(L) Boku no Hero Academia

[marvelB]

Translated 31 is out! So yeah, like I said in the spoiler, it's cool that Deku ain't lettin' no family sob stories faze him. Still, Endeavor really is a dick, though....

[FlareKnight]

Man that's one ugly family situation. In the end Todoroki is the biggest victim in the whole thing. I'd have some sympathy for the mother if there wasn't the whole burning her kids face thing! No matter what she was going through all she did was take it out on the most innocent party.

His father definitely takes the whole "living through your kid" thing to the most insane level. Literally having the kid just so he can make it about him. Which is completely stupid on so many levels. Plus completely pointless since most heroes are at a level higher than All Might now considering his current state.

Although I think Todoroki's revenge has flaws in it as well. Using or not using his father's power doesn't matter that much. So long as he wins his father will use it to gloat. He'd be better off not bothering to try at all or just taking second place and being completely fine with it.

[Heat066]

Wow...with this sort of heroes what do you even need villians for? right now the manga has a black/white moral sense, but with this recent chapter, this might escalate into something deeper.

[James Rye]

Man, Todoroki is BokuHero's own Zuko. Just without a nice uncle and a crazy sister. XD
And he might still have a younger sibling if his mom remarried and the half sibling wants to prove himself or herself to the big bro or just has something against him for making mom cry, etc.

I liked how Deku admitted that without other people's help he wouldn't stand where he is currently. In that aspects, aka to benefit from other people's skills/help/saving him/etc, he reminds me a lot of Osamu of WT. Weak (without the quirk of AM that is), more brainy but superduperhypersmart, with some wits and getting ahead thanks to people around him helping him out. He wouldn't have made it into the top 16 if it were not for shadow birdy and his quick shadow snatching those points at the last second. Ofc they are different, as in Deku actually has a superpower while Osamu is still average joe dude XD, but they do share quite some similarities.^^

You know, the whole "Quirk marriage" thingie made me wonder how quirks are seen in general in society? From what we saw of Deku's past, quirkless seems to have a pretty sucky life as a quirkless minority under a quirk majority. And I bet that quirkless people have problems to find a partner, jobs, etc as well as people rather marry a guy with cool fire powers (even if he makes her cry later) or give a job to a girl with telekinesis than somebody who got "nothing". And even among quirks we seem to have a "category" and "ranking" thinking as in "what type are you?" or "how strong/useful is your quirk?".
I think the whole quirk being a genetic thing is a lead to future problems of a still young quirk society with potential quirkless and "lesser" quirks racism, political radical parties forming, heroes (which we saw with Todoroki's dad already) going into some kind of "quirk gene" thinking, marrying into superquirk families creating a "superhero" caste, and so on.

Like that one villian who had Kaminari as hostage when he was dumbed down. He said he prefered to not kill Kaminari "because we share the same quirk". He didn't wanted to not kill Kaminari because he was a child or because he has a kind heart for a villian, but mostly because they got the same electrical quirk which seems to be kind of rare.

Also from the looks of it, some quirks like the elementals as electrical/lighting, fire and ice, etc have very few to no outsidish looks. Those people look like normal humans but got amazing powers. Other people on the other hand can morph from normal humans into their quirk form like that hardenskin guy who can get a stoneskin. And other humans always will look the way they do, which can be pretty damn alien in some cases.
I could see that becoming an issues as well for people to divid quirks into quirks that are looked upon higher than others and looks might very well play a part in it.

Reminds me of the book "Wild Cards" where you got normalos, Jokers (people that mutated and looks like mutants, 6 arms, dog hears, etc) and Aces (who look mostly very normal, maybe some weird hair or eye or skin color at max) and where Jokers due their looks have a lot of problem in the society while Aces are more seen as superheros. Not saying this manga will go the same way, but I would not wonder if we run across some people with quirks that look down on humans which got quirks that have changed their bodies.

