Revenue Generation:
Criminal Enterprise (Giran's Domain):
Thieving operations target wealthy/corrupt
Drug trade through subsidiary gangs (ethically controversial)
Protection rackets in territories League controls
Black market sales of stolen hero equipment
Mercenary Operations:
League accepts contracts from other villains
Eliminates targets for payment
Provides services (infiltration, assassination, intelligence)
Controversial: Makes League seem like hired thugs vs. revolutionaries
Ideological Operations (Compress's Preference):
Rob from corrupt heroes and businesses
Target heroes who accept bribes
Expose and profit from institutional corruption
Frame as "revolutionary taxation"
The Tension: Compress wants ideologically pure funding; Garaki wants maximum resources regardless of source; Nine is pragmatic but prefers direct action.
Challenge 3: Hero Pressure
Intensified Hero Response Post-Kamino:
HPSC Actions:
Increased funding for hero operations
Special task forces targeting League
International cooperation to track League members
Infiltration attempts into villain networks
Rewards for information on League location
Specific Threats:
The Aizawa Task Force:
Focus on capturing Kurogiri specifically
Uses Aizawa's knowledge of Oboro to predict behavior
Coordinates with Present Mic for psychological warfare
Supported by Recovery Girl's medical research team
The Hawks Investigation:
Intelligence gathering on League's new structure
Attempts to infiltrate (possibly successfully depending on timeline)
Reports directly to HPSC on vulnerabilities
The Endeavor Patrols:
#1 Hero actively seeks major villain confrontations
Would prioritize capturing/eliminating Nine (as strongest)
Coordinates with other top heroes for overwhelming force
League Countermeasures:
Increased Mobility:
Frequent relocation of bases
No central headquarters
Kurogiri's Warp Gate prevents pattern establishment
Cell structure for operations
Intelligence Warfare:
Hero Traitor provides early warning
U.A. Traitor monitors hero student training
Giran's network tracks hero movements
Lady Nagant's HPSC knowledge predicts responses
Psychological Operations:
Compress's exposure campaigns divide hero focus
Public sympathy operations (heteromorph liberation, exposing corruption)
Making heroes appear as oppressors to marginalized groups
Forcing heroes to address systemic issues vs. just fighting
Challenge 4: The Kurogiri Problem
Increasing Instability:
Symptoms:
Warp Gates open to wrong locations
Hesitation during critical moments
Flashes of Oboro personality during stress
Emotional responses inconsistent with programming
Physical signs of strain (mist form flickering)
Impact on Operations:
Mission Failures:
Evacuation delayed, members captured
Wrong location drops expose teams to ambush
Unreliable transportation disrupts planning
Leadership Crisis:
Can't depend on most valuable asset
Debates over whether to "fix" or "save" him
Garaki wants to reinforce programming
Compress opposes erasing Oboro further
Nine pragmatically wants whatever ensures reliability
The Oboro Factor:
Deep within Kurogiri's mind, Oboro Shirakumo fights back:
Subtly sabotages operations
Leaves clues for hero investigation
Tries to protect civilians during attacks
Struggles to surface and communicate with friends
The Inevitable Confrontation:
Eventually, Aizawa and Present Mic track Kurogiri to a League operation. The confrontation becomes crisis point:
Option A: Kurogiri is captured, potentially saved
League loses critical mobility asset
Must adapt to operations without Warp Gate
Forces innovation but reduces effectiveness
Option B: Kurogiri sacrifices himself
Uses Warp Gate to save League members from hero ambush
Exhausts himself completely in the process
Dies with Oboro's personality dominant, apologizing to friends
League devastated but honors his sacrifice
Option C: Kurogiri is "repaired" by Garaki
Oboro personality suppressed completely
Returns to full functionality
But at cost of any remaining humanity
Creates moral crisis within League
Challenge 5: Ideological Fractures
The Fundamental Question: What is the League actually fighting for?
