05x23 - (D) Tenko Shimura: Origin

[bunniefuu]

[TWICE]

Toga, you've changed.

Teenagers are terrifying.

Your measurements from back when

we were with the Hassaikai

are no good anymore.

Stupid puberty!

Stupid growth spurts!

[TWICE] Gotta get a copy of you

before it's too late.

I'll make a bunch of you

and then we can do

a blood transfusion.

I'll measure her.

Not a chance.

I've got this covered.

I said me! You go

find her bloodsuckers!

She'll want 'em.

You guys already made

two doubles each, right?

I can still make more.

I'll measure her--

It's no time to argue!

My friend is about

to die, dammit!

Work together!

[TWICE] Wish I'd doubled you

when you were healthy.

It's a little late to be

concerned about that.

Your cute face

is all messed up.

Can it be fixed?

I'm sure Dabi knows

a good plastic surgeon.

I swear. I am not

gonna let you die.

[SPINNER] Need to lighten

Shigaraki's load

and take out the

big g*ns. Like him!

What's a buff big sh*t

like you doing

on the front lines

with the randos?

Guys who don't know their role

shouldn't play the game!

My word, is that how

the kids talk these days?

From what I can translate,

you're asking the

right question. But then...

I'm not someone a weak meta

like you could hope to take on.

Sorry.

Shuichi Iguchi.

[HANABATA] One of Detnerat's

patented devices,

The Sevens Loud!

[HANABATA]

Steel yourselves!

Let us bring just punishment

to those who thr*aten us!

[PRESENT MIC]

Koku Hanabata.

MLA code name: Trumpet.

Meta ability: Incite.

Special electromagnetic waves

in his voice boost the morale

of anyone who follows him,

amping up their physical

and mental abilities.

What's this?

[LIBERATION ARMY yelling]

[TWICES shouting]

[HANABATA]

Your meta ability is Gecko.

Looks like you can't do much

more than stick to walls.

You must have been one

of those shut-ins, yes?

Relentlessly bullied?

Are you here now

because you despise

how the world treated you?

Unfortunately, I don't see you

as a person who can

bring much value to society.

[SPINNER gasps]

[HANABATA]

They're at the tower?

Our warriors should

have stopped them!

No y'don't! Got you!

[groans]

[TWICE]

Spinner!

[HANABATA]

Liberation faithful!

Go to the grand commander!

This filth is attempting to

as*ault the soul of our army!

[SPINNER grunts]

[HANABATA]

Hm.

[SPINNER grunts]

[HANABATA]

Like I said.

I don't see you bringing

much value to anyone.

[SPINNER] I know that--

better than anybody.

I'm a follower.

I don't have a real goal.

Or something I dream of,

like Toga does.

I lack motivation.

Except when I saw him.

He changed me.

Why suffer? Why not

destroy instead?

[SPINNER] And when

Shigaraki spoke, I thought,

"I want to see the future this

guy envisions." I still do.

If I didn't jump on

the League bandwagon,

I'd be a nobody.

That's why I'm devoted to him!

Gotta problem with that?

Huh?! No, of course you don't.

'Cause you guys are the same.

Is that right, Mr. Politician?

[HANABATA]

You're a fool to compare us.

[SPINNER]

Shigaraki. Keep fighting.

I'll take on as much as I can.

I'm still alive.

[TWICE]

I knew Shigaraki would go big.

[SHIGARAKI]

Wow. You're a big one.

So, how are you

handling all of this?

What was it again?

A hundred and ten

thousand people?

You assumed you could

leave the dirty work

to your army and

watch from afar.

Safe in your little tower while

the masses took care of us.

Never thought we'd make it

this far, did ya?

Now everything's falling apart

because you underestimated us.

Talk! I'm asking about

how you you feel!

[YOTSUBASHI]

You really wanna know?

[YOTSUBASHI]

I'm furious, of course.

I'm the type of person

who bottles up my anger.

It's a disaster for

my hairline, I'm afraid.

k*lled a lot of my

warriors to get to me.

Is this the hand at fault?

It will commit

no more acts of evil.

[PRESENT MIC]

Rikiya Yotsubashi.

MLA code name: Re-Destro.

Meta ability: Stress.

He stores up his stress

and turns it into power.

The more he accumulates, the

bigger and stronger he gets.

It's a common refrain these days

not to judge a person

by their Quirk.

The lesson isn't bad.

It's the same thing I

was taught, growing up.

The folly is, meta abilities

have a direct impact

on personality.

I'm sure you're aware,

given your power to destroy

anything you touch

with your five fingers.

I didn't get a chance

to ask you earlier.

Shigaraki. What burden

will you take on?

What world will you create?

Or perhaps... you're

just a hollow man.

One who indulges in destruction

without creating

anything to justify it?

[SHIGARAKI]

Hana's hands.

[ALL FOR ONE]

These are your mother's hands.

Your grandmother's.

Your grandfather's.

Your father's.

A heart is a

well-crafted machine.

It wants to endure.

Negative feelings like anger

and grief heal with time.

But you will carry your

family close to your flesh

to ensure that those

feelings never fade.

