Asta Vs Izuku Midoriya

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* Both are shonen protagonist who are the successor to The Big Three and got inspired by them, and both respective franchises are being published by the same magazine around the same time both series started. After The Big Three, they would form a new generation of Shonen anime and bring a lot of new fans, which got resulted of both of them having a new generation rivalry. (Both are known as the successor of Naruto)
* Both are children born into their respective universes without said universe's abilities(A Quirk for Deku, and Mana for Asta) and are seen as worthless by the blessed ones who they still admire, especially their very talented childhood friend who they grow to have a rivalry with, also said rivals have completely different personalities compared to their rival respectively (Bakugo and Yuno).
* However, at around the age of 15, by complete accident and circumstances, would get their powers from a person and both characters acquired abilities that were far technically stronger than basically everyone else's but had to train their butts off to make them somewhat work because they were way too weak to use them right and by being a anti chosen one (No Quirk and No Mana) (Anti-Magic and One For All).
* The reason why they got blessed by these abilities were due of them saving their childhood friend that got captured by a random throwaway villain and the person who shares the ability decided that they were worthy of it because of their heroism despite of having no powers in the first chapter. (All Might and Liebe).
* Their first chapter/episode are very similar; Verse‘s power gets introduced, The protagonist and rival are introduced as a little child, It’s revealed that they do not have powers. There is then a Time skip where the Rival is a ass hat to the main character for various reasons. (Bakugo was a bully, but Yuno just wanted to stop Asta from being hurt), They try to prove themselves only to fall short, Childhood friend gets threaten by a villain, They tried to save them but can’t because they have no powers, However, their actions still mattered and got rewarded with powers at the end of chapter/episode.
* Both would at first only understand the basic surface of how their powers work, but would later discover various ways of using it and would gain and unlock multiple extra abilities along their story.
* Both powers were revealed to be a combination of powers from different people instead of a typical single one. (The other OFA‘s quirks are stored in OFA which Deku inherited from, And Anti Magic That Asta uses is a combination of his Mother‘s Anti Magic mixed with Liebe, a literal Devil)
* After a while, both would discover that their powers were also a person (The others OFA users and Liebe), and they would help the protagonist in fight by giving tips on how to use their powers.
* Both are the only ones that can wield their powers, is ironically enough, because they were born without one. Everyone who was born with an power would have actually straight up died from just having it, let alone wielding it. (Everyone with a Quirk would have died earlier, and the same with anti magic)
* Both would later realize that the society they live in is fundamental wrong and that the world isn’t so black and white, just many shades of grey, when they were fighting against many of their enemies and witness of their troubled past, and want to change that by becoming said greatest person in said society and offering a helping hand at all.
* Both don’t have great social skills due of being often isolated and being bullied, but would quickly join a group where they would gain many friends who they are deeply fond of (1-A and Black Bulls). This would include: A lighting users who is the funny guy of the group (Kaminari and Luck), A hot bloodied fire users who is friends with the lighting guy (Magna and Bakugo), A shy person with a creepy ability (Koda and Gordan/Grey). A person whose gimmick and powers is related to food (Soda and Charmy), A darkness user (Tokoyami and Yami), Bird guy (Also Tokoyami and Secre), A guy with family issues (Shoto and Finral), The love interest who wants to focus on their way of life first. (Ochako and Noelle) (Also, Poor vs Rich), The fan service character (Momo and Vanessa) and The weird guy that nobody likes (Mineta and Gauche)
* Despite their overwhelming heroism and weird charisma, still show scenes of lack of self esteem and are willingly ready to discarded themselves for the greater good.
* Both have a love interest who at first, were just friends with them but after they saw them being heroic and gain more confidence in themselves, would have a crush on them but would put these aside for their own path of standing strong on their own (Ochako and Noelle)
* Both are often portrayed by others as naive, unfocused and sort of dumb… because they kinda are, but still show their great intellect whenever they fight by focusing of how their opponents abilities work, and how to counter them, and create multiple strategies to win.
* Both are total nerds when it comes to their series’s power system and almost nerd out every time they see a new person with a power they never seen before.
* Both‘s idols are the strongest person in their verse and have the title that they desire to archive, they are the opposite of the protagonist but still have some similar trait marks (All Might and The Wizard King)
* Both have archived great damage to their arms which stained their capabilities of using their powers when they overused them when they were helping their friends.
* Both were in a tournament in which was regarded as a huge event by their society and the higher ups, and the reward was gaining massive boost in popularity among the folk and have a boost in their career, but they lost because they had to help with their friend‘s family issues (Shoto and Finral) meanwhile their rivals managed to be the winner of the tournament.
* Both would turn into a mess of dark energy flashing out of them when a villain (Shigaraki and Dante) dissed their ideology and pierced though their friend‘s gut.
* After a sudden sneak attack by the main villains, which resulted in many casualties in their counties and their friends being deeply hurt, would try to go on a solo mission and take them on themselves but their friends managed to save them before anything bad could have happened to them, and gained new abilities and a better understanding of how their abilities work.
* Both would be overwhelmed the judgment of the masses when they found out about their secret powers, only for their friends to save them and handle the situation for them.
* Both have a very similar scene of where, when the story was at a slower pace, would think of how lucky they are by having such great friends and teachers, and think exactly the same thing of that they are too "blessed“ to have such great people in their lives despite of having no powers. The word "Blessed“ is a thematic and a important part of both characters. Also the themes of "Legacy“ "Never giving up" "Heroism“ and "Fate“.