My Hero Academia iceberg

My Hero Academia iceberg is an iceberg chart topic. On r/IcebergCharts, the highest-scoring available chart on it, "My hero academia iceberg!", was posted by u/LilAnimeWeeb04 on 11 July 2022 and had about 25 upvotes when it was collected. The subreddit has 2 other charts on the same or closely related topics; see Other versions. A text version, "My Hero Academia" by NoEgoZone, is hosted on IcebergThreads, where it had 707 views as of 29 October 2026.

The IcebergThreads author describes it as: "Sources for some descriptions: - My Hero Academia Fandom Wiki - TV Tropes"

Entries reflect the chart authors' choices and are not verified fact.

"My hero academia iceberg!" by u/LilAnimeWeeb04 (11 July 2022)

Tiers

Tiers and entries from the IcebergThreads version. Notes after a dash are shortened from the author's explanations.

Tier 1

• Meaning of "Deku" – "Deku" (木偶) is a Japanese term meaning "wooden puppet" or "dummy," often used as slang for someone who is useless or cannot do anything. Later, Uraraka tells Izuku the nickname sounds like dekiru…
• Quirk types – Quirks are classified into three primary types based on their function: Emitter, Transformation, and Mutant. Emitter types generate substances or manipulate the environment, Transformation types…
• Todoroki's first Hero Costume
• Vestiges/Quirks carry consciousness – Every Quirk contains an echo of the consciousness of its wielder, known as a Vestige. If a person's Quirk is transferred to someone else, the consciousness of the previous wielder will appear in the…
• Quirk awakenings – A rare phenomenon where a user’s Quirk undergoes a sudden, significant evolution, often triggered by intense emotional stress or a life-or-death situation.
• One for All's evolution
• All Might's "muscle form" – All Might’s muscle form seemingly works as a temporary reversion to his pre-injury, peak physique. He maintains his "buff" form by aggressively flexing all his muscles.
• Mina's skin and horns – Mina's pink complexion is a side effect of her skin constantly producing acid, which alters her pigmentation. While her horns are simply physical mutations likely inherited from one of her parents.
• "1.000.000%" One for All
• Quirk genetics
• Quirk factors – Quirk Factors, also known as Plus Alpha Elements refers to the collective physical and genetic traits that compose a person's Quirk. This includes the primary Quirk power, as well as the specific…
• Geten is a Himura – He comes from the same family as Rei Todoroki, the Himuras, indicating that he is a distant relative to her and the rest of her children.
• Nana Shimura's husband – Nana Shimura’s husband is never named or shown in the series. It is only revealed that he was a civilian who was killed by a villain, prompting Nana to place their son, Kotaro Shimura, into foster…
• Quirks in animals – Animals can possess Quirks, though it is exceptionally rare. Key examples include Principal Nezu (High Specs), a cat in Vigilantes (object fusion), and a queen bee (swarm control).
• Shigaraki's original quirk
• What animal is Nezu? – Nezu is an animal of unknown, ambiguous species that resembles a chimera, sharing characteristics of a dog, mouse, and bear. He himself is unsure of his exact species.
• How Best Jeanist faked his death – Using the procedures at Central Hospital inspired by the Nomu, Best Jeanist was placed into a "death-like state" in order to fool Dabi.
• Sentient quirks
• Quirks were spread by mice
• Foreign students – Pony Tsunotori (America) and Hiryu Rin (China) are the primary examples of international exchange students in U.A. Yuga Aoyama was born in France, though he is not a transfer student.
• Source of Shigaraki's itching
• Todoroki is a conspiracist
• Quirks that mimic technology
• All Might's costume ages – All Might’s costumes correspond to different "ages" of his career, referencing Western comic book eras. The chronological progression includes the Young Age, Golden Age (debut/classic), Silver Age…
• Endeavor's redemption arc – Endeavor's redemption arc is controversial in the fandom, as some see it as well-written while others find it unacceptable to redeem a character such as him.
• Quirk Singularity – The Quirk Singularity is a concept postulated by Dr. Kyudai Garaki about the danger posed by Quirks becoming stronger and stronger with each generation. All For One espoused that the theory had been…
• Stain's ideology – Stain’s ideology centers on extreme altruism, believing true heroes must be selfless, self-sacrificing figures like All Might, while ruthlessly purging those he deems "false heroes" who seek fame,…
• Quirk mutations – In rare cases, a child may manifest a Quirk that is completely different from anything in their genetic lineage, akin to a mutation, such as Eri's Rewind and Koki Terumoto's Darkness. These Quirks…
• Bakugo and Kudo – All For One briefly confused the two, as they have a striking resemblance to each other, but it is confirmed that they're not related, only share a symbolic connection,
• Shigaraki's growing fingers – During the Final War, Shigaraki started to grow massive clumps of fingers, due to his body adapting to all the Quirks he received. A lot of people find this to be nonsensical, especially due to it…
• The fandom – My Hero Academia's fandom has a bad reputation and is considered to be cringy and toxic. This is mostly due to its extreme behavior, shipping debates and weird fan-content.

