Deku is one of the things that makes My Hero Academia so compelling. It's fun to watch Bakugo overreact to everything or get swept in the superhero spectacle of it all, using the once powerless Izuku Midoriya as an anchor point to bounce off other characters in the throes of heroic angst gives the story a strong heart that it can always use When you are reminded that Deku has a real heart and is able to fight or kick out of danger, things really shine.
Hagakure, Class 1-A's invisible girl, was seen as a traitor in Chapter 335 of the comic. Fans were freaked out, making jokes, or wondering if it was obvious, but the actual traitor was a French boy with a laser belly button. The reasons for his actions are more tragic for the young boy who Can Not Stop Twinkling than the belief that the Hero Society needs to be upended.
Being born into a wealthy family like Yuga makes everyone view you as lesser, and that stigmatization is stronger when you are not a power. If the harassment he got from the kids is any indication, it would have been worse for Yuga. The Aoyamas are desperate for their child to get a power, even if it is out of love or not wanting to be ostracized from their social circle.
The parents were happy to let the villain do his work on their son because he wouldn't be teased or bullied as a child. One for All decided to collect on Yuga's end of the deal and began instructing the kid to let information slip, if he was to become an orphan or killed. Through narration, you come to understand that Yuga blames himself for putting his family in this situation, because he knows how a family's expectations on a child can wreck them. Yuga was frightened out of his mind and was forced to obey the orders given to him, even as he came to love the other 1-A kids. Yuga was written as a joke up to this point, but he tried to make a legitimate play at being a hero once One for All was behind bars.
Sitting before the grieving 1-A kids and key UA staff, Yuga makes no excuses and is fine wallowing in his self hatred, which has only grown upon learning what Deku has achieved. Deku can't find himself mad at someone who didn't have any other options. He talks about the good he has done in the past and the good he can do in a way that reminds Yuga of the good that All Might told him he could do.
The foundations of Hero Society need to change so that they don't lead to people being taken advantage of like Yuga as My Hero progresses. Being a public symbol after the war between Heroes and Villains, Deku is in a key position to make that happen, and Yuga may be needed to shine a light on that concern in a way that will be too hard for the world to ignore.
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