History Awesome / AllForLuz

* Stanley demonstrates his Quirk, Shock Absorption, by getting Ronny to hit him as hard as he can with his SuperStrength. The punch blows all the leaves off the near by trees but he comes out of it no worse the wear, to the awe of his [=teammates=].

!!Arc 4 - Summer Break Shenanigans

* The opening of the chapter reveals that former Governor Rodger Maxwell has been sentenced to life in prison for his many crimes, without the possibility of parole. While many readers were hoping that Luz would kill him too, its good to know that the governor wasn't able to pull a KarmaHoudini on his many crimes and won't see the light of day. The justice system, has prevailed.
* Luz, taking Shigaraki's advice, has taken up an exercise regiment in a nearby forest to increase the number of Quirks her body can hold at a time and fight off the AddictiveMagic urge. In a month, she goes from a scrawny kid to having an [[HeroicBuild impressive athletic physique for a teenaged girl]]. Her goal for herself Is to become the [[TerrorHero Symbol of Justice and Fear]].

* Later, one of Luz's former bullies tries to antagonise her at a Donut Shop, only for the All For One user to show she's having none of that and push her to the ground. When the AlphaBitch starts mouthing off, Luz inflicts enough pain in her shoulder for her to scream and threaten to do worse if she doesn't leave her alone. [[GrewASpine According to her, this the first time she ever stood up to one of her bullies.]]
* Luz recounts a time when she punched a cop into a telephone pole for making a racist remark about her mother after he accused her of speeding. While did have to spend time in a police cell for that, many readers believed the BigotWithABadge deserved it.
* In the second half of the chapter, Luz makes her debut as All For One the VigilanteMan who's costume consists of a CoolMask that goes with her BadassInANiceSuit outfit. She makes her presence known to a pair of bank robbers, who kidnapped a teenager while escaping the police because TheyKnowTooMuch, by using her AbsurdlySharpClaws to grab their car radio and ends up '''ripping the entire car in half''', scaring them out of the second half of their getaway vehicle. [[ShootingSuperman After tanking a shotgun blast]], Luz decides the hell with it and kicks their ass, non-lethally.
** The subsequent chapters, its revealed that the second All For One user has gained enough of a crimefighting rep to be noticed and appreciated by the locals.

[[folder:Chapter 15]]
* After finding out the local Police Chief has been making her Luz's life more difficult by making her PersonaNonGrata in the local facilities, [[MamaBear Camila]] calls out the DirtyCop for abusing his position to stack the deck against her daughter and violate her human rights. While doesn't make the SmugSnake budge, it shows that Luz's mom fully intends to keep her vow to never fail her daughter again.
* Luz has been taking initiative in getting around being banned everywhere. Banned from a store? Use Amazon. Need to learn something? Website/YouTube had learning and school channels. If she needed more tools for education? Khan Academy works, to.

[[folder:Chapter 16]]
* The beginning of the chapter, is darkly villainous one for All For One and his Evil Plan involving Luz. You'd think his death at All Might's hands would've caused him to have a HeelRealization or decide to become a RetiredMonster and act as a SpiritAdvisor for his Quirk's successor. Hell no. [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist He merely views his situation of being dead and trapped in a child's mind as a temporary inconvenience]].
--> ''[[TheChessmaster Rikitatsu Shigaraki was a man of planning. He never did anything without a plan, a backup plan should that original plan fail, and another backup plan if that backup plan fell through]].''
* All For One has been to The Boiling Isles before and intends to find a way to get there again. During the supervillain's time there, he turned a few of the natives into [[TheMole his moles]], including a few in the Emperor's Coven! He had enough charisma to convince the cult-like loyal elite devotes belonging to Emperor Belos to come work for him instead. Sounds like sounds like Luz is getting a cult-following when she goes to the Demon Realm for some much needed allies. Oh boy, imagine Emperor Belos's face when he finds that out.
* All For One admitted to Luz a while back that TakingOverTheWorld was his purpose in life back in "The Mutant Realm" he originated from. Now intends to add the "The Demon Realm" and possibly Luz's home world to his conquest as well. It appears that his end goal is to become a MultiversalConqueror over three realms, possibly more. That's AmbitionIsEvil fit for a TrueFinalBoss and might very well have the means and drive to pull it off left unchecked.
* Another villainous one. The climax with the chapter not only reveals that [[GreaterScopeVillain Emperor Belos]] is working with his (possible) descendants (without them knowing) to deal with the superhumans. He has the means in this story to communicate and travel to the Human Realm, due to Shigaraki's brief meddling in the Boiling Isles a decade ago. The last part checks out with Millie confirmed to be an actual witch from his Coven.
* Emperor Belos also confirms to have met the previous All For One user, possibly fighting him. As in [[CoolVersusAwesome All For One vs. Emperor Belos]]. EvilVersusEvil. He also mentions that the CardCarryingVillain almost foiled his FinalSolution plan when he raised hell on The Boiling Isles and sees him and his successor as a legitimate to be eliminated.

[[folder:Chapter 17]]
* This chapter has Luz being held at gunpoint by a RightWingMilitiaFanatic. [[CasualDangerDialogue Her first response is politely ask him what he wants]] with a SeenItAll attitude, until he fires a warning shot scaring away the other shoppers. She simply disarms the gunman by grabbing the rifle out of his hands and crushes it with mere squeeze with one hand, scaring him off his feet.
--> '''Luz''': ''(TranquilFury)'' Now. I don't think I have to tell you how stupid that was.
* She also notes scared off the last two people that raised a gun on her with just a DeathGlare. Guess they knew better than to cross out AntiHero.
* After being mortally wounded by gunshots from behind by more {{Church Militant}}s, the Latina girl's HealingFactor allows her to survive her gunshots wounds and regrow a new arm while her assailants have a MassOhCrap expression on their faces. Luz grabs the first gunman by the neck and uses him as a HumanShield against his comrades' next salvo of lead. She then proceeds to smack the next gunman so hard with her SuperStrength that she caves in his chest, killing him, taking down in 2 threats in short order.
* The third one is revealed to be superhuman, later named as Derreck, with a MultiArmedAndDangerous Quirk that can meshed to together as GiantHandsOfDoom. The hitman is able to break Luz's AbsurdlySharpClaws when she tried to stab him and proceeds to send her flying through multiple aisles until she hits the wall. After Luz takes him down with her DeadlyForceField and stealing his Quirk, she even considers him a WorthyOpponent at the end of a fight for giving her so much trouble, equating their battle to something out of a manga.
--> '''Derreck''': [[WhyWontYouDie You just don't know when to die, do you?]]
--> '''Luz''': [[PreMortemOneLiner And you don't know when to give up. Think Fast!]]
* Not long after Luz has been reduced to LudicrousGibs by her traitorous cousin's Bomb Quirk and [[TemptingFate everyone assumes she's been put down for good]], she simply [[PullingThemselvesTogether pulls herself back together]] with her improved HealingFactor faster than the cops can shoot at her. Cue MassOhCrap from everyone fighting against her. Shigaraki aware of the scene unfolding, wasn't at all worried or surprised at all that his successor would live.
--> ''Luz should have died. By all rights, Luz's life should have ended right then and there. But Shigaraki knew better. He had come back from worse before, and so he knew how this was going to go. '''Because... Luz. Didn't. Die'''.''
* After having to put up with her months of being a CosmicPlaything to FantasticRacism, AllOfTheOtherReindeer, PersonaNonGrata, {{Dirty Cop}}s, {{Assassination Attempt}}s and topping off with an attempted KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil... the second All For One user is going to show they've been poking the bear the whole time. Luz Noceda is angry, and when Luz Noceda is angry, '''people start dying'''.
--> ''Luz could barely see anything. That was how furious she had been. That was how angry she had been. And thus... '''[[UnstoppableRage She gave in to her hate]]'''.''

