Allow me to enlighten you all on the topic of the true meaning of MHA

I'm sorry if this gets approved and you don't see it yet. I'm still typing it.

So a lot of you think that the theme of MHA is that it's about a world if superpowers were real and everyone had it except a small 20% (which is, btw, not that small when you compute it.) and if you do think that, you're wrong. Then if that's not the theme, then what is?

My answer: prejudice.

CASE 2: Himiko Toga

Now that season 5 of My Hero Academia has been released, most of us now know Toga's past and how she became a psychopath and also a yandere for Deku. I like Toga sometimes because she's really cute (when she's not killing people) and she's really misunderstood. Oh, and did I mention she's bisexual?

As a child, Toga already displayed a disturbing interest in blood, most likely because her of her quirk. Her parents didn't like that and so they forced her to act normally and tried to suppress her "abnormal" tendencies.

"When you shut your feelings away, it only grows inside!" - Himiko Toga

But her parents didn't really judge her for how she treated people, and judged her for the effects of her quirk. Wouldn't that be called prejudice? I don't blame her parents for being scared for the future of their daughter, but why not instead of trying to suppress the effects of her quirks, they try to teach Himiko the right way to use her quirk and try to teach her a healthy way of living with the effects of her quirk?

Which brings us again to the main theme: prejudice.

I'm not saying Toga should be proud of herself for having an unhealthy obsession of blood, but what I'm trying to say is that with the proper training and guidance, Himiko would have never become the villain she is now because she wouldn't have to suppress the effects of her quirk in an unhealthy way and it wouldn't have grown to the point that she kills people to satisfy that longing for blood (but then again, vampires are like that. But in Twilight, the vampires eventually learn to control their blood-lust.)

Lol with the mental gymnastics I'm doing in my head, I could win the Olympics

This part is basically more opinionated and I'm speaking more and more non-sense with every new part.

CASE 1: Izuku Midoriya

We all know Izuku's backstory, so it makes sense why he would be the first character to be analyzed for this topic.

This quote was one of his very first sentences at the start of My Hero Academia. I've seen a few people call him a bit racist for that, but when you look at the story and the world of My Hero Academia, it would actually make sense that he thinks that.

On the very first few volumes alone, we can already see the issue of prejudice being rampant.

Deku is the only quirkless kid in his class, and everyone viewed him as a freak because obviously, only a few people were born without a quirk. He is kind and sweet and he would never wish harm upon anyone, but his classmates don't see that.

Someone once mentioned (not saying their name) that Deku should've stayed quirkless and just accepted himself, but would you accept yourself if everyone else you know hates you because of who you are? Would you accept yourself if you wanted to help people, but because you don't have something everyone else has, you can't do that? Be honest. Although... an alternate universe where Deku became the first ever quirkless hero would be cool.

It was mentioned that quirk usage isn't allowed in the school and obviously bullying wouldn't be allowed either. But as the class laughed at Deku and as Bakugou used his quirk to scare him, the teacher didn't even do anything. I'm not saying the teacher was prejudiced as well because this happens most of the time at school. But let me give you another scene where prejudice was really obvious.

After Izuku Midoriya attempted to save Bakugou, he was reprimanded by the heroes while Bakugou was given all the praise. Now, I don't blame the heroes for looking out for the poor kid who couldn't do anything to defend himself. But I never saw anyone mention that it was brave of him to at least try to save his friend. It would honestly sound a bit like a Dhar Mann video (now that I think of it, maybe MHA is just one big Dhar Mann video. I could already see the title: "Boy with a strong quirk bullies quirkless kid, instantly regrets it. Or maybe "Old man tells quirkless kid he can't reach his dream, instantly regrets it.") but if I were them, I would've given him at least just a bit of praise for trying to help him.

But like they (the same guy who asked, still not mentioning their name) said, if the theme of MHA is prejudice, then making Deku stay quirkless would be really great and much much more inspirational. And actually, in the first draft of My Hero Academia, Deku was meant to stay quirkless. But I guess the story had to fit in with the shonen manga trope and the writer had to give him a power.

But like I said, the prejudice doesn't only apply to people without quirks, but to people with weak and destructive quirks. Which brings us to case 2.

Eh... I got lazy again. I'll just do case 2 tomorrow.

Case 2

Now

thats kinda fax tho

Prejudice is something you can see a lot in the world of My Hero Academia, from the beginning of the anime to the backstories of the characters. But it's not against the usual issues that exist in the world right now such as racism and homophobia. The issue in the MHA universe is prejudice against not only quirkless people, but people with destructive or weak quirks.

Paul Contreras, a Filipino who gained fame after a 1950 debate on prejudice once said:

"When a person loses track on the dignity of the human soul and begins to judge others not on the basis of their beign persons but on the basis of race, creed, economic status, that is prejudice."

And when you look at the characters, their backstories, the side-stories of some of the background characters, you begin to notice a pattern. They were judged not for their deeds and actions, but for their appearances and their quirks.