All For One - The Image of Evil (My Hero Academia)
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02:52 - Chapter 1: The Glutton
09:10 - Chapter 2: The Deceiver
11:58 - Chapter 3: The Equalizer
15:22 - Final Chapter: The Darkness
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00:01 - Intro
02:52 - Chapter 1: The Glutton
09:10 - Chapter 2: The Deceiver
11:58 - Chapter 3: The Equalizer
15:22 - Final Chapter: The Darkness
Can your next video be about the nature of the money hungry devs/game companies?
I just realized A41, Tomura & Gigantomachia represent 3 of the 4 Horsemen.
A41 represents Famine
Tomura represents Pestilence
Gigantomachia represents War
@@insanemakaioshin wonder who's the 4th?
@@jahjr.climax8508 No idea.
I have a question oceaniz regarding a separate topic, chapter 319, it seems wired that deku gave up, with such a big drive halted in just on moment granted he was exhausted but in the next panels it shows him ready to moop the floor with 1 a, thus he had enough energy left, hell he could just run off, or he fought he could have jumped grabbed him with blackwip and detroit smash him in the air in which case dictator couldn’t cover himself with civilians my opinion it would’ve have been more in character for him to keep moving forward. Sorry for the unrelated question but usually turn to your channel for ways to interpret mha, have a nice day mr oceaniz :)
In the manga Endeavor said it best, AFO is just..... empty. He smiles at everything cause he doesn't know how to feel
So,he has no soul?
@@abstr4ct_c0nt3nt that's why he needs Shigaraki
@@pamelasindisiwemutasa9320 Oh, makes sense.
Btw where do soulless people go once they die?
@@abstr4ct_c0nt3ntsame place a computer program goes after you smash the computer, nowhere.
@@cantthinkofaname5046 so that's why there's people in my bins
AFO isn’t the only example of villains being a perversion of a religion in this series, we also have Overhaul and the Shie Hassaikai being a perversion of Buddhism as well
Questionable, but one of the officials that helped the Japanese militarists overthrow the government was a Buddhist extremist...
@@amanofnoreputation2164 I thinks that the symbology of "the eight precepts " from overhaul is a take on buddhism but i can't remember where did I saw that, either way I don't know enough about buddhist mythology to dispute or confirm what Overhaul truly symbolizes
@@teotlcipactli7530 Yes, they are "reverses" of the 8 precepts of Bhuddism.
Each of the "8 Bullets" member represent one of the precepts and "reverse" it in some way or another.
1 - Shin Nemoto (Quirk : Confession) is a reversal of the precept that says "I shall not lie". His alter forcing people to tell the truth makes him the only one being able to lie.
2 - Rikiya (Quirk : Vitality Stealing) is a corruption of the precept that basically says that you shouldn't have sexual intercourse. His alter stealing energy / life force out of people can be linked to the "succubus / incubus" that does the same during sex.
3 - Toya Setsuno (Quirk : Larceny) is a corruption of the precept that says "I shall not steal". His alter lets him steal things from people so... Yeah pretty obvious.
4 - Yu Joko (Quirk : Cristallize) is a corruption of the precept that says, among other things, to not wear jewelry, or any apparent "wealthy" objects. His alter let's him turn into some kind of diamond / crystal. Again, pretty obvious for this one.
5 - Soramitsu Tabe (Quirk : Food) is a corruption of the precept that says that you should only eat at proper times. His alter letting him eat anything and everything is, also, pretty obvious.
6 - Kendo Rapp (Quirk : Strongarm) is a corruption of the precept of "Do not kill". With his bloodthirst, and fighting alter, he's also an obvious one as to why.
7 - Hekjii Tengai (Quirk : Barrier) is a corruption of the precept that tells you to not "take shelter or rest under a luxurious canopy". His alter creating barriers , of a golden glow may I had, represent the total opposite of that.
8 - Deidoro Sakaki (Quirk : Sloshed) is a corruption of the precept that tells you not to drink alcool, his alter forcing people to be drunk.
@@13DarkForce Love this replay¡ thanks¡¡¡
@@teotlcipactli7530 You probably saw it in ''Meti - not the bad guy" channels, he does regular display of the inspiration behind character in fictions such as MGS or MHA and subtext meaning/fact about them.
Ngl I love him due to his simplicity, he’s not after some hidden agenda, he’s just a horrible dude who does horrible things to get powerful. He just happens to be pretty damn smart and efficient at getting that power.
