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Villain Overview

This is gonna be nothing more than a warning shot. We'll pull those false heroes down from their shining pedestals… And, in doing so, we'll create a bright new future for this world.
~ Dabi to the Vanguard Action Squad.
The League... Shigaraki... I've never cared about them. Did you know the world can be forever altered because of one person's singular obsession? There's no such thing as a true hero in this society. You frauds must be killed. Do you get it now? I AM THE ONE WHO WILL CARRY OUT STAIN'S WILL!
~ Dabi to Hawks revealing his true nature.
Oh man... I didn't expect this! I'm starting to have fun! I wondered how I could make you suffer. How I could ruin your life! Ever since I burned up, it's all I've thought about! As a kid, I didn't know why I existed. I'd cling to Natsu, bawling my eyes out. But you didn't know that, did you? At first, when I realized your little puppet Shoto was complete, I'd figured I'd kill him! But then you unexpectedly became the number one hero! Who would've guessed, huh?! I was certainly so invested in your happiness! Can you believe in Kyushu, I was actually afraid you were going to die?! I led Starservant and Ending to your doorstep. Did they make you feel like a big shot? Must have been a heavy burden to achieve your dream after so long. But you were soothed by public admiration, weren't you? Is that why you finally decided to try to bond with your children? "Just keep looking towards the future and you could be a better man?" What? Nothing to say?! Well, allow me! The past never dies! [...] You will reap everything you've sown! Enji Todoroki! Let's fall together! Come and dance with me in Hell, won't you? Well? Speak up, dad!
~ Dabi showcasing his relentless hatred for his father.

Dabi (in Japanese: 荼毘, translated as Cremation), also known as Blueflame (in Japanese:蒼炎 Sōen), is a major antagonist in the My Hero Academia franchise. He is the archenemy of Shoto Todoroki and Endeavor.

He is a member of the League of Villains and leader of its sub-group, the Vanguard Action Squad. Dabi - like fellow League members Himiko Toga and Spinner - was inspired by Stain and his ideology, and joined the League under the belief it harbors the Hero Killer's cause. Following the conflict with the Meta Liberation Army, he became one of the lieutenants of the Paranormal Liberation Front, serving as the co-commander of the Violet Regiment.

It is later revealed that Dabi is actually Toya Todoroki (in Japanese 轟 燈矢), the eldest child of the Todoroki family who was thought to have died in a forest fire years ago. Dabi wants to take revenge on his father Enji - the Number 2 Hero "Endeavor" - for being abused and neglected in his childhood, and kill the rest of his family due to believing they forgot about him after his presumed demise.

After All For One's demise, Dabi was hospitalized into a life support pod. But slowly heading to his death door. He was visited by his father, Endeavor everyday.

He is voiced by Hiro Shimono in Japanese version, and by Jason Liebrecht in English, who is best known for voicing Zeke Yeager in Attack on Titan and Rob Lucci in One Piece. As a child, he was voiced by Ryoko Shiraishi in Japanese and Sara Ragsdale in English.

Appearance[]

Dabi is a tall and slender 24-year-old man with spiky black hair and blue eyes. His most noticeable features include a set of burnt, purple, scarred skin that are present underneath both his eyes (which cannot cry due to his tear ducts being burned up), on his ears and below his jawline all the way down to his collarbone, as well on his torso and all the way down both of his arms, and on his legs as well. These scars are attached to the remainders of his skin with metallic staple piercings. His burnt complexion stems from his Quirk spiraling out of control when he was a child.

His outfits seem to vary from time to time. In his initial debut, he had more of a rough and baggy appearance, wearing a loose belt, a torn jacket and pants that barely reach to his ankles. In later appearances, he seems to wear a slightly different jacket that appears to be stitched together with coattails and rolled up sleeves. He also wears boots now and baggier pants. In the final battle with the heroes, Dabi ditches his original dark outfit in favor of a white variant, likely to go along with his white hair.

When he was his younger self as Toya, he possessed red hair that gradually turned white during his childhood, and it was wavier than it was spiked. Due to his premature birth, he was shorter than his younger siblings Natsuo and Fuyumi, but roughly the same height as Shoto. However, because of his training and growth spurt, he became around the same height as them. Dabi later reverts back to his white hair color by removing the black dye from it with a bottle of water after revealing his identity.

Personality[]

Shoto: You've gone completely insane!
Dabi: You got that right! Long lost brother can't feel a thing anymore!
~ Shoto lashing out at Dabi for being insane.

