 |
This Article Contains Spoilers -
WARNING: This article contains major spoilers. If you do not wish to know vital information on plot / character elements in a story, you may not wish to read beyond this warning: We hold no responsibility for any negative effects these facts may have on your enjoyment of said media should you continue. That is all. |
The story of the League of Villains from My Hero Academia.
Background[]
In the past, a mysterious man went by the name of his Quirk, "All For One", which granted him the ability to steal other Quirks and use them for his own use. This lead to him forming the foundation of the League of Villains and eventually became Japan's ruler.
His younger brother, however, opposed All For One's tyranny, but was unable to do anything about it. All For One decided to give him a Quirk that could stockpile power. Unknown to the two, however, his younger brother had a Quirk that could be passed down to others. The two Quirks fused together, creating One For All.
As time went by, One For All was eventually passed down to Toshinori Yagi and defeated All For One's tyranny. All For One survived, however and has since remained hidden in the shadows, recovering from his injuries. Before his defeat, All For One came across a young boy named Tenko Shimura, who had suffered from a tragic event. Blaming society for not helping the boy, All For One decided to take the boy under his care and raise him as his successor. This boy would ultimately become Tomura Shigaraki, who would take over as the new leader of the league, while being supervised by the nomu Kurogiri.
My Hero Academia[]
Unforeseen Simulation Joint Arc[]
The League of Villains infilitrate the USJ.
The League of Villains first made their appearance in the series by leading their first attack at the USJ, lead by Tomura Shigaraki, expecting for All Might to be around and take the opportunity to kill him. Most of their forces were defeated by the Class 1-A students, with Tomura, Kurogiri and Nomu left standing.
All Might eventually arrived to save his students, in which he engaged a hard fought battle against Nomu. After Nomu's defeat, more Pro Heroes arrive, dispatching the rest of the villains. Tomura and Kurogiri managed to escape, though barely, while Nomu is left behind to be captured by the police. This heavily enrages the childish villain, who complains to Kurogiri about their uncsucessful attempt to take out All Might. They were then instructed by All For One to start looking for new recruits to recover the League's strength.
U.A. Sports Festival Arc[]
Hiding in the shadows, Tomura Shigaraki watched the Sports Festival event on his computer, specifically observing Izuku Midoriya, who he had noted was strikingly similar to All Might in terms of his power. Meanwhile, Kurogiri searched for recruits where he eventually came across the infamous Hero Killer, Stain.
Vs. Hero Killer Arc[]
After bringing him to their hideout, Tomura attempts to recruit Stain in the league and assigns him the task of finding Izuku Midoriya. However, Stain begins see the conflict in their goals and ultimately refuses to take any part with them, believing that Tomura has no conviction whatsoever. He does agree that they both want to destroy the current society they live, but despite this, Tomura wants him to simply leave.
The villains begin to gather up.
Kurogiri then takes the two to the rooftop, where Stain eventually goes back to continuing his task of purging heroes. Fed up with the Hero Killer, Tomura decides to join the action and sends in three Nomus to cause havoc. Eventually, all of the Nomus are defeated and Stain becomes the main attraction to the media, leaving Tomura incredibly frustrated.
Final Exams Arc[]
With news being spread about Stain's defeat, his ideology is caught on by many villains, who slowly begin to gather up and meet up with the League of Villains. Giran brings in two villains that are interested in joining, Himiko Toga and Dabi. Displeased with their interests in Stain, Tomura attempts to dispose of them, only for Kurogiri to interfere the potential brawl. Tomura then leaves, while Kurogiri suggests the two to give him some time and come back another day.
Tomura shaping his conviction, using Stain's ideals.
Meanwhile, Tomura coincidentally encounters his archenemy, Izuku Midoriya, at a mall. Tomura's intentions were simply to get Stain off his mind and thus meant no real harm. He asks for Midoriya's answer and advice regarding the topic, to which Midoriya replies that he could understand what Stain was trying to achieve and that he never abandoned his goal.
With all of this information gathered, Tomura began to put two and two together and comes to the conclusion as to why he constantly finds himself failing; it's all because of All Might. From this point on, Tomura began to shape his conviction, using Stain's ideology as a starting point for the League of Villains.
