exactly, the title is given, not taken. Well said.
You have to be chosen to walk the path, not choose the path. Aang never chose to be the Avatar, in fact he ran from it, but since Book 1 his path was set by Roku himself that he had to master the elements by the end of summer to fight one of the most dangerous benders on the planet during a cosmic event where their god given power would be boosted ten fold.
Aang didn't set out to do that in episode 1, he was aimless.
In fact his path wasn't even stablished until the Solstice Episodes after he met Heibai. Up til then it was Aang just getting used to being the Avatar.
Aang was chosen.
Deku was lucky.
He wasn't chosen by U.A., Deku chose U.A.
The path of the Hero didn't choose Deku, he chose it because of All Might. Which is fine, but that's not a chosen one.
All Might didn't choose Deku by virtue of Deku actually proving anything, Deku was available & rushed into danger headfirst. And being reckless meant he was worthy.
In all respects, Melissa was a leagues better choice but she was a retcon/ later addition so we have to overlook that little gap that Yagi overlooked a genius intellect quirkless for some no talent having NPC he didn't even know.
He didn't even have Inko's permission to train the kid either, ppl forget that, Yagi (some strange man she didn't know) had direct isolated access to her son without her consent or knowledge lmfao.
Deku in his own story is put last after a very early point, he wasn't even treated as chosen or unique by Horikoshi himself, Izuku was just a face among many who are all equally special, valid & visible, and amazeballs.
Everyone is the main character. "You are the protagonist"
My Hero Academia was EVERYONE's story while pretending to be about Deku.
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