Different Answers:
Garaki: "Completing AFO's scientific vision and quirk research"
Compress: "Exposing and dismantling corrupt hero society"
Nine: "Creating world where strong rule and weak serve or perish"
Spinner: "Ending discrimination against heteromorphs and marginalized"
Toga: "Being accepted for who I am and living freely"
Twice: "Having a family and place where I belong"
Dabi: "Destroying Endeavor and exposing hero hypocrisy" (personal, not League goal)
The Problem: These goals aren't entirely compatible. They overlap enough for temporary alliance, but long-term cohesion is questionable.
Flash Points:
Nine vs. Spinner Conflict:
Scenario: Nine proposes abandoning "weak" League members who don't contribute enough combat power.
Spinner's Response: "That's the same discrimination we're fighting against! If we discard people for being 'weak,' we're no better than hero society!"
Nine's Counter: "Sentimentality weakens us. The strong survive; the weak are left behind. That's natural law."
Resolution: Compress mediates, establishing that everyone has role (even non-combatants provide support, intelligence, logistics)
Garaki vs. Compress Conflict:
Scenario: Garaki proposes using captured civilians as Nomu base material to accelerate production.
Compress's Response: "Absolutely not. We're not monsters who erase innocent people. That's a line we don't cross."
Garaki's Counter: "Your squeamishness costs us tactical advantage. AFO never hesitated when necessary."
Resolution: Partial—Garaki agrees to limit civilian use but maintains secret facilities where he continues anyway. Compress suspects but can't prove it.
Toga vs. Nine's Crew Conflict:
Scenario: Toga's emotional instability causes mission failure. Slice suggests she needs to be "benched" until stable.
Toga's Response: "You don't understand! The League is my family! I belong here!"
Slice's Counter: "Your instability endangers everyone. Until you're reliable, you're a liability."
Resolution: Twice defends Toga fiercely. Compromise reached where Toga operates with partner oversight (usually Twice or Compress)
The Path Forward: Three Potential Trajectories
Trajectory A: Escalation and Expansion
The Growth Path:
League successfully navigates challenges and grows stronger:
Months 6-12:
Successful recruitment through Giran and heteromorph outreach
Multiple successful operations increase reputation
Nine's condition stabilizes under Garaki's treatment
Kurogiri's programming is reinforced, maintaining functionality
MLA remnants absorbed (if applicable) providing resources
Months 12-18:
League controls significant territory in major cities
Heteromorph rights movement grows with Spinner/Chimera as figureheads
Public opinion increasingly divided on League's actions
Hero society forced to implement reforms to counter League narrative
International villain organizations seek alliance
Months 18-24:
League becomes legitimate threat to national stability
Confrontation with top heroes becomes inevitable
Nine approaches AFO's power level through enhancement
Gigantomachia fully integrated as ultimate weapon
Choice: Continue escalation or leverage power for negotiation?
End State: Full-scale war between League and hero society, forcing fundamental restructuring of Japanese society regardless of who "wins."
