describe shota's relationship to his own powers and abilities. how much do they affect his day-to-day life (outside of hero business) and how would he be affected if his powers were to disappear? how high of a value does he place on his abilities, for him as a person (not a hero)?
The irony of Aizawa losing his own power is hilarious.
Shota's feelings about his powers are complex and we see this kind of zero to hero storyline with him. In Vigilantes, we meet a teenage Shota with a lack of self-confidence and he is exceptionally hard on himself. He even verbalizes that his power isn't enough to be a hero.
During an attack on Aizawa's students, Tomura Shigaraki even tells Eraser that his quirk really isn't all that impressive and he's 'as weak as a quirkless child'. But he does recognize that it's Shota's resilience and tenacity is what makes him so 'cool'. Therefore, Shota doesn't put as much faith in his quirk as he does his technique. He scores a 6/5 for it within the Ultra Archive, and 6/6 on the Ultra Analysis scale.
We even see Shota teaching his students work arounds of having their quirks disabled. During an exam, Shota specifically picked himself to be the opponent to two of his students who rely heavily on the strength of their quirks. He wanted to make sure they could hold their own even with their abilities being temporarily stripped from them.
This being said, as an individual I don't think it makes a difference for him. Outside of hero work, his life would remain unchanged. He might face some social backlash as within the BNHA universe being powerless isn't typical, but Shota doesn't really care about social expectations or repercussions.
