Three villains from My Hero Academia who would be great heroes

The series contains a plethora of characters, each neatly classified as the good or the bad guy, but it hasn’t stopped many of them from showing contrasting demeanors at some point or another. Sometimes, just circumstantial luck played a huge part in determining their allegiance. Let’s look at five villains who could have been one of the good guys.

1) Shigaraki Tomura

Shigaraki is a classic example of what emotional abuse at the hands of a parent can potentially do to a child. Born Tenko Shimura, all Shigaraki wanted to be as a kid was a hero. He was a zealous child who, despite evoking his stubborn father’s anger, held his resolve to be a hero until the bottled-up anger finally exploded.

He accidentally killed his dog when his quirk got activated by tremendous sadness, and the final ball was dropped when he killed his father. His initial compassion as a kid and his powerful quirk could have been nurtured to turn him into a great hero had his father been more accepting of his wishes.

2) Stain

If anything, this guy has massive respect for his convictions and is willing to go to great lengths to see them get upheld, something a good hero must possess. Stain’s idea that heroes were a product of mere capitalization was not entirely wrong, but the extreme measures he adopted to single-handedly take care of it were flawed.

Despite his hostility, it would be a stretch to call him an evil person because he genuinely respects those that deserve it. He believes that All Might is a hero who has risen above the monetary significance of the profession and that he is an example of a true hero. Stain was also formerly a vigilante and only targets heroes he considers fake. This further validates the idea that he could actually be a good hero if he wanted to.

3) Twice

It is safe to state that the fandom had never considered him a purely villainous character. He was a victim of unfortunate circumstances and did not deserve to turn out the way he did.

Twice’s motivations were never evil, and all he ever wanted was a normal life which was shattered when he lost his job due to an unfortunate motorcycle accident. His use of his quirk to create clones to have someone to talk to resulted in the loss of his sanity when the clones turned against each other.

The League of Villains gave him refuge which led him to his dire fate. He was a good guy who did not deserve to endure hardships, and fans truly feel sorry for him.

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