Dabi is a rude and argumentative person who has no sense of respect. He introduced himself to Tomura informally, and refused to give out his real name. Nevertheless, he is a calm-minded person, who is always focused and determined to complete his given tasks. However beneath this facade lies a broken, bloodthirsty, deranged, vengeful, unhinged and cruel man hellbent on a path of vengeance.

Like Toga, Dabi admires Stain and his ideology. He views himself as the one who is destined to fulfill Stain's view of the world, hence his reasoning for joining the League of Villains. However, even though he does not display any altruistic intentions, it appears that he is still just as deluded as Toga as he seems to be unaware of what Stain was actually trying to accomplish. While Stain was trying to bring back the meaning of being a hero, Dabi is simply interested in destroying the current society of humanity as a whole. Despite this, Dabi believes himself to be the true manifestation of Stain's will, believing that "real heroes" are not a thing. It is clear from his actions that he is only using Stain's ideology as an excuse for his actions and that he despises heroes entirely because of how he was raised among them.

Dabi commonly shows sadistic tendencies, as he takes pleasure in taunting Pro Heroes and those that seek to be heroes, while attempting to murder them at the same time. He's also observant and ruthless, willing to endanger the lives of others, including U.A. students and even his own allies, while also commonly exploiting a hero's tendency to save people from danger. Despite this, it appears that he can relate to families that have suffered from the society of heroes and villains due to his own pain from Endeavor's actions, as shown by him crying blood while remembering Snatch’s final words, hinting that he may be capable of feeling remorse.

Dabi can also come across being very derisive and contemptuous towards his teammates, who he finds crazy as he proclaimed Himiko insane, called Tomura freaky and insulted Spinner's driving skills, even calling the latter “lizard” against his wishes, not even caring to respect his feelings as a heteromorph. While he acknowledges the League's capabilities, he ultimately does not care about any of them, and only values them for their capacity to bring his goals into fruition. Despite this, Dabi ensured that Twice would make it out alive and claims that his death saddened him, though it seems that he valued Twice's abilities to help his goals over any bond the two villains had. Rather than showing any sadness, Dabi expressed a crazed expression of gleeful sadism saying that he hasn't cried since his tear ducts got burned up. Later on, he burns down Himiko's abusive home and gives her Twice's blood so she can transform into him due to her attachment towards him, though when she commends him on his kindness he denies having altruistic intentions and claims that he only burned her home down to mock Endeavor, and likely retrieved Twice's blood due to him finding his Double Quirk useful.

It is later revealed that Dabi's main goal is to ruin his father's career as revenge for the pain and agony he endured as a child. He relishes in the fact that Endeavor's past is exposed to the world while gleefully dancing, telling his father to dance with him in Hell. In spite of his relationship with his father, Dabi was very close with his two younger siblings, as well as with his mother when he was still Toya, as his supposed death only added more emotional pain to his mother's mental health, as well as grief for Natsuo who was very close to him, as Toya would always come to him in tears after dealing with their father's abuse, seeking for comfort. Fuyumi also wanted him to stop overusing his Quirk because of the burns he got from it. However he showed no remorse when learning that Ending, the villain he sent nearly killed Natsuo and only remarked that if he died then Endeavor would have really suffered.

His relationship with his youngest sibling, Shoto, is more ambiguous since the two were kept separated from each other for a long period of time. This stemmed from an unstable Toya attempting to harm an infant Shoto. Years later, Dabi claims that he views Shoto as nothing more than their father's "little puppet" and that he planned to kill him during his hero career, but this was only because this was part of his plan of ruining his father's legacy until his father became the No. 1 Pro Hero. The fact that Dabi ended up abandoning this plan seems to suggest that he doesn't truly hate Shoto, but he thinks very little of him. Dabi later makes it clear to Shoto that he's lost any feeling for not just him and his family, but for anything in general, as everything he's done to this point is to ensure their father suffers for it. Despite that, he was willing to reveal how he survived to Shoto, since they were brothers.

In his youth, Toya was originally a very energetic and positive boy who enjoyed spending time with his father and was very eager to learn Endeavor's strongest technique. However, his father's shift of focus towards Shoto and subsequent abandonment of Toya as his successor caused him to spiral into a state of sadness and depression, experiencing an existential crisis and wondering about his purpose in life. As a result, his determination on achieving his father's goal became an unhealthy obsession that made him act more hostile and dangerous, as well as putting his own life at risk for the sake of being acknowledged.

Despite this, Toya did get along with his two younger siblings, Fuyumi and Natsuo. He was especially close with Natsuo, despite the latter having been born in an attempt to dissuade Toya from his ambitions. He also came to regret attacking a baby Shoto and admitted that he was wrong. It is later confirmed that while he could not see through his obsession, Toya still loved and cared for his family, and had remorse for how he treated them prior to his fall into villainy.

