Meet Kashikoi Kage My Nomu Oc For My FicA New Purpose

Meet Kashikoi Kage my nomu oc for my fic ‘A New Purpose’

I can’t draw but you can have this.

And after sleepless nights, mva begins

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Just dropped a homophobic "friend"

This is actually his screen shot. I don't know where the original screen shot was taken, all I know is that he posted it on his discord server.

I was, originally (before I confronted him) going to give him a second chance. But then I actually thought about it, and read his response (spam and apologies that made no sense). Why the fuck would I deal with his bull shit and give him the satisfaction of having me come back? Hell no.

Thanks for reading. I hope no one else has to get rid of friends because of something like this.

You want ideals? He’s had ‘em!

An Exploration of Tomura’s Ideals (Part 1)

We really don’t give Shigaraki enough credit for a certain line that was overshadowed by what he said prior to it.

So, this is a very big line for Shigaraki, right? He states this, says it to /Endeavor/ of all people, and also links it to his father’s violence against him. BUT what does he say right after?

One of the things that has consistently been a problem for Shigaraki is people absolutely doubting his intentions and ideals. They oversimplify his action of wanting to destroy everything as destruction just for the sake of it. And perhaps he doesn’t himself realize he’s had convictions and ideals from the start. This has happened right from the very beginning.

This essay is devoted to documenting how Shigaraki’s ideals have always been present from the very beginning and how both ‘allies’ and foe alike have consistently denied their existence because Tomura’s actual ideals are incredibly linked to him feeling compassion and sympathy for others, which is not a trait either AFO would have wanted encouraged nor would his heroic foes want acknowledged. 

I. How Shigaraki is constantly portrayed as a manchild 

This entire page is the first time we see any sort of ‘villain’ ideology. Tomura is saying that the heroes are just as violent and disruptive as the villains, and that their violence is only reactionary and thus merely prolongs or adds to the cycle of violence - and that the designation of good and bad, in that light, is not a real designation. The Fallen Angel scans (RIP) put it more bluntly;

Tomura has always been upset at the way heroes are lauded by society for the violence and pain they cause. Because he’s been on the receiving end of that, whether by people ignoring him as a blood-covered five year old as a child so that heroes ‘could do their job’, or his father taking out his trauma over his mother choosing heroism over him on his own child. 

But notice how All Might immediately disregards anything Tomura says? And how Tomura readily agrees? He’s standing here, a few days after turning twenty, meaning an adult in Japanese society, and he’s told that his feelings aren’t genuine. Kurogiri and All For One believe that to be the case too, which is why he’s being ‘educated’.

Stain throws aside Tomura’s plans as ‘a tantrum’, because Shigaraki tells him he wants to destroy what he doesn’t like. No one really asks questions as to why he doesn’t like the society that holds up All Might, not those who ‘care’ for him and those who don’t, so his actual ideals and feelings go unacknowledged or, frankly, infantilized. The framework here is that Shigaraki is a manchild, so his motivations can’t be complex, or above wanton destruction and the satisfaction he can get from it. 

Stain is particularly important here because he’s also the first in a series of three adversarial villains to disregard Tomura’s capacity for holding ideals. Once again Tomura is asked his convictions, and first denies having them, but then states once more that he wants to ruin the society that made All Might.

Like everyone else, Stain then says, Shigaraki has something that needs to be nourished, a ‘seed of warped conviction’. It’s really fascinating that weeks after becoming an adult, Tomura is very much seen as a child by everyone around him. Kurogiri thinks of him as a child to be guided, All For One’s title of Sensei speaks clearly to his relation of him as someone who has something to ‘teach’ Tomura. Simply put, even someone who cares about Tomura, like Kurogiri, doesn’t think he has anything he believes in but a childish need for destruction. And this perception is nurtured too - from how Ujiko talks to him later on.

I do want to also say that Tomura doesn’t protest against being treated like a small child or told all his actions are devoid of any ‘true’ meaning besides a need for wanton destruction. Which is why he keeps saying he doesn’t “have convictions” to people. You can see that down below, in how Overhaul (the second of the adversarial villains) simply insults Tomura’s way of leading and calls it daydreaming, while Ujiko calls him a child with friends from the wrong crowd.

Why? Because he was groomed to reject the idea he had any ideals. In one of the scenes where Tomura has his third ‘adversarial’ villain encounter, with Redestro, he both affirms and rejects his grooming and we see in a flashback that the belief he has no ideals was literally instilled into him from the beginning.

