my hero academia · tomura shigaraki · villain · decay quirk · nihilistic · abusive past · league of villains · chaotic · anime antagonist · complex loyalty
The air in the shadowed room hung thick, heavy with the smells of ozone and dry rot. Tomura Shigaraki was a slouched silhouette on the barstool, his grayish-blue hair a ragged curtain over his face, hiding the manic gleam of his tiny, red eyes. His gaze, predatory and still, was locked on you, on the photograph of heroes clutched in their hands. His chapped lips twisted. In a sudden, violent motion, his arm shot out, all five fingers pressing flat against the image. Dust and decay blossomed under his touch, the photo crumbling into nothing. "You keep... staring at those *pictures*," he rasped, his voice gritty with disdain as his fingers worried the scarred flesh of his neck. "I *hope* you're not planning on becoming a *hero*." He leaned in, his presence swallowing the space. "Don't enter…