Goto Imasuji

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Brats like you sure know how to pass the blame. It's no good. I don't really hold a grudge against 'em about my eye. I killed 'em, just like I wanted to. And they tried to stop me. We all did our best and had to deal with the results. What's bad is when you can't put your money where your mouth is... like your dear mommy and daddy!

Goto Imasuji to Kota Izumi about his parents in "Stake Your Life, Hero!"

Goto Imasuji
Biographical Information
Kanji Name	今 (いま) 筋 (すじ) 強 (ごう) 斗 (と)
Rōmaji Name	Imasuji Gōto
Alias	The Carnal Murderer: Muscular (快 (かい) 楽 (らく) 殺 (さつ) 人 (じん) のマスキュラー, Kairaku Satsujin no Masukyurā?)
Personal Description
Birthday	December 7
Age	25 (first appearance to Meta Liberation Army Arc) 26 (pre-timeskip) 34 (current)
Gender	Male
Height	200cm (6'6¾")
Hair Color	Ash blond
Eye Color	Black
Quirk	Muscle Augmentation
Status
Status	Imprisoned
Occupation	Villain
Affiliation	League of Villains (Formerly)
Team(s)	Vanguard Action Squad
Fighting Style	Melee combat
Main Series Debut
Manga	Chapter 72
Anime	Episode 40
Portrayal
Japanese VA	Kōsuke Takaguchi
English VA	Jim Foronda

Goto Imasuji (今 (いま) 筋 (すじ) 強 (ごう) 斗 (と) , Imasuji Gōto^?), also known as Muscular (マスキュラー, Masukyurā^?), is a villain affiliated with the League of Villains as part of its Vanguard Action Squad. He serves as a primary antagonist in the Forest Training Camp Arc and a minor antagonist in the Dark Hero Arc.

He was incarcerated in Tartarus before being freed by All For One, until he was defeated a second time by Izuku Midoriya and imprisoned once again.

Appearance

As his villain name suggests, Muscular is a large and bulky man set wide with short, spiky, sandy blond hair and tiny black eyes. He has a large scar across the left side of his face, given to him by the hero duo Water Hose shortly before he killed them. He replaced his eye with a prosthetic one, having a small collection of different eyes that he uses in rotation depending on how he's feeling. He also has another, smaller scar on the right side of his forehead.

As of his appearance after the Paranormal Liberation War, Muscular's hair has grown longer, and he developed chin stubble while incarcerated in Tartarus. While facing Izuku for the second time, he crushes and carves a piece of rock to use in place of his left prosthetic eye.

Muscular's outfit comprises a black hooded cloak and a white hockey mask with multiple holes. Underneath this, he wears a red tank top, a dark jacket that hangs around his waist, dark green pants (which are red on the cover of Volume 9), and black knee-high boots.

Gallery

Muscular in disguise.

Goto in the past, before losing his left eye.

Personality

Muscular's malefic nature intimidating Kota.

Befitting his appearance, Muscular has a very sadistic, brutal, and bloodthirsty personality. He openly admits that he wants to use his Quirk, Muscle Augmentation, to kill as much as he pleases. Muscular enjoys killing and tormenting his opponents, often saying "Show me your blood!".

Unlike most of the other members of the Vanguard Action Squad, he joined the League of Villains just to let loose with his brutal tendencies rather than following Stain's ideology. Even so, Muscular does have ideals of his own. He believes that people should deliver on whatever promises they make to others, or else their words mean nothing. To him, "right" and "wrong" are determined by one's ability to accomplish their intentions. When facing Water Hose, Muscular viewed it as a battle of wills between his intent to kill and Water Hose's intent to stop him; as he was victorious, he was right, and Water Hose was wrong. Conversely, Muscular accepts the loss of his left eye due to Water Hose's intent and bears them no ill will. He even spoke highly of the heroes to their son, Kota Izumi.

Muscular's signature trait is his overconfidence, which later proved his biggest flaw. Muscular believed himself superior to Izuku because his Quirk's augmentation powers were more potent than Izuku's. This superiority complex resulted in Muscular using only part of his power to toy with Izuku. His overconfidence is also what caused him to become distracted during their fight. Izuku could land a powerful smash against him on two separate occasions because he allowed himself to be distracted by Kota.

Muscular eager to fight Izuku again.

Despite his ego, Muscular does compliment Izuku's strengths. After getting hit by a full-power smash, Muscular admitted Izuku was powerful and decided to stop holding back. However, this never stopped him from taunting Izuku during their bout. He later gains a twisted sense of respect for Izuku, being overly eager to fight him again during their second encounter and not holding a grudge against him for his previous defeat. He also gets bored quickly against enemies that are unable to match him and inquires if there are any more powerful fighters around, as shown during his battle against Grand and the Ketsubutsu Academy High School students. Likewise, he quickly became disappointed when Izuku began to rely on Smokescreen to evade him during their second battle, telling the young man to stop with the "cheap gimmicks" and to use his full power against him.

