My thing is: Having someone whose Quirk isn't a natural part of themself is basically making it a piece of equipment, right? Everyone else's quirk is an actual biological part of their body. Bakugo explains during the Sports Festival that quirks are like muscles: no matter what kind, they tire out eventually because they're a part of you (because he messed up his arm fighting Uraraka). But Deku's isn't. It's not really a part of him like the others.
I'm only on the anime, but to me his power isn't so insanely broken yet (it's just super strength/speed kinetic energy bullshit), but I'm sure something in the manga happened where his power set opened up or something.
My point being that the interaction his power has and its effects on his body may not be the exact same as being some quirkless gadget heavy genius hero, but at that point the only difference I see is the complaint about physical power. It's still him wielding something not natural to him.
If we go off of the All Might legacy thing anyways, he could have picked Deku regardless. He could've picked anyone. The recent arc shows that Deku is literally special because of his personality and not his power (again, anime only so I'm not gonna argue anything beyond it).
The most plausible alternative would've been having Deku become Iron Man, but even then in a series like MHA, Tony Stark's genius intellect/engineering expertise likely would've been considered his Quirk.
He's got some of that in him already. One of his strongest traits is his ability to analyze and breakdown powers rapidly. He figured out Stain's power real quick, if I recall, and that shit was like "whaaaaa".
I've been meaning to begin watching this. But it looks so edgey.
Nah it's not edgy at all. That's just the visual style. It's a very punk "fuck the system" show, in a way. They portray a very fucked up caste system that is super messed up that I think is a very strong portrayal given that it illicits genuine emotion out of me. Healthy rivalries and a sense of what a rivalry should be. Good characters for the most part (Gauche is weird as fuck and could be done without even though his backstory is solid). Good fights.
Problem is the pacing, though. When you clip show episode during a fight, you know you fucked up.
Could try Chainsaw Man. It's very offbeat, not like the usual shounen stuff at all.
Chainsaw Man is fucking outstanding and more people should read it. Aki is best boy.
the fact that he inherited the most powerful ability is what makes the series boring. the other characters are far more interesting than him but the manga will always have to revolve around him and that will always be a drag. he's also boring as shit and reminds me a lot of tsuna from hitman reborn. i stopped reading the series because i really don't care about deku.
Not as bad as Tsuna could be though.
You do have a point. While I would be happy with the MC of a shounen series not ending up as the strongest character in the series, I know a lot of other people wouldn't.
Yoh from Shaman King isn't the strongest, I believe. Pretty sure he's the weakest by a good lot. Most of his fights are damn near ties but I only ever watched the anime which I liked but apparently the manga is 100% better so I need to read that.