I wanted in on Mermay month, so I came up with an AU idea? No actual story cuz I’m lazy. Starring Shigaraki, of course, but also! Toga Himiko. I needed to give her some love.
First off, did you know Japan has a mermaid myth?
It’s said that if you eat the flesh of a mermaid, you gain immortality
So this turned into a bit of a horror AU, oops
Toga Himiko! Age 17, still a runaway, still has a taste for blood, still a bloodletting serial killer
One day, though, she targets a young man who turns out to be very unusual:
So she meets Shigaraki Tomura, a centuries old immortal, forever with the appearance of a 20-year-old
400 years ago, he ate the flesh of a strange fish that had a human face
And so he was cursed to never die
But there’s a second part to the curse: he’s now a ‘merman’ of sorts
Touch even a single drop of water on land, and his legs turn into a fish-tail. Can’t change back til he’s submerged in the sea... but there, he’s human and human lungs don’t work underwater
(Remember, though, he can’t die)
He’s a creature that has no place on land or sea
Ever since, he’s been traveling the world, searching for a cure/permanent death
Now that Toga had consumed some of his blood, she’s similarly cursed
Because of that, she joins Shigaraki on his journey
Things get (more) dangerous when they encounter another immortal
A man known as All For One, with whom Shigaraki has a dark history...
Also drew a merman Shigaraki!
He kinda gave up eating a few decades ago because it got tedious and also he doesn’t technically needed it
once again edited/filtered to hell and back on photoshop couldn’t help it 😰