Foldabody is the Quirk used by Shinya Kamihara.
Description#
Foldabody grants the user the ability to manipulate the thinness of their body as well as stretch their limbs.
Shinya can make his body completely flat and fold it into different forms. This allows him to pass through narrow spaces and move quickly while remaining undetected. He can shift his body into multiple shapes in an instant, giving him enhanced mobility, striking precision, and flexibility.
Weaknesses#
When Shinya's body is stretched too thin, it gradually affects his own lifespan, to the point at which it slowly starts to fade away. This is shown when he uses his Ultimate Move Zenith to turn himself into the size of a thread, in order to save Katsuki Bakugo's life.[1] While Shinya survived the process, overusing his Quirk to such an extent left him in a severely weakened state and reduced him to a barely conscious thread,[2] requiring time and advanced medical treatment to help him recover.[3]
Usage#
Shinya has evidently mastered his Quirk, and through intense training, he can transform faster than the speed of sound.[4] He incorporates this into his Ninja style very well. Shinya flattens his body to pass through doors, allowing him a way into secret passages. He can transform any section of his body at will, and often flattens it into multiple shapes to pierce his opponent's organs.
Shinya mainly uses his Quirk to strike quickly and incapacitate his opponents. He does this by folding his body into a thin blade that pierces his opponent's body before they can even react. By cutting off the blood flow to their brain, Shinya can knock someone unconscious almost instantly. When Shinya did this against Kurogiri, Magne couldn't even fathom what happened because of the hero's speed.[4]
Shinya can also fight in mid-air, twisting his body into a drill-like shape to zip around his target and navigate the terrain with ease.[5]
After using his ultimate technique, Zenith, he reappears as a small piece of thread with a tiny version of his head at the tip.[2] Even after the war ends, he keeps his miniature form while slowly recovering from overusing his Quirk. It also showed that his Quirk can regrow his body; by this time he's managed to regrow his arms, which are just as small as he is, each with five tiny fingers.[6] Eight years later, Shinya's body has managed to regrow to full size, with the only part of him still regenerating being his left arm, which is still thin and made up of thread.[7]
Named Ultimate Moves#
Fishhook Snag: Shinya flattens and twists one of his arms except the hand, then sends it to catch and retrieve the enemy.
Spiral Spear Hand: Shinya flattens and twists himself into a pointed string and then pierces his opponent with his arm to halt their movement.
Thousand Sheet Pierce: Shinya flattens and twists himself into a pointed string and then pierces his opponent before cutting off their blood flow in order to knock them unconscious.
Zenith: Using his Thousand Sheet Pierce technique, Shinya stretches his body to its maximum and enters the body of another person, acting as a medical suture to repair damaged organs.[8][1]
Pulp-Thread Throttle: Shinya flattens and twists himself into a pointed string and then coils around his target while repeatedly piercing them in multiple places.