he's the fastest, he's got strong physical AND magical power (you give him an item that boosts his stats just a few points and he out-powers chie at the same level), he's got decent defense, and even with his low luck stat he seems to crit CONSTANTLY. you boost his speed even further and he just Won't Get Hit Ever
Youthful Wind is a decent heal AND a masukukaja????
one could argue Junes is his quirk, but au contraire: in universe that is his one defining feature to other characters and he actively pushes against that while amongst his friends. outside of loved ones, he of course defaults to Junes because he has been otherwise rejected by the rest of the town.
a quirk isn't bad per se (ex. kung fu for chie; art for yusuke), but it does mean in big ensemble pieces like PQ or even P4AU, he tends to be more rounded even with the limited screen time.
and it is actually a strength for his character how not special or outstanding he is. he is the most Just Some Guy ever-- and that causes him to be portrayed the most realistically out of just about everyone in the cast
he DOES have a mean bone in his body and anyone who argues otherwise is a dry individual
he lashes out when feeling defensive; he isn't the most open-minded, accepting person; he doesn't know where the line between playful ribbing and hurtful comment is-- and that's great. he's a fucking 17 year old boy. this is how many real 17 year old boys are.
he's got actual character-defining flaws- none of this disney-bullshit my "flaw" is that i'm clumsy or socially awkward. no, his mouth does cause him Consequences and it is something he must actively work on to change (and he is working on changing more than any other character)
but would yosuke say a slur? yeah probably
yosuke will and does apologize when he thinks he's actually hurt his friends
he puts a lot of thought (too much one might argue) into how he comes across and how he impacts others. no one is more aware than yosuke that he is being an asshole sometimes
on the flip side, he doesn't put much thought into when he cares for others; he just does it. yosuke is the first person to make sure everyone on the team is okay, he does his best to include everyone in the group, he does take his friends' problems seriously, he's very attuned to the general mood of the group and tries to keep them all in good spirits