[Slayerx]

Y'know i gotta say, i'm a little disappointed that this is turning into combat tournament. Really the "Tournament arc" is just so common and overplayed in shonen. Honestly i rather liked the idea of a sports festival but with super powers; it was kind of a unique take on the common sports festivals so common in school-based animes. There's a lot of fun you can have with an idea like that.

[Blankdom]

@James Rye,
Quirk Marriages doesn't necessarily equal the child receiving their parents quirks, look at Deku for example, both of his parents have quirks -- mom = attraction (small), and dad was fire breath (weak/limited). -- I would also think that quirkless marriages doesn't necessarily equal quirkless either, though I don't feel like finding an example for that.

Lastly, I think quirkless people can still find jobs, but it's harder, cuz they'll usually look to see if you have quirks that are useful -- then most people want to be heroes, just look at the first chapter as an example.

[Randrak42]

There's still a chance that it's not a straight up battle tournament but rather 1v1 games, that could be interesting.
Thought to be honest, I love tournament arcs xD

[ChuckE]

Originally Posted by Slayerx

Y'know i gotta say, i'm a little disappointed that this is turning into combat tournament. Really the "Tournament arc" is just so common and overplayed in shonen. Honestly i rather liked the idea of a sports festival but with super powers; it was kind of a unique take on the common sports festivals so common in school-based animes. There's a lot of fun you can have with an idea like that.

I like Tournament arcs. Raw fights where characters show off their power without nakama powers - it's great
Though I don't like when mangaka adds unnecessary drama there.

[Darius Drake]

Originally Posted by James Rye

Man, Todoroki is BokuHero's own Zuko. Just without a nice uncle and a crazy sister. XD
And he might still have a younger sibling if his mom remarried and the half sibling wants to prove himself or herself to the big bro or just has something against him for making mom cry, etc.

I liked how Deku admitted that without other people's help he wouldn't stand where he is currently. In that aspects, aka to benefit from other people's skills/help/saving him/etc, he reminds me a lot of Osamu of WT. Weak (without the quirk of AM that is), more brainy but superduperhypersmart, with some wits and getting ahead thanks to people around him helping him out. He wouldn't have made it into the top 16 if it were not for shadow birdy and his quick shadow snatching those points at the last second. Ofc they are different, as in Deku actually has a superpower while Osamu is still average joe dude XD, but they do share quite some similarities.^^

You know, the whole "Quirk marriage" thingie made me wonder how quirks are seen in general in society? From what we saw of Deku's past, quirkless seems to have a pretty sucky life as a quirkless minority under a quirk majority. And I bet that quirkless people have problems to find a partner, jobs, etc as well as people rather marry a guy with cool fire powers (even if he makes her cry later) or give a job to a girl with telekinesis than somebody who got "nothing". And even among quirks we seem to have a "category" and "ranking" thinking as in "what type are you?" or "how strong/useful is your quirk?".
I think the whole quirk being a genetic thing is a lead to future problems of a still young quirk society with potential quirkless and "lesser" quirks racism, political radical parties forming, heroes (which we saw with Todoroki's dad already) going into some kind of "quirk gene" thinking, marrying into superquirk families creating a "superhero" caste, and so on.

Like that one villian who had Kaminari as hostage when he was dumbed down. He said he prefered to not kill Kaminari "because we share the same quirk". He didn't wanted to not kill Kaminari because he was a child or because he has a kind heart for a villian, but mostly because they got the same electrical quirk which seems to be kind of rare.

Also from the looks of it, some quirks like the elementals as electrical/lighting, fire and ice, etc have very few to no outsidish looks. Those people look like normal humans but got amazing powers. Other people on the other hand can morph from normal humans into their quirk form like that hardenskin guy who can get a stoneskin. And other humans always will look the way they do, which can be pretty damn alien in some cases.
I could see that becoming an issues as well for people to divid quirks into quirks that are looked upon higher than others and looks might very well play a part in it.

