The Quirk Singularity could have been this amazing biological ticking time bomb, but Hori....sidelined it. Quirks via mixing and breeding, would get exponentially stronger to the point where the human body likely wouldn't be able to handle it. The younger the kid, the stronger the Quirk. How do you fight your own DNA? Your own Quirk? You can't punch DNA or a Quirk (usually), so how would you fight it? Gene therapy? Mandated Quirk supressors? Anti-Quirk marriages to dilute Quirk genes?
Horikoshi gave us potential glimpses of what the Singularity could look like—Dabi's body failing, Shigaraki's decay evolving, Eri's uncontrollable rewind—but by keeping the Singularity as background lore, he avoided having to dismantle the classic superhero genre he was working in.
He set it up and abandoned it. And that's just bad writing.
At least Vigilantes is smaller scale and more contained. Trigger is simpler and easier to manage thematically.
Blood of The Counterweight is officially FINISHED!!!
It is on both AO3 and Wattpad for your viewing pleasure!! It was such a beautiful moment finally seeing this story that has such a hold on my heart wrap up!
“In a world teetering on the edge of Quirk Singularity, the Hero Commission secretly activates the Cain Protocol- a last-resort failsafe built around a single child: Sora Takami, the first recorded dual-quirk wielder, born with both the avian phenotype of his older brother Keigo "Hawks" Takami and a catastrophic blood-manipulation quirk, Hemokinesis. Raised in a black-site lab, mutilated to suppress his wings, and conditioned to become a living doomsday bomb, Sora grows up believing he is a weapon- and that Keigo abandoned him. When Hawks uncovers the truth, he becomes determined to reclaim the little brother he never knew, sparking a dangerous rebellion against the very institution that raised him. With the brilliant and fiercely compassionate Dr. Morimoto- Sora's head physician-joining their cause, a reluctant alliance deepens into a tender, forbidden romance as the three navigate trauma, trust, and the ethics of power. Together, they challenge the Commission's dehumanizing legacy, fight to free Sora from his engineered destiny, and discover what it means to rebuild family in the ruins of a weaponized childhood.”
In a world teetering on the edge of Quirk Singularity, the Hero Commission secretly activates the Cain Protocol- a last-resort failsafe buil
If you recall, the quirk singularity theory established that quirks will become uncontrollable one day, following the rate at how they were increasing in power and the inability of the body to keep up with such growth. The best example of the veracity of such theory is Tomura Shigaraki and the way his body has morphed in order to accommodate the strength of his quirk, right?
My question is: Have Toga and Dabi breached the quirk singularity point? Could that be the reason why Toga became able to use the quirk of the people she shape-shifts into, the reason why Dabi's alive and his body seems to regenerate a little or at least withstand the rate of destruction he inflicts on himself?
To understand why Enji isn’t doing the right thing in Ch.387, look back at what All Might told him in the remedial arc. “What purpose does our strength serve?” Look at what Mic says about giving guidance to the next generation. Look at what the hero students do: Reach the children’s hearts and help them regulate their emotions so they can use their quirks responsibly. So they can all take care of each other even though they don’t know each other.
In 387, Toya is an out of control child. His emotions are running wild and he’s lost all control of his quirk (hellooooo singularity!) But contrary to Enji’s assertion that his mind is gone, Toya’s actually being brutally honest and clear in what could be his final moments: He wants his dad to see him and his brother to play with him. He wants to be loved and cared for. That’s Toya’s heart. But Enji’s response isn’t to offer the kind of strength that reaches his child’s heart. Instead, what purpose does Enji’s strength serve? He’s still trying to “kill” his past. “I won’t let anyone else get caught up in our [family] tragedy.”
So if Shigi’s finger mutation is because of singularity....
And Deku is also reaching singularity....
Does that mean that Deku’s damaged right arm is going to mutate too?
So far we’ve only seen Shigi’s infini-fingers on the hand that Redestro broke (I think), so it stands to reason that singularity + serious long term injury = whatever the fuck Shigi’s got going on
Can it be controlled? Is it dangerous to the user? This whole thing reminds me of Cancer from Cells at Work and it’s worrying me. Deku could totally use it to his advantage but still
To add to the ask by ravelights, the doctor only asks Inko if she’s 4th generation, he didn’t ask about her husband’s generation and Inko herself didn’t mention it either, all she says is that he breathes fire… kinda like the doctor already knew about Hisashi & which generation of quirk holders he’s from…
That's a very good point. I thought that for Doctor, in principle, it did not matter what generation the father was, if the mother was the fourth generation. Since the child, theoretically, turns out to be the Fifth generation after all. But you have made me think now.