He does have an hidden agenda just not a good reason why he what he does
Yep, he was born evil
I think what makes AFO such an interesting character is that he has the aura of a villain in an American comic book. Sort of like a Lex Luthor or Doctor Doom, except without any sort of noble motive
He is shaped like one too, imagine dr freeze or luthor's mechsuit
In my opinion, the closest comic book villain AFO relates to has to be the Joker. Like, Lex and Doom are both incredible evil when they want to be, but that isn’t their entire character. Just like Joker, AFO is an agent of chaos who knows he’s evil and loves it; not being bound to any morals or ideologies.
@@MrLdulac1 joker literally doesn’t know the difference between good and evil there’s a difference between the characters in that afo amasses power for the success of rising higher into infinity while joker focuses in on a specific person and couldn’t go on if someone like that person did not exist. Afo is happy to throw away all might once he loses his power and move on to Deku because he has infinite power and so seeks the one last thing he technically doesn’t have for the fun of it
I feel like AFO’s purpose was to represent the penultimate evil displayed in those comics, from back in an era where evil was simple and heroes were paragons of Justice to defeat them. But in Deku and Shigaraki’s era, that’s no more
We dont know his motive yet
I always loved AFO in the story. He was less of a character and more a force of nature, the personification of how horrible quirks can be for the world, and how such an incredible gift to the world can come back to bite you in the ass
“This is the story of how I became the greatest demon Lord”
-AFO chapter 297
I like how much he loves acting like a complete monster, it’s always nice seeing a villain like that, such as palpatine in Star Wars.
Considering horikoshi sensei is massive star wars fan, he might have based afo off of palpatind while making him look like darth vader
to be fare Palpatine doesn't ENJOY anything; because he stopped being Sheeve a long time ago; the Dark side twists you after long enough exposure, it literally influences you instead of the other way around if you can't endure delving so deep into it; cultures that revolved around it for their entire existences could withstand it's influence, but users like Sheeve? a random kid who was really into fencing picked out of a tourney by Plagius and, with absolutely no feeling, killed his entire family because he was offered to MAYBE learn something from someone who could have been lying to him the whole time? No, he was bound to become possessed and loose his way. The Dark side is certainly the path to freedom, but it is not a safe path.
@@skelitonking117 Interesting! So the dark side is The Force after being corrupted by the ill desires of mortals, which then in turn completely overtakes any mortals that choose to indulge in it.
Deku in the beginning: "This is the story of how I became the world's greatest hero".
@@scottvgamer1163 I would like to see Shigaraki say this is the story how I will become like Deku and Afo
I find it really interesting how much the "take" part of the quirk influenced All for One. Because, remember, his quirk isn't JUST taking quirks. Its taking and giving. Both two halves of the same whole, both equally influencing him,, yet All for One is controlled by the taking part. Why not the giving? Imagine if instead of the quirk psychologically influencing AFO to take, it influenced him to give. To give back, to help others instead of himself. To me, instead of the quirk causing him to lust for power, it just increased and overloaded and lust that was already there, buried under a normal person. He focused so much on the taking aspect because it was already there, meanwhile the giving part wasn't.
AFO being human evil makes sense as he does from time to time make good points yet doesn’t care enough to be hypocrite
in fact if you call him a hypocrite he'll go "I KNOW! We all are; isn't it great?!"
@@skelitonking117 all for one in a nutshell
I think that's why I like AFO in mha, unlike others he has no purpose or vision, nor does he need to.
He just lives his dreams to his fullest nor caring for his subordinates or ppl.
In a story where every villain origin backtracks to the hero society and its flaws, he is unique and different from others, which makes him interesting.
I like this take.
What’s interesting about All for One is that any quirk he takes loses its individual value. Any quirk that stood out because of its capabilities and the personality of its user would become lost in the superpower quagmire that is AFO, becoming just another quirk in his toolbox. Him fusing all those quirks together in his fight with All Might shows how little he cares about those quirks beyond their function and how One for All could meet the same fate if it was stolen.
All For One is the only villain I can remember that develops after he's arrested, like we've learned so much more about AFO when he's behind bar, like how sickenly evil he realy is, how masterful he is at manipulation and prediction, and even his characteristic and ideaology, it just makes us fear the day he eventually broke out more and more
Edit: The other villain I can remember that's also developed after he's arrested would be Hannibal Lecter
The only villian that develops without having to directly be involved through most of the story
Or well more of develops despite being locked away for most of the story
@@hooparainbowbraceypkmonand7862 Development means growth and change. AFO has not changed. He is still a greedy bastard. Tomura has changed and developed more than AFO
He’s literally the main villain of the story. Its not surprising he continues to develop
@@amuroray9115 You talking about Tomura or AFO?