Reminds me of the book "Wild Cards" where you got normalos, Jokers (people that mutated and looks like mutants, 6 arms, dog hears, etc) and Aces (who look mostly very normal, maybe some weird hair or eye or skin color at max) and where Jokers due their looks have a lot of problem in the society while Aces are more seen as superheros. Not saying this manga will go the same way, but I would not wonder if we run across some people with quirks that look down on humans which got quirks that have changed their bodies.

Honestly, I suspect that the world for a quirkless isn't as dark as you seem to think. Sure, everybody wants to be a hero, but it's a bit like everybody wanting to be a famous actor/actress/sports hero/other famous thing.

Childhood bullying is likely going to be prevalent so long as someone is "different". Deku DIDN'T have a quirk, so he was bullied. The first person recognised with a quirk, the bioluminicent kid, DID have a quirk, so they were probably bullied (when not being shoved infront of a camera due to media being stupid). A black kid in an otherwise white school, or a white kid in an otherwise black school has a fair chance of being bullied in our world. This doesn't have an effect on their ability to get a job after graduating, though it might have a lasting effect on their personality.

Honestly, a significant number of quirks don't seem to have any useful effect for normal, every-day type jobs. Okay, sure, there'll be some specialty jobs that are now available for people with certain quirks, such as the electrical ones already mentioned, but that doesn't mean that they're restricting people from getting desk jobs due to a lack of a quirk.

[marvelB]

Hey guys, the vol. 2 omake were translated! So, remember how a few pages back a bunch of us were wondering how Mineta passed the entrance exams? Well, the author took the trouble to explain it here. Basically, those of us who guessed that he scored for immobilizing those robots were right, after all!


Also, I'm kinda not surprised that Shigaraki was hard for Horikoshi to draw (at least, I'm 99.9% certain that's who he's referring to in the cover flap). I imagine that a creepy dude covered with lifeless hands wouldn't be easy to draw....

[Randrak42]

Tsuyu was supposed to be a guy....thank god he changed his mind

[Slayerx]

Invisible girl was supposed to be a guy... thank god he changed his mind

[Randrak42]

*high fives Slayerx*

Speaking of her....how cruel is it that the possibly hottest and always naked girl has the invisibility power? xD

[Slayerx]

That's exactly where the appeal comes from. The less we know the better, and we know nothing.
Heck gotta love how the characters react to her... its just so delightfully awkward
Though i do also love her quirky, hyper active personality. heh, candid prank shows

[Randrak42]

From the looks of things, the author plans on giving her the spotlight a little more in the future, which is great.
Let's hope Tsuyu gets even more of a spotlight as well xD

[marvelB]

Next chapter's scans are out in Chinese:

Spoiler for 32:

Interestingly, the bio features Ojiro (the guy with the huge tail), who has a bit more screentime this chapter. As Midnight has the kids draw lots to determine who they'll face in the tournament, both Oshiro and that one chubby class B kid decide to drop out of the tournament since they have no memory of their performance during the cavalry battle, and ultimately feel that continuing would feel like cheating (though belly laser dude is still sticking around for the game, heh). Midnight respects their decision, and in the end, the runner-ups who take their place are Tetsutetsu and Ibara (iron dude and thorn girl, respectively). The match-ups are now as follows:

Midoriya vs. Shinsou (aka slave master)
Todoroki vs. Sero (guy with tape quirk)
Ibara vs. Kaminari
Iida vs. Hatsume (aka Gadget Girl)
Ashido (girl with the dark eyes) vs. Aoyama (belly laser)
Tokoyami vs. Yaoyorozu
Tetsutetsu vs. Kirishima (battle of identical quirks!)
Ochako vs. Bakogou (!!!)

Ojiro warns Deku not to reply to Shinzou's words, or else he'll be caught in the influence of his quirk. Afterwards, the kids chill out for a bit while that one hero with the cement quirk readies the ring for the tourney. After a little encouragement from All Might, Deku heads out to the ring! Basically, the rules are that you win if your opponent gets a ring-out, is incapacitated, or surrenders (though cement dude also says he'll stop the match if things get a little TOO out of hand). And thus, the first match is underway: Deku vs. Shinsou!

