Becoming a Pro Hero in My Hero Academia is something every child dreams of and strives for despite many villains such as Overhaul and Stain stating that the hero system is flawed and no one is a "true hero." In many ways, they're right. Most people become heroes for the fame and money, like Uraraka and Hawks.
Not long after the audience is introduced to Uraraka and Deku, Uraraka admits to Deku that she only wants to become a hero for the money rather than really helping people. Looking at hero society from a more mature eye, the villains have a strong point about hero society.
10 The Police Force Is Turned Into The Cleanup Crew
Police forces in today's society are what the real world would see as heroes. In My Hero Academia, however, the police force has been demoted to a simple grunt work and clean-up crew. Because of the Heroes Rules, it brings up whether the police force can even use their Quirks to help the heroes or not.
If people need a special license to use their Quirks publicly, does that mean the police can't use their quirks to help since they aren't considered heroes? Thanks to the way the hero society sets up its rules, the police force has been made to seem useless and unneeded.
9 Being A Hero Is The Only "Respectable" Job
The one career path every child in MHA wishes to follow is to become a hero. In fact, that's the only career path that seems to be respectable. When Deku was still Quirkless, he was constantly told that the one career path that he could follow is to be a police officer.
As a result, most of his middle school classmates mocked him and even Deku admitted that being a police officer wouldn't be the same. It seemed that whenever someone wanted a different job outside of being a hero, they weren't really respected.
8 Civilians Can't Use Their Quirk In Public Without A License
Another downside is that if characters don't have a proper hero license, they aren't allowed to use their Quirk in public. If someone uses their Quirk for self-defense, there aren't any consequences, but this rule is still very limiting and unfair.
If someone wants to use their quirk for a different career path, they can't use their Quirk to move themselves to achieve that career goal. This rule is very limiting to society and with 80% of the population having a Quirk, then this rule suggests only about 10-20% of the population are able to use their Quirk freely.
7 It Isn't Clear As To What Qualifies A Hero
When most think of Pro Heroes, characters such as All Might, Present Mic, and Endeavor come to mind. Since people aren't able to use their Quirks without a license, it brings up the question as to how many jobs would need a hero license in order to do their jobs.
If someone has a medical-based Quirk, like Recovery Girl and became a doctor, this whole rule would mean that they wouldn't be able to use their medical Quirk to help. The same situation could be said about the police force or firefighters. Without a license, these career paths are pretty much pointless if you can't use your Quirk without becoming a hero.
6 Heroes Seem To Make The Situations Worse
Numerous times there have been situations where it seems the Pro Heroes make the situations worse. In the first and second episodes of season 1, there are three heroes already on the scene who are capable of getting Bakugo out of a villain's clutches. Because those three feel their Quirks can't help Bakugo, the three Pro Heroes do nothing.
Deku runs in and at least tries to do something. While it's understandable that they feel their Quirks aren't effective for the situation, the three heroes' inaction just put Bakugo and any civilians in the area in more danger.
5 Any Hero Work Without A License Is Considered Illegal
Thanks to the rules of hero society, any kind of hero work without a proper hero license is considered illegal. After Deku runs into the fire towards the villain holding Bakugo hostage, the audience sees Deku being scolded by Pro Heroes while Bakugo is being praised. Technically, what Deku did would have been considered illegal thanks to how strict the rules are.
If someone wanted to become a hero but doesn't want to be bogged down by restrictions or do hero work because they genuinely want to help people, they would be marked as a criminal or villain. To be marked as a villain because a person wants to help others just because they don't have a license isn't a message heroes should give.
4 Characters Become Villains Because Of The Hero System
There have been many memorable villains that fans both love and hate, such as Hero Killer Stain and Overhaul. While younger audiences will go into these arcs thinking that villains like Stain and Overhaul are just bad people who need to be stopped, older audience members will take a deeper look at their motives and realize that these villains have a point.
Stain kills those he deems as "fake heroes," which are heroes who are after the fame of being a hero. Overhaul sees Quirks as a plague and that the world would be "clean" without them. These villains may have gone about their ideals the wrong way, but deep down, they were right about these aspects of hero society.
3 Hero Interns Can Get In Trouble Because Of Their Quirks
Deku's, Iida's, and Todoroki's fight with Stain was one of the biggest fights of MHA, but one thing that catches most fans' attention is the aftermath. While in the hospital, the three are confronted by the Police Chief about what happened. The Chief then told them that they were facing consequences because Stain was severely hurt due to their Quirks.
Deku and Todoroki made it in time to stop Stain from killing Iida and were dragged into the fight. If they hadn't gotten there in time and hadn't used their Quirks, all four of them would have been killed by Stain — and yet they still got in trouble.
2 Fame & Fortune Is A Leading Cause For Wanting To Be A Hero
Another major flaw of the hero society is the heavy emphasis on fame and fortune. An aspect of being a hero is appearing on camera and performing interviews for the public. The more fans the hero has and the more times they appear on TV, the more the hero gets paid.
Right after Deku meets Uraraka, he asks her why she wanted to become a hero. Uraraka then admits that she wanted to become a hero for the money. While this isn't a bad reason, being a hero shouldn't be about fame and fortune.
1 Without A Proper Quirk, You Can't Be A Hero
Deku was born Quirkless and still strived to be a hero despite all the bullying and hate he's received over of something out of his control. After meeting his childhood hero, Deku asks All Might if he could become a hero despite being Quirkless. All Might still tells Deku that he couldn't.
All throughout the show, people are constantly judged because of their Quirks. Even though the Support Course is there to help enhance the powers of people's Quirks, most believe that if they don't have a strong Quirk then you don't have a chance of being a hero. A child shouldn't be told that their dreams are pointless because they don't have a stronuirk.