Something I copped onto in the middle of this video when you said that he isn't even really a person, just his own Quirk personified:
His visual design seems to play into that, with his lack of eyes, something which is immediately used to identify humanity almost makes him out as this inhuman creature. It's a very classic design trope, to give a creature/monster either no eyes or dead looking eyes to show how far from human they are. Hell, the creators of Alien's Xenomorph famously did it to make the alien a far scarier and unpredictable monster. AFO lacks eyes and a nose, which him look totally alien compared to the rest of the cast, and helps solidify him as something not quite human.
That aged poorly.
"That loyalty ends up being more than just a few presents at his daughter's wedding"...
Nice reference
What is the reference?
@@chaitanyasingh3258 The Godfather
The crazy thing is that we don't know next to nothing about him but always has presence when he is on screen and we enjoy how evil and petty he is
I agree with a lot of what you said however I will say this. All for one does have a goal. His one greatest desire is to become the greatest villain the world has ever seen and the one quirk he wants above all else is one for all because he knows for a FACT that it's the only power capable of stopping him.
He read comics as a kid and he knows deep down his brother was right. In the end the hero always wins and so AFO has spent the last 150 years trying to change that narrative and failing because One For All refused to submit.
So yeah while his hunger is endless? He does have a goal in mind and I believe that he thinks stealing one for all with complete him because he often refers to the quirk as his little brother and so I can imagine his thought process being
"If I can make him mine? Then at last I will be whole and this world shall be mine"
He's basically got the evil equivalent to a shonen protagonist dream and it's genius in my opinions.
AFO's personality being nonexistent (besides his greediness and desire for power) could also be because he has so many quirks that he's kept or copied over the years (or even just ones that he's taken temporarily and passed on). People's quirks generally influence their personality (and vice versa) and there could be evidence that even having a quirk temporarily pass through you can still leave a lasting impact (all-might still having his muscle form after OFA left him (not 100% sure on this point tho)), so him having so many quirks as a part of him/pass through him could have made all the personality traits that came with them subtly impact him, but almost cancel out over time due to how many conflicting traits he has at once, leaving only his most dominant personality trait of greediness/desire for power that comes with AFO be prominent bc it's his main quirk and has the most hold over him.
Either that or I'm wrong and it's bc he's just bland lol.
Good God, man. This was sooo good. AFO truly represents what we fear the most that lies in the deepest, darkest regions of the human heart. He even managed to wriggle into Deku's heart and brought out his hunger and relentlessness.
@HunterkageJoestar true
Hunterkage Joestar Capitalism is the engine that drives humanity forward.
@@colingreen5553 only sometimes, it also has a tendency to screw over everybody except for a few in power. The industrial revolution is a good example of this, it brought out new technology and changed entire economies but would you work in those factories? Or have your kid sweeping those chimneys?
aged better than it should.
17:00 you son of a gun, you called it.
I love Afo. Having some Thanos style villain who has motivations and ideals is fine, but there's something satisfying about Palpatine, Carnage, King Ghidorah and AFO being just petty, nasty bastards.
Minor quibble: Not sure it's really fair to call AFO an equalizer, since he doesn't really level anything. He just replaces old hierarchies with new ones that place him at the top.
He's more like an anarch in a sense, though it does clash with his capitalistic drive.
That's pretty much what Oceaniz said...
Well this is comunism, then!
@@mykeycuento5576 I don't know what you mean by this. Anarchists oppose unjust hierarchies, and the "some people want to watch the world burn" types (like Tomura Shikaraki) oppose order itself. AFO doesn't oppose order or unjust hierarchies, as long as he benefits. He distinctly doesn't try to uproot or fundamentally change society though, as he's happy living in the shadows and puppet-mastering. What he cares about is power, plain and simple.
@@or9422 That's why it's just a minor quibble. Oceaniz calls him an equalizer even at the end of the video, despite that not making any sense with the points he made before that.
If you really think about it, AFO spelled out the whole “Your Quirk is a huge part of your personality” thing quite literally when he stole Ragdoll’s Quirk.
9:28 I just realized this panel is paralleling what Deku at the beginning of the series, "This is the story of how I became the world's greatest hero".
This is what is refreshing about All For One. He isn’t a villain that is fighting for some grand cause. He is simply the personification of entitlement. He embodies abusive power dynamics that seek only to perpetuate themselves and force the world around them to submit to their will. All that drives him is power, and his unabashed love of power ironically gives him depth even though on paper he would be a mustache-twirling villain. He is the perfect adversary for All Might who embodies self-sacrifice so much so that it’s destructive. Horikoshi really has a great way of adding so much complexity through sheer simplicity.