Right before the match starts, however, Shinsou provokes Deku by insulting "that monkey" (I'm assuming he means Ojiro). This pisses off Deku to the point that he rushes at him yelling, but unfortunately, this gets him caught under his opponent's ability, exactly as Ojiro warned him about earlier....!!!!

Man, what a chapter. I hope Deku breaks free from his power and kicks his ass....

[James Rye]

Originally Posted by Blankdom

@James Rye,
Quirk Marriages doesn't necessarily equal the child receiving their parents quirks, look at Deku for example, both of his parents have quirks -- mom = attraction (small), and dad was fire breath (weak/limited). -- I would also think that quirkless marriages doesn't necessarily equal quirkless either, though I don't feel like finding an example for that.

Lastly, I think quirkless people can still find jobs, but it's harder, cuz they'll usually look to see if you have quirks that are useful -- then most people want to be heroes, just look at the first chapter as an example.

I think it depends on the quirks as now we know quirks are based on genes and genes can get transfered to children. Deku was unlucky to have parents with both weak quirks so he got none. Kinda like the whole genes thing that are stronger or weaker than others. Think of GoT and "The baratheon seed is strong".^^
I could see people with strong quirks marrying other each other to create the possibility to bear a child with tremendous power/quirk like it happened with Todoroki. And given how Deku knows about this quirk marriage thing I bet that is not a solo case but that there is a part of society where strong quirk humans marry only strong quirk bloodlines to increase their bloodlines power. And that gives more food to my quirk rasicm theory.^^

Sure they can, but quirkless people are a powerless minority in a society where people can burn you in rage or turn you to stone or even enslave your mind if you speak up against them. Heroes and police aren't always around to protect you. It is similar with how the prestige of police officers went down with the raise of heroes. Quirks are everything and if you got none, you're worth less than the rest as somebody with the right quirk can always outdo your work/achivements.

Originally Posted by Darius Drake

Honestly, I suspect that the world for a quirkless isn't as dark as you seem to think. Sure, everybody wants to be a hero, but it's a bit like everybody wanting to be a famous actor/actress/sports hero/other famous thing.

Childhood bullying is likely going to be prevalent so long as someone is "different". Deku DIDN'T have a quirk, so he was bullied. The first person recognised with a quirk, the bioluminicent kid, DID have a quirk, so they were probably bullied (when not being shoved infront of a camera due to media being stupid). A black kid in an otherwise white school, or a white kid in an otherwise black school has a fair chance of being bullied in our world. This doesn't have an effect on their ability to get a job after graduating, though it might have a lasting effect on their personality.

Honestly, a significant number of quirks don't seem to have any useful effect for normal, every-day type jobs. Okay, sure, there'll be some specialty jobs that are now available for people with certain quirks, such as the electrical ones already mentioned, but that doesn't mean that they're restricting people from getting desk jobs due to a lack of a quirk.

Well, unlike famous actors and stuff where you need to be "discovered" or land a "hit", becoming a hero is "easier". We have academies and schools for heroes, companies, heroes who look for sidekicks, etc. Becoming a hero seems easier than to become a moviestar, plus given the advertise we saw in chapter 1, heroes have already replaced actors and atheleths and the like in advertisement. Becoming a hero is your real way to fame. I bet more people know hero names than actor or sportler names in this kinda world.

And yeah, probably the quirkless don't suffer a horrible life, but I bet a lot of them wished themselves to have quirks "to be normal" and feel more accepted in their quirk-concentrated society. I wouldn't wonder if there are swindlers who sell stuff to quirkless people, telling them that with this powder for a million yen they might develop a quirk.

