All For One

This article is about the character. For his Quirk, see All For One (Quirk).

All For One, real name Zen Shigaraki,^[4] was the overarching antagonist of My Hero Academia. He was the founder and benefactor of the League of Villains.

Once Japan's most powerful Villain, and All Might's arch-nemesis, his ultimate goal was to steal One For All, the Quirk that originally belonged to his younger twin brother, and the only power that could oppose him. He was the adoptive father and mentor of Tomura Shigaraki, having spent the young Villain's life shaping him into a successor, and a vessel for his Quirk in order to transfer his mind into his adopted son's body, as part of his plan to eventually conquer the world as a self-proclaimed Demon Lord.

He was imprisoned in Tartarus after his second defeat at All Might's hands until he escaped several months later, single-mindedly focused on destroying the ninth wielder of One For All, Izuku Midoriya, to complete his century-long plan.

During the Final War, he utilized a Rewind Drug, restoring his prime self at the cost of slowly being rewound out of existence, which he eventually was after a long-drawn out battle against the Heroes. His Vestige returned through Tomura's body in a last ditch effort to destroy the Heroes and rule the world, but he too finally fell, bringing his reign of terror to a decisive end.

Appearance#

In the past, All For One was a towering man with a powerfully muscular physique, imposing features, short white hair, and faded white eyes that reflected no one. In their first colored depiction in the anime, All For One's eyes were colored red.

While interacting with the Shimura Family, All For One's appearance was mostly the same, wearing a formal suit and hat. However, he had a round, much softer face featuring a kind expression with his eyes closed as opposed to his usual intimidating features, likely having changed his appearance with a Quirk.^[5]

After being mortally injured by All Might years ago, All For One's face was entirely made up of scar tissue, extending from above his upper lip and covering his entire head and the back of his neck. As such, he had no visible nose, ears, hair, or eyes, though the outlines of his eye sockets were somewhat visible. This left All For One blind, but he was able to used a Infrared Quirk to "see", and he would sense the directions of vibrations in the area around him, similar to echolocation. There was a small hole in each palm of his hands, which is how he stole and transferred Quirks.

He usually wore a dark suit over a white collared shirt. When All For One left his secret hideout during the Kamino Incident, he donned a dark navy blue, skull-like gas mask with angular tubes at the top, and a wide collar-like life-support system around his neck with additional pipes connecting in the front and back, presumably to help him breathe.

For the start of the Final War, he wore a smoother skull mask with a much wider, sleeker collar (with golden accents in the manga). He also wore a purple patterned vest underneath his suit.

During his battle with Endeavor and Hawks, All For One used a reverse-engineered replica of the Quirk-Destroying Drug to restore his appearance, to that of before his first fight with All Might, and stole multiple capes from the Heroes to cover up his nude body.^[6] As the damage inflicted upon him continued to stack and put his Rewind effect into overdrive, All For One continued to physically regress in age; from that of a young man,^[7] to a temporarily glowing young boy.^[8] The conclusion of the battle saw him finally regress back into an infant, then a fetus, and finally an egg cell before he vanished completely.^[9]

After Izuku manages to break through Tomura, All For One's vestige once again took over Tomura, nearly destroying his mind in the process, taking Tomura's body for his own. As a result, Tomura's body was paler, far lankier, and decrepit, with sunken eyes, giving him an appearance similar to All Might's true form, and the addition of two of his remaining grown fingers on his shoulders, and a stuffed dark hand with a deep red box base grew and formed over his mouth to silence the lingering memory of Tomura and his cries. Notably, All For One lost his distinctive dull eyes in this form, despite being in complete control of the body, instead displaying red eyes with visible pupils.^[5]

Personality#

All For One was a subtle, sadistic, prudent, manipulative, and utterly malevolent man who liked to rule from the shadows and enjoyed himself at the expense of other people before discarding them. In the past, All For One used his power to help people, but in exchange for their servitude. Once they could no longer follow his orders, All For One would callously abandon them, and his followers purged those who defied his will. Taking advantage of the chaotic era caused by the uprising of Quirks, All For One offered people anything they wanted as long as they followed him, including choice and power to those who had none, where he would take Quirks from those who didn't want them and gave Quirks to those who wished for strength, all as a means to gather numbers and conduct his schemes through other people. He masked his true intentions by claiming that he just wanted to help restore order and balance to society.

All For One exhibited extreme megalomania and even traits of an outright god complex, having compared himself to the Demon Lord he read about in comic books. He relished his total power over Japan, stealing the most powerful Quirks during his rise to power and crushing anyone who stood in his way.^[10]

All For One's eponymous Quirk displayed an influence on his personality throughout his whole life and gave him a constant desire to take what belonged to others. Even prior to his birth he unconsciously gorged himself on nutrients in the womb, resulting in his brother's growth and Quirk being permanently stunted and leaving his mother too weak to survive the birth of her two children. As an infant, he immediately stole his mother's Quirk as she was dying and already began seeking out those with Quirks to steal as a toddler.^[11][12] In his adulthood, he confessed that he had a compulsion to steal Quirks that caught his eye, displaying this overwhelming hunger even in situations where his life was in danger.^[13][14]

Even as an infant Zen was already quite selfish, arrogant, and had a disconcerting lack of compassion. From the moment he was born he already had an innate disrespect for others and viewed those who wouldn't look his way and aid him with disdain, striking out at them and taking whatever he could. Growing up amidst the chaos of the emergence of Quirks only exacerbated this, as the total collapse of social structures forced Zen to acquire everything he needed to survive by force. These acquisitions, alongside attempts to acquire more Quirks and encounters with violent anti-meta gangs, resulted in Zen leaving a trail of corpses across Japan before he was even old enough to speak.^[11]

The only person Zen cared for was his younger brother, Yoichi, his only family and the only person he was able to ever form an emotional connection with. Despite offering him nothing, Zen held his hand in a rare act of kindness when they were infants, and kept Yoichi close throughout their childhood, clothing and feeding him even as he wore rags himself. However, Zen dismissed this affection as merely being a natural attachment to his first possession. He was also exasperated by his brother's ideals of justice and attempts to defy him. Even when his brother rebelled against him, Zen kept Yoichi alive and imprisoned him, hoping that if he gave his seemingly Quirkless brother a power of his own, he would join his side. When Yoichi chose to flee with Toshitsugu Kudo and Bruce Lee however, Zen killed him in a moment of irrational rage.^[15][11]

According to Yoichi, Zen only saw people as playthings or as prizes to win, and in the end, even his own brother wasn't exempt from his possessive and dominant nature. Upon learning of One For All's creation, Zen became obsessed with claiming his brother's Quirk and would go on to pursue it for many decades, wanting to regain his little brother and finally be able to possess him. As noted by All Might, Zen ironically ended up creating the one Quirk that he couldn't steal, and along with it, generations of Heroes who were sworn to fight and put a stop to him.