Tier 2

• Quirk laws – There are several laws and procedures in place to ensure the conscientious use of Quirks. Public display of Quirks is against the law, as is using them with the intention to harm other people, except…
• Quirks influence personality – Quirks are known to have a direct influence on the user's personality. For example, Himiko Toga's quirk caused her to have an obsession with blood and gore, even when she was a child, as well as an…
• (De)fenseless Izu(ku)
• How every Class 1-A student beat the entrance exam
• Meaning of "U.A"
• Ending change – Volume 42 was released to basically fix the mistakes from the last chapter. after the massive negative reaction towards it. Things like Deku being indifferent about Shigaraki's death, his unresolved…
• Hisashi Midoriya
• Decay is a modified Overhaul
• Shipping wars
• Shigaraki's hair color
• Kamui Woods' face and backstory
• How His Purple Highness' quirk works
• Weirdest quirks
• Nine cameo in the manga
• Blueflame vs. Cremation
• Live-action movie
• Characters with the same quirks – Some characters have the same quirk despite not being related. For example, both Kirishima and the Stone Villain have the Hardening quirk.
• How Aizawa controls his scarf
• Differences between the anime and manga
• Why Nighteye's prediction failed
• How quirks are named – It is unknown whether Quirks are generally named by the government, the Quirk user themselves, or their parents and guardians, but it appears to be a mixture depending on the circumstances, an…
• Thirteen's gender confusion – In the localization of the manga, as well as the first four School Briefs light novels, Thirteen was initially described using "he/him" pronouns. This was later changed in the anime using "she/her".
• Fanservice
• Crimson Riot's fate
• Toya's hair retcon
• What humans did to Nezu
• Movies' canonicity
• Toga's censorship
• Dolittle
• Name puns
• All Might's injury is different in the manga
• Mineta's intelligence stat
• Native's quirk
• My Hero Convention
• Momo can't create "organic material"

Tier 3

• Traitor theories
• Ground Zero
• Fourth-wall breaks
• When does MHA takes place?
• 20% quirkless birth rate confusion
• Eri cannot bring back the dead
• Mitsuki is a bad parent
• Smash (manga)
• Ida's eye color
• All Might is partially american
• Shoto and Zuko
• Inko's inconsistent appearance in Vigilantes
• Seven Great Mysteries of the World
• Numbers in OFA users' names
• Shiozaki and Shoda in Class 1-A
• Kota is Shino's nephew or cousin
• One for All's door
• The test robots have shut-down switches – A common headcanon created to explain how some students were able to pass the U.A entrance exams. It's such a popular theory that people mistake it for canon.
• Todoroki got his scar from his mother trying to heal him
• How All Might mastered OFA so quickly
• Fantasy AU
• Hero design contest characters – Bubble Girl and Centipeder were created by artists Abara Chiita and Tetsuya Oohara, respectively, who were the winner and runner-up in a Pixiv character design contest.
• Momo would have more skin exposed – According to Horikoshi, if it weren't for the restrictions of how much skin can be exposed in a costume, Momo would have made her suit even more revealing.
• Game-only characters (Curator, Dusty Ash, etc)
• Dekusquad and Bakusquad
• Realistic Izuku and All Might
• Quirks were artificially created
• Mineta "fell" for Deku
• Winged Nomu is Bakugo's childhood friend – Kohei Horikoshi has hinted that the Winged Nomu from the Hosu Incident may be Katsuki and Izuku's winged childhood friend, Tsubasa, who is also Kyudai's grandson. That is possibly why he picked Deku…
• Tsukauchi's quirk – All For One reveals that he stole a lie detector Quirk from Naomasa's ancestor that can sense hostility and deceit in people's speech. While his sister has her own lie detector Quirk, Polygraph, it…
• Thirteen's hands
• Ending controversy
• Star Wars references
• JokiJoki – Koki was given the nickname JokiJoki on the global popularity poll website. "JokiJoki" is an onomatopoeia meaning "snip snip", likely referencing the use of the onomatopoeia during his first…
• Villain Deku AU

Tier 4

• Deku would've stayed quirkless
• Vomics
• My Hero (2008 one shot)/Jack Midoriya
• Mikumo Akatami
• Gougou Katsuki
• Ochako would have Mt. Lady's power
• You Say Run goes with everything
• Characters that appear to have multiple quirks – Lady Nagant is a great example of this.
• Human Dark Shadow
• Unknown red-haired guy in Opening 5
• Can Eri rewind All Might?
• Maria – Ibara Shiozaki's previous hero name, as seen in My Hero Academia: Ultra Archive: The Official Character Guide.
• Endeavor and Midnight as teachers
• AFO is Midoriya's father/Dad for One
• Forest Training Camp Arc change/Early traitor reveal – Originally, the traitor reveal was going to happen during the Forest Training Camp Arc, but the poor weekly survey results because of the villains simply showing up made Horikoshi change his mind and…
• Denji cameo
• Domain expansion
• Quirks are magic
• All for One's red eyes
• All Might had another quirk
• How did Yoichi figure out OFA was transferred through DNA?
• Hero society is flawed
• Oumagadoki Zoo
• Midoriya and Shigaraki are related/Inko Shimura
• Horikoshi regrets Bakugo's early behavior – Horikoshi has admitted that he went too far in how he wrote Bakugo's hostile personality in the early chapters, particularly him telling Midoriya to jump off a roof.
• Tsuyu, Hagakure and Mei would be male
• Vestige of Power Stock's original owner/Zero user
• Kaminari's mom
• Kota's age change – Kota was originally stated to be 5 years old in his character profile in Volume 8. Following the eight year timeskip however, he appears as a first year at U.A. despite supposedly being 14 years old…
• Arabic censorship
• Brave
• Toga would've lived – Himiko was originally supposed to survive her blood transfusion with Ochaco, and live the rest of her life in prison. The idea was dropped halfway through its development for the story. Another…
• Shigaraki plays League of Legends
• Abridged series