It was also clear that Toya’s dedication to impress his father was absolutely genuine, to the point where he refused to be taught by anyone else, as seen when he had woken up at a daycare managed by Dr. Garaki and overseen by All For One (to raise other children as suitable vessels for All For One in case anything happened to Tomura) and refused their offer to be taught back to full strength. Toya even went back home to try and see his father again, and to make amends with his mother and siblings. However, upon seeing that things had not changed; that his family had moved on from him and that Endeavor was still obsessed with training Shoto to become his successor. Toya completely broke, to the point where he abandoned his past self and became Dabi, a maniacal villain that not even All For One could bring under his command, obsessed with taking down Endeavor, and willing to sacrifice anything to do so, including his own life. Even Daruma Ujiko, a psychopathic scientist who casually insulted Shigaraki himself, was utterly terrified by Dabi’s insanity, cowering when the latter glared at him and warning the policeman Gori to be careful, because they have no idea what an “unstable fiend” like Dabi is capable of.

In another interesting note, Dabi resumed taking on his original discarded name, Toya, after his battle with his father and brother. This is likely due to him having no need to hide his true identity anymore, as well as to cement his status as the villain Endeavor created.

Dabi's depravity got to the point where he attempted to nuke himself as a final effort to kill Endeavor, intentionally spawning near the civilians and evacuation shelters. This would've killed not only his entire family and multiple kids but also his own teammate Toga. This ultimately proves that Dabi only cares about his desire on revenge against Endeavor more than anything. Not even after Shoto stopping his suicide attack and his entire family apologizing to him caused him to show an ounce of remorse for his many heinous crimes, with him cursing his family and telling them all to die, showing how consumed he is by hate. However, upon his hospitalization, Toyo has considerably mellowed down, as while he still doesn’t forgive Endeavor or the rest of his family, sarcastically offering his condolences to Endeavor and mocking the family for seeing him as a "tourist attraction", the hate that had kept him alive for so long has mostly faded and he now faces the guilt of the crimes he has committed, to which he ends up crying as he apologizes to Shoto, appreciating his little brother for his genuine attempts to reach out to him.

Powers and Abilities[]

His heat was so intense. Stronger than my old man's. Too strong. Flames of hatred. That's what they were.
~ Shoto on Dabi's intense strength.

Powers[]

Dabi burns Beast's Forest

Dabi setting a forest on fire.

  • Blueflame: Blueflame allows Dabi to control and manipulate extremely hot blue flames, which are able to set forests ablaze and can burn large groups of people to a crisp. He can also use his flames to propel himself upwards and hover in the air. Dabi's Quirk is said to allow him to produce flames even stronger than Endeavor's. His flames were initially red but when he trained on his own, they changed to blue and he discovered it was connected to his emotions. His Quirk would later unlock a new ability upon being on the verge of death, in which the ice from Rei's Quirk, Frost, would fully manifest within him.

Abilities[]

  • Keen Intellect: Dabi is very observant to everything around him. With just a glance, he easily identified Tomura's instability and effortlessly saw through Aizawa's stoic nature, even knowing that Hawks was a traitor from the moment he met him. Had it not been for Twice stopping him, he would have found and killed Aoyama. Later he identified Snatch’s quirk, and understood it’s limits. Dabi is also known for psychologically engaging enemies, questioning their motives and morality during combat. This is an entirely tactical maneuver for buying time since it compliments Dabi's weakness of his flames hurting his body over time. Dabi's most impactful form of guerilla warfare was when he had his pre-recorded backstory uploaded by Skeptic to be globally broadcasted while simultaneously revealing his true identity as Toya Todoroki to Endeavor and Shoto - with the video even including D.N.A. results that confirmed he is of Endeavor's blood. Other than explaining his abusive childhood, kinship to Endeavor, and Endeavor's ambitions, Dabi also confessed to orchestrating his father's encounters with Hood, Starservant, and Ending in his attempts to discredit his father, a fact that sent Shoto into a tearful rage. Another nail in the coffin was Dabi divulging a part of Hawks' history regarding the Wing Hero being both the son of a serial criminal, Takami, who Endeavor previously apprehended, and the one responsible for the deaths of Twice and Best Jeanist, as murder is an act that heroes don't commonly perform. These revelations were implemented to instill despair into Endeavor and strip people of their faith in heroes, both of which were successful.

