hey guys! it's Casey, and today we're
gonna try and identify the u.a. traitor!
spoilers up to chapter 176 of the manga.
so the idea of a traitor was first
introduced in chapter 83 because of two
main incidents. first the league of
villains usj implying knowledge of u.a.'s
schedule. second the league of villains
attack u.a.'s training camp with the Wild
Wild Pussycats, also implying inside
knowledge about the inner workings of
U.A. It stated that only the teachers,
students from class 1a and 1b, and the
pussycats themselves knew the geographic
location of the training camp.
immediately we rule out midoriya and
bakugou since Midoriya is the narrator and
bakugou behaved uncooperatively when
captured against his world by the league
of villains. so we can assume neither them
is passing information to league of
villains. we can also rule out the
Pussycats because they wouldn't
logically have known such a specific
detail about U.A.'s schedule to be able
to help plan the usj attack. I also ruled
out most of Class B because from a
writing standpoint it just doesn't make
much sense to have any of them as a
traitor, with the exception of perhaps
Monoma, Kendou, or Tetsutetsu because
the others aren't memorable or important.
now if I was a character in-world,
obviously I couldn't rule Class B kids
out because of that, but because I'm a
reader outside who would be disappointed
if the writer decided one of those very
minor characters was the traitor, I can
rule them out that way. basically if it
would be a major letdown if that
character ended up being the traitor, I
ruled them out immediately.
obviously this is a matter of opinion to
some degree, as is everything in this
video, but that method left me with only
blood king and Monoma from Class
B. so what I have on screen here is a
compilation of all the suspects for the
U.A. traitor. logically it would make
more sense for one of the staff members
to be the traitor just because they're
more likely to be out on the streets
running into and making deals with the
league of villains without worrying as
much about their personal safety. plus
the students didn't even know they were
going to USJ before they got there. so
let's go through the UA staff first. we
can eliminate a few people right off the
bat, like all might and principal Nezu. I
think it's fairly obvious why all might
isn't the traitor, or at least isn't
intentionally the traitor, more on that
later, and we saw Nezu contemplating the
identity of the traitor while alone in
his office. if he was the traitor, he wouldn't
be wondering who it was. I also didn't even
consider some of the other teachers such
as snipe, cementoss, ectoplasm, and lunch
rush because I felt, similarly to most of
the Class B kids, that it would be
disappointing to readers if any of them
ended up being the traitor. next we can
eliminate 13. we know he wasn't the
traitor because the League of Villains
showed up at usj expecting all might to be
there when 13 knew beforehand that all
might wouldn't be there. shortly before
the attack all might has to sit out from the
class due to straining himself with
hero work. it is an unplanned absence
so it isn't recorded on paper anywhere,
shown when Aizawa shows up at
usJ and asks 13 where all might is.
Unlike Aizawa, 13 knew that all might wasn't
going to be in class that day. if 13 was
the traitor, he would have contacted the
league of villains before they or class
a arrived and told them not to show up to
kill a guy who wasn't there. so we know
it's not 13. after eliminating all might, nezu,
and 13 however, we can't rule anyone
out for sure. so let's talk about aizawa first. there's no hard evidence that
Aizawa couldn't possibly be the U.A.
spy and it'd be convenient for the
league of villains if they managed to
get him on their side since he avoids
the public eye. he's up close and personal
with students and all might and he's made
privy to a lot of secret info about
class a fairly quickly as its homeroom
teacher. however it seems unlikely to me
that Aizawa would be the traitor for
several reasons. firstly he cares way too
much about his students to be able to
harm them. even in the usj attack itself
he nearly dies in order to protect his
students and puts on a brave face in
order to comfort them. we seen in the final
exam arc how much he cares about Yaoyorozu's self confidence. in the manga Aizawa
defends Bakugou from reporters and
sacrifices his own safety for
Midoriya's. none of these are things he
necessarily has to do but he does them
anyway. Aizawa is a character who does
everything based on logic,
but his brand of logic puts his students
very high on his list of priorities. while
it's possible that his attitude towards
the students is another one of his
logical ruses, he has no reason to put on
such a convincing facade. no one would
call him out if he didn't. that's why I
don't think Aizawa is the traitor.
next we'll chat briefly about recovery
girl, midnight, and blood King. all three
are fairly minor characters without any
motives we know about for betraying U.A.
additionally recovery girl isn't a
teacher so it doesn't seem like she's
very involved whenever they're planning
here of course activities; I don't
believe she's ever seen at the table
where all the teachers sit around
to plan things. at this time we have no
reason to believe recovery girl, midnight
or blood King are traitors, so I've ruled
them all out. now present mic. so we
don't know much about a possible motive
for present mic either, but out of the
teachers he'd be my number one suspect
for the traitor. the reason is that he's
the one who originally introduced the
idea that there might be a traitor,
but that's quite a logical leap
considering the world they're living in.