Forest Training Camp Arc[]
The Vanguard Action Squad observing.
Eventually, Toga and Dabi are recruited in the league along with other villains; Muscular, Mustard, Moonfish, Twice, Spinner and Magne. They are given their first task to attack the U.A. campsite and capture Katsuki Bakugo. They observe the campsite, as they wait for the remaining three members to arrive.
Once everyone arrives, Dabi leads the attack, creating chaos among the area and battling against the U.A students. Eventually, they were successful in capturing Bakugo and inflicting pain upon plenty of the students and supervisors, but at the cost of losing Mustard, Moonfish and Muscular, who were defeated by the students and arrested by the police.
HIdeout Raid Arc[]
Bakugo's capture.
After capturing Bakugo, Tomura welcomes him to their hideout and attempts to recruit him as his apprentice. He explains to Bakugo that the league are aiming to create a just society, as the current society of heroes are failing to maintaining this. Despite this, Bakugo refuses, as he's already been persuaded by All Might's beliefs and actions. Nonetheless, Tomura orders Bakugo's restraints to be removed, only for Bakugo to then strike him.
Eventually, the Pro Heroes arrive and raid the hideout, where they restrain the majority of the villains. However, they are soon teleported away by All For One, while also sending out Nomus to dispatch the heroes. All For One then uses Kurogiri's Warp Gate to provide escape for the league. Once that was done, All For One engaged All Might one last time in their final battle.
All For One is eventually defeated by All Might, using the final remains of his Quirk, One For All. He is later arrested and sent to Tatarus, losing a great leader among the league.
Hero License Exam Arc[]
In order to avoid the police, the League of Villains split up and scattered all over the place. At the same time, they individually went out seeking for new recruits. Meanwhile, Himiko Toga infiltrated the Hero License Exam, posing as a student of Shiketsu High, Camie. From there, she comes across Izuku Midoriya, in which she manages to gain a sample of his blood. Dabi later comes across of a group of thugs that he decides to dispose of, thinking of them as nothing but trash. Twice eventually returns to the league with a new villain, Kai Chisaki.
Internship Arc[]
The Eight Precepts of Death.
Tomura believes that Chisaki has come to be recruited, but in reality, Chisaki has no interest in joining, due to Shigaraki's lack of organization and leadership. Instead, Chisaki offers the proposition of taking them under his wing, seeking to become the next crime lord of Japan. Magne refuses, but is then immediately blown up by Chisaki after coming in contact with him. Mr. Compress attempts to stop him, but then he loses his arm in the process. Tomura attempts to kill Chisaki, but one of Chisaki's subordinates sacrifices himself, taking the hit. Soon, the rest of the Eight Precepts of Death infiltrate their base, but Chisaki ends the dispute before it can result into a full on slaughter. Chisaki then suggests Tomura to meet up with him eventually and takes his leave with his group of villains.
Tomura eventually meets with Chisaki once more in his hideout, where the two form an agreement of transferring Twice and Toga as brief members of the Eight Precepts of Death. After Chisaki's defeat by Izuku Midoriya, Twice and Toga take the opportunity to make their escape.
Tomura successfully defeats Chisaki.
Tomura and the rest of league chase down the police, who happen to have 11 members of Shie Hassaikai arrested. The Pro Hero, Snatch, attempts to stop them, but he is eventually defeated by Mr. Compress, who traps him in a marble containing Dabi's flames. After crashing the van and dispatching the police, Tomura approaches Chisaki then proceeds to torture him by destroying one of his arms, while the other is destroyed by Mr. Compress. The league then take their leave, leaving Chisaki completely defenseless.
Gigantomachia reveals himself.
Meanwhile, Kurogiri was out in the woods, being chased down by Gran Torino and the police. They eventually managed to capture him and place him under arrest. Before they could leave, however, Kurogiri reveals his reasoning for being here and that is to seek out the League of Villains' "secret weapon". He asks Gran Torino if he is familiar with what he's referring to, but Torino perfers that he speaks about it behind bars. Suddenly, the entire area begins to shake and a massive behemoth appears out of the forest, confronting the group of heroes. Kurogiri introduces himself as one of All For One's faithful servants; Gigantomachia.