Overall, Dabi is one of the more powerful members among the league. His quirk has shown to have a destructive nature and he is skilled enough with it to hold his own against Pro Heroes. Shota Aizawa, a powerful Pro Hero, struggled against a clone of Dabi for a considerable amount of time (which did not have the same power as the original). Later, in conjunction with Mr. Compress, they managed to both seal and kill Snatch, a strong Pro Hero. On top of this, he managed to fight evenly against and later pin down the extremely skilled No. 2 Pro Hero, Hawks, while overpowering the latter with the brute force of his flames.

Weaknesses[]

Despite his Quirk's power, Dabi's flames begin to eat away at him and burn his body should he use them for too long, which prevents him from fighting prolonged battles, his flames are also tied with his emotions meaning the angrier and more mess up his emotions gets. The more his flames burns him up, as this was the reason he was burnt up in Sekoto Peak in the first place. To counter this, Dabi tends to rattle his opponents and engage in psychological warfare in order to buy himself time to cool down. He is also capable of saving firepower for more devastating attacks.

Appearances[]

All Appearances

Manga[]

  • Chapter 38: "Shoto Todoroki: Origin" (flashback)
  • Chapter 57: "The Aftermath of Hero Killer Stain" (first appearance)
  • Chapter 67: "Stripping the Varnish"
  • Chapter 68: "Encounter"
  • Chapter 69: "Interview with Midoriya" (flashback)
  • Chapter 72: "Day Two"
  • Chapter 73: "Good Evening"
  • Chapter 74: "Smoke Signal" (clone only)
  • Chapter 77: "It's Okay"
  • Chapter 81: "Roaring Upheaval"
  • Chapter 82: "What a Twist!"
  • Chapter 83: "Loss" (mentonied)
  • Chapter 84: "From Ida to Midoriya"
  • Chapter 85: "Nothing but Fools"
  • Chapter 86: "Before the Storm"
  • Chapter 87: "Clash"
  • Chapter 89: "All for a Certain One"
  • Chapter 90: "Reach Out"
  • Chapter 91: "Symbol of Peace" (mentonied)
  • Chapter 94: "From Teacher to Disciple"
  • Chapter 100: "Creating Ultimate Moves" (shadow only)
  • Chapter 115: "Unleashed"
  • Chapter 148: "The Anguish of Young Twoga" (flashback)
  • Chapter 159: "It's Over!!"
  • Chapter 160: "Expressway"
  • Chapter 185: "Wing Hero: Hawks"
  • Chapter 188: "Your Father, the Number One Hero" (flashback)
  • Chapter 190: "His Start"
  • Chapter 191: "Dabi, Hawks, Endeavor"
  • Chapter 192: "The Todoroki Family" (mentoried)
  • Chapter 202: "Match 3" (mentoried)
  • Chapter 219: "Go, Slidin' Go!"
  • Chapter 220: "My Villain Academia"
  • Chapter 221: "Memento from All For One"
  • Chapter 222: "Tomura Shigaraki: Distortion"
  • Chapter 224: "Revival Party"
  • Chapter 225: "Interview with a Vampire"
  • Chapter 227: "Sleepy"
  • Chapter 228: "Wounded Soul"
  • Chapter 230: "Sad Man's Parade"
  • Chapter 231: "Path"
  • Chapter 232: "Meta Abilities and Quirks" (clone only)
  • Chapter 233: "Bright Future" (mentoried)
  • Chapter 237: "Tomura Shigaraki: Origin"
  • Chapter 238: "Liberation"
  • Chapter 240: "Power"
  • Chapter 243: "Off to Endeavor's Agency!" (mentoried)
  • Chapter 245: "Rise to Action"
  • Chapter 246: "Message" (flashback)
  • Chapter 249: "The Hellish Todoroki Family" (picture)
  • Chapter 250: "Ending" (mentoried)
  • Chapter 252: "The Unforgiven" (mentoried)
  • Chapter 258: "Friends" (fantasy only)
  • Chapter 259: "A Quiet Beginning" (flashback)
  • Chapter 261: "High-Ends" (mentoried)
  • Chapter 263: "I Wanna Be with You Guys!!"
  • Chapter 264: "One's Justice"
  • Chapter 265: "Villains and Heroes"
  • Chapter 266: "Happy Life"
  • Chapter 267: "Flames"
  • Chapter 271: "Dark Cloud"
  • Chapter 273: "The Thrill of Destruction"
  • Chapter 275: "Encounter, Part 2" (fantasy only)
  • Chapter 277: "Who...?"
  • Chapter 278: "Disaster Walker"
  • Chapter 279: "League of Villains vs. U.A. Students"
  • Chapter 280: "Red Riot, Part 3"
  • Chapter 283: "75"
  • Chapter 287: "Mistake"
  • Chapter 288: "Save Takeo!!"
  • Chapter 289: "Miss Candid and Miss Shut-Away"
  • Chapter 290: "Dabi's Dance"
  • Chapter 291: "Thanks For Going Strong"
  • Chapter 292: "Threads of Hope"
  • Chapter 293: "Hero-Saturated Society"
  • Chapter 294: "Final Performance"
  • Chapter 295: "Tenacious" (mentoried)
  • Chapter 296: "Hellish Hell"
  • Chapter 298: "Sounds of Collapse"
  • Chapter 299: "Like Those Tragic Tales" (mentonied)
  • Chapter 300: "The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2"
  • Chapter 301: "The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire, Part 1"
  • Chapter 302: "The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire, Part 2"
  • Chapter 303: "Top Three"
  • Chapter 306: "The Final Act Begins"
  • Chapter 310: "Masters and Pupil" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 311: "Here We Go!!" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 314: "The Lovely Lady Nagant" (flashback)
  • Chapter 317: "Scars, Blood, Filth" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 318: "Reckless" (fantasy only)
  • Chapter 319: "Friend" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 325: "The Bonds of One For All" (flashback)
  • Chapter 327: "Rest!!" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 329: "In the Nick of Time, a Big-Time Maverick from the West!"
  • Chapter 335: "Zygotes"
  • Chapter 336: "Villain" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 337: "A Disposable Life"
  • Chapter 340: "The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 3" (picture)
  • Chapter 341: "The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part Minus 1"
  • Chapter 342: "The Extreme Quiet Before the Storm" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 343: "Let You Down"
  • Chapter 344: "Stars"
  • Chapter 345: "Division"
  • Chapter 349: "Battle Flame"
  • Chapter 350: "Bound to a Fiery Fate"
  • Chapter 351: "Two Flashfires"
  • Chapter 352: "Ultimate Moves"
  • Chapter 353: "Endeavor"
  • Chapter 354: "Oopsie Daisy!!" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 355: "Extras" (flashback)
  • Chapter 356: "Regarding the Enemy" (picture)
  • Chapter 357: "Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True!! (mentioned)
  • Chapter 363: "Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate"
  • Chapter 370: "HIStory" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 373: "Friends" (flashback)
  • Chapter 374: "Butterfly Effect"
  • Chapter 375: "Chaotic Confusion"
  • Chapter 376: "On Knife's Edge"
  • Chapter 381: "Dark"
  • Chapter 382: "Don't Let Him Go" (clone only)
  • Chapter 383: "Meek Spirits" (mentioned)
  • Chapter 386: "I AM HERE" (flashback)
  • Chapter 387: "Congealing"
  • Chapter 388: "Toya"
  • Chapter 389: "Assurance and Prayers"
  • Chapter 390: "Shoto Todoroki Rising"
  • Chapter 391: "Rejecting the World"
  • Chapter 426: TBA

