Dabi (My Hero Academia)
Dabi is a male anime and manga character who features in My Hero Academia.
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Biography
Origin
Toya Todoroki (Japanese: 轟とどろき燈とう矢や, Hepburn: Todoroki Tōya?) was a male human born as the eldest son of Enji Todoroki and his wife Rei Himura. His parents marriage was a Quirk marriage developed due to Enji Todoroki's desire to surpass Japan's No. 1 Hero All-Might. To achieve that, Enji looked to birth a child with his fire ability mixed with the ice of Rei Himura that that would help compensate for any overheating issues. When Todoroki was 22 years old, his first child Toya Todoroki was born prematurely. However, he did not inherit a composite Quirk from his parents with Toya instead being born with a fire Quirk more powerful than Enji's own Hellflame. Despite that, Enji looked to train his son when he was old enough to do so so. Later that year, his sister Fuyumi Todoroki was born but she only inherited her mother's power. Thus, when he was of age, Toya underwent constant training at the hands of his father with him being eager to learn all Enji's moves with the hope that one day he could become a great hero. Although none of his children bore the ideal Quirk he was hoping for, Enji was satisfied with Toya and saw him capable of surpassing All Might with his powerful Fire Quirk alone, so he placed his ambitions on his shoulders. However, the situation changed drastically as Toya's red hair began to turn white and his body suffered burns every time he used his Quirk. Enji and Rei went to see a Quirk doctor to find out what was wrong with him. The doctor explained that while Toya had inherited a powerful fire based Quirk from his father. He also inherited his mother's resistance to freezing cold, rather than his father's resistance to scorching heat, meaning that he would burn himself whenever he used his flames. As a result of this, Toya was limited in how far he could safely push himself with his Quirk.
Enji deemed him a failure and suddenly stopped training him. Toya, despite the dangerous flaw in his Quirk, still longed to be a Pro Hero when he grew up. He began to beg his father to continue training him, but Enji refused, saying that it was for the sake of his well-being, but Toya was not pleased. Later, he talked with his sister Fuyumi and told her that he can tolerate the pain and burns, but little Fuyumi told Toya that she was also worried about him getting hurt. Her words offended Toya, who yelled that she doesn't understand him because she is a girl and walked off, saying that his father was the one who lit the fire under him to surpass All Might. Toya began training on his own, despite his father and sister trying to convince him to stop. Enji lamented that his son also inherited his stubbornness and decided to have more children until conceiving a suitable successor to his ambitions. Rei said that his idea was too cruel, especially considering Toya has finally realized what he wants to achieve through their children, but Enji considered that this plan would finally make Toya give up on his obsession. The years passed, and Enji and Rei had more children. This would ultimately lead to Natsuo's conception, which made Toya start falling into despair while Endeavor's desire to surpass All Might continued to grow. Eventually, Shoto Todoroki was born, having inherited a perfect combination of both his parents' Quirks. Enji had finally conceived the much desired heir he was seeking, but Toya had reached breaking point, as Shoto's birth implied that his entire purpose and his father's awareness and attention had just been taken from him. However, Toya was still determined to fulfill his father's dream and refused to abandon it. He continued training on his own, eventually he started going to Sekoto Peak where his father used to train.
Dabi
He had been watching a public broadcast when he saw news of the Hero Killer Stain's capture. Dabi came to be inspired by Stain's ideology where he decided to seek out the League of Villains as it was widely believed that they embodied the Hero Killer's cause. Finding Giran, the villain manager came to bring him and Himiko Toga to the League of Villain's hideout where they encountered the group's leader Tomura Shigaraki. At first, Shigaraki was not impressed with these new recruits and wanted Kurogiri to remove them but his aide declined after which Giran began to introduce the group. Dabi was said to had not done any flashy crimes but that he followed the ideology set out by Stain. The villain at first was unsure on the League's motivations and questioned if they would let the likes of Himiko Toga into the organisation. He then noted that he would make the Hero Killer's will a reality but these remarks angered Shigaraki who was prepared to attack both Dabi as well as Himiko for talking about Stain. Kurogiri though managed to step in and used his Quirk to stop a fight from erupting in the lair. This caused Tomura to storm off with Dabi complaining about Shigaraki's attitude. Despite this incident, Dabi came to be eventually recruited into the League of Villains and assigned to lead a team of elite villains called the Vanguard Action Squad. Tomura acquires equipment for the team and has them pick it up at an unknown warehouse location. Himiko announces there is enough gear for everyone and they should bring it along on their mission. Muscular added they need to hurry up, but Mustard disagreed because the team has been ordered not to rush or do anything too flashy. Dabi agreed and said that Tomura acted like a brat and attacking when they first met, but now he was suddenly taking charge. Dabi proclaimed that their mission would be a warning shot that would tear down false heroes from their shining pedestals and drag them back to earth in order to create a new future for the world.
