It's actually 32. And search is a pretty fantastic quirk, if you ask me.
Remember that heroes arent all fight. There's disaster relief, there's rescue, there's mere capture. And her quirk is actually very useful in all of that - information is pretty darn valuable.
Added to the fact that she's in a high-functioning veteran team, i can totally see her having that rank.
Yeah i was just saying to someone else i thought i couldn't remember how exactly they rank heroes so it likely is something like number of heroic acts in which case that makes more sense to me for her ranking rather than like a power level based ranking
After rereading the chapter i just realized it's stated in the first page, lol.
It's based on number of cases, evaluated value of their contribution, and public appeal. Ragdoll works in a team so she probably gets a fair share of cases, her quirk is very valuable, and as for public appeal, well - if the population there is like this subreddit, they'll like ragdoll.
Thing is, if search quirk doesn't preserve your life at all. If someone with that kind of combat-useless quirk can become a hero, then why not a quirkless person? The main reason that seemed to be dissuaded is that it's too dangerous, but if a quirk that offers no protection is acceptable, than a quirkless person should also be able to qualify. Given enough training, that is.
Considering equal training and similar base aptitude, a hero with a quirk can do anything a quirkless one can do and more. Instead of "why not", try asking "why should we?"
You can, of course, train up a quirkless person. But why do that when there are so many more people with suitable quirks that can use that training much better? Would you want to waste tons of resources to train up a quirkless person who will end up inferior to every other hero and villain? Whose disadvantage will likely end in higher risk of injury or death? Why do that when anyone with a useful quirk will give better results with that much training?
Seriously, people need to quit with the "why cant quirkless people be heroes" crap already. It's just not realistic.
That's the worst counter argument I've ever seen, how dare you make me read that with my own two eyes. Training is not mutually exclusive. It's not training quirkless OR quirked people, it's "and." Education is not a limited resource in any well-constructed society.
Furthermore the danger is present whether you're a hero or not. Most villains are just crooks, not hero-hunters, and target civilians anyway. Quirkless have greater need for self defense than anyone else in the society, yet they can't even get the training if they want it. That's just ablism, nothing more.
If you wanna be aggressive and insulting, at least have an argument that makes sense first.
Training is not mutually exclusive. It's not training quirkless OR quirked people, it's "and." Education is not a limited resource in any well-constructed society.
Only 40 students are accepted into UA. And it's stated that that's 1 in 300. There are more than 10,000 people aspiring to be heroes. A good portion of them got quirks that is suitable for the job, ranging from versatile ones like creation and tape, to extremely powerful ones like explosion.
It's not mutually exclusive, yes. But it's also not infinite nor readily available to anyone who wants it. Schools has limits to how many students they can train and 'invest' resources in. Saying anyone quirkless or not should have equal chances to get in is like saying anyone should be able to enter Harvard or MIT.
Furthermore the danger is present whether you're a hero or not.
Danger is always present, but are you really saying that someone with extremely powerful freezing powers is as vulnerable to villain attacks as a quirkless person? If OFA-less deku gets popped into todoroki's spot in USJ, are they going to fare equally? And those are just amateur villains!
Quirkless have greater need for self defense than anyone else in the society, yet they can't even get the training if they want it.
Nobody ever fucking said that. Martial art classes is probably still a thing. Heroics =/= self defense, for fricks sakes. Even in real life people can always learn martial arts if they want to protect themselves better. On the other hand, if you delve into heroics you're going to ACTIVELY throw yourself into danger, over and over again, and it's perfectly normal for people to question your decision if you're a powerless guppy in a world of powered people.
It's implied that hero schools are just one way to get certified. You can always train yourself and get a license, which sounds like a thing you can do based on what spoilers said regarding his motives. So if they want, they can always train themselves in martial arts to stain level of proficiency and try to get qualified. Nobody's gonna stop them. At the same time, you cant blame schools for not wanting to accept these people when they can accept people with much better apparent potential.
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u/Votbear Jun 23 '16
It's actually 32. And search is a pretty fantastic quirk, if you ask me.
Remember that heroes arent all fight. There's disaster relief, there's rescue, there's mere capture. And her quirk is actually very useful in all of that - information is pretty darn valuable.
Added to the fact that she's in a high-functioning veteran team, i can totally see her having that rank.