Despite denying it at all possible opportunities, All For One spent his life fundamentally lonely, craving the attention of others in an endless hollow pursuit, eventually attempting to capture the attention of the entire world.^[9] From the moment of his birth he displayed an obsession with receiving the attention of others, violently attacking those who ignored him. His abnormal behavior and violent tendencies drove all others away, leaving his brother Yoichi as the only one he could form any significant bond with, albeit a toxic, twisted one.^[11] Upon losing Yoichi, All For One spent the rest of his life attempting to retrieve him, and only admitted in his dying moments that this was because he truly loved his brother and felt he was nothing without him. The only person to ever realize this about All For One was Izuku Midoriya, who was able to see through All For One's facade due to their factors aligning during the Final War, and during his battle with Shigaraki ensured that the destruction of One For All would leave behind a sliver of Yoichi's vestige so the brothers could reuinte one final time.^[16]

All For One had a firm contempt for ideals of justice and morality, dismissing them as arbitrary beliefs of other people that shackle personal freedom.^[17] Like All Might yearned to become a symbol of justice, All For One sought to be an all-powerful evil, inspired by the comic books he read with Yoichi in their childhood. His ultimate goal was to use his power to thwart humanity's future, ruling as a tyrant hated by each and every single person, just as the "Demon Lord" he idolized did. Through this he dreamed he would have the eyes of the entire world on him forever.^[6][9]

All For One was a patient mentor towards Tomura and often gave him constructive criticism and encouragement, even when the latter failed. Upon finding him all alone as a child, All For One took him in and gave him a room of his own while becoming his "Master", going as far as to rename the young boy while giving him his surname, demonstrating a seemingly caring and even fatherly side. However, All For One only viewed Tomura as a mere vessel for himself, revealing that his reasons for raising him were purely for his own gain. All For One exploited Tomura's traumatic memories of his abusive father and groomed his rage so that he could use it as a tool to overwhelm the willpower of One For All and finally be able to steal the Quirk. This was made clear during the Paranormal Liberation War, where All For One took control of Tomura's body despite the latter's protests. In a twisted and selfish way, All For One was proud of Tomura's growth, knowing that he would serve him well as his new body, even claiming that Tomura would be "the next him".

All For One despised those who persistently defied him, especially the users of One For All. He loathed All Might in particular for damaging his body beyond repair and taking away his rule over Japan, with the Symbol of Peace bringing out a rare instance of rage and All For One claiming that he loathed All Might far more than the latter could ever despise him. He was also a firm believer in the hatred of the heart, having believed it to be a very strong source of power. When mentoring Tomura, All For One gave him the hands of his deceased relatives as a way for the negative feelings in his heart to remain close while also giving him a sense of comfort. When encountering the previous wills of One For All in the mental world, the vestige of All For One was not troubled when Tomura started to loathe him, stating that this hatred was only more fitting for the Symbol of Fear.

As much as he encouraged Tomura's hatred, All For One was also highly derisive and mocking towards his enemies as a means to get under their skin and/or cause them to drop their guard. His taunts and expertise in psychological warfare were enough to enrage even the strongest Heroes, such as All Might and Endeavor, as seen when he insulted Nana Shimura multiple times to anger All Might and letting it slip that he was involved in the disappearance of Endeavor's eldest son, Toya Todoroki. Even when outnumbered, All For One remained unshakeably calm, willing to slaughter enemies with his tremendous power. He often regarded lesser opponents as fodder rather than actual threats, though he was ready to take an interest in their Quirks to see if they were worthy of taking for himself.

Due to his immense power and confidence, All For One had a calm and condescending demeanor, remaining confident even when thwarted and imprisoned.^[18] Later, the villain revealed to Dabi that he never depended on a single plan to achieve a goal and has multiple contingencies that he mapped out over his many years alive.^[19] He was not averse to acting pragmatically, such as choosing to have Tomura's remaining forces retreat during the Paranormal Liberation War, switching priorities from defeating the Heroes to freeing himself from Tartarus.^[20] Thanks to a combination of Quirks, All For One was able to detect lies and hostility, with which he could preemptively eliminate traitors.^[21] Due to his long life, as well as his status and experience, he was well-informed about almost every significant figure among Heroes and Villains.

For all his malevolent nature, All For One presented himself as polite, sympathetic, and generous towards his associates and underlings, often seeming amicable and fair-minded. However, this was only glib that All For One employed to subtly manipulate people into following his bidding, showing no concern for them once they were captured or outlived their usefulness. All For One admitted to Dabi that he sees people as nothing more than disposable tools - should they fail him, he shrugs and moves on to the next alternative, though he was willing to take enjoyment in when they received their comeuppance, be it from him or someone else. Even if his followers failed him, All For One admitted that it was worth seeing what entertainment they could bring before their downfall and would even tempt someone into helping him before sadistically watching them suffer, showing his twisted willingness to toy with people's lives, with Lady Nagant and Yuga Aoyama being prominent victims of his manipulation.^[22][23] Even Gigantomachia, his personal bodyguard and one of his most loyal servants, was easily dispensable to him, with All For One having abandoned him twice and later killing him when the behemoth lashed out at his master.

To add to his callous and self-serving nature, All For One was even willing to discard his own body once it could no longer serve him. After facing permanent injuries at the hands of All Might and having his power weakened as a result, All For One sought a younger and stronger body to serve as a replacement, with Tomura eventually becoming the ideal candidate. It is even revealed that he had other orphaned children reserved as "potential vessels" in case anything happened to his supposed protégé. Similarly, while it was not his intention at first, All For One had no problem with sacrificing his own sense of self and allowing his consciousness to merge with Tomura's to become a new evil being entirely. Even so, after sacrificing his own body by activating the Rewind Drug, he became adamant about permanently taking over Tomura's body before his original self vanishes, reinforcing his self-centered ideals.

