Anime villains wield every kind of scary and highly effective skills, most of all in colourful shonen like One Piece and My Hero Academia. In truth, the latter’s Quirk fight system and the previous’s Satan Fruits really feel related at instances, and lots of direct comparisons will be made. But it surely goes past Ace and Endeavor each utilizing fireplace — every solid additionally options an professional shapeshifter villain.
MHA‘s Himiko Toga can use her Rework Quirk to mimic different folks and their voices. Equally, the One Piece villain Mr. 2 Bon Clay can use his Clone-Clone Fruit to imitate different folks — particularly their faces — and again it up with swan-style martial arts. All issues thought-about, although, one in all these shapeshifter villains really stands out as the most effective.
Mr. 2 Bon Clay’s Satan Fruit Skills & Martial Arts in One Piece
Mr. 2 Bon Clay, also called Bon Kurei, was launched in One Piece as a high-ranking Baroque Works agent serving underneath Sir Crocodile, and was a one-man workforce together with his formidable martial arts and Clone-Clone Fruit. He did not also have a feminine accomplice, however not like Mr. 3 together with his accomplice Miss Golden Week, Mr. 2 did not want any allies to utterly idiot Baroque Works’ enemies together with his Satan Fruit. Nonetheless, his garments do not change, so disguising himself as somebody essential — comparable to king Nefeltari Cobra of Alabasta — means discovering spare garments to finish his disguise. He can undo any disguise when he touches his cheek with a hand.
In fight, Mr. 2 makes use of a karate type that he calls the Okama Approach, generally translated as Oh Come My Approach karate. As a high-ranking Baroque Works officer, Mr. 2 is a lethal fighter, having educated for years to hone his karate type and rival any Straw Hat in battle. He usually chops at his foes together with his palms posed like swan beaks, and his kicks rival any of Sanji’s food-themed kicks as properly. If he is actually severe, Mr. 2 can connect his swan decorations to his toes and use their steel-hard beaks like outsized bullets when he performs kicks.
Himiko Toga’s Bloodthirsty Transformations & Borrowed Quirks in MHA
Himiko Toga’s Rework Quirk took everybody in My Hero Academia by complete shock, having solely been launched when she used it to mimic the Shiketsu pupil Camie Utsushimi within the Provisional Hero License Examination. Toga’s Quirk, probably a mutation kind, permits her to mimic anybody if she has ingested a pattern of their blood, although the transformation solely lasts so lengthy primarily based on how a lot blood was consumed. She will mimic not simply her goal’s bodily look, but in addition any garments they’re sporting, although Toga’s personal garments do not vanish or come off when she transforms. If any transformation includes the goal’s garments, she should undress first.
Toga’s Quirk might solely imitate an individual’s look and voice at first, however after dealing with the Meta Liberation Military officer Curious, she out of the blue woke up her Quirk within the warmth of fight. In Ochaco Uraraka’s type, Toga truly used the previous’s Quirk to make Curious float excessive within the sky, then fatally carry her again right down to Earth. Toga hasn’t executed a lot of that since within the My Hero Academia anime, however like Tomura Shigaraki, she lastly realized her Quirk’s true potential, suggesting immense innate expertise.
In fight, Toga depends totally on velocity, agility and knives to combat quite than brute drive. Like Stain the hero killer, Toga would quite get a blood pattern and retreat than use brute-force fight techniques, besides she makes use of her Quirk to mimic folks quite than assassinate them. And if she is ever busted whereas in disguise, she will use her velocity to make a fast getaway.
MHA’s Toga Vs. One Piece’s Mr. 2 – Who’s the Higher Shapeshifter Anime Villain?
MHA‘s Toga and One Piece‘s Mr. 2 Bon Clay are each extremely compelling and remarkably related shapeshifter villains, mixing trickery with martial arts and a crafty thoughts to take down the heroes from inside. All issues thought-about, although, Mr. 2 Bon Clay is barely more practical and compelling than Toga.
Not like Toga, Mr. 2 is definitely lethal in a combat together with his immense energy and karate type, together with his bullet-like swan kicks as a ending transfer. That makes him extra versatile than Toga, since Crocodile can ship Mr. 2 to combat and defeat highly effective foes with or with out Clone-Clone disguises, whereas Toga cannot simply overpower anybody with brute drive or martial arts. Mr. 2 additionally has a extra compelling character arc since he began off as a villain, then grew to become Sanji’s good friend with a substantial amount of mutual respect.
Mr. 2 even redeemed himself earlier than One Piece‘s “Alabasta” saga ended, risking his life to assist Luffy’s crew escape a Marine blockade. Many episodes or chapters later, Mr. 2 did the identical for Luffy in Impel Down, risking his life to imitate warden Magellan and assist the protagonist escape via the Gates of Justice. That was the second time this redeemed shapeshifter villain made One Piece followers both salute him, cry, or each together with his heroic actions.