all kinds of quirks exist and they also
noted after the usj attack that there were
individuals with unregistered works such as
Kurogiri
and Shigaraki. there are many different quirks
that could have accounted for the League
of villain's knowledge, for example
clairvoyance or telepathy.
the League of villains' source of
information could even be a simple bug
planted in nezu's office or hacking the U.A. system or wiretapping Nezu's phone.
espionage like that could be facilitated
with any number of quirks. a quirk like
shinsou's could turn someone into the
traitor against their will. but present
mic is so sure there's possibly traitor
among them even though there are a lot
of other possibilities to explore before
going there. while it is good to explore
the possibility as soon as possible, by
not suggesting anything else he's pretty
much jumping the gun. perhaps the reason
he' suggested it so readily and so
unhesitatingly is because he knows
there's a traitor. but we still didn't
talk about the students yet. so even
though the students didn't know they
were going to usj until they got there
that doesn't put them in the clear.
because of the aforementioned possibility
of hackers and other unaccounted for
quirks, it's possible that the League of
villains didn't even need a traitor's help
to plan the usj attack. so as I mentioned
before I already ruled out most of Class
B because they haven't had any spotlight
moments and therefore, unless they're
given a spotlight moment or two between
now and the reveal of the traitor's identity,
it would be sloppy writing for any of
them to be the traitor. an interesting
traitor character is usually written so
that he or she is right under the
reader's nose the whole time but has a
reasonable amount of attention so that
we start to become invested in them.
using that logic, I also eliminated any
Class A students who haven't really had
a character moment that connected them
with the audience. again, matter of
opinion to a degree, but I ruled out
Ojiro, Koda, shouji, satou, sero, jirou,
and Hagakure for this reason. we know
yaoyorozu isn't the traitor because she
made a tracking device to locate the
enemy when Bakugou was captured. no one
would have faulted her for not doing it;
it was completely her own suggestion
that she do it. if she was the traitor
she wouldn't have bothered helping the
heroes. we can also assume that Todoroki
and Kirishima aren't the traitors
because they're the ones who initiated
the bakugou rescue operation. while it's
possible that it was either Todoroki or
kirishima's idea and the other
followed along, since most of the class
was against it, there would be a
perfectly valid reason not to want to go
through with the operation. if either was
the traitor they could have dropped the
idea or shot it down when the other
brought it up on the pretense that they
agreed with the rest of the class.
Todoroki has the added actions in his
favor that he was super helpful to the
heroes during the usj attack, even
saving all might at one point— actions he
could have avoided without arousing
suspicion, but which he chose to do
anyway. we can also assume that Tokoyami
isn't the traitor since the league of
villains express interest in capturing him
during the training camp. it's possible
they wanted to "capture" him in
order to exchange information with him,
but there's no reason they couldn't
contact him later when it's tactically
easier and doesn't require dangerous
interaction with out-of-control dark
shadow. plus since they already knew the
location of the camp that implies that
they had contact with their spy before
the attack anyway. we can also assume
that iida isn't the traitor because he
went to get help during the usj attack.
we see him run for help even after he
leaves the building and no one is
watching. if he wasn't genuinely looking
for help he could have slowed down after
leaving usJ, but he didn't. He also
doesn't go straight to get all might. if
he was with the league of villains he
would want to fetch all might instead of
the other teachers so that they could
carry out their plan and he'd have a
perfectly good excuse for doing so—
overconfidence in all might that most of
the characters still carried at that
point in the story. additionally iida is so
earnest about his love and admiration
for his brother, shown when he acts
rashly during a stain arc that it's
unlikely he'd do something as dishonest
and slimy as spying on U.A. when he
considers his idols so noble and heroic.
the only other two students who are
absolutely not traitors are Midoriya and bakugou, so after eliminating less
prominent characters we'll have to
speculate the rest of the students
loyalties based on their personalities. so
let's start ruling out some more
students! Mineta is mostly intended for
comic relief so I think it would be
pretty boring if he ended up being the
traitor, but the main reason he's
probably not the traitor is that he's
generally a coward. considering how
easily frightened he is he's not the
type to do anything that'll put him in
harm's way. plus he was present during
the usj attack and was terrified. if he
knew about the attack and was going to be
that scared anyway he could have just
stayed home sick or went to recovery
girl's office before the attack. his
behavior implies that he didn't know the
attack was coming. while that could be an
act, we're shown his thought process
during the attack as Asui jumps away,
taking him and Midoriya to safety. he's
inspired by midoriya's heroism and pushes
himself to throw more sticky balls as a
result. if he was actually a villain he
wouldn't have behaved that way and no
one would have questioned it, chalking it
up to his cowardliness. Ashido is probably
not the traitor because she's shown to
have a heroic nature even when no one is
watching.