Plus no matter how useless or weird a quirk might seem in the end it is still a quirk. A quirkless could be the best dancer, the best politican or the best cook or best in math in the end even the most worthless quirk user would be more special than him because "can you create bubbles out of your hands and make them explode?".
Quirks are special because you cannot learn them like normal human skills and because no matter how much talent you have you won't be able to copy a quirk if you got no quirk. Thats the reality the quirkless have to face daily. Quirks in TV, Quirks in the newspaper, Quirks in the streets, Quirks in the advertisement, Quirks in school, at work and in the tram, Quirks everywhere! Either you got a quirk or you are a loser who people laugh about your dream to become a hero.

Originally Posted by marvelB

Next chapter's scans are out in Chinese:

Spoiler for 32:

Interestingly, the bio features Ojiro (the guy with the huge tail), who has a bit more screentime this chapter. As Midnight has the kids draw lots to determine who they'll face in the tournament, both Oshiro and that one chubby class B kid decide to drop out of the tournament since they have no memory of their performance during the cavalry battle, and ultimately feel that continuing would feel like cheating (though belly laser dude is still sticking around for the game, heh). Midnight respects their decision, and in the end, the runner-ups who take their place are Tetsutetsu and Ibara (iron dude and thorn girl, respectively). The match-ups are now as follows:



Ojiro warns Deku not to reply to Shinzou's words, or else he'll be caught in the influence of his quirk. Afterwards, the kids chill out for a bit while that one hero with the cement quirk readies the ring for the tourney. After a little encouragement from All Might, Deku heads out to the ring! Basically, the rules are that you win if your opponent gets a ring-out, is incapacitated, or surrenders (though cement dude also says he'll stop the match if things get a little TOO out of hand). And thus, the first match is underway: Deku vs. Shinsou!

Right before the match starts, however, Shinsou provokes Deku by insulting "that monkey" (I'm assuming he means Ojiro). This pisses off Deku to the point that he rushes at him yelling, but unfortunately, this gets him caught under his opponent's ability, exactly as Ojiro warned him about earlier....!!!!

Man, what a chapter. I hope Deku breaks free from his power and kicks his ass....

Ojiro is such an awesome guy!!! <3 <3 <3

Spoiler:

I for one really really REALLY hope Deku loses!
Because the whole MC beats everyone till he loses in the final is so Shounen we even had it in Souma!!!

The MC losing in the very first round to a guy who is not even a hero student but a regular class guy would be something new!

Plus it will also avoid the cliche "Deku vs Todoroki rematch" once Deku and Todoroki win their first round matches.

Also if Shinsou loses right away in his first battle in the third round then his words to beat all heroes to pull the rug under their feet while they are under their high horse won't have much meaning anymore.

I'd rather see him win against Deku and Todoroki to surprise everyone how far a regular class student can come. Espeically with a quirk that is not OP as it leaves YOU the decision whenever or not to fall under his spell. As long as you don't speak to Shinsou, you're safe and you can win easily!
So seeing Deku losing his cool and LOSING because of it would be darn nice, same for Todoroki who wouldn't lose or win against a child who has a secret relationship with AM, the number 1 hero of the world, but to some guy from a class everybody exepected to not even make it through the first round. That lose carries far more weight than a lose against Deku.
Plus both declaring that they wont lose and become Nr.1 and then both lose against the same guy would be amazing irony!

Especially if it is Bakugou who meets Shinsou in the final and we get a guy who declared to make all hero student lose vs the guy who shouted at the start of this tournament how he will be number 1.
Also Bakugou hasn't been first so far, so it's about time he gets first place somewhere. XDDD
And it would be funny and show Bakugou's growth if the guy with the greatest temper is the one who's able to not say a single word to Shinsou till he defeated him.^^

So my fav final would be Shinsou vs Bakugou and for that Deku and Todoroki HAVE to lose against Shinsou.
Which is TWICE as impossible given that Deku carries MC plot armor and Todoroki is like the example for a perfect MC character. XDDD
But I really hope that Horikoshi surprises us all and make Shinsou win!!! <3

Dayum, guys! This is what I meant with Tsuyu being awesome at french kisses. XD

Spoiler:

[coded321]

i think which scenarios are most likely to happen are:
a)deku makes it to the final round, but loses in the end.
b)he makes it to the final round, but the fight ends in a draw
c)he gets a technical win or loss, i.e, he wins the fight but loses the match
also its kind of ironic that deku's first opponent is someone possesses a quirk that deku's quirk can't much against, i.e, physical ability vs mental ability. Basically, the all for one quirk, despite how potentially strong it is, cant do anything against a mind control quirk, or at least as far as we know. I wonder how deku is going to get himself out of this.