Tier 5

• Deku's quirk was stolen
• Monoma and Toga are siblings
• Hawks' original design
• Todoroki is a chimera
• Dr. Garaki's name controversy/China ban – The original name of Dr. Garaki was Maruta Shiga. "Maruta" was the code-name used for Chinese victims of the human experiments done by the Japanese army during World War II. This prompted the manga…
• Quirkless discrimination
• Endeavor's scrapped death – Conversely, for a long time Endeavor was planned to be killed by Dabi after the reveal of his identity and broadcasting of Endeavor's sins across the world. But while drawing Endeavor's battle…
• Time Traveler Bakugo/Back-you-go
• Bakugo's VA nearly fainted 5 times
• Dabi is a nomu
• Potential sequel
• Deaf Bakugo
• Scrapped Final Arc used for Heroes Rising
• Horikoshi asked for Quirk ideas – In November of 2014, Horikoshi asked his followers on Twitter to think of ideas for new Quirks and send them to him. He then goes on to say he might turn that Quirk into a real hero and announce it…
• Dabi has a Phoenix quirk
• Mina's ethnicity debate – Mina is believed to be black-coded by a part of the fandom, due to her mannerisms and interests, as well as the darker shades used for her skin in the manga. This has sparked some debates regarding…
• (To)ru Ha(ga)kure
• Yui Kodai was derived from Uraraka
• Horikoshi said Deku's dad would appear – In a tweet, Horikoshi claimed he would eventually introduce Izuku's father into the story at some point. That never happened.
• Skeptic was based on Tomoyasu Shunpei
• Midoriya would have a fire absorption quirk
• Shigaraki has Canities subita
• Oji Harima is a OFA user
• Prototype Present Mic
• Inverted AU
• "Deku's dad" in the Sports Festival crowd
• Dark Shadow is Tokoyami's parasitic twin
• Tsukauchi would be a spy – According to Horikoshi in Jump Festa 2024, he was initially supposed to be a spy working under All For One's control.
• Momo is related to Overhaul
• Other prototype designs (Tenya, Kaminari, All Might)
• Quirks were caused by aliens
• Tenko (2007)
• Dabi's birthday revealed his name
• Tatsumaki cameo

Tier 6

• Quirkless shoes
• U.A's uniform inspired by mexican school
• Plus Ultra is the motto of Spain
• Rody Soul inspired by Nick Wilde
• There are no quirkless people
• Spider-Man exists canonically – Sero's description in the Ultra Analysis guide states that he "really likes the hero active in America who uses spiderwebs".
• Komako Masu's gender inconsistency – In Season 2 of the anime, Komako was depicted as male, however in Season 7, she is now depicted as female.
• Deku's tears are his quirk
• Blue sky debate
• Hawks inspired by Messi
• Quirks are spiritual
• Caleb Cook Twitter controversy – Caleb Cook, the official Viz Media translator for *My Hero Academia*, was forced to leave Twitter in February 2021 after intense, months-long harassment from fans regarding his translation choices.…
• That one Deku cosplayer
• Shigaraki's original design/Sazanka
• "A villain...! I have to protect everyone...!"
• Deku with a ghost quirk
• Bakugo's skull shirt theory
• OPM and MHA take place in the same universe
• McDonalds Deku
• Invisible guy in Class 1-A
• Estanislao Fernández
• Hand fetishism
• Kirishima and Gigantomachia
• Horikoshi received threats
• Mineta is a self-insert of Horikoshi
• The true origin of Quirks
• Shigaraki was right
• MHA is Copaganda
• Bakugo poster incident

Other versions

Other charts from r/IcebergCharts grouped under this topic, ordered by score:

• The My Hero Academia Iceberg! (Video explanation linked below!) by u/HeMan077, 14 January 2026 (16 upvotes)
• My Hero Academia Iceberg by u/NoEgoZone, 22 March 2026 (8 upvotes)

Text versions on other sites:

• My Hero Academia on IcebergCharts.com (archived; 34 entries)

See also

• Iceberg chart
• R/IcebergCharts
• Anime iceberg

Sources

• Featured Reddit chart: u/LilAnimeWeeb04. My hero academia iceberg!. Reddit (r/IcebergCharts). 11 July 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
• IcebergThreads version: NoEgoZone. My Hero Academia. IcebergThreads. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.