let her slide*
Now my issue is that izuku doesn't have the same revelations as stain or even something remotely close to it despite being exposed to the same situation at an early age and longer than Akaguro/stain (Other than the "all humans are not created equal" line, but that has more to do with quirk discrimination rather than the question of what does being a hero mean.) Izuku, who also admired and was inspired by All might to help and save people, had to witness people who physically and/or verbally abused and tormented him on a daily basis for OVER A DECADE claim they were going to be amazing,rich and powerful heroes. This is MUCH worse than what stain went through before he dropped out and started his clean up mission. Izuku never criticises how these people who find it fun to hurt him and others dream of being heroes. No. Instead HE ENCOURAGES,PRAISES AND ACTIVELY CHEERS ON BAKUGO. THE WORST OF THEM ALL. HAH!
I find it so disheartening that izuku associates being a hero with having a "good" quirk and it doesn't matter how you treat others or if you display qualities of a good person who wants to help and save others to be a hero in his eyes. It makes izuku's character so flat and one dimensional instead of complex which an mc should be. He's not aware or is unfazed by the society around him. He doesn't seek to change the horrible hero society. he just tries "fix" the victims of said society. His worship of heros isn't shaken or questioned when he finds out about the number 2 hero of Japan doing eugenics,trafficking & buying a human being, and abusing his family. Neither is it shaken when he finds out about the HPSC grooming children to use as industry plants and assassins, but that's another whole rant for another day.
Danm, I didn't expect to go on for this long lmao TT I hope my brain dump was somewhat cohesive.
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