Trajectory B: Fragmentation and Decline
The Collapse Path:
Internal tensions and external pressure fracture League:
Early Signs:
Kurogiri captured or
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Trajectory B: Fragmentation and Decline (Continued)
The Collapse Path:
Internal tensions and external pressure fracture League:
Early Signs:
Kurogiri captured or killed, mobility severely compromised
Major operation fails with significant casualties
Financial strain forces difficult choices
Ideological conflicts escalate beyond mediation
Months 6-12:
Dabi's Departure: Reveals identity as Toya Todoroki, accomplishes his revenge, leaves League or dies in the attempt
Muscular Goes Rogue: Abandons League for independent rampage, eventually killed by heroes
Gigantomachia Refuses Service: Without AFO or credible successor, returns to mountains permanently
U.A. Traitor Discovered: Aoyama's exposure eliminates critical intelligence source
Months 12-18:
Spinner's Faction Splits: Forms independent heteromorph rights movement, takes Chimera and others
Twice's Death: Killed protecting League members during hero raid (Hawks or similar)
Nine's Death: Cellular degeneration finally claims him despite Garaki's efforts
Leadership Vacuum: Without Nine's power and with Kurogiri compromised, Compress and Garaki can't hold organization together
Months 18-24:
Garaki's Capture: Heroes finally locate and raid his main facility, ending Nomu production
Member Defections: Without resources or leadership, members scatter or surrender
Final Operations: Remaining loyalists (Toga, remnants of Vanguard Squad) conduct desperate attacks
League Dissolution: Organization effectively ceases to exist as coherent entity
End State: League's legacy lives on through:
Reform movements sparked by their criticisms (Spinner's work)
Individual members continuing as solo villains (Toga, possibly others)
Systemic changes forced by their exposures (Compress's revelations)
Hero society's acknowledgment that they raised valid concerns, even if methods were wrong
Trajectory C: Evolution and Transformation
The Adaptation Path:
League evolves beyond simple villainy into something more complex:
Months 6-12:
Ideological Refinement: Leadership coalesces around exposing corruption rather than pure destruction
Selective Operations: Focus on targets that demonstrate systemic problems (corrupt heroes, discriminatory institutions)
Public Relations: Compress's campaigns successfully shift some public opinion
Strategic Restraint: Minimize civilian casualties to maintain moral high ground in propaganda
Months 12-18:
Heteromorph Movement Gains Legitimacy: Spinner and Chimera's activism forces real policy discussions
Unlikely Alliances: Some heroes privately sympathize with League's criticisms if not methods
Internal Reforms: League establishes actual ethical guidelines and (mostly) follows them
Nine's Role Shift: As medical needs increase, becomes more strategic commander than field combatant
Months 18-24:
Negotiated Resolution Possibility: Hero society so damaged by revelations that negotiation becomes viable
Spinner's Faction Goes Legitimate: Heteromorph rights movement separates from League violence, achieves legal recognition
Remaining Hardliners: Core League continues operations but with clear political goals
Gray Area Operations: League occupies moral space between terrorism and revolutionary activism
Potential End States:
Option A: Tragic Martyrdom
League's final operation achieves significant reform but costs most members their lives
Survivors become symbols of necessary change
Society transforms in ways League wanted but without them to see it
Option B: Pyrrhic Victory
League forces enough reforms that their existence becomes redundant
Members choose between surrender/rehabilitation or continuing as pure criminals
Some accept redemption, others refuse and die/are imprisoned
Option C: Ongoing Insurgency
League never fully defeated, never fully victorious
Becomes permanent fixture forcing hero society to constantly self-examine
Next generation of heroes inherits more complex moral landscape
No clean resolution, just ongoing tension
Critical Character Fates and Story Beats
The Nine Arc: Rise and Fall of a Would-Be God
Act 1: Integration and Ascension
Nine joins League, brings crew and capabilities
Garaki's treatments extend his life, enhance his powers
Becomes de facto Combat Commander
Defeats Gigantomachia, earning respect
Positioned as AFO successor candidate
Act 2: The Height of Power
Nine leads successful major operations
His Weather Manipulation + League support devastates hero operations
Gains confidence that he surpasses AFO
Growing tension with other leaders over philosophy
Plans ultimate operation to demonstrate superiority
Act 3: The Physical Toll
Cellular degeneration accelerates despite treatments
Garaki warns that time is limited
Nine refuses to accept mortality
Pushes harder, operations become more reckless
Crew (especially Slice) increasingly desperate
Act 4: The Final Stand
Nine leads operation against multiple top heroes
Uses full power despite knowing it will kill him
Protects League members and crew in final act
Dies not from heroes but from his body finally giving out
Final words acknowledge he wanted to create world his crew could live in
Legacy:
Slice, Chimera, and Mummy honor his memory
League loses massive combat asset
His death proves even the strong cannot overcome mortality
Garaki loses his successor project
Demonstrates limits of Social Darwinist philosophy
The Spinner/Chimera Arc: Revolution or Revenge?
