Hey, if One For All has a thing with the Nine Months of Pregnancy, and such...
Then Midoriya, being 9th generation, would be the complete cycle of OFA, and the proper fruition of whatever Quirk he could have been born with, right?
The kanji "久"in Izuku name that is a homophonous to "nine" (九, "nine" kyū), which refers to him being the ninth user of One For All, it is also the same kanji as Hisashi's name (久), it is curious how the kanji that Izuku received from his father is the same kanji that is used to reference him as the ninth user of One for All, as well as Yoichi he received the Quirk that together with his own would become OFA, it is also important to note that AFO refers to himself as the Father of One for all, and in several moments he refers to Izuku simply as "One for all"
Chapter 304/305 is as much a treasure trove of DFO as the Kamino’s fight. Let's remember:
“Yagi-kun is the only (sole) exception.”
This is what Yoichi says about why Toshi appears in the world of the Vestiges in his obscure form. He has made the quirk his own in 40 years of owning the OFA, but since he doesn't have a quirk factor of his own - he has lived with the quirk for 40 years and has a misty form. Toshi gave the OFA factor his own personality, thus becoming the true owner of the OFA. (And it's interesting because the OFA quirk was originally positioned as an “stockpile power (might),” and Toshi chose the name for his hero, All Might). So it's a stretch to accept that the OFA consists of a total of 8 quirks - quirk bestowal, gearshift, fa jin, danger sence, black whip, smoke screen, float, superpower (accumulation of/stockpile power).
But the most interesting thing here is something else. Yoichi says that “Ironically, this quirk was meant to be reserved for those who originally had no powers. And it's up to them to unleash the full potential of this quirk.”
Notice he is talking about “power/chikara” 「力」, not “quirk/kosei” 「個性」. In his time, quirks were called “meta ability/inou” 「異能」, so simply “power” and “quirk” are not synonymous here. Consequently, the OFA was not originally intended for the quirkless, as it might seem from reading Yoichi's speech, but for those who lack the strength to do anything to achieve their goals and dreams.
※ Yoichi originally had a quirk, but no power until Afo gave him the quirk of “stockpile power”. That's what gave Yoichi the power to change something and start actively fighting against Brother.
※ Second and Third had quirks, but they also had their own power to change things - people followed them, they were faces of resistance and struggle, they were leaders. That's why in fact they didn't need the OFA, since the common goal was already achieved by their own forces.
※ Shinomiri Hikage probably just became involved in the fight with Afo by accident, but quite successfully given his own quirk. He didn't fight Afo, was a recluse, but accumulated power to pass on to the next person who could continue the main cause of the OFA.
※ Daigoro Banjo, the first pro hero in the OFA’s line. He had fought villains, and therefore Afo (we have a flashback where Banjo was shown at the height of Afo's domination) even before he got OFA, so this quirk was like a crutch for him as a healthy man.
※ En, as the Banjo’s kohai with whom he fought against the villains and Afo, didn't need much of an extra quirk either. He hasn't lived very long after getting OFA either, he looks a little older than Izuku - a year or two, maybe a little more. So he probably didn't even have time to become a pro hero, dying in one of his fights.
※ Shimura Nana is a pro hero who has already successfully fought evil along with her hero-friend Gran Torino. And even after she passed on the OFA to Toshinori, she was still an active hero capable of fighting Afo.
By the way, we haven't been told a word that after receiving the OFA, the quirks of the owners became stronger in their effect (Second and other Predecessors say that their quirks became stronger by the 9th generation OFA) or a super power appeared. The latter is likely, but probably not in large quantities, since Nana trained Toshinori so that his body could withstand the accumulated power. Also, being pro heroes, Banjo and Nana might have raised questions in the public - where did they suddenly get their super powers besides their usual quirks - Black Whip and Float? And En doesn't look particularly strong, though maybe it wasn't Afo who ripped his arm off, but the use of OFA’s superpowers?... It's also entirely possible, given the requirement for OFA from Nana (and Toshi) - it's mandatory to have a trained trained body to withstand the full force of the OFA.
※ And now we come to “The Only Exception”, Yagi Toshinori, All Might. He did not originally have a quirk, as evidenced by the fact that in the Vestige world he does not have his own Vestige, and is represented there as Misty Might. However, he has made this quirk his own over the 40 years he has owned the OFA, so we can assume that the embodiment of the OFA Force in the form of Misty Might is his own kind of Vestige. And going back to Yoichi's words about who the OFA should belong to - Toshi had no Power, no quirk, but he did have the Will and Spirit to want and have the noble goal of fighting evil and becoming a Symbol of Peace.
The OFA really needed Yagi Toshinori. And Nana made the right choice, which brings us to Toshi's choice.