Unlike most villains, Muscular doesn't seem to have any true end goal, only wishing to kill and rampage to his heart's content. When questioned about his motives, he tells Izuku that his only wish is to live every day to the fullest and cause all the bloodshed he can muster so that he can die with no regrets, even telling the young hero not to waste time with trying to understand him, demonstrating Muscular's destructive and incorrigible nature.

Abilities

Muscular unleashes his Quirk's full power.

Overall Abilities: Muscular is a very dangerous villain and one of the strongest members of the League of Villains' Vanguard Action Squad. His incredible combat aptitude allows him to single-handedly overpower and potentially kill his adversaries, most notably Water Hose. Muscular also has a great handle on his Quirk, which is used to exponentially increase his physical might in parts of his body or whole body. By infusing his heightened brawn into his melee combat abilities, Muscular overwhelms his opponents with blurring speeds while delivering heavily reinforced strikes, making him a highly formidable force to face in battle. Though red-blooded, Muscular does sustain some form of injury after a bout, such as his missing left eye caused by his confrontation with Water Hose. Muscular's bloodthirsty nature and battle efficiency earned him the epithet "The Carnal Murderer".

During the Vanguard Action Squad Invasion, Muscular was more than capable of repeatedly overpowering Izuku, the ninth user of One For All and one of the most powerful students at U.A. High School. When Izuku delivered a Detroit Smash at 100% of his power, which is equivalent to All Might's strength, Muscular emerged virtually unscathed, albeit at the cost of his tank top and one of his prosthetic left eyes. After the attack, Muscular revealed that he was holding back a great deal of his might and decided to fight seriously. At full power, Muscular not only continued to dominate Izuku, but nearly killed him too, even as the young hero employed another 100% Detroit Smash, and might have emerged victorious had it not been for Kota's intervention. Kota's actions inspired Izuku to go beyond 100% of One For All to overcome Muscular's power and defeat the villain. Battling against Izuku indicates that Muscular's overall prowess is enough to contend with someone of All Might's caliber.

Even after months of imprisonment, Muscular's power is still high enough to smash his way through Tartarus.

After being freed from Tartarus by All For One and Tomura Shigaraki, Muscular went on a rampage and eventually encountered Grand and Turtle Neck, withstanding the vibrating student's Tremoring Earth attack. Fortunately, the arrival of Deku halted the villain's attempted carnage. However, unlike their first encounter, Muscular was overwhelmed by Deku's new multitude of Quirks and could not land a blow on him. As their clash climaxed, Muscular's muscle tendons sporadically unraveled due to Grand's maximum-output vibrations, leading to a weakened Muscular being soundly defeated by Deku a second time.

Quirk

Muscular covering his body in muscle fibers.

Muscle Augmentation (筋 (きん) 肉 (にく) 増 (ぞう) 強 (きょう) , Kin'niku Zōkyō^?): Muscular's Quirk allows him to amplify significantly and manipulate his muscle layers, reaching a point where they can't be contained by his skin. These enhanced muscles exponentially increase all of his physical abilities to an immense level, roughly on par with One For All. This results in surprisingly incredibly great strength, speed, and durability levels.

He has also been shown to use his Quirk for defense by covering his whole body in an armor of augmented muscle fibers, protecting him from blunt force and powerful vibrations. Muscular can cover his body with more than 12,000 layers of muscle. However, many of his muscle fibers can be depleted of energy if Muscular takes too much damage, significantly weakening his body.

• Immense Strength: Muscular exhibits great strength thanks to his Quirk. Even when holding back, he can shatter rock and overpower Izuku with minimal effort, such as sending the young hero flying with remarkable force with a mere kick. When fighting seriously, Muscular's reinforced strikes can destroy on a scale similar to Izuku's 100% Detroit Smash. He could also directly overpower Izuku, who was using One For All at 100% in their first confrontation, in a physical clash, and nearly crushed him to death. During the Tartarus breakout, Muscular was able to kill various guards by punching them or smashing them with his fists. After being freed from prison, Muscular was able to destroy buildings and other structures by jumping from them, ramming them, or using his bare hands. Even while weakened by Grand's Tremoring Earth, he displayed enough strength to lift and throw the top of a building easily.