The next day, Dabi and six other villains secretly arrived on the Wild, Wild Pussycats' forest reserve where U.A. High School students were training. The Vanguard Action squad observes the campsite from a high vantage point. The members of the group start to argue about their next move, so Dabi tells them all to shut up. He goes on to say that Tomura was foolish for trying to attack the U.S.J. with a band of low-level thugs and that it's much better to use a small group of elites. Dabi announced the League of Villain's first task is to strip away the student's sense of security. The Vanguard Action Squad begins their assault the next evening. Dabi uses his Quirk to set The Beast's Forest ablaze in blue fire. Dabi keeps the fire going while the other villains search for Katsuki Bakugo, who is their target. Twice makes clones of Dabi so he can distract the U.A. teachers. Dabi waits outside of the base camp building and surprise attacks Eraser Head on his way out. He blasts Eraser Head with an explosion of blue flames, but the hero evades and erases Dabi's Quirk by looking at him. He overpowers the villain and pins him to the ground before interrogating him for information about his allies. Dabi refuses to comply and gets free once a few of the students arrive. Eraser Head goes to restrain Dabi again, but the clone disappears as Dabi taunts the latter, leaving Eraser Head shocked. Dabi tells Twice the clone was defeated too fast. Twice rebuffs Dabi's claim. He comically argues until Dabi orders him to make another clone to keep the Pro-Heroes at bay. The clone attacks the base camp again. He blasts one of the classrooms and is quickly restrained by the Blood Hero: Vlad King. The clone goads Vlad King until Eraser Head arrives and destroys it. Mr. Compress is able to successfully capture Katsuki, compressing him into a marble along Fumikage Tokoyami, and radios the team to rendezvous. Twice complains and Dabi argues that Mr. Compress did a fine job. Dabi seems to notice Yuga Aoyama hiding behind a bush, but before he is able to act, Twice reminds him to call back Nomu. Twice had to remind Dabi to unleash Nomu on the students earlier. Dabi remembers the Nomu was designed for him and will only react to his voice. He then signalled for the Nomu whilst he and Twice walk to the meeting spot.
Dabi and Twice meet Himiko first where he asked how her mission went to which Himiko replied that she was only able to collect one sample of blood. As Twice and Himiko begin to banter back and forth, Dabi tells them both to shut up and notices a trio of students tackling Mr. Compress out of mid-air: Izuku Midoriya, Shoto Todoroki, and Mezo Shoji. Dabi, unfazed by this entrance, orders Mr. Compress to move aside and he does so by using his compressing Quirk on himself. Dabi throws a fireball that burns Mezo and Izuku. The other villains attack the students and Mr. Compress motions to give the captured students to Dabi. He meant to keep their compressed marble bodies inside his pocket, but Mezo stole them. Kurogiri arrives to evacuate the villains as their goal is achieved. Dabi refuses to leave without Katsuki, but Mr. Compress reassures him he was hiding the real marbles the entire time. Hiding from the shadows, Yuga shoots Mr. Compress in the face and he drops the marbles out of his mouth. Mezo is able to retrieve Fumikage, but Dabi secures Katsuki's marble before Shoto reaches it. Dabi taunts Shoto's attempt as he commands Mr. Compress to confirm Katsuki's body. Katsuki reverted to his normal body with Dabi's hand around his neck. Dabi then called checkmate and the villains disappeared through a warp-gate.
Having completed their mission, Dabi and the Vanguard Action Squad return to the hideout. They restrain Katsuki and bring him before Tomura. Tomura tells Katsuki about the League of Villain's goal to reform hero society. Then he asks Dabi to remove his restraints. Dabi argues that Katsuki will fight, but Tomura asks him to do it anyway. Dabi orders Twice to remove the bonds and then Katsuki immediately blasts Tomura in the face with an explosion. Katsuki tells the League he would never join them because he wants to be a Hero like All Might. Magne comments that Katsuki is clever for realizing his own value to the villains. Dabi argues that he's a fool for fighting. Tomura puts the fallen hands back on and requests that nobody harm Katsuki. Tomura asks All For One to lend him his power and then orders Mr. Compress to restrain Katsuki. The League of Villains is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of what sounds to be a pizza delivery. Then All Might suddenly bursts through the opposite wall with Kamui Woods and the latter restrains all the villains with his Lacquered Chain Prison technique. Dabi attempts to free himself from the wooden binds by igniting his flames, however Gran Torino flies in and stops Dabi by knocking him unconscious with a swift kick to the head. Dabi and the other villains are saved when All For One warps them to the destroyed Nomu Factory. All For One activates the Quirk of the unconscious Kurogiri and orders the League of Villains to capture Katsuki and retreat. Mr. Compress uses his Quirk to compress Dabi's body into a marble. All of the villains are forced to flee the battlefield when All For One uses Magne's Quirk to force them into the Warp Gate. Three weeks following the battle in Kamino Ward, the League of Villains separate in order to conceal themselves and recruit like-minded individuals to their cause. Dabi enters an alleyway, hoping to find recruits there. The low-life thugs threatened to kill Dabi and he recognizes that they're nothing but weak thugs. He tells them to get out of his way and then burns them all to death with his Quirk. Dabi mocks them by stating they're garbage and the least they can do is become kindling for his flames.
