Thread:Meshack/@comment-2168633-20170729173122

Actually you are incorrect in my opinion.

Yakuza = Criminals

Villains = Criminals

But not all criminals are villains. See in the Boku no Hero universe, you only become a villain when you commit crimes with your quirk. So even if you murder somebody or rob a bank or do some other shady things, that still doesn't make you a villain unless you have used your quirk unlawfully. Basically the terminology "villain" is just a tag slapped onto criminals who's job dealing with belong specifically to the hero.

So in the case of the "Eight Precepts of Death", the question is: were they designated the villain status before the heroes raided their hideout? 