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I have been watching _Boku no Hero Academia_ for a while now and in my
opinion, Midoriya's smash, "power type" way of fighting is so unmistakably and
obviously similar to All Might's fighting style. During the Tournament arc,
Battle Trial arc, the 2nd movie (the 2018 movie) and in multiple other
occasions, Midoriya has done smashes with the same name and technique as All
Might, but yet his classmates don't seem to catch on.

I'm just really curious as to why that is. Cause if All Might has done a smash
with the same name and very similar effect (in terms of destructive power and
technique), then Midoriya doing the exact same technique should make it
obvious that there's a pretty deep connection I guess.

So why has no one else figured out?


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Why has no one except Bakugo figured out that All Might passed his powers to Deku?


Taking into account that similar quirks exist in world of MHA, and that All
Might is the most popular hero in the world, it is quite easy to imagine
people with strength-empowering quirks, who want to be just like All Might,
including attack styles. This pretty much covers all similarities between
Midoriya's and All Might's powers.

Unlike the rest of Midoriya's classmates, Bakugo has important knowledge to
see Midoriya's special circumstances - they have known each other before, and
Bakugo is the only one who knows that Midoriya never had a quirk before. This,
along with "You are next" (which was not seen by a lot of people) helped him
to realize truth.


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Deku told Bakugo in season 1 episode 8 that someone gave him his quirk (though
he didn't say who). Knowing that Bakugo just had to figure out who gave the
quirk.

Without the information Deku willingly told Bakugo, other characters don't
know transferring quirks is possible so don't make the connections.


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Bakugo wasnt the only one to notice similarities between Midoriya and All
Might. Asui pointed out when they were traveling in a bus that Midoriya quirk
was like All Might's in season 1 episode 9. Later in season 2 episode 10,
before fighting with Midoriya , Shoto Todoroki told Midoriya than since his
father was Endeavor who wanted to defeat All Might, if Midoriya had something
from All Might (One for All?) he had more reasons to defeat him. The
difference between them and Bakugo are

  * As pointed in another answer, Midoriya told Bakugo he received his powers from someone else
  * Bakugo noticed the enemy of All Might was All for One who had the hability to transfer quirks. 
  * Bakugo knew All Might met Midoriya (who was quirkless at the time) (and him) when he was captured by a monster in episode 2 or 3 of the first season. After that Midoriya started to show All Might's powers. 
  * Bakugo saw that Midoriya was crying when All Might consumed all his powers and said "Now is your turn" to the camera. 

So in conclusion Bakugo and several others noticed similarities between
Midoriya and All Might, but only Bakugo was exposed to additional information
who made him conclude with almost certainty that All Might transfered his
powers to Midoriya


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