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Meta Liberation Army

"Liberation over suppression. Wielding one's abilities freely seemed like it should be a basic human right."

—Re-Destro, Chapter 218

Originally created and led by the notorious villain Destro years ago, the Meta Liberation Army was a large, powerful organization who believed using their Quirks should be a fundamental human right and that society is wrong in attempting to regulate Quirk usage, resorting to terrorism to make their point. Eventually, they were defeated and Destro was arrested, causing the group to disband. While in prison, Destro released his manifesto to the world before killing himself in his jail cell. Unbeknownst to the police and even Destro himself, Destro had a child. After generations of hiding, one of Destro's descendants Rikiya Yotsubashi, a.k.a. "Re-Destro", leads a modern incarnation of the Meta Liberation Army and intends to carry out his ancestor's ideology. Under his new leadership, the Army has expanded to currently hold allegedly more than 116,000 soldiers.

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In General

• Animal Motifs: The Meta Liberation Army has one in the form of mice, which can be seen on Destro's arm patch. This also seems to be a reference to the In-Universe theory that Quirks came from rodents.
• Bomb-Throwing Anarchists: When you get past all of the funding and political strings they have snagged, the Meta Liberation Army can be boiled down to a collective of heavily-armed anti-government radicals. The only real difference is that the "bombs" they are armed with are their Superpowerful Genetics and they are willing to practice their right to bear arms with extreme prejudice.
• Devil in Plain Sight: They're able to operate under the collective noses of society by virtue of being comprised of seemingly respectable citizens.
• Evil Versus Evil: The group declares themselves as enemies to the League of Villains, deciding to go after them.
• Fantastic Terrorists: They're a terrorist group that seeks to overturn the laws restricting Quirk usage by any means necessary, often resorting to Quirk-powered acts of terror to get their point across.
• Foil: To the League of Villains: like the Shie Hassaikai, they're a larger, better-funded, and -armed villain organization with its own claim to the rulership of the criminal underworld. While the LoV is broke and dealing with having no resources to the point of stealing from other villains just to get by, while being clearly lost in the matter of goals and how to achieve them, the MLA has the head of a giant company as their leader and have little worries about money while having a clear goal set by their predecessor and knowing their next target. Their leaders are even shown having a fine dine together in a fancy room (which isn't even their house, just their HQ) and discussing their plans while the next chapter shows the LoV scrapping for food in a lousy, abandoned place in the middle of the woods and has Shigaraki deflecting the question of what they're going to do now, as they have no clue of where to find The Doctor. Furthermore, they count well over a hundred thousand competent foot soldiers, while the League hasn't yet brought in a single new recruit.
• Insistent Terminology: Unlike the rest of the world, they use the term Meta Ability instead of Quirk. This is a holdover from the group's original formation during the early period after superpowers first appeared. During that chaotic era, superpowers were originally given the name Meta abilities. Later on, the Government started using the term Quirk as they began establishing the various laws regulating the usage of powers and it stuck as the main name for superpowers since, much to the dismay of the group's original founder Destro.
• Order Versus Chaos: Represents Chaos^note seeking unfettered freedom to use Quirks, but willing to commit terrible violence to further their cause to the government's Order.^note created a system designed to preserve the status quo through strict regulation of Quirks.
• The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: Destro defended the use of terrorism to get their point across in order to make the free use of Quirks a reality.
• Sdrawkcab Name: "Detnerat" is backwards Engrish for "Talented."
• Secret Handshake: People associated with them seem to have a hand signal that indicates their alignment: pointing their right hand upward as a Finger Gun with the thumb extended to their forehead.
• Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: They, along with the people who agree with Destro's autobiography, consider themselves freedom fighters for Quirks. Most people consider them terrorists who just hurt innocent people.

Leaders

New Top Brass

In General

A new generation of villains who founded and currently lead the modern incarnation of the Meta Liberation Army. They are led by Destro's descendant, Rikiya Yotsubashi, a.k.a. "Re-Destro". They are all successful entrepreneurs with innumerable resources and wealth.

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• Blackmail: Essentially how they come into conflict with the League of Villains. Managing to get the information from Giran's computer, despite his attempts to erase their names, they pinpoint the group with their satellites and threaten to give away their position to the Heroes if they don't come to fight them.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Three are high ranking members of big companies and one is a leader of a political party, all of whom are actively using their positions to further the organization goals. Curious's company is printing Destro's book and spreading his ideology, Re-Destro's company is creating support items and leaking them into the black market to collect data on them and Skeptic uses his IT company to track down and recover data for the organization.
• Demoted to Dragon: The surviving members of the MLA's top brass are absorbed and integrated with the members of the Vanguard Action Squad after Re-Destro's surrender to become the Lieutenants of the Paranormal Liberation Front. While they still have a lot of power and are allowed to form their own squads from the lower ranks, it's made pretty clear that they are subservient to Shigaraki.
• Foil: They act as these to each individual member of the League of Villains:
  • Shigaraki - Re-Destro
  • Toga - Curious
  • Twice - Skeptic
  • Dabi - Geten
  • Spinner - Trumpet
• Men Are the Expendable Gender: Inverted. All of the male members of the top brass make it through the Meta Liberation Army Arc alive, while the one explicitly female member ends up getting violently killed.
• This Means War!: They view the LoV as a nuisance in their plans and set their sights on taking them out. They declare war on the League by cutting off Giran's fingers and planting them around areas where they were last seen. Ironically, the MLA surrender to the League after a great battle and form a coalition.
• Underestimating Badassery: They think they have the LoV pegged due to getting the information from Giran's computer despite his attempts to erase their data and figured their overwhelming numbers will be more than enough to take them out. However, due to the League spending almost two months fighting Gigantomachia and the MLA's attempts to break them only making them stronger, they've managed to take on the MLA's forces quite efficiently. The Meta Liberation Army was trying to put them into a corner to beat them, but they really just forced them to get stronger.

Rikiya Yotsubashi — Re-Destro

Rikiya Yotsubashi — Re-Destro

Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata (Japanese), Sonny Strait (English)

Debut: Chapter 218 (Manga), Episode 103 (Anime)

Quirk/Meta Ability: Stress

Rank: A

^{Click here to see his Quirk in action.}

^{Click here to see him in the "Claustro" armor.}

"Do you see now why we published Destro's memoirs?! To incite rebellion against the state! To pursue true freedom! I take on those burdens to see Destro's dream fulfilled! Yes, his blood runs through these veins! I am Re-Destro!"

The Grand Commander and founder of the current Meta Liberation Army and the descendant of infamous villain Destro. His public persona is the president and CEO of the Detnerat Company, which is dedicated to creating individual items fitting people with Quirks that make them unable to buy anything standardized. His Quirk — or Meta Ability as he calls it — "Stress" can use the everyday tension he accumulates to increase his strength and size.

