User blog comment:Brodzyx/Favourite Characters and Why??/@comment-35434208-20180422022412

Ochaco definitely, because her quirk is so interesting, and I've always loved characters that are able to cheer everyone else up with their relentless spirit and sense of hope (ex. Makoto Naegi from Danganronpa). She is literally a sunshine cinnamon roll.

I also think that the romance the author is creating between her and Izuku is great - unlike a lot of trashy shojo (and even shonen) manga where the love is too fast and unrealistic, the relationship between them has that real-life taste of bumbling awkwardness and slowly becoming-something-more friendship in real love.