I really appreciate the use of Sukuna's theme in the final chapter. They are a comparable evil.
Horikoshi has had so many opportunities to replace Shigiraki with another villain that I'm sure AFO will not be the final antagonist.
Tomura is going to be the final villain. Just as soon as he kills AFO
Shigaraki will definitely kill AFO at some point before we get to the final climax, and I love the fact that when it happens AFO will have a smile on his face.
AfO WILL be the final villain. First AfO was like the darth vader in the MHA manga. Now AfO is the emperor and Shigaraki is more like the student, the darth vader. What we know about the star wars story is that the sith student always kills the master ... but in which way? I dont think Shigaraki will kill AfO and will then be the final villain. Shigaraki will more turn into good again and then helps Deku to kill AfO or kill him by himselfe. Deku said something like "as he was under AfO´s will ... i felt like he needed help or she wants to get saved". This and the fact that Dekus and AfOs dreams are similiar to eachother ( "this is the story of how i became the strongest hero ever / this is the story of how i became the strongest demon lord ever") is for me the proof that Deku will fight AfO in the end. He will fight the greatest evil ever exist and thats not Tomura imo.
@Hunterkage Joestar Yes, i know that. Thats why i say that the story will continue that way. In the end darth vader turns good but the emperor is still the final villain. And we know in episode 9 ( dont care if someone likes or hate it ) the emperor comes back to his absolute strength and peak. So its only a theory but for me AfO will be the final villain and Shigaraki will turn back into a good person.
@@sev1626 Or it's more like Kylo Ren, and he kills his master to take over his throne.
People seem to just forget that Shigaraki's entire character arc has been about freeing himself from the shackles of his past holding him back, and becoming the next villain king. The hands are representations of that, and when he destroyed his hands, that was essentially him destroying what's been keeping him restrained for a lack of a better word. Destroying the first hand as a child was the first example of this. When he destroyed that hand, it was him destroying the morals that were preventing him from going through his urge to destroy. And when he destroyed the rest if the hands in his fight with Re-Destro, he wasn't letting his past bind him, and instead accept and embrace it. But the fact that one of them survived, presumably the fifth one AFO gave him, being Nana Shimura's, there's only one more thing holding him. That being AFO himself. So in short, the final hand represents the hold AFO still has over Shigaraki. But once AFO is out of the picture, that hand is the last one to go, and Shigaraki will truly be free. Or liberated if you will.
Deku "saving" Shigaraki doesn't necessarily mean that he will physically save him from AFO. He said he "wants to save the little boy Tenko", but already doing that physically is impossible. He wants to try and reach him, if it's even possible, but Shigaraki is too far gone for it to matter. So I'm definitely of the belief that Shigaraki will kill AFO, and be the final antagonist.
Deku and Shigaraki have so many important parallels. They are the yin and yang, two sides of the same coin. Having AFO take the mantle of main antagonist at this point, makes about as much sense as All Might becoming the main protagonist in my opinion.
So AFO is like Darth Nihilus, the literal *Lord of Hunger*
I feel all for one will die by biting more than he can chew. LITERALLY! He will be able to steal one for all, but then he will die because of how much quirks he has and because of how powerful one for all is already.
Ehh.
I mean if he died because of
“this power, it’s too much!”
And implodes it would honestly be….idk what words to describe it but it would suck. IMO.
If anything maybe shigaraki will kill him, that’d be better, maybe,
I mean that too is kinda meh.
Maybe his story will end different idk 🤷♂️
@@excitedcat9517 How is Tomura killing AFO meh? It be an awesome twist
@@zemox2534 couse realistcally Tomura would get fucking stomped before he could even have a chance or All for one lets it happen and is like good work my boy now kill the rest of the heroes
@@samuelclayhills3298 Realism is a stretch in the world of MHA. Besides who says he beats AFO alone. Deku can okay a role in helping Tomura banish AFO from his mind and Tomura can kill the original. AFTER Deku defeats him of course.
@@zemox2534 Im pretty much think that AfO will become the most powerful demon lord ever exist and in the end there will be AfO vs Deku & Shigaraki.
Oceaniz:
ALL FOR ONE IS CAPITALISM ITSELF!