[[folder:Chapter 18]]
* Luz coming back from the brink, disregarding her self-restraint that's held her back for months and let people in power make her life more difficult as a result, and basically ''eliminating the entire police squad sent to arrest her'' with her {{Deadly Force Field}}s creating massive explosions, including the SmugSnake [[DirtyCop Police Chief]] that has prevented her living normal life and moving on ever since got out of hospital.
* While fighting Riley and Milly, Luz levels the entire supermarket they were fighting in before, making it look like it was hit by an airstrike. while its a far cry from Shigaraki's devastation at Kamino Ward but the Emperor's Coven member momentarily compares its power to be on par with Emperor Belos, the most powerful sorcerer on the Boiling Isles.
--> '''Millie''': ''To think that someone so young can match the [[SorcerousOverlord Emperor himself]]... perhaps she may even rival him?''
* The All For One user effectively turns the fight between her and the assassins into a case of TheHunterBecomesTheHunted. Tanking and blocking their attacks, even seemingly perform a FlashStep when delivering DeathFromAbove in the form of GiantHandsOfDoom, narrowly missing. The 2 panicking hitwomen compare her to a PhysicalGod, making them decide its a HopelessBossFight and pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere before they lose their Quirk and their lives to the angry teen.
* When Luz is about to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, Shigaraki snaps her out of it in a way a villain can.
--> '''Rikitasu Shigaraki''': '''''It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks or believes. Judge yourself on your own morals. Not anyone else's.'''''
* Now realizing she has no chance of a normal life, Luz informs her mother she intends to track down and kill the Wittebanes and end this war once and for all.
* When Riley and Millie return, Tyler Wittebane is NOT happy with their failure and that he's down to just 4 superhuman assassins, which isn't going to be enough to take down Luz. He decides to request the '''Golden Guard''' from Emperor Belos as reinforcements. [[TheDragon Hunter]] may be coming to the Human Realm to take on Luz.

!!Arc 5 - Death To Normality
[[folder:Chapter 19]]
* Despite being in great pain, believing she failed as a mother and knowing she's going to die alone with only her would-be murderer as witness, Camila has the fortitude to FaceDeathWithDignity and GoOutWithASmile. She tells Jonah she has had a fulfilling life and believing Luz will succeed in avenging her murder, denying him the satisfaction of begging for life and showing fear.
--> '''Camila''': ''(Smiles)'' I-I'd rather die then... I've already lived a fulfilling life... [[MyGreatestFailure the only regret I have is making my baby go to that horrid camp]]...
* On the way to the Wittebane Mega Church, Luz is confronted by another squadron of eight cops holding her at gun-point. The unimpressed All For One user, warns them that the last group of cops that tried this didn't work out for them.
--> '''Luz''': Now... [[ShootingSuperman I don't think I need to tell you guys how much of a dumb idea this is, do I]]?The last group of police got turned into [[LudicrousGibs smears on the road for attempting this]]. So long as you don't fire your guns--any of you--you all can go home, have dinner with your families, and forget about what it is that happened today, kay?" ''([[DeathGlare Narrows her]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning flashing red eyes]], as she [[PsychoticSmirk smirks]])''. '''[[ImpliedDeathThreat Of course, we can also do things the fun way, but that's up to you]].'''
* Not long afterwards a new villain appears, Sophia Humbolt, and rallies the scared cops by pointing out that Luz just became a CopKiller and their [[VillainHasAPoint fallen brothers and sisters deserve justice]]. One angry one shoots the teen girl through the shoulder but its nothing her HealingFactor can't fix.
* The new assassin starts the fight by firing a basketball-sized EnergyBall at the cops but Luz intercepts it with her Forcefield Projection. Despite the Gravesfield PD having been the ones who gave her a lot of grief the past month, that doesn't stop her from trying to save as many lives as she could.
--> ''She wasn't a monster. She wasn't a villain. She wasn't going to be like'' '''''him.'''''
* The red EnergyBall is actually able to shatter Luz's barrier, the first time any opponent could do that and send her rocketing into a nearby store. This causes serious damage to Luz's body and the only reason she survives is due to her insane HealingFactor.
* The Wittebane assassin introduces herself as Sophia, giving a BadassBoast that she'll kill her and that her Quirk is called "Limitless". Yes, that [[SpaceMaster Limitless]] used by [[Characters/JujutsuKaisenSatoruGojo Satoru Gojo]] from ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen''. Man, Shigaraki will flip his shit if Luz gets this StoryBreakerPower and it's as powerful as it is in JJK or has the potential as the JJK version because damn, if you thought luz was OP as hell before...
--> '''Sophia Humbolt''': So, it's true. You [[HealingFactor regenerate pretty quickly]], '''All For One'''. Not only that, but you also [[FeelsNoPain don't appear to be in any pain]]. Interesting... very very interesting indeed. My power, Limitless, will prove that beyond all else, [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable even a giant like yourself can fall]]. As a member of The Wittebane Church's Militia unit, I, Sophia Humbolt, was given orders to have you killed. PrepareToDie, girl.

[[folder:Chapter 20]]
* In this Chapter: Luz Noceda vs. Sophia Humbolt. The assassin fires a blue EnergyBall that crumples the girl's forcefield like paper and tries to suck her in like a black hole. It destroys her arm and sends her flying into another store. After repairing herself she sends her Spear Fingers at her for only for Sophia to easily side-step them and the assassin to fire a red EnergyBall knocking her through another wall into another building like a ragdoll. This is definitely Luz's toughest opponent yet.
* Recognising Luz is struggling, [[EvilMentor Shigaraki]] advises her to try some more AbilityMixing. By using both [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Multiplier]] and [[BarrierWarrior Forcefield Projection]] to an unimpressed [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Sophia]], to create several forcefields forming a multi-layered barrier. Each having the same level of offense and defense capabilities as the original. The first 4 barriers fall to the red orb attack, blocking it, the last 4 are sent out, to which Luz names the attack giving anime vibes...
--> '''Luz''': [[CallingYourAttacks Forcefield Cannon]]!
** ...However. Despite having enough power to cause a giant explosion that brings down the entire building they were in and turning the surrounding area into nothing but a crater, her foe emerges from the dust unharmed with a BadassArmFold and a PsychoticSmirk declaring she can't kill her. Apparently the blue EnergyBall can act as an effective DeflectorShield, sucking up an explosion equivalent of a Hypersonic Cruise Missile strike.
--> '''Sophia''': You know, this is like something ripped out of [[CallBack one of those oriental comic books]], isn't it? [[PersonOfMassDestruction Two powerhouses fighting against one another]]. My [[SpaceMaster Limitless]] versus [[ComboPlatterPowers your wide variety of powers]].
* The continuing battle shows PersonOfMassDestruction describes the 2 Quirk users as several buildings are destroyed from each of their attacks. Luz believes if doesn't the fight soon the whole town will be turned to rubble. Later when the hitwoman fire a red blast at Luz's Forcefield Cannon, she surprises our AntiHero by giving a BadassFingerSnap turning the red, repelling attack into the blue, sucking attack. This gets by the teenager's Spear Fingers and forcefields, forcing Luz [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to retreat]]... giving Sophia the opening she was waiting her as Luz takes full blast of what appears to be the killing blow... But once again she survives and gets back in the fight.
--> '''Sophia''': ''Even after hitting her point blank with Red, [[HealingFactor she's recovered almost completely]]. It was just as [[HavingABlast Bombardier]] warned. [[TheJuggernaut No matter how much punishment you dish out, she'll just come back from it]].''
* After Luz's body puts itself back together again, she steals another Quirk from a girl that used to go to her school. Which Quirk is it? Its [[GravityMaster Zero Gravity]]! [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaOchacoUraraka Ochako's]] power! She immediately uses it with SuperStrength to levitate the surrounding rubble more than the 3-ton limit, as well as herself, in conjunction with Airwalk, to simulate powered {{Flight}}. Sophia, instead of being intimidated, is [[BloodKnight genuinely happy]] to have found a WorthyOpponent. She considers death at the hands of Luz, [[WorldsStrongestWoman the most powerful opponent she has ever faced]], to be AGoodWayToDie.
* When Jonah joins the battle, the fight becomes Two-on-One. The 2 assassins create a CombinationAttack to get past Luz's multi-layered forcefields He can combined his "[[SuperSmoke Smog]]" with Sophia's "[[RedIsViolent Limitless]]" Red orb turning the smoke from purple to black, allowing it to eat away at Luz's barrier to let the dangerous EnergyBall through her defenses! She barely able to block it a last minute forcefield allowing to fall back away from the deadly SuperSmoke.
** At the climax of chapter, Luz is finally able to put Sophia down for good when she combines "Multiplier" and "Spear Fingers" to make her ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice in all her vital areas. Just as the surviving assassin tries to use his black smog to consume the girl, Luz is able to successfully steal "[[SpaceMaster Limitless]]" and uses the blue orb to suck away the attack. Jonah calls his boss to them their down another comrade and their target just got a massive PowerUp, requiring back-up.

