Summary
My Hero Academiahas introduced some of themost terrifying and powerful villains in anime, like Tomura Shigaraki, All For One, Overhaul, and many more. With their destructive quirks and cunning personalities, these iconic antagonists were able to defeat many prominent Pro Heroes while also making a huge negative impact on their world.
But not everyone can be as powerful as them, because this series has also introduced a good number of weak and insignificant supervillains that the heroes were able to stop fairly easily (and some of them even turned to the good side after their defeat!). TheMy Hero Academiaanime has featured many weak villains, but the following are the most egregious examples.
8Chitose Kizuki (Curious)
One Of The Few Villains In The Series That Actually Died
The members of the Meta Liberation Army were not particularly strong, mainly because they had other jobs aside from villainy (with Re-Destro being an obvious exception). But the most notorious example wasChitose KizukiAKACurious, a sensationalist journalist who confronted Himiko Toga during the group’s encounter with the League of Villains.
There’s no denying that her Landmine quirk, which allowed her to turn anything she touched into remote-controlled explosives, was fairly strong, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Toga from killing her with Ochaco Uraraka’s Anti-Gravity quirk. Curious’s death was quick, unexpected, and one of the very first instances of a villain dying in the entire series, which made her seem even more pathetic in retrospect.
7Starservant
An Unhinged Minor Villain That Endeavor Took Down In An Instant
Naturally,My Hero Academiais filled to the brim with irrelevant villains who were only introduced so the Pro Heroes can quickly take them down. One of the most notorious examples of this specific practice isStarservant, a strange but oddly memorable minor villain that appeared in the Endeavor Agency Arc.
With his unique Control Glass quirk, Starservant could manipulate and reshape all the glass in a designated area, and he was even able to form a giant ball of glass that seemed quite destructive. Unfortunately for him, Endeavor quickly destroyed it with a single Flashfire Fist and caught him with the help of Deku, Bakugo, and Hawks. On top of that,Dabi later revealed that he was the one who sent Starservant to Endeavor’s territory, further confirming that this glass-controlling criminal was just the weak minion of an even bigger villain.
6Mustard
Mustardwas one of the many new members of the League of Villains who debuted in the Forest Training Camp Arc, but there’s a reason he never appeared again: he was way too weak for the group’s standards. Admittedly,he had an impressive quirk called Gas, which allowed him to generate a poisonous gas from his body that gave the Class 1-B students some trouble.
However, Mustard relied way too much on this long-distance quirk and had no defensive properties to prevent his main method of attacking from being deactivated. Because of this obvious weakness, Itsuka Kendo and Tetsutetsu Tetsutesu were able to hatch an efficient plan to dissipate his gas and take him down with just one hit. Despite his merciless personality, Mustard was no real threat to the aspiring heroes of U.A. High School.
5Dictator
Relied Way Too Much On His Human Puppets
The events of the Paranormal Liberation War left Japan in a terrible state, with many dangerous villains escaping prison after All For One freed them.Dictatorwas one of them, and Deku confronted him in the Kamino ward during his time as a renegade vigilante.
Dictator played very dirty. He used his Despot quirk to control innocent civilians and make them attack Deku, because he knew the young hero (who was going through a major mental health crisis at the time) would never harm them. But he relied way too much on this single strategy, because Katsuki Bakugo and Shoto Todoroki were able to defeat him with a single dual attack that targeted him instead of his human puppets.For someone who was working for All For One, Dictator was surprisingly weak and ineffective.
4Manami Aiba (La Brava)
Has An Important Support Role, But She’s Very Weak By Herself
Manami Aiba- better known by her villain nameLa Brava– was part of an infamous villain duo made up of her and Gentle Criminal. But she was more of the brains of the operation, as she worked on recording their crimes and uploading them to the internet, while her partner was in charge of using his powerful quirk to carry them out.
Of course, La Brava is deeply in love with Gentle, meaning that she could use her Love quirk to make him even stronger once a day. As a result, she always had more of a support role in the relationship and rarely did any fighting on her own, which explains why she was so weak. Nevertheless,their encounter with Izuku Midoriya inspired both Gentle and La Brava to leave their days of villainy behindand help the heroes during the Final War Arc.
3Glutton God
A Pathetic Villain Who Tried To Take Advantage Of Japan’s Chaotic Situation
The Glutton God Gang (led byGlutton Godhimself) was a group of insignificant villains that tried to attack civilians and steal stuff in a shopping district after the Paranomal Liberation War, in a time during which there were very few heroes patrolling the streets. Fortunately, Beast Jeanist just happened to be in the area,and he captured them in seconds with his Fiber Master quirk.
While Glutton God tried to retaliate by using a seemingly weak quirk that allowed him to generate a sticky slime-like substance from his arms, it was not enough to stop Japan’s #3 Pro Hero. At the end of the day, he was such a frail and pathetic villain with such a brief appearance that most fans can’t even remember who he was.
2Kagero Okuta (Giran)
He’s A Villainous Broker, But Not Much Of A Fighter
Not every single villain can actively participate in battle, because many of them prefer to use their abilities for other important tasks, like gathering crucial information on people.Giranis a perfect example of this specific type of villain, since he was the broker in charge of recruiting new people for the League of Villains.
He had an important role within this infamous evil group, but he also showcased no fighting capabilities throughout the entire series, to the point that the Meta Liberation Army very easily captured him, and he could do nothing about it. Curiously enough, author Kohei Horikoshi revealed in an official databook that Giran has a quirk called Muddied that allows him to cause minor temporary amnesia on a target. This not only doesn’t seem particularly powerful, but he also never used it at any point in the story.
1Johnny
Doctor Garaki’s Weakest Nomu
The Nomus are a bunch of artificial villains created by All For One and Kyudai Garaki. Since their introduction in the U.S.J. Arc, they have repeatedly proven to be a deadly fighting force, mainly due to their enhanced bodies and their ability to wield multiple quirks at the same time, which were granted to them by the Symbol of Evil himself.
But, weirdly enough, not every Nomu was designed as a giant and unstoppable behemoth, seeing as some of them were small, feeble, and weak little creatures. The most notorious example wasJohnny, a small special Nomu that Doctor Garaki kept as a pet, but who also had a crucial role: to transport other villains around with his Warping quirk (even though it gave him severe tonsillitis). Nevertheless, Mirko effortlessly and unceremoniously killed Johnny during the heroes’ climactic raid on the Jaku General Hospital, which prevented the evil doctor from escaping.