we see Kirishima's flashbacks about her
that she jumped in to help some of her
classmates who were being questioned by
a villain when she didn't have to.
because she seemed so earnest about
heroism before even getting into
U.A. it doesn't seem like she'd be the
traitor, and we don't know anything about
her backstory that might imply she could
be blackmailed or bribed.
plus she's not the most intelligent
character either, and while it's possible
she's only pretending not to be too
smart, it's not as likely as someone else
being the traitor. I believe there's a
fairly popular theory
that Kaminari is the traitor, but I
personally would be pretty surprised if
that ended up being true for the simple
reason that Kaminari has barely done
anything so far. while he does have one or
two interesting spotlight moments,
mainly in a provisional license exam,
he's often used for comic relief, similar
to Mineta. and if we do look at Kaminari's one moment in the provisional
hero license exam, what's he doing?
talking about how his friends deserve
respect and how Shishikura
shouldn't diss them, as it says in this
particular translation, which would be an
unnecessary display of loyalty if he
were the traitor. once again, it's not
something that he would be faulted for
if he didn't do it. like ashido, we
don't know much about his backstory that
might show he could possibly be
blackmailed or bribed.
there's also a prominent theory that
Uraraka could be the traitor, but I
would also be surprised if that ended up
being true because she's so bubbly and
earnest in personality it's difficult to
see her as a traitor.
while that would be the perfect cover-up,
she's also somewhat oblivious and
straightforward in conversation shown
when she asked iida straight-out if he
was a rich boy and Midoriya thinks she's
too direct about it. it's generally
pretty rude to ask someone if they're rich so
directly but the possibility that this
might offend anyone doesn't even occur
to her, and she continues the conversation
with earnesty. she also has trouble
hiding a crush on midoriya. it's so
obvious even all the other characters
can tell. if she can't even hide a crush
it doesn't seem likely that she'd be
able to hide the fact that she's a
traitor from everyone. it's possible it's
an act but it seems even more unlikely
than the other possible acts because
she's so embarrassed every time someone
points it out, and she also runs through
a mall alone thinking about how she
wishes she didn't have an embarrassing
crush. if it was an act she wouldn't have
to run away when she and midoriya were
alone since he doesn't get it anyway. and
that moment in the mall when Shigaraki has midoriya in his grasp, she doesn't
recognize shigaraki; she seems genuinely
frightened by the situation. the only
thing I can see that might make
uraraka the traitor is that she's
motivated by money because of a love for
a family and a desire to care for them. if
the league of villains bribed her with a
comfortable life for her family perhaps
she'd take it, or if they blackmailed her
and threatened to harm her parents she
might do what they want her to do.
however, again, she's not great at hiding
her feelings so I don't think she's a
traitor even though she might go to
shady lengths to provide for her family.
ok now we're getting into characters I
think could actually be the traitor—
Monoma, Aoyama and Asui. now Monama
is also more of a comic relief character
than anything else without an obvious
motive, and it wouldn't make for a
shocking reveal if he were the traitor
instead of a more major character. however,
he was far away from the usj attack so
his physical safety would be guaranteed
during the attack. he was also the only
class
b student who failed his final exam
and therefore was the only student who
needed supplementary lessons and was
safe with blood king, away from most
of the action during the league of villains'
attack on the training camp. considering
that everyone else in his class passed,
it's weird that Manon would be the only
one to fail considering he seems
decently intelligent based on his strategy
during the Sports festival, and fairly
capable based on his final placement. not
the strongest but probably not the
weakest in his class either. it's
possible that he failed on purpose in
order to avoid the danger of going to
the training camp where the villains
would attack, since the original plan was
that anyone who failed the final exam
wouldn't be able to go at all. however
again the reveal if he is the traitor
might seem kind of silly if he's not given a serious cool moment. next up aoyama.
he's also a very minor character without
an obvious motive and has an awkward
personality that could account for any
of the odd behavior he's been exhibiting
lately in his increased panel time, like
spelling things of cheese and stuff. it
might also be a silly reveal of he ends
up being the traitor. however he's one of
my prime suspects for the traitor
because he's gradually getting closer to
his classmates. unlike the other
characters, it takes aoyama some time to
make any friends among his classmates,
behavior that could simply be due to a
social awkwardness but could also be
because he was purposely distancing
himself from them, because it's easier to
betray a stranger than your friends. in
fact we learned in a recent chapter that
Aoyama has eaten alone in the classroom
all year. during the usj attack Aoyama
is nowhere to be seen. though he is the
one who draws attention to this fact
after the attack, his hilarious answer is
bound to be ignored and brushed away. he
also hides during most of a training
camp attack. while he does jump in to help
at the last moment with his navel laser,
it could be because he's feeling more
and more close to his classmates and
is finding himself genuinely caring
about them. the Look on his face suggests
internal conflict about getting involved
which could very well just be him
fearing for safety, but it could also be
him having a deeper internal monologue
about his loyalties. as the arcs go on,
such as in the provisional license exam
and now the school festival arc, Aoyama is
gradually making more friends and
becoming closer with his classmates.
