

In the first season of the show, Midoryia explains how the quirks popped up
and all, he says that the first one was a child in Qing Qing city, in china.
This is where it takes a turn. Everyone so far that you see in the show, or
read about in the manga, (for those who aren't explained, it's assumed they
manifest at age four). So I was wondering why the first person who manifested
their quirk was a newborn. I don't understand.


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Why is it the first person who gets a quirk in "Boku no Hero Academia" is a new born?


This might be linked back to the quirk singularity theory.

In the quirk singularity theory, it was explained that, as the generations
pass, quirks become stronger and harder to control. This technically also
means that, as the generations pass, children have a higher chance of having
stronger quirks and also leads to the percentage of quirkless people to
lessen, meaning that it is more likely for a child or, in this case, a newborn
to have a quirk as compared to people from other generations.

Additionally, it was mentioned that people start to get quirks before/when
they turn 4, meaning that, while it is more common for a quirk to appear when
someone is 4 years old, it is not impossible for a child to get a quirk before
they turn 4: similar to how Present Mic got his quirk when he was born and in
turn made the doctor and his parents' ears bleed when he cried.


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