Mezo Shoji’s mask is finally removed in My Hero Academia 370, and he provides a unique heroic insight into heteromorphic discrimination.
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Of My Hero Academia’s rich cast of characters, perhaps one of the most enigmatic is Class 1-A’s Mezo Shoji. He’s a pleasant training hero, quick-thinking like most of his classmates and relating to them in a way that couldn’t be friendlier.
However, there is a line that Shoji has never crossed; In all of his appearances, his face is concealed by a mask and has never been seen before by universe characters or fans. In My Hero Academia Chapter 370, Shoji’s mask was removed for the first time.
Why is Shoji hiding his face?
Shoji’s decision to always wear a mask was a decision he made before enrolling at UA. As a result, it was a choice that his classmates either doubted because they were too polite to do so, or indifferent because they never knew Shoji any other way. To hide his face forever is a deeply personal choice he is not pressured to make but the process leading up to this decision has been a heartbreaking one.
An unfortunate common fact of characters with dysmorphic Quirks in My Hero Academia is that they all face some form of social rejection based on their appearance. Shoji was no exception, and one of such defining moments for him was when seeing his real face made a little girl start crying. Since then, Shoji has chosen to wear a mask to try to be more agreeable to others. Shoji’s quest to accept may get in the way of his full self-expression, but, Chapter 370 has proven that he still takes pride in his status as a mutant.
How does Shoji reconcile being a hero?
Fortunately, Shoji and another Heteromorph member of Class 1-A are brought into a battlefield dominated by heteromorph villains and perverted citizens alike. On this front, the heroes are protecting the Jaku hospital, which holds the High Nomu, Kurogiri, from invasion. The remnants of the Occult Liberation Front, led by the Spinner of the League of Villains, are waging a siege against the hospital, and as they number more than 15,000 to 200 Pro- Heroes defend, it’s only a matter of time before they successfully infiltrate the hospital.
All current deformities share the pain of ostracism and forced conformity that Shoji suffers from. Unfortunately, All For One has taken advantage of their negative feelings towards society in the form of a fake Spinner, and is using them as pawns in its selfish fight for world domination. When the mutants saw Shoji attack the Spinner, they smashed the young hero to the ground, tore off his mask and branded him a traitor, since he was of the same Quirk category as them.
Shoji has only one simple answer to this abuse. He does not unravel their valid antisocial agenda, but coerces them to examine his actions. He asked them what discrimination had to do with the hospital attack, and reminded them that the heroes they so despised had at least made sure innocent people were evacuated before the start of the war. their own raid on the hospital, no matter what genre of Quirk. Since their perverted goals don’t take into account how much damage a mutant’s hospital invasion will inflict on innocent civilians, Shoji is adamant against them, warning the crowd that he won’t. for injustice to exist.