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• Achilles' Heel: Almost literally. His Stress can't affect his mechanical legs, making them a weak point. This comes out when he tries to match a ramped up Dark Shadow, because while he has enough power to stall the beast, the strain of such a full-power clash shears apart his legs at the ankle.
• Affably Evil: A charming, charismatic Nice Guy, who cares for his followers and is loved and respected by them in return. He also kills his secretary for unintentionally disagreeing with his ideals, supplies test equipment to the black market and has no qualms about sending his aforementioned supporters into deadly combat with the League of Villains - all for the purpose of helping to create what he believes will be a better world.
• Amputation Stops Spread: Re-Destro is forced to hack his feet off with a ruined piece of his armored mech to prevent Shigaraki's Decay from spreading further.
• Arc Villain: The main antagonist of the Meta Liberation Army Arc and supreme leader of the Meta Liberation Army.
• An Arm and a Leg: He ends up having to amputate his own feet in order to survive Shigaraki's Decay.
• Artificial Limbs: Eventually gets some to replace the feet he lost in his battle with Shigaraki.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: Wears a black pin-striped suit even when fighting. His suit is customized to accommodate his Quirk to a certain extent.
• Bastard Bastard: He is secretly the descendant of Destro, who died without even knowing he had heirs. In public, he maintains an image of an eccentric but affable CEO, but in actuality, he's determined to take on his terrorist ancestor's legacy, no matter who has to die in the process.
• Berserk Button: Don't insult the name of Destro, or his philosophies, if you value your life.
• Beware the Nice Ones: You can mock him and his hairline all you want, and he'll take them all in stride. But he will do whatever it takes to defend and further the ideals of the Liberation Army and does not take kindly to slights against Destro's legacy. Just ask his former secretary, Miyashita.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Between his odd appearance and eccentric mannerisms one could easily be forgiven for underestimating Re-Destro before he suddenly begins Hulking Out.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: A whimsical, openly sentimental man who is both a highly successful businessman and the dangerous competent terrorist leader. Between this and his Dissonant Serenity it makes Re-Destro come off as a little unhinged.
• Casting a Shadow: His Quirk causes stress to manifest as black pigment on his skin. Re-Destro's stress bombs manifest as spheres of darkness.
• The Chains of Commanding: Because of the constant pressure to live up to Destro's legacy since childhood, Re-Destro has found himself perpetually stressed and smothered by the role. This plays a large factor into his decision to hand leadership of the MLA to Shigaraki.
• Clark Kent Outfit: His suit, and later on his Quirk hides the fact that he is surprisingly toned and muscular underneath as can be shown in Chapter 239. Considering that his Quirk is one that enhances his physique, and he was already shown to be fairly strong without it, this does make sense.
• Demoted to Dragon: While this applies to all of the MLA's top brass to a certain extent this is especially true for Re-Destro who goes from being the Grand Commander of the Liberation Army to a lieutenant of the Paranormal Liberation Front under Shigaraki. Ironically though, this was an intentional case as Re-Destro willingly stepped down from his position after seeing Shigaraki's power and resolve and actually seems quite pleased with his new position as Shigaraki's mouthpiece.
• Devil in Plain Sight: When not moonlighting a terrorist leader, Re-Destro acts as the CEO of a respectable company.
• Dirty Business: Sheds Tears of Remorse after killing Miyashita and is seen looking morose afterward on his way to a meeting with other members of the Liberation Army. He also cries over the many Deika City citizens that die during their fight with the LoV, though he believes that the MLA's goals outweigh the lives of any individual member.
• Dissonant Serenity: Maintains a pleasant, easy-going demeanor... even when threatening to kill the man he is holding hostage. This is justified in that his Quirk is fueled using pent-up anger and stress as strength.
• Disproportionate Retribution: His assistant thought Destro's book wasn't very good and believed the Liberation Army to be nothing but terrorists. Re-Destro kills him for this.
• Emotion Suppression: Weaponized. Re-Destro bottles up his stress and all related emotions such as fear or anger so as to use them to power his Quirk when he wants to.
• Energy Ball: His Burden attack collects a sphere of his manifested stress that he can throw to create massive shock waves.
• Establishing Character Moment: He first appears as a very lovable person who even accepts his secretary, Miyashita, making fun of him, but when the latter makes a foul comment about the Liberation Army, Re-Destro snaps his neck, and cries Tears of Remorse over having killed someone who he trusted enough to consider introducing to the Liberation Army.
• Evil Cripple: Initially, he uses a wheelchair after losing his legs to Shigaraki, though he later gets some Artificial Limbs.
• Exact Words: He boldly claims early on in the Meta Liberation Army Arc that the MLA "Will end the League of Villains," going so far to as even swear on Destro's name that they will do it. By willingly joining forces with the League and forming the Paranormal Liberation Front, he technically does just that.
• Facial Markings: He has some that shift across his face. Normally, they take the form of two dots on his forehead, but they blend together when he's using his Quirk. The marks shift into a Domino Mask-like shape similar to Destro's when he gets serious.
• A Father to His Men: Despite believing their sacrifice to be necessary, he openly mourns for his fallen supporters and even mutilates Shigaraki's hand for his part in their deaths.
• Fingore: A mild example, but during his fight with Shigaraki in Chapter 234, his finger ends up getting partially decayed when Shigaraki gets away from him. This sticks, as seen in Chapter 239, where the tip of his pointer finger (the one that got decayed) is missing (and bleeding).
• Five-Second Foreshadowing: In the fourth panel he appears in, the way he holds up his arms casts a shadow across his face that looks exactly like a traditional villain bandanna mask while he bemoans the suffering of those with Quirks. Not five pages later, he reveals himself to be a villain and a part of the Meta Liberation Army.
• Forehead of Doom: He's self-conscious about his widow's peak, asking his assistant to edit his commercial to hide his forehead. He does seem to take it in stride, though. Later, Re-Destro reveals that this is a side effect of using his Meta Ability.
• Fun Personified: Downplayed initially. While not as energetic or boisterous as most examples, Re-Destro whimsical mannerisms frequently creates his impression. This is often played for disturbing effect whenever his Dissonant Serenity comes into play. This is later played straight as he embraces his role as the Mouth of Sauron for the Paranormal Liberation Front.
• Gag Nose: He has an exceptionally long, hawkish nose in contrast to the more realistic features of his followers.
• Genius Bruiser: The methodical leader of both a major corporation and a political movement, as well as one of the most physically imposing and powerful characters in the series when his Quirk is at its full potential.
• Graceful Loser: After Shigaraki defeats him, he calls Trumpet and the rest of the MLA off, deciding that it's fruitless to continue fighting when the League has more than proven themselves superior. Re-Destro then bows down before Shigaraki, putting his life in his hands, and asks him to lead the MLA.
• Handicapped Badass: Deconstructed. The prosthetic legs he gets to replace the ones he lost in his battle with Shigaraki don't inherently make his meta ability any less powerful, but they do make using it difficult. When he and Dark Shadow come to blows during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc, Dark Shadow quickly gains the upper hand and is able to overpower him once Re-Destro's prosthetic legs snap under the weight of his own power.
• Hulking Out: Re-Destro's Quirk, "Stress", is effectively this. His Quirk bottles up all of the rage and stress he feels into his body which he then uses to bulk himself up to gigantic proportions in order to release his stress on whoever has incurred his wrath.
• HULK MASH!-Up: His Quirk "Stress" is basically the Hulk's power of weaponizing Unstoppable Rage for Hulking Out and immense Super-Strength. When he's not fighting, he shows he has both charisma and intelligence similar to the Hulk's alter ego Bruce Banner, and even shares Banner's ability (in his better moments) to keep the rage bottled up to be unleashed at the moment of his choosing. The biggest difference would likely be how he doesn't treat his Quirk like a Superpowered Evil Side.
• Hypocrite: Re-Destro claims to be following the will of Destro and trying to make a world with no Quirk suppression, but spends most of his effort fighting the League of Villains, who are using their Quirks freely and do not care about controlling others. After his defeat to Shigaraki, he realizes the irony and willingly gives up, seeing the League's use of anarchy as true freedom.
• Irony: Re-Destro wishes to carry on his ancestor Destro's legacy and promote a sense of freedom for those with Quirks. However, he has been groomed since childhood to bear the mantle of Destro and suffers from the burden of living up to those ideals; thus he's not very free himself. This ends up being one of the reasons that he turns over the MLA to Shigaraki, as he recognizes that him laughing off the weight of their history makes him the incarnation of freedom that the army strives for and therefore the army's perfect leader.
