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There was a man who fought without a special power.
His name was Ikigai.
He fought without a Quirk - basically Quirkless - because his quirk was too flashy for the role he wanted to take as a Pro-Hero. As someone who could have changed the world ever so slightly without the need of a Quirk.
Midoriya Izuku discovered this fallen Pro-Hero when he was eight.
Four years after he had been diagnosed as Quirkless. Three years after his father left him and his mother. Two years after he essentially became someone that no one would befriend, talk to(unless being put down), or even try to help. One year after Izuku discovers the awesomeness that is the Underground Pro-Hero world after he sees a man with a scarf save a woman from a mugger one night. Six months after he finds that Pro-Hero's name, Eraserhead, and he dives into learning all he can about Underground Pro-Heroes.
The only reason Izuku had found a mere mention of the fallen Pro-Hero was because Ikigai's death day had fallen upon the world, and several of the servers and chats that he was apart of all took a moment to remember the man who fought without a quirk on equal footing as many people with quirks.
Midoriya Izuku strived to be as great as this Ikigai; a stranger who gave a young abused quirkless boy hope for the future despite everyone around him screaming “no”.