If everything is as you wrote, then it turns out that Doctor wanted to conduct an additional experiment (behind the scenes) based on a quirk's singularity. We have Eri-chan, who herself is the Fifth generation in the clan and a quirk mutation occurred on her. Evolution moved at the expense of random mutations, which gave advantages to individuals in survival. They were then fixed in the offspring. Perhaps there is a theory of Quirk's Singularity, and as the founder of this theory, Doctor in the case of Izuku could show interest in how his possible quirk will behave: it will behave as in the early generations on the paternal side, or it will manifest itself unpredictably according to his theory about the later generations. Was there a mutation, combination, or amplification of any of the parental quirks? Or maybe the quirk gene really just fell out?
I think and hope that Doctor will tell us about this in the future.
Talking about crazy theories: what do you think about this one?
It's theory about quirk = disease.
Funny thing! I wrote this post a few months ago, and tbh I still think that if not totally, it is at least partially true. This links back to what I wrote here today, about AfO's ending and the 'human' body not being able to withstand a certain amount of power (see: Noumu and Nine) because it actually ruins their living cells, without possibility of repair. This might be due to the genetic factors developed as ‘Quirks’, which are not supposed to be growing this fast in the human body, because it adapts so much slowly - and instead with the Quirk Singularity shift, Quirks increase their own power intake, taking a toll on the Body, which has to forcibly adapt (but this also means it develops other counter indications, for example what happened to Dabi). But this might also hint at the fact that Quirks, like they appeared, might disappear all of a sudden (and like a disease that has been vanquished). I really think this theory is true, but that’s just my opinion - because otherwise, phenomenon like Deku hurting himself multiple times, or the strain that people receive from Quirk overuse does not explain itself. So, it’s a yes-go for the crazy theory from me, simply basing on the fact that if something of this sort has been hinted at, it has to have some consequences (Quirk Singularity, and Quirks as Disease - because after all, they are a genetic modification or adaptation to something else, which in turn shapes another pair of genetic code, and other counter-indicators to those factors (I mean, human life adapted to the climatic changes in different areas in the world, why should it be different for Quirks?)).
However, thanks for letting me know that such a theory exists, I am absolutely super interested in the craziest theories out there just for the sake of it! I hope you’re having a good day/night honey!
Also please bear with me for a second, I swear this connects to the bhna universe. (-_- ;)
So I was reading a manga where basically one character was born without a power(well not necessarily power, but curse energy) but is still able to fight.
What makes this character interesting is that not only did they adapt and started using weapons to fight, but because they can see the monsters(or curses in the story) without a power. (For any of those who want to know/do know, the character is from Jujutsu Kaisen, but it is not Maki *will not say who for spoiler reasons*).
This is cool because before this character was introduced we believed that having an above average level of curse energy is the only way to see the curses without a need for a physical weapon.
But anyways, what I’m trying to get to is-
What if there is an increase in the Quirkless population in the bhna universe?
We know about quirk singularity theory and how quirks might get more dangerous with each generation. We also know that quirks can be inherited in partiality(meaning that a child can get a combination of each parent’s quirks). So what happens if a quirk a child inherits is too dangerous for them to function normally on a daily basis?
For example, a child inherits a combination of a shadow manipulation quirk and nightmare quirk which leads to them being attacked by shadow monsters on a daily basis. There are already quirks in the bhna universe that have huge drawbacks, but these quirks have a tendency to be highly dangerous right from the start. Like the user will probably die within days of the quirk coming out.
Now, my basic understanding of biology is pretty limited but
I like to think that the body will go into the DNA around the time that you would normally have your quirk come in and destroy/change the gene for quirks( Quirk factor is what I think the show calls it) in order to protect itself. I also think that the body would also change the DNA itself to make the person stronger, faster, and more efficient in terms of bodily function than the average (quirkless) human in order to accommodate for the lack of power. I mean, the body attacking itself isn’t anything new.
Of course this won’t happen overnight. I imagine that there is an intense period of high fever, nausea, etc. and the effects will take a while to really show. Maybe a few of months. A year at most. But anyways -
This could be a new sickness. One that you can’t really stop or fix. More like an intense one-time cold. I also imagine the quirklessness would become a dominant trait rather than a recessive one. The doctors wouldn’t even know that you had a quirk too because a double jointed pinky toe doesn’t always show in quirkless people (like yeah its the #1 sign that you’re quirkless, but just because 2 genes are linked doesn’t mean that both will always show I think). However, other than that, there isn’t too much of a difference between true-born quirkless people and this type of quirkless people. Like how certain quirked people are not that much different from quirkless people.
Anyways, this illness would obviously lead to a spike in quirkless population. Once this illness is made public I feel like it would lead to more very complicated social issues regarding quirkless people-
which is a whole new can of worms for another day.
Anyways thanks for reading!
*This isn’t something I think will really happen in the series. I just think it would be cool if the show talked about quirklessness more. Like maybe make a whole arc about quirk and/or quirkless discrimination in which class-1A as a whole learns about it in one way or another since Horikoshi already kinda got the ball rolling for that with Shinsou and Midoriya. Something like that.*