Also, James Rye, I don't think, story wise, deku should lose in the first round. while that would be very original, i personally think that would defeat the purpose of this arc all together. If deku loses in the first round, then what incentive do the readers have to continue reading through the rest of the arc? Its like trying to read a book series where the mc died during book 2 and was never brought back or replaced with another new mc. thats probably why a lot of shounen fight tournaments are always alike.

[marvelB]

@James Rye:

Spoiler for 32:

Sorry, but I don't see Deku losing the first round either, heh. While I do agree that it would be a bit interesting for him to lose early on, I think that would sorta undermine the progress he went through to master All Might's quirk. At most, I basically see this being similar to the cavalry battle where he doesn't come out on top, but still makes it pretty far in the tourney anyway. It doesn't even have to be the finals, either. He could make it up to the semi-finals, and not necessarily in a match against Bakugou or Todoroki, either (imagine him losing against belly laser dude!). Either way, Deku's gotta keep that underdog status in check!

[James Rye]

Originally Posted by coded321

i think which scenarios are most likely to happen are:
a)deku makes it to the final round, but loses in the end.
b)he makes it to the final round, but the fight ends in a draw
c)he gets a technical win or loss, i.e, he wins the fight but loses the match
also its kind of ironic that deku's first opponent is someone possesses a quirk that deku's quirk can't much against, i.e, physical ability vs mental ability. Basically, the all for one quirk, despite how potentially strong it is, cant do anything against a mind control quirk, or at least as far as we know. I wonder how deku is going to get himself out of this.

Also, James Rye, I don't think, story wise, deku should lose in the first round. while that would be very original, i personally think that would defeat the purpose of this arc all together. If deku loses in the first round, then what incentive do the readers have to continue reading through the rest of the arc? Its like trying to read a book series where the mc died during book 2 and was never brought back or replaced with another new mc. thats probably why a lot of shounen fight tournaments are always alike.

Well, there was a book that had a typical beginning and typical stuff happening to a guy that seemed to be the MC of the series and in the end it was a red herring and said MC guy died an undeserving and emotional death:
Ed Stark from GoT.
He was the guy you'd expect to find out the truth, bring justice and peace to the lands, defeat the cunning Lannisters and then either go home to his family or become the next king. All he became was a corpse due a child not honoring promises, wanting to see blood and humilition.

Same might happen here with Deku. This chapter ended with Deku being under the mind control, we as the readers expect the MC to obviously somehow break out of the mind control and win to advance to the next round. That's the shounen MC style. And it is what all readers, even me, expect to happen.
However, Shinsou's quirk, and personaliy which seems to detest hero students, is perfectly made for humilition. He could be the next King Joffrey. With his power he might be able to tell Deku to do lots of humiliating stuff which the teacher might not be able to prevent as it is not harming to Deku's health. This way Deku's defeat would weigh even heavier, and we readers would be even more shocked (and intrigued) as to Deku's already defeat and how it came to be, going against our own expections.

