The Significance of the League Of Villains to Shigaraki

Key Takeaways

• Shigaraki was proud of the League of Villains given to him by All For One, eager to show off its power.
• Shigaraki’s leadership developed, with the League becoming a means to inspire other villains.
• Shigaraki sought to elevate the League’s status and unite followers under his ideology to fulfill his goals.

The League of Villains was an organization handed to Shigaraki, which he could use to accomplish his desires in My Hero Academia. Throughout the series, Shigaraki has always been immensely proud of the League, seeking to show off the Nomu and its strength.

However, as the media had yet to recognize his feats, Shigaraki would often become enraged when the destruction from the League of Villains was overshadowed. As Shigaraki learned to become a leader, his goals and ideals slowly began to take shape. The League of Villains’ significance to Shigaraki became more than his own ideals but rather a means to inspire other Villains.

What Does the League of Villains Mean to Shigaraki?

As it Was Given to him by All For One, Shigaraki Was Proud to Show off Its Strengths and Accomplishments

The League of Villains is an organization that was formerly led and formed by All For One. However, after Shigaraki Tomura came of age, All For One bestowed the League on Tomura. At the start of My Hero Academia, the League of Villains was seen as nothing more than a delinquent group of villains attacking UA High School students.

Tomura’s first appearance was in Episode 9 of the series, giving the faculty at UA High School a forewarning of what’s to come before the USJ arc. Tomura has always been displeased with the state of the hero society, and at the start of the series, Tomura did not have any initial goals other than defeating All Might. As the USJ incident was more of an introduction to the League of Villains, at that point, not much was known about what the League set out to accomplish.

However, one thing that remains clear is that Shigaraki has always been proud of the League of Villains. During the USJ arc, Shigaraki was pleased with himself, the number of villains at his disposal, and his never-seen-before Nomu.To Shigaraki, the League of Villains was an organization that he was proud to show off and seeks to accomplish several feats under its name.

However, as mentioned, the League of Villains was previously perceived as a pack of delinquents causing and creating havoc for aspiring heroes. As a result, while Shigaraki’s existence was a cause of concern, the League at the time was not a cause of concern at that point in the series. As All For One had decades of experience, he knew the League would be perceived this way, so he intended to increase the League’s influence for Shigaraki by using Stain.

If he assumed this is what would happen from the beginning… Then our enemies’ ringleader’s doing pretty well for himself.

All For One needed to nurture Shigaraki to become the ideal vessel for him to become the Demon Lord. However, Shigaraki was not in a mental or physical state for him to do so. As a result, All For One devised numerous plans to ensure he achieved his goal.

How the League of Villains motivated Shigaraki

Now, with conviction, Shigaraki strives to take the League to higher planes after establishing his role as the leader

Although Shigaraki was immensely proud of the League of Villains and had an army of lower-level villains at his disposal, He was still a one-man army. He had yet to truly establish the League. However, Shigaraki felt a fire lit beneath him after meeting with Stain, recognizing that he also needed an ideology to live by and for others to connect with.

However, after meeting with Stain, Shigaraki felt insulted, as Stain belittled his sense of conviction to that of a mere child with a temper tantrum. Of course, at this point, All For One was aware that this typing of stimulation would nurture and grow Shigaraki’s conviction. To prove that the League of Villains was more than just a group of delinquents, Shigaraki released several Nomu into Hosu City to create chaos, believing that terror and destruction would take precedence over Stain’s arrival.

In doing so, Shigaraki wanted to show off the fruits of the League’s research into Nomu’s. Unfortunately, Stain’s actions in Hosu caused a riot over the Nomu, which made headlines in the news stations and newspapers. However, it was likely the Heroes and Police Force chose to keep the existence of the Nomu under wraps until more information was made available.

However, this action would send Shigaraki into a rage, as he felt that his organization was being disrespected. Although this is not the ideal situation Shigaraki wanted, the League’s interference with Stain’s action caused the two to become connected, elevating the League’s position.

Following this, many followers of Stain joined the League of Villains, thus giving Shigaraki the manpower to threaten the Pro Heroes and achieve his goal of defeating All Might and destroying everything that displeases him. Although Shigaraki is aware that his new subordinates are followers of Stain, his new conviction helps him develop into a real leader of the League of Villains.

The connection hinted at by the current alliance has turned the perception of it from the pack of delinquents that, after attacking UA, got hit back in return to a broad acknowledgment that it was a group following his ideology.

After All For One was arrested, Shigaraki took his position as the League of Villains seriously and began strategizing ways to elevate their position and take down their respective enemies. Shigaraki has consistently looked out for the League’s best interest, and various proposals and offers to absorb the League into the Shie Hassakai were met with swift refusal. While the League of Villains had merged with the Meta Liberation Army to make the Paranormal Liberation Front, Shigaraki was still proud of the League and always thought of the original members.

As mentioned previously, Shigaraki was immensely proud of the League of Villains. Although many of the members chose to follow their own goals, Shigaraki still felt as the leader of the League, it was his duty to motivate and become a hero to them, as seen in Chapter 418.

It’s likely at this point that Shigaraki felt that even if his hatred were to disappear, as the leader of the League of Villains, he should continue to fight for their goals as the villains put their trust in him. Although Shigaraki learns everything he has gone through was manufactured by All For One, in his final moments, he still wishes to motivate Spinner as a friend and the leader of the League.

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