What Did They Do to Ragdoll?
During the training arc camp, All For One kidnapped and kept Ragdoll/Tomoko Shiretoko, the other main victim of that arc alongside Bakugo. While not discussed as much as him, Ragdoll is still an important figure in the discussion of Nomu and All For One, which would become very important later into the series. It’s also a good measurement for the timeline around the construction of Aizawa’s backstory and the traitor reveal, which I discussed in the previous chapter.
To start, All For One doesn’t need to grab people entirely to take their quirks. We’ve seen in Vigilantes that, with the help of Kurogiri, he is able to take people’s quirks in seconds. This occurs before either of them are arrested, so theoretically, he could have used Kurogiri’s help if he wanted to simply take her quirk and leave.
However, that isn’t what happened, as her body disappeared mysteriously off-screen, with only vague estimates of when she was taken.
Given the bloodstain, she was implied to have been brutally murdered, her body mysteriously missing. However, the next time we see her, she has no visible injuries. While unharmed, she’s shown to be catatonic, wet, and naked, due to having been in one of the same tanks that other Nomu were kept.
Ragdoll is 31 at this time, so “quite awhile” could mean anything from a few years to over a decade. I doubt it’s less than a year, as AFO’s immortal status gives him a skewed sense of time.
Despite her lack of quirk, and her hero status, she was still kept in the same warehouse as the other Nomu. Most Nomu are modeled after random villains, but she was a hero, and one that would draw attention from the authorities. However, it’s most likely that the discovery of the warehouse was unintentional, and that Bakugo’s kidnapping was used as the cover for her own murder/kidnapping.
As a side note that adds to this theory, Ragdoll is the name of a breed of cat, but it also refers to a toy. Nomu, notably, have been referred to as “insane toys”. Given Horikoshi’s love of puns and name meanings, I doubt this was a coincidence.
Therefore, this marks the first time we’ve seen the beginnings of the process of someone being turned into a Nomu, and the second time we’ve seen an established hero be on the chopping block. Ironically, it’s most likely that Kurogiri was the one that collected her body.
She has a few other similarities to Kurogiri that I find to be notable as I’m interested in figuring out the timeline of the creation of Aizawa’s backstory. For one, Tomoko Shiretoko is phonetically similar to Oboro Shirakumo. Secondly, it was her idea to form an agency with her friends, also shared with Shirakumo. Their quirks are both being used to aid AFO against their will. They were both murdered/kidnapped and taken to be “modified”, though only one made it out relatively unscathed (though still quirkless and traumatized).
Headed more into theory territory, but search would be a convenient match for warp gate, which can open portals as long as there’s coordinates. Search can reveal the location of up to 100 people at once. While it ended up with All For One, it’s entirely possible it could have been given back to the Ragdoll Nomu, or possibly even given to Kurogiri himself.
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"If anyone is a threat to you," he hates how his voice is still smooth and unruffled, the undead way his muscles never strain no matter how hard he works them, how much he screams. "Do not hesitate to eliminate them. Even me."
Tomura doesn't open his eyes, his fingers rest lightly on Kurogiri's wrist.
"Don't be ridiculous. How am I supposed to beat a teleporter? You're too OP to die."
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The making and unmaking of Kurogiri and Tomura, throughout the years.
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Dabi: Ok, but does this job have benefits?
Ujiko: Blood of fire, wings, immortality...
Dabi: What about dental?
(Source: Dead End: Paranormal Park)
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"At last..." Garaki cackled as he worked in the lab, late one night. "Despite my eyes beholding an eerie sight, I've finally perfected my gene splicing research that allows me to modify Quirks! Nothing can stop me now-"
There was a knock at the door.
"Who the hell-" Garaki muttered. "Enter!"
"Nice place, Dr. Tsubasa." Midoriya muttered as he walked in with a stack of papers in one hand.
"M-Mr. Midoriya?!" Garaki threw a bedsheet over his table. "Why, what- uh, brings you here, young man? After my office hours, I mean. And without your mother. Or an appointment. Or- Kid, how DID you get here?"
"Don't worry about that." Midoriya replied, "Worry about this." He handed him the papers.
"Wh- A DCMA?!" Garaki demanded. "But this research predates you!"
"Yeah, but you never registered with the patent office." Midoriya explained. "So I get full legal rights to Quirk gene splicing, and you get a lawsuit."
"YOU'RE SUING ME FOR ONE MILLION- Wait," Garaki paused his outrage. "What are MidoPoints." He pointed to the claim.
"Oh, MidoPoints are equivalent to about half of a fish dollar."
"Oh, okay. YOU'RE SUING ME FOR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FISH DOLLARS?!"
"Garaki." All for One called in. "I grow impatient. Have you finished your gene splicing research?"
"MY LORD!" Garaki cried, "WE'RE BEING SUED FOR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FISH DOLLARS!"
"...What in the hell are fish dollars." All for One demanded.
"One fish dollar is equivalent to ten yen." Midoriya and Garaki replied in unison.
"FIVE MILLION YEN?!" All for One screamed, peaking the mic.
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Hey, can anyone who knows tell me what Ujiko refers to All For One as? Like does he have a name for him specifically? Does he use "san" or something like "sama"?
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My Hero SCP AU
SCP-8333, AKA Rikiya Katsukame
Brought to you by @curiousquirks ‘s SCP AU in which they turned the BNHA villains into SCPs. Here’s the link to SCP-8333′s document here on tumblr
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