So apparently people are complaining that another female character got her time “stolen”

I personally disagree with that feeling as Horikoshi set her up to have her own character arc. https://twitter.com/realisticsk/status/1292856105039790081
For 280 chapters Mina has been presented as that cheerful teenager full of energy who clearly always lightened the mood in the story. A perfect example would be when we learned how everybody ranked during the midterm exams, literally 2nd from the bottom & she just laugh it off
She’s also presented as the typical anime high school girl who’s all about gossip & romance. It’s easy to understand that she’s meant to be the clichĂ© character of what teenage girl are supposed to be about.
Reading the room king chapters where we get a look at most students room, her’s, alongside Tooru & Ochaco are really what you’d expect from teenagers, in comparaison we have Jiro’s room music studio & Momo’s that screams “rich girl”.
But being typical isn’t her only traits, in the MHA society she’s like Bakugou (except less perfectionist and more friendly), a natural born winner due to her quirk that is sure to put her on the spotlight.
Speaking of Bakugou, the fact he chooses her to be part of his team during the cavalry battle is proof enough of her abilities.

And we’re talking about season 2 Bakugou, when he was still lowkey arrogant, considering most people as extra.
So where am I going with all that ? Well from what Horikoshi has shown us about Mina, she appears to be overall a perfect character with little to no flaws, that was until chapter 280 where she fumbled during a critical situation.
Why do I find it interesting? Because often, people like Mina, who are very friendly & social lowkey deal with some type of pressure or hidden feelings that they don’t want to reveal to their entourage. (I actually brought something similar a while back) https://twitter.com/realisticsk/status/1079574282089496576
Tl;dr her missing during the assault could potentially lead to some character development, or even present us a new face of Mina that we didn’t know. And on top of that it would tie once again the ongoing critic of the flawed quirk/hero society.

And I’m here for that.
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