Skeptic

Biographical information

KANJI NAME 近ちか属ぞく友とも保やす RŌMAJI NAME Chikazoku Tomoyasu ALIAS Skeptic (スケプティック Sukeputikku?) Mr. Skeptic

Personal description

GENDER Male Male HAIR COLOR Black EYE COLOR Gray QUIRK Anthropomorph

Occupation

OCCUPATION Villain Paranormal Liberation Front Lieutenant (Co-commander of the Carmine Regiment) Board member (Formerly) AFFILIATION Meta Liberation Army (Formerly) Paranormal Liberation Front Feel Good, Inc. (Formerly) TEAM(S) Carmine Regiment

Role

Tomoyasu Chikazoku (近ちか属ぞく友とも保やす, Chikazoku Tomoyasu?), also known by the code name Skeptic (スケプティック, Sukeputikku?), was a board member at Feel Good, Inc. who was secretly a leading member of the modern Meta Liberation Army. He later became one of the nine lieutenants of the Paranormal Liberation Front, an organization formed from the remnants of the League and the Meta Liberation Army.[1] He is one of the main antagonists of the Meta Liberation Army Arc and a minor antagonist in the Paranormal Liberation War Arc and Final War Arc. He was eventually arrested following his capture during the Final War.

Appearance

Tomoyasu is a tall and lanky man with shiny black hair that reaches his waist, worn down with a neat fringe hanging over his eyes which are shown to be wide with small gray irises. He has a visibly long nose and a wide mouth with notably straight teeth. He wears a long-sleeved black turtleneck shirt with a black formal jacket on top of that and dark pants. During the Final War, Tomoyasu wears a set of black pants, a formal jacket with white stripes, and a light-colored turtleneck underneath it.

Personality

Tomoyasu is a steadfast believer in the ideology of the Meta Liberation Army: that human beings have a right to use their Quirks whenever and however they want. He treats people who "cling to the teachings of the past generations" as unnecessary in the new world where everyone is liberated to use their Meta Abilities as their own, without Heroes or Villains. He is very loyal to the army's Grand Commander, Re-Destro, even after the Army merged with the League of Villains and became the Paranormal Liberation Front, he still cared for and abided by his former master's wishes. Tomoyasu annoyed at Giran Tomoyasu talking down to Giran. In the company of others, aside from his commander, Tomoyasu generally acts in a stern and condescending manner. He becomes extremely irritated when people can't figure things out immediately from minimal details and without an explanation. He doesn't seem to realize that this is an unreasonable expectation. An example of his attitude is when he chastised Giran for not asking him a full question, asking him if he's like a parrot who repeats what other people say. Despite this, Tomoyasu does display some sense of camaraderie, wanting to kill Himiko Toga for killing his fellow Top Commander, Curious. Despite his disliking for Dabi's "daddy issues", he still informed him of Endeavor's whereabouts, knowing how much he wanted to know where he is. He also doesn't mind aiding other villains in their causes, as long as it furthers his own agenda. When he helped All For One, telling him that so long as he can do what he wants, so will he, spreading the ideology of liberation in the new world that is to come after the Demon Lord reigns. In battle, Tomoyasu is a ruthless and calculating opponent. He is not above resorting to psychological warfare, having sent duplicates of Twice after the real thing, knowing full well that Twice was traumatized by clones of himself. He calmly ordered his puppets to break Twice's arms to stop him from resisting.

Personality 2

reacted to Himiko's reawakening with only the minor irritation that he would have to adjust his puppets' strength in order to kill her. He appears to view his puppets as little more than fodder, even using them as chairs and to hold up his laptop while he commands the rest from a secure vantage point. He is very condescending towards his enemies, for example when he belittled the other board members of the Feel Good Inc. after they didn't prepare enough precautions to prevent him from hacking into their systems, as they knew he built them from scratch. Tomoyasu denies having failed Tomoyasu losing composure after his plan failed. He later shows a more maniacal side to his personality when faced with the possibility of failure, which he seems to fear greatly. His eyes pop out and develop crazed swirls and he becomes unhinged and unstable, mumbling and muttering obsessively to himself that he didn't fail. As seen when he initially failed to capture Twice and kill Himiko, he immediately became obsessed with not failing and denying that he did, assuring himself and his superior that everything was within his prediction, and later acted recklessly by entering into the front lines of combat himself in order not to fail, despite knowing that he was completely abandoning the strategic advantage afforded to him by his Quirk to be able to combat someone in a safe location.

