Who Will Inherit One For All After Deku? The Ultimate Successor Revealed!

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Summary

  • Passing on One For All is difficult due to its interaction with other Quirks.
  • Bakugo and Mirio are strong candidates to succeed Deku, but challenges exist.
  • A quirkless successor like Knuckleduster may be ideal due to One For All’s increasing power.

The following contains spoilers for My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising and Vigilantes.

In the anime series “My Hero Academia”, it’s revealed that the One For All quirk, which is passed from host to host, becomes harder to transfer as its power grows. Remarkably, it has persisted for so long due to sheer luck rather than any inherent stability. Interestingly, two key characters, Toshinori Yagi and Izuku Midoriya, who lack their own quirks, play crucial roles in the evolution and ultimate confrontation against All For One, the sworn enemy of One For All.

Considering the challenge in identifying suitable inheritors of One For All once Deku has completed his term, who would be an ideal candidate to carry on this power in My Hero Academia? Is it possible that One For All could have persisted for future generations beyond the story’s events, or had it reached its pinnacle and achieved all it was meant to within the series?

Potential Candidates

While Many Options Exist, Some Stand Out

In the animated film My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, there’s a suggestion that Deku can pass on his power called One For All when he considers giving it to Bakugo to defeat the movie’s formidable antagonist. Immediately, Bakugo uses the power skillfully, integrating it with his Explosion Quirk for destructive impact. The joint use of Deku and Bakugo’s abilities finally overpowers the villain, leading Deku to believe that his time as the wielder of One For All has ended. However, since Bakugo faints, it’s revealed that the transfer was only temporary, allowing Deku to retain his role as the bearer of One For All once more.

In the event that Deku had the opportunity to select a successor for One For All at the conclusion of their story, Bakugo would be a strong candidate. However, since Bakugo already possesses a quirk, accepting One For All might reduce his lifespan. This implies that Deku may only transfer it to him if a circumstance similar to what occurred in “Heroes Rising” arises. It’s plausible that if chosen as a successor, Bakugo might need to voluntarily relinquish his Explosion Quirk to take on One For All’s power without enduring its life-shortening consequences.

Another potential heir to the One For All Quirk, Mirio Togata, possesses the potential to wield it powerfully. Originally, Mirio was being prepared as the successor instead of Dekz before All Might selected him. During the narrative, there was a moment when Mirio lacked a Quirk, an opportune time for Deku to transfer the Quirk if he had intended him as his successor. Although Mirio later regained his Quirk due to Eri’s assistance, it’s conceivable that the means by which he lost his Quirk initially could be repeated to enable him to become a host for One For All with minimal adverse consequences.

Already Quirkless Might Be Best

The Longevity of One For All is Questionable

If Deku was thinking about the long-term aspect of One For All, he probably would have looked for a successor who didn’t possess a Quirk, similar to himself, since finding a suitable carrier for the increasingly powerful One For All becomes more challenging as it accumulates strength. The perfect candidate for this role would be someone with a robust physique and no inherent Quirk of their own.

“That guy is quirk-less. He’s just a tough old man.” -Shōta Aizawa after facing Knuckleduster.

In the spin-off series “Vigilantes,” we encounter a character who seems to be a strong contender for wielding the power known as One For All. This character is Knuckleduster, who, although initially Quirkless, demonstrates an ability to hold his own against powerful villains solely through his natural strength. Additionally, Knuckleduster bears certain thematic resemblances to All Might, suggesting he could make a worthy successor to the power should Deku choose to pass it on. Considering Knuckleduster’s past, assuming One For All and becoming the next bearer of this power would serve as an appropriate retribution against All for One and the unfortunate circumstances that Knuckleduster experienced within the world of “My Hero Academia.

My Hero Academia can be streamed on Crunchyroll and Hulu.

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2025-05-27 17:35