As a side effect of his own Quirk, All For One explained that he often suffered from nightmares where the people from whom he stole Quirks appeared in his dreams and hurled insults at him. Despite his remorseless personality, All For One admitted that such episodes sometimes left him feeling very discouraged. However, he scoffed at the idea of being able to feel guilt, as he believed it to be a trait of inferior humans.^[24] As further proof of his detachment, he repeatedly denied blame for any of his actions, instead laying the fault on his followers who only wanted to support him or who otherwise sided with his plans for their own reasons. He did this despite the evident fact that he had manipulated all parties involved into acting on his behalf with honey-laced promises while also taking advantage of their personal and emotional vulnerabilities to coerce them into enacting his will, persistently refusing to admit that he was to be held responsible, while at the same time, gloating about his results and his alleged power to achieve his goals, grinning with hypocritical delight.

While it was initially believed that his followers carried out his orders out of loyalty to him, it's revealed that some obey him out of fear of reprisal, a strong rebuttal of All For One's belief that his supporters acted out of their own will and possible evidence of either a deluded sense of support to his ideals, or downright despicable lies to deflect blame.

Befitting his refined persona and egocentric nature, All For One often made grand sweeping statements about the nature of humanity as a whole or specific individuals, often gloating in his understanding as a path to manipulating those around him. However, he would often unintentionally describe his own nature or reveal pieces of his warped worldview while doing this. He proclaimed that the circumstances of one's youth determined the entirety of their life, when his own was spent in horrific conditions, shaping him into the ill-adjusted sociopath he was as an adult, obsessed with the only two positive elements from it, his brother and the comics he was fascinated by.^[25][11] He described Tomura as "born twisted" when he himself was a child who displayed tremendous malice and capacity for violence.^[1][11] He discussed the inherent nature of humans to ostracize those who fall outside the norm when taunting Izuku, when he spent his infancy shunned due to fears about Meta Abilities being the result of a transmissible disease.^[22][11] All For One displayed a pattern of rationalizing the negative experiences he experienced as positive ones. His lifelong goal of becoming the demon lord hated and feared by all was due to his belief that negative memories had more staying power than good ones, when his own childhood was devoid of the latter.^[11][9] He also posited the theory that suffering and loss are the roots of strength, a viewpoint shaped by his own experience having defined his life by the loss of Yoichi.^[26][27]

It's implied that he required the hatred and will of Tomura to steal One For All successfully because All For One himself did not carry any hatred, or at least nowhere near as much as needed. Hawks questioned why All For One would not deeply resent the users of One For All to that great of an extent even after so many years of chasing them down, and theorized that this was because something was missing in his soul, pointing out how he always smiled.^[28] This was supported by the fact that, no matter how cruel or sadistic his actions were, he never seemed to hold or exhibit any true malice or emotions. This apathy was further demonstrated during the Final War, as despite having been backed into a corner by the onslaught of Heroes and at the threat of being rewound out of existence before he could finalize his plans, he still kept a smile on his face. All For One's complacent disposition could have been due to his selfishness, as he literally could not care about anything beyond himself enough to form the required attachments needed to create a powerful grudge or intense feeling of revenge. However, he was shown to be crying before killing Kudo, the second user of One For All, blaming the latter for taking his brother away from him, though he claimed they were only "crocodile tears" that were meant to cause confusion.

Despite how All For One was always perceived as calm and composed, a few instances agitated him to the point of becoming emotionally unstable, especially when his infallible belief that he was above all others was threatened. When someone challenged his authority, specifically those he deemed "insignificant", it was enough to rile him with anger and frustration. These included Star and Stripe after Tomura's attempt to steal New Order had failed, and people like Kyoka Jiro who refused to back down despite how significantly "weaker" they were in comparison to him. This was most emphasized through Kudo, who, despite being a "pebble" in his path that he could dispose of easily, was the one responsible for freeing his brother from his grasp and allowing One For All to exist. All For One eventually realized that Kudo was the one he truly hated the most, even decades after the latter's death, and was thrown into a fit of rage when he realized that Katsuki Bakugo and Kudo shared the same look of determination.^[29][12]

All For One took great pride in his curated persona as the "Demon Lord", and reacted with scorn to anything that might imply he was failing to live up to the character he idolized. Even from a young age, he rationalized his fraternal love for his brother as being merely his affection for his first possession,^[11] only genuinely admitting otherwise in his final moments.^[16] When discussing his lifelong search for his brother's Quirk, All For One would describe it in terms of the immense power he would gain if he obtained One For All, calling it merely a midpoint in his larger plan and never admitting to the true reason he searched for the Quirk.^[30] As he began to be influenced by Tomura's hatred during the final war, this grew to the point where he became unable to ignore any insults or questioning of his self-given title, taking time to crush whoever dared mock him even as his lifespan dwindled, and sinking into complete denial as he claimed that he still had plenty of time and could afford to waste it.^[31] When faced with the accusation that he was not an incomprehensible evil but merely a lonely man, All For One lost all composure, abandoning his lifelong obsession with being looked at and shrieking at the oncoming heroes to look away as he attempted to silence them with brute force.^[16]

During the Final War, All For One's emotional instability worsened due to the repeated efforts and delays from the Heroes and students of U.A., the effects of the Rewind Drug, and the side effects of melding with Tomura's mind. This caused All For One to become far more expressive with his emotions than before. For example, as All For One encountered All Might on his way to Tomura, he was unable to resist the hatred he felt towards his old arch-enemy and chose to confront him one last time. This was despite being on the clock due to the effects of Rewind, recognizing it as a trap designed to stall for time, and previously having claimed that he had lost all interest in All Might and shifted his attention to the next wielder when taunting Izuku. When his lifespan ultimately ran out and he found himself unable to reach Tomura, All For One devolved into a blind rage, unable to accept his defeat and shrieking the word hate over and over until his original body was erased from existence.^{[32][33][22][9]}

In his final moments, All For One displayed a far different personality than the rest of his life. With his original body defeated, he had been completely powerless to stop the destruction of One For All and Yoichi during the battle between Izuku and Tomura. He confessed that the only reason he managed to survive the destructive impact of One For All was through the gaping hole in his soul that had opened up following Yoichi's destruction, allowing him to cling to life. However, this left him solemn and joyless, viewing his goal of conquering the world as hollow and immaterial without Yoichi. He managed to take some sadistic glee in crushing Tomura's spirit, but once that act was done he found himself unable to summon any strong emotions when facing Izuku or the assembled heroes. He still displayed cold, sociopathic malice even in this diminished state, facing the heroes head on and refusing to die even as Tomura's body fell apart around him. It was only at the very end, when the last embers of Yoichi's vestige revealed themselves, did All For One display his old fervor, abandoning all other concerns and desperately begging his brother not to leave him as Tomura's Vestige and Izuku's final blow destroyed him from the outside and inside simultaneously, ending his reign of terror for good.^[5][34][16]

Abilities#

Overall Abilities: All For One was one of Japan's most powerful villains. Thanks to the Life Force Quirk, All For One was virtually immortal and was active since the emergence of Quirks. He had collected numerous Quirks with an extensive range of applications and was able to combine them as he pleased. This longevity and the ability to steal any Quirk from his opponent made All For One nigh-impossible to defeat. The villain was willing to employ any means necessary to hurt his opponent before killing them. Following his final battle with Nana Shimura, All For One developed a fighting style that involved starting battles with powerful ranged attacks to wear down opponents before stealing their Quirks.

