Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26912075-20170802192635/@comment-25501246-20170803170952

Again, you're completely missing the point. You're focusing too much in the concept and not in the execution.

The series is not special, it just does a lot of stuff right. The series has character archetypes, but so does Naruto (dumb hero, gloomy rival, girl, lazy teacher, shy love interest, old pervert mentor). What matters is how the archetypes are written, not what they are.

Also, don't compare Naruto and Izuku's situation. Naruto was built up as this hardworking underdog for hundreds of chapters only to throw all that in the trash.

Meanwhile, Izuku goes from a zero to having amazing power that he can't even control properly. The series focus on him controlling and nurturing this power, under the pressure of succeeding the strongest hero off all time. His goal thus changes from being a normal guy trying to be a hero to normal guy trying to be the best hero. In the end, it's way more unique than just another Batman rehash of normal guy standing alongside superpowered individuals.