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INTEREST: Deku's Popularity Falters in My Hero Academia Popularity Poll

BNHA have too much interesting characters in design or personality Deku just can't be the most popular.

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BNHA have too much interesting characters in design or personality Deku just can't be the most popular.

I think maybe the reason they made him somebody you just want to beat up. Like, I'd have bullied him in highschool. Sorry. Either way, I think the reason they do that is so you hate him.

I will have to jump on the wagon celebrating Deku's downfall. His character consists of actually very little besides sounding overwhelmed. I also don't respect his motivation. if there is a building on fire and someone runs in because their body is simply heroic and does so, as Deku would do, I don't find that special. If someone was afraid and overcame that fear, I'd respect that more. And then the show just mercilessly beats him up as much as possible every time as if taking a beating and standing up every time is heroic.

I don't like Expldoely-Yelly-McFace much either. But sometimes he'll at least have to make a hard choice.

The only merit I think Deku had was that early in the show he had to do some work to use a bit of his power, but that goodwill has drained away as the show advanced.

I will have to jump on the wagon celebrating Deku's downfall. His character consists of actually very little besides sounding overwhelmed.

I also don't respect his motivation. if there is a building on fire and someone runs in because their body is simply heroic and does so, as Deku would do, I don't find that special. If someone was afraid and overcame that fear, I'd respect that more.

Deku is one of the worst MC's I have seen, so not surprised.

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International fans could cast a vote as well as mentioned in the article so I'm really laughing at how western fans seemed to be offended by this poll.

I doubt anyone here or anywhere is actually offended by the poll. Maybe those who know nothing about or refuse to acknowledge Endeavor’s redemption arc, but otherwise it’s just a general and expected reaction from fans who are just having fun. Theres such a thing called joking or having a one-time over the top reaction. No need to be condescending about it.

Best Jeanist also isn’t popular in the Japanese fandom. I follow a lot of Japanese artists and fans on Twitter and Pixiv and barely anybody mentions Best Jeanist. Present Mic is mentioned more than him. He wasn’t anywhere close to the Top10 before this and he hasn’t appeared in the manga in the past 3 years at all. It’s possible him surpassing everyone is a one time fluke because of some weird ass timing with the anime.

Which can also be the explanation for other characters like Iida and Yaoyorozu , who haven’t had significant moments in the manga when this poll was active. But they’ve had them in the anime. I’m always shocked to see Iida hang onto the Top 10 despite never doing anything.

And Ochaco isn’t super down the list. She may be off the Top 10 but she’s only at #12, under Aizawa. She’s been established as Deku’s love interest since the beginning and still made it in the Top 10 three times. So claiming being a love interest made her boring is pretty ludicrous. She does need a significant boost in screen time, don’t get me wrong. But it isn’t like the fandom suddenly turned their back on her. That’s more what happend with Tsuyu, who’s popularity has taken a nosedive since Poll#3.

And for the record I’m a Ashido guy, so if there’s a best girl I’m not happy about getting high enough in the rankings, it’s her. Jirou somehow made it in the second poll, when’s Mina’s turn.