If your a longtime fan of manga or anime, popularity polls in Weekly Shonen Jump are something you're very familiar with. Sasuke regularl dominated the popularity polls for Naruto while Tōshirō Hitsugaya regularly upstagged Ichigo as the most popular character in Bleach. Well, the latest character popularity poll for My Hero Academia also has some surprising results as Katsuki Bakugo upstaged Deku to take the top slot. Check out the rankings below.
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Katsuki Bakugo - 5,909
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Izuku "Deku" Midoriya - 3,205
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Shoto Todoroki - 3,204
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Eijiro Kirishima - 2,006
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Tenya Iida - 1,822
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Shota Aizawa/Eraserhead - 1,453
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All Might - 1,378
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Denki Kaminari - 1,223
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Ochaco Uraraka - 1,211
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Hitoshi Shinso - 1,1,78
Bakugo has actually beaten Deku before, in the previous character poll, while Deu was initially the fan favorite in the very first survey.
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