Tomura Shigaraki

Personality, quirk and age

Tomura has a malevolent and deformed personality. He doesn't care about his life or that of almost anyone else, he has no qualms about carrying out evil acts such as murdering innocents. Tomura was initially perceived as a "man-child": arrogant, selfish, dependent and demanding, angry if things didn't go well and comparing reality to some kind of video game. Like a child Tomura seemed unable to cope with his own feelings, instead lashing out and abusing others or tearing his own neck when he gets frustrated. This particular tic comes from the abuse he suffered from his father and being alone during his childhood, with All For One stating that it represented his repressed urge to kill and destroy. A very irritable person at the beginning of the series, Tomura would learn to be more patient and self-controlled in later appearances, as a consequence of multiple failed plans and the arrest of All For One. Quirk: Deterioration. Tomura's Gift allows him to decompose what he touches with his hands, although only when he touches with all five fingers at once. Age: 21 years

Past

As a child, Tenko proved to be relatively normal, even kind and compassionate. He had a great love for his family and a strong desire to become a hero one day, not unlike Izuku Midoriya. However he was also psychologically fragile due to the constant abuse he suffered from his father who hated heroes and was terrified by his mere presence. Due to this oppressive upbringing and the inaction of the rest of his family, Tenko's mind was eventually broken due to Don manifesting and destroying his home. As a child, Tenko proved to be relatively normal, even kind and compassionate. He had a great love for his family and a strong desire to become a hero one day, not unlike Izuku Midoriya. However he was also psychologically fragile due to the constant abuse he suffered from his father who hated heroes and was terrified by his mere presence. Due to this oppressive upbringing and the inaction of the rest of his family, Tenko's mind was eventually broken due to Don manifesting and destroying his home. At first Tomura expressed great remorse for accidentally killing his family by losing control of his new Quirk. The severed hands that Tomura uses on himself are the only physical remains of his dead loved ones, claiming that they make him feel simultaneously sick and calm. Despite his sadness, Tomura experienced partial pleasure at the disappearance of his family since he considered them responsible for letting him suffer at the will of his father. By Tomura's own admission he felt cathartic pleasure as he ended Kotaro's life in retaliation for her abusive treatment of him. During his fight with Re-Destro, Tomura overcame his past shackles of guilt after regaining his memories of him and now looks forward to the end of society, using his childhood feelings to further fuel his hatred of him.