After a dangerous confrontation, a heavily injured Gran Torino was able to escape with the police, and Kurogiri was placed behind bars for the time being.
Pro Hero Arc[]
Hood, the first evolved Nomu.
The League of Villains continue to develop more advanced Nomus without the aid of All For One. The first known one created, Hood, was given the task by Dabi to face off against the current No. 1 Pro Hero, Endeavor.
Hood would eventually encounter both Endeavor and Hawks and proceed to battle the two. Hood initially proved to be a deadly force that was too much for Endeavor to handle, but with the help of Hawks, Endeavor was finally able to put the beast down for good. With his expectations being surpassed, Dabi decided to confront Endeavor himself and trapped him in spiral vortex of flames. Dabi was prepared to take out Endeavor for good, but was forced to retreat when the Pro Hero, Miruko, arrived to the scene.
Dabi later met up with Hawks, who had secretly affliated himself with the League of Villains. Unknown to them, however, Hawks was actually a double agent sent from the Hero Public Safety Comission to spy on the league. The two discussed the matter regarding Hood and how Dabi did not keep his word about the plan. The two eventually departure on their own ways, with Dabi telling him he's not ready to meet the boss just yet.
Meta Liberation Army[]
The current state of the League of Villains.
Prior to the events of the Pro Hero Arc, the League of Villains continued to keep a low profile, due to their lack of resources. While Tomura continued to get in contact with All For One's doctor, he also continued to seek out more recruits, as well as attack other villainous organizations that may prove to be a hinderance. Recently, the villains have finished slaughtering members of the Creature Rejection Clan, ultimately dissolving the organization.
Gigantomachia eventually discovered the league and battled them to see if Tomura was indeed a worthy successor of All For One. However, Gigantomachia discovered that the villains were too weak and thus went into a mental breakdown, destroying everything around him. Ujiko, speaking through the radio, was able to calm him down and while Gigantomachia was subdued, Ujiko took the rest of the villains to his hideout where he revealed the creation of his new Nomu army, the High-End. Despite knowing his childish and insane motivations, Ujiko decided to provide his resources Tomura he needed to make the league strong as a whole and returned the villains back to their hideout.
The League of Villains head out to save Giran.
After a month later, the league continue their attempts to tame Gigantomachia, who still refuses to accept Tomura as All For One's successor. When Gigantomachia finally manages to rest, the villains regroup with each other and rested for a bit. They eventually received a call from the villain known as Re-Destro, who reveals to them he has captured Giran and challenges them to battle his army or else the heroes will come and arrest them.
With no other choice, the league head out to Deiku City to take up his challenge. Once they reached there, they encounter two of the top executives of the Meta Liberation Army, Chitose Kizuki and Koku Hanabata, leading an army of various Quirk users and proceeded to engage in battle.
Following the battle between the League of Villains and the Meta Liberation Army, the climatic battle came to its end when Tomura defeated the supreme commander, Re-Destro. Seeing how Tomura has become liberated, Re-Destro forms a truce with Tomura. The two decide to merge both villainous organizations into the Paranormal Liberation Front.
Epilogue Arc[]
Eventually, the League of Villains would ultimately meet their end in the Final War, where the heroes achieved their victory against them, with the leaders Tomura and All For One losing their lives. With them gone, the organzation would ultimately be disbanded. Toga, Kurogiri, and Gigantomachia were among the casualties in the Final War, while Dabi, Spinner, and Compress survived and were imprisioned and sent to the hospital under police custody. However, due to sustaining heavy injuries, Dabi would not be able to survive for much long.
Spinner would be visited by Izuku, who gaved the villain Tomura's parting words; "Even to the bitter end, Tomura Shigaraki kept fighting to destroy." Spinner then decides to write a book about the League to stick it to the heroes forver, ensuring that Tomura's and the League's will not be forgotten.
Some time over eight years, Spinner keeps true to his word and publishes a autobiographical book tittled "The League of Villains" to the public, with Mr. Compress reading the book and having a nostalgic smile on his face.