My Hero Academia Spills The Beans on Dabi’s Identity

Dabi has become a fan-favorite villain in the history of My Hero Academia, and with good reason. The flame-wielding antagonist has been threatening Hero Society since the fall of Stain, joining Shigaraki’s gang in season two and fighting against both the professional crime fighters and the students at UA Academy since. Now, with the sixth season marching forward, Dabi has revealed his true identity to the world, causing some serious heartache while transmitting a blow that Hero Society might never recover from.           

Warning. If you have yet to watch My Hero Academia’s eleventh episode of its sixth season, turn back now as we’re about to jump into major spoiler territory.

Riding atop Gigantomachi, Dabi begins to dance following the big revelation that the villain is in fact the son of Endeavor, the number one hero, and older brother to Shoto Todoroki, the cold-hot hero of UA Academy’s Class 1-A. Sending out a broadcast to all the television and computer screens in the world, Dabi confirms that he is in fact Toya Todoroki via a genetic test, while also explaining the terrible upbringing he had via the number one hero and his brutal training regime. Seeking to overtake All Might through his children, Endeavor had believed Toya to have died during a training accident years prior but has been shell-shocked thanks to this latest revelation.

The moment in question not only confirms Dabi’s identity as a Todoroki, but has the League of Villains’ member dancing like a certain Clown Prince of Crime as he revels in the pain he is causing his father and his family by confirming his background to the world:

Dabi’s true identity as a Todoroki wasn’t the only thing that the villain revealed during his time on every screen in the world, also taking the opportunity to reveal new secrets about Hawks’ past, his criminal family lineage, and how the number two hero was responsible for the death of Twice. With the world of Hero Society having their faith in the heroes shaken like never before, Dabi might not have won the battle against his family here, but he might have won the war.

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