Quirk Singularity
個性特異点
Kosei Tokuiten
Chapter 166
Episode 80
The Quirk Singularity is a concept postulated by Dr. Kyudai Garaki about the danger posed by Quirks becoming stronger and stronger with each generation.[1]
Overview#
About seventy years ago, Dr. Kyudai Garaki presented this theory, according to which, as the generations follow one another, Quirks blend and evolve, producing stronger and more complex Quirks. However, with this increase in power, the Quirks will also become more difficult to control, since the human body doesn't evolve quickly enough to keep up. Eventually, there will come a point when Quirks will become too overpowered and complicated, and no one will be able to control them anymore. This theory was originally called Paranormal Singularity Theory,[2] although over time it would also become known as Quirk Singularity Doomsday Theory.[3]
Back then, no one believed Kyudai's thesis and mocked it, citing that they found it absurd and lacking in evidence, and eventually ignored it. In an era struggling to return an impoverished, conflicted world back to peace, no one believed there was anything to indicate the "collapse of the future". After his theory was rejected and he was ostracized from society as a result, Kyudai went missing.
However, there was one person who took his theory seriously: All For One. With his ability to use so many Quirks, the idea that his body was not able to adapt was a serious issue for him. For this reason, All For One approached Kyudai and offered him his help and patronage to continue his research and investigations in this regard. In appreciation, Kyudai became one of his most loyal allies.
With the passage of time, the Paranormal Singularity Theory began to gain notoriety. The early signs of Kyudai's hypotheses started to appear among the fourth generation of Quirk users, although, even nowadays, the theory is considered fringe thinking reserved for cults.[3][1][2] One of these cults, Humarise, were so devoted to this belief that they were convinced that Quirks were a sickness that would ultimately cause the doom of humanity, spurring the cult to start a genocidal campaign where they intended to wipe out Heroes and Quirk society altogether. Many people, both the Quirkless and Quirk users, joined Humarise's cause, some out of genuine devotion and to offer their lives as "atonement" for being "afflicted" with a Quirk, and others to simply save their own skin. Humarise's leader, Flect Turn, strongly believed in the Paranormal Singularity Theory, due to his own experiences with his Reflect Quirk, that would harm anyone who touched him, even without his intent, stating that a Quirk that couldn't be controlled would lead to suffering.[4]
The Quirk Singularity was also mentioned in an excerpt from Chikara Yotsubashi's autobiographical book, Meta Liberation War, explaining that there were mock battles between parents and children with combat-oriented Quirks. In these mock battles, the children almost always won due to the strength of their Quirks in comparison to their parents, who only rarely won due to their grown strength and their children's frailty that was unrelated to their abilities. Chikara used this data to conclude that Quirks would continue to rise in strength to the point of being unable to be restricted by laws, using this as part of his justification to liberate Quirk society.[5]
During the battle between The Crawler and Number 6, All For One expressed his belief that the two's Quirks had reached the "domain beyond the Singularity", as he witnessed their exponential increase in power during their Quirk Awakening.[6]
All For One espoused that the theory had been proven correct when Tomura Shigaraki was able to sprout hundreds of fingers from his left hand, resembling the growth of his Quirks, like hair, nails, or skin, explaining it as an indication that it will be the result of humanity adapting to the Quirks.[7]
This is further clarified to be the result of his body morphing itself to obtain its optimal shape, with the bloated mass of fingers created due to Tomura's desire for destruction, as well as creating a form that would allow him to defeat and keep the Heroes away from him. However, due to this plan failing, and an increasing mental instability, he was able to further transform his body into a new shape, now in a more defensive state where the fingers cover his entire body, while the memories of his family make up his left fist.[8] Tomura would later make use of finger growths to block the assault from Izuku Midoriya, his body sensing the danger of allowing the Hero to transfer One For All without Tomura's conscious realization.[9] The growths were specialized to block the transfer of the Quirk, registering only as grimes or nails and preventing them from being valid targets for the transfer as Tomura enveloped himself in a cocoon of fingers.[10]