• Kick the Dog: Well, kick the Little Bit Beastly person, but he immediately kills his secretary because the guy said that Destro was just a terrorist.
• Knight of Cerebus: Brutally demonstrates from his first appearance not only how dangerous a villain can become when properly operating below radar but also just how far they are willing to go in pursuit of a higher goal.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: After witnessing the sheer power at Shigaraki's disposal, Re-Destro calls off Trumpet from trying to engage knowing that his men would be killed effortlessly.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: Inverted. He may sport a very pronounced chin, but he's the leader of the Meta Liberation Army.
• Lack of Empathy: Downplayed. He truly cares for his fellow liberation members and mourns them for their deaths. However, he is completely devoid of the damage his group would have on the world or the chaos they will cause, which would result in countless lives lost for their so-called desire of liberation.
• The Leader: Deconstructed. At first, Re-Destro appears to be the ideal embodiment of the various qualities that go into making a good leader, especially when compared to the seemingly slipshod way that Shigaraki runs his operation. However, because the way Meta Liberation Army rigidly revolves around the Cult of Personality built around its leaders, Re-Destro's subordinates are so lacking in initiative that when they come up against the much smaller organised but infinitely more resourceful League of Villains, what should be an overwhelming victory slowly gets dragged out into a war of attrition. Similarly, because of the constant pressure to try and live up to the image of the perfect leader since childhood, Re-Destro has come to find the role suffocating and stressful to the point that it contributes heavily to his decision to hand over leadership of the MLA to Shigaraki.
• Life-or-Limb Decision: While he almost escapes Shigaraki's AoE Decay, his feet end up touching the ground before the effect stops. In order to prevent full-on disintegration, he uses a piece of the Claustro to cut his feet off.
• Made of Iron: Shigaraki uses his Quirk to practically drop Re-Destro's headquarters right on top of him. He pulls himself out of the rubble none worse for wear.
• Magic Pants: His suit manages to stretch to fit his hulked-out frame while using his Meta Ability. Given that his company deals in products designed to accommodate Quirks, this is justified. His top layers do rip apart when he starts going One-Winged Angel, but his pants remain undamaged.
• Major Injury Underreaction: When his fingers start to slowly rot where Shigaraki's Decay Quirk kicks in, Re-Destro is more surprised by the fact it occurred from Shigaraki's crippled hand and wondering if his intel about Shigaraki's limit was wrong than the fact his own fingertips have crumbled into dust.
• Manly Tears: Prone to shedding these frequently, particularly when he is moved by the actions of his subordinates.
• Meaningful Name: Re-Destro; the second Destro and also a Destroyer.
• Mouth of Sauron: After stepping down from his leadership position within the former MLA in favor of Shigaraki, he becomes the mouthpiece for the rest of the army in order to rally them up and accept their new change of leadership without many grumbles about it. He's all too pleased about this development and new role himself to complain either.
• One-Winged Angel: Once he starts increasing his stress output, starting at around 80%, his body shifts more towards this than his previous hulked out form. The black markings on his body go into overdrive and go from just marks to seemingly coating his body in a black substance, with increased power and a more monstrous appearance.
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: He wants to see the League of Villains destroyed himself, rather than letting heroes or other villains do it for him. In a similar vein, he targets the LoV in the first place because he wants the MLA to be the ones that change society, not them.
• Person of Mass Destruction: Not only is he capable of demolishing several blocks' worth of structures with just the wind from swinging his arm, but he also easily tanks a whole high-rise building collapsed onto him. If there's a silver lining, it's that his Quirk takes time to reach its full potential.
• Powered Armor: The Burden-Amplifying Steel Pressure Mechanism: Claustro is the Detnerat product he is in possession of and his last-ditch effort to defeat his enemies. The armor wraps around Re-Destro's bulked up form and amplifies his Stress output to 150% via forcibly constricting and impaling his body to provide the necessary stimulus. To bad for him it does nothing against Shigaraki, who effortlessly destroys the armor once he unleashes a blast of Decay strong enough to disintegrate most of Deika City.
• Professional Butt-Kisser: After giving over control of the MLA to Shigaraki, he becomes a near maniacal suck-up towards him.
• Sinister Schnoz: He has a large nose that noticeably changes depiction depending on what 'mode' he's in — when he's being a normal, somewhat ditzy CEO, it's drawn to look rather cartoony, while as a villain, it's more realistic and hooked. When he goes One-Winged Angel, it looks like a horn which fits well with his demonic appearance.
• Shout-Out:
  • His design appears to be a combination between that of Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin and The '90s animated version of The Joker.
    • He also kinda looks a bit like an anime Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
  • His Meta Ability is similar to the Hulk, only he doesn't have a split personality and it's fueled by stress instead of anger.
• Shapeshifting Excludes Clothing: Averted. His suit somehow doesn't rip apart when he bulks up with his Quirk. Given his company specializes in Quirk support gear, that actually makes sense. However, Re-Destro's clothes, sans his pants, start shredding as he increases his power output.
• Sizeshifter: His Quirk lets him grow his body depending on how stressed he is.
• Slasher Smile: Wears one of these while interacting with the rest of the Liberation Army leadership.
• Smug Super: Averted. While Re-Destro sneers at his opponents, he did bother to research them and their abilities before launching a carefully planned assault on them. He becomes wary of Shigaraki when fighting him when he starts showing off abilities that his research didn't hint at and resolves to crush him even faster. And as for Gigantomachia, Re-Destro can be forgiven simply by virtue of the fact he didn't even know Gigantomachia existed and was the Leagues last-resort trump card, and the giant's appearance on the field just makes Re-Destro all the more determined to kill Shigaraki immediately.
• Super-Strength: Twice's clones may be weak, but that doesn't mean Re-Destro should be able to kill one with a single finger flick.
• Tears of Remorse: He sheds these after killing Miyashita.
• Tranquil Fury: As he is throttling Miyashita, the expression on his face appears to be one of barely contained rage. Even when he is unleashing his Meta Ability he never breaks out of this state. Later, during his fight with Shigaraki, he claims to be furious and yet sports a rather subdued look on his face. Justified, as his Quirk relies on pent up stress.
• Utopia Justifies the Means: Despite placing great value on his supporters, Re-Destro very much takes this view.
• Villain Decay: While he held his own against Shigaraki before he relented, he was later defeated with even less effort by Tsukuyomi and Edgeshot individually.
• Villainous Legacy: He has taken the mission his ancestor started, creating a new generation of the Liberation Army.
• Villain Respect:
  • He gives praise to Giran for his loyalty to the League and refusing to back down on his promise to not tell them anything. He also acknowledges that Twice's Quirk is powerful.
  • After seeing Shigaraki's Quirk evolve during the course of their fight and realizing the life-or-death training he must have undergone to enhance his speed and reflexes, Re-Destro apologizes for assuming that Shigaraki was beneath him and decides to get serious by going One-Winged Angel. Eventually this respect leads him to turn over control of the army to Shigaraki as he recognises that the young villain is closer to the ideal image of a free Quirk user than he is.
• Villain with Good Publicity: His company, and him by extension, are known to the public as strong supporters of those whose Quirks make day to day life difficult and have recently branched into developing hero support items.
• Visionary Villain: Dogmatically committed to creating a new world in which Quirks can be used freely. Also, a large source of his contention with Shigaraki and the League of Villains, as he believes their lack of vision makes them unworthy of their wide-scale notoriety.
• The Worf Barrage: Re-Destro's ultimate attack, Stress output: Burden, which he describes as taking his Stress, corporealizing it, and firing it out over a wide area, becomes this during his fight with Shigaraki. Despite demolishing Deika City easily with the attack Shigaraki is able to destroy it and mitigate the damage. Even when Re-Destro fires it at 100% Shigaraki gets in close and destroys the attack before it fully leaves his hands. It certainly helps to show how overwhelmingly powerful Shigaraki is now that he has been "liberated" from his past.
• The Worf Effect: Crushing Shigaraki's hands with contemptuous ease shows that this guy's not all talk and theatrics. He's later on the receiving end during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc, in which he takes Dark Shadow's powered-up form head-on and has his prosthetic legs snap under the pressure.

