This article is about All For One's Quirk. For the Bombers and Number 6's version, see Radio Waves (Bombers).
Radio Waves is a Quirk used by Tomura Shigaraki and All For One, who had originally stolen it from someone else.
Description#
Radio Waves allows the user to emit an electromagnetic pulse of radio waves to disrupt electrical appliances and cause communicators to malfunction.[1] The Quirk can also be used to transmit waveforms through an induced current, allowing for communication, as well as a way to directly awaken and control the Nomu.[2][3]
In the anime, when All For One and Tomura activate this Quirk, they spew black lightning sparks with purple outlines surrounding their arms and palms when they activate it.
Besides disruption of electronic appliances, Radio Waves' waves are capable of exerting strong forces, allowing them to parry strong attacks or push enemies back with ease.[1]
Usage#
Tomura utilizes this Quirk in conjunction with Air Cannon to create a wide-range blast that shuts down the communications used by the Heroes.[1] This blast had a secondary effect of awakening several incomplete Near High-End Nomu which Tomura had prepared nearby.[2]
When All For One takes control of Tomura's body, he utilizes Radio Waves to command the remaining Near High-End Nomu, something Tomura was unable to accomplish due to his inexperience, unaware of how to accurately elicit specific commands through the induced current. All For One proceeds to use this Quirk as a way to control the Nomu to escape the battlefield, and subsequently break into Tartarus.[4]
All For One, in both his original and Tomura's body, uses the Quirk to disrupt Tartarus' defenses from the inside and out, allowing him and the inmates to break free, as well as using it as a way for the vestige and the original to communicate to each other across a large distance.[5][6]
During "Tomura" and his battle against Star and Stripe, he uses it in combination with Air Cannon and Heavy Payload against to unleash a wide-range blast with power comparable to All For One's combination for a gigantic energy beam to be unleashed.[7] Then, he unleashed it by itself against the fighter jets accompanying Star and Stripe.[8]