[[folder:Chapter 21]]
* The battle continues in Luz's favor against Jonah, {{No Sell}}ing his giant punches with her Shock Absorption, even when using his SuperSmoke to mimic her MultiArmedAndDangerous power and can bypass her Pain Nullification. Jonah only lasts as long as he did due to his {{Intangibility}}.
* After Jonah tricks Luz into believing she just killed her own mother with her Forcefield Cannon when Charlie teleports her corpse in the attack, she about to go into a HeroicBSOD which is AllAccordingToPlan for TheSociopath. What they didn't count on, was the EvilMentor SpiritAdvisor living in the girl's head to bring her out of it with GetAHoldOfYourselfMan pep-talk invoking ThePowerOfHate and to PayEvilUntoEvil which helps strengthen her resolve.
--> '''Shigaraki''': '''''Calm yourself. Focus... You can grieve later. Channel that anger and despair you are feeling, and use it against your enemies. Push past this, and bring your wrath down on your foes!'''''
* As the dust settled when after firing [[MacrossMissileMassacre a hail of heavy-duty, military-grade gunfire, along with 3 flamethrowers, several grenade launchers, and multiple rocket launchers]] onto Luz, [[SmugSnake Jonah]] believes she done for. He's about to tell Tyler the mission is complete... unlike he hears a choking sound to his right and sees his partner in crime [[AndShowItToYou having his heart torn out and crushed]] by a burnt but still alive and regenerating Luz Noceda before taking his Quirk in front of the now terrified GiantMook who collaspses onto the ground in fear.
* Luz completely {{No Sell}}s the smog {{Enhanced Punch}}es from this mountain of a man that murdered her mother, thanks to her SuperToughness and is radiating [[BattleAura black and red lightning]]. She delivers this PreMortemOneLiner (below is translated into from Spanish to English) before [[HateSink the monster]] meets his end with Luz's FinishingStomp on his head before he has chance to avoid it, [[YourHeadASplode crushing his skull]]. She avenged her mother's demise just like Camila believed she would.
--> '''Luz''': '''''You can run away. You can hide. You can call the authorities all you want. But nothing less than God himself will stop me from finding you and making you pay for your crimes. And in this godless world, that God is me.'''''
* Not long after that, Riley appears and tries to tries to apologise for trying to kill her and explain why she did, [[RejectedApology but Luz is having none it]]. She blames Riley for the carnage that transpire today, including her mother's murder, [[PowerParasite then steals her Quirk]] "[[WhyAmITicking Bomb Touch]]" and proceeds to [[KarmicDeath kill her with it]].
--> '''Riley''': Luz... I... [[{{Understatement}} I know y-you're probably very, very mad at me]]... but you have to understand that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo I w-wasn't given a choice]]...
--> '''Luz''': [[RejectedApology Shut up]]. This is your fault... all of this. Everything that happened today... It was all on '''you'''. So do me a favour, and '''''die'''''.
* Shortly after that, Millie attacks Luz fully-intending on AvengingTheVillain using various spells in her arsenal on the teenager. Luz is able to withstand and counter [[TheRedMage the emperor's coven officer's]] magic with her AbilityMixing Quirks.
*** On a side note, [[HateSink Jacob Hopkins]] gets killed in the crossfire. AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.
* When all her spells fail to put the second All For One user down, the witch, in desperation, tries to punch her in the face... which proves to be even ''less'' effective thanks to Shock Absorption. Luz then gives her a first-hand demonstration of a real punch, enhanced by SuperStrength and SpringCoil, knocking the petite creature off her FlyingBroomstick, breaking [[NasalTrauma her nose]] and ending the tough fight.
** Just as [[AntiHero Luz]] is about to cripple Millie from the waist down, someone rushes in and rescues her with SuperSpeed. Its [[TheGhost Hunter]] the [[TheDragon Golden Guard]] finally making his appearance as a last resort to take down the All For One user!
* Many readers were worried that Hunter fighting Luz would be a CurbStompBattle in the latter's favor followed by a brutal death. Turns out, thanks to Shigaraki, has not one, not two but four different and powerful Quirks in his possession, becoming an EmpoweredBadassNormal in this story. Not only that but thanks to his [[BizarreAlienBiology Grimwalker physiology]] he doesn't to be suffering any ill-effects from having that many Quirks in him, a trait shared only with Gigantomachia, All For One wielders and One For All users. Oh and Luz, they can't be stolen by your PowerParasite Quirk either even if you had empty slots available. And he probably has had a decade of training with his Quirks, too. Have fun.
** According to Shigaraki, he was able to convince the Golden Guard to become TheMole to him in the emperor's coven and could be a future potential ally, and much needed one for Luz, who's running short on allies, and is about to test her mettle. Although considering his judging look, he may fight not only because of JustFollowingOrders but to also avenge the dead innocent bystanders of Luz's fights.
--> '''Hunter''': Very well. Let's make this quick, shall we? ''(Activates Quirks)'' I am the Golden Guard of Emperor Belos. [[BadassBoast And you, All For One, will not be leaving this place]].''