In his prime, All For One easily defeated powerful Pro Heroes, making himself appear unequaled and unstoppable.^[10] The only individuals that were able to effectively oppose the Symbol of Evil are the inheritors of One For All, a Quirk that All For One himself inadvertently created, and the only Quirk he could not steal (though he tried to steal it from Daigoro Banjo and En, but failed both times). All For One sought each One For All user (excluding Hikage Shinomori), and easily killed them by overwhelming them with his barrage of Quirks. However, All For One could not steal One For All nor prevent any of the users from passing on the Quirk. Nevertheless, All For One remained unchallenged until the rise of All Might, who possessed the necessary strength to challenge All For One and the two opponents fought a bloody duel. Although All Might sustained crippling injuries, he succeeded in defeating All For One, forcing the villain to rely on a life support system.

Six years later, despite having lost his senses and being unable to recover from his injuries, All For One was far from weak. He single handedly overpowered Endeavor, Best Jeanist, Edgeshot, Mt. Lady, and Gran Torino with little effort, and was able to fight on par with All Might until the hero was exhausted out of his muscle form. With his ultimate Quirk combination and All Might's declining power, All For One nearly succeeded in killing All Might, but the latter summoned his willpower and used the last of his power to knock out the Symbol of Evil.

In the Final War, despite having been imprisoned for months, All For One's fighting skills showed very little decline. He fought top Pro Heroes Endeavor and Hawks, largely maintaining the upper hand while severely wounding the former, and right after overpower the combined efforts of the latter along with Tsukuyomi and Earphone Jack. However, when the Quirks within All For One rebelled and restrained him, the three heroes were able to destroy his mask to diminish his body's performance, and once the Flame Hero was revitalized, he overwhelmed and would've incinerated the weakened villain had he not possessed the reverse-engineered Quirk-Destroying Drug.

As the effects of the Rewind drug accelerated, All For One's body rewound into a younger version of himself, making his abilities even more powerful than they ever were during his prime. All For One's power had increased even further in this more youthful state, allowing him to fend off Fumikage Tokoyami's "Light of Baldur" technique, which he previously struggled against. He was also able to overpower the combined all-out assault from Fumikage, Mt. Lady, Gigantomachia, and Inasa Yoarashi. The more injuries he received, the faster his Rewind effect became in response, as he was able to instantly regenerate half of his body after it was vaporized from using his Impure Beam Quirk which brutalized Gigantomachia in his heavily armored casing and Dark Shadow in its Light of Baldur form.

• Overwhelming Strength: All For One had tremendous strength, easily trading blows with All Might, whose brawn was considered unrivaled. In his zenith, he was able to effortlessly overpower pre-Nomu Hood, though the latter was weakened from battling O'Clock and his allies.^[35]

• Overwhelming Speed and Reflexes: All For One had fantastic speed, as shown when he destroyed the Nomu factory, defeated the 4 Pro Heroes, and dealt significant damage to the surrounding area in a split second. He also has sharp reflexes, being fast enough to react to All Might's punches and casually dodge attacks from Edgeshot, who can transform faster than the speed of sound. Following his restoration to his prime using Rewind, he easily overwhelmed a group of Pro Heroes, stealing their capes to clothe himself and the Quirk of one of them before they could react.^[6]

• Overwhelming Durability and Endurance: Despite being in a disheveled state with severe injuries, All For One had incredible durability. During his second battle with All Might, he was able to withstand blows from All Might without any significant damage or visible reaction. Another testament of his sturdiness was when All For One survived All Might's United States of Smash, though was rendered unconscious afterward.^[36] During the Final War, All For One also withstood Yuga Aoyama's Navel Laser^[21] and Kyoka Jiro's Legato without taking damage,^[37] showing only slight discomfort at their defiance.

• Enhanced Senses: By mixing together many different sensory Quirks All For One was able to accommodate for his blindness to the point where he displayed a much greater awareness of the world around him than the average person. An example of this was displayed when All For One quickly dispelled a flame attack from Endeavor, who had arrived on the scene with Edgeshot. However, this ability did have its limits, which is shown when he was placed in Tartarus: the lack of sound and vibrations left him completely oblivious to his surroundings.

Genius Intellect: All For One possessed an extraordinary intellect, most likely due to his advanced age and life experience. He ruled Japan from the shadows for over a hundred years, with most of the public ignorant of his existence. He was well-informed about current affairs and significant figures among heroes and villains. He also possessed a vast knowledge of the Quirks he had stolen, which enabled him to use them effectively.

While condescending towards his opponents, All For One was an expert at observing his enemies and exploiting their flaws. Another terrifying aspect of All For One's intelligence was his ability to prey on people's insecurities. Aware that All Might still mourned his mentor, Nana Shimura, All For One used that to taunt the hero by insulting her and revealing that Tomura is Nana's grandson. Afterward, he exposed All Might's emaciated form to the public to demoralize them as well as humiliate the hero.

