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This is gonna be nothing more than a warning shot. We'll pull those false heroes down from their shining pedestals... And, in doing so, we'll create a bright new future for this world.
~ Dabi to the Vanguard Action Squad.
Oh man... I didn't expect this! I'm starting to have fun! I wondered how I could make you suffer. How I could ruin your life! Ever since I burned up, it's all I've thought about! As a kid, I didn't know why I existed. I'd cling to Natsu, bawling my eyes out. But you didn't know that, did you? At first, when I realized your little puppet Shoto was complete, I'd figured I'd kill him! But then you unexpectedly became the number one hero! Who would've guessed, huh?! I was certainly so invested in your happiness! Can you believe in Kyushu, I was actually afraid you were going to die?! I led Starservant and Ending to your doorstep. Did they make you feel like a big shot? Must have been a heavy burden to achieve your dream after so long. But you were soothed by public admiration, weren't ya? Is that why you finally decided to try to bond with your children? "Just keep looking towards the future and you could be a better man?" WHAT? NOTHING TO SAY?! WELL, ALLOW ME!!! The past never dies! [...] YOU WILL REAP EVERYTHING YOU'VE SOWN!!! Enji Todoroki! Let's fall together! Come and dance with me in Hell, won't you? Well? Speak up, dad!
~ Dabi's monologue to Endeavor after revealing he was indeed Toya the whole time.

Toya Todoroki, better known as Dabi or Blueflame, is the secondary antagonist of the My Hero Academia franchise.

He is a member of the League of Villains and leader of its sub-group, the Vanguard Action Squad, who seemingly follows Stain's ideology and concepts. In reality, he is the eldest son of the superhero Endeavor, seeking vengeance against him for his mistakes in the past. He is the arch-nemesis of both his father Endeavor and his youngest brother, Shoto Todoroki.

In the anime, he is voiced by Hiro Shimono in Japanese, and Jason Liebrecht in the English dub, the latter of whom also voices Rob Lucci in the English dub of One Piece.

His Evil Ranking[]

What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]