!!Arc 6 - AFO versus The Golden Guard
[[folder:Chapter 22]]
* The chapter starts the fight showing Hunter can right through Luz's forcefield with his AbsurdlySharpSword made of HardLight with one strike. The All For One user notes if that attack it she would've turned into HalfTheManHeUsedToBe.
** The Golden Guard's wings made of light are powerful enough to create enough force to make a shockwave that blasted away all the rubble around them with a light flapping.
** After closing the gap, he slices Luz vertically with his sword like butter, and not only did it do that, but is able to bypass her Pain Nullification. To Luz's credit, she's able to hold back a scream of pain as her HealingFactor kicks in.
* Luz is able to hit her new opponent with a Red EnergyBall, destroying half his body from the waist up. Luz smirks, believing that it was over.... Because, it should've been. So, Luz was really shocked when she watched as his entire upper body reformed out of light particles, clothing and all, acting like he was never injured. To her frustration, she ''feel'' the smirk he had under his helmet.
--> '''The Golden Guard''': You're going to have to try harder than that, ''All For One.''
--> '''Luz''': ''([[OhCrap With eyes widened]])'' ''ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? SHIGARAKI! YOU DIDN'T TELL ME I WAS FIGHTING A KIZARU KNOCK-OFF!!!''
* According to Shigaraki, his [[LightEmUp Lightbringer]] Quirk wasn't that strong when he first gifted it to him a decade ago. He speculates awaken it since then from training with it non-stop.
** Immediately afterwards, Hunter basically '''pimp slaps''' Luz through an entire block of houses with seemingly little effort. It takes all of the girl's willpower to not become BlindedByRage by that.
** When she gets back into the fight, Luz about to be hit by a point-bank light beam from her opponent. Just in time, she raises her [[BarrierWarrior Forcefield Projection]] to block it. The All For One user then fires it at him with a Red EnergyBall. Just as both were going to hit, Hunter splits himself apart into [[ElementalShapeshifter light particles]] to dodge it.
* The Golden Guard decides to engage with his LaserBlade now as Luz puts up forcefield after forcefield. As one was destroyed, another took its place to block his strikes.
--> ''It was clear that, [[UnskilledButStrong unlike Luz]], The [[StrongAndSkilled Golden Guard was trained in combat]]--Shigaraki had assumed as such. The way he followed up each swing one after another without tiring, and the way he seemed to command the fight was unparalleled to her previous opponents who were sloppy at best and unable to fight at worst--[[CombatPragmatist the only reason Luz was able to get those attacks in was because she had caught him off guard]]. Now, he was completely in the zone.''
* Luz tries to activate [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Multiplier]] and [[SpaceMaster Limitless]] for a combo, only for the Golden Guard to [[AnArmAndALeg cut the extra arms off]], round-house kick her into the ground and fire a laser beam for good measure. Luckily, Luz is able to block that last attack with her full-powered forcefield.
* When the teen girl internally rants she has nothing to counter him with, despite having 15 different Quirks, Shigaraki decides to tell her '''he's been holding back the entire time''', something that scares her.
--> '''Shigaraki''': '''''Every blow he delivers is restrained. If he really wanted to kill you, Luz, he would've done so already. I was right, he's only testing you.'''''
** Luz next fires a Blue EnergyBall to suck up Hunter's light particles like a black hole, believing she just found his weakness... only to reveal he has a HealingFactor, too, albeit it still hurts him.
** Hunter tries to pull a WhatTheHellHero on Luz pointing out all the CollateralDamage her fights caused only for the girl to call out his hypocrisy as he contributed to it.
** The 2 clash with their next big attacks. Hunter charges a powerful, explosive [[LightEmUp light beam]], while Luz delivers an EnhancedPunch from the combination of her SuperStrength, SpringCoil and GiantHandsOfDoom Quirks. Both attacks hit at the same time, and the 2 combatants are sent flying in opposite directions. Of the 2, it appears Luz to the most damage but its nothing her Super Regeneration can't fix up.
* When Luz asks Shigaraki for more information on her opponents Quirks, her EvilMentor refuses to divulge beyond the first 2 telling her she needs to FigureItOutYourself.
--> '''Shigaraki''': '''''Because if I did that, then what would be the point? Just because I'm [[EvilMentor your mentor]] does not mean I am obliged to give you all the answers. I can't coddle you. If you are to be a true successor to All For One, you need to [[FigureItOutYourself figure it out on your own]]. Just because you have a [[UnskilledButStrong plethora of abilities does not make up for a lack of problem-solving]]. [[TaughtByExperience I didn't get anywhere in the world without figuring out my problems for myself]].'''''
* Just as Luz is about to go after Hunter, she's hit repeatedly by his RapidFireFisticuffs created out of HardLight that overwhelms her [[SuperToughness Shock Abosrption]] and sending the girl flying into the air.
** Recovering, the second All For One user puts up a [[BarrierWarrior massive forcefield]], before sending out a barrage of Spear Fingers enhanced by Multiplier, only for The Golden Guard to be more than able to dodge them all in flight.
** Desperate, Luz fires 5 red Limitless orbs from the many hands, with only one hitting its mark... That's when Luz smirks, [[BadassFingersnap snaps her fingers]], and transformed the Red into Blue like Sophia had, giving Hunter his first OhCrap moment throughout the whole fight as he almost gets sucked in.
* Having taken a Quirk from a kid earlier in a GodzillaThreshold move, Luz decides to might as well use it. She creates basketball-sized {{Fireballs}} from the Flamethrower power that explode after the Golden Guard cuts them in half. This distracts him enough for Luz to use the same EnhancedPunch earlier to send him into the ground and '''shatter his mask'''. This hints to the girl Hunter was tiring out and she plans to invoke VictoryByEndurance in her HeroicSecondWind.
--> '''Luz''': ''Round Two, Golden Guard. And this time, I'll defeat you.''