Act 1: Brotherhood Forged
Spinner and Chimera bond over shared discrimination
Train together, fight together
Begin recruiting heteromorph faction within League
Develop ideology of strength through unity
Act 2: The Movement Grows
Liberation operations free heteromorphic individuals
Some join League, others form supporting network
Public sympathy grows for heteromorph issues
Hero society forced to address discrimination
Tension with Nine's "strong rule weak" philosophy
Act 3: The Moral Crisis
Operations become more violent
Innocent people hurt in crossfire
Spinner questions whether they're helping or harming their cause
Chimera argues for escalation
Rift develops between revenge vs. reform approaches
Act 4: The Split or Sacrifice
Scenario A: The Split
Spinner decides League's violence hurts heteromorph cause
Takes faction and goes legitimate (or at least less violent)
Chimera stays with League, continues fighting
Former brothers become enemies or maintain uneasy truce
Both paths have merit and tragedy
Scenario B: The Sacrifice
Major operation goes wrong, civilians endangered
Spinner and Chimera must choose: escape or save innocents
Both choose to save civilians, protecting hero students (including Shoji)
Die or are captured in heroic act
Deaths spark major reforms in heteromorph rights
Legacy:
Heteromorph discrimination becomes central political issue
Shoji and other heroes carry torch for legitimate reform
Their deaths (or imprisonment) prove complexity of justice
Society forced to acknowledge creating them through discrimination
The Toga Arc: Love, Loss, and Identity
Act 1: Grief and Rage
Processing Tomura's death through violence
Attachment to Twice intensifies
Missions become reckless
Fixation on Izuku and Ochaco grows
Act 2: Connection and Understanding
Encounters with Ochaco become more personal
Ochaco tries to understand rather than just fight
Toga questions what she actually wants
Twice's support keeps her grounded
Partnership with Slice provides unexpected friendship
Act 3: Breaking Point
Scenario A: Twice's Death (Canon Echo)
Twice killed protecting her during hero raid
Toga breaks completely, suicidal attacks
Ochaco tries desperately to reach her
Final confrontation about acceptance and identity
Scenario B: Twice Survives
Twice's continued support allows growth
Toga develops beyond pure bloodlust
Still violent but with more control
Potential for actual character development
Act 4: Resolution
Tragic End:
Sacrifices herself saving Ochaco or civilians
Dies with Ochaco acknowledging her humanity
Finally receives acceptance she craved, too late
Redemption Path:
Captured but offered rehabilitation
Ochaco advocates for her treatment vs. punishment
Long road to recovery, may never be "normal"
Represents possibility of saving villains
Continued Villainy:
Rejects all attempts at redemption
Fully embraces villain identity
Dies unrepentant in final battle
Tragedy of someone who couldn't accept help
The Compress Arc: The Showman's Finale
Act 1: Reluctant Leadership
Steps up after Kamino despite self-doubt
Balances competing factions and personalities
Uses theatrical operations to maintain relevance
Struggles with moral weight of decisions
Act 2: Ideological Crusade
Focus on exposing corruption vs. random violence
Works with Lady Nagant on HPSC targets
Masterminds psychological warfare campaigns
Sees League as potential force for actual change
Act 3: The Moral Reckoning
Garaki's experiments cross lines Compress can't ignore
Nine's philosophy conflicts with "family" concept
