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Now that I& #39;ve defended my thesis, I feel confident in discussing some chemistry that& #39;s been on my mind -- namely, what the heck is going on, chemically speaking, in My Hero Academia, specifically with Momo Yaoyorozu? (1/?)
In my humble opinion, Momo is the closest thing the series has to a chemist -- her quirk, Creation, allows her to synthesize any object out of her fat cells, provided she understands the chemical structure of what she& #39;s making -- so we see here reading up on materials! (2/?)
That& #39;s all fine and good but you& #39;d think she would be limited by elements that are abundant in the human body. We& #39;re mostly Oxygen, Carbon, and Nitrogen, so I assume Momo also is. (3/?)
Despite this, we see her produce large metal objects on the regular. My best guess is that most of these are iron based but still, we only have about 4 grams of iron and even then -- is she destroying all her hemoglobin to do this? (4/?)
We also specifically see her reference, explain, and produce a large quantity of fabric laced with nitinol - a nickel titanium alloy. According to Wikipedia, we can expect she has maybe 0.02 g of titanium in her body...at all. Where is this coming from? (5/?)
I can& #39;t square this circle -- Momo& #39;s body just shouldn& #39;t have the elements she& #39;s using to make all these objects. We see her make night vision goggles - what is even in those?! And this problem leads me to the following hypotheses (6/?)
1. Momo has an unusually metal enriched diet that she has been curating for this express purpose. I don& #39;t actually think this is the most likely. Like, what is this shield even made of? Could she eat enough metal for it? (7/?)
2. More likely - Momo& #39;s power is understated and she is actually performing nuclear chemistry within her body to obtain these heavier elements, making her absurdly, secretly overpowered. Personally, I love this take -- a secret nuclear quirk. (8/?)
