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Plus, the series has shown (usually as an infuriating waste of potential running gag) that Deku is a very good student and has a mind full of knowledge and has good techniques for knowledge gathering (supposedly). So, the story could present him as someone who is not only a societal figure who represents the disenfranchised of society but also of a potential genius honing his skills in order to come up with strategies that the other heroes sometimes desperately need.