Realizes League may be becoming what they fight
Must choose: maintain unity or stand on principles
Act 4: The Final Performance
Scenario A: The Grand Sacrifice
Discovers heroes about to raid League hideout
Uses Compress to save members, knowing he'll be caught
Final theatrical speech exposing hero society's flaws
Captured or killed, but message spreads
Scenario B: The Reformer
Leads League away from pure villainy
Negotiates with sympathetic heroes
Attempts to achieve change through pressure vs. terrorism
May succeed partially or fail tragically
Scenario C: The Survivor
Outlasts most other League members
Eventually captured, accepts punishment
From prison, continues advocating for reforms
Legacy as the "villain who was right"
The Kurogiri Arc: The Man in the Mist
Act 1: Degrading Functionality
Programming deteriorates post-Kamino
Oboro surfaces more frequently
Becomes unreliable for operations
League must compensate for unstable asset
Act 2: The Investigation
Aizawa and Present Mic track him obsessively
Each encounter strengthens Oboro personality
Kurogiri programming fights back
Torn between two identities
Act 3: The Confrontation
Direct encounter with Aizawa and Mic during operation
Oboro surfaces fully during battle
Moment of genuine recognition and communication
Choice: flee with League or surrender to friends
Act 4: Resolution
Scenario A: The Rescue
Oboro chooses friends, helps defeat League operation
Surrenders to heroes for treatment
Garaki's research allows partial personality recovery
Lives in care facility, sometimes remembers being hero
Scenario B: The Sacrifice
Oboro uses last strength to save League members from certain death
Warp Gate exhausts him completely
Dies apologizing to Aizawa and Mic
Heroes mourn friend finally freed from torment
Scenario C: The Weapon
Garaki "repairs" Kurogiri, erasing Oboro completely
Returns to full functionality as pure tool
Aizawa and Mic must fight friend who's truly gone
Eventually destroyed in combat, mercy for both identities
The Twice Arc: The Double-Edged Blade
Act 1: Emotional Anchor
Becomes primary support for grieving League members
His acceptance keeps Toga stable
Clone army makes League relevant despite losses
Mental state precarious but functional
Act 2: The Indispensable Asset
Every operation relies on his clones
Force multiplication makes League punch above weight
Heroes recognize must eliminate him to weaken League
Target on his back from every hero agency
Act 3: The Identity Resolution
Crisis forces confrontation with clone anxiety
Must create ultimate clone army knowing risk
Toga or other League members help him accept himself
Achieves clarity: "I am Jin Bubaigawara, and that's enough"
Act 4: The Ultimate Choice
Scenario A: Canon Echo - Heroic Death
Heroes corner League, Twice only one who can save them
Creates massive clone army despite knowing strain
Dies protecting his "family"
Death devastates League, galvanizes determination
Scenario B: Survival and Growth
Manages to survive critical battle
Mental state finally stabilizes through acceptance
Becomes even more valuable asset
Lives to see League's transformation or end
Scenario C: Capture and Imprisonment
Heroes successfully capture him alive
Imprisoned in isolation to prevent clone creation
Mental state deteriorates in solitude
Represents question: Is isolation humane punishment?
Impact on League: Twice's fate (death or capture) fundamentally changes League's capabilities and morale. His loss cannot be overstated.