Anime[]

Season 2

  • Episode 23: "Shoto Todoroki: Origin" (flashback)
  • Episode 31: "The Aftermath of Hero Killer: Stain" (first appearance)
  • Episode 37: "Katsuki Bakugo: Origin"
  • Episode 38: "Encounter"

Season 3

  • Episode 40: "Wild, Wild Pussycats"
  • Episode 41: "Kota"
  • Episode 42: "My Hero" (clone)
  • Episode 43: "Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!!"
  • Episode 44: "Roaring Upheaval"
  • Episode 45: "What a Twist!"
  • Episode 46: "From Ida to Midoriya"
  • Episode 47: "All For One"
  • Episode 48: "Symbol of Peace"
  • Episode 50: "End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End
  • Episode 54: "Shiketsu High Lurking" (flashback)
  • Episode 62: "A Season for Encounters"

Season 4

  • Episode 64: "The Scoop on U.A. Class 1-A" (flashback)
  • Episode 66: "Boy Meets..." (flashback)
  • Episode 73: "Temp Squad" (flashback)
  • Episode 74: "Lemillion" (flashback)
  • Episode 77: "Bright Future"
  • Episode 82: "Prepping for the School Festival Is the Funnest Part" (flashback)
  • Episode 87: "Japanese Hero Billboard Chart"
  • Episode 88: "His Start" (flashback)

