Board Thread:Manga Discussion/@comment-25044056-20180120060206

Yuga Aoyama's backstory will both parallel and contrast with Deku. Both of them were born quirkless and found out about this when they were 4 years old and were similarly tormented by their classmates. Due to not having powers, Yuga didn't have any friends and made a habit of spending time by himself and away from everyone else in order to be safe. Yuga never had Izuku's courage but he always wanted to be treated as an equal.

When Yuga grew odler, his father invented for him a laser shooting belt so that he could trick people into believing he did in fact have powers. Yuga thought this belt was the coolest thing ever while other people didn't question the quirk's authenticity but weren't impressed by it either.

Unlike One for All, which Izuku was only selected for because he showed courage and had to work really hard to turn his body into a vessel. Yuga Aoyama received his belt as a gift for no reason other than to make him fit in better and feel better.

After receiving his gift Yuga Aoyama decided to reinvent himself as somebody more confident and outgoing and created for himself a gimmick as the shiny hero. Underneath that Yuga Aoyama remained the same cowardly, insecure, and asocial person he had always been.

Yugo is both cynical and naive in believing he can fake it till he makes it. 