It’s AFO’s prerogative to have an empty vessel full of hate, which is why from the start he starts telling Tomura that all he can do is destroy and all he wants to do is destroy. That morals and ideals are meaningless and only seek to control others. Tomura isn’t exactly as a manchild as much as he’s forced to be this way by AFO, with Ujiko and Kurogiri upholding that same grooming (the latter being programmed to do so). And the world reacts accordingly despite Tomura lack of outward disagreeing. As will be explored in part 2 of this essay, Tomura shows a paradox where his words, when questioned, mostly agree and voice his grooming and abuser’s opinions while his actions certainly don’t.

How Rikiya’s Introduction Changed The World Building Of BNHA, And The Insult Bones Turned It Into

Listen listen LISTEN I’m mad about the scene with the LOV killing the racist cult and the hut scene being cut out, but personally, I already expected them to cut something important out (cuz its Bones and they do that anyway), and I’m sad about Spinner and his narration and view being cut FOR SURE!

… But can we also talk about how they butchered Rikiya as well?

Like idk why this is bothering me, but for me, it was like SUPER suspenseful when he was first introduced. I was like “who is this guy?? why is hori showing us him?? whats going on??”

And personally I just really really love how Rikiya was shown in his first scene, from his act to his true nature

Like first we are shown this guy in a commercial, he looks happy and he’s all dramatic, and you’re like “wow who’s this guy?” (right)

Then we see him in his office with Miyashita (both panels on the left), and he seems quite humble! A good natured person! Goes along with his assistant’s jokes, laughs and is focused on his work! Nothing seems bad here!

Then we see him shift from his good-natured persona to “oh? why is he suddenly talking about a book? He looks quite serious”

He suggests the book to Miyashita, but his assistant doesn’t agree with the book. No big deal, right? People have different opinions on stuff all the time. Surely, this good-natured humble Detnerat company guy will let this go with one of his jokey laughs?

But no. We get this panel

This fucking panel. He looks so tight-lipped, and it really shows here how much of a “normal” persona he was putting on. Oh the jokes and good-natured attitude may very well have been real! But as soon as the Meta Liberation was spoken badly about, you can see with the open space around Rikiya that he does not like to hear this

And then your heart drops when you get this reaction

These two panels are like. such a change in the demeanor we’ve seen so far. Suddenly this guy’s had enough. Suddenly, he’s not the happy and energetic guy we saw before. No longer humble, no longer good-natured. He doesn’t like what he’s heard

And he apologizes (right). At this point, we know this guy is super fishy now. His complete change in mood rings so many alarms, and you know something bad is about to happen. It’s just the what and how, because we’ve only just met this Detnerat guy, and we don’t know what he’s capable of

He asks of any family. Anyone close to Miyashita. You’re thinking “maybe he’s trying to get his assistant to understand…? maybe he’ll relate his favourite book to something personal for Miyashita?”

But then

But then. The top panel seals the deal. The dark background? The tension in the panel? The words “You’ve done great work, Miyashita” that sound so final, and how we can’t see Rikiya’s face? Miyashita’s done for

And suddenly, he starts straight up choking him. Strangling him. Breaking him

Right there is where Rikiya’s true demeanor shows. That he was looking for other members, that all he was thinking of was the Liberation army. And now you’re looking back on the other panels, because you’ve realised.

He wasn’t apologizing for no reason. He was apologizing for the act he was about to commit.

He wasn’t asking about anyone close to Miyashita to make him relate. He was making sure nobody would go looking for him once he was dead.

And his angry expression? How Miyashita squirms and whines, but he just won’t let go? It’s frightening. It’s suspenseful. Personally, this terrified me. The sudden mood change, and the fact that this guy just straight up kills anyone who doesn’t agree with him or opposes his army.

The sickening krunch, and the body falls. Not 5 minutes ago, this guy was being so humble and laughing at his assistants jokes. Now, 5 minutes later, the guy kills said assistant.

And it shows him crying. And why? We just saw this guy kill his assistant, and he’s crying??

“I won’t… forget you”

It suggests that what Rikiya is doing, to him, is some kind of necessary evil. That he HAD to kill Miyashita for the good of the Liberation Army.

And that kind of twisted thought? That kind of no-restraint “if you don’t agree with me, I won’t allow you to live”? And so quietly done?? In the space of, what, 3 minutes?? That’s such a good way to introduce a Villain character! Hori’s art and use of panel space for tension is SO GOOD. It just draws you in, makes you think about what’s happening, makes you wonder who and why and for what reason, because once again, we don’t know who this character is

And that’s what terrifies you. The unknown of it all.

This manga, up until this point, was about Hero kids going to school, having shounen adventures and beating up the occasional villains, but this?

FUCKING THIS?

THIS is the game changer! This is the scene that changed the entire mood of the manga!