Season 5

  • Episode 89: "All Hands on Deck! Class 1-A"
  • Episode 90: "Vestiges"
  • Episode 91: "Clash! Class A vs. Class B!" (flashback)
  • Episode 95: "Match 3" (mentonied)
  • Episode 98: "That Which Is Inherited" (flashback)
  • Episode 101: "Have a Merry Christmas!"
  • Episode 103: "One Thing at a Time"
  • Episode 105: "The Hellish Todoroki Family" (flashback)
  • Episode 106: "The Unforgiven" (pictured)
  • Episode 108: "My Villain Academia"
  • Episode 109: "Revival Party"
  • Episode 110: "Sad Man's Parade"
  • Episode 111: "Tenko Shimura: Origin" (flashback)
  • Episode 112: "Tomura Shigaraki: Origin
  • Episode 113: "The High, Deep Blue Sky"

Sesaon 6

  • Episode 114: "A Quiet Beginning"
  • Episode 115: "Mirko, the No. 5 Hero"
  • Episode 116: "One's Justice"
  • Episode 117: "Inheritance"
  • Episode 118: "The Thrill of Destruction"
  • Episode 119: "Encounter, Part 2"
  • Episode 120: "Disaster Walker"
  • Episode 121: "League of Villains Vs. U.A. Students"
  • Episode 122: "Katsuki Bakugo Rising"
  • Episode 123: "The Ones Within Us"
  • Episode 124: "Dabi's Dance"
  • Episode 125: "Threads of Hope"
  • Episode 126: "Final Performance"
  • Episode 127: "Hellish Hell"
  • Episode 128: "Tartarus"
  • Episode 129: "The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2"
  • Episode 130: "The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire"
  • Episode 131: "Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki"
  • Episode 134: "The Lovely Lady Nagant" (flashback)
  • Episode 135: "Friend"
  • Episode 137: "A Young Woman's Declaration" (flashback)
  • Episode 138: "No Man Is an Island" (flashback)

Quotes[]

