Chapter 290

Dabi's Dance (ダビダンス) is the two hundred and ninetieth chapter of Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia.

Summary
At the hospital Rei Todoroki resides, her TV suddenly changes channels to show Dabi, sitting with his shirt and jacket off. He says that this is as far as he can hack her television and he wasn’t sure if he had the right room at first because he had been watching her from afar.

At Jaku City, All For One comments on Gigantomachia’s timing and how Tomura could collapse any minute from his beating from Deku and Endeavor. He was able to activate "Rivet Stab" within his spine with auto-tracking to reduce most of the damage and now all he needs is for him to issue Gigantomachia to retreat with him. Shoto and Nejire Chan continue their attack as Shoto says that it would be impossible to fight both Gigantomachia and Tomura simultaneously, and they should focus on Tomura for now. They unleash their Super Moves on Tomura but Gigantomachia swats them aside with his hand. Ingenium sees this but Katsuki weakly tells him to put him down. He tells him that he can’t because of how injured he is but Katsuki insists on achieving a perfect victory.

Gigantomachia brings Tomura close to his back while awaiting his next order as Spinner sees how damaged he is. Endeavor runs over to Shoto and asks if he is alright. At the same time, he internally apologizes to Hawks for Gigantomachia being allowed to move at all. He knows he has to stop Gigantomachia and he needs to find his weakness, but his lungs have burnt away and is making it hard to keep moving, but he feels he must continue. Dabi spots Endeavor and Shoto and greets the two as Endeavor calls him by his name. Dabi, however, asks he not be called that as he pours a liquid on his head, washing off the black coloration in his hair. Dabi then says that he has a more respectable name: Toya.

Dabi’s proclamation stuns Shoto and Endeavor, as Dabi says he felt his own family would have been able to recognize him despite his new look. Deku also sees Dabi, remembering when Shoto told him about his older brother and coming to the realization the two are the same. At Rei’s room, Dabi confesses his identity as Toya Todoroki, eldest son of Endeavor. He also confesses that he has killed over thirty people and he wants to let everyone know why. He reveals to several people all across the country that Endeavor has had a long history of being power hungry, and in his despair and desire to surpass All Might, he forcibly married a woman who would birth him a child who would possess an even stronger Quirk. While he was born as a result of his selfish dream, he was deemed a failure and tossed aside.

Dabi continues his story to Endeavor, revealing that he watched his activities from afar and that only he should have been pure and selfless, and as of right now, his pre-recorded history is being broadcasted all around the airwaves and the Internet, something Skeptic considers an ace up his sleeve, and how exhilarating it is that his disgraceful fall from heroism has begun. Dabi tells Endeavor he thought everyday about how he could best ruin his life and make him hurt, even adding that he went to Natsuo everyday asking him why he existed in tears, and how his initial plan was to wait until Shoto became all big and famous before killing him, though he never expected he would ascend to Number 1 in the end.

Dabi confesses to Endeavor that he unleashed Hood in Kyushu, and later Starservant and Ending on him. He tauntingly asks if being Number 1 is a lot of pressure and if his heart has been purified with all of the public’s praise, and if his newfound vigor as a father figure to his children truly makes him feel like he is developing a bond with them. He yells that Endeavor was wrong to think if he kept walking towards the future the past would forget itself, so he is here to teach him that the past never forgets. Dabi yells for Endeavor to come to Hell with him so that they can dance together.

Off in the distance, the large plane draws closer.

Chapter Notes

 * Skeptic broadcasts Dabi's pre-recorded message, in which he reveals he's Endeavor's oldest son, Toya.
 * The video reaches Rei Todoroki, which worries the hospital staff and surprises her.
 * Shoto and Nejire Chan attack Tomura in his weakened state, however Gigantomachia intercepts Tomura and saves him from death.
 * Both demonstrate two new Super Moves: Nejire Chan with her Nejire Flood, and Shoto with is Flashfire Fist - Jet Kindling. The latter demonstrates his first use of his father's signature technique.
 * Dabi washes off dye from his hair and reveals to Shoto and Endeavor that they're his family.