While he was busy with these matters, Tomura and other members of the League of Villain have a clandestine encounter with the current leader of the Shie Hassaikai, Overhaul. A series of discrepancies and differences of opinions generate a confrontation between them that ends with the death of Magne and Mr. Compress losing an arm. Despite this, Dabi is present at the meeting in which Tomura informs them that they will form an alliance with Shie Hassaikai. Dabi said nothing, but Twice and Himiko were unhappy with the decision. However, Tomura assured them that it was for the good of the League, and the time when they can avenge Magne and Mr. Compress will come. A few days later, the Shie Hassaikai Compound was assaulted by heroes, and with the help of Twice and Himiko, they manage to defeat the entire organization and arrest its members. During the aftermath of the Shie Hassaikai Raid, Dabi accompanies Tomura, Spinner, and Mr. Compress on their mission to confront the defeated Overhaul. Tomura claims that his plan is as simple as a game of Shogi. Dabi argues that Shogi was not that simple. The League of Villains engages a Police convoy carrying Overhaul inside one of the trucks while he's restrained and strapped to a medical bed. Dabi tells Spinner to stop driving erratically because it was making him carsick. He maintains his composure and attacks the convoy with a large flamethrower stream, prompting the Sand Hero: Snatch to appear from within one of the trucks. Dabi recognized Snatch as a powerful Pro Hero while Tomura fights him. He also notes that Tomura's infamy has gotten him way too famous. Tomura crashes several of the trucks into each other while Dabi confronts Snatch himself. He taunts Snatch for being a Hero that always needs to jump in to rescue others. Snatch recognizes Dabi as the villain associated with a string of murders where the corpses were burned. Dabi admits that he's excited to hear about his notoriety. Snatch attacks Dabi with a sand tiger move and Dabi counters with a large blast of fire. While Snatch is distracted, Mr. Compress uses his Quirk to trap him inside a marble with Dabi's flames. Mr. Compress accidentally burns himself and then asks Dabi if Snatch's sand will burn. Dabi believes Snatch can only transform his upper body into the sand and will likely die while compressed. Tomura exacts his revenge on Overhaul by destroying his arms. Spinner warns his allies that police reinforcements will arrive soon. Dabi, Mr. Compress, and Tomura walk back towards the truck as the flames from their destruction burn in the background.
Dabi was assigned to test one of Doctor Ujiko's High-End Nomu. During this encounter, Dabi recognizes that Ujiko was the one that rescued him from death and rebuilt his body, and after seeing the Nomu, has a clearer understanding of what they did to him, and what they were planning to use him for. Ujiko had specifically set up this encounter to ask him how he survived, surprised at his reappearance and assuming he had died after he escaped, realizing he has managed to make it this far purely on his grudge alone. At Hidamari Kindergarten on the same day as the Hero Billboard Chart JP release, Dabi tells the High-End "Hood" that it is the first intelligent Nomu and he expects good results. Hood attacks the No. 1 & 2 Pro Heroes: Endeavor and Hawks. Dabi watches from within the city limits when Endeavor narrowly wins their fight. With the two Pro Heroes injured from their fight and before they can request for help, Dabi confronts them himself and greets Endeavor. Dabi confronts the two heroes and traps them within a wall of fire. Endeavor recognizes Dabi as the villain who murdered Snatch and Dabi claims he has no idea who he's talking about. Dabi tells Endeavor he wants to talk while they have the opportunity. Hawks stands up to Dabi and the latter claims he wouldn't try and defeat the two top heroes alone. Then Dabi says that they're both on death's doorstep and decides to attack, that is when Mirko interrupts the latter and attacks Dabi from above. Her fearsome stomp keeps him at bay, making Dabi realize his disadvantage. Dabi then calls Ujiko to use the Warping Quirk to warp him away. Before he leaves, Dabi calls Endeavor by his real name and tells him not to die. Afterward, Dabi meets with Hawks to discuss Hood's attack. Hawks is upset with Dabi for not keeping to their original plan and holds a blade to his neck. Unfazed, Dabi replies that Hawks wasn't supposed to bring someone as powerful as Endeavor. He questions the lack of casualties from the battle, insisting that a villain sympathizer wouldn't have acted in such a heroic way. Hawks explains he has to keep a Heroic appearance to the public to make himself more useful to the League of Villains. Understanding, Dabi walks away and tells Hawks he can't meet their leader yet, but he'll contact him again in the future. While walking towards the harbor, Dabi recalls Snatch and is seemingly moved by the hero's last words to him. Dabi says thinking about all the families he's affected has nearly driven him crazy. He wipes some blood from the patch underneath his eye as if he was crying.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Dabi was a reasonably tall, pale young man of slim shape but somewhat muscular build, described as in his early twenties. He has white hair with a few red flecks at its crown that spikes upward around his head, hanging low over his eyes, which are thin, turquoise, and heavily lidded. Dabi's hair was dyed black before revealing his true identity. He came to operate under the name of Dabi (荼毘 Dabi?) and later by the villain name of Blueflame (蒼炎 Sōen?).
