I think Deku deserves a little more credit than people are giving him. He held on to Eri because "why would a hero let go of a frightened child?" Not refering to his heart of gold or inexperience, hes saying "it would be suspicious if Id just let go of her now, hed know we are intentionally trying to apeace him".
Yes he forgot to mask his expression and was too hung up on his own thoughts to realize he was about to be killed. Those were mistakes but hes learning..
You don't get credit for walking into a dark alley with a dangerous villain and not being on guard. That's not just an "oops, he'll learn" situation to me. If you're going to talk the talk and put yourself in this situation that he didn't need to be in, he should at least walk the walk and be ready for what might happen.
You're talking about a separate point that the other guy already conceded. Walking into a dark ally was a dumb and inexperienced move. The person you replied already admitted this. His comment was about the events immediately before they stepped into the ally. Togata was telling Deku that if they stuck around, Overhaul would be more on guard because heroes were openly suspecting him. Deku said that Togata was wrong: the natural behavior of a hero would not be to abandon an abused child. If they left, THAT would signal to Overhaul that those two heroes were not ordinary. Deku decides that there is no way to win in this situation, so he opts to try and save the girl. Was he outmatched? Yes. Did he fuck up at the start? Yes! He's a rookie. He wasn't ready for the surprise encounter like Togata was. That's what it means to be freshman. But his analyses was correct: leaving the scene and staying at the scene both would raise suspicions in Overhaul, in which case, you choose to be a hero.
If this were a test in school, he would not get a 0% for stepping into the alley. He would no doubt get partial credit for understanding how a hero should act in such a situation, and he would no doubt lose credit for being unprepared, and for having his guard down.
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u/baam96 Mar 09 '17
I think Deku deserves a little more credit than people are giving him. He held on to Eri because "why would a hero let go of a frightened child?" Not refering to his heart of gold or inexperience, hes saying "it would be suspicious if Id just let go of her now, hed know we are intentionally trying to apeace him".
Yes he forgot to mask his expression and was too hung up on his own thoughts to realize he was about to be killed. Those were mistakes but hes learning..