The Garaki Arc: Science Without Ethics
Act 1: The Inheritor
Positions himself as keeper of AFO's scientific legacy
Accelerates Nomu research and development
Provides medical support keeping Nine alive
Attempts to create new AFO successor
Act 2: Crossing Lines
Experiments become increasingly unethical
Uses captured individuals for Nomu base
Hides extent of operations from League leadership
Research consumes him, losing last vestiges of humanity
Act 3: Discovery and Conflict
League members discover full extent of his experiments
Compress and Spinner confront him about ethics
Garaki argues necessity and science above morality
Internal trial about whether he's asset or monster
Act 4: The End of the Mad Scientist
Scenario A: Hero Raid
Heroes (led by Mirko, Aizawa, others) finally locate his facility
Discovers his Nomu chambers and horrifying experiments
Captured after brutal battle
Imprisoned in Tartarus, research destroyed
Scenario B: League Justice
League members decide he's too dangerous even for them
Compress or Spinner executes him for his crimes
Destroys his research to prevent continuation
Represents League having actual moral standards
Scenario C: The Final Experiment
Attempts to transfer his consciousness to artificial body or Nomu
Experiment fails catastrophically
Dies as victim of his own science
Poetic justice for the mad scientist
Legacy:
His Nomu continue operating after death
Research partially recovered by heroes
Questions about scientific ethics in Quirk age
Warning about pursuing knowledge without morality
The Dabi Arc: Burning Everything Down
Act 1: The Ally of Convenience
Maintains semi-autonomous relationship with League
Uses their resources for Endeavor obsession
Provides combat support when goals align
Prepares ultimate revenge reveal
Act 2: The Revelation
Orchestrates reveal as Toya Todoroki
Uses League's platform to maximize exposure
Broadcasts Endeavor's abuse to the world
Achieves primary goal of destroying father's reputation
Act 3: After the Reveal
Scenario A: Mission Accomplished - Departure
Having achieved revenge, has no further use for League
Leaves organization, becomes rogue villain
Hunted by heroes and potentially League
Dies in final confrontation with Shoto and/or Endeavor
Scenario B: Escalation - The Burning
Reveal isn't enough, wants complete destruction
Doubles down on League membership
Increasingly self-destructive attacks
Flames burn hotter, damaging his body further
Suicidal final attack
Scenario C: Unexpected Redemption
Shoto's intervention reaches something human
Doesn't excuse crimes but offers connection
Potential survival with massive consequences
Must live with what he's done
Impact on Hero Society:
Endeavor's reputation destroyed regardless
Questions about hero family abuses
Reforms in how hero children are treated
Todoroki family's public reckoning
The End Game: Multiple Possible Conclusions
Ending A: Pyrrhic Hero Victory
The Final Battle: Heroes finally corner the League in massive coordinated operation involving:
All top heroes (Endeavor, Hawks, Best Jeanist, Mirko, etc.)
International support
HPSC full resources
Trap designed specifically for League's capabilities
The League's Last Stand:
Nine (if still alive) unleashes full power knowing it will kill him
Twice creates ultimate clone army before dying
Gigantomachia rampages until finally stopped
Toga fights Ochaco in emotional final confrontation
Spinner and Chimera protect evacuating civilians
Compress delivers final speech exposing hero society
Kurogiri's final Warp Gate saves remaining members or aids heroes
Casualties:
Most League members dead or captured
Significant hero casualties (potentially beloved characters)
Massive civilian casualties despite best efforts
Physical and moral devastation on both sides
Aftermath:
League destroyed as organization
But their criticisms force systemic reforms
Hero society forever changed
Survivors questioned whether victory was worth cost
Class 1-A inherits deeply complicated world
Thematic Resolution: "Defeating villains is not the same as addressing what created them."
Ending B: Negotiated Transformation
The Breaking Point: Series of escalating conflicts reach point where:
Both sides exhausted and casualties mounting
Public opinion so divided that simple victory impossible
League's revelations forced hero society to acknowledge problems
Continued fighting only destroys what both sides claim to protect
The Negotiation: Unlikely mediators (possibly Izuku, Ochaco, Shoji, others) broker talks:
League demands systemic reforms
Heroes demand end to violence
Neither side fully trusts the other
Agreement reached: amnesty for some, punishment for others, reforms begin
The Split: League divides based on member goals:
Reformers (Spinner, potentially Toga, others): Accept amnesty, work within system for change
Revolutionaries (any surviving Nine's crew, some original members): Reject compromise, continue fighting
Criminals (Muscular if alive, others): Simply continue crime without ideology
Outcome:
Partial victory for both sides
Reforms actually implemented (heteromorph rights, hero accountability, etc.)
Some League members rehabilitated, others imprisoned or killed
Society transformed but imperfectly
Ongoing tension but trajectory toward improvement
Thematic Resolution: "Change comes not through victory but through understanding and compromise, however imperfect."