From observing All Might, All For One deduced that he no longer possessed One For All, and Izuku Midoriya inherited the Quirk. In the aftermath of the Kamino Incident, it was revealed that All For One anticipated the possibility of his second defeat at the hands of All Might. He knew if that were to happen, he would be unable to transfer his All For One Quirk onto Tomura as planned. To ensure the inheritance of his power was fulfilled, the Symbol of Evil, before resurfacing, had his Quirk replicated by his physician, Kyudai Garaki, leaving All For One with the copied variant and the Doctor with the original variant, which would then later be passed down to Tomura.^[38]

When attacking Tartarus with his army of High-End Nomu, All For One was able to overcome the prison's nearly impenetrable defenses through a coordinated attack from the outside (since his consciousness took control of Tomura's body) and inside (where his original body was housed). He successfully freed all the prisoners in Tartarus, including his original body.^[39] Given his inability to steal One For All and knowledge of Quirks being imprinted with the original user's consciousness,^[24] it has been discussed that All For One primarily grooms Tomura's negative emotions so the former's will inside of the All For One Quirk can more easily inhabit Tomura's modified chassis, all in a final attempt for the original Symbol of Evil to acquire One For All.^[40]

Vast Connections: During the chaotic aftermath of the Paranormal Liberation War, All For One revealed to Spinner that he has many connections with villains around the world, and that he was able to have his contacts overseas meddle and delay support from foreign heroes.^[41]

Psychic Link: Following the transplanting of his original Quirk into the body of Tomura Shigaraki, All For One developed a link to Tomura through communication with the vestige of All For One inside him. Using this, he could communicate wordlessly with his new body, allowing for perfectly coordinated attacks,^[39] and sharing tactics or information witnessed by one but not the other.^[21] The range on this connection was so great that the Heroes estimated that they needed to separate the two by at least 10 kilometers to prevent them from making use of it.^[42]

Vestige Dominance: Through unknown means All For One's vestige displayed much greater influence over the bodies of a new vessel and the resulting mental landscape than the vestige of any other Quirk. When passed to Tomura, even when prematurely awakened from the transfusion surgery, All For One was able to influence his new vessel from mere moments after awakening.^[43] Even being forcefully expunged by the user of the Quirk only forestalled this influence,^[44] and All For One eventually completely stole control of the body from Tomura.^[45] All For One's vestige was later shown imprisoning Tomura within his own mind, rendering him helpless despite Tomura struggling to regain control of his body.^[39] He would later display the ability to isolate individuals within the vestige realm, shutting off Izuku Midoriya while he broke Tomura's will.^[5]

While All For One could not destroy Quirks,^[46] and on few occasions the vestiges of his stolen Quirks rebelled against him, he displayed the ability to crush a vestige and render it unable to resist him. While for ordinary Vestiges he was able to suppress them with will alone,^[47] when crushing Tomura and stealing control of his body, All For One first needed to crush his will by revealing his hand in orchestrating his tragic origin.^[5] This ability was imperfect, as Vestiges crushed this way were not completely erased, and fragments of their will lingered, as despite Tomura's vestige's seeming destruction, with assistance from the lingering fragments of another destroyed vestige, he was ultimately able to rise up at a critical moment to strike at All For One's vestige.^[48]

When his new body was critically damaged, All For One was forced to desperately search for a new vessel among the wounded heroes, but was confident that he would be able to overpower their will and seize control if he managed to transfer over his Quirk.^[16]

• Vestige Merging: All For One displayed the ability to forcefully merge his consciousness with that of his unwilling new vessel, creating a completely new individual with traits from both constituent vestiges.^[14] This was a stopgap measure forced by his new vessel's early awakening from the transplantation surgery that took significant time and effort, with the original plan to simply usurp his vessel's will entirely.^[49] This merge was also imperfect, as Tomura was able to hide a small piece of himself in such a way that it avoided the fusion. The merge slowly came undone as All For One's vessel suffered physical damage and mental stress, with more and more of Tomura shining through over time. Ultimately, Tomura exploited a moment of weakness and overwhelmed All For One, tearing apart his vestige and regaining control of his body.^[50][51]

Indomitable Will: Befitting his epithet, the Symbol of Evil, All For One possessed a malefic volition so resolute that he could quickly amass hordes of followers in his long life through sheer influence. Within and outside the battlefield, All For One was unfazed by unforeseen spectacles that would leave him otherwise intimidated or unhinged, and he commonly maintains his complacent attitude even when he seemed to be at a disadvantage. During the chaos when Quirks emerged, All For One never gave in and strived despite having only been recently born and succeeded in keeping himself and his brother alive. His presence was shown to be so malicious and dark, Izuku, Tenya Ida, Momo Yaoyorozu, Shoto Todoroki, and Eijiro Kirishima were utterly paralyzed with fear, despite the quintet previously experiencing life-or-death situations and encountering lethal villains.

However, in spite of having his ambitions thwarted time and again by users of One For All and the circumstance of All Might destroying his body and permanently crippling him, his hatred, if any, wasn't strong enough to allow him to override the collective willpower of One For All's users. Even disregarding the physical requirements to take One For All into himself, he seemed to lack the emotional resolve to overpower the wills of the spirits in One For All. This indicated that while his will is unyielding when it comes to resisting things that might change him personally (his sense of self/personality), he didn't care enough about anyone or anything to have an emotional investment to strengthen his will. Tellingly, when Tomura was in a negative state and consumed by rage, All For One was able to take control of his protegee's body, as anger causes people to become unstable and forget themselves.

Even when seemingly destroyed when Tomura reestablished control of his body, the vestige of All For One remained capable of clinging to existence, and ultimately seized the opportunity at Tomura's first moment of weakness to regain control.^[51][52]

Quirks#

All For One: All For One's Quirk allowed him to steal other people's Quirks, leaving them Quirkless, and wield the Quirks as his own. All For One could also redistribute his stolen Quirks to other people.

His multiple Quirks granted him a wide variety of options in combat, and he could combine his stolen Quirks to create compound attacks with devastating effects. However, he could not steal the original users' Quirk proficiency and was therefore limited by his own skill with his stolen powers. Because of this, he prefered to steal Quirks that relied more on raw power, rather than ones that took practice and experience to master. In order to steal a Quirk, he also needed to physically touch the user's body, as touching something produced by a Quirk, such as the flames of a fire user, would not suffice.

While he could steal any Quirk, All For One's body had a limit to the number of Quirks it could hold. The Quirks of newer generations, with their increasing power and complexity, would eventually dramatically decrease this limit, which was the reason why he sought Dr. Garaki's medical research. He also mentioned having frequent nightmares where the consciousnesses of the people he stole Quirks from appear before him. To top it off, All For One's permanently injured body put a limit on how many Quirks he could take and use in succession, making him far weaker than he was in his prime.

Sometime before the Kamino Incident, his Quirk was duplicated by Doctor Garaki and the original version of it was given to Tomura, while All For One kept the copied version.^[2] The copied version of All For One didn't give him as much command however, meaning that vestiges from stolen Quirks could resist the user from within.^[47]

Most of the Quirks possessed by All For One were artificial copies, as the originals were transferred to Tomura Shigaraki alongside the original All For One Quirk. It is unclear if these Quirks suffered drawbacks from their artificial nature akin to his original Quirk.