Chitose Kizuki — Curious

Chitose Kizuki — Curious

Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese), Tara Sands (English)

Debut: Chapter 218 (Manga), Episode 108 (Anime)

Quirk/Meta Ability: Landmine

Rank: C

"Are you not keen on being interviewed, Himiko Toga? I'm afraid that's too bad. I haven't backed down from a good story ever since my first year in this biz. So I hope you understand, Himiko Toga, that I will strip you bare."

A leader of the current Meta Liberation Army and publicly the executive director of Shoowaysha Publishing. Her Quirk, "Landmine", lets her turn anything she touches into a bomb.

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• Admiring the Abomination: She's quite amazed to watch Toga get more and more deranged as their fight goes on.
• Amazing Technicolor Population: She has blue skin and grey-purple hair.
• Ambiguously Gay: At one point she can be seen stroking one of her female subordinate's head in an intimate fashion.
• Batman Gambit: Knowing that she would fight the bloodsucking Toga, she used her Quirk on the blood of her own men so that when Toga started ingesting it, she'd be exploded from the inside with the blood.
• Biting-the-Hand Humor: Shoowaysha Publishing is a clear parody of Shueisha Inc., the company that owns Shonen Jump and publishes this very manga, and is used for the Meta Liberation Army's terrorist activities. The names are, however, spelled with different kanji in Japanese and different letters in English, but are still pronounced the same way in both.
• Black Eyes of Crazy: Her eyes have black sclera, and she's a member of a rather large terrorist organization. She is also obsessed with getting the next big scoop. She attempts to "interview" Toga during their fight, which eventually leads to her death.
• Character Death: By the end of the Meta Liberation Army Arc, she is the only member of the top brass to be killed.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Toga uses Uraraka's Quirk to reduce her to a smear of blood and mangled, dismembered body parts.
• Didn't See That Coming: She's defeated when Toga discovers she can use Uraraka's Quirk, which she uses to drop Curious and all of her minions from a lethal height.
• Finger Framing: She makes this pose with Toga in focus as she discusses interviewing her.
• Going for the Big Scoop: When the chance of getting an interview with a mysterious, infamous, serial killer comes along, no price is too high to pay nor any danger too perilous to approach, in her eyes. Even moments before said serial killer is about to drop her into the asphalt, all she can think about is how amazing the article she'll write is going to be, smiling in pure euphoria while doing so.
• Green-Skinned Space Babe: She isn't from space, but she is a beautiful woman with pale blue skin.
• Gory Discretion Shot: In the anime, her death is toned down to only show her and some cronies falling and then several splashes of blood as they perish, with the bodies not shown.
• Having a Blast: Her Quirk lets her turn anything she touches into a bomb. While an individual bomb isn't that powerful, she can make up for it by making multiple at a time.
• Intrepid Reporter: One that's downright obsessive with getting her scoop. She hints that she started her career as this. When fighting Toga, she turns it into an interview where she wants to know how she became a killer and says she has already interviewed her parents and friends.
• Killed Mid-Sentence: She's still going on about what an incredible headline she was given as if she was not about to die at all.
• Mad Bomber: Her Quirk lets her turn anything she touches into a bomb, and her fight with Toga shows she's not really all there in the head.
• Named by the Adaptation: Inverted in the anime regarding her company Shoowaysha Publishing, which goes unnamed there likely due to the presence of voice acting would've made the Biting-the-Hand Humor joke too obvious.
• Near-Villain Victory: She damn near kills Toga by overwhelming her with numbers and hitting her with her Quirk repeatedly. If Toga hadn't discovered her ability to mimic the Quirks of people she transformed into right then and there, Curious would've won.
• Not the Fall That Kills You…: The way Curious dies after Toga releases her from Uraraka's copied Quirk.
• Power Fist: When up close and personal, she equips a support-item called the "Curious Flattener". It's shaped like a gauntlet and compressed into a wristband, and when combined with her Quirk, it becomes an exploding boxing glove. It's as lethal as it sounds.
• Propaganda Machine: She uses her publishing company to spread the MLA's ideals to the greater public in order to convert them to their cause. As it stands, Destro's manifesto has sold over 100,000 copies. She reveals she intends to do it again, by using her influence to turn Toga into a martyr that was shunned and repressed by the hero society, which led to her becoming a villain, furthering the agenda of the Army.
• Shout-Out: Her power is the same as that of Yoshikage Kira's Stand, Killer Queen.
• The Smurfette Principle: She is the only female member of the leaders of the current Meta Liberation Army.
• Technicolor Eyes: Like Ashido, her eyes have black sclera, but her eye color is green.
• Too Powerful to Live: A rare minion example. Curious' Quirk allows her to turn anything and anyone into a bomb, making her deadliest member of the MLA top brass behind Re-Destro. That is the reason she is the only of his liutenants to be Killed Of For Real by the end of the Meta Liberation Army Arc.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: She's killed only a few chapters after she's introduced. In fact, she's the only leader of the MLA who doesn't survive to the end of the group's introduction arc.

Koku Hanabata — Trumpet

Koku Hanabata — Trumpet

Voiced by: Junji Majima (Japanese), Adam McArthur (English)

Debut: Chapter 218 (Manga), Episode 108 (Anime)

Quirk/Meta Ability: Incite

Rank: B

^{Click here to see him in the "Sevens Loud" Helmet.}

"Now, my fine people, liberate them!! Combine your powers and open a path to the coming era!! Show the world that, yes, everyone is a hero! And that at the same time... no one is!"

A leader of the current Meta Liberation Army and publicly the leader of the Hearts and Mind Party. His Quirk "Incite", can boost the morale and physical state of the people who trust in him.