[HANA]

You got in trouble again?

[SHIGARAKI]

Hana. My big sister.

Whatever. We just won't

let Dad see us, 'kay?

I think he's in a pretty

good mood right now.

I told him that I wanna

be a bride one day.

Let's go play!

[SHIGARAKI] I remember.

That always happened.

Whenever I cried, she'd pull my

hand as I followed behind her.

Hana was the only one

there for me.

But she was just being a kid.

[SHIGARAKI]

My brain is on fire.

Memories are coming back,

spinning me round

and round and round.

[SHIGARAKI screams]

Aimless child.

You'll find you're

no match for me.

[SHIGARAKI]

This helpless frustration.

It's bringing back

the memories I'd purged.

They were born

of the same emotion.

[grunts]

[SHIGARAKI panting]

[YOTSUBASHI]

I thought it wouldn't activate

without all five fingers.

Was the information

I received incorrect? Or...

[SHIGARAKI groaning]

My head is k*lling me.

[YOTSUBASHI]

For a meta ability to evolve

because of unexpected stress.

It is possible.

After all, Geten

was able to meddle

with the temperature of ice

only after I accidentally

b*rned myself.

[YOTSUBASHI] This young man is

in the midst of an awakening!

[YOTSUBASHI]

So fast!

[YOTSUBASHI] He kept his

preparatory movements

to a minimum. Moving

with cat-like grace.

If he had this much physical

ability in the past,

he should have been able

to take down heroes at Camino.

[YOTSUBASHI] They wouldn't

have stood much chance.

He's been training since then.

And these movements...

They could only

have been mastered

through harsh conditioning.

Constant life-or-death training

over an extended period.

I know because I've focused

on training my ability.

I'm almost impressed.

It was premature to

judge you as inferior.

Seeing as how you

didn't disappear

after taking that damage.

You must not be a double.

Eighty percent liberation!

No more games.

[YOTSUBASHI]

Stress Output...

[YOTSUBASHI]

It's time to end this party.

...Burden!

[SHIGARAKI'S GRANDFATHER]

Here, Tenko.

These rice balls will

make you feel better!

[SHIGARAKI'S GRANDMOTHER]

Come on now. Don't cry.

You're going to

make me sad, too.

[SHIGARAKI] My grandmother

and grandfather were kind.

[SHIGARAKI]

Wait. No.

[SHIGARAKI]

I remember everything.

I didn't need them

to be kind back then.

I needed...

--[phone rings]

--[YOTSUBASHI] Hm?

[YOTSUBASHI]

What's the matter, Skeptic?

Please, sir. You have

to be on your guard!

He's heading your way!

They had a secret w*apon

we weren't expecting!

Re-Destro. He's...

He's a walking mountain!

[GIGANTOMACHIA roars]

[roars]

[CHIKAZOKU]

Re-Destro! Are you there?

Can you hear me?

[YOTSUBASHI]

I can't believe it.

[YOTSUBASHI]

Burden extracts stress

and turns it into

something tangible.

Then blasts it over a wide area.

It's the apex of

the meta ability

I've been refining

since childhood.

It's not something

you can simply dodge.

[heartbeats]

[YOTSUBASHI] He touched it!

In that instant!

He ignored his

survival instincts

for the sake of destruction!

[SHIGARAKI]

My senses have been sharpened.

[SHIGARAKI] The details are

rising to the surface.

Like everything

happened yesterday.

[SHIGARAKI]

What world will I build?

Honestly, you were right.

The only thing I want,

is to destroy.

[YOTSUBASHI]

Then you must be ended.

A shapeless world--

has no future!

I don't care about the future.

[KOTARO]

Playing hero again?

[SHIGARAKI'S MOTHER]

Stop, Kotaro, that's enough!

You're hurting him!

If he doesn't like it,

he should obey me!

[SHIGARAKI'S MOTHER]

He's just a child!

[SHIGARAKI]

There was a rule at my house.

Only one. Put in

place by my father.

No talking about heroes.

[SHIGARAKI'S MOTHER]

It's already time for dinner.

And his allergies and the

scratching are getting worse.

He knows what the rules are.

He can come back inside

when he apologizes.

[SHIGARAKI'S GRANDMOTHER]

Don't you think you've been

too strict lately?

[KOTARO] Five years old

and no Quirk yet.

He needs to learn

his place in this society,

or it will break him.

Aspiring to be a hero

will cause suffering

for him and his family.

Everyone understands

that, right?

[SHIGARAKI]

My father was a businessman

who accrued a fortune

at a young age.

He built an impressive house

and invited his

in-laws to move in.

[SHIGARAKI'S MOTHER]

No, dear. Stop scratching.

[SHIGARAKI]

I'm itchy.

[SHIGARAKI'S MOTHER]

One day we'll figure out

what you're allergic to.

I know, it's hard.

It's worst when I'm at home.

Tenko, do... you still...

wanna be a hero?

[SHIGARAKI]

Mh-mm. Mikkun and Tomo

were both being

left out at school.

So I told them we should

all play together

and make up our own game.

And they said yes.

We played heroes. You know.

Saving people 'n stuff.

And eventually...

