My Hero Academia (僕のヒーローアカデミア)

Is that dark form Shigaraki?!

An invisible wall!

It's keeping me out!

But I'm so close!

That's not your grandma.

It was a brute who abandoned her child.

You want to know what a hero is?

It's someone who hurts their own family, so they can go save strangers.

I see now. He didn't keep the photo because he wanted to.

Don't go, Mom!

He just could never bring himself to throw it out!

The hurt I caused had spread all the way to Shigaraki.

If only I'd beaten All For One and gone back home...

I'm sorry, Kotaro.

Ms. Shimura!

For being weak.

I'm sorry, Kotaro.

That I couldn't come back to you.

I'm sorry.

It was Grandma's fault.

No...

What happened?

I can't take it anymore...

Mon...

I hate them all...

This feeling...

I sensed the same thing at Jaku.

Shigaraki!

Mon?

This is where Decay first emerged.

Tenko...

Look... I'm sorry... I didn't mean it.

No way, so that's how it went.

What happens after this is at the core of it all.

What's wrong?

This is where we settle things!

It's a world where memories become real!

Imagine! Don't let go!

Keep imagining these hands!

I smashed all of One For All into him!

Now I'll hit him with myself!

Why?

Because...

you're crying!

No I'm not.

Tenko's emotions are surging into me!

I... I chose this.

I destroyed this house on purpose.

I destroyed my family.

Otherwise, what are these hands of mine for?

Who can validate my being born this way?!

I'm being repelled!

No! Don't let go of him!

Intense hatred and catharsis.

Sadness and confusion!

Tenko is still wavering!

Let go of my hands!

Back then, maybe...

had someone... taken my hand...

It might be that the only way to stop him is to kill him.

I don't know what I should do specifically yet, but...

When others...

When others took me by the hand...

it gave me peace!

That's why... I am here!

That's why... I've come!

That's why... it'll be okay!

It'll be okay!

This guy's feelings...

are flowing into me.

My hatred's falling apart!

Just...

Just from this!

That sure was fun!

Mikkun.

Tomo.

This time you be All Might, Ten!

Nah.

I'm a villain.

I do evil stuff. I destroy.

Even if you try to shatter my hatred and leave me empty.

I have to be...

I have to be their hero.

Go on, ruin it all.

Wreck this stupid world.

Destroy it for me, Tomura Shigaraki.

Shigaraki is...

Shigaraki's fingers are crumbling!

What's going on inside?!

What's happened to Deku?

Mr. Shimura.

Oh! You're that Koga Construction guy!

Is your back bothering you?

It hurts more every year.

I could refer you to a good doctor.

Eh, it's not bad enough to go to that trouble.

What?

What are these memories?

I've never seen them.

How is your son doing?

Well, he is a handful...

This isn't Tenko's memory?

Has his Quirk emerged?

No, not yet.

This isn't mine.

Who is this guy?

Oh, you foolish vessel!

You would yield your mind to this nobody of a boy?

Imagining yourself strong when you're weak.

Oh, foolish Tenko Shimura.

When none of the choices you've ever made have been your own.

Izuku Midoriya.

How dare you do that to my One For All, to my Yoichi?

And yet, Tenko's psychological defeat here in the unconscious realm

allowed me to regain my own consciousness.

Foolish Tenko Shimura!

With your pure superego.

A weakling who can't bear to part with his half-witted life!

And after I went to the trouble of guiding you!

I don't understand what you're saying, Master.

I told you, you're never made a single choice of your own.

Yes, I have.

These are my choices.

Had I not made you think so, you would have had no willpower.

It was vital to redirect your free will.

Lariat—Daigoro Banjo.

Smoke-Eater—En Tayutai.

My two encounters with them taught me.

To take back One For All, one must have stronger willpower than the wielder.

While All Might had me on the run, I searched.

For a soul that could one day diminish his willpower.

For that most intense emotion.

The mental process that arises to put the brakes on the id—the wellspring of the libido.

I sought a seedbed for fermenting the primordial urge to hate.

It seems clear enough to me.

A hero won't show up when you really need saving these days.

Kids need siblings so they can watch each other's backs.

His daughter was too old already,

and I had to make sure I was never caught.

I couldn't do anything that stood out.

All I did was give him a push.

I stole the still-undetected factor you had inherited from your parents.

I saw to it your father grew ever more heavy-handed.

I gave you something to aspire to.

And then...

You must be Mr. Shimura's son, right?

I'm an acquaintance of your father's.

There's a lot of traffic around here, and it's dangerous.

Why don't you hold my hand for a bit?

I took one of the Quirk samples the Doctor had collected at an orphanage,

stripped out its reversibility, and gave you an inferior copy

that only had the power to destroy.

You mean...

Yes.

The tragedies.

The trials.

The rejection.

The acceptance.

I gave you this. All of it!

What do you mean, your "heart won't change"?