As someone who knows both characters, no, Deku is not "clearly better"
Well I'm not familiar with Yona's character, a.k.a. I don't "know" her well yet, but know this much very well that in the "broader community" Deku is considered clearly better comparatively. Just give "Maldread" a phone call and he'll make you aware of it.
But never mind, everyone is supposed to have different viewpoints and we don't have to always with popular/majority opinion, just like I do in case of Steins;Gate and its characters, so it's fine.
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Given that I just about finished the first season of Code Geass today, it's just very difficult for me to vote for Soma now.........but well, just making Soma's loss as much less embarrassing as possible:
Soma Yukihira (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma): 2/12+
Lelouch Vi Britannia (Code Geass): 7/12