My Hero Academia: 10 Insane Events Coming To The Anime

10. Dark Deku

Given all the horror Deku's going to be facing in the story from here on out, it's unsurprising how much of it affects him deeply. No teenager should ever experience the horrors of war and death, nor should they ever feel like they have to carry the entire world on their shoulders. Deku, in recent chapters of the manga, does both, and becomes all the worse for it.

After becoming targeted by All For One, worrying about the lives and safety of his friends and loved ones, Deku goes out on his own, using his newly discovered powers to save people alone while Japan has fallen into chaos.

Without bathing or changing outfits, hardly resting or eating well, the endeavour turns him into what Horikoshi Kohei dubbed "Dark Deku", a take on Deku in his ragged hero costume that looks more like a monster in a horror manga.

It really drives home the terrible state the once sweet, enthusiastic, freckle-faced young hero is in at the time, showing what happens when you force one person to carry the weight of the world - a dark mirror to what happened to All Might.