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According to the official character book or _Boku no Hero Academia_ Wikia,
Midoriya power is 1/5. However, other students have powers much higher than
him:

  * Yuga 2/5
  * Tenya 4/5
  * Eijiro 4/5
  * Denki 3/5
  * Fumikage 2/5
  * Shoto 5/5
  * Katsuki 5/5

This doesn't make sense. Midoriya is supposed to have the most powerful quirk,
One for All. In the battle with Shoto, when they clashed, they were almost
even.

How does this power level from the official character book makes sense? I
could understand if he doesn't have 6/5 (like All Might) but maybe 5/5 like
Shoto or Katsuki or 4/5 (barely under Shoto since in their battle they clashed
and Shoto won for a little), but certainly not 1/5.

Why is Midoriya power so low according to the official character book?


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Why is Midoriya's power so low according to the official character book?


Official character book only covers between Chapters 1 to 88. This is where
All Might and other heroes assault the League of Villains to save Bakugo.

So if you consider fights that Midoriya was in, until there, I think you can
see the pattern. Midoriya usually breaks his bones while fighting. Yes, there
are some fights where he doesn't, but not that much. The fight between him and
Muscular is a good example.

  * Even if you defeat someone that is so powerful but destroy yourself in the process, that makes you a liability. You defeated one big guy, good. But if a low-tier villain can one-shot you after that fight, could you really call yourself that powerful?

  * Only a handful of people know that Midoriya inherited One for All. To others, he is not super powerful. The Tournament Arc is a good example of it. How many pro heroes were willing to recruit him? 


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I think that the stats on power are based on how much power that the person
can control and not based on the overall power that the person’s quirk has.
Bakugo has full control over his quirk but Midoriya barely does. He’s getting
there though.


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I think the reason is that Deku didn't have control over his power. Only a few
people know that Deku is really powerful but he can only use 20% of his power
right now. However, other people consider him weak because they assume that
his power is kind of ok, though it breaks his bones.

Personally, I would give him a 3/5 power and 5/5 speed. Even though they list
his speed 1/5, Muscular said that he is very fast. He demonstrated good
control over his speed.


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