| “ | Are... y-you done... shooting? N-No m-more heat rays? O-Or could it be... y-you can't shoot anymore-more...? If s-so, then... power... let me t-test out m-m-my new pow-ower... ON YOOOOOU! | „ |
| ~ High-End engaging Endeavor. |
High-End is the main antagonist of the Pro Hero Arc in the anime/manga series My Hero Academia. He is an advanced artificial human, being the first one to display sentient intelligence and is capable of communication.
Appearance
High-End is very unique among the Nomus in terms of appearance. While he displays similar features to other Nomus, such as muscular physiques, one of his noticeable features is his neck, which happens to be incredibly long and torn up, exposing muscle fibre. His skin at the top of his head appears to function as a hood of sort, the majority of his face, including his brain. He also appears to have large eyes similar to that of Kurogiri's.
Underneath his hood reveals a massive brain that serves as his top head with long, crooked teeth sticking out of the sides. He also appears to have disfigured pupils in his eyes.
Personality
While previous Nomus appear to be entirely mute and seemingly mindless, High-End is the first to display self awareness. He is capable of speaking full English, albeit in a stuttering tone. He appears to display a prideful side of him, wishing to take on the strongest there is. Combined with his superhuman capablities, he can come off being quite arrogant.
High-End is also surprisingly intelligent. He has shown to be quite strategic with his powers, as he spawned Nomus to keep the other Pro Heroes occupied and was able to note that Endeavor was getting weaker. He was also willing to tear his own head off in order to evade Endeavor's attack, then later land a strike once Endeavor was distracted. Because of this, this makes him incredibly dangerous.
Despite his newfound intelligence, High-End is no more different from previous Nomus. He is just as obedient as they are, willing to take orders given from his superior.
History
Pro Hero Arc
High-End gets blasted.
High-End was first seen given a task by Dabi to face off the current No. 1 Pro Hero, Endeavor. He later encounters the two Pro Heroes, Endeavor and Hawks in a restaurant. Crashing through, he demands for the strongest among the two, in which Endeavor blasts him out of the building, prepared to take him on.
Endeavor attempts to capture High-End.
Endeavor attempts to take him out with a powerful blast of his Hell Flame, but to his shock, High-End was able to survive and regenerate from the wound left behind, mocking Endeavor's attempt at killing him. Noting how different he is among other Nomus, Endeavor decides to capture him, but High-End was able to grab him and smash him through the building. He then proceeds to bring him around through the walls, eventually bringing down the top of the building and knocking civilians out. Both Hawks and Endeavor attempt to slice him once more, but High-End regenerates once, leaving a haunting smile on his face.
Endeavor's fall.
High-End is then caught off guard by a small duo of Pro Heroes. High-End proceeds to spawn out Nomus from himself, which then begin to attack nearby citizens and cause mayhem. While Hawks dispatches the spawned Nomus, Endeavor focuses on his next strategy, leaving High-End asking if he's going to fight or not. High-End eventually decides to make the first move once more, but Endeavor immediately burns his head off of his body. Despite this, High-End was still alive and was able to pierce through Endeavor's eye, leaving a massive wound. High-End stood above him, demanding for a much better challenge.
Endeavor charges at High-End.
High-End continues to boast about wanting to challenge a stronger hero. Eventually, Endeavor awakens and attempts to strike down High-End, only for High-End to evade his attack then send him back flying through a couple of buildings. High-End continues rampaging through the city, observing the citizens that are attempting to evacuate. High-End eventually makes his move, but sees that he is being chased down by Endeavor. High-End attempts to knock him out of the air, but gets distracted by Hawks, who provides Endeavor aid by giving him his feathers, creating him flaming wings. Endeavor then charges towards High-End to land the final strike on him.
Once Endeavor lands the hit, he manages to punch through High-End's teeth and burn his insides. High-End continues to regenerate, but Endeavor continues to on, eventually finishing him off with a final Prominence Burn. High-End lands down to the ground burnt to crisp, with Endeavor standing victorious.
Powers and Abilities
Endeavor notes the rational thinking of High-End.
High-End is overall a deadly villain and has demonstrated to be one of the most powerful villains among the League of Villains. His pure strength and regeneration alone is enough to overpower the likes of Endeavor and cause massive destruction.
While most likely not as powerful as the original Nomu, he is most likely more dangerous than him as High-End is able to think on his own and act rationally with his intelligence, wheres the original Nomu was more obedient and relied on others to speak for himself. Based on what he's demonstrated and what Endeavor has seen, he is said to have a total of six Quirks.
Powers
- Muscle Augmentation: This Quirk allows High-End to enhance his strength, speed and durability by augmenting the muscle fibres in his body. This is exactly like Muscular's and was either taken from him or cloned.
- Super Regeneration: Like previous Nomus, High-End possesses the ability to regenerate serious wounds and missing limbs. He was able to regenerate a large portion of his neck back together, as well as other areas on his body.
High-End using his flight abilities.
- Flight: High-End appears to have a Quirk that enables him to deploy out wings to help him fly and glide through air.
- Shapeshifiting: High-End can shapeshift certain parts of his body, such as his arms, to provide him assistance to his flight abilities. He can also launch out elastic, multi-pronged attacks with this Quirk.
- Shoulder-Jets: High-End has jet-like structures on his shoulders that bursts out energy, allowing him to fly and hover in the air.
- Cell-Division: High-End appears to have a Quirk that allows him to spawn out miniature Nomus out of his body.
- Superhuman Strength: High-End is strong enough to overpower Endeavor's might and smash through around an entire building, slicing the top of the building in half. His strength was also powerful enough to land a nasty wound on Endeavor's face, leaving him a beaten state.
- Superhuman Durability: High-End can tank heavy blows, as shown from him enduring Endeavor's attacks then later regenerating from wounds left on him.
- Superhuman Speed: High-End is seen flying at high speed to the point where he was able to demolish the top of an entire building in a short period of time. He is also able to react faster than Endeavor as he was able to evade his attack then knock him back away, before Endeavor could even land a hit on him.
Trivia
- High-End is the first character in the series who happens to share the exact same Quirk as another person (in this case, being Muscular).
