My Hero Academia Brings Back “Dark Deku” Via Cosplay

The War Arc in My Hero Academia is set to arrive in the upcoming sixth season, seeing Deku and his friends taking on Shigaraki and the newly formed Paranormal Liberation Front. With this upcoming battle in the anime looking to take a serious toll on the heroes, Midoriya will walk away from the confrontation wearing a dark new aesthetic. While the Final Arc sees Deku leave this dark look behind him, one cosplayer has brought back the aesthetic that saw Izuku looking more like a villain then a hero.              

Izuku has always been a source of light not just for his fellow classmates in Class 1-A, but has also helped raise the spirits of the professional heroes that operate in Hero Society, even managing to teach his mentor, All Might, a thing or two during his short career. Still, in his freshman year, Deku has already experienced battles that few heroes have experienced but the War ARc will push him to the brink in the anime adaptation. Considering the length of this arc and the events that take place within it, we might not see “Dark Deku” arrive in all his terrifying glory during season six though rest assured there are plenty of Shonen fans crossing their fingers that we’ll see this dark hero appear sooner rather than later.

Instagram Cosplayer Kaiju Cos shared this new take on Deku’s dark attire, that had many members of the public wondering whether the current wielder of One For All was a hero or a villain, as Midoriya darted from crime to crime, trying to keep Hero Society in the wake of the Paranormal Liberation War:

Currently, My Hero Academia’s manga is in its Final Arc, as the heroes and villains fight for the future of Hero Society for what might be the last time. Luckily for Deku, his need to venture into the dark side has been restrained, with the help of his friends and the citizens that he has saved in the past. While the fight is far from finished, things are looking good for our Shonen heroes.

Do you think we’ll see the return of Dark Deku before My Hero Academia wraps? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of UA Academy.