Endeavor: Dammit, when will you get this through your head? Have you learned nothing from getting burned over and over again?! Listen, Toya! Find a new dream to pursue. Go play with Fuyumi and Natsuo! Make friends at school and do stuff with them! There are plenty of things to do with your life besides being a hero. Leave this unattainable goal behind you!
Toya: But the kids at school say they're gonna be pros one day. They don't get what it's like for me, but you do. You showed me being the best is what matters!
Rei: Toya, no! You need to cool off...!
Toya: You pushed me to want this, Dad! It's too late now. I can't unlearn what you taught me. Keep watching... you'll see. Look at me... ENDEAVOR!!!
~ Toya having a mental breakdown back when he was a child.
Toya: You know what? I think I had the wrong idea back then. Shoto isn’t the one I should blame. Dad’s the person who messed up everything. We’re failures to him so he pretends we don’t even exist. That’s just how it works. Not like he’s all that different. Lots of Heroes have kids that they don’t want.
Natsuo: You’ve already told me this like, a million times. Ugh! Why don’t you go bother Fuyumi instead?
Toya: No, hold on! Are you ignoring me too Natsu? Please don’t do that! I’m telling you this stuff cause you have to understand! You agree right?! Besides the women in our family are all useless!
~ Toya venting his troubles to Natsuo late at night, believing that his mother and sister can’t understand him.
Toya: Dad! Your next day off, you gotta come to Sekoto Peak!
Endeavor: (New burns! He's hiding them beneath his clothing now!) Toya, you're still training?!
Toya: And I've gotten super awesome! Make sure you come watch! I bet I can get to Shoto's level pretty soon. Or All Might's level. No, better! And I guess then you'd have to accept that I'm not actually a failure like you thought! After all these years you'll be happy to have me as your son!
~ Toya desperate for his father's acknowledgement.
Thug #1: What the hell are you? Your face makes me wanna puke!
Thug #2: Keep lookin' at me like that and I'll kill ya!
Dabi: Pity, you're not what we need… Stay down, you make good fuel, allow my flames to consume you.
~ Dabi killing the criminals who wished to join the League.
Looks like your concern has you distracted Eraser… You Pros ought to lay off, we haven't come here for any of you so just stay out of our way!
~ Dabi attacking Eraserhead.
Why not get cocky? You're playing right into our hands. The second you lost the initiative signaled your defeat. You've got the top hero-training academy, U.A., and the Symbol of Peace, All Might… the two most trusted foundations of our hero-based society. But now one mess after another is shaking that trust… don't you think that loss of faith will spread like wildfire throughout society? Think about it… how your careless administration keeps allowing attack after attack… you're so weak… you couldn't even stop a criminal organization from abducting your students.
~ Dabi taunting Vlad King.
Dabi: You killed Twice, like it was nothing. And yet you have the audacity to call yourself a hero?!
Hawks: (His flames are somehow getting even hotter!)
Dabi: You hypocrite! I can't believe you MURDERED HIM!
Hawks: You sound upset… so what's with the smile, you lunatic?!
Dabi: Shut your mouth, traitor! You're being rude! It's not possible for me to cry, my tear ducts are burned shut! Do you know what you've done? His Quirk was invaluable. He made my dream feel possible! I'm more than just a little upset! I'M CONSUMED BY MY SORROW!!
~ Dabi brutally attacking Hawks after witnessing Twice's death.
More than Twice… More than any army of villains… Your attention should have been focused on me.
~ Dabi after revealing his true identity to Hawks.
Hey now, don't be rude. You're acting like we've never met! [...] Call me Toya. After all, it's the name you and mom gave me. [...] Yeah, I know, my face is pretty disgusting now. But it's still surprising my own family didn't recognize me. It's honestly kinda crappy, or maybe it's just depressing, you know?
~ Dabi revealing his true identity to Endeavor and Shoto.
Sorry to interrupt. My name… is Toya Todoroki. The number one hero.. is my father. Yes, the so-called villain sitting in front of you is Endeavor's oldest son. At the time of this recording, I've killed more than 30 innocent people. Are you confused? Let me explain how I turned out like this. I'll start at the beginning. Endeavor has always obsessively yearned for power. Much to his despair, he could never surpass All Might on his own. So he forced my mother to marry him in an attempt to create an heir with the perfect Quirk. I was bred for my father's selfish dream, but it didn't matter. I was a failure. It wasn't long before he gave up on me and I was cast aside and forgotten.
~ Dabi exposes Endeavor's abusive history to the public.
Oh man... I didn't expect this! I'm starting to have fun! I wondered how I could make you suffer. How I could ruin your life! Ever since I burned up, it's all I've thought about! As a kid, I didn't know why I existed. I'd cling to Natsu, bawling my eyes out. But you didn't know that, did you? At first, when I realized your little puppet Shoto was complete, I'd figured I'd kill him! But then you unexpectedly became the number one hero! Who would've guessed, huh?! I was suddenly so invested in your happiness! Can you believe in Kyushu, I was actually afraid you were going to die?! I led Starservant and Ending to your doorstep. Did they make you feel like a big shot? Must have been a heavy burden to achieve your dream after so long. But you were soothed by public admiration, weren't you? Is that why you finally decided to try to bond with your children? "Just keep looking towards the future and you could be a better man?" WHAT? NOTHING TO SAY?! WELL, ALLOW ME!!! The past never dies! [...] YOU WILL REAP EVERYTHING YOU'VE SOWN!!! Enji Todoroki! Let's fall together! Come and dance with me in Hell, won't you? Well? Speak up, dad!
~ Dabi's monologue to Endeavor.
But I do know he must be stopped! They can't cover up his appalling behavior by calling it justice! He really claims to be a hero?! He's tricking the whole world! The thing I want you to realize today is that these heroes only protect themselves! You're being used! These disgusting people treat you as tools for their own self-affirmation!
~ Dabi's speech to the people about his father and hero society to break their faith in heroes.
Thank you for living long enough to see this day... ENDEAVOOOOOOR!!!
~ Dabi before he prepares to kill his father.
Shoto: You pushed those villains to attack our family?! One of them almost killed Natsu! Why, Toya?! You used to cry to him! What happened to you?! What if he'd been murdered?!
Dabi: I was kinda hoping that'd be the outcome. Think about how much Endeavor would've suffered!
Shoto: You've gone completely insane!
Dabi: You got that right! Long lost brother can't feel a thing anymore!
Shoto: Don't do this... Toya!
Dabi: But I've waited so long to kill you.
~ Dabi expressing his lack of feelings for anyone.
Dabi: Think your friends are having fun over there. [...] But you look distraught. I'm worried you're not enjoying yourself.
Shoto: Yeah, well... you either...! Your body's burning up...
Dabi: I'm glad you were raised to be a nice boy. Don't worry about me, I'm not sure I've ever felt better. Look at that face. You may be his little masterpiece, but you're about to be killed by his greatest failure! [chuckles] See how broken he is?! It's too good! [laughs maniacally] Shoto! Can you imagine the expression dad'll have? When he watches my flames melt the flesh off your pocket bones?
~ Dabi to Shoto Todoroki.
Deku: You're obsessed with his fire, but this is your Quirk, not his!
Dabi: Hahaha! Everyone can see we're nothing alike! But come on, don't you feel the least bit bad for me?! I'm the crime committed by someone claiming to seek justice! Evil is flourishing, because hero society is collapsing! I know you idiots need to be spoon-fed a story, so I'm showing you exactly who's to blame! [...]
Deku: (I felt this earlier too...)
Dabi: THE FUTURE WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS IS BUILT ON CHAOS!! THE LIES YOU HEROES SPEW WON'T MATTER ANYMORE!!!
~ Dabi to Izuku Midoriya after Izuku retorts that Dabi's Quirk is his and not Endeavor's.
Dabi: Good. Whether we're crying or smiling, the sun'll come out tomorrow. So I say... let's smile, Himiko Toga. Smiling is why we'll live our lives!
Himiko: You'll get us caught, Toya. But that was awfully kind of you.
Dabi: Caught? Society don't got the juice to take us down right now. And it's not kindness so much as twisting the knife in Endeavor some more! You'll be able to use it, y'know... when you transform. If the person's someone close to your heart, you'll be able to use their Quirk by drinking their blood. Before Machia whisked us away... I made sure to grab the original body's blood. Twice's blood, that is. We'll help that sad, sad parade keep marching. And the ones having the last laugh? That'll be us.
~ Dabi to Himiko Toga.
Shoto... I did come home, actually. Even though I was weaker than ever, and there was no way that what I was hoping for was there. But I was sure something must've changed... It's all I wanted to see. Instead I was shown once more... After three years away... I witnessed that old familiar scene. The reason I was born. The fact is, as a failed creation, my life had been pointless. This family... had left me behind in their past.
~ Dabi tells Shoto he returned home only to find nothing had changed.
When you surpass your limits... it's like everything you've built up... is flipped around, upside down. I focused on honing my flames... so I wouldn't be so weak when next we met. This body of mine kept peeling away and falling to pieces, but I never felt a thing. You want battle moves? I've seen them all, over and over. Every time that thing saved the city... Every time that thing got a boost in popularity... my heart kept pounding away!! Ever since the day... that Toya died and Dabi was born!! Once I've burned away all that that thing holds near and dear... that'll be the mark I've left on this world!!
~ Dabi reveals he's honed his abilities specifically to kill Shoto.

