Nezu is way too suspicious.
His Quirk allows him to cause chain reactions, a fact explicitly stated by Midnight, who also made sure to remind us that he holds a grudge against humans. We don’t know the full extent of his abilities, but we do know that his foresight is extensive—so much so that he planned specific routes for Kaminari and Mina to take during a crisis. That suggests his influence is incredibly far-reaching.
And Midnight? The only UA staff member who isn’t around anymore. Suspicious.
Now, let’s talk about Nezu’s involvement in key events:
1. The USJ Attack
• He’s one of the few who knew about AM’s Quirk, its limitations, and how little time he had left.
• Nezu deliberately held up All Might, making him even later to the attack than he was already going to be.
• If Nezu wasn’t directly involved in setting up the attack, he at the very least played a role in ensuring AM wouldn’t be there in time to prevent it.
2. The Successor Plot
• Nezu was part of the selection process for AM’s successor, encouraging him to choose a UA student before Deku even entered the picture.
• He personally voted for Deku’s acceptance into the Hero Course.
• He knew Deku and Katsuki were from the same middle school, likely remembered them from the sludge incident(which was in the paper) and saw that they some of the highest scores in separate categories.
• Then, he placed them in the same class and observed their very complicated relationship firsthand.
3. The Sports Festival & Its Consequences
• He allowed Katsuki to be tied up on live in an event that replaced the Olympics in popularity.
• Which directly led to him gaining the League of Villains’ interest.
• At the same time, this put Katsuki on Jeanist’s radar—setting up a future mentor-student relationship.
• All of this put even more pressure on Katsuki, forcing him to prove himself.
4. The Training Camp
• Nezu was one of the very few people who knew the camp’s secret location
Possibly even picked the location
Was in charge of many pros would be there.
Was vastly easier to kidnap Katsuki in this setting rather than the other failed attempts
AM conveniently wasn’t present.
(Frankly I think these play a big role than one student leaking the location)
5. Katsuki’s rescue and AM’s Retirement
• led directly to AM refacing AFO instead of the LOV
He then burnt out the last embers of his power, forcing him to retire.
• This intensified Katsuki’s suspicions about AM and Deku, making him dig deeper into their relationship.
• The guilt lessened Katsuki’s performance during the Provisional License Exam, which he failed—leaving him out of the work studies.
6. The Ripple Effects on Katsuki & Deku
• Because Katsuki wasn’t eligible for work studies, he missed Deku’s battle with Chisaki.
• This fight also cemented Deku’s personal investment in Eri, and reinforced his need to break rules for the sake of others.
• Deku’s actions, in turn, saved UA’s reputation by overshadowing another potential scandal.
6. The Long-Term Setup
• Jeanist was taken out of commission during Katsuki’s rescue, freeing him up for later.
• Nezu actively discouraged his staff from searching for a traitor among them.
• He finally implemented the UA dorm system, something he had been advocating for but never acted on—until now.
• He reassured AM that if nothing suspicious happened after the students moved into the dorms, then there was nothing to worry about.
7. The Final Stage: The War Arc & Beyond
• By the time of the war, Katsuki had matured emotionally and was able to fight alongside Deku for the first time in a villain attack.
• He had also become even more deeply connected to Deku, setting the stage for their intertwined fates.
8. Nezu’s Endgame?
And here’s what fucks me up the most—Nezu easily agreed to let the students ambush Endeavor and hunt Deku down.
It was never even a question whether that was in his power, Uraraka knew it would be, so it’s just common knowledge? 🤨
But how does he have the power to do that, like imagine being one of the leaders heading off a fascist uprising and your sons hs principal demands you come in and you have to because you used to go to school there???
And then UA becomes the shelter during the war, but it doesn’t come as like government mandate, it’s Nezus choice something he does as a concerned and caring individual
In the end nearly everyone who rebuilds society is a UA alumni, and Deku, the face of the war, now works there!!
So society has an intense gratitude to UA for holding them during the war, an intense admiration for producing all these heros, and there’s apparently a rule/law(?) that you are beholden to your old principles meetings even when the worlds ending 💀
Nezu owns society and he planned it!!!
