Quote Originally Posted by Kraco View Post
It kind of feels like Izuku won this fight despite losing it and turning all purple. He won the hero part of it if nothing else. He even healed Todoroki's mind partially. The audience was also majorly impressed simply because he could offer such a major resistance and finally forced Todoroki to use fire.
Indeed. If the real point of the tournament is to impress people, he showed that he's pretty much even with Todoroki. So if Todoroki goes on to win, that makes Deku look good as well, even if he lost in an earlier round.