All For One had stolen a wide variety of Quirks with his ability, including:

• Spearlike Bones: This Quirk generated drill-like bone structures around All For One's body.^[53] All For One stole this Quirk from his mother shortly after he was born and is the first Quirk stolen by him overall.^[11]
• Luminescence: This Quirk allowed All For One to illuminate himself. All For One stole this Quirk from the grown-up Luminescent Baby.^[11]
• Warping: All For One could produce a black liquid that acted as a portal, similar in nature to Kurogiri's Warp Gate. He could use this Quirk on a large scale, producing multiple black liquid portals that transported dozens of Nomu to the League of Villains' hideout, and later the entirety of the Paranormal Liberation Front for the final battle. This Quirk, however, had many limitations: it was not a coordinate-based warping and could only warp things to and from his location. It also had a limited range and it only worked if it was used on someone with whom he had a close relationship.^[54] It could also be blocked by those with significant willpower.^[55]
• Search: All For One stole this Quirk from Ragdoll. With this Quirk, he could observe and monitor up to a hundred people at a time, including their location and weak points.^[54]
• Air Cannon: All For One released an air shockwave from his arms. This Quirk was further strengthened by its combined usage with Springlike Limbs and several other power-up Quirks.^[56]
• Springlike Limbs: This Quirk allowed All For One to coil his muscles in order to enhance his physical strength, and could also be used to augment other Quirks, like Air Cannon.^[56]
• Rivet Stab: All For One transformed his fingers into black tendrils that have red prominent cracked lines that extend from the his fingers, although they could also emerge from other parts of the body such as the spine. These appendages possesed both lethal piercing power and fine control.^[56]
• Forced Quirk Activation: All For One could activate a target's Quirk against their will, whether they were conscious or not. All For One had used this Quirk in combination with Rivet Stab.^[56]
• Impact Recoil: This Quirk seemingly enabled All For One to completely reflect the impact of an attack back to the attacker.^[18]
• Multiplier: This Quirk seemingly multiplied the number of All For One's arms.^[53]
• Hypertrophy: This Quirk enhanced All For One's muscles to the point of straining his skin, greatly increasing his strength.^[53]
• Rivet: This Quirk possibly generated rivet-like growths on All For One's arm.^[53]
• Kinetic Booster: This Quirk seemingly increased the amount of kinetic energy All For One created and released. All For One had four copies of this Quirk.^[53]
• Brawn Boost: The Quirk granted All For One a boost in physical strength. All For One had three copies of this Quirk.^[53][31]
• Infrared: This Quirk allowed All For One to sense his surroundings using infrared senses. He used this Quirk to compensate for his blindness. However, the amount that he was able to sense was very limited.^[57]
• Vibration Detection: This Quirk allowed All For One to enhance his senses about his surroundings. He used it along with Infrared and various other Quirks to compensate for his lack of vision and hearing, while at the same time giving him incredible awareness of the world around him.^[57]
• Life Force: This Quirk doubled his lifespan, and was given to him by Doctor Garaki. The Quirk normally had the drawback of reduced physical mobility, but All For One's other Quirks counteracted this.^[58]
• Radio Waves: All For One could disrupt radio waves and cause communicators to malfunction.^[59]
• Hardflame Fan: This Quirk allowed All For One to generate a wall of flames to act as defense.^[60]
• Accelerator Rings: This Quirk allowed All For One to generate yellow rings that let him propel himself with sharp bursts of acceleration. He stole this Quirk from an infant Tenko where it would go on to meld with All For One's other Quirks and evolve into a more powerful version that allowed the user to fly through the air.^[61][5][4]
• Impure Beam: This Quirk allowed All For One to unleash a powerful beam of light. It was strong enough to severely damage Dark Shadow in its Light of Baldur form and kill Gigantomachia with a single shot. It was one of All For One's most powerful Quirks. The only major drawback of this Quirk was that All For One's body could not withstand the power of the blasts as it maimed his own arm in the process.^[61][31]
• Fierce Wings: This Quirk granted All For One a pair of bright red, feathery wings on his back, albeit only stubs due to the Quirk already being damaged. All For One stole this Quirk from Hawks.^[62]
• Dark Ball: This Quirk allowed All For One to release an array of dark balls.^[31]
• Bloodlet: This Quirk allowed All For One to expel all the blood from within his body and then retract it back into his body.^[63]
• Antigen Swap: This Quirk allowed All For One to change his blood type. He used this Quirk in the past to leave no traces of himself behind.^[63]
• Bloodcurdle: This Quirk allowed the user to paralyze someone when they ingest their blood and based on the blood type, could paralyze for extended periods of time. All For One stole this Quirk from Stain.^[63]
• Unnamed Spatial Distortion Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to manipulate the space around him at a range, similar to the Quirk of the Nomu Robot. He used it to seemingly kill Hawks, only for it be an illusion.^[49] He had previously used it to kill his brother and claim his left hand.^[12]
• Unnamed Shapeshifting Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to alter his appearance. All For One used this Quirk to disguise himself as an ordinary man and get closer to the Shimura family while observing a young Tenko.^[5]
• Unnamed Empathy Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to sense emotions of others.^[64]
• Unnamed Telekinesis Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One the ability to levitate objects with his hand. He used it to levitate his medical device once freed from Tartarus.^[65]
• Unnamed Mind Control Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to control a person's actions by touching their head. He used it on a Tartarus guard to fly an emergency plane and escape the prison.^[66]
• Unnamed Lie Detector Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to sense whether a person is lying or if they possess any semblance of ill will. The Quirk became stronger through the mixing of various other Quirks throughout the years. The Quirk was stolen from Naomasa Tsukauchi's ancestor.^[21]
• Unnamed Levitation Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to levitate in the air.^[21]
• Unnamed Razor Blade Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to create crescent shaped razor blades.^[60] These razor blades boasted impressive cutting power, effortlessly slicing through the X-66s.
• Unnamed Ooze Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to generate a muck-looking substance which can cover and dissolve an area.^[60]
• Unnamed Mouth Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to morph the flesh on his hand into a purple mouth which can be shot out to attack. It had enough strength to bite through flesh.^[67] He could alter their size by using his entire hand, making them range from the size of a small mouth to the size of an enormous structure.^[68] Additionally, he had the ability to sprout appendages from his back that resembled a long mouth and were strong enough to tear into a whole body.^[63] All For One had this Quirk since his fight with Daigoro Banjo.^[69]
• Unnamed Glue Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to generate a glue-like substance which could be used to instantly joint broken pieces together. He used it along with Rivet Stab to try and repair his broken mask.^[47]
• Unnamed Force Field Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to generate a yellow force field to protect himself from attacks.^[47]
• Unnamed Body Appendages Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to grow appendages from his back in the shape of wings that could serve to expand the usage of his Black Lightning Quirk.^[70]
• Unnamed Black Lightning Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to shoot black lightning bolts from his body. He used this in combination with his Body Appendages Quirk.^[70]
• Unnamed Fangs Quirk: This mutant Quirk gave the user a fanged jawbone. All For One took this from someone in the past as a favor to make him one of his loyal servants.^[15]
• Unnamed Screw Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to create screws out of his body. It is unknown as to what the limits of this Quirk were alone but in the aftermath of a battle screws had been seen as large as buildings.^[71]
• Unnamed Spiked Growth Quirk: This Quirk enabled All For One to sprout a growth out of his right shoulder, which blossomed into a bushel of jagged spikes.^[8]
• Unnamed Hardening Quirk: This Quirk allowed All For One to harden his skin exceptionally and grow into a larger, bulkier form. He stole this Quirk from a fighter in the Underground Masquerade.^[72]

