Moonfish

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Overview	Gallery	Synopsis

Pretty. So pretty. No. This is work. So alluring. But no. Can't... Pretty flesh. Gah! So enticing though... Gotta do the job.

Moonfish in "Stake Your Life, Hero!"

Moonfish
Biographical Information
Kanji Name	ムーンフィッシュ
Rōmaji Name	Mūnfisshu
Alias	The Death Row Inmate: Moonfish (脱 (だつ) 獄 (ごく) 死 (し) 刑 (けい) 囚 (しゅう) ムーンフィッシュ, Datsugoku Shikeishū Mūnfisshu?)
Personal Description
Gender	Male
Eye Color	Black
Quirk	Blade-Tooth
Status
Status	Alive
Occupation	Villain
Affiliation	League of Villains
Team(s)	Vanguard Action Squad
Fighting Style	Long-ranged combat
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 73
Anime Debut	Episode 41
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Shuhei Matsuda
English Voice	Daman Mills

Moonfish (ムーンフィッシュ, Mūnfisshu^?) is a villain affiliated with the League of Villains and also part of its Vanguard Action Squad. He and the rest of his team serve as the main antagonists of the Forest Training Camp Arc.

After being defeated and arrested, he was sent to Tartarus prison, where he waited to be executed, until he was freed by All For One.

Appearance

Moonfish is a fairly tall man who stands over most of his allies in terms of height. He has fair skin and black eyes. He is later shown to have a large cut on his left ear and a completely shaven head. Most of his physical body cannot be seen because the suit he wears encompasses his entire body.

Moonfish wears a black straitjacket that only leaves his mouth exposed. The suit is held together by black restraints decorated with red spikes. These same restraints connect to metal clamps that cover Moonfish's head and keeps his lips open, often causing him to drool. Other straps go across Moonfish's torso, waist, and the top of his boots.

During the final war between the heroes and villains, Moonfish is seen wearing a new set of attire. He now has a similar black piece covering his head which has a collar that covers his eyes, with longer and sharper spikes, and smaller ones on the top. He wears an ordinary shirt as well as black pants with the same spikes. His mouth is now free and the lower portion of his face is visible, although it appears that his arms are still bound. His new outfit also has a spiked ball that is chained to him.

Gallery

Moonfish in the manga.

Moonfish unmasked.

Moonfish's post-War costume.

Personality

Moonfish is an insane, laconic individual who constantly talks to himself and is fascinated with consuming flesh. He has a habit of repeating key information to himself to stay focused on his objectives. Moonfish can get distracted if he encounters flesh, including living people or severed limbs. His obsession even leads him to closely inspect and admire Mezo Shoji's arm after Moonfish severed it.

Moonfish's actions are almost completely dictated by his crazed obsession. He likely only joined the League of Villains to gain access to more flesh rather than following the ideology left behind by Stain. Moonfish warned Shoto Todoroki and Katsuki Bakugo not to get in the way of his work because their flesh would distract him. During the ensuing fight, Moonfish constantly told them to show him their flesh. He also attacked Dark Shadow out of anger because it interrupted the aforementioned fight and deprived Moonfish of his "prize".

Abilities

Moonfish demonstrating his Quirk handing.

Overall Abilities: Being one of the strongest members of the League of Villains' Vanguard Action Squad, Moonfish exhibits a fierce combat aptitude. Despite being contained within a straitjacket, Moonfish is a deadly foe due to the mastery he has over his Quirk, Blade-Tooth. He primarily uses his Quirk to increase his mobility, having the blade-transformed denticles act as additional sets of limbs. In combat, Moonfish barrages his opponents with torrents of teeth attacks to overwhelm them and break down their defenses. The blades are fast and can stretch to incredible lengths, making them perfect for Moonfish to skewer his opponents from afar. Moonfish is overall a formidable, long-range combatant that can briskly dominate multiple adversaries and keep them at a distance, even while his limbs are constrained. According to Mr. Compress, Moonfish committed vile crimes worthy of the death penalty, which he evaded by breaking out of prison. This criminal reputation, alongside his fighting capabilities and deranged nature, earned Moonfish the epithet, "The Death Row Inmate".