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• Achilles' Heel: His Quirk requires that the people he's trying using it on already trust him. If they don't or said trust is diminished in any way, it won't work.
• Affably Evil: He is very polite to the League once he meets them, and greets them kindly before sending his minions to attack them.
• Amplifier Artifact: He uses a Detnerat product called "Sevens Loud" to amplify his voice/sound waves in order to increase the power of his Quirk and affect as many of his followers as possible.
• Compelling Voice: His Quirk allows him to strengthen others by simply talking to them. However, it only works on those who already trust him.
• Corrupt Politician: A terrorist who is publicly the leader of a political party.
• Hypocrite: Despite working for an organization which is all about uplifting people with Quirks and allowing them to use their powers to its fullest potential, Trumpet dismisses Spinner during their fight, bluntly referring to his Quirk as weak and the latter himself as seeming incapable of changing for the better in any way.
• Idiot Hair: Has single strand of hair that sticks out even when in the "Sevens Loud" helmet.
• Logical Weakness: While it may seem as such, his Quirk isn't anything resembling Brainwashing, being effectively a power up given to people willing to follow his orders. In short, while his charisma certainly benefits him in this regard, his Quirk is practically useless if a command or order he gives goes against the wishes of those he's commanding, as shown when Shigaraki prevents the Army members from attacking to save Re-Destro with his Quirk's empowerment by flashing a Slasher Smile that scares them out of attacking.
• Meaningful Name: His party's name, Hearts and Mind, makes a lot of sense when one considers how his Quirk works. Once people open their hearts to him, he can enhance their bodies and minds.
• Mid-Boss: Shigaraki describes him as such during the League's raid on Deika City to retrieve Giran. Hanabata stands midway between the League's entry point and the location where their Supreme Leader is keeping Giran locked up, which gives more credit to Shigaraki's description.
• Only Sane Man: Between Re-Destro's eccentric tendencies, Curious' obsession with Going for the Big Scoop, Skeptic's overbearing nature and Geten's intense social darwinism, Trumpet stands out as the most level-headed member of the MLA's top brass. He later shares this role with Mr. Compress after Shigaraki is given command over the organisation.
• Rousing Speech: As befits a politician, this is Meta Ability in a nutshell: he projects his voice to his loyal subjects which in turn increases their power and mental fortitude by the strength of the vibrations caused by his voice. He delivers these throughout the battle with the League of Villains to the Deika City citizens with great effect.
• Sinister Shades: He often wears sunglasses and is a terrorist.
• Status Buff: His Quirk essentially acts like this to those who have trust in him.
• Support Party Member: Ge acts as this to the MLA by virtue of his Meta Ability.
• Tom the Dark Lord: His party name, Hearts and Mind, isn't exactly intimidating, even when considering it's run by a terrorist. Not to mention his choice of codename, Trumpet.

Tomoyasu Chikazoku — Skeptic

Tomoyasu Chikazoku — Skeptic

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese), Ben Diskin (Season 5), Anthony Bowling (Season 6 onwards) (English)

Debut: Chapter 218 (Manga), Episode 102 (Anime)

Quirk/Meta Ability: Anthropomorph

Rank: B

"Is something confusing you? Is this even a question you want answered? What's keeping you from answering properly like "What do you mean by footage?", do you have too much pride? If someone says "One!", do you go "One?" like a parrot? Can you think critically? Use your imagination? Are your neurons taking a vacation? You need us to spell everything out and tell you that two plus two is four? Why should we?"

A leader of the current Meta Liberation Army and publicly a board member from leading IT company Feel Good, Inc. His Quirk, "Anthropomorph", allows him to transform any human-sized object into a puppet he can control.