[[folder:Chapter 23]]
* The fight between Luz and Hunter continues on. Luz tanks his golden lances and retaliates with a massive, street-wide column of fire that sends him flying back yet again. Yet he's unharmed by the Flamethrower attack, sans ClothingDamage.
* Just as the Golden Guard gets his bearings back, Luz decks him in the face by a massive arm, sending the boy into the asphalt ground, the resulting force making a massive crater, [[PersonOfMassDestruction with the wind pressure blowing away the houses and buildings surrounding them.]]
* Being pressured, The Golden Guard to switch gears and uses another Quirk: [[SizeShifter Selective-Gigantism]]. It causes his right arm swelled up the size of a house uses to swat the All For One wielder away. He notes its something he typically uses against bigger enemies and it too is an Awakened Quirk.
** Hunter's loyalties are revealed to be not with Emperor Belos or Shigaraki (seeing them ''both'' as the horrible people they really are) but to the citizens of his homeland. He plans on moulding Luz to be the liberator of The Boiling Isles. He also notes he won't and ''can't'' kill her.
** Just as the Golden Guard is about to pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere back to the Demon Realm, Luz grabs him and drags across the asphalt... VineTentacles? She's got Julia's Quirk back!
* Taking advantage of Luz's HeroicRROD, Hunter uses his GiantHandsOfDoom to punch her into the ground. The shockwave of the attack travelled for miles, tearing up more buildings and houses, and leaving a massive crater in its wake. Despite this Luz still walks it off.
* Just as it looks like Luz has finally met her match to the Golden Guard, unable to continue fighting and hit a DespairEventHorizon... Her body becomes enveloped by red lightning, her last of her brown hair turns completely white as it stands on ends and her Mental Landscape changes dramatically. [[EvilIsHammy Shigaraki]] laughs in pure joy as Luz was able achieve something in a month that he was never able to do in his century-long life: '''Luz has Awakened the All For One Quirk!'''
--> '''Shigaraki''': ''Out of all of my years of living, I have never seen this happen! I never even thought it was possible! It happened! It finally happened!! ALL FOR ONE HAS FINALLY AWAKENED!!!!''
* Free from pain as she gains a HeroicSecondWind, Luz turns the tables on Hunter and slams her fist into his chest with her enhanced SuperStrength, shattering his armour and sending him flying up and out of the building from the same hole that Luz had earlier been through.
** Going after him, she activates [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Multiplier]] sprouting 25 arms from her back. Only now they're the size and width of buses, [[ShadowOfImpendingDoom eclipsing the portion of the sky that Luz took up, covering the street below in shadow.]]
* The Golden Guard prepares lances of light to throw at Luz, only to stop and notice she wasn't done. Five of the arms were charging up massive columns of [[TechnicolorFire blue fire]], another set of five had a mix of Blue and Red {{Energy Ball}}s, another set of five arms were turning their [[WolverineClaws fingers sharp with actual blades and can bend]], another set of five were creating massive amounts of [[GreenThumb Vines]] and the final set of five created five human-sized [[DeadlyForceField forcefields.]] TheresNoKillLikeOverkill is there, Luz.
--> '''Luz: CHAOS VOLLEY!'''
* Luz fires all of the attacks at once. Vines and Spear Fingers the size of trees came down on The Golden Guard, who created a [[LaserBlade light sword]], cutting through as many of them as he could. Flamethrower's flames came down upon him as he ducked and weaved with his {{Flight}}, the columns chasing after him as if they were heat-seeking, juggling keeping the vines and fingers away as he spun in circles, able to avoid it all.
* And then came the [[SpaceMaster Red and Blue Limitless]]. As they got closer to their target, they fuse into 2 and become [[DisintegratorRay Purples]], (as in '''[[Characters/JujutsuKaisenSatoruGojo Hollow Purple]]''') both of which flew even faster than before. As the Purple Orbs came into contact with his body, and as it basically erased it, it didn't explode on contact as the others. Instead, they keep on going, hit the ground, and drilled holes, causing asphalt, corpses, trees, grass, and anything in a 5-meter radius around the Purples to be sucked in, before finally evaporating once they had gotten to the center of Gravesfield.
--> '''Shigaraki''': ''And it not just All For One, but as a result, '''every Quirk stored within from now until forever has been Awakened!''' This is the very thing I wanted, but could never do! It is all thanks to you, Luz Noceda!''
* Just when looks like Luz has claimed victory... Hunter stabs her InTheBack with his light sword and cuts her in half. Nothing her enhanced HealingFactor can't fix though, not even leaving scars now. He explains he used the combination of 2 speed Quirks to dodge, leaving an afterimage.
--> '''Luz''': How... [[DisintegratorRay Purple is a combination of both Blue and Red]]. [[WhyWontYouDie You should be dead!]]
--> '''Hunter''': ''(Smirks)'' I have four Quirks. [[LightEmUp Lightbringer]], [[HealingFactor Regeneration]], [[SizeShifter Selective-Gigantism]], [[WhamLine and my favourite of them all, Overclock]]. [[SuperSpeed That last one is what saved me.]]
** That's right, you heard right, ''that [[Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes Overclock]].''
* Not long afterwards, he cuts Luz up several hundred times before she can react, the force of which blows her back. He then follows up with his GiantHandsOfDoom punch before the girl has a chance to bring up her forcefield sending her flying into a police station, causing it to collapse on top of her. Despite the power boost, Hunter is NOT going down easy.
** Just as he's about to hit her with another EnhancedPunch, this time she successfully brings up her buffed Forcefield Projection. The blow leaves the barrier undamaged, much to the boy's surprise, even after the impact creates a shockwave destroying several buildings, driving a smirking Luz deep into the floor.
* Luz fires several exploding forcefields at the Golden Guard, which he dodges with a FlashStep trying to pull a NoIAmBehindYou on the second user of All For One. Unluckily, for him Luz anticipated this and ensnares him with her VineTentacles from the ground underneath.
--> '''Luz''': You're so predictable. [[TookALevelInBadass I awakened all of my Quirks. Meaning they've all gotten stronger.]] Now I'm at least somewhat on par with you!
* Hunter, now getting tired from using Overclock, desperate from how much more dangerous his opponent has become and only has 10 minutes to finish the fight before his portal closes, decides to pull a GodzillaThreshold. He flies high above town, with Luz chasing after him, and sucks in a massive gulp of air. He activates his Selective-Gigantism '''enlarged his entire body.''' He became so large, that people from across the state could see him!
** Using 10 seconds he had in this form and using it conjunction with his SuperSpeed, Hunter throws a punch so fast that it was a blur and Luz can't dodge it, shattering all 80 of her massive barriers.
--> ''The resulting blast could've been felt from the nearest city all the way to the edges of New York. It physically shook the southern part of The United States of America and left destruction for hundreds of thousands of kilometres.''
* As Hunter returns to the Boiling Isles, the Grimwalker believes he had just killed Luz with his FinishingMove, he suddenly vomits black ooze from which Luz crawls out of the small puddle of goo. Her "Warping" Quirk has been boosted too, allowing her to escape the attack just in time. She then punches him in face, chews him out for his role in her hometown's destruction and heads off to explore this new world.
* It took Luz up to twenty-three whole chapters (and the author over a year), but she ''finally'' makes it to the Demon Realm.
--> '''Shigaraki''': '''''Luz... you did it. You made it to where you need to be. Welcome... To The Boiling Isles.'''''

!Season 3 - The Boiling Isles Saga
!!'''Part 1: Arc 7 - A Late Start To A Wacky World'''
[[folder:Chapter 24]]
* A villainous example in . According to records, Emperor Belos ([[UnreliableNarrator supposedly]]) ended the 10-year war against All For One with his [[OneWingedAngel sludge monster form]], driving him back to his dimension with no means to come back. He also likely used this event to increase his VillainWithGoodPublicity status making the populous worship him even more.
* Another bad guy example but for Shigaraki instead. With his experiments on the witch population, he successfully replicated '''One For All!''' He did it by giving replica powers that made it in the first place ([[SuperEmpowering Quirk Bestowal]] and [[StrongerWithAge Stockpile]]) to two witch parents and letting them procreate with the child inheriting them. Who's the child is question? '''Amity Blight!''' She may not have her abomination magic like in the show as a result but she more than makes up for it by being a LightningBruiser.
** An understated example, but the experience with All For One gave Odalia a JerkassRealization and TookALevelInKindness, giving Amity the mother she wanted and needed in the show.

[[folder:Chapter 25]]
* Luz Noceda becomes Toshiko Shigaraki: The Clever Child of Death.
* When Toshiko mortally wounds Gilbert Park in front of Willow in an act of self-defence, she uses her new HealingHands aspect of her "Super Regeneration" to save his life. To Eda this is proof she's better person than the other Shigaraki that terrorised the Isles.
* The Owl Lady remembers when All For One invaded the Boiling Isles and it took a GodzillaThreshold of teaming up with Emperor Belos and Lilith to drive him back to the Mutant Realm, where he came from, and win the war for the Isles. Even so, it involved Emperor Belos's sludge monster form and Lilith getting maimed in the process to accomplish this feat.
* For her contributions in the war effort, Eda is a recognised war hero despite her covenless status and Emperor Belos pardoned her for crimes as a thank you (most likely done out of PragmaticVillainy), now she is (mostly) left alone by the authorities, as gratitude.
** Eda implies that the sight of Toshiko won't go well with King. But she's not worried about his safety, she's worried about ''Toshiko's''. AdaptationalBadass is hinted that King has the power to match his ego to take on the young All For One user.