※ Midoriya Izuku. A boy who dreams of becoming a Hero to help others in distress. A boy who conventionally has no quirks. However! Yoichi doesn't call him quirkless. But he does say the interesting phrase “the quirkless in your generation are almost extinct.” And Izuku is conventionally the fifth generation (Inko is the fourth generation), so it's very strange to be a quirkless in his generation.
Moreover, a little earlier, Shinomori says that the OFA quirk can no longer be in the hands of an “ordinary(normal) person”.
And normal people are those who have quirks, simple and familiar. Because for normal people to carry around a few more quirks consumes their lives. Hikage lived 18 years with 3 (4 if we separate Stockpile and Bestowal) quirks inside him, but what would happen to an ordinary person if he had 7(8) quirks in addition to his own quirks, given the Singularity point he passed and the accumulated power? That person would probably live quite a short life, probably about a year. But what about Izuku?
If “Yagi-kun is the only exception”, and Toshinori chose not to tell Izuku the information he found about the cause of Hikage's death, then perhaps it's something Izuku shouldn't know. Or something that Toshinori doesn't want to believe and denies to the last.
Izuku has a quirk.
This confirms that he - 1) was able to interact with Tomura's Vestige when he sensed the little crying boy; 2) Izuku's Vestige is taking solid form in the OFA world - little 4 year old Izuku.
And this leads me to believe that it was after Izuku turned 4 years old that his quirk stopped developing and growing for some reason. And if Afo was able to pull Vestiges into that transfer space when he tried to pick up OFA, then... could Hisashi have instead pushed and blocked the Izuku’s quirk factor deep inside him? If Afo can eat quirk’s Vestiges, can diagnose quirk factors, can he also influence them in other ways? For example, can he somehow “freeze”, stop the awakening of the quirk factor? Or could the “absence” Izuku's quirk is caused by the self-induced belief that he doesn't have a quirk? A quirk is easier to manifest when one presumably knows what the quirk must be, and what the conditions must be to manifest it. Izuku tried pushing/attracting objects and breathing fire, but nothing worked. And his passion for learning quirks is like “just a hobby”, not a need to have and use quirks. The conditions (awareness) to activate his own quirks just weren't there. Could this be the case? Or did it all work together?
This is all a very big and good question. But the very existence of Izuku's quirk, while unconfirmed, is a very likely fact. It's only a matter of time before it happens (personally, I still find Toshinori's reaction extremely strange when Katsuki asks him why information about the Fourth's death was blacked out that was completely unreadable. What is Toshi so afraid of?)
But let's go back to chapter 304. Yoichi’s and Hikage's words, which I won't tire of repeating “Yagi-kun is the only exception”, “the quirksless in your generation are almost extinct” and “the quirk can no longer be passed on to the ordinary person”, literally put Izuku in a separate category. Not “quirkless”, not “ordinary person”.
But an “extraordinary person with a quirk” who has been able to unleash the full potential of the OFA. A person who didn't originally have the Power to achieve his goal and dream that resonated with the OFA’s dream.
I also just love the fact that Yoichi “walks around” Izuku as carefully as possible in this chapter. The conversation is mostly about the OFA itself, about Yagi Toshinori, who is different from them all, and about the true inheritance of the quirk. A quirk that is meant for those who originally had no power, but for those who can unlock its true potential. Toshinori revealed OFA as a power that saves and inspires people. And Izuku... just reveals the rest of what is hidden in the OFA - its quirks. And that he becomes, ideally, the last holder of the quirk. (And also, for some strange reason, the OFA’s core began to evolve rapidly in late November/early December - [when the dream was - it was late March/early April, “4 months ago” being the time when the A and B classes were training together. But surely the process of quirk evolution itself started when Eri influenced Izuku with her quirk during the fight with Chisaki, and the end result was formed the night before the joint class training]. Remarkably, this didn't happen with the quirk with Toshinori). Also, peeking into chapter 305, bypassing the check from the Predecessors (I'm sure they just wanted to see what side this little Jedi is on, if there is no Sith seed in him), where Izuku shows his innocent and bright hero soul, I really like the patronizing looks Yoichi has towards Izuku. Even Toshinori doesn't look at him like that!
I know those looks, only their little relatives get that look!
You know, the only thing that keeps me from thinking that Izuku was supposed to be a vessel for Afo was his conversation with All Might in Tartarus. "When people realize that the end is near, they leave a legacy" I think in Afo's eyes, Izuku is a legacy, not a failed vessel, that makes me happy
You know, it's curious how Kotaro doesn't mention AFO's name or surname, AFO calls him Mr.Shimura, while Kotaro simply refers to him as "the one from Kouga Construction", like he doesn't call him "Mr. Shigaraki" unless that is not the name he was using at the time
He bring ruin and control even to things he like and Desire, Keeping things demoralized, weak, and broken makes it easier to control, he did this to Yoichi basically
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