Quirk Bestowal ("個性"付与 "Kosei" Fuyo?)[1] was the Meta Ability used by Yoichi Shigaraki and the other users of the One For All Quirk.
After All For One forcibly transferred a power stockpiling Quirk to Yoichi, Quirk Bestowal merged with the other Quirk and resulted in the creation of One For All.
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This Quirk has no power other than it could be transferred from one person to another. To transfer this Quirk, the user has to willingly pass it to another through DNA, such as by the recipient ingesting a strand of hair[2] or a drop of blood.[3] It can only be transferred if the user willingly chooses to pass it on, though the inheritor does not need to agree to it. As such, it is the only known Quirk that cannot be stolen by All For One.
Unlike most other Quirks, which usually manifest before the age of four, Quirk Bestowal did not make itself known for most of Yoichi's life, leading to the false belief that he was Quirkless. According to All For One, Quirk Bestowal was so weak that his own Quirk didn't even recognize it as an ability, stating that it never fully formed due to Yoichi's weak constitution.
As Quirk Factor types tend to run in families, Yoichi's Quirk Bestowal always had the ability to assimilate with the Quirks it came into contact with through transference, much like how his brother's Quirk could also take in multiple Quirks (though by directly and consciously stealing them). All For One confirmed this to be the case, stating that it absorbed and combined with the power stockpiling Quirk to make up for the strength it lacked, creating One For All.[4][5]
Like other Quirks apart of One For All, Quirk Bestowal has seemingly evolved to not only transfer itself, but anything apart of it, as shown on two separate occasions by Izuku Midoriya, when he transferred One For All's stockpiled power to Katsuki Bakugo in the their fight against Nine, while the core essence of the Quirk remained inside of him,[6] and during the Final War where he transferred the additional Quirks stored within One For All to Tomura Shigaraki.[7]
Furthermore, depending on the user's intent, the transfer can be more harmful than helpful to the recipient, as seen when the vestiges of One For All were forcibly transferred to Tomura, attacking the villain from within.
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- ↑ https://heroaca.com/character/chara_group14/01-1/
- ↑ My Hero Academia Manga and Anime: Chapter 3 and Episode 3.
- ↑ My Hero Academia Manga and Anime: Chapter 257 and Episode 113.
- ↑ My Hero Academia Manga and Anime: Chapter 59 and Episode 33.
- ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 408.
- ↑ My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising.
- ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 414.