Abilites

Company Board Member: As a former member of Feel Good, Inc's board of directors, Tomoyasu has had considerable influence over its operations, as seen when he was able to use his company's influence to completely hide and remove any trace of the League of Villains and the Meta Liberation Army's involvement in the destruction in Deika City. He also managed to create believable stories to hide the true cause of Curious' death and Re-Destro's injuries, and prevent the authorities and heroes from suspecting a thing. He was made redundant after his involvement with the Villains was made public, but nevertheless managed to regain the influence over the company against their will. Tomoyasu is editing the footage of the battle Skeptic editing video footage. Audio-Video Editing: Tomoyasu is highly skilled in video editing. In the short amount of time it took to reach the battlefield where Tomura was fighting the Heroes from the Paranormal Liberation Front base while riding on Gigantomachia's back, he was able to perfectly cut together an incriminating video of Hawks killing Twice.[2] Hacking Skill: Tomoyasu managed to not only build the entire network of his former company, but also he regained his authority and access to all their devices after they sacked him. He also managed to break into the U.A. systems, with multiple errors appearing before the staff and one of the bunkers moving against their will.[3] In the end, he took over both the U.A. flying fortress and the evacuation shafts, making the already worn-down U.A. start to plummet into the ground.[4] However, his skills are surpassed by those of La Brava's, as she's broken into his servers twice.[5]

Ablities 2

Leadership Skill: Tomoyasu was one of the Top Commanders of the new Meta Liberation Army, a military force that consisted of over 100,000 members. After the Army disbanded and he became a Lieutenant of the Paranormal Front, he managed to regroup with other advisers and warriors scattered around the country, unifying them using Re-Destro's ideals to achieve their goal.[6] Tactical Skill: Tomoyasu was able to think of valuable ways to use Twice's Quirk, Double. An example is the ability to create clones of the Supreme Commander as a way to ensure he could continue to lead the Army, even if something happened to him. He also exploited Twice's past psychological trauma to reduce the latter's resistance by deploying puppets in Twice's likeness to retrieve him for the Army.

Quirk

Ability Anthropomorph (人形ヒトガタ, Hitogata?): Tomoyasu's Meta Ability allows him to take a human-sized object, such as a desk or refrigerator, and turn it into an extremely lifelike lookalike of any given person which he can control like a puppet. He can use several puppets at a time, and also has the ability to make more than one of the same person at a time. Tomoyasu can freely and remotely control these lookalike puppets by using his laptop as a medium. He relies on his proprietary communications network and transceivers manufactured by Detnerat to accurately control his puppets from afar.

Stats

Power 1/6 E Speed 1/6 E Technique 4/6 B Wits 4/6 B Manipulation 4/6 B

Equipment

Laptop Computer: Tomoyasu uses his laptop to monitor situations and control the puppets he creates with his Quirk. He also uses it to splice and edit footage to create videos that can also be broadcasted countrywide.

Trumpet relationship

Trumpet Tomoyasu doesn't show any close relationship with Koku, however, they are shown to be on good terms with each other, as both of them are true believers of the Meta Liberation Army ideology. After the formation of the Paranormal Liberation Front, Trumpet calms Skeptic down, telling him that it's Re-Destro's own will to submit to Tomura and they should accept that.[4]

Slidin’ go relationship

When Slidin' Go berates Hawks that he's a member of higher value to the Front, Tomoyasu immediately puts him back to his place, telling him that as the Number Two Hero, Hawks is a much more reliable source of intel, while Slidin' Go is just a normal Pro Hero, being able to provide only a fraction of what Hawks can.[4]