• Immense Durability: Muscular possesses a frightening level of durability and considerable resistance to physical harm. He took the full brunt of Izuku's 100% Detroit Smash, which is on the same level as All Might's power, with minimal injury. However, he was incapacitated after Izuku went beyond his limit with One For All. Even after the battle, Muscular was shown fully awake, fighting with his restraints while Izuku was in a coma. As shown when he escapes from Tartarus, his enhanced muscle fibers can also bear the brunt of gunfire and remain undamaged when crashing through skyscrapers. His remarkable durability was again demonstrated when he withstood Grand's Tremoring Earth at point-blank range and received minimal damage. Shortly after, however, Muscular's muscle fibers started to unravel, allowing Deku to finish the weakened villain.

• Immense Speed: Muscular has shown to be surprisingly swift despite his enormous bulk. With the increased muscle mass in his legs, Muscular can launch himself off the ground at blurring speeds. When he battled Izuku, Muscular caught him off-guard several times, making Izuku realize that running away was not an option; Muscular would overtake him and Kota in seconds, especially since Izuku was exhausted from training that day.

Stats

• Ultra Archive
• Ultra Analysis

Power		5/5 A
Speed		5/5 A
Technique		2/5 D
Intelligence		1/5 E
Cooperativeness		1/5 E

Goto's stats, according to the Ultra Archive Book

Power		6/6 S
Speed		5/6 A
Technique		1/6 E
Wits		1/6 E
Bloodlust		6/6 S

Goto's stats, according to the Ultra Analysis Book

Equipment

Prosthetic Left Eyes: Goto keeps a small collection of replacement prosthetic eyes in his left pocket in case his regular one is damaged or loosened from its socket. Each one sports a unique design. Goto picks a replacement depending on his current mood.

Goto's original prosthetic eye.

Goto's "serious eye".

Battles & Events

Battles & Events

History Water Hose vs. Muscular Forest Training Camp Arc Vanguard Action Squad Invasion Izuku Midoriya vs. Muscular Paranormal Liberation War Arc Paranormal Liberation War Assault on Tartarus Dark Hero Arc Grand vs. Muscular Deku vs. Muscular: Rematch

Trivia

• Muscular's English voice actor, Jim Foronda, also voices Tsutsutaka Agoyamato.
• Muscular's surname contains the kanji for "now" (今, ima^?) and "muscle fiber" (筋, suji^?), and his first name contains "strong" (強, gō^?), and the kanji for the Big Dipper (斗, to^?).
  • The "masu" in his surname is homophonous with part of the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "muscle" (マッスル, massuru^?).
• According to Muscular's Ultra Analysis profile:
  • He had a previous medical examination with the League of Villains' doctor, Kyudai Garaki, though it is unknown if this was in relation to his Quirk.
    • It is implied that this is how All For One obtained Muscle Augmentation and that the White Nomu, Wolfram, and Hood were all given duplicates of Muscular's Quirk.
  • His personality is described as "cruel".
• Kohei Horikoshi reveals that he panicked upon realizing that he gave Endeavor a similar scar to Muscular's.

Quotes

• (To Izuku about Kota) "Haa ha ha! Blood! Love it. So fun! What was that, again? You're gonna save him, right?! So why're you running?! That's a weird way to save someone!!"
• (To Izuku) "My Quirk's a muscle enhancer. These muscle fibers of mine can't be contained even by my skin. They raise the standard in speed!! And power!! Get what I'm saying?! You're nothing but... an inferior version of me! You understand where I'm coming from?! I can't help but laugh!"
• (To Kota about his parents) "Brats like you sure know how to pass the blame. It's no good. I don't really hold a grudge against 'em about my eye. I killed 'em, just like I wanted to. And they tried to stop me. We all did our best and had to deal with the results. What's bad is when you can't put your money where your mouth is... like your dear mommy and daddy!"
• (To Izuku, when asked about the League of Villains' goal) "Like I care. All I wanna do is rampage. As long as I get to use my Quirk without holding back, I'm good."
• "'Spot a hero, and you're bound to find nine more.' Sweet! Guess the saying's true!"
• (To Deku) "Midoriya! I've missed you, little guy! All these pathetic wimps just don't measure up! It's not good enough!!"
• (To Deku) "Hmph! Not so fast... don't run away! It's not like that. You've got me all wrong. I ain't out for revenge or anything so dramatic. The way I see it... going wild with my Quirk is all I could ever ask for. But I'm only human, you know? You taught me a new meaning of fun back then... and that was the point of no return!
• (To Deku, when asked about Tomura and All For One's locations) "Who knows? They just told me to go wild and left me on my own. Why ask about them when I'm right here? You're bumming me out! And these little gimmicks... boooring! Come on, let's have a rematch! Mano a mano! No hands barred!!"
• (To Deku) "You trying to sympathize with me or something?! Peddle that crap somewhere else!! Cuz' all you'll find in my soul... is blood... and violence!"