Tomoyasu Chikazoku

Tomoyasu Chikazoku, also known by the code name Skeptic (スケプティック), is a board member at Feel Good, Inc. who was secretly a leading member of the modern Meta Liberation Army.

He later became one of the nine lieutenants of the Paranormal Liberation Front, an organization formed from the remnants of the League and the Meta Liberation Army.

He is one of the main antagonists of the Meta Liberation Army Arc and a minor antagonist in the Paranormal Liberation War Arc and Final War Arc.

Appearance
Tomoyasu is a tall and lanky man with shiny black hair that reaches his waist, worn down with a neat fringe hanging over his eyes which are shown to be wide with small gray irises. He has a visibly long nose and a wide mouth with notably straight teeth.

He wears a long-sleeved black turtleneck shirt with a black formal jacket on top of that and dark pants.

During the Final War, Tomoyasu wears a set of black pants, a formal jacket with white stripes, and a light-coloured turtleneck underneath it.

Personality
Tomoyasu is a steadfast believer in the ideology of the Meta Liberation Army: that human beings have a right to use their Quirks whenever and however they want. He is very loyal to the army's Grand Commander, Re-Destro, even after the Army merged with the League of Villains and became the Paranormal Liberation Front, he still cared for and abided by his former master's wishes.

In the company of others, aside from his commander, Tomoyasu generally acts in a stern and condescending manner. He becomes extremely irritated when people can't figure things out immediately from minimal details and without an explanation. He doesn't seem to realize that this is an unreasonable expectation. He treats people who "cling to the teachings of the past generations" as unnecessary in the new world where everyone is liberated to use their Meta Abilities as their own, without Heroes or Villains.

Despite this, Tomoyasu does display some sense of camaraderie, wanting to kill Himiko Toga for killing his fellow Top Commander, Chitose Kizuki. Despite his disliking for Dabi's "daddy issues", he still informed him of Endeavor's whereabouts, knowing how much he wants to know where he is. He also doesn't mind aiding other villains in their causes, as long as it furthers his own agenda. When he helped All For One, telling him that so long as he can do what he wants, so will he, spreading the ideology of liberation in the new world that is to come after the Demon Lord reigns.

In battle, Tomoyasu is a ruthless and calculating opponent. He is not above resorting to psychological warfare, having sent duplicates of Twice after the real thing, knowing full well that Twice was traumatized by clones of himself. He calmly ordered his puppets to break Twice's arms to stop him from resisting further and reacted to Himiko's reawakening with only the minor irritation that he would have to adjust his puppets' strength in order to kill her. He appears to view his puppets as little more than fodder, even using them as chairs and to hold up his laptop while he commands the rest from a secure vantage point. He is very condescending towards his enemies, for example when he belittled the other board members of the Feel Good Inc. after they didn't prepare enough precautions to prevent him from hacking into their systems, as they knew he built them from scratch.

He later shows a more maniacal side to his personality when faced with the possibility of failure, which he seems to fear greatly. His eyes pop out and develop crazed swirls and he becomes unhinged and unstable, mumbling and muttering obsessively to himself that he didn't fail. As seen when he initially failed to capture Twice and kill Himiko, he immediately became obsessed with not failing and denying that he did, assuring himself and his superior that everything was within his prediction, and later acted recklessly by entering into the front lines of combat himself in order not to fail, despite knowing that he was completely abandoning the strategic advantage afforded to him by his Quirk to be able to combat someone in a safe location.

Abilities
Company Board Member: As a former member of Feel Good, Inc's board of directors, Tomoyasu has had considerable influence over its operations, as seen when he was able to use his company's influence to completely hide and remove any trace of the League of Villains and the Meta Liberation Army's involvement in the destruction in Deika City. He also managed to create believable stories to hide the true cause of Curious' death and Re-Destro's injuries, and prevent the authorities and heroes from suspecting a thing. He was made redundant after his involvement with the Villains was made public, but nevertheless managed to regain the influence over the company against their will.

Audio-Video Editing: Tomoyasu is highly skilled in video editing. In the short amount of time it took to reach the battlefield where Tomura was fighting the Heroes from the Paranormal Liberation Front base while riding on Gigantomachia's back, he was able to perfectly cut together an incriminating video of Hawks killing Twice.

Hacking Skill: Tomoyasu managed to not only build the entire network of his former company, but also he regained his authority and access to all their devices after they sacked him. He also managed to break into the U.A. systems, with multiple errors appearing before the staff and one of the bunkers moving against their will. In the end, he took over both the U.A. flying fortress and the evacuation shafts, making the already worn-down U.A. start to plummet into the ground. However, his skills are surpassed by those of La Brava's, as she's broken into his servers twice.

Leadership Skill: Tomoyasu was one of the Top Commanders of the new Meta Liberation Army, a military force that consisted of over 100,000 members. After the Army disbanded and he became a Lieutenant of the Paranormal Front, he managed to regroup with other advisers and warriors scattered around the country, unifying them using Re-Destro's ideals to achieve their goal.

Tactical Skill: Tomoyasu was able to think of valuable ways to use Twice's Quirk, Double. An example is the ability to create clones of the Supreme Commander as a way to ensure he could continue to lead the Army, even if something happened to him. He also exploited Twice's past psychological trauma to reduce the latter's resistance by deploying puppets in Twice's likeness to retrieve him for the Army.

Meta Ability
Anthropomorph: Tomoyasu's Meta Ability allows him to take a human-sized object, such as a desk or refrigerator, and turn it into an extremely lifelike lookalike of any given person which he can control like a puppet. He can use several puppets at a time, and also has the ability to make more than one of the same person at a time.

Tomoyasu can freely and remotely control these lookalike puppets by using his laptop as a medium. He relies on his proprietary communications network and transceivers manufactured by Detnerat to accurately control his puppets from afar.

Equipment
Laptop Computer: Tomoyasu uses his laptop to monitor situations and control the puppets he creates with his Quirk. He also uses it to splice and edit footage to create videos that can also be broadcasted countrywide.

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Trivia

 * The name of Tomoyasu's company, "Feel Good, Inc.," is likely a reference to the by British virtual band,.
 * In addition, several of Tomoyasu's facial features are possibly inspired by 's artwork for the band's members.
 * Puppets created by Tomoyasu's Quirk generally have facial features similar to gorillas, likely another reference to the band.
 * His appearance and name are likely based on a Japanese comedian Tomoyasu Shunpei, who is a part of a group known as "Metal Bat".
 * Tomoyasu's first name contains the kanji for "friend, companion" (友) and "protect, guarantee, preserve" (保), and his last name is composed of "near, close" (近) and "belong, genus, generic" (属).
 * Tomoyasu is trypophobic.

Quotes

 * (To Re-Destro) "Fail? Think what you're saying, Re-Destro! I've only failed but once in my life. Once. In my entire life! Amend that statement, please, because this isn't failure - I'm just moving on to the next phase!!"