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What has Ochako Uraraka's character arc been really about.

It was right infront of our eyes this entire time. The true potential of Uraraka's arc!

I have said it many times that Ochako maybe one of the most complex characters of MHA but since her arc never got expanded upon that much, we never had a clear vision of the kind of Hero she was gonna be...

But now, after 350+ chapters we can finally see a clear arc.

Ochako's debut takes place in the 3rd chapter of MHA where she helps Deku from falling on his two feet to falling from literal sky. She saves the hero who saved everyone, already!

And when she realises that Deku for zero points, what does she do? She goes straight to the office and advocates for his sacrifice or if I put it, fighting for the justice.

Yes guys! Even before she realised what she wanted to do, even before she declared that she wanted to be a hero, she was already fighting for rights of other people, she was already protecting those who protect others and after 350+ chapters we realise, this is what Ochako's character arc has been all about!

Even though she stated that she wants to become a hero to support her family, her real Dilemma has been about what's right and what's wrong. And yeah, don't even get me started on that love interest plot point, geez!

Ochako has always been this passive hero admirer in the background. Coming from a small town, a little girl who used to be more happy to see the reactions of the bystanders rather than the hero himself meaning she was always vary of the effect heroes have on the psyche of other people.

So she considers every step she takes, very carefully. Even during the Kamino rescue she was the one to persuade everyone to not go because she thought of what Bakugo would think of this ordeal. She thinks that this is how heroes are supposed to act.

But she doesn't know that passiveness is not always the answer. Sometimes you have to be authoritative and take the command in your own hands which is why it is one of the greatest developments in VH arc as we see that her hesitation is now gone.

The icing on the cake is when she calls back this exact moment while rescuing Deku stating that she's not the same person as before meaning that it was indeed a very important aspect of her character!

Because she thought it was the right thing to do, only to regret later when she realises what happened later and well, this happens again as she fails to save Nighteye and for the first time in forever, she realises that she's already done past doing heroism only for money.

It was the first time she realised the weight, the responsibility heroes have on their shoulders and decides that she's up for it. She will no longer be just a passive bystander anymore.

And then comes the JTA where we see the glimpse of the central idea that her arc has been built upon "Who saves the heroes?"

Ochako is naive.

She's what? A fifteen-year old girl in her highschool or so? It's obvious, she has never faced any real life villains before coming to UA. She has been throught a tough life and money issues but she has never been in the shoes of someone that has been wronged by the society, say Toga.

Instead, despite the poverty her parents actually loved her. Despite their business not going so well, they manage to pay for Ochako's expenses in UA (and Ochako being the nice daughter she is still uses a fliphone). She has friends who always support her in everything and when compared to Toga, it almost looks like a blessing.

Not that it is, because we see how much they are suffering and technically they are not even 2nd years! But from a villain's POV that's not the case, so when Toga looks at Ochako, she envisions Ochako as a hero with perfect life!

Whereas, what Toga gets?

Horrible remarks on her appearance and behaviour? Being told to not be herself? Her parents abandoning her completely? No friends and family. She doesn't even go to school cause she's already a runaway.

All because of what?

Her Quirk?!

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But Ochako being the person she is cannot simply empathize with someone like Toga.

She is surrounded by heroes who inspire her to work hard. Be it her loving parents who are willing to overlook their own profit to make their daughter's dreams come true , or her friends who trust her blind folded or her teachers to support her each step of the way.

From witnessing the horrors of USJ in their mere first week, to when she saw All Might going down on TV to seeing Deku desperately trying to save Eri.

She has seen it all. The plight of a hero who puts on a smile for everyone else's sake. So her first question becomes, "Who saves the heroes?"

She asks this question to herself again as she goes up against the angry mob fighting for Deku, again. Just like in the Entrance exam where Deku saves everyone by demolishing the Zero point robot but sacrificing all of his power to gain some points for himself.

And after 300+ chapters, it's still the same!

The same old Deku fighting desperately for those in need. However, this time around their is no CCTV to record good heroic actions and it's not the fair Jury of UA who knows everything.

Instead, they're up against an ignorant mob who doesn't know what Deku has been through.

Instead the system is angry and seeing him as threat and even now it's upto Ochako who has to do the advocating.

So she rises to the challenge and with everyone's help convinces the angry mob to let Deku stay at UA.

So she's already on her path to becoming a great hero who will fight for the other heroes but

Are heroes the only ones in need?

During her own speech, she realises this question! Are heroes really the only ones in pain?

Nope! Because she remembers Toga was crying.

And that raises her questions as she wonders if she knows Toga Himiko at all? Like I have said before, it's easy for Uraraka to reach out to her fellow heroes because she has been there making Toga her biggest narrative challenge.

She is a simple, practical and naive girl who is surrounded by good people/heroes all around her.

So she takes it upon herself to fight for the rights of everyone she cares about. She's a practical girl who takes her job seriously. She's like they're heroes, they're good people, I'm fighting to protect them and if you're not one of them, get out of my way or I'll take you down right here, right now!

She never even looks outside of her horizons as she doesn't needs to but seeing Toga crying definitely made her question a lot of things...

Despite being naive, she has faced unjust a lot of time, be it when the crowd started booing in her battle against Bakugo or when the mob wasn't letting Deku in UA just for their own selfish reasons.

She has also seen that heroes are not some knight in shining armor and they may not be able to save everyone.

And anyone can be hurt and fighting, not just heroes but villains too.

We don't know, so we can't judge.

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And like principal Nezu said, she's just one step away. One step for the mankind, a giant leap for humanity. He explained that due lack of understanding and intolerance, we are just always one step away as humanity struggles to make progress down it's path.

Issues shift: war and events happening rapidly without letting them catch a break

Voices clash: war happening everywhere

It feels like an impossible journey. Well it really is, considering it took 340+ chapters for Ochako to finally in understand Toga a little better.

But taking the first step is always hard and we know Ochako has already taken that step, in the right direction and now she is carving the path for the other heroes to follow.

Becase Rising at the time like this will lead to the birth of a true hero.

So what kind of Hero is Uravity gonna be?

The kind of hero that will gravitate to reach out to a lost child and fight for it's right to smile in the society!

Not for heroes, not for villains, but fighting for what's right!

THE CUTEST BABIES EVER

Izuku and Ochaco being a blushing mess when it comes to each other makes their dynamic feel so wholesome. Like I love seeing pairings that go from best friends to lovers who do nothing but care and support one another.

“Izuocha is so vanilla why would you ship them”

if shipping two people who became best friends and wanting to see them become lovers without any extreme angst makes me boring then so be it