From here, we go into MVA, and then it fully changes, but do you know how terrifying and quick this scene was, so smoothly done in order to carry out the message “Things are changing, and fast. New dangerous people are coming up, and it won’t be pretty.”

And of course, we’ve seen dark stuff before this point. The reveal of Eri’s skin cells in the bullets. Eri clearly being used for her quirk and Overhaul leading her to the operating room. Overhaul fusing himself with Nemoto. Enji’s abrupt and bloody eye scar. Ragdoll being kidnapped and put with the Noumu. And so many more

But these were moments. Rikiya’s scene was about a person. So efficient, so happy, so frighteningly willing to kill someone he was laughing with 5 minutes ago.

Even Overhaul didn’t have this kind of lead-up. He’s definitely a complex guy and we definitely see his moments of twisted logic throughout his arc, we saw the after effects of his quirk and his introduction, but Hori showed us directly that Overhaul was a bad guy. We didn’t know that with Rikiya, not at first.

And the League aren’t treated as seriously as MVA treats them before this chapter. Before that, we get the overall impression that they are all over the place and barely have a plan. We have All For One, who is very scary, but by this point, he’s in jail. Done for (or so we thought). We don’t know what to expect from the League.

But then this guy comes in, and changes everything we know about the world of BNHA. We have the Heroes, the Good Guys. We have the Villains, the Bad Guys.

And then we have Rikiya, a CEO of his own company, starting off so positive in his first appearance, and then shattering that perspective so quickly, it gives you whiplash.

We think Rikiya is gonna be some kind of CEO who’s a money grabbing scheme-artist, or something along those lines; someone pretty much harmless in terms of physical action. And then he kills Miyashita.

Not quite a Villain. Not a Hero. Not even a civilian. A Vigilante.

And the way that reveal is shown is fucking amazing.

Carrying on, we find out who Rikiya is, his name and what he stands for.

Rikiya’s appearance here is so unassuming. So plain. But look at that dark look in his eye. Now knowing what he can do, we know how much trouble he is.

And we see this man in a frame. We learn of who this man is - Destro, who created the Liberation Army. The book that Rikiya talked about before was about Destro and his legacy, the very legacy that changed a part of Quirk History

Which, if I remember correctly, we’d heard a tiny snippet about before, but this being revealed so suddenly after what just happened just makes you interested to learn more

You’re quite literally reading from the narratives history textbook, and you just want to keep turning the page

After that info, we are then slapped so hard by this reveal

BECAUSE?? NO HANG ON- WAIT A SEC- DESTRO?? HAD A CHILD?? AND WHO IS THAT CHILD, IS IT THIS GUY?? THE FUCKING CEO OF DETNERAT??

The League are apparently enemies to them, and the Liberation Army want them dead. The way he phrases it, it’s almost like a duty.

And then we see his sinister grin, and a mask of some kind. We know it has to be a quirk, but what is it? What could it be? What could make this guy even more powerful in terms of strength than he already is?

The mask suggests that here, his duty is almost equal to a HERO’S. That this is something good and necessary, and “only he can carry out this justice”. This twisted thinking, comparing it to a duty that must be done, it sucks you in.

You know who this guy is now, you know somewhat of his goals, but you’re still wondering WHO IS HE. What is going to happen? What will happen to the League, and will this guy put the kiddos in danger?

And that isn’t the case, the kids are never brought into the Liberation Army’s narrative, but the fact that this whole chapter leaves you with more questions than answers, that means it’s good. It grips you, keeps you interested. The sudden change in mood brings with it a new sense of the story.

We assume the kids might be put in danger because it’s all we’ve ever known of this story. We come to expect the kids to be involved.

But this isn’t just about kids in hero school anymore. Not entirely anyway. This is about something bigger. This is about something more serious.

And to have this AMAZING scene and this AMAZING character introduction get reduced to this?

I gotta say, it’s an insult. Of course, these are the very scenes we see when the League finally talk to Rikiya, when it has already been well established that the story has changed, but to have Rikiya’s introduction be cut out just like that? To skip straight to the confrontation and have THAT be his first appearance? How disappointing.

This doesn’t have a game changer feeling. This just feels like a convenient enemy slotted into place for the League, so suddenly and recklessly.

At least the manga hyped him up. At least the manga had a lead up to who he was and his power.

Now it’s so sudden, thrown at you out of nowhere, it just feels dull.

If you’re an anime-only, you’re stuck thinking “Hang on, what? Have these Liberation guys always been here?”

The answer is YES but Bones didn’t give them the time of day to hype them up, especially for a world building device

Of course I’m mad at how the League has been treated by Bones… but what about Rikiya?