Why Shigaraki Truly Hates Deku in My Hero Academia
In My Hero Academia, Shigaraki sees Deku as a reminder of everything he lost, making their rivalry deeply emotional and tragically personal
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At first, Deku and Shigaraki seem like just a hero and a villain. One is good, one is bad, simple as that. But actually, it is not so simple. There’s something deeper there. The story is more about pain and broken hope than just good vs evil.
Deku wants to save people. He follows All Might and believes in doing the right thing. He always thinks everyone can be helped somehow. But Shigaraki, that kind of hope only makes him angry. Deku looks like everything that went wrong. When he was still Tenko, he also waited for someone to save him. But no one came, no one helped. That hurt him deeply.
So now, every time Deku reaches out to help him, it hurts more than it helps. It feels like a slap in the face. Like a reminder of how he once cried for help, and the world just ignored him. Deku's kindness just brings back that same old pain, over and over. That’s why Shigaraki gets angrier.
Two Roads, Same Hurt
Later in the story, it’s not just about a hero stopping a villain anymore. It’s personal. Deku sees something in Shigaraki, maybe something that is still human. And Shigaraki sees someone who reminds him of the boy he was before everything went wrong. That memory, it’s too painful. So he fights more, screams louder, like trying to destroy that feeling.
Both of them had teachers who started all this. Deku got One For All from All Might. Shigaraki was trained by All For One. These two older men have been fighting for a long time already. Now their students carry that battle on their shoulders, even if they didn’t ask for it.
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And it’s not even just a normal villain fight now. Shigaraki isn’t fully in control. All For One is inside him, trying to take over everything. So it’s like he’s fighting outside and inside, too. Deku still, somehow, wants to help. Maybe because he still sees something human in Shigaraki. Or maybe because he just believes too much.
In the end, it’s not really about saving the city or winning the battle. It’s about what was lost. Two boys who were broken by pain. One was lucky to be saved. The other one, nobody came. And now they fight, but it feels like maybe they could have been the same.
Written By “Sujoy Bhowmik - India Today Gaming”
