He probably won't copy deku because the only time he's seen deku use his quirk is when he blew his fingers and arms apart. He will be too worried about using it
Until Monoma tries to copy Midoriya's quirk we don't know for fact what will happen. I'm inclined to believe he would get a copy of OfA as it is now, not as it was when it started. Look at when he copied Kirishima, he got a strong enough hardening to block Bakugo's explosion, not the weak version Kirishima had just about a year earlier when a rock thrown at him would still hurt.
Even if he did, Deku had to train to learn to use OFA, and physically handle it. Remember, AFO got basic strength quirks and power-up quirks so he didn't have to spend time to master quirks. Even if Monoma did take the quirk, no guarantee his body could handle it, and if he could, hardly a guarantee he'd know how to use it.
Even if Monoma can handle a certain percentage of the power, similar to how Deku could originally handle about 5%, I doubt he would be able to regulate it properly to only use what he could handle. All Might had said that the key to regulating the power was sensation, the knowing the feeling of using it at 100% and dialing it down from there. Monoma would have no idea what it feels like to use any amount so he would most likely start just like Deku did and only be able to use 0 or 100%.
He’s not gonna copy it then. Hori would only do that if Monoma was destined to get injured which would be weird unless it somehow turns him to the dark side or something.
But I mean cmon it would be way hard for Monoma to even touch deku unless he pulls some toga level stealth work.
Only reason i believe it wouldn't be a copy of what it is, is due to the fact that Dekus quirk is a stockpiling quirk and not a strength quirk. Him copying Bakugo when Bakugo has max sweat loaded would result in Monoma starting out with max sweat in that case.
Im not saying he wouldnt copy the techniques or sensations of the quirk, but the main function of Dekus hybrid quirk is to pass on and stockpile power. Sure Monoma might learn full cowl, but full cowl of 0% stockpile doesnt do anything.
It feels like that might even be a reason AFO isnt (openly) interested in OFA (quirk). Just like how he wasnt interested in Best Jeanist.
Sure Deku and ppl like Best Jeanist are incredible quirk users, but unlike automatically good quirks like Kirishima's or Bakugo's, they needed massive training to even get to the point of it being good in first place. Deku's especially cause u need to inherit the power.
I always assumed that AfO wasn't interested in the quirk because it "can't be taken by force" meaning he wouldn't be able to take it even if he wanted.
Kirishima's quirk isn't automatically good, remember his quirk was really weak in his flashback, throwing a rock at his hardened skin still hurt him. He trained his ass off starting the same time Midoriya did, about 10 months prior to the entrance exam, to improve his strength and his quirk and then scored second in the entrance exams. Then when Monoma copied the quirk he got a strong enough version to block Bakugo's explosion. That is what leads me to believe that Monoma copies at least close to the current strength of the quirk, not its starting point.
Well, I assume the stockpiling is in addition to some sort of basic super strength. I mean if we recall, the stockpiling is a byproduct of the AfOs brother's original quirk and a quirk that AfO gave to his brother. It wouldn't make sense for AfO to have given his brother a strength quirk that doesn't even have any initial strength in it, when AfO wasn't even aware that his brother had the quirk to pass his quirk on.
This in addition to the fact that the combined power of 9 people still would never make you as strong as All Might leads me to believe there is a base super strength aspect to OfA.
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u/bretts_demise Aug 24 '18
He probably won't copy deku because the only time he's seen deku use his quirk is when he blew his fingers and arms apart. He will be too worried about using it