Anna Daniels
In the world of My Hero Academia, superpowers are called Quirks, and there’s a good reason for that. To put it simply, they’re pretty quirky. Even the weirder superheroes and supervillains of DC and Marvel don’t have much to compare to the Crawler, a hero who can slide across a surface as long as three of his limbs are touching it, or Muscular, a villain whose muscle fibers rip out of his skin when he gets too strong. There’s obviously a pretty wide gulf of Quirk quality, is what we’re saying.
However, Minoru Mineta’s Pop Off power might be the grossest and least useful Quirk in the bunch. He can rip off the sticky balls that grow on his head to throw them out as sticky traps, but if he throws too many, his head starts to bleed. That’s barely even a superpower. He’s basically just throwing out big sticky scabs from his own head. Part of the appeal of superhero fiction is the fantasy of being able to perform the outlandish actions of the protagonists. If there’s any wish fulfillment that comes from being able to throw giant sticky balls from your head, it’s not one that we can understand. The only benefit we can see in this power is that Mineta probably saves a lot of money on shampoo and conditioner.
Written by: Looper
