New Order (
Description[]
New Order allowed the user to set a rule onto their surroundings by touching the target and calling out their name, allowing them to manipulate and bestow new properties onto themselves and the world around them. This could range from simple descriptions to more conditional ones based on cause-and-effect. Cathleen could give herself additional abilities, as well as manipulate the condition of her opponent's body. Aside from physical entities such as people, New Order was able to affect incorporeal things such as the air, laser beams, and even other Quirks.
It was described as a power that redefined what a Quirk can be. Indeed, Cathleen could even impose rules on New Order itself, allowing her to alter the Quirk's very nature and its own effects. Rules set upon New Order were able to remain active, even if the Quirk was removed and ended up with another user.
Weaknesses[]
In order for New Order to activate, Cathleen was required to both touch the target and say its name. However, when targeting a living being with a sense of self, Cathleen's understanding of the target's identity had to align with their own. This is shown when Tomura Shigaraki's heart didn't stop when he moved, due to even him questioning his true identity, as either Tomura, All For One, or "Tenko". Because of this, inanimate objects were much easier targets to set rules on, as without a sense of self, Cathleen's one-sided understanding of it was enough to enforce the rule.[4]
The effects granted by New Order were not omnipotent, as there were limits to how great they became. There was also a hard limit on how strong Cathleen could make herself with her Quirk, and she could not use it to become all-powerful or invincible. She could also only impose two rules at any given time, so if she decided to implement a new rule, one of the previous rules had to be disengaged. Furthermore, a rule couldn't arbitrarily affect another target she hadn't touched through clever wording (i.e. after she touches the air, making it so that someone who also touches the air will die).[4]
Due to Cathleen setting a rule that New Order would revolt against other Quirks, New Order acted like a virus within the body of Tomura, purging several of his Quirks, making him unable to use it or any other Quirk while he explodes from the inside out.[2] This eventually resulted in New Order's self-destruction, which left Tomura in a heavily injured state with his Quirk Factors damaged.[3]
Usage[]
All For One spoke very highly of Star and Stripe and her New Order Quirk, claiming her to be the League of Villains' biggest obstacle in conquering Japan. However, he stated that if he could steal New Order from her, then taking over Japan and accomplishing the rest of their goals would become far easier.
Details regarding New Order were kept strictly confidential by the U.S. government. As America's No. 1 Pro Hero, Star and Stripe was renowned for her great power, with All For One saying that cheap tricks and petty tactics would have no effect on her. "Tomura" also deemed New Order as a fantastical power, to the point where he questioned if it could even be called a Quirk and displayed a strong desire to try it himself.
Cathleen constantly kept one rule active, which allowed her to grant herself superhuman physical characteristics (i.e., super strength, super speed, super durability, etc.), meaning that her physical aptitude was similar to, but still considerably weaker than, All Might was in his prime. In her battle against "Tomura", she used her Quirk to remove all the air one hundred meters in front of her (around "Tomura"), forcing him to hold his breath, as well as to safely catch a laser that was reflected back towards her. In more desperate situations, Cathleen disengaged her constant rule of superhuman physical characteristics. This allowed her to use Ultimate Moves with two rules, but subsequently made her more vulnerable and physically weaker.
When "Tomura" succeeded in stealing New Order, Cathleen used one last rule in order to stop his Decay from killing her, which only ended up delaying it by reaching the limit of how strong her body can become. She also secretly declared another rule on New Order itself, causing it to revolt against other Quirks, resulting in a vestige of Cathleen tearing apart Tomura, All For One, and the vestiges of the stolen Quirks, even destroying several of them, as well as causing Tomura's physical body to rupture.
Named Ultimate Moves[]
Trivia[]
- New Order's name may be a reference to the Latin phrase Novus ordo seclorum ("New order of the ages"), which is used as a motto on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States.
- When using New Order in the manga, the user is shown to have striped speech bubbles that resemble the American flag.
References[]
- ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 330.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 333.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 334.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 331.
- ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 332.