we also learned a little of his
backstory that his quirk doesn't suit
his body. we don't know what kind of
consequences this has had in his life but we
do know that it's caused him to feel
insecure and inferior— easy prey for the
League of villains promising him things.
we know he's drawn to people who
understand him since he's drawn to
midoriya due to their similarities, so
why not a villain claiming that they get him?
because he was so conceited in the
beginning as a defense mechanism,
why wouldn't he prioritize himself and
whatever reward the league give him over
the safety of strangers? next we have Asui.
so far she's the one with the most
suspicious disposition in my opinion.
she's always very calm and doesn't
express herself much; her face is fairly
blank most of the time. she claims that
she says whatever she's thinking, but
she's talking about being blunt, not
impulsive. she doesn't seem like the type
who would have trouble keeping a secret.
she's also stated to be a well-rounded
student and would be an asset to the
league of villains if they could get her
to join them. we know she has a family so
blackmails a viable option. she hasn't
done anything suspicious so far but her
actions could be interpreted as
possibly helping the league. she's the
first one to point out that Midoriya's
quirk is similar to all might's, which is
an interesting comparison to make,
especially considering no one else had
thought of it because of how it damages
midoriya. she watches him carefully as he
reacts but doesn't give any of her own
feelings away. during the bakugou rescue
arc, she's against rescuing bakugou is
very harsh about it. while it's possible
she really does agree with the rest of
the class that it makes them no better
than the villains and it's in line with
her usual bluntness, it's a lot harsher
than what the other students said. she
apologizes later and claims that it's
because she's so sorry about it and
thinks she was wrong, but her absence from
the room King game could have actually
been her questioning her decision to
betray her friends in the first place.
While Asui we did help midoriya and mineta
escape during the usj attack, the goal
of the villains was to kill all might, not
the students, so it wouldn't have been
strange to do so. during the training
camp and the overhaul arc asui didn't
do much. while it could just be because
she's a side character it may also be
because she wasn't trying that hard to
stop the evil plans being carried out.
while asui doesn't do anything that
proves she's a spy, she also doesn't do
anything to prove she's not and doesn't
have a personality that seems to suggest
otherwise either. so I know I've depended
a lot in this video on the idea of
characters performing unnecessary
actions that imply loyalty to UA as
support that they aren't the traitor, but
considering their age and that most of
the characters don't seem sociopathic I
assume that they wouldn't be conniving
and unempathetic enough to create such a
convincing facade that they would do
things that are unnecessary or contrary
to the goals of the league of villains
when no one would suspect them for not
doing them. it takes an extra measure of
manipulativeness to actually do things
to prove it's not them before they've
even been accused, rather than simply
avoiding doing anything suspicious. while
it's possible that any of them might
have that quality in them, it doesn't
seem as likely as a character without
unnecessary acts of helpfulness being
the traitor. I've also seen a theory
floating around the internet that toga
could potentially be the spy if league
of villains captures someone and is
able to supply her with a steady supply
of the captives blood. while it's a really
interesting idea, I don't think Toga
could pull it off for a few reasons.
firstly she'd have to replace a
character who is really easy to impersonate
and be able to do it well enough to
trick their loved ones. it's not very
realistic that she could impersonate
someone well enough that no one would
suspect something's off unless that
person has a similar personality to her
or was very mysterious to people in the
first place. while it's possible she's
just really good at acting since she was
able to replace Cammie for a day or two
and no one thought anything was amiss,
generally toga has a very loud, hyper,
impulsive personality that would be
difficult to hide for a long period of
time. secondly she'd have to replicate
their Quirk for class activities or hero
work which as far as we know she can't
do. so in conclusion the traitor, if there
is one, is most likely present
mic or Asui or perhaps Aoyama or monoma.
As I said earlier I think it's pretty
careless of them to assume there's a
traitor without exploring other
possibilities
considering the world they're living in, but
considering that characters who are
stated to be really smart like Nezu also
conclude that there's a traitor, I'll
chalk that up to oversight on the author's
part and assume there's a traitor. plus
to hype it like this and not follow
through on it would be disappointing to
readers and I assume the author is going
to include a traitor because of that.
Let me know what you think in the
comments, though; I'm curious what you all
think! so thanks for watching, I hope you
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