Me:
WOAH, WHAT THE FU-
Well, now, isn’t this something. All For One’s main scene isn’t Pride or Greed, but Gluttony. Makes sense, but it’s nice seeing that sin as the main theme of literally the biggest antagonist for once, especially since it will be passed down to Tomura when the time comes
Tomura's sin is sloth. Destroy instead of fix society.
@@med.ismailmouline7094 That's a good alternative, but can't it be read that he is actually on a dilligent path considering he learns from his friends, acts actively even while his body struggles and seeks to destroy the current system so it can be replaced by something else? I'm not sure exactly, but I'd really like to know
@@egbertmilton4003 Sloth to Wrath?
@@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283 Yes, that’s also excellent. I mean, Shigaraki is using hatred and vengeance to fuel his quest to destroy the current system, not just doing something for the sake of something, so that is also a viable sin for Shigaraki
@@egbertmilton4003
AFO: Pride, Gluttony, and Greed
Tomura: Sloth and Wrath
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With all the AFO content in the Final Battle, can’t wait for a follow up
The sole reason that he created Shigaraki is that he doesn't have a strong hate enough to take OFA so he made Tomura grow with a huge hate inside for everything to be able to fight the OFA predecessors will and steal the quirk to then take over Shigaraki's body and finally have everything. This really shows that this man has an endless hunger, as you said "he takes and takes and takes" even if he has to plan and wait for 20 or more years.
I think an interesting part of All For One is that, with all the quirk vestiges stuff that comes up later in the story and all, that one aspect of him, HIS quirk, the ability to take, that inherent greed manifested as his superpower, is the singular thing he was always able to distinguish among the countless remnants of so many people he now holds. His greed for more and more powers made it so he is a bottomless void of likely hundreds of peoples greed.
To me, All For One is a mix between Lex Luther and the Joker from American comics. Despite being a somewhat cartoonish villain, there’s something about his villainy that is simply fascinating to me.
I think that the fact that you and many other members of the fandom want him gone just further adds to him: He doesn't go away. He's the perpetual virus, infecting the world and story from the beginning, no other goal or desire than his personal hunger and continued existence. he doesn't care that he made the perfect villain in the form of Tomura, only that he has the perfect body and weapon to settle his longest (and really his only) obstacle.
And in this world of division and strife, where your standing in life is determined by a genetic lottery, with the villains of the story being people, who at their core want to build a better world, the strongest villain being a selfish parasite who refuses to just die is just *_perfect_*
Being the Greatest Demon Lord ain't easy!
Oceaniz you are the goat of the medium and the zenith of humanity. You easily guessed AFO being a capitalist and it's amazing
An astounding piece of analysis done. Really makes you wonder: does the quirk make the man/woman or does the man/woman make the quirk?
Age-old debate between the primacy of agent vs structure in shaping the individual.
Already knew that MHA was a well written manga but god damn, did not expect this.
Nurture VS Nature
Which dictates a human?
@@funsies8107 I would say both, since They both play an important part in the development of anyone regardless of who They are.
I think it's perfectly fine to have villains that don't have a higher goal or belief. Palpatine from Stat Wars and Littlefinger from Game of Thrones being good examples. They both were entirely self serving, yet they are amazing forces in their universes
I love the fact that people like yourself are taking these characters off the page and screen and giving them solid thought and attention.
If you think about it, All For One is the literal manifestation of pure evil, of all evil...
Like Luthor, he is brilliant and capable but only uses for his own selfish goals.
Like the Joker, he revels in the death and chaos he creates and feels nothing.
Like Brainiac, he consumes and takes, destroying anything in his way.
Like Darkseid, he is powerful and imposing, leader of many other evil people and a tyrant without equal.
He is the very essence of evil, he is selfishness itself in human form, he has no morals, no guiding force to create, only to eat and destroy, all that exists is there for him to consume and play with for his own amusement.
Other villains in the story have something that humanizes them, something that made them what they are, but All For One is True Evil.
"It's not an excuse, but it is an explanation." That was really good.
That's why he grew fond of Izuku because he reminded him of himself. I think AFO also dreamed to be the best super hero just like Izuku but ended up to be the opposite because of his experience ( We don't know as of now his real story so that's what I came up to).
There isn't really any backstory. He admired villains and wanted to become the greatest villain. It's the exact opposite as Deku's backstory.
If there’s ever gonna be one moment where the whole my hero fandom will rally in joy is whenever this potato man kicks the bucket
But if he doesn’t, he would be the ultimate evil. The characters in the story hate him and the viewers do as well 😄
In a way though, he wins if he dies to a Hero. At that point the heroes will need to stoop to his level to let him die and ultimately means that they don’t actually value what they say. He set up a situation where, everyone but him lose in a way.
