Boku no Hero Academia

[Buffalobiian]

"realistically", 20% All Might should be plenty, and if Deku only ever gets to 50% All Might in all aspects, a 50% of All Might's top power would still flatten everybody out there.

Remember when All Might said he could have finished Nomu in 5 punches but still took 300?

That puts him at 1.6% of his former self. Deku is technically beyond that now, but I guess you can see why the author isn't making him any closer to All Might. Once you get close enough, you're good enough to win against anybody who isn't All for One.

[DarthEnderX]

"realistically", 20% All Might should be plenty, and if Deku only ever gets to 50% All Might in all aspects, a 50% of All Might's top power would still flatten everybody out there.

A 20% air blast is not the same as a 20% punch.

Remember when All Might said he could have finished Nomu in 5 punches but still took 300?

That puts him at 1.6% of his former self.

That's not really how damage works, because people don't actually function on hit points.

One of Nemu's power was specifically impact absorption. Someone who hits only 1.6% as hard as All Might probably wouldn't do ANY damage to Nemu, so they could hit it an infinite number of times and STILL not defeat it.

Once you get close enough, you're good enough to win against anybody who isn't All for One.

Or, ya know, ANY villain who's power doesn't revolve around physical combat.

Like, realistically, if Tomura Shigaraki wasn't a known villain, what would actually prevent him from just walking up to All Might on the street, putting a hand on him, and killing him instantly?

[Buffalobiian]

A 20% air blast is not the same as a 20% punch.


That's not really how damage works, because people don't actually function on hit points.

One of Nemu's power was specifically impact absorption. Someone who hits only 1.6% as hard as All Might probably wouldn't do ANY damage to Nemu, so they could hit it an infinite number of times and STILL not defeat it.

Or, ya know, ANY villain who's power doesn't revolve around physical combat.

Like, realistically, if Tomura Shigaraki wasn't a known villain, what would actually prevent him from just walking up to All Might on the street, putting a hand on him, and killing him instantly?

My 20% comment wasn't at the flick specifically. Deku can activate 20% for short periods of time. Anything he does during that time should be amazing.

As for Impact Absorption, that's specifically why All Might's attack worked. All Might specifically said that he was able to overcome it because it wasn't nullification but absorption. Nomu just had a huge extra shield HP specifically for impact damage, and once that was drained it effected his own physical wellbeing.