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• Always Someone Better: La Brava proves to be this to him. The 'one failure' he mentioned before is implied to be her hacking Feel Good, Inc. and replacing all its ads with a kitty optic mascot as practice. During the Final Battle, she hacks his entire system in a matter of seconds to the point there's nothing he can do about it but try and flee.
• Avenging the Villain: He wants to kill Toga to avenge Curious' death.
• Big Brother Is Watching: He's a board member for an IT firm, and he uses his status for all it's worth. He can restore data and trace phone calls to know the location of his enemies, which the MLA uses to challenge the League directly, by threatening to tip off the heroes to their location by using his satellite cameras.
• Berserk Button:
  • As evidenced by his page quote, Skeptic does not care for Parrot Exposition in the slightest.
  • Failure. When Re-Destro implied that he failed in recruiting Twice, Skeptic calmly closes his laptop and leaves the room. As he leaves with a scary look in his eyes, he claims that he's only failed once in his life, and then he sets out to capture Twice.
• Beware the Silly Ones: He goes on a rather humorous, over-the-top rant about Parrot Exposition in his first major appearance and then later uses brutal psychological warfare against a man with severe mental illness.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: A neurotic tech genius with a Hair-Trigger Temper and a tendency to nag at anyone who even slightly annoys him.
• Creepy Monotone: As portrayed by Ben Diskin, Skeptic’s voice rarely exceeds a precise, meticulous drawl, unless he’s particularly stressed.
• Deadpan Snarker: Especially once he has to regularly interact with the League members on a more friendly basis.
• Dragon Ascendant: Of a sort. In the aftermath of the Paranormal Liberation Front’s war with the heroes, Skeptic is the only remaining high-ranking MLA veteran among the lieutenants still at large. As such, Skeptic takes to the forefront of organizing the group’s slow reconstruction, dispatching the remaining advisers to recruit new members, and utilizing his formidable skills in editing to spin enticing propaganda featuring the former League members. He’s notably at the forefront of the PLF remnants when Chapter 335 depicts them as an obstacle for the heroes to face, and none of the other lieutenants seem particularly interested in the continued activities of the group (opting to hide out and guard All For One and Shigaraki while the latter nears completion instead).
• Evil Genius: His role in villainy, by focusing on using his IT firm as a spying ground and hacking critical systems. He even edits Dabi's pre-recorded message against Endeavor mid-broadcast by putting in footage of Hawks' murder of Twice.
• Evil Puppeteer: A high-ranking villain whose Quirk allows him to control things as puppets to commit misdeeds.
• Evil Sounds Deep: As portrayed by Tomokazu Sugita, Skeptic speaks with a menacing baritone that befits his sinister disposition.
• Eyes Out of Sight: His bowl cut has bangs that always cover his eyes.
• Fatal Flaw: Skeptic absolutely cannot tolerate even the thought of failing at anything- and thus, neglects to actually learn from failure in favor of attempting to rationalize away setbacks as someone else's responsibility or out of his hands. Even though he still seethes about the time Feel Good Inc. was hacked as the "only failure in his life," he still gleefully boasts about his genius during the final battle and puts all his efforts into bringing down U.A. and exposing the evacuation centers. When La Brava hacks him again while he's distracted, she outright mocks the fact that his coding habits haven't changed in the past few years- even though the last hack had caused a huge financial hit to his company!
• Geek Physiques: He looks cartoonishly lanky and almost emaciated, with no muscle definition to his form. He also doesn't fight physically, instead treating battle as a puzzle to be solved through the power of intellect, taking the time to research potential adversaries in advance so that he knows all their strengths and - especially - weaknesses, then sending his puppets out to fight in his stead.
• Giving Someone the Pointer Finger: Has a tendency to do this when ranting at people.
• Got Volunteered: When a chunk of the PLF lieutenants are scooped onto Gigantomachia’s back to go assist Shigaraki, Skeptic is notably the only former MLA member among them, and he clearly does not want to be there. Regardless, he and his laptop fulfill a useful function in helping the villains keep track of events as they travel, as well as in editing and initiating Dabi’s hijacking of Japan’s airwaves. A deleted scene from one of the collected volumes, depicting the League members climbing onto ‘Machia, drives this home by having Dabi purposefully grab Skeptic in the process, citing his impending need for the man’s skills.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: He gets worked up fairly frequently and over things that most people would find insignificant, sometimes to the point of having veins popping up around the corners of his eyes.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: His attempt to hack the heroes' systems and turn the tables on them exposes his own systems to La Brava, who instantly hacks him back. He's understandably shocked by this.
• Insufferable Genius: He's a pretty intelligent guy who berates others for using Parrot Exposition and not catching on to things fast enough for his taste.
• Jerkass:
  • Trying to kill Toga in order to avenge Curious? Understandable. Creating puppet Twices in order to take advantage of the real Twice's tramua, forcing the real Twice to watch his puppet variants try and snap Toga's neck, and then breaking the real Twice's arms when he tries to fight back? All done with the ultimate goal of forcing Twice to join the Meta Liberation Army against his will? Not so much.
  • Being an arrogant, condescending Insufferable Genius who treats everyone around him like an idiot and seems incapable of having a single interaction without nagging and/or insulting the other person certainly doesn't help his case either.
• Killer Gorilla: His preferred type of puppet to assist him are mindless gorilla-like men.
• Large Ham: When annoyed at what he sees as other people lacking common sense.
• Lean and Mean: A tall, lanky individual who just happens to also be a terrorist.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Some of his angry diatribes include elements of this, especially the one against Parrot Exposition.
• Mad Eye: When we finally see one of his eyes, it's clear by its strained and unhinged look that the idea of failing any task easily causes him to snap.
• Madness Mantra: Spouts one off while attempting to capture Twice in person:
  I didn't fail! You hear me, Bubaigawara, you scum? I didn't fail! I didn't fail! I didn't fail! I didn't fail! I didn't fail!"
• Manipulative Editing: Quite skilled in this, both managing to spin footage from the confrontation in Deika City so that the League’s presence is covered up, and to re-frame footage of Hawks’ killing of Twice to paint the Pro-Hero in an even more negative light.
• Meaningful Name: Tomoyasu (友保) is "friend" + "preserve/guarantee" while Chikazoku (近属) is "nearby" + "under control of". His Quirk allows him to create nearby guaranteed friends under his control.
• Mission Control: He serves this function within the MLA and PLF, especially once the latter has been decimated by the heroes.
• My Greatest Failure: He's apparently only failed once in his life, and he refuses to fail again. The incident? La Brava hacked his company's website for a laugh and cost him tons in revenue. He freaks out during the Final War arc when La Brava hacks into his hideout and she reveals herself as the perpetrator years ago.
• Never My Fault: He insists he's never failed and will twist all sorts of logic to support that:
  • When his miscalculation unwittingly allows Twice to unleash his full power and turn the tide against the MLA, he insists that it's not really a failure on his part, just him moving to the next stage of his plan.
  • He blames Twice for not suspecting anything about Hawks and ultimately leading the heroes to discover and raid the PLF's headquarters, but Skeptic had previously dismissed Slidin' Go's complaints about Hawks, saying that Hawks was more useful than Slidin' Go despite being newer.
• New Media Are Evil: As one of the players in the Big Tech industry, he uses the IT firm he's part of to gather information on the League's whereabouts and threaten a direct confirmation with the MLA, with the implication that he can do this to anyone.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: He tries to use his puppets to kill the unconscious Toga as to avenge Curious and capture a psychologically broken Twice so that he can be inducted into the Meta Liberation Army. Because he had his puppets break Twice’s arms, he gave Twice the revelation he needs to confirm that he’s the real Twice and not just a clone (as his clones tend to disappear after taking damage roughly equal to a broken bone). That uncertainty was the only thing holding Twice back from unleashing his true strength, and without it, there's nothing stopping him from going all out.
• Oh, Crap!:
  • He understandably has this reaction when he learns La Brava was waiting for him to explose himself by hacking the heroes' systems in order to hack him back.
  • He has another one when he tries to flee only to find a group of heroes waiting for him at the door.
• One-Letter Name: His puppets have single letter names.
• Perverse Puppet: The puppets he creates are seemingly mindless, but he can use them to carry out his evil deeds.
• Psychological Combat: Has no qualms about taking advantage of Twice's severe trauma.
• Secret-Keeper: The only member of the Paranormal Liberation Front’s top brass to have any foreknowledge of Dabi’s true identity before his big broadcast, by simple dint of having been the one to edit together said broadcast.
• Scarily Competent Tracker: A modern version. Thanks to being a part of an IT firm, he is able to restore all of Giran's deleted client data and track down the League's location thanks to tracing their phone call, with satellite cameras ready to tip the heroes of their whereabouts.
• Shout-Out: To Gorillaz and the Japanese comedian Kinzoku Bat. His family name Chikazoku is an alternate reading on Kinzoku. His company is named after one of Gorillaz's most well-known songs, and he himself looks like Bat, who, amusingly enough, looks like a combination of Noodle, Murdoc, and 2D. His ape-like bodyguards further the Gorillaz reference.
• Sinister Surveillance: Once he finds someone's information, he will know where they are thanks the use of satellites to track down their location. The League finds out the hard way.
• Small Name, Big Ego: He thinks highly of himself and his hacking skills, viewing himself as superior to most around him. While he is a leginement threat, as shown in the final arc La Brava is far better than him, a young adult showing he's actually not as skilled as he thought.
• Smug Snake: During the Final War arc, he relishes in being a major threat to the heroes by hacking into their systems and doing dangerous acts such as uncovering the civilians hidden away in strongholds and threatening to drop the floating UA island out of the sky, but freaks out in Chapter 377 when he finds out that La Brava is also hacking into his hideout. This culminates in him learning that La Brava is the same one who tormented him years ago from a successful hack attack and gets arrested by the heroes on top of that.
• Sore Loser: Since he failed a single time, he takes losing so poor he makes Bakugo look humble in comparison.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Skeptic takes the MLA’s merger with the League of Villains the hardest out of anyone, and is noticeably more unhinged in the merger’s immediate aftermath. He eventually settles into a mix of more mild annoyance and snark, and doesn’t hesitate much in assisting the former League members in their endeavors.
• Tombstone Teeth: He sports a very prominent set of pearlies.
• Undying Loyalty: To Re-Destro and his fellow Meta Liberation Army lieutenants. This is the primary reason Skeptic vocally objects to being pulled up onto Gigantomachia during the raid on the Villa- he views his place as assisting his former colleagues.
• Villainous Breakdown:
  • Skeptic loses his mind in Chapter 233 once Twice overcomes his trauma and rescues Toga from his puppets causing Skeptic to suffer his second-ever loss. He promptly chases down the real Twice and Toga in order to kill them while ranting Jin's name and denying that he has failed.
    Skeptic: I haven't failed! Bubaigawaraaa! Bubaigawara, you bastard…! This is not a failure! Not a failure! Not a failure!
  • It happens again when Skeptic learns that the heroes are raiding the Paranormal Liberation Front's headquarters.
  • His biggest one comes when La Brava hacks his systems and reveals she was the one to hack Feel Good Inc.'s systems years ago. He has a complete Freak Out when she trolls him with dancing cats, reminding him of how she replaced all of Feel Good Inc.'s ads with the same thing. He tries to run, once more refusing and ranting that they've not won yet...only to run smack dab into a group of heroes arriving at his front door.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: It's revealed Skeptic has Trypophobia. It gets triggered when La Brava puts a dancing cats mascot with large enough eyes close enough together to set it off...twice.

Geten

??? — Geten

Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita (Japanese), Khoi Dao (English)

Debut: Chapter 218 (Manga), Episode 109 (Anime)

Quirk/Meta Ability: Ice Ply

Rank: B

^{Click here to see him unmasked.}

"In the future that our liberation army foresees... one's rank in society will be directly tied to the strength of one's Meta Ability. Elevating one's ability will be the only way to really live!"

A mysterious elite soldier in the Liberation Army that wears a thick parka. His Quirk allows him to control already existing ice around him.