@@hypnosemblem8829 What if Tomura kills him? What if he tells his mentor that he wants to destroy AFO
@@zemox2534 That would make no fucking sense,just like Bakugou being the 2nd User of OFA.
@@abstr4ct_c0nt3nt How would that make no sense? It be Kylo killing what's his name but better executed. Tomura Kills AFO and takes back the mantle of main villain which AFO fucking Stole from him. Everyone wants Tomura to kill him and take back the spotlight so explain to me how that makes no sense?
I seriously need to know how the heck AfO and Yoichi became so different, like, how can a man like AfO even be born while his little brother is so pure and good.
Forget all these MHA movies that are basically fanfictions, I need a movie about their backstory.
I know you said you like the fact that he has basically no humanity left but id like to see his story and how he snapped
I love when you pull your accent for dramatical or comedical purpose.
One of my favorite lines of yours ever was when you said that "any man that cries in any circumstance less than *ragnarok* must not be enough of a man" or something. It was so funny
When did he say that?
@@zemox2534 I think in the video "Masculinity in My Hero Academia" in the part that talks about Deku and compares him to other shonen protagonists
Wasn't Machiavelli's book, the one he's quoting in the beginning, basically him airing out a lot of the dirty secrets of the ruling class at the time? I remember Blue from OSP doing a video about it.
Yeah!, I remember that too.
Yea iirc
wow what an absolute banger. this is a certified hood classic.
AFO is one of my favourite ‘villains’, his mental agility is astounding and the true sense of dread he commands you to feel is immense, and brilliant.
If Shigaraki does manage to overcome AFO which i most definitely think he will, he would basically be the Apocalypse/extinction personified as if there is one thing destruction brings, its change for better or worse
Yeah yeah AFO is great and all BUT YOU SEE THAT EDITING SKILLS THOUGH? Flipping master piece!
It's a fitting irony how All for One idolized the demon lord from the comic he used to read, and today he looks straight up like a monster from a horror movie, specially without his mask.
All for one is a fantastic example of a fantastic character who’s over use ended up invalidating what made him great in the first place
me and my brother were actually talking about this a few days ago, it went from Shigarakis motivation to What All For One wants, and we couldn't really come up with an answer. This video is great
When I think of AFO I'm reminded by a quote from the Expanse "Some men just need to own everything." It's not about making everyone bow to his whim, but the knowing that if he wanted to, he could make them all bow.
Oh wow, I am totally speechless, this was incredible! The research, the editing, everything. You're my favorite youtuber when it comes to mha analysis videos, your work is truly impacable 🤩🤩🤩
Asking what AFO wants is like asking what a ideology wants.
A country is composed of people. It has finite needs and desires. Even at it's worst it will stop when it's greed is sated.
But an idea, a fantasy, is boundless and will consume and destroy without end, like an impassive machine.
He is not so much without ideology as ideology personified: your ideas don't care about you. They only care about sustaining and propagating themselves. People don't have ideas. Ideas have people. I direct your attention to the world of politics.
--isms like "Liberalism" and "Conservationism" are all "merchants of happiness" that claim to sell people a vision of the world where everything will be set to right if they but give up their free will to the respective ideology.
AFO is a deceiver, but lies with surprising infrequency; if all he ever did was give people the wrong quirk, he wouldn't be trusted enough to gain the people's loyalty. In any case, he's still the one who profits off of the exchange. The situation as a whole offers him so much leverage, and people are so willing and able to deceive themselves, he rarely needs to.
In this light, even Machiavelli's vision of man is a saint compared to AFO. He is not human he is *inhuman.* That which can only be made possible when people surrender their humanity to idols -- idolatry.
I don't think AFO could ever save the world even if he was good. Redistributing quirks isn't enough to address the inherent inequity of hero society. People are only ever born with one quirk and these quirks vary dramatically in quality and effect. Even in an ideal situation where people could change quirks instantly and at will would still leave some quirks more in demand than others and no two people could have the same quirk at the same time. (A situation AFO could never sustain as just one guy.)
His cooperation could be invaluable to scientific progress into an understanding of quirks, but this could still readily happen without him.
AFO ability to regulate quirks is practically designed to be exploited by the nature of quirks themselves.
Nobody else in the world has this power over quirks: even if AFO tried his damnedest to unify people, the nature of his position would cause people to spontaneously fight over him as though he were a commodity. And that's exactly what happened. If he himself did not lead the people to usurpation, they would do so in his name regardless.