[[folder:Chapter 26]]
* Led by Gus, Amity discovers an entire UndergroundCity directly underneath Bonesborough full of {{Mushroom House}}s and glow-shrooms in the place of street lights via SecretUndergroundPassage to get away from the FantasticCasteSystem. It has its own facilities like its own school, library, museum and even a colosseum the size of Hexside School of Magic and Demonics at its centre. Apparently it was started being built after the Ten-Year War ended, as a passion project for All For One's ideals. And who spearheaded this undertaking? Gus's dad, Perry Porter!
--> '''Gus''': Welcome to The Underdark. A town that The Emperor doesn't know about. A safe haven for those who had rejected society and cast aside the law. It's been a passion project of my fathers ever since the end of the Ten-Year War following The Principals of The Interloper. Strength Above Status, Ideals Above Rules, and Emotions Above Morals.
* Keep in mind, an entire functional city for social outcasts was being built for 14 years without being discovered by Emperor Belos or his elite coven. This is a massive step up from being a mere news reporter bit-character from the show.
* When Gus explains to his father who Amity is, he goes from suspicious to overjoyed: seeing the girl and her family as a potential ally to overthrow Emperor Belos! Hearing someone going by the name Shigaraki in the area, it seems Toshiko will get some much needed comrades to take down the Wittebanes once and for all. And they didn't even need to hear about the Day of Unity either.
--> '''Perry''': The time has come. The revolution will soon begin. For the sake of our glorious leader, we will prevail.
* As Amity prepares herself for the DeadlyGame, it appears UnderestimatingBadassery is in full effect here and the One For All user plans to take full advantage to win.

[[folder:Chapter 27]]
* Toshiko is confronted by King who is ''not'' the little guy as he is in the show. He's become so big and intimidating that the normally stoic Toshiko is doing all she can to not show fear in the presence of the Titan. This King looks like he throw down with the All For One wielder, as he possesses magical abilities.
* With her appearance resembling All For One's, King tells Toshiko to beat it before he takes his anger out on her. Instead of running away, the girl smirks wanting to test her powers on the monster. She makes a deal with him: If he can beat her unconscious within a full minute she'll leave. But, if can't she'll fight back and he has to take her to his home. The King of Demons accepts the challenge.
--> '''Toshiko''': How about this, I'll give you a full minute to beat me into submission. If you can render me unconscious, once I wake up, I'll leave. But, if you fail to do so, I get to retaliate against you, and then, you'll take me to your home. Sound fair?
--> '''King''': [[BadassBoast I won't even need a minute.]]
* The battle begins with King smacking Toshiko high into the sky within a blink of an eye, before she can re-orientate herself the young Titan catches up to her InASingleBound much to her surprise and smacks her again with his giant paw. This causes his claws to dig through her clothes and into her stomach, leaving three jagged claw marks through her lower torso. But she regenerates from it.
** After that, the great beast rains down hammer-fists onto her into the ground before he gathers fire around his mouth, and shoots a massive beam of heat down onto Toshiko. Its described as looking like a plasma blast, and the intense heat had burned away her clothing, and leaves 3rd degree burns all over her body. But she regenerates from it.
** But King Clawthorne ain't done yet. He summons several icicle spears and Toshiko's becomes ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and proceeds to hammer her down onto them further with his giant fists. After that, the ice spikes explode into a great shockwave of Lighting Magic. [[RuleOfThree But she regenerates from it.]]
** The monster then pulls the teen out of the ground, before throwing her so hard the force breaks the sound-barrier as she's sent through tree after tree, and rock after rock, while upturning the ground before coming to a stop. [[RunningGag But she regenerates from it.]]
* Seeing she's since not done, the Titan uses Plant Magic to hold her in place for him to punch her so hard it leaves her a TorsoWithAView for all to see. [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction This still doesn't take her out of the fight.]]
--> '''King''': Die...!
--> '''Toshiko''': [[DeadpanSnarker Try harder, and maybe I'll consider it.]]
* As King pulls out his fist, Toshiko is almost GuttedLikeAFish and proceeds to use the tree roots to draw and quarter her. [[OverlyLongGag But she regenerates from it.]]
** After 10 seconds of rag-dolling the girl but not defeating her, he chooses to WipeTheFloorWithYou for a full mile, tearing up the ground as he did so. To follow up, he throws her up into the air again and charges up some Light Magic. But unlike the show it has offensive capabilities, turning them into laser beams that fill the All For One user full of holes.
* To capitalize on that, King gives his signiture SuperScream but this attack is so powerful that the soundwaves [[FlayedAlive peel off her skin]] and shatter her bones, bypassing her SuperToughness. However, underneath his annoyance, Toshiko picks up on the excitement in the eyes the fellow BloodKnight.
--> '''Toshiko''': ''[[NotSoDifferentRemark So, it's just like me]]. [[UnskilledButStrong Too strong to practice its powers]], [[WorthyOpponent but now found someone of its equal to do so]]. [[BloodKnight Interesting]]...''
* Running out of time, King decides to screw making a spectacle and decides to just give the white-haired teen and good old-fashioned NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. When he finally finishes, the Last Son of the Titan is exhausted both physically and magically in that full minute having never had to go that all out before, hoping she was done but...
** ...Nope! Toshiko comes OutOfTheInferno of hot blue fire she summoned while brushing herself of dust no worse for wear with a smirk on her face, much to the the young Titan's shock.
--> '''Toshiko''': [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Times up, wolfy. My turn]].
* The All For One wielder easily closes the gap between them and slaps into the beast's right in his face with her SuperStrength causing a great shockwave that so powerful it knocked down hundreds of trees behind it but the Titan still stands. Then, she follows up a with a column of [[TechnicolorFire blue fire]] that ends the brutal fight.
--> ''It was as wide as the base of half of a hill, and it scorched the ground, tearing up the earth and dug several feet deep in the process. The flames had been localized toward its head, before it blasted out further in a cone shape. After that, it was shoved to the ground, as another cone of fire erupted upward, blasting up into the sky like a beacon.''
* As soon as Eda notices the massive column of blue fire near the Owl House, the wild witch races towards it as fast she can freaking out about her family's safety from the child that she believes is related to All For One. She even considered going GodzillaThreshold and letting the Owl Beast out just so that she could get there faster, despite haven't controlled it yet.
** On a side note, Eda has been learning how to control the beast's form instead of just using potions to supress it. When she starts to lose it, King with his superior muscle power is tasked to restrain her until she's no longer a threat.
** When Eda arrives at the scene, she finds the two no worse for wear from the blast, even laughing about their brawl. DefeatEqualsFriendship almost Dragon Ball Z style as one sees the other as a WorthyOpponent and potential sparring partner.
* In the Vestige Realm, Rikitatsu is aware that his SuperiorSuccessor has made contact with Eda and King Clawthorne and is surprised as last recalled leaving the Owl Lady for dead, as then weaker Titan BlindedByRage. It seems the Owl lady has her own HealingFactor that saved her life, even if the villain notes its fickle and inconsistent.
** At the end of the chapter is a massive twist, it turns out the vestiges of the stolen Quirks in Luz's MentalWorld ''can'' gain sentience if they give their allegiance to her... [[WhamLine Right, Julia?]]

