Is yoichi suggesting he would have turned out like shigaraki if he wasn’t saved? Maybe that’s where he gets his sympathy but 2nd probably saved him because he saw a victim, not someone who was actively hurting others. So their little debate kind of confused me like what was the point.
Yup. Seems like Yoichi was groomed to be AFO’s successor, and AFO was trying to force or brainwash him into that role when he locked him up. But he was saved from that fate when the 2nd rescued him. Yoichi sees himself in Shigaraki, so it’s very possible he wasn’t always just a victim. It’s very possible that Yoichi did do evil things under AFO’s commands before he woke up and started openly resisting and defying OFA. I think the first reaction of the 2nd upon seeing Yoichi proves that. He immediately raised his weapon to attack Yoichi, meaning he was most likely there to kill him, not to save him. But he changed his mind when he saw Yoichi’s defeated, fearful and pleading eyes.
The 2nd’s empathy saved Yoichi. But Yoichi also saved himself when he immediately accepted the 2nd ’s help. That’s the difference between him and Shigaraki so far. That’s why he and the 2nd are still in disagreement because they’re looking at the situation from very different viewpoints. Yoichi believes he wouldn’t have been saved without the 2nd’s help, and the 2nd believes it was Yoichi’s acceptance of that help that saved him, not the mere fact that he offered his help.
The 2nd is more correct, but he’s also wrong. Refusing to offer help to a villain because you’ve already decided - on your own - they’ll never accept help is unwise and unheroic.
Deku’s solution was better (offer help to the villain, no matter how evil they are, and beat them up - or kill them - when it’s crystal clear they won’t accept help and won’t stop their evil actions).
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