Toya was very energetic and boisterous as a child, and he wanted to learn as much as he could from his father. Because of his father Enji had emphasized that he would be the one to surpass All Might since childhood, Toya became obsessed with fulfilling that dream, leading to him becoming just as stubborn as his father to become the next number one hero. This drive to surpass All Might was so great that, despite Enji telling him to abandon this goal and focus on something else, Toya refused and continued training, burning himself in the process. Toya described his goal as a fire that his father lit within him that would not go out and that he could not bring himself to ignore, highlighting how his childhood dream became an unhealthy obsession. Rei, however, construed that Toya simply yearned for his father's acknowledgment and proof that he was not a failure, something that became more apparent following the birth of Shoto, who had inherited the Quirk and strength that Toya lacked.
As Dabi, he became a stoic, aloof, confident, and focused individual who rarely showed emotion. Though rather crude and violent, he was shown to be actually cautious such as choosing to retreat in the face of certain heroes rather than continuing a battle. Typically, h presented himself as a highly enigmatic individual that trusted no one where he preferred to do things alone and in his own way.
He was seen taking pleasure in taunting heroic figures, students, and Pro Heroes alike, where he sadistically enjoyed the pain he inflicted on others including those he murdered.
Toya Todoroki was the son of the Pro-Hero Endeavour namely Enji Todoroki and his wife from a Quirk marriage who was Rei Himura. Their marriage resulted in Toya being their eldest son where he had a younger sister named Fuyumi Todoroki, a younger brother named Natsuo Todoroki and his youngest brother was Shoto Todoroki. As the eldest, Toya was groomed to fulfil the role that Enji Todoroki had wanted for his offspring.
From his mothers side, he was shown to be related to ice user Geten of the Meta Liberation Army.
A key figure that inspired Dabi was the Hero-Killer Stain whose ideology led to him embracing the life of a villain. This was because he believed he was fighting false heroes and was dedicated in the mission of destroying the world's superhuman society. Similar to Stain, he believed that a person with the necessary conviction was capable of bringing about change. In addition, he saw heroes as being hypocritical people that were unworthy of their titles. However, unlike Stain, he did not seek a change that brought about better heroes as instead he believed no heroes should exist at all. Also, he was not above targeting innocents and even allying with criminals in order to achieve his goals.
Powers and abilities
Dabi was a human born with a Quirk (個こ性せい Kosei?, lit. "Individuality") that gave him superhuman abilities with this manifesting as a power to control fire with this being known as Blueflame (蒼そう炎えん Sōen?). As a Quirk user, he was able to generate highly destructive blue flames from his body. He had well-developed control of his flames and could project them a fair distance from himself and in large amounts.
Dabi primarily fights from a distance, shooting fireballs, generating flamethrower attacks, and releasing bursts of fire at close range. His primary offense is using the brute force of his Quirk to overwhelm his enemies. Defensively, Dabi can burn away attacks and even generate massive firewalls to surround his targets. With this skill and power, he can incinerate an entire group of opponents in seconds. Overall, Dabi has the capacity and ingenuity to contend with many adversaries who outnumber him.
A weakness of his ability was his low tolerance to his own flames and prolonged use of his powers resulted in him being burnt by his own Quirk.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- Flashfire Fist (赫かく灼しゃく熱ねっ拳けん Kaku Shakunekken?) :
- Hell Spider (ヘルスパイダー Heru Supaidā?) :
- Jet Burn (ジェットバーン Jettobān?) :
- Prominence Burn (プロミネンスバーン Purominensu Bān?) :
- Phosphor (燐りん Rin?) :
- Hell Minefield (ヘルマインフィールド Herumainfīrudo?) :
- Vanishing Fist (バニシングフィスト Banishingu Fisuto?) :
He came to be a member of the League of Villains (敵ヴィラン連れん合ごう, Viran Rengō?) after being inspired by the Hero Killer Stain.
Notes
- Dabi was created by Kōhei Horikoshi where he featured in the setting of the My Hero Academia universe.
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