My Hero Academia: The best phrases of its characters

“my hero academia” is an anime that over time has wanted to play with what it really means to be a hero. Is the most powerful hero the best or the one who acts without thinking twice to protect another? Who defends heroes when heroes can’t There are a lot of doubts that Kouhei Horikoshi projected onto his characters, which obviously ended up forcing them to let go another sentence really worth remembering.

The best quotes from Izuku Midoriya, from My Hero Academia

• If I can’t save the little girl in front of me, how am I going to become a hero who saves the whole world?
• He’s not the best of all UA just because he was born strong. He’s worked incredibly hard to get to this point (about Mirio).
• Dreams can come true.
• The deeper the darkness, the more blinding the light that shines.
• In order to help others, you must first be able to take care of yourself.
• I know I’m hurt, but if I can keep moving, I can’t stay still. I have to do something.

• There will always be people who are beyond what we can protect. This is why we must save everyone we can reach.
• A hero’s job is to risk their life, to make all that talk really count for something.
• You are the best. That’s why I want to defeat you! (In Bakugo)
• If I go at the same pace as everyone else, I will never become number 1.
• I want to be strong enough that no one worries about me. I always want to win… save everyone. I want to be… the greatest hero of all.
• When the enemy believes his victory is near, that will be the opportunity you have been waiting for.
• Giving help without being asked is what makes someone a true hero.
• If my actions can save one of them all… then I have to do something.

All Might’s Best Phrases in My Hero Academia

• There is nothing wrong with dreaming, but you also have to consider what is really realistic.
• Just believe in yourself and then you can be a hero.
• When there is absolutely nothing to gain, withstanding those moments is the mark of a true hero.
• You are not just a hero project following in my footsteps. You are on your own path to greatness. As a teacher, I must walk by your side.
• I smile to show all the pressure of the heroes and deceive the fear that inhabits me.
• Now all is fine. Because? Because I have already arrived!
• Winning or losing, being able to look back and learn from experience is just another part of life.

• The biggest egos are usually also the most fragile.
• There is nothing more noble than self-sacrifice.
• The heroes have a lot to protect. It is for this reason that we cannot lose.
• If you think you are reaching your limit, remember why you clenched your fists…remember why you took this path and allow that memory to take you beyond your limit.
• My power has waned faster than I expected…but I have to, why? Because I am the Symbol of Justice!
• Go further! More Ultra!

Katsuki Bakugo’s Best Phrases

• If you just put people down, you will never be able to recognize your own weaknesses.
• I will continue to fight. I’m going to break Even if there’s nothing left of me, I’ll win as I want!
• I will be number 1 with my own strength!
• Show it with your actions and not with words.
• This man is the highest wall in the whole world.

• I’m going to win… because that’s what it takes to be a hero!
• It doesn’t matter who it is: I won’t allow them to reach my level, even less to surpass me.
• I won’t do anything I don’t want to do even if I pretend.
• My body was moving on its own.
• If I don’t take any risks, there’s no way I’ll beat you… right All Might?
• I’m just looking for victory, that’s all!

Tomura Shigaraki’s Best Phrases

• From everything I’ve seen… this system you created has always rejected me. Now I am ready to reject it myself. This is why I destroy. That’s why I have this power. It’s easy isn’t it? I don’t care if you don’t understand… that’s what makes us heroes and villains.
• You heroes hurt your own families just to help complete strangers. You claim to be the guardians of society. For generations you pretended you couldn’t see those you couldn’t protect and swept all their pain under the rug.
• There are no heroes or villains in this world… only those who use their power and those who find themselves used by it.
• I will create a path… even if it means destroying everything in my path.
• I am not a pawn; I am the King.

• The world is a canvas, and I will paint it with blood.
• Heroes and villains revel in violence, but they still categorize us. ‘You are good’, ‘You are bad’. Is that how things work, Symbol of Justice!?
• Even if this society of heroes ends up being destroyed… even if I dominate all that remains… this weight in my heart will never go away. That’s why I hate everything. Everything that lives, everything that breathes annoys me. So why not destroy everything?
• Violence, if it comes from others, makes it admirable.
• In the end, you are just a tool made by and for violence to defeat us, and violence only begets more violence.
• Create a world without All Might and cause enough destruction to show how fragile his justice is. From this day forward… that’s my belief.

Shoto Todoroki’s best phrases

• Should we have let people die just because of your “law”? Isn’t saving people a hero’s job?
• I know exactly how much that kind of resentment can cloud a person’s vision.
• Never forget who you want to become.
• Heroes also have times when they cry…maybe.
• I hate him, mom… I don’t want to be someone like dad. Someone who bullies mom… I don’t want to be like that!

• He raised me as a hero who could surpass All Might just to fulfill his ambitions. I hate that! I hate to be nothing more than a tool for this human trash. I only remember mom was still crying… “I can’t bear to look at that left side of you” she said before throwing boiling water on my face.
• My mere existence chased her away. That’s why I never went to her house. I am aware that my mother has been my prisoner and my father’s during all this time. So with everything I have, with all my mind, I want to say, ‘I want to be a hero.’ I will tell you the same thing. There are so many things I have to say. Even if she doesn’t ask me, I will save her. This is my starting point.

The best phrases of Ochaco Uraraka

• I will win! I will win and be like Deku too!
• Let’s all work together and laugh together again!
• Everyone is doing their best, so it’s only fair that I do the same.

• Giving up is not an option for me!
• I will focus on working as hard as he does.
• I will become a hero.

And here is the selection of the best sentences that I made concerning “My Hero Academia” for the occasion. Yes, in the end I know that there are also characters like Endeavor or Dabi who have their different moments, but personally the ones I have selected are the ones that convince me the most. After all, ‘My Hero Academia’ has a clear main cast despite the sheer number of characters it ends up using..

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