  • Even as a child, Dabi was determined to be acknowledged by his father., using his flames while his entire family was gathered around and even attempting to target his infant brother. Although Dabi was in emotional distress at the time and was only 8-years-old, this is still wrong for obvious reasons.
  • While Toya was abused by his father, he took his frustration out on his innocent loved ones. Arguably, his actions could count as abusive in their own right.
    • Toya trauma dumped onto Natsuo and guilt-tripped him whenever he got tired of it. He also internalized his brother's words and believed they were failed experiments.
    • Toya had sexist attitudes towards his mother and sister. He called them "useless" and dismissed Fuyumi's viewpoint because a "girl wouldn't understand him". Once, he threatened Rei when she tried to discourage his training. He claims "she didn't know anything" as she was sold off as a bride and partly blames her for his path.
    • Toya gained a stalkerish obsession with his father Enji and blamed him for everything. He constantly stressed his father due to endangering himself and Shoto. Despite his son becoming a juvenile delinquent, Enji made numerous compromises, but Toya doubled down every time.
    • Toya recklessly trained his fire quirk in a forest. When he was thirteen, he caused an accidental fire and it almost spread to a nearby town.
  • When he awoke from his three-year coma, he recklessly destroyed the hospital that was holding him captive. This showed that even if All For One is the one that saved Toya from the clutches of death which led to him becoming Dabi, unlike the case of Tomura Shigaraki, Daruma Ujiko and Number 6, All for One can't be in any way or form have any sort of responsibility for all the crimes Toya will commit under the name of Dabi.
  • Led the Vanguard Action squad in attacking the U.A training camp to kidnap Katsuki Bakugo, leading to multiple students being seriously injured to the point of critical condition.
  • Set an entire forest on fire, endangering the students at the training camp.
  • Nearly killed Izuku Midoriya and Mezou Shoji by burning them alive.
  • He kidnapped Bakugo while mocking his younger brother for failing to save him.
  • While the rest of the League, even Shigaraki himself, came to genuinely care for each other as a family, Dabi doesn’t hold any affection towards any of his fellow League members, often mocking them or ridiculing them for amusement. He only sees them as useful pawns to help him complete his goals.
  • He burned several thugs to death when he was recruiting new members for the League Of Villains.
  • He went on a killing spree, murdering over thirty innocent people in cold blood by burning them alive.
  • Assisted Shigaraki and Mr. Compress into attacking Chisaki‘s ambulance transport to the hospital so they mutilate his arms from his body. While doing so, he and Mr. Compress killed the Sand Hero: Snatch, with Dabi expressing glee that people are aware of the murders he’s committed around the cities.
  • He was about to kill Endeavor and Hawks in a wall of fire, only to be stopped by Mirko, the 5th Pro Hero.
  • He sent out the High End, Hood, to destroy Kyushu as a means of both testing its capabilities and making sure to improve his father's reputation just to destroy it later on.
  • When going off to fight the Meta Liberation Army, he bragged how “[he’s] never been good at not killing people”, as he incinerated several members of the army and then tried to kill Geten.
  • He sent the two villains Starservant and Ending to attack Endeavor, the latter nearly killing his younger brother, Natsuo.
  • Although he saved the life of Twice before Hawks killed him, it was only for pragmatism, knowing that Twice would still be of great help to his plans.
  • The only reason Dabi shows any anger at the death of Twice is because it would make it harder for Dabi to achieve his goals, showing he doesn't feel any true friendship towards Twice.
  • He burned off Hawks' wings and nearly killed him, even calling him by his full name just to taunt him.
  • He tortured Hawks by burning his back repeatedly, scarring his body as well as severely damaging his vocal chords.
  • He was prepared to kill Fumikage and an unconscious Hawks by burning them alive, only interrupted by Geten's fight with the heroes.
  • Helped Gigantomachia rampage and destroy many cities across Japan by holding off the student's attempts to sedate him with his flames. He burns Kamui Woods and Kyoka Jirou in the process, injuring one of the latter's earphone jacks.
  • Through Skeptic's hacking, Dabi highjacked every channel in Japan, in order to broadcast his life story and accusations against Hero society. Dabi got Skeptic to edit the footage of Hawks killing Twice in a misleading way. He made Hawks appear to kill a retreating villain rather then one about to use their quirk on a large crowd.
  • It's also revealed that Dabi has sent his Paranormal Liberation Front soldiers to threaten Hawks' mother into leaking the biological connection with his father, who was a criminal.
  • Him revealing Hawks' lineage was mostly an act out of spite, as he was an innocent child who had no part in his family's crimes.
  • Jumped off of Gigantomachia and tried to incinerate Endeavor with Prominence Burn, only failing due to the intervention of Best Jeanist.
  • He severely burned Nejire Hado, all while saying she'd been brought down by "Endeavor's flames", placing the burden for his actions on his father's shoulders.
  • He took sadistic pleasure in seeing the agony his father went through, enjoying the shocked look on his face as he tried to burn himself and Shoto alive in a hug and wanting to inflict as much pain onto his father as possible. It should be noted that he was aware that Endeavor was remorseful about his actions as Dabi pointed it out before attacking them.
  • He seriously burned and nearly killed his youngest brother, Shoto, in their fight, only stopping because Endeavor had been knocked out and because he wanted his father conscious to see Shoto die, proceeding to knock Shoto unconscious with Flashfire Fist: Jet Burn.
  • His childhood bonds with his family have entirely fizzled out and he considers them as mere pawns to hurt his father. Upon learning that Ending had nearly killed Natsuo, whom he'd relied on for emotional support and cried to every day, Dabi actually said it was a shame that he hadn't been killed because that would've made Endeavor suffer more, and when Shoto claims he's insane, Dabi doesn't even attempt to deny it, fully acknowledging his villainy, his lack of feelings for anyone and his delusional and psychotic breaks from reality where he believes the previous him is dead and he is reborn.
  • Gave Toga some of Twice’s blood, which could cause major damage due to how her Quirk works, after having burned down her abusive childhood home to encourage her to fight solely so he can user as his pawn for a fallback plan, while admitting burning down her home was mostly for his own personal catharsis for his own past and rage-filled quest against Endeavor.
    • Toga was eventually able to make several clones of Twice during the second war, causing major trouble for the heroes. However, the clones of the League's Quirks didn't seem to work, which caused Toga to go in a tearful breakdown.
  • Threatened to murder Endeavor's allies as the second war started and then tried to burn him to death with a large wall of fire before Shoto intervened.
  • During his fight with Shoto, he burned All Might’s memorial statue as an act of spite to the heroes.
  • Tried to murder Todoroki and the heroes helping him with Hell's Spider. While fighting his brother, he mocks Shoto by calling him a worthless mix of ice and fire, stating he would never be a hero.
  • Murdered Endeavor’s sidekicks Kido and Onima by incinerating them alive and then called out to Skeptic to find Endeavor, so he could kill him too, desperate to achieve his revenge even if it costs him his life, rejecting Shoto's offer of redemption and stopping his evil ways.
  • Rather than kill Shoto and bring his body to Endeavor to break the latter, he simply decides to head to Gunga Mountain and kill his father, accompanied by two Twice clones, being transported there by Kurogiri.
  • Builds up internal heat and set himself to explode in a 5-kilometer radius to take Endeavor down with him, knowing it will threaten the lives of not only many civilians underneath trying to evacuate UA, but also his fellow League members such as Toga and even his entire family.
  • Even at the brink of death, despite all his family apologizing to him for their failures to help him, he still insisted he hated all of them and stated that everyone should die, alongside him.

What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]

  • His origins are tragic and sympathetic as he was born only to surpass All Might as Japan's Number 1 Hero, only for his father Endeavor to stop their training and start neglecting him once he realised Toya's Quirk was harming him, not wanting his son to die, leaving Toya bitter and angry. When his brother Shoto was born with a better Quirk then he was and replaced him as Endeavor's successor, Toya was left with an existential crisis due to feeling like he was born for nothing, especially when his father started becoming abusive to their family. Attempting to get his father's love back, Toya kept training on his own, which resulted in him accidentally severely burning himself after having a mental breakdown over Endeavor not showing up to watch how strong his son got. After spending several years comatose and escaping the hospital that would've turned him into a Nomu, Toya realised Endeavor is now abusing and training Shoto. Believing his life was meaningless and that even his "death" didn't change his father (despite it affecting him heavily), Toya renamed himself to Dabi and swore to torment and kill his father before he himself dies.

Trivia[]

  • Unlike his brother, Shoto who stopped letting his resentment dictate his actions and has moved on with his life, Dabi refuses to let go of his hatred and has allowed it to consume him, making him a dark reflection of what Shoto could have been. Fittingly enough, Shoto is Near Pure Good while Dabi is Near Pure Evil.
  • He also seems to be set up as a foil to Hawks in almost every way, such as Hawks becoming a hero despite his villain family, while Dabi was born to a hero family, but became a villain; their fighting style are inverted, with Hawks' power coming from his skills while Dabi has to rely on the strength of his flames; both were impacted by Endeavor in their childhood, however, one grew to resent him and the other grew to admire him. They even have a contrasting main color, with Hawks being yellow while Dabi is purple. Though ironically, while Endeavor arrested Hawks' abusive father, he wasn't aware of his saviour's own abusive history.

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