[[folder:Chapter 28]]
* Amity's fight in the tournament is against a four-time champion Bear Demon with black flaming fists that fights like a berserker and WouldHurtAChild. Its still a CurbStompBattle in the One For All user's favor with just her SuperStrength and SuperSpeed and wins her first round.
* The tournament's host is none other than Raine Whispers, who was thought to have died in the war 14 years ago. Turns out they faked their death and had been hiding out in the Underdark plotting Emperor Belos's downfall with being none the wiser.
* Yoichi ''is'' building a connection to Amity, being the original One For All user and plans to become the mentor the girl desperately needs right now and inform his peers of the situation.
* Perry Porter is proving to be quite TheChessmaster and very involved in this story. He's figured out that Amity has One For All and planted several spies (Darius in the Coven Heads, Hunter right beside Emperor Belos and his son at Hexside). He is also re-creating Nomu behind the scenes with Skara's dad and plans to reach out to Toshiko. Just goes to show how much of an impact All For One made on the man.

[[folder:Arc 8 - Truth, Lies, and The Inbetween]]
* In chapter 29, its revealed All For One killed [[HateSink his own father]] with a NeckSnap when he discovered the man sexually abused his mother and abandoned him and his brother to fend for themselves on the streets. You can't help but root for the villain here as the man was a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain.
** To combat the new SuperRegistrationAct, All For One had criminal organizations like the {{Yakuza}}, and even the then-new Meta Liberation Army (likely having met up with Destro himself) as his followers to overthrow the government that's oppressing their kind. You can get a lot of Magneto vibes from this plotting.
** During the war, Eda's HealingFactor, courtesy of the Owl Beast, is what allowed her to survive a mortal wound from [[NoNonsenseNemesis All For One]] along with an illusion and by PlayingPossum. It maybe possible in future for her to learn to have both her magic AND her owl forms in this story.
** Toshiko also asks if she and King could be sparring partners to subvert their UnskilledButStrong status. Eda even considers training with them to gain more control of her Owl Beast form and have the best of both worlds.

!!'''Part 2:'''

!Old Version
[[folder:Season 1]]
* A minor one in Chapter 4, Stanley Richardson shows NervesOfSteel being one of the first of the kidnapped kids to calmly question the AntagonisticGovernor that orchestrated the whole thing, while everyone else was afraid to say anything at all.
* Chapter 7 once again demonstrates Luz is not a case of GoodIsDumb by realising The Governor doesn't plan to give any money away to the winner. The moment they finish this DeadlyGame, he's either going to forcibly recruit them into the military as {{Super Soldier}}s or pull a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on them. Luz is one smart cookie right now to figure this out before any of the other kids did.
** In the climax of the chapter, Luz gets her first Quirk from Julia, who views her new friend as a MessianicArchetype and looks like to become the first devoted cult member.
--> ''And with the way the moonlight had shone on her like she was some sort of deity, Luz became something more to her than a friend. She became her saviour.''
* At the end of Chapter 9, Luz is attacked by Cody, whose Quirk is PlayingWithFire. As the rest of the team scatter away from his flamethrower attack, Stanley [[TakingTheBullet pushes one of his comrades who couldn't get away from the flames and takes the full blast]]... only to NoSell it being no worse for wear due to his SuperToughness. He then proceeds to laugh, start KnuckleCracking and give a wordless BringIt look, which encourages his teammates that they could take on their attacker working together.
* In chapter 10, it's Luz's team vs. Cody, A five-on-one fight. The {{Pyromaniac}} is proven to be too overconfident in his abilities with Luz co-ordinating her newly formed team. The battle ends with [[TheBigGuy Stanley]] smashing the aggressor's head repeatedly into a tree, knocking him out cold, and Luz {{DePower}}ing him with her PowerParasite Quirk, giving herself a PowerUp.
* At the beginning of Chapter 11, [[EvilFormerFriend Kennedy]] approaches [[LovableJock Stanley]] at night and attempts to invoke ThePromise they made to watch each others' backs by getting him to betray Luz for a cut of the huge prize money. Stanley all but tells him to piss off, invokes ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules, pimp slaps the SmugSnake into a tree after he [[ShootingSuperman tries to punch him]] and is prepared to fight the other enemies he noticed hiding in the darkness to [[BigBrotherInstinct protect his leader]]. If he wasn't sent to the Death Camp, he could have potentially been one of his world's first superheroes.
--> '''Stanley''': C'mon, Ken. [[ShootingSuperman You should've known that wouldn't have worked]]. [[SarcasmMode Besides, I thought we were]] [[SarcasmMode ''friends'']].
** After Luz sends her remaining teammates away to safety and waits nearly two whole days with no food, water, and very little sleep for the perpetrators to come back, they arrive expecting an easy kill. The second All For One user quickly proves them wrong by bringing down the large boy [[SmugSnake Kennedy]] just ordered to murder her first by using her new VibrationManipulation Quirk to make his heart '''explode'''. After absorbing his SuperStrength Quirk, she gains Shigaraki's [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and gives a PsychoticSmirk to the now terrified teenage killers who are having a DeerInTheHeadlights reaction.
--> ''And with a foreboding tone of voice, she uttered the four words that would make [[MassOhCrap everyone in the immediate area shiver in fear]] and [[FromBadToWorse would cause everything to go downhill from there]], and make the date of July 2nd, 2018, to go down in history as [[MookHorrorShow The Massacre of Fools]].''
--> '''Luz''': ''(SlasherSmile)'' '''Now... it's ''my'' turn.'''

* At the beginning of the chapter, [[EvilFormerFriend Kennedy]] approaches [[LovableJock Stanley]] at night and attempts to invoke ThePromise they made to watch each others' backs by getting him to betray Luz for a cut of the huge prize money. Stanley all but tells him to piss off, invokes ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules, pimp slaps the SmugSnake into a tree after he [[ShootingSuperman tries to punch him]] and is prepared to fight the other enemies he noticed hiding in the darkness to [[BigBrotherInstinct protect his leader]]. If he wasn't sent to the Death Camp, he could have potentially been one of his world's first superheroes.
--> '''Stanley''': C'mon, Ken. [[ShootingSuperman You should've known that wouldn't have worked]]. [[SarcasmMode Besides, I thought we were]] [[SarcasmMode ''friends'']].

* After Luz sends her remaining teammates away to safety and waits nearly two whole days with no food, water, and very little sleep for the perpetrators to come back, they arrive expecting an easy kill. The second All For One user quickly proves them wrong by bringing down the large boy [[SmugSnake Kennedy]] just ordered to murder her first by using her new VibrationManipulation Quirk to make his heart '''explode'''. After absorbing his SuperStrength Quirk, she gains Shigaraki's [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and gives a PsychoticSmirk to the now terrified teenage killers who are having a DeerInTheHeadlights reaction.
--> ''And with a foreboding tone of voice, she uttered the four words that would make [[MassOhCrap everyone in the immediate area shiver in fear]] and [[FromBadToWorse would cause everything to go downhill from there]], and make the date of July 2nd, 2018, to go down in history as [[MookHorrorShow The Massacre of Fools]].''
--> '''Luz''': ''(SlasherSmile)'' '''Now... it's ''my'' turn.'''

** When Shigaraki tells Luz that their power makes them gods among men, [[NotSoInvincibleAfterAll Luz points that he still died even with his power]], which gets under his skin.

* Its Luz vs. Cody. Luz wins even after being badly burnt by stealing his Pyrokinesis Quirk and burning him to ashes with it, a fitting KarmicDeath.

