Today, we're talking My Hero Academia again. Last time was a lot of fun, so I thought I'd do the reverse of that. Today, we're doing the bottom five of class 1-A. These are the worst of the best, so they're still a cut above the rank and file, but by 1-A standards, there's something to be desired. We'll start with fifth from the bottom, and end with the worst student in class 1-A.
#5 Rikido Sato AKA Sugarman
It's a bad sign that we didn't even know this hero's power until the last arc of season 2. His power is . . . okay? Sugar makes him strong, and also dumb. More sugar = more strong and more dumb. To be fair, he barely made this list. There's nothing specifically terrible about him, he's just really, really, meh.
#4 Hanta Sero AKA Cellophane
This is literally the first image when you look up "cellophane" on google. "Cellophane mha" didn't yield any better results, and "cellophane" did not have one image of the My Hero character before reaching the load more results button. Every single time Cellophane is on screen, my first reaction is "Oh yeah, they have a tape guy." He is a silence from Doctor Who: I think his real quirk is that everyone, audience included, purges his existence from their memory whenever he is out of sight.
#3 Yuga Aoyama AKA Can't Stop Twinkling
This guy is everything done right in other characters, all done wrong in one character. Tenya is upright and knightly in a better way. Yaoyorozu is aristocratic in a better way. His ranged attack is not shown to be more powerful than Bakugo's or Todoroki's. On top of all of that, his weakness is that he gets stomachaches from using his quirk. In his own words: "Shooting my beautiful beam for more than a second hurts my tummy." A second? That's a seriously low threshold for a superpower. Also, sorry, dude. You can't be a superhero if you say "tummy".
#2 Katsuki Bakugo
Bakugo might turn things around, and, honestly, I hope he does. His quirk is real cool to watch, and he's had enough backstory investment that, sure, I get why he's how he is. Still, how he is, is arrogant and violent. He attributes his strength to birthright. Thing is, we've seen people raised to not respond well to criticism. We've seen characters who believe that the strength of their birthright entitles them to be better than others. We've seen everything wrong with Bakugo. We saw it in Avatar: the Last Airbender, when we met Azula. Bakugo's an intersting character, but right now he makes more sense as a villain than as a hero, which is a problem in hero school. He would be a better fit for the League of Villains.
#1 Minoru Mineta AKA Grape Juice
Alright, here he is. Mineta is the worst member of class 1-A. His powers are odd, but they're actually not bad. He says that if he uses them too much, he'll bleed, but that's got to be a high threshold, because we've never seen it happen. He has a decently tactical mind, and has proven useful in several tests, made a respectable showing in the sports festival, and played a key role in defending the USJ. However, his behavior is absolutely reprehensible. We know the reputation lawyers have for unscrupulous behavior, and Mineta would have been drummed out of law school for sexual harassment at this point, let alone hero school. Frankly, the inappropriate touching could, in most cases, be attributed to unfortunate hand placement and claimed as an accident, but the comments he's made, and his attempt to peep through the wall between the locker rooms should have has him drummed out of any reputable institution. Barring that, I hope the creators clean up his act, or at least take him out of the spotlight, in the seasons to come.
So, there's class 1-A's bottom of the class, in my opinion. While Bakugo kind of needs a plot resolution at this point, the rest could disappear without much notice (and I think Aoyama might have already dropped off. I can't remember the last time I saw him in an episode). If you enjoyed the article, share it with a friend, or check out what I've got on youtube at All Funnies and Games. Thanks for reading, and have a great day.
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