Shigaraki Tomura in depth + HC's ⠀ Main
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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.”
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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.
WIP
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.