Tomura Shigaraki relationship

Initially, Skeptic thought of Tomura as nothing more than an obstacle in the way of making Destro's name recognizable. However, that changed when Re-Destro acknowledged him as the Liberator and proclaimed him their new leader. Though Skeptic respects Tomura as his Grand Commander, he still follows Re-Destro's orders.[4] Following the events of the Paranormal Liberation War, All For One in Tomura's body chose him as one of the few allies that Tomura should keep close to him. He then ordered him, Spinner and Dabi to look after Tomura while he recovers and perfects his body.[

Dabi/User relationship

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Curious - villain relationship

While they weren’t shown interacting, Tomoyasu had shown some sense of camaraderie with her, wanting to kill Himiko in order to avenge her death

Giran - villain relationship

Skeptic finds him annoying, as when he asked about some 'footage' Tomoyasu mentioned, he grabbed his face and started mocking him for not asking in full sentence, asking whether he's like a parrot that repeats after other people

All for one relationship

While he is neither Tomura nor Re-Destro, Tomoyasu complied to following All For One commands, as long as it furthers his own agenda. When he helped All For One, telling him that so long as he can do what he wants, so will he, spreading the ideology of liberation in the new world that is to come after the Demon Lord reigns

Spinner relationship

Following the Paranormal Liberation War, Tomoyasu rallied the heteromorphs under the banner of Spinner, molding him into a symbol of true liberation, despite him claiming he's no leader. Spinner agrees, but only because All For One claims it is for the well-being of Tomura

Mr. Compress relationship

Mr. Compress doesn't have any serious relationship with Skeptic and doesn't treat him seriously, as he calls him "long-hair", while asking him a favor. Tomoyasu, in return, seems to treat Compress in a condescending way, complaining about his lack of sophistication when it comes to modern technology.[8] Despite this, Mr. Compress can still have a normal conversation with him.[9] He also appears to value Skeptic as a team member enough not to abandon him when the latter was begging for rescue.[10] Mr. Compress then puts Skeptic's marble in Spinner's scarf, allowing him to escape.[11

Toga Hikino relationship

Tomoyasu appeared to support Curious' goal to publish Himiko's backstory and portray her descent into madness and villainy as a tragic case to support the MLA's cause. He laments that the footage Curious had collected during her fight with Himiko was rendered useless upon the publisher's death. Skeptic desired to have Himiko killed in revenge for her murdering Curious. Upon locating them both, Tomoyasu had his puppets of Jin ambush Twice and a fatally injured Himiko, having them subdue the former whilst the other puppets grab Himiko and attempt to kill her by snapping her neck. Tomoyasu showed mild annoyance upon Himiko showing signs of regaining consciousness and ordered his puppets to focus on killing her. Following Re-Destro's surrender and the Paranormal Liberation Front's creation, Skeptic and Himiko both became allies and were assigned to lead the organisation's Carmine Regiment, although neither of them seemed too happy with this arrangement, suggesting that there's still bad blood between the two.

Twice relationship

seeing it as something that could assist the Liberation Army's cause, as well as save Re-Destro from fatal circumstances. Because of this, Tomoyasu desired to recruit Twice into the MLA. At the same time however, Skeptic also belittled the villain for how simply he used his Quirk; having knowledge of the villain's background and how he was driven insane by his own clones killing one another, Tomoyasu created several puppets in Jin’s image in order to exploit his trauma. He then had said puppets ambush Twice, beat him up and break both of his arms for resisting capture. This incident however forced Twice to overcome his trauma and thus overpower Tomoyasu's puppets by creating an army of his own clones. Tomoyasu, in strong denial that he had failed his objective, left to go confront Twice himself. In return for all of this, Twice saw Skeptic as an enemy and wanted to pay him back for trying to kill Himiko. However, when the villain organizations merged, Twice no longer wanted to kill him, but still visibly enjoyed mocking the former Liberation Army leader. Angered by Twice’s attitude, Tomoyasu reminded him that it was the Liberation Army’s funds that paid for their sushi, as well as the video coverage of their battle, the League’s medical expenses and Himiko’s new coat. When the Paranormal Liberation War started, Skeptic's initial thoughts were that Twice was betrayed by Hawks and blamed him for leaking out the information about the Front, showing that he still looked down upon Twice.[7]

Heroes relationship

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