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I dunno if I agree with the audience treatment. I dont think they want us to feel like we should be surprised when Deku wins. We all know as a shounen protagonist he is gonna win most of his fights. I think what they want the audience to feel is the genuine desire to see him grow and win though. Like they want you to genuinely be rooting for him even if you already know hes gonna succeed most of the time and likely end the series as the greatest superhero of all time passing the torch to the next generation of aspiring heroes.

You can say most shounen series probably want to inspire that feeling, but I dont think all of them succeed. Deku might not be all that deep or anything, but I think hes easy enough for most people to relate to and he seems to inspire that feeling in people. He was a weak nerd given the greatest power in the world and wants nothing more than to be a great superhero like the one he grew up idolizing. Its a basic, but pure goal that works for people.