Former Quirks#

Quirks obtained via All For One and then passed onto others:

• Power Stock: This Quirk allowed All For One to stockpile power. He gave it to his younger brother to try and force him to his side, causing it to merge with Yoichi's power, Quirk Bestowal, and together became One For All.^[15][4]
• Decay: This Quirk allows the user to destroy and disintegrate anything they touch. It is a modified duplicate of Overhaul belonging to Kai Chisaki, with its restoration ability removed. This Quirk was secretly given to Tenko Shimura.^[5]
• Navel Laser: This Quirk allows the user to project twinkling laser beams from their navel. This Quirk was given to Yuga Aoyama in exchange for the Aoyama family's servitude.^[73]
• Transforming Arms: This Quirk allows the user to shapeshift their arms. This Quirk was given to Hood to try and make him a better fighter.^[72]
• Mole: This Quirk allows the user to grow mole-like claws from their fingers, as well as spines on their back, to dig through the earth. This Quirk was given to Gigantomachia for the purpose of hiding underground.^[74]
• Overclock: This Quirk allows the user to stimulate their brain's perception of information, granting them hyper speed, reflexes, and an improvement to their healing factor. This Quirk was stolen from O'Clock and given to Number 6.^[75]
• Muscle Augmentation: This Quirk allows the user to augment the power of their muscles, changing their appearance. This Quirk was given to Wolfram to assist in his plans on I-Island.^[76]
• Air Walk: This Quirk is capable of allowing the user to levitate and walk in mid-air. This Quirk was given to Lady Nagant as payment to capture Izuku.^[53][77]
• Body Bulk: This Quirk bulks the users entire body, greatly increasing their strength and body size. This Quirk was given to Spinner to grant him extra power in the Final War.^[78]
• Scalemail: This Quirk covers the user with sharp scale-like armor, granting them increased strength and defense. This Quirk was also given to Spinner at the same time as Body Bulk.^[79]
• Unnamed Self-Destruct Quirk: This Quirk makes the user self-destruct in a big explosion. This Quirk was secretly given to Lady Nagant in case she failed her mission or changed her mind about helping All For One.^[80]
• Several unnamed Quirks: All For One transferred several Quirks to fighters in the Underground Masquerade including: an electricity-based power, beast-like traits, making the user turtle-like with a spiked shell and cannon on their back, granting the user wings in place of arms, giving the user arm-scythes, making the user wolf-like, a strength enhancer, and a reptilian transformation.^[81] He also transferred a variety of Quirks to the Near High-End Nomu to strengthen them prior to the Final War.^[82]

It's possible that he possessed some, if not all, of the Quirks possessed by his Nomu, as well as Gigantomachia's additional Quirks. He may have also retained some, if not all, of the Quirks he's transferred away as originals or duplicates.

Ultimate Moves#

• Ultimate Quirk Combination: All For One utilizes the strongest combination of Quirks that he currently holds inside his body to greatly enhance his right arm, combining Springlike Limbs, Multiplier, Hypertrophy, Rivet, Air Walk, and Spearlike Bones, as well as four Kinetic Booster Quirks and three Brawn Boost Quirks. This combination of Quirks is what All For One attempted to use in order to kill All Might. Impact Recoil was later added to this combination to better his chances of defeating All Might.
• Omni-Factor Unleash: All For One summons every single Quirk he has ever stolen into one powerful attack. He uses this move during the Final War in an effort to kill Katsuki Bakugo and succeed in his goal of reaching Tomura all at once.^[12]

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Equipment#

• Breathing Mask: All For One suffered serious damage in his battle against All Might and now has trouble breathing. He wore this mask to compensate. After escaping from Tartarus, All For One used an upgraded version of this mask after the previous one was destroyed by All Might. Both were created by Kyudai Garaki.
• Rewind Drug: Created by Kyudai based on the sample of the Shie Hassaikai's Quirk-Destroying Drug, this version focuses on the original effect of Rewind and restores All For One's body back to his prime state. However, it could only be used once as a last resort as it eventually rewound All For One's body out of existence.^[6]

Battles & Events#

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• Kudo vs. All For One
• Bruce vs. All For One
• Lariat vs. All For One
• En vs. All For One
• Nana Shimura vs. All For One
• All Might vs. All For One

Hideout Raid Arc

• Kamino Incident
• Hideout Raid Team vs. All For One
• All Might vs. All For One: Rematch

Paranormal Liberation War Arc

• Paranormal Liberation War
• Jaku Hospital Raid
• Hospital Raid Team & Trainees vs. Tomura Shigaraki
• Best Jeanist & Trainees vs. Paranormal Liberation Front
• Assault on Tartarus

Star and Stripe Arc

• "Tomura Shigaraki" vs. Star and Stripe

Final War Arc

• Final War
• Operation Troy
• Endeavor, Hawks & Trainees vs. All For One
• Pro Heroes, Trainees & Gigantomachia vs. All For One
• All Might vs. All For One: Final Round
• Dynamight vs. All For One
• Pro Heroes & Trainees vs. "All For One"}}

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• Underground Masquerade
• O'Clock vs. All For One}}