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• Ambiguous Gender: His thick parka makes it impossible to tell his gender, and even with it down, his androgynous design makes it hard to pinpoint. The ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book confirms him to be male.
• An Ice Suit: He wears a thick parka that covers his entire upper-body.
• An Ice Person: He has an ice-based Quirk. Unlike Todoroki's Quirk, he can only control already existing ice, but he can get around this weakness by manipulating the temperature of his ice to freeze nearby bodies of water to create more ice for him to work with.
• Awesome by Analysis: During his fight, Geten was able to determine the strengths and weaknesses of Dabi's Quirk and figured out his weak constitution from the burning smell emanating from Dabi's body.
• The Brute: Geten is the only member of the MLA's top brass who doesn't have some high-profile and useful occupation. Instead, he serves as their big gun, being the one who's the most practiced with their Quirk for raw power and combat potential. He also serves this in the Paranormal Liberation Front, where he's the heaviest hitter of the nine Lieutenants.
• Deadpan Snarker: He briefly engages in some Snark-to-Snark Combat with Dabi during their fight.
• Death from Above: He first attacks Dabi from above by trying to crush him with some giant ice hands.
• Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors: As Dabi reminds him, fire melts ice. However, his ability to control the temperature of the ice he controls, along with the sophisticated structures he can construct with said ice, help alleviate this weakness.
• Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: He has a gentle and ethereal face behind his parka's hood. He's also a villain with the philosophy of The Social Darwinist.
• Giant Hands of Doom: He uses his Quirk to form giant ice hands of doom when he first attacks Dabi.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom: His bright eyes are the only part of his face that is visible with his parka's hood up.
• In the Hood: The hood of his parka completely conceals his face.
• Jabba Table Manners: During the MLA's meeting/dinner in Chapter 219, Geten is seen scarfing down food, with bits and pieces flying everywhere, while the other members are eating normally.
• Long-Lost Relative: As it turns out, he's from a branch family of the Himura clan, making him a distant relative of Rei Todoroki and, by extension, her children.
• Meaningful Name: Geten (外典) means Apocrypha. Apocrypha is Biblical writing that, due to their dubious/unknown origin, is not considered "canon" to the Scripture. This reflects the MLA's desire to rewrite the sacred rules of society with their own.
• Power Stereotype Flip: Despite having power over ice, he is very Hot-Blooded and emotional, as shown during the Paranormal Liberation Raid. This contrasts nicely with Dabi, a fire type user who is calm deadpan most of the time.
• The Reveal: He is a distant cousin of the Todoroki children on their mother's side.
• Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training: According to Geten, he deliberately dropped out of school to focus entirely on training his Meta Ability to its absolute limits. Considering the sophisticated ice constructs he can build, it seems to have paid off.
• Shout-Out: His powers and outfit alike have a great resemblance to The Flash villain Captain Cold, which, considering the author's superhero comic appeal, is unlikely to be an accident.
• Single Substance Manipulation: His power is to manipulate vast quantities of ice. Although he can't produce it by himself, he can simply dump large amounts of ice into a nearby source of water to create more ice for him to use.
• The Social Darwinist: He believes that the Meta Liberation Army will create a society where Quirks determine one's place in society: the more powerful one's Quirk, the higher their standing.
• Villainous Rescue: Unintentional on his end, but as he's rallying the Paranormal Liberation Front, the massive ice structure he creates to blast Mt. Lady away and create some breathing room between the army and the heroes inadvertently distracts Dabi from torching Hawks and Tokoyami to death.

Former

Chikara Yotsubashi — Destro

Chikara Yotsubashi — Destro

Debut: Chapter 171 (Manga), Episode 82 (Anime)

Quirk/Meta Ability: Unknown

"He called himself Destro — the one who would destroy the status quo."

—Re-Destro, Chapter 218

The Grand Commander and founder of the original Meta Liberation Army and an infamous villain who carved his way into history along with Oji Harima and All for One. He was eventually captured and authored an autobiography in prison before committing suicide. The principles expressed in said autobiography continue to influence people in the present, much like Stain's beliefs.

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• Chekhov's Gunman: He was originally mentioned in Chapter 171 by Gentle as an infamous villain in the same vein as All For One, but his legacy becomes important from Chapter 218 onward as some people sharing his ideals begin to rise up.
• Classy Cravat: Wore one as seen on pictorial depictions of him.
• Cool Mask: Destro wears one that looks like a black blotch. The mask even appears on the cover of Destro's autobiography. It may actually be Facial Markings, as Re-Destro has something similar on his face.
• Driven to Suicide: Destro eventually killed himself after publishing his autobiography in jail.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: His mother's murder was the reason why he was fighting against society as he felt they stole her words when she tried to fight for his rights as a human being.
• Freudian Excuse: Started his crusade because his mother was killed during the days when Quirks were manifesting and speaking out against those who bullied him just because he apparently had a Quirk not fit to live in society.
• Greater-Scope Villain: His descendant, Re-Destro, worships him and is currently running covert operations in his name.
• Meaningful Name: 'Chikara' means 'Power' or 'Influence'. Despite Destro having died years ago, his autobiography and ideals still influence people like Teruo and he still wields power through his descendants. Also, his name contains the kanji for 4, an unlucky number in China and Japan due to it sounding like 'shi', which means "death".
• Posthumous Character: He committed suicide while imprisoned before the main story began after releasing his manifesto to the world.
• Shout-Out:
  • The "Meta Liberation Army" is one to Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants. Their goal is to liberate Quirks from government regulation and let people use their powers freely, which is similar to Magneto's motivation in most comic continuities.
  • His Villain name is the same as the G.I. Joe villain Destro.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Destro believed that using Quirks should be a fundamental human right and raised an army of insurgents against the Government. However, he was criticized for promoting terrorism.

Warriors

Tatsuyuki Tokoname — Slidin' Go

Tatsuyuki Tokoname — Slidin' Go

Voiced by: Takumu Miyazono (Japanese), Bill Butts (English)

Debut: Chapter 219 (Manga), Episode 100 (Anime)

Quirk/Meta Ability: Unknown Sliding Quirk

"You can leave the rest to me, Slidin' Go!!"

A chipper pro hero that arrives just after Bakugo and Todoroki defeat the Seltzer Villain. He's also a member of the MLA in secret.

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• Affably Evil: He's still just as nice after he's revealed to be a MLA member.
• Alliterative Name: Tatsuyuki Tokoname.
• Badass Cape: Inverted. His cape is comically short and offers very little protection.
• Bear Hug: He gives one to Bakugo and Todoroki as congratulations for beating their first villain. Bakugo is not pleased.
• Dumbass Has a Point: Sure, Hawks, as the #2 hero, is more useful to the PLF than he is by a longshot, and him acting otherwise is foolish, but Slidin' Go has still been a part of the organization longer, so it's not stupid to assume that he'd outrank Hawks, who's only been a member for a couple of weeks at that point.
• Evil All Along: Despite being introduced as a perfectly nice guy, he is part of the Meta Liberation Army.
• Hidden Depths: He likes reading despite his silly appearance. Since he would have had to read Destro's autobiography to join the MLA in the first place, this makes sense.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: Subverted. He has a prominent jaw, which initially fits his "upright hero" image. However, he turns out to be a member of the villainous MLA.
• Nice Guy: In his first appearance, he praises Todoroki and Bakugo for their strategy, before offering to clean up the rather substantial amount of debris left behind.
• Non-Standard Character Design: His design is reminiscent of western cartoons like Family Guy, American Dad!, and really anything Seth MacFarlane has made.
• Oh, Crap!: One day, he notices the lack of heroes in patrol, unaware that the other heroes are already aware that he is a Meta Liberation Army member. When it finally dawns on him that something might be going on, Death Arms has subtly taken ahold of him and called him out, prompting this reaction.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: On the receiving from Skeptic after he tries to boss around Hawks by bluntly reminding him that Hawks is vastly more resourceful and useful to the PLF than he is.
• Small Name, Big Ego: He tries convincing Hawks that he outranks him in the Paranormal Liberation Front, having been there longer and also being older than him. Skeptic is quick to remind him that Hawks' status as the number two hero is much more valuable to the PLF than Slidin' Go is.
• Super-Speed: Played with. His Quirk allows him to move very quickly because he slides over any surface, rather than actual super-speed in the typical sense.

