The Ideology of Evil: Unpacking the League of Villains' Flawed Philosophy
The League's philosophical failures were not entirely accidental. They were cultivated by All For One. Rather than building a political movement with sustainable governing principles, he deliberately created an engine of chaos. When young Tenko Shimura accidentally disintegrated his family and roamed city sidewalks coated in blood, pedestrians walked past, rationalizing that a pro hero would step in. That collective bystander effect left the child vulnerable on the curb.
All For One did not rescue Tenko to heal him. He weaponized his trauma, renaming him Tomura Shigaraki and fastening the preserved hands of his slaughtered family to his body to keep his grief raw.
This grooming strategy was cold and calculated. To ensure Shigaraki's tactical survival, All For One orchestrated the Kurogiri Nomu experiments through Dr. Kyudai Garaki. They desecrated the corpse of Oboro Shirakumo, a deceased U.A. High schooler, modifying his brain matter to serve as a loyal warp-gate babysitter. When the League eventually merged with Re-Destro’s Meta Liberation Army to form the Paranormal Liberation Front, Shigaraki rejected Re-Destro’s complex legal philosophy. For Shigaraki, the entire alliance was simply a larger hammer. He offered zero plans for economic reform, civil rights, or post-war rebuilding. He offered only dust.