Just as wars were fought over Christ centuries after his death. The figure is dead, but the figurehead; the symbol, the idea, lives on and continues to parasitize people's minds. (At least from one point of view. Ideas have their benefits as well, but AFO is mostly a cynical interpretation.)
For all we know AFO *was* a good man, but the significance of his power warped society around him and, starring into the abyss of endless human depravity around him, eventually became the abyss. If so, then the quirk is all that's left of him.
As a mirror image of this, All Might and Deku fight to save people over and over and over again until there is nothing left of who they are but the empty shell of the hero. A bodily husk that moves on it's own.
AFO isn't evil. And for that Matter, OFA isn't good. Neither spell anything but destruction without the other.
I know this might never be read but I’m gonna post it anyway.
All for one is 7’3. He is over 120 years old. He is a puppet master and the ultimate thief. And the reason why he does all of this is because he can. He knows what his power can do, so he uses it in the way almost anyone would. For personal gain. That’s why he dresses like an office worker, why he is able to predict anyone’s moves and responses, and why we never see the entirety of his face.
Because he represents how anyone born into his situation would do what he does. He is like the onceler from the Lorax book. They represent how this could happen to anyone.
That’s why he is one of the greatest villains in all of fiction. He is the Everyman and the onlyman.
The absolute perfect "villain".
He's what would happen if you give a godly power to a random guy
Villains like Light, Eren and Ymir, (before the Fumbling) Lelouch, even Akito (From FruBa) etc... Are interesting, of course, but sometimes just having a villain who's literally just an asshole, like All for One, Medusa, or Naraku can be pretty fun, too.
@Abraham Garcia I know what I said
Babe wake up, Oceaniz released a new video
His ost and voice acting (especially his dub) will NEVER make me hate him
He's so raw
Goodness that thumbnails is spectacular
Great Video once again Oceaniz, almost as good the Shigaraki video.
Also really interesting the "AFO is a Capitalism Metaphor" and the Uncle Sam Pose Reference, that part was pure gold.
Excellent video, you did a great job with the editing!
I do think that AFO will meet a fate similar to that of Darth Sidious and every Sith Master meets, he will die by his apprentice's hands. He'll probably laugh merrily while that is happening, yes. And I do think that's not only because it'd be "like" SW but because it is necessary to the story. Just like you've explained, AFO's goals while very destructive are not focused at all. The man just wants to have fun, everything else really is accidental.
Ah, my second favorite character because he's such an enigmatic force much like Palpatine.
You actually did it.
I've never liked All For One, he was a brief and underwhelming villain who didn't compare to Overhaul, Stain, or anyone major. Yet he was the "big bad of MHA" the largest pillar ignoring the ever growing Shgaraki.
Yet, you calling attention to his dark inverted savior/messiah symbolism. Or his capitalism symbolism. It..really reinforces that All For One isn't a person. He's been so consumed by his quirk and it's hunger..that he's become..pure. evil. You actually got me to appreciate this character. Because the meat of his character I was looking for, was ironically not the point. The meat comes from what he represents. And that's cool too.
Thank you Oceaniz (Fingers crossed AFO dies soon)
It should be a common sense that ideology alone shouldn't be the general criteria of an antagonist's writing quality
@@leeleelee7878 yeah. Blame Thanos for that shit lol
He should have a fate worse then death and I hope Shigaraki is the end him for good not Deku why beat Afo when you can just kill him for good
@@phantafalconpunch The villain always has a good point about stuff yes they kill but do we care for those people that die?
@@tdog703 the villain doesn't have to have a good reason for doing what they do, that's a misconception brought about by villains like Thanos
It's nice to hear an intelligent persons thoughts on this platform
2:19 HAH! HE SAID IT! HE SAID THE THING!!!
All for One is evil personified because that's the best way to describe him. He's not even an evil person. He's just evil. He plays with contradictions and hypocrisies simply because he can. He is, as far as I believe, is someone who understands the true nature of humanity and accepts it. To him there are no good and evil. Only actions and consequences. He acts the villain because it's what allows him to be true to himself, and not that he believes himself or anything.
I am of course, a person who believes that humans are a bundle of hypocrisy, or even better. Humans are inherently evil. We ard evil, and we strive for goodness because it makes us feel good. We act responsible because actions have consequences. Heroes fight for good because they feel responsible. Because if they don't act, they regret it and feel sad. The selfless nature itself is very selfish. And villains to some extent act evil because sometimes society forces them. Sometimes theh may be insane. Sometimes they are just bad for the sake of being bad.