Deika City Inhabitants

Deika City Inhabitants

Debut: Chapter 224 (Manga), Episode 109 (Anime)

The citizens of Deika City, a "liberated district" where 90% of the population — heroes included — are members of the MLA.

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• Cannon Fodder: Dozens of them are massacred in the fight against the League of Villains.
• Conservation of Ninjutsu: They're pitted up against the League of Villains, who are fatigued and numbering in the single digits, and yet the League is still able to take them out in droves. It is slightly downplayed, however, due to the fact that 1) the League still take plenty of damage while fighting them, and 2) their numbers shoot straight up into the quadruple digits when Twice starts cloning himself.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: They're mooks going up against the League of Villains, so the ones that die don't die pretty. Shigaraki dusts two as soon as the fighting starts and later does the same to about thirty of them in one touch, while Toga knifes one in the throat and uses Uraraka's Quirk to drop an entire group of them from a lethal height.
• Cult: A lot of their behavior rings of a militant cult. They're fanatically devoted to their cause, violent towards outsiders and threats, and their leadership prop up fallen leaders as martyrs to encourage them to fight harder. Mr. Compress even says that they’re more of a religion then an army.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: Whereas most civilians aren't well-trained with their Quirks due to laws restricting their usage in public, Deika City disregards said laws and fastidiously trains their citizens' Quirks and each other on how to use them. This means nearly every Deika City resident can handle themselves in a fight, as the League of Villains discover when they visit the city.
• Red Shirt Army: Yes, they are a highly-trained personal militia for the Meta Liberation Army, and put up one challenging fight against the League through the sheer numbers and diversity of Quirks they possessed alone, while fully expendable. But the moment Gigantomachia enters the battlefield, they might as well have been ants instead.
• Undying Loyalty: They're completely loyal to the Liberation's leaders, and are willing to severely injure themselves in their honor.
• Villain with Good Publicity: After the events of the MLA's battle with the League, Skeptic is able to twist the truth of what happened and turn it into a story of how a group of twenty villains were able to sneak into Deika City and the citizens there banded together with the heroes to push them back. While there are some critics who say that the citizens using their Quirks unregistered did more harm than good, the general public sees the people of Deika City as brave and heroic.
• Zerg Rush: The liberated members of the city all rush the League of Villains when they arrive.

Gorilla Grunts

Gorilla Grunts

Debut: Chapter 223 (Manga), Episode 112 (Anime)

Skeptic's bodyguards, gorilla-like men in suits who are really just puppets created by his Quirk.

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• Perverse Puppet: They're all products of Skeptic's Quirk, making them this.
• Inexplicably Identical Individuals: They all look exactly the same. Justified, as they're just puppets created by Skeptic.
• Shout-Out: To Gorillaz. They're ape-like in design and the man they work for is a board member at Feel Good, Inc.

Destro's Followers

"This country is full of those who lie in wait, hoping for liberation."

—Re-Destro, Chapter 218

Those who aren't part of the organization, but still follow Destro's philosophy.

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Teruo Hazukashi

Teruo Hazukashi

Voiced by: Soichi Abe (Japanese), Ben Balmaceda (English)

Debut: Chapter 186 (Manga), Episode 87 (Anime)

Quirk/Meta Ability: Shame

"Worthless company... once you're good and gone... liberation. Liberation. Long live meta-human liberation!"

A disgruntled office worker inspired by Destro's autobiography. He plans to get revenge on his company by using his Quirk, "Shame".

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• Adaptation Expansion: A minor case. The manga makes it seem like he's just tired of working for his company and snapped under the pressure. The anime, meanwhile, goes a bit deeper into his motivation, showing that he's always felt suffocated by society, ever since he was young.
• Blessed with Suck: His Quirk allows him to grow stronger, but only when he's embarrassed.
• Butt-Monkey: He'd apparently been treated badly at work, decided to humiliate himself to use his Quirk for revenge, and then gets casually stomped by a hero who just happened to be passing by. It is not good to be Teruo...
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Hawks gets him while walking down the other side of the street and holding a conversation with Endeavor. He doesn't even stop or look in his direction, let alone pause his sentence.
• Embarrassing Superpower: Literally. His Quirk grants him Super-Strength when he feels shame.
• Emotional Powers: He's a bit like the Hulk, but with shame instead of anger fueling his powers.
• Naked People Are Funny: Tried to invoke this by stripping and letting people see/mock him so he'd become embarrassed enough to fight. Hawks knocks him out before he can.
• Offhand Backhand: On the receiving end; Hawks was barely paying attention when he took this guy down.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: He tries, but Hawks beats him before he can even get started.
• Super-Strength: But only when he's feeling particularly humiliated.

Cider House

Voiced by: Koji Okino (Japanese), Kiba Walker (English)

Debut: Chapter 218 (Manga), Episode 100 (Anime)

Quirk/Meta Ability: Seltzer Control

"I control carbonation! Getting all shook up... makes me feel really alive!"

A group of purse-snatchers and thieves, who are unknowingly field-testing some of the MLA's black market equipment. The leader's Quirk allows him to control seltzer, a.k.a. carbonized water.

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• All There in the Manual: The ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book was where the name of the group was first mentioned.
• The Bus Came Back: While the gang is apprehended in Chapter 219, they make a re-appearance in Chapter 300 after escaping during All For One's various jail breaks... only to promptly end up getting defeated during a brawl with civilians.
• Horns of Villainy: Not the leader, but the criminals in his gang wear masks featuring short curved horns.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: The team spent months scoping out a target street to determine the best time for a crime spree without the interference of heroes, and as soon as a wrench is thrown into that plan, they try to book it. They almost succeed in escaping, but Bakugo and Todoroki promptly decimate them while they try to flee.
• Laser-Guided Karma: They planned out their theft spree for months, nearly got away with it...only to run into two of the top first years of U.A. who had just gotten their hero licenses a few minutes ago. Bad luck doesn't even describe it. Such karma goes into their reappearance which had them robbing a nearby cafe... only to immediately wind up getting intercepted by a group of civilians with support items. However, in that case, they didn't go down without a fight.
• Making a Splash: The leader can control water, but only if it's carbonized. Despite this weakness, he manages to accumulate enough of the stuff to create a street-sized tidal wave and wears pressurized gauntlets full of seltzer for more direct confrontations.
• Mook Lieutenant: The leader, in any case, who orders around a small group of minor criminals and goes down with appropriate ease.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: While it's easy to dismiss them, given that they were all promptly defeated without much effort by Bakugo and Todoroki, they were capable and had the intelligence to carry out a theft spree that would have worked if they didn't have poor luck. In their second appearance, even without their support items, they were still strong enough to fight back against support wielding vigilantes to a bloody draw that caused massive property damage. Showcasing that even low ranking villains are a force to be reckoned with.
• Shout-Out: His name is likely a reference to the book The Cider House Rules.
• Thrill Seeker: The boss describes himself as a man who lives for the thrill and backs it up by being the only one of his group to try and fight Bakugo and Todoroki rather than flee.
• Tricked-Out Gloves: The boss wears a pair of bracers that can pressurize the carbonized water he uses and fire it out in concentrated jets powerful enough to shear through light poles. They also collect combat data to feedback to their creator and are rigged to self-destruct if their user is defeated, not that he knows about these bits.
• Underestimating Badassery: The boss makes the mistake of considering Bakugo and Todoroki to be mere schoolchildren, despite the fact that they have their provisional hero licenses. Cue a beatdown that doesn't even take a chapter.
• Unwitting Pawn: They had no idea that Detnerat was using them as a beta tester for their gadgetry.

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