MY HERO ACADEMIA - Chapter 178 - A Woman Named La Brava

I think this is more of a case of “Deku’s love (pride for his school, friendly care for his friends, mildly patriarchal care for Eri, etc yes there are multiple meanings for Love, in several languages such as Greek they’re even different words) overpowers La Brava’s” rather than “Deku defeats the power of love”

But I’ve also gotta hand it to him for that line. In the words of Toby Fox’s remix: “Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than you, bigger and stronger too”