I can't articulate my words properly...alas.
This went from 0 to peak oceaniz real quick, i love it
Pretty sure AFO is only around 120 years old, around the same age as Kyudai Garaki. We know that they were from the first generation of quirk users.
If Afo had a fate worse then death what would it be for him? It needs to fit something that he dose fear the most
Around a 150 years roughly if we count the number of years before he got his quirk.
@@tdog703 what if he gets trapped within OFA, were the vestiges of the former users basically torture him for eternity by making him relive his life or something like that.
@@MrLdulac1 So pull a Kars on and make him go bran dead that's good but I would give the GER death loop he has been around for so long and he dose say soul a lot so the soul's in the AFO quirk can be like the OFA quirk but they want to kill Afo over and over and do it forever and Shigaraki is in the vestiges realm he must being seeing the life of Afo and he will see his real name and could call him buy it and he may see his own memories to see that he did not have a quirk and I do think Afo has a mind erase quirk to make Shigaraki/Tenko to forget how he met him we do see Afo bring him home yes but we know he needs to put a hand on someone to give them a quirk. And when we all see Shigaraki again he could be different more calm and relax and he may know how to get rid of Afo for good.
@@CreativeWM_Personal He could 230 years old Gran Torino did say he is 100 but Afo has been around for a long time
Yo the end of the introduction was brilliant man 👌🏽🤦🏾
Great video as always! I love your content
Just came back from work and wanted an oceaniz mha vid, ty alot oceaniz
Love your stuff man. Just found it, & I'm glad to have found a fellow creator that lives in Switzerland 💪🏼
Keep up the great work 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I enjoy your videos. Being an anime only watcher it is definitely nice to stumble across one that doesn't have to dive into the manga as much. Love to see it!
Now this is a great video. Respect, mate, instant sub.
Finally, a video on everyone's least favourite bag of scrotal meat
W-what. But I like All For One 🥺
@@fractalentity7462
Ikr.
I love a capable and cunning shittalker in my story. Monoma is a close second.
Bro, that intermission about being to introverted to reply to messages, might be the single most relatable thing I've ever heard from ANY CZcamsr. Like, sometimes I won't even reply to my families texts, because I just start feeling anxious for literally NO reason. It sucks, but it's nice to hear that I'm not the only one who does stuff like that. Your videos are super entertaining, and I look forward to them all the time. Keep being awesome dude.
OMG what a great take on afo, i love your bnha analysis videos so much🖤
Amazing video as always king!
Ayoo your discussion gives me chills man 🥶🥶
Your editing is phenomenal!!!!!
new subbie!! i love your analysis vidsss!! They’re so interesting and entertaining - keep up the great workk~
I love this channel he know how to deconstruct the darkness in villains I can’t stop watching this & the shigaraki vid
The vibe at the start of this video was so dark and serious and then you hit me with 3:20 and had me almost choking on my cinnamon twist
Waiting for the series to reach this point in the manga so I cant send this video to my online-only friend
This video is perfection
Some videos like the recent one (adaptation analysis) are things that we know but dont verbalize
THIS ONE?
My mind was blowing after every sentence!
You exceeded yourself, Oceaniz
Just amazing!
JUST SUBSCRIBED! KEEP GRINDING THAT GOOD CONTENT MY DUDE!
My man Oceaniz, is BACK!!!!
Holy shit i wish i had a transcript of this video; like, this correlates with the concept of the BBEG of my D&D so much, you’ve given me so many revelation’s and inspirations, i don’t even know whether or not to even give him an alignment at all, or make him completely neutral now.
Okay but that intro, all that just to get to his name.. beautiful
waw! just waw beautiful video, from the vibe created by the effects and the content *chef kiss*
Edit: Honestly need more videos like this I loved it.
Yeah yeah, my feelings exactly 🤩 his videos are just so great, it blows my mind everytime I watch them.
300 years old would be crazy
Yoooooooooo i listened to your cover of over heaven, you killed it man
Gotta admire our pure evil characters in fiction. Loved the video, Oceaniz!
Really good video as per usual :)
Bruh, I don’t know why, but I really hope All for One doesn’t die. In the end, I hope he’s trapped within OFA or something; being confined as a simple voice in Deku’s head that constantly tries to tempt him to the dark side like the devil. God, All for One might be my absolute favourite anime villain simply because of how remorselessly evil he is, like the Joker.
Man, I love your content! Always listen to your videos while working (and make sure to pay attention to you, of course xD)
Greetings from Brasil!