League of Villains

All For One's organisation for tearing down hero society.

The League of Villains is the main villain organisation of My Hero Academia. It was established and first led by All For One, and it aims to destroy hero society and return villains to the prominence they had before the rise of All Might. Its public face is All For One's apprentice Tomura Shigaraki, who takes full control once his master is arrested.

Lore & Background

The League announces itself by attacking Class 1-A and All Might at the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, with Shigaraki, his caretaker and second-in-command Kurogiri, a crowd of underlings and a Nomu. After the Hero Killer Stain is caught, several people who believe in his ideology join, among them Himiko Toga, Dabi and Twice; Spinner, Mr. Compress, Magne, Muscular, Mustard and Moonfish also fight for it. Its recruits ambush the U.A. summer training camp and kidnap Katsuki Bakugo in the hope of recruiting him, which leads to the heroes' raid on its hideout and All For One's defeat by All Might.

Reader's Guide

Under Shigaraki the League clashes with the Shie Hassaikai, whose boss Overhaul kills Magne, and steals the yakuza's remaining Quirk-destroying drugs. It then fights and defeats the Meta Liberation Army, and Shigaraki merges the two groups into the Paranormal Liberation Front with himself as Grand Commander. The League also uses the Nomu, brain-exposed creatures with several Quirks made from dead bodies by All For One and Doctor Garaki.