Mikkun said,

"Ten, you should be All Might."

Because I was nice

and played with them

even though no one

else wanted to.

Why does Dad get mad

at me all the time?

Does he hate me?

Will he like me more

when I have a Quirk?

Your father doesn't hate you.

He just knows...

...how hard it is to be a hero.

[SHIGARAKI] An adult's words

are absolute to a child.

[SHIGARAKI] That's why I wanted

to hear it from my family.

Just once.

[SHIGARAKI]

But the house my father built

masked rejection with kindness.

[HANA]

I found a secret.

[SHIGARAKI] Kids are

surprisingly sneaky and simple.

[HANA]

This lady is our grandma.

She's a hero!

[SHIGARAKI] Wow. But why

are you showing this to me?

Because Dad gets mad

when you play pretend.

But I'm with you!

I'll be cheering you on

as your biggest fan, Tenko.

Let's become heroes together,

and Dad doesn't have

to know anything about it.

[SHIGARAKI]

My other grandma was a hero!

I can't believe there's

actually one in our family!

[barking]

[SHIGARAKI]

Know what, Mon?

I feel great right now,

like I can stand up to anything!

[SHIGARAKI grunts]

[SHIGARAKI]

It was sweltering that day.

[KOTARO]

Tenko! You went into my study?!

[SHIGARAKI]

The humidity after the rain

caused my ragged skin to sting.

What did you see?

[SHIGARAKI]

Yes. Kids are sneaky.

[HANA] Tenko said that--that

he had a secret to show me,

I didn't know!

[SHIGARAKI] The itching

welled up from deep inside.

Kotaro, don't!

[KOTARO]

That's not your grandmother.

She abandoned her family

when she left.

[SHIGARAKI]

Help me. Don't just watch.

Why won't you step in? Someone!

[KOTARO]

You'll learn.

In order to save strangers

they don't even know,

heroes hurt those who love them.

[SHIGARAKI] This was the

house my father built.

[NANA] I'm sorry I have to

leave suddenly, but your mom

has to go fight a really

bad man right now.

I'll be thinking of you,

though. The whole time!

I'd never forgive myself

if this bad man

did something mean to you.

That's why. We can't be

together anymore, Kotaro.

[NANA] I'm sorry I wasn't

a better mother to you.

Honestly, I am.

You might end up hating me.

But know this.

No matter what happens

in the future,

I love you, my son.

I hope your life

is full of laughter

and that you'll be happy.

Always smiling.

I'll be watching over you.

Promise.

Even... if it's from above.

It would've been better

if you'd never loved me.

[SHIGARAKI'S MOTHER]

No more of this.

[KOTARO]

I went too far. How are they?

We're through with your rules.

Don't you dare raise

your hand to him.

Our family deserves to be happy.

[KOTARO] It wasn't

supposed to be like this.

That's it. I can't

take this anymore, Mon.

It's too much.

It hurts! I hate it.

Everyone. Everyone.

My whole family.

I hate them.

[SHIGARAKI]

What just...

[panting]

[HANA]

Tenko. I was looking for you.

Listen.

I shouldn't have blamed

you for that earlier.

I'm the one who

found the picture

and said it was a secret.

[gasping]

What's wrong?

[screams]

Don't go!

I can't talk! So itchy!

Hana! You came

to apologize, right?

Hey! Then protect me next time!

Help me!

[SHIGARAKI] When Mon crumbled, I

thought a villain was after us.

That it was an att*ck.

[SHIGARAKI]

And when Hana fell apart...

It was the same.

I thought it was someone else.

[SHIGARAKI wretches]

[SHIGARAKI'S MOTHER gasps]

[SHIGARAKI]

Well, maybe not.

[SHIGARAKI]

Thinking back,

I might've already understood

what was going on by that point.

[SHIGARAKI] Why did they make

excuses for my father?

Why did they tell me not

to cry instead of helping?

[SHIGARAKI]

I can't take this anymore.

[SHIGARAKI] The resentment

piled up, little by little.

[SHIGARAKI]

I hate everyone!

[SHIGARAKI'S MOTHER]

Tenko.

[NANA] I hope your life

is full of laughter

and that you'll be happy.

[SHIGARAKI]

Dad. I... I didn't know.

The itch. I'm so sorry, Daddy.

[screams]

[KOTARO screaming]

[SHIGARAKI]

Father! Please!

Stop it, Tenko!

[SHIGARAKI] But I know,

when I touched my father...

[SHIGARAKI]

...I intended to k*ll.

[SHIGARAKI]

Die!

[SHIGARAKI]

An absurd sense of pleasure

sh*t through my entire body.

Somewhere in my heart,

this was what I'd always wanted.

It was my dream.

And just like that,

I didn't itch anymore.

[IZUKU]

Here's the preview!

He had nothing left.

Not even a reason to live.

Perhaps that's why the

hand that reached out to him

one fateful day changed

Tenko Shimura's life forever.

That was the moment the

devil's successor was born.

Next time:

"Tomura Shigaraki: Origin."

Unrestricted, unafraid.

Let the urges

inside you surface.

Go beyond! Plus Ultra!