Not saying, that it will happen as it is very unshounen-like, but if it would happen all our expections would be thrown over board as with that move everything would seem possible again. Heck, even Uraraka could win against Bakugou with her special move for all we know while we expect him to be Deku's or Todoroki's final opponent. XD

Originally Posted by marvelB

@James Rye:

Spoiler for 32:

Sorry, but I don't see Deku losing the first round either, heh. While I do agree that it would be a bit interesting for him to lose early on, I think that would sorta undermine the progress he went through to master All Might's quirk. At most, I basically see this being similar to the cavalry battle where he doesn't come out on top, but still makes it pretty far in the tourney anyway. It doesn't even have to be the finals, either. He could make it up to the semi-finals, and not necessarily in a match against Bakugou or Todoroki, either (imagine him losing against belly laser dude!). Either way, Deku's gotta keep that underdog status in check!

Spoiler:

I don't see it as undermining. Remember we are talking about the guy who didn't had a quirk a couple weeks ago and who was now able to win a race without using his quirk whatsoever and manage to make it into the next round against an opponent who trained years with his quirk and who has a similar if maybe not even stronger, determination than our MC.
Deku proved plently that he is amazing for somebody who got a quirk for such a short time compared to people who were born with theirs.
However, does that mean we want him in his first year to already be number 1,2,3? Stand above all those dozens, hundreds of people who had honed their skills for years?
I find that kind of unrealistic and going against Deku's status of a sympathic underdog.

Him losing in an unfairly humilitating fight against Shinsou would keep Deku in his underdog status where as if he happened to win or closely lose aginst Todoroki or even advance to the finals of this tournament he'd be the dark horse and if he even gets to win this tournament he is THE CHAMPION!

Also becoming the champion of the first years if what AM wants Deku to do as that would make it far more easier for him to declare Deku his successor once Deku meets the representatives of the years 2 and 3. If Deku were to lose in the first round of the tournament however, espeically in a humilitating way, then AM would have to give up on that plan, betting on a later and better chance to reveal Deku as his successor.

I know my idea of Deku losing right in the first round is unrealistic, imagine if that happened to Souma XD, though we've seen something similar with WT already and Bokuhero shares a trait with WT which is "fighting as a team". In WT Osamu could not enter the first fight and could only watch as a co-moderator despite him being the or one of the MCs of the manga. And in BokuHero we could see Deku lose, yet we would not lose interest in this tournament because said lose of Deku would be an amazing motivation for people who we did not expect to win, namely Iida and Uraraka. We'd look at them instead, the friends of Deku, and his rivals Todoroki and Bakugou. Who of them would win to get revenge on the guy who humilated their great, big-hearted friend/rival?
That would be a question NOBODY could answer for sure.

Whereas right now, that question doesn't even EXIST as the onyl question we bother asking ourselves is "Will Deku make it to the finals or not and if he does will he win or lose?". That's the only question all readers share at this chapter. Nobody really questions Deku's victory in the first round, it is what we all expect, it is what is written in shounen Law:
The MC does not lose in the first round ever!
Which is why I would find it so interesting if Horikoshi would say **** you, shounen law and smashes that stone written law with the next chapter, tossing us into a turmoil of rage and hatred towards the Shinsou guy, maybe even add some understanding of his agenda just to make it worse :P, and smypathy and pity for Deku as well as confusion who, besides our MC, is supposed to win this tournament now? Because with Deku dropping out of the tournament who will be the next focus of it?
Torodoki? Bakugou? Iida? Uraraka? Shinsou who had defeated Deku? Momo? Mineta (god, anything but that!)? One of the two B students? We wouldn't know for sure as our safest bet who could reach the finals "for sure" just lost in the first round, against a "regular class student" who has given himself the goal to beat all heroes to humilate them that way.

And hell yeah, that would be new and interesting to look at.

But like you said, I myself don't really expect Deku to lose. Plot armor's too thick with Todoroki waiting in the next fight and possible Bakugou in the finals.^^
It is just something I as an author or mangaka would do to surprise my readers and have them wonder who I gonna let win this tournament to be the representive of the first years if not Deku himself. Basically a fancy thought I find interesting to mention it and discuss about it, but nothing I really believe would happen although I certainly would welcome it as it would change a big part of the shounen rules we expect to see happening in each shounen manga.
And so far BokuHero has used every shounen cliche you could think of. XDDD