Summary
My Hero Academia Chapter #408 reveals the disturbing deaths of previous One for All users, showing the brutality they suffered at the hands of All for One. Most One for All heirs were not chosen like Midoriya; they receive strength in dire situations. All for One shows no mercy and will stop at nothing to obtain a Quirk. One for All seems more like a curse than a blessing, preventing the user from leading a normal life and ultimately leading to terrible outcomes.
Warning: Spoilers for My Hero Academia Chapter #408My Hero Academy made it clear that previous users of One for All had rather short lives with unpleasant ends, but chapter #408 goes further by showing exactly how some of them died . The brutality they suffered at the hands of All for One was disturbing on many occasions, and it was surprising that One for All’s power could last as long as it did.
Chapter #408 focuses heavily on All for One recounting events from his past, including his meetings with One for All’s heirs over the years. Although the images are effectively left in the background, there is still a lot of detail in these scenes, showing how each of the previous One for All users perished. Shown on the right is the second User, as seen in the previous flashback; on the left, readers can spot users Tuesday and Thursday, the latter of whom narrowly avoided having One for All stolen.
Most disturbing is the panel showing the sixth User, who has been completely cut in half at the waist, and tries to reach out towards Nana Shimura with a smile on his face.
All because of someone who shows no mercy
While Midoriya was able to receive One for All from All Might over time and was gradually trained in how it worked, it is clear from these flashbacks that most users pass on One for All in dire situations, to anyone who happens to be nearby at the time of their death. Almost none of the previous users were chosen as heirs like Midoriya; they are simply responsible for One for All. All for One’s desire to obtain his Quirk overrode all of his other goals, and so when he encounters the current holder, he shows absolutely no mercy to them.
All for One also makes it clear in this chapter that he stops short of killing the user himself; he mentions going out and eliminating every woman and child ever associated with the Second User, now known as Kudo, to ensuring that his bloodline was thoroughly ended. It’s certainly a shocking level of cruelty on display, but fits perfectly with All for One’s extremely self-centered personality. Of course, he was equally thorough in destroying Nana Shimura’s family, as evidenced by everything he did to create Tomura Shigaraki from Tenko Shimura.
While for Midoriya, One for All is a blessing that helps him achieve his dreams, it seems that the Quirk is actually more like a curse for those who inherit it, ensuring that they will never can live a normal life anymore, and that they will eventually fall into terrible ways. It is only through great courage that this ability can be passed on for so long, and its users must seize the opportunity once they inherit it, or risk losing all that they have. their predecessors fought for. All for One’s cruelty clearly knows no bounds My Hero Academyand it will be interesting to see if the bloody deaths in this manga will be included in the anime without censorship.
