Paranormal Liberation War Arc

The Paranormal Liberation War Arc is the eighteenth story arc in My Hero Academia, as well as the ninth story arc in the Rise of Villains Saga.

After a tip from Hawks and a new source of intel in Tartarus, the Heroes have assembled all of the information they need to confront the Paranormal Liberation Front head-on.

Story Impact

 * Kurogiri is revealed to be a Nomu, created from the corpse of Oboro Shirakumo.
 * Oboro is revealed to be an old friend of Shota Aizawa and Hizashi Yamada.
 * It is revealed that the Paranormal Liberation Front have already formed their teams for the upcoming war.
 * Tomura Shigaraki is undergoing the final stages of obtaining ultimate power from Kyudai Garaki.
 * Toshinori Yagi completes his research on the former users of One For All and passes on the results to Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo.
 * The former user of Blackwhip is revealed to be Daigoro Banjo, also known as Lariat, who was the fifth user of One For All.
 * It is confirmed All For One had fought all of the previous users of One For All.
 * Nana Shimura's Quirk is revealed to be Float.
 * Daruma Ujiko's real name is revealed to be Kyudai Garaki, he is a Chairman of Jaku General Hospital and he was reportedly born Quirkless; but in reality, he actually has a longevity Quirk called Life Force.
 * Hawks relays his info to the Hero Commission who rally every hero to attack the Paranormal Liberation Front at their home base.
 * The heroes are split up into teams. Endeavor's team is in charge of raiding Jaku General Hospital and making sure that Tomura doesn't finish his upgrading process, Edgeshot's team is in charge of apprehending the PLF at their base, Momo's team is in charge of assisting the second team, while Deku's team is in charge of evacuating citizens.
 * During a battle between Hawks, Twice, and Dabi, Hawks reluctantly kills Twice.
 * Dabi reveals his secret identity to Hawks, but it is censored. Hawks seems to be very shocked by discovering Dabi's true name.
 * Dabi defeats Hawks during their battle and attempts to kill him, but he's saved by Fumikage Tokoyami.
 * Kyudai reveals that he made a copy of All For One's Quirk. All For One kept the duplicate version of the Quirk and gave the original version to Tomura.
 * After waking up, Tomura uses his Decay Quirk (which has drastically increased in power thanks to his enhancements) to destroy the hospital and the surrounding area.
 * Among the confirmed casualties of this attack are X-Less, Crust (who sacrificed himself to help Shota escape), Woman, and Funkman, alongside multiple Pro Heroes and all of Kyudai's High-End Nomu who were active at the time.
 * Tomura spared the bullets filled with the Quirk-Destroying Drug created by Kyudai to take for his own use, and several other High-End Nomu which weren't as complete as the previous High-End Nomu, become active under Tomura's orders.
 * Gran Torino is brutally injured by Tomura when the latter punches the elderly hero through the chest.
 * Tomura manages to hit Eraser Head with one of the Quirk-Destroying Bullets, forcing him to cut off his left leg to stop the spread.
 * In the heat of his confrontation against Tomura, Izuku unlocks Float.
 * Deku continues fighting Tomura and he uses Texas Smash for the first time.
 * Endeavor uses his Prominence Burn on Tomura, but Tomura still able to move.
 * Katsuki moves in the way of Tomura's attack for protecting Izuku, which brutally injures him.
 * Continuing his rampage, Gigantomachia has reached Sauro City, and smells two of his masters. While the heroes in Jaku City are proceeding to intercept the giant.
 * Tomura is able to touch Deku's face and attempts to steal One For All.
 * Deku finds himself in the vestige world of One For All where he sees All For One and Tomura are struggling against one other for control.
 * Tomura meets his grandmother for the first time.
 * Tomura is unable to steal One For All due to his operation being only 75% complete. All For One tells Tomura to retreat and fully complete his development for now.
 * A mysterious person is approaching Jaku City on a plane to confront Gigantomachia.
 * Himiko disguises as an elderly woman, and leads Uravity inside an abandoned house to confront her.
 * Tomura refuses to listen to All For One's command to retreat, and is instead continuing his rampage.
 * As the war reaches its climax, Gigantomachia finally approaches Tomura's location with Dabi, Mr. Compress, Spinner, and Skeptic on his back, as Nejire Chan and Ingenium arrive to back up Endeavor's team.
 * Dabi reveals his identity to be Toya Todoroki, Endeavor's long-lost eldest son who was thought to be dead.
 * With the help of Skeptic, he broadcasts a message all over Japan revealing his identity as Toya, and he exposes Endeavor's abusive past and ambitions in order to ruin his life and hero career.
 * Some of the viewers consist of Rei Todoroki and longtime Endeavor fan Hiroshi Tameda (aka the "Cant You See?" kid), who both watch in horror.
 * Dabi shows the footage of Twice being stabbed in the back by Hawks edited by Skeptic to the public and reveals that his father was a criminal, who was stopped and captured by Endeavor.
 * Best Jeanist is revealed to be alive and arrives at the battleground to aid the Heroes.
 * Nejire ends up being badly burned by Dabi, when the former was trying to attack Tomura and Spinner. However, she manages to survive.
 * Lemillion arrives on the battlefield, fully equipped, revealing that he has his Quirk back thanks to Eri's Rewind.
 * Katsuki announces and declares his official hero name: "Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight".
 * It is revealed that Mr. Compress is the great-great-grandson of the infamous villain Oji Harima.
 * Deku unlocks the Quirk of the 4th One For All user: Danger Sense
 * All For One regains control of Tomura's body, using Radio Waves to command the remaining Near High-End Nomu to allow them, Spinner, and a compressed Skeptic and Dabi to escape the battlefield.
 * Mr. Compress, Gigantomachia, and Himiko Toga are left behind.
 * All For One declares that he and Deku will meet again once Tomura's body has been completed.
 * Deku thinks about how it looked like Tomura needed saving.

Characters Introduced

 * Majestic
 * Mawata Fuwa
 * Sanctum
 * Dai
 * Mocha
 * Funkman

Quirks Introduced

 * Float: Nana's Quirk allowed her to suspend herself in mid-air.
 * Rabbit: Mirko's Quirk allows her to do anything a rabbit can do and grants her rabbit-related features.
 * Shield: Crust's Quirk allows him to manifest stone-like shields from his body.
 * Amplivolt: The unnamed PLF commander's Quirk allows him to amplify any electricity he comes into contact with, turning it into a powerful wave of lightning.
 * Liquification: One of Woman's Quirks allows her to transform her body in whole or in part into a fluid form.
 * Rupture: One of Woman's Quirks allows her to cause parts of her body to swell and burst.
 * Laser: X-Less's Quirk allows him to fire energy beams from his right eye.
 * Physical Enhancement: Unknown.
 * Saber: This Quirk allows the user to transform portions of his body into sword-shaped appendages.
 * Life Force: Kyudai Garaki's Quirk allows him to double his lifespan while sacrificing physical mobility.
 * Radio Waves: One of the Quirks Tomura Shigaraki gained access to after acquiring All For One's Quirk, it allows the user to disrupt radio waves and cause communicators to malfunction.
 * Traject: Kido's Quirk allows him to manipulate the trajectory of anything that passes through his bandages.
 * Danger Sense: The Fourth user of One For All's Quirk gave him the ability to sense any potential threats in the surrounding area

Trivia

 * This is the longest arc in the manga to date both in terms of publication time, being published for over 323 days, and the number of chapters released, having over 41 chapters, which was the previous record held by the Shie Hassaikai Arc.

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