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Trivia#

• All For One's given name, Zen, contains the kanji for "all", which fits both his Quirk and his ambitious personality.
• His surname, Shigaraki, contains the kanji for "death", "handle, grip", and "tree".
• All For One came up with his last name after hearing a story about the "Shigaraki Tanuki", a prostitute working in a redlight district who resembled the animal due to her body shape from her ongoing pregnancy and the fact that she always stood completely still waiting for customers. Because of this, passerbys described her as a shigaraki yaki tanuki, a pottery statue made to look like the namesake animal, and she would later be found dead by a river. All For One grew fond of the story from how monster-like the woman's description and treatment was, which motivated him to make it part of his full name, though spelled with different kanji.^[4] Ironically, his birth mother was a prostitute who matched this description, unbeknownst to him.
• The real-life Japanese town of Shigaraki is well known for its production of clay tanuki statues, with a giant one located at its very own Shigaraki Station.
• All For One's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as following:
• Ranked 49th in the second Popularity Poll.
• Ranked 69th in the fourth Popularity Poll.
• Ranked 40th in the fifth Popularity Poll.
• All For One's black, ornate mask and life-support system were possibly inspired by the character of Darth Vader, the antagonist of the first Star Wars trilogy and recurring element of the franchise as a whole, who is known for wearing an iconic life-support armor.
• The black skull-like shape resembles that of the Batman villain Black Mask.
• He also resembled the Superman villain Ultra-Humanite, one of the first recurring villains in comics with a genius intellect and the ability to transfer his mind into other beings, as he does when his Quirk was transferred into Tomura.
• All For One was one of the oldest known individuals in the series, being born in the era when Quirks first manifested, though it is unclear whether or not he was older than Doctor Garaki.
• All For One and Tomura have possessed the most Quirks of any character in the series, as Tomura was able to use all of the Quirks that All For One had stolen after gaining access to the All For One Quirk. However, between Tomura losing several Quirks after they were destroyed by New Order, and All For One transferring some of his to others, it's unknown who had the most by the time of their deaths.
• However, All For One has used the most Quirks on-screen (counting only those that he has been shown using himself), with at least 42 known.
• While he was imprisoned in Tartarus, his prisoner number was 1541.
• According to All For One's Ultra Analysis profile:
• The prison staff at Tartarus occasionally saw All For One smiling in his cell, as though he was recalling something.
• His personality is described as "unsettling".
• All For One was the first known villain to name himself after his Quirk: later examples are Kai Chisaki, Hari Kurono, Chojuro Kon and Kiruka Hasaki.
• All For One's background and history with Yoichi seem to have been inspired by the mythological story of the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, with the two fulfilling these respective roles as brothers and the "founders" of superhuman society, analogous with the founding of the famous city. While no wolf or shepherd came to care for the twins like in the story, All For One did suck the remaining Quirk and nutrients from his mother's fresh corpse by a river as a reference to the famous portion where the Roman twins suckled from a she-wolf after being rescued from the Tiber. Romulus eventually wound up ruling Rome as its first king after murdering Remus (in some versions of the story at least). This matches the events where All For One kills Yoichi and goes on to reign over the chaotic century of super-powered society that formed, only forced to retreat into the shadows after his first defeat at All Might's hands.
• All For One's own short-cropped hair seems similar to the initial Roman emperor, Augustus, compared to the more stylish/shaggy hairstyles Horikoshi normally draws for his characters.
• According to the Volume 40 cover sketch:
• The young form depicted in the cover, which All Might fought in their final battle, is between the ages of 15 and 16.
• He grew up in the slums.
• All For One's English voice actor in his youth, Ryan Negrón, also voices Master Driller.
• In the anime, All For One was depicted with red eyes during the dream of him and Yoichi in One For All's vestige realm. Despite this, he is revealed to have white eyes in the manga and later has the same eye color upon being rewound to his prime appearance in the anime. This is presumably an oversight, due to the anime staff not knowing his true eye color at the time.

Quotes#

• (To Yoichi) "Remember what that comic book said? "One for all" and "all for one". Words to live by. That hero had to hide his identity and battle on in solitude... while everyone paid tribute to the wicked demon lord out of fear. Just as you were inspired, I now want a world that exists for my sake and mine alone. I've found my own dream!"^[83]
• (In regards to Yoichi and One For All) "My crocodile tears served to cause confusion and dismay. All that I loathed... and everything I coveted... I had manipulated... and corrupted... to make it all my own. Yet... you never behave as I wish. I only want... to make you mine! I hunt... and pursue... yet you slip through my grasp."^[84]
• (To Nana) "Thank you truly, for this amusing farce."^[85]
• (To Number 6 about All Might) ''"Believe it, Number 6. You may doubt your eyes, but what you see is the cold, hard truth. That man does exist. He's a true superhuman who's in another league compared to the rest of the heroes. A deus ex machina who seems to defy the laws of physics and fate itself at every turn. Such is All Might. The pinnacle of what we hope to achieve.^[87]
• (To Doctor Ujiko, in regards to Tomura) "I know that boy will rise to the occasion. He was born twisted. So enjoy it while you can, All Might... This transient peace of yours!"^[88]
• (To Tomura about the League of Villains and Katsuki Bakugo) "You've failed again, Tomura. But you mustn't lose heart. There will be more chances to set things right. That's why I've brought along your little band. And the boy... because you determined that he is an important pawn. So go and try again. That's what I'm here to help you to do. It's... all... for you."^[89]
• (All For One to All Might, saying his slogan) "I don't think so, because I am here."^[90]
• (To Tomura) "Heart is power, and the more fiercely he embraces that source in his heart, the more my consciousness takes hold in our little symbiotic relationship. Never let that hatred die, Tomura."^[91]
• (To himself) "Why do they assume tomorrow will come for them? No, I won't grant them a moment's rest. Because it's my turn now, and my turn will never end."^[92]
• (To the prisoners of Tartarus) "If it's freedom you desire, then submit to me, my brethren. And bear witness, by my side. This impending void era will give rise to a more perfect demon lord. This will be the story of how I became the greatest demon lord of all!"^[65]
• (To Endeavor and Hawks) "My side was entirely on defense during the last great battle. In fact, I hear you and yours kept them from accomplishing much of anything. This time? Not so much. Heroes are those who defend, while Villains violate. Behold, as we plunge headlong toward our dreams · "^[93]
• (To Katsuki Bakugo) "'I must save all my remaining strength to succeed in that transfer.' Such was my thinking, but... no, enough of this. Killing you, reaching my goal, executing the transfer... All are one and the same."^[84]
• (To himself, shortly before vanishing from existence) "The negatives in life tend to stick in one's memory for so very long. This is why I thwart the futures of others. Yoichi... I... want everyone's eyes on me... forever."^[94]
• (To Yoichi, his last words before his final defeat) "No · I won't allow it · I love you! I love you like no other · I'm hopeless without you! I'm nothing · "^[86]