Ending C: Tragic Collapse
The Fragmentation: League cannot maintain cohesion under combined pressure of:
Internal ideological conflicts
External hero pressure
Resource depletion
Key member deaths/captures
Loss of leadership figures
The Scattering: Organization dissolves into:
Individual villains continuing solo
Small cells pursuing specific agendas
Some members surrendering
Others going underground
Few killed in final stands
Fates:
Toga: Dies saving Ochaco or captured and institutionalized
Twice: Killed by heroes, devastating blow to survivors
Spinner: Leads legitimate heteromorph rights movement
Compress: Captured, continues advocacy from prison
Kurogiri: Destroyed or saved, finally at peace
Nine: Dies from condition, crew scatters
Garaki: Captured, research ended
Aftermath:
No climactic final battle, just gradual dissolution
Individual members' fates vary
Some reforms happen, but slower and less comprehensive
Hero society mostly validates itself
But seeds of change planted by League's criticisms
Thematic Resolution: "Even failed revolutions can plant seeds for future change."
Ending D: The Dark Victory
League Ascendant: Through combination of:
Strategic brilliance
Hero society's self-inflicted wounds
Public support for their critiques
Twice's overwhelming force multiplication
Nine's raw power
Inability of heroes to unify effectively
League actually wins or achieves stalemate forcing surrender:
The New Order:
League establishes control over portions of Japan
Nine's Social Darwinist hierarchy implemented
Spinner's heteromorph rights enforced (by force)
Garaki's research continues unchecked
Compress's anti-corruption purges
The Reality:
Initial improvements for some (heteromorphs, marginalized)
But League's authoritarian methods create new victims
Infighting among League factions
Resistance movements form
Society trades one flawed system for another
Hero Response:
Surviving heroes form resistance
Class 1-A becomes symbol of hope
International intervention possible
Long guerrilla war
Eventual Outcome:
League either reforms itself or is eventually overthrown
Demonstrates that revolution without clear plan creates chaos
Cycle continues with new rebels against League authority
Thematic Resolution: "Those who fight monsters must be careful not to become monsters themselves. Power corrupts even the righteously angry."
Final Thoughts: The Weight of Absence
What AFO and Tomura's Deaths Changed
For Heroes:
Removed clear ultimate enemy
Created moral complexity (villains with valid points)
Forced self-examination of systemic issues
No simple "defeat the villain" resolution
For Villains:
Removed unifying figure and clear hierarchy
Created opportunity for ideological evolution
Fractured but also potentially freed them
Must define themselves beyond AFO's shadow
For Society:
Exposed that defeating AFO didn't solve underlying problems
Demonstrated that villainy is systemic, not individual
Created space for actual reform discussions
Complicated narrative of good vs. evil
For the Story:
Shifts from "defeat ultimate evil" to "address systemic problems"
Multiple antagonists with different valid concerns
No clean victory possible
Heroes must grow beyond simple combat
The Central Question
This entire AU explores one fundamental question:
"What happens when you defeat the villains but don't address what created them?"
AFO and Tomura's deaths at Kamino remove the symptoms but not the disease. The new League of Villains, under diverse leadership and with conflicting ideologies, represents all the various ways society can fail its people:
Garaki: The pursuit of knowledge without ethics
Nine: Social Darwinism and survival of the fittest
Compress: Recognition of corruption without clear alternative
Spinner: Marginalization creating extremists
Toga: Mental illness and societal rejection
Twice: Identity crisis and desperate need for belonging
Each member represents a different failure mode of hero society. Defeating them individually doesn't solve the underlying issues. Only systemic change, reform, and genuine effort to address root causes can prevent the next generation of villains.
The tragedy: Hero society is so invested in the current system that meaningful reform may only come after catastrophic conflict.
The hope: The next generation (Class 1-A and others) can learn from these failures and build something better.
The reality: Change is slow, imperfect, and often requires sacrifice from all sides.
This AU's ultimate message: Justice is more complex than good guys defeating bad guys. True heroism means addressing why people become villains in the first place.