Deku, Symbol of Hope

Deku will become a symbol for a bright new age of hero's in the series current Darkest Hour after All-Might's retirement.

A second part to the above entry: Bakugou, Symbol of Courage-

• A follow-up similarity that will be towards the above case, is Bakugou. It's noted by Aizawa that along with Midoriya, Bakugou is also a driving force to the class. And, where Midoriya brings hope and encourages others to hope as well, Bakugou similarly pushes others in a different way, that of Courage. As brash and rude as he may be, he pushes the marker as a shining example of unrelenting courage and, knowingly or not, inspires others to push it as well. From Midoriya saying how he looked up to Bakugou whilst following and growing up together, to Uraraka willing to go all out on him, Kirishima pushing to go rescue him despite the rules and Kaminari's attitude during the provisional license exam, many of his class similarly are stepping up in the face of danger or challenges with him being the reason why they strive to step up.
• To add to this a little further, there are two other major incidents that showed more hints about this: The exam against All Might with Midoriya, and being captured by the League of Villains. For the first, Deku, who both worships and is completely certain upon their inability to win head on, in the end doesn't just flee for it as All Might notes he can, but turns around and makes an attack. Because Deku convinced Bakugou to keep the idea of them having a shot at winning in mind, compared to his initial claim that he'd rather lose. The second, surrounded and in the League of Villain's very base, he calls them out on it on his own, showing that even in the face of almost certain defeat, one he knows he can't win against by how he reacted when they tried to re-capture him, he still holds no hesitation to his courage to stand against the odds. Where Izuku is the one who will keep people hoping and working for the best, Bakugou is/will be the force to push them to continue striving for what they aim for despite the slimmest of chances.