During the Vanguard Action Squad Invasion, Moonfish ambushed Fumikage Tokoyami and Mezo Shoji, two highly formidable U.A. students, succeeding in amputating one of Mezo's arms, and forcing the pair into retreating. Soon after, Moonfish was approached by Shoto and Katsuki, another duo of powerful heroes-in-training, and was able to simultaneously repel Katsuki's rush attack and penetrate Shoto's ice defenses. Throughout this impromptu confrontation, Moonfish repeatedly and flawlessly dodged Shoto's cryokinetic structures, defused Katsuki's explosions, and cornered the pair. The bout was rendered one-sided, as Shoto and Katsuki could barely defend against Moonfish's swift and widespread onslaught and were hindered in using their fire-based Quirks whilst being in an already burning forest. Eventually, the lopsided clash was brought to an end when Fumikage returned with his Dark Shadow at full power; Moonfish assaulted the berserker-mode shadow entity, but it was wasted effort, as Dark Shadow grabbed and viciously demolished the escaped convict in a single attack.

Quirk

Blade-Tooth (歯 (し) 刃 (じん) , Shijin^?): Moonfish's Quirk gives him the ability to lengthen, sharpen, and manipulate his teeth into webs of powerful blades.

Stats

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Power		3/5 C
Speed		5/5 A
Technique		5/5 A
Intelligence		3/5 C
Cooperativeness		1/5 E

Moonfish's stats, according to the Ultra Archive Book

Power		3/6 C
Speed		5/6 A
Technique		5/6 A
Wits		1/6 E
Transformability		5/6 A

Moonfish's stats, according to the Ultra Analysis Book

Battles & Events

Battles & Events

Forest Training Camp Arc Vanguard Action Squad Invasion U.A. Students vs. Moonfish Paranormal Liberation War Arc Paranormal Liberation War Assault on Tartarus

Anime Appearances

Appearances
Season 3 39. Game Start Absent 40. Wild, Wild Pussycats Absent 41. Kota Debut 42. My Hero Appears 43. Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!! Appears 44. Roaring Upheaval Appears 45. What a Twist! Appears 46. From Ida to Midoriya Absent 47. All For One Absent 48. Symbol of Peace Absent 49. One For All Absent 50. End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End Absent 51. Moving into Dorms Absent 52. Create Those Ultimate Moves Absent 53. The Test Absent 54. Shiketsu High Lurking Absent 55. Class 1-A Absent 56. RUSH! Absent 57. Rescue Exercises Absent 58. Special Episode: Save the World with Love! Absent 59. What's the Big Idea? Absent 60. A Talk about Your Quirk Absent 61. Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2 Absent 62. A Season for Encounters Absent 63. Unrivaled Absent
Season 4 64. The Scoop on U.A. Class 1-A Absent 65. Overhaul Flashback 66. Boy Meets... Flashback 67. Fighting Fate Absent 68. Let's Go, Gutsy Red Riot Absent 69. An Unpleasant Talk Absent 70. GO!! Absent 71. Suneater of the Big Three Absent 72. Red Riot Absent 73. Temp Squad Absent 74. Lemillion Absent 75. Unforeseen Hope Absent 76. Infinite 100% Absent 77. Bright Future Absent 78. Smoldering Flames Absent 79. Win Those Kids' Hearts Absent 80. Relief for License Trainees Absent 81. School Festival Absent 82. Prepping for the School Festival Is the Funnest Part Flashback 83. Gold Tips Imperial Absent 84. Deku vs. Gentle Criminal Absent 85. School Festival Start!! Absent 86. Let It Flow! School Festival! Absent 87. Japanese Hero Billboard Chart Absent 88. His Start Absent

Trivia

• Horikoshi confirmed in the Jump Festa 2021 that Moonfish was inspired by the Cenobites from the Hellraiser franchise.
• Moonfish's English voice actor, Daman Mills, also voices Mustard, the Chainsaw Nomu, and Hood.
• His appearance design resembles the Batman villain Victor Zsasz's design.

Quotes

• (To himself, about Mezo's severed arm) "Pretty. So pretty. No. This is work. So alluring. But no. Can't...Pretty flesh. Gah! So enticing though...Gotta do the job."
• (To Fumikage) "Fleshhh...no good. Flesh. Need flesh...No good. No good. Can't forgive you. I'll be the one to see those boys' innards!!! Do not snatch my prizes!!"