well off the top of my head, all his parallels to other characters maybe?? like hes obviously a parallel to aizawa since he has a quirk thats not super useful for combat without ingenuity (aizawas basically quirkless but somehow hes a fucking scarf ninja yo). also the whole headcanon that aizawa failed the entrance exam and got into the hero course through the sports festival like shinsou almost did.. and that ties into aizawas mentoring him cuz aizawa would have experience with transferring to the hero course and the stigma against their quirks..
and his parallels to deku too! being harassed when they were young for being born certain ways.. shinsou is what deku could have been had he tried applying for UA quirkless, since deku could definitely have gotten into the gen ed course with his brains. i just…. oof like shinsou as the protag would have been so interesting (i think this is also part of why people like making quirked!deku au’s, cuz like its interesting to play around with deku getting in without having the ultimate cheat code in one for all)
even parallels to characters like bakugou for having villainous quirks, since bakugou obviously comes across as a villainous person (explosion quirk?? scary as fuck costume?? (or at least edgy lol)) but since bakugou can destroy a ton of villains where shinsou can’t, hes never really questioned as being a hero by the story. a jerk person, sure, but not a villain. (spoilers for the manga beware) even the league of villains makes this mistake when kidnapping bakugou, since they think they can sway him to their side when he just wants to be a winner and destroy all the bad guys. i can only assume that shinsou has a similar kind of mindset, no matter how satisfying it would be to see him turn on those kids from his middle school that kept calling his quirk a “cool villain quirk”.
idk lol hes just such an interesting character and im really hoping his arc thats coming up soon deals with stuff like that
and hes a precious boy too.. just look at that face
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