Trivia[]

  • Before the release of Chapter 290, it was heavily foreshadowed that Dabi was a relative of the Todoroki family. One indication was the fact that he uses a flame-based quirk which are very uncommon to come across, something that Dabi later pointed out himself. His flames were also shown to be blue, in which Endeavor is also capable of producing blue flames, though this is something that was only shown in the anime. Other reasons included his similar eye color to Endeavor and Shoto, as well as his strong familiarity with them, knowing their full names outright.
    • With more recent chapters hinting towards this, Dabi was generally speculated to be Toya Todoroki, the oldest son of the Todoroki family, who was revealed to have an unnamed fire Quirk and implied to have went through harsh training with Endeavor regarding his Quirk and appeared to have a strong resemblance to him. In the end, this was eventually proven true when Dabi revealed his true identity and what drove him to become a villain.
  • Dabi and Shoto shared the same abuse and harsh treatment from their father's strict teachings. However, unlike Dabi, Shoto started to let go of his grudge towards him while Dabi is consumed by his hatred to the point he became a villain to destroy his father's reputation.
    • In a way, the two contrast one another, as Chapter 301 revealed. Despite being molded by his father to surpass him, Shoto admired All Might's acts of heroism and wanted to become a hero with similar ideals, whereas Dabi was obsessed with surpassing him and making his dad proud. While Shoto had no choice but to endure Endeavor's vigorous and harsh trainings, Toya was enthusiastic about furthering his abilities and was frustrated when his dad didn't make time for him. And while Shoto was forced to perfect his abilities at his father's commands to become the number one hero, Enji tried to get Toya to stop using his quirk altogether and give up on his dreams.
      • In an almost bitter twist of irony, Shoto's choice to become a hero was partially due to Endeavor's cruel treatment and prioritizing his own dream over his son's happiness, whereas Toya's decent into villainy ultimately resulted from the fact Enji actually cared more about his safety and well-being than turning him into a hero.
    • As such, Dabi serves as Shoto's dark reflection of what he would have become if he let his hatred consume him and didn't meet Izuku. Shoto himself noted this similarity, which is why he believed that it was his responsibility to handle Toya.
  • Dabi also serves as a dark reflection of Endeavor, being the embodiment of Endeavor’s worst traits; willingness to sacrifice anything and harm absolutely anyone to achieve his goal.
  • All For One notes that he and Dabi share many similarities. In retrospect, both he and Dabi are disfigured villains who go by an alias rather than their real name, are primarily motivated around their family members and are willing to manipulate people, even their own allies, to achieve their goals.

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