Shigaraki Tomura in depth + HC's Main

Name(s)

  • Shigaraki (死柄木). Tomura’s surname has
    the kanji for “death” (死), “grip” (柄), and
    “tree” (木). All For One took Tomura
    under his wing and gave him his surname,
    but it’s also just alluding to his Decay quirk:
    it causes the destruction of a person and/or
    object, it requires all 5 of his fingers to
    active the quirk, and the disintegration
    spreads out like the branches of a tree.
  • Tomura (弔). His first name only has
    one kanji, meaning “mourning, funeral.” It
    seems to be related to his quirk (the death
    his quirk brings and mourning go hand
    in hand), but I think it also references
    his past. AFO renamed Tomura so he
    could be “reborn” as someone who brings
    death and grief. This might be reaching,
    but I also think AFO named him that so
    Tomura can always remember who he is
    and what he did. (even though we know
    that before his awakening, Tomura didn’t
    remember much about his past… Shhh...)
  • Shimura Tenko (志村転弧), is Tomura’s
    real name. Diving into the kanji, there
    doesn’t seem to be anything that I could
    talk about, except for “弧.” The kanji
    means “arc,” but it’s really close to the
    kanji for “orphan, alone“ (孤), which also
    reads as “Ko.”

Origin

  • Tenko’s life has been orchestrated
    since before his birth. Tenko wouldn’t
    have been born if All For One didn’t
    convince Kotaro (Tenko’s father) to have
    another kid. When he was finally born,
    AFO came and stole his original Quirk
    Factor, which essentially made him
    Quirkless. All For One’s end goal with
    Tenko was to make him a vessel strong
    enough to steal One For All.
  • All For One was so involved with the
    Shimura family. Kotaro, not knowing
    who AFO truly was, befriended him to
    the point where they would see each other
    frequently. AFO knew that Kotaro had
    a disdain for Heroes, and manipulated
    Kotaro into having Tenko, his reasoning
    being “Heroes never show up to aid, so
    children need siblings to help each other.”
    With the constant manipulative advice,
    and Kotaro being a gullible little bitch, this
    in turn made Kotaro more violent with his
    kids. Tenko and his sister weren’t even
    allowed to mention “Heroes” in the
    household without getting a punishment.
    Tenko was enthralled with heroes, so he
    would often be in the brunt of said
    punishment.
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Headcanons

  • Starting with a grocery list of conditions,
    I like to think he has OCD! It's connected
    to his trauma. He has some sort of
    Dermatillomania & instead of picking, it
    comes in the form of scratching. He does
    it unknowingly in attempts to soothe himself.
  • Along with OCD, he has BPD. Garaki and
    AFO definitely know about his disorders,
    but they've never treated Tomura with
    therapy or medication. Because he's un-
    medicated, His episodes tend to be pretty
    strong. When he's manic, he starts planning
    huge operations against heroes, but they
    seem not really throught out, and more
    like a bunch of ideas thrown together.
    They're not calculated at all and are just
    unrealistic. He talks for hours without stop,
    not even stopping to breathe properly.
    Words just flow out when he's in this state,
    not really caring to formulate his sentences.
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Pub: 18 Apr 2022 21:14 UTC
Edit: 16 Sep 2024 00:31 UTC
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