* In each fight, where Luz emerges victorious and adds another Quirk to her growing arsenal, is worthy of praising the young girl on her road to becoming one of the strongest beings in TheMultiverse. Especially when her opponent in question is an AssholeVictim.

* Stanley demonstrates his Quirk, Shock Absorption, by getting Ronny to hit him as hard as he can with his SuperStrength. The punch blows all the leaves off the near by trees but he comes out of it, no worse the wear, to the awe of his team mates.

* In this chapter, Luz first meets Shigaraki in her MentalWorld, she can immediately tell this guy is an ObviouslyEvil {{Supervillain}} and she should take what he says with a grain of salt. Despite initially getting excited when he appeals to her desire to be TheChosenOne, finding out she has a PowerParasite Quirk Luz says what an awful thing it is to others. When he tries to plant the belief that Quirks have AddictiveMagic behind them, the young teen calls him out on being a ManipulativeBastard and lets him she's not gonna do things his way and become a bad guy. She may be a CloudCuckooLander, but Luz is GenreSavvy enough to know that All For One isn't trustworthy and the EnemyWithin will have to be a bit more subtle in his manipulations to have any chance of winning Luz over.
** When All For One claims to Luz that their power makes them gods among men, [[NotSoInvincibleAfterAll the girl points that he still died even with his power]], getting under the villain's skin.
* One for Eda Clawthorne. Its also heavily implied the Titan's Blood Shigaraki got his hands on came from King after he got a hold of him when the 2 ended up in the "The Mutant Realm". Eda went full MamaBear mode and was able to sneak into the {{Big Bad}}'s SupervillainLair, grab the young Titan and escape back their home dimension without getting caught. Its possible Eda and fought her way through to rescue her surrogate son to pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere for the both of them. [[HandicappedBadass And that's factoring her being hindered by her Curse]]!

* On the way to the Wittebane Mega Church, Luz is confronted by another squadron of 8 cops holding her at gun-point. The unimpressed All For One user, warns them that the last group of cops that tried this didn't work out for them.

* The Golden Guard prepares lances of light to throw at Luz, only to stop and notice she wasn't done. 5 of the arms were charging up massive columns of [[TechnicolorFire blue fire]], another set of 5 had a mix of Blue and Red {{Energy Ball}}s, another set of 5 arms were turning their [[WolverineClaws fingers sharp with actual blades and can bend]], another set of 5 were creating massive amounts of [[GreenThumb Vines]] and the final set of 5 created 5 human-sized [[DeadlyForceField forcefields.]] TheresNoKillLikeOverkill is there, Luz.

* The opening of the chapter 14 that former Governor Rodger Maxwell has been sentenced to life in prison for his many crimes, without the possibility of parole. While many readers were hoping that Luz would kill him too, its good to know that the governor wasn't able to pull a KarmaHoudini on his many crimes and won't see the light of day. The justice system, has prevailed.

* In the climax of the chapter, Luz gets her first Quirk taking her first step, in All For One's words, "on the road to becoming the strongest human being this world would ever know" from her ne friend Julia at her request.

** At the end of the chapter is a massive twist, it turns out the vestiges ''can'' gain sentience if they give their allegiance to Luz... [[WhamLine Right, Julia?]]

* In chapter 10, it's Luz's team vs. Cody, A five-on-one fight. The {{Pyromaniac}} is proven to be too overconfident in his abilities with Luz co-ordinating her newly formed team. The battle ends with [[HeroicBuild Stanley]] smashing the aggressor's head repeatedly into a tree, knocking him out cold, and Luz {{DePower}}ing him with her PowerParasite Quirk, giving herself a PowerUp.

* Perry Porter is proving to be quite TheChessmaster and very involved in this story. He's figured out that Amity has One For All and planted several spies (Darius in the Coven Heads, Hunter right beside Emperor Belos and his son at Hexside). He also is re-creating Nomu behind the scenes with Skara's dad and plans to reach out to Toshiko. Just goes to show how much of an impact All For One made on the man.

** To combat the new SuperRegistrationAct, All For One had criminal organizations like the {{Yakuza}}, and even the then-new Meta Liberation Army (likely having met Destro himself) as his followers to overthrow the government that's oppressing their kind. You can get a lot of Magneto vibes from this plotting.

* In chapter 29, its revealed All For One killed [[HateSink his own father]] with a NeckSnap when he discovered the man sexually abused his mother and abandoned him and his brother to fend for themselves on the streets. You can't help but root for the villain here.

* Its Luz vs. Cody. Luz wins even after being burned by stealing his Quirk and burning him to ashes with it.

* The beginning of chapter 16, is darkly villainous one for All For One and his Evil Plan involving Luz. You'd think his death at All Might's hands would've caused him to have a HeelRealization or decide to become a RetiredMonster and act as a SpiritAdvisor for his Quirk's successor. Hell no. [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist He merely views his situation of being dead and trapped in a child's mind as a temporary inconvenience]].

* In chapter 10, it's Luz's team vs. Cody, A five-on-one fight. The {{Pyromaniac}} is proven to be too overconfident in his abilities with Luz co-ordinating her newly formed team. The battle ends with [[HeroicBuild Stanley]] smashing the aggressor's head repeatedly into a tree, knocking him out cold, and Luz {{DePower}}ing him with her PowerParasite Quirk, giving herself a PowerUp.

* The Owl Lady remembers when All For One invaded the Boiling Isles and it took a GodzillaThreshold of teaming up with Emperor Belos and Lilith to drive him back to the Mutant Realm, where he came from, and win the war for the Isles. Even so, it involved Belos's sludge monster form and Lilith getting maimed in the process to accomplish this feat.

* A minor one in Chapter 4, Stanley Richardson shows NervesOfSteel being one of the first of the kidnapped kids to calmly question the AntagonisticGovernor that orchestrated the whole thing, while everyone else was afraid to say anything at all.

** When All For One claims to Luz that their power makes them gods among men, the girl points that he still died even with his power, getting under the villain's skin.

* Pastor Domenico reveals to Camila that he's gathering evidence against Tyler Wittebane in his role in the children's kidnapping.

* This chapter once again demonstrates Luz is not a case of GoodIsDumb by realising The Governor doesn't plan to give any money away to the winner. The moment they finish this DeadlyGame, he's either going to forcibly recruit them into the military as {{Super Soldier}}s or pull a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on them. Luz is one smart cookie right now to figure this out before any of the other kids did.
* In the climax of the chapter, Luz gets her first Quirk taking her first step, in All For One's words, "on the road to becoming the strongest human being this world would ever know". Julia views her new friend as a MessianicArchetype and looks like to become the first devoted cult member.
--> ''And with the way the moonlight had shone on her like she was some sort of deity, Luz became something more to her than a friend. She became her saviour.''

** The way All for One can read people truly speaks to his vast experience and intelligence going full PsychoPsychologist on Luz, especially with the fact that he was so easily able to read into Camila's thought process with such huge accuracy, despite having never met the woman.

* At the end of the chapter, Luz is attacked by Cody, whose Quirk is PlayingWithFire. As the rest of the team scatter away from his flamethrower attack, Stanley [[TakingTheBullet pushes one of his comrades who couldn't get away from the flames and takes the full blast]]... only to NoSell it being no worse for wear due to his SuperToughness. He then proceeds to laugh, start KnuckleCracking and give a wordless BringIt look, which encourages his teammates that they could take on their attacker working together.