okay hear me out - this is just my opinion, you don't have to agree of course
I don't know about y'all but somehow I don't want Izuku to become a hero anymore? Because honestly, what good would he get out of it? He would risk his own life for the better good the world is never going to get every single day?
I am aware that originally the literal whole point of the series was him becoming the number one hero despite him being born quirkless and being picked on for it, being told that him becoming a hero is impossible, yadda yadda.
But with the direction manga took, Izuku becoming a hero and falling into the hero society... doesn't really make sense anymore, at least not to me. Logically, one would think that Lady Nagant might have opened Izuku's eyes about the hero society if he wasn't already aware of the problem before.
Him going back to UA at the moment seems so useless to me, so out of nowhere. Izuku leaving only to be brought back like in Chapter 322 honestly makes me kinda pissed. Him leaving shows how his personality has changed, Izuku is being desperate to get to AFO and is lowkey showing how deep he had fallen into the claws of the hero society already.
With this in mind, we can come to a simple conclusion of who is the problem in the whole story - Toshinori Yagi, All Might. Now, don't get me wrong, I honestly love All Mighto (I have a picture of him on my wall) but recently I came across a lot of All Might slander that I just had to agree with. Although I don't think his intentions with Izuku were bad in the slightest, he has seriously ruined his life - Toshinori knew the responsibility OFA comes with and gave it to Izuku. But at the same time, we can't look at All Might as if he was the villain of the story because he is trying to protect Izuku as much as possible, but he is just another victim of the hero society and is dragging Deku in the black hole he got into.
Violence craves violence. Violence causes silence.
One For All is a curse, a never ending cycle of choosing a sacrificial lamb for the better good.
That is a fake as hell, non-existent persona Izuku is somehow supposed to be. It is expected of him to replace All Might, and hell no, I don't want him to be the new All Might.
Where was Touya's peace? Where was Shigaraki's peace?
Once you take a break from rooting for the main character to fulfill his dream, suddenly you realize what Aizawa was talking about implied on the manga's biggest problem. Fame and the spotlight don't look well on a hero. Everything is focused on the big faces like All Might and Endeavor while in the shadows many things have been covered with a rug to brainwash the civilians. So many schools for heroes are the part of the problem, it's a mass production of an army which is leading nowhere.
All the "villains" in the story were people robbed of their "peace" and of what they deserved. Endeavor, the current number one hero was the person responsible for what happened to Dabi. Some hero he is.
Stain, although viewed as a villain by the society, is doing exactly what Lady Nagant was 'forced' to do. The difference between the two is that Stain is choosing his victims by his standards and opinions while Nagant had to follow the rules made for her.
I wouldn't want Izuku to become the number one hero in the way All Might did. Hero rankings shouldn't be a thing. The only future I can picture Izuku in is him quiting UA completely and becoming a vigilante for good. Izuku has nothing but the best intentions. He is one of the purest characters in the manga because his real, true motive for becoming a hero was saving people. Every person in class 1A had a fair motive but none of them were really as simple as Izuku's. Izuku's is plain and simple, almost basic, but honestly the only motive someone who wants to become a hero should have.
None of the BNHA characters are purely black or purely white. Everyone has layers which is amazing and just shows how each hero can hide a villain deep within them, and each villain can still have a heart of a hero.
If Izuku was true to himself and his wishes, then UA, in my opinion, isn't a way out for him. I'm not saying he should run away and work alone, but working as a pro hero, aiming to become one... I can't picture that look on Midoriya Izuku anymore.
He can still become the greatest hero, just not in the same way as All Might. But - hear me out, vigilante Deku and the underground hero Dynamight (Izuku's influence of course)? That would make a lot of sense for an ending.