The final season of My Hero Academia has been full of shocking moments. The war between heroes and villains has left fans on the edge of their seats. Recently, Katsuki Bakugo defeated All For One, and the villain’s sudden death stunned everyone. But in episode 7 of the final season, All For One came back in a way no one expected, revealing his long-term plan.
After Deku transferred his One For All quirk to Tomura, he entered the subconscious realm of Tenko Shimura. This was Deku’s chance to confront Tomura and reach the feelings he had buried inside. When Tomura’s will started to crack, a vestige of All For One, which had been dormant inside Tomura’s body, awakened.
Even though the original All For One seemed gone, he had already prepared a perfect vessel. He placed part of himself inside Tomura when giving him his quirk, similar to how One For All users leave traces of themselves. Tomura’s strong will had resisted All For One’s control all this time. But Deku’s confrontation created a weakness, and the vestige immediately took over. With that, All For One finally achieved his lifelong goal of controlling his perfect vessel, just when everyone thought his story was finished.
The story gets even deeper. Episode 11 of the final season revealed that All For One had orchestrated Tenko Shimura’s entire life. For years, we thought he just exploited Tenko’s tragedy, but it turns out he engineered it. He learned about Kotaro Shimura’s resentment toward heroes, becoming his first target. All For One even influenced Kotaro to have another child, Tomura, in his quest for the perfect vessel.
All For One manipulated Tenko’s father, feeding him dangerous thoughts, which fueled Kotaro’s hatred for heroes and led him to abuse his children. Later, All For One took Tenko’s original quirk and planted the “Decay” quirk inside him. This caused the Shimura family tragedy, where Tenko accidentally killed everyone with his powers. Every hardship in Shigaraki’s life was part of All For One’s plan.
This twist shows just how brilliant and cruel All For One really is. He has been pulling the strings behind the scenes for decades, and now he has returned to challenge the heroes when they are already weakened. The final season has raised the stakes even higher, and it’s unclear how Deku and the rest of the heroes will overcome this renewed threat.
Fans are now left wondering how the heroes will face All For One, and what other secrets about his plans might still be revealed. This revelation changes everything we thought we knew about the villain and his control over Tomura’s life.
