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As My Hero Academia’s number one hero, All Might is celebrated for reducing villainy as the Symbol of Peace. He’s worshipped by the masses and is an inspiration to heroes and hero students. But though All Might is the greatest hero, he struggles when it comes to being a hero teacher.
As a mentor to the future heroes of the world, All Might has made some questionable choices. As All Might’s mentee, Midoriya Izuku takes the brunt of those choices. Luckily for Midoriya, All Might has grown since the start of the series. Although he may not be the best mentor, he certainly isn’t the worst.
10 Bad Mentor: All Might Crushed Midoriya’s Dreams Then left Him On A Roof
As a Quirkless individual, Midoriya spent his entire life being bullied. 80% of the population is gifted with a Quirk and because Midoriya is that small 20% who doesn’t have one, he is treated as an outsider. Even with the bullying Midoriya still dreams to be a hero, so it had to be completely devastating when his hero told him he can’t be one.
Although All Might’s reasoning is sound, he didn’t consider how his harsh words would affect Midoriya’s mental health. It was irresponsible to leave a child on the roof of a building unattended after essentially crushing his dreams.
9 Good Mentor: All Might Didn’t Recommend Midoriya For UA
As the number one hero, it would have been easy for All Might to get Midoriya into U.A. Especially when the principal of the school is aware All Might is training a successor. Instead, All Might has Midoriya take the entrance exam with the other applicants. This allows Midoriya to get in on his own merit.
All Might even tells Midoriya after the exam that he had no influence on Midoriya’s placement. Even if Midoriya is far from mastering the Quirk One For All, it’s clearly important to All Might that Midoriya sees his progress in action. This is probably All Might’s best decision in Midoriya’s training.
8 Bad Mentor: All Might Wasn’t Up Front About One For All
One For All is an incredibly powerful Quirk with a complex history. Said history should have been detailed to Midoriya before he was given the Quirk. It would require a lot of trust on All Might’s part, but it’s irresponsible not to tell Midoriya everything.
In Midoriya’s eyes, his dreams were coming true, so he didn’t really understand what he was getting into. Giving Midoriya All Might’s Quirk made him a target for All For One as well as every other villain who might want the Quirk. Not to mention, if villains found out All Might is training the next Symbol of Peace, they may try to kill Midoriya and everyone close to him.
7 Good Mentor: All Might Didn’t Go Easy On Midoriya
All Might definitely has a problem when it comes to favoritism. Out of all the students, Midoriya is the one he spends the most time with, and in the later seasons, that favoritism starts to bleed over to Bakugou as well. But even if Midoriya is his favorite, All Might is far from easy on him when it comes to training. If Midoriya is to become the hero All Might wants him to be, he has to work hard.
As All Might says in the third episode, Midoriya needs to learn how to serve the community. Cleaning up a beach is a good start. Not only did it teach Midoriya humility but it also taught him discipline. All Might didn’t help Midoriya at all so he had to learn to rely on himself. During the final exams in season two, All Might beat Midoriya and Bakugou brutally, a reality they have to face since villains will not go easy on them. All Might is a tough teacher, but he is teaching lessons Midoriya will need for the future.
6 Bad Mentor: All Might Let Midoriya Injure Himself
All Might spent 9 months training Midoriya so his body would be ready to use One For All. However, that wasn’t enough. As soon as Midoriya used it, he broke the bones in all of his limbs. As Midoriya’s mentor, All Might should have stopped him from using the Quirk further. Midoriya clearly needed to train more or find another way to train the One For All without hurting himself.
Instead, All Might encouraged Midoriya’s destructive habits to the point that Midoriya was convinced breaking his bones was the only way to train his Quirk. The fact that Recovery Girl was the one who told Midoriya to stop and not All Might shows that Midoriya’s physical health was not a priority for All Might.
5 Good Mentor: All Might Gave Midoriya A Shoulder to Cry On
All Might is tough on Midoriya when he needs to be and often expects too much of the first-year hero student, but it’s clear All Might cares deeply for him. Other heroes like Endeavor might scoff at a show of emotions, but All Might welcomes it.
When Midoriya is doubting himself or unsure, it’s easy for him to go to All Might for advice. Even if sometimes All Might forgets, he recognizes Midoriya is still a child who needs a lot of support on his journey to becoming a great hero.
4 Bad Mentor: All Might Withheld Important Resources About One For All
When Midoriya was breaking his bones trying to learn how to use One For All, All Might didn’t do much to help him. All Might adapted to the Quirk very easily when he first received it, so it’s understandable that he didn’t know how to help Midoriya. If that was the case, All Might should have sought out advice from people who knew about the Quirk, but he didn’t.
Gran Torino was the previous user of One For All, Nana Shimura’s, friend. It stands to reason that he would know a good deal about the Quirk, which he did. Midoriya made the most progress with One For All during his internship with Gran Torino. The only reason this internship happened was because Gran Torino reached out to All Might. If it was down to All Might, Midoriya wouldn’t have made any progress.
3 Good Mentor: All Might Apologized When He Was Wrong
After the events of Kamino Ward, All Might is forced to look back at his actions and question them. He comes to the realization that he’s been acting too much like a hero and not enough like a teacher. Realizing that he’s been failing Midoriya is a hard pill to swallow, but he accepts it. It’s clear his apology to Midoriya Inko, Izuku’s mother comes from the heart. He realizes his mistakes and wants to help her son so that Midoriya doesn’t make the same mistakes All Might made.
2 Bad Mentor: All Might Expects Too Much Too Soon
Midoriya is held back by how often he compares himself to All Might. For a long time, he saw One For All as a borrowed Quirk and not his own, which made it harder for him to create his own fighting style. A lot of these problems stem from All Might and his expectations of Midoriya.
He treats Midoriya as the new Symbol of Peace, especially during the U.A. Sports Festival. In episode one of season two, All Might tells Midoriya he will take All Might’s place. This is a lot of pressure to put on a fist year hero student who can’t control their Quirk yet. It was so much pressure that Midoriya felt like he failed All Might when he lost during his one-on-one fight with Todoroki.
1 Good Mentor: All Might Is Teaching His Students To Be Better Than Him
As All Might stated in the first season, heroes used to be different before Quirks. Heroes today are more concerned with their images, and they often spend too much time competing with each other. All Might may not have meant to, but he played a part in hero society’s current situation.
The world is struggling without All Might there to do all of the work, which is why how he’s training the next generation of heroes is important. Instead of pushing Midoriya and Bakugou to compete with each other, he pushes them to work together. Collaboration is a key component of the students’ training. The world doesn’t need another All Might – it needs a group of heroes that focuses on saving and not rankings.
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