Let’s talk about the Villian Factory, shall we?
You know them, right? The people turning civilians into Trigger test subjects. Kidnapping and doing more experiments on people. And, let’s not forget the flying bomb creatures and No. 6 whose implied to be some kind of non-human creature who only looks human. Can we all agree the Villian Factory is All For One’s criminal organization? Yeah? Cool.
I should say a part of AFO’s operation. I doubt we’ll see much of the Evil Overlord in My Hero Vigilantes. At least, we won’t see him fighting. A flashback of him stealing O’Clock’s quirk is a given and maybe a cameo or two talking with Doctor Ujiko but that’s all we’ll get and I’m fine with it. We don’t need AFO stomping our main cast into dust and stomped they’d be if he ever fought them. Look, Koichi is awesome but he ain’t nowhere near AFO’s level so pluck that fantasy fight out your minds right now.
Instead, let’s talk about the Villain Factory’s endgame in My Hero Vigilantes. How do we figure it out? Easy, we make a guess based on who controls the Villain Factory and the state of the organization in the main series. All For One controls it all, but I wanna focus on Doctor Ujiko because he’s no doubt the guy overseeing the Villain Factory.
To understand the Villain Factory is to understand Ujiko’s goal. What does he want? What’s the point of experimenting on people injected with Trigger and making flying bomb creatures and even No. 6? Simple, it’s the Nomu.
What is Ujiko’s pet project in the main series? The Nomu. What’s he constantly working on? The Nomu. Everything the Villain Factory is doing is leading to their creation. Now, where does No. 6 fit into the picture? Think about it, he’s a possible artificial creature created to look human and given O’Clock’s quirk. I doubt All For One gave it to him out of the kindness of his own heart. No, he did it to make No. 6 a powerful soldier in his organization. Seems like overkill? Well, what choice does AFO have? All Might has successfully taken down most of his organization over the years. He needs high-level subordinates and he needs them now. Plus, I doubt you need to question the loyalty of a minion if your own organization is making them, right? Wrong!
Maybe there’s a reason No. 6 isn’t around in the main series. Sure, he could be in prison, maybe even Tartarus. But, maybe not. I’m willing to bet No. 6 is dead by the time Deku first meets All Might, either killed by Knuckleduster or by Ujiko. Why would Ujiko kill his own creation? Because he’s wasn’t following orders. What if No. 6 becomes too obsessed with Knuckleduster, too obsessed with being O’Clock’s true successor? What if he puts himself, and in turn Ujiko, in danger by disobeying his creator? Ujiko would never stand for that! And, just like that, Ujiko would have No. 6 killed.
Well, that’s one way he could die. Again, Knuckleduster could take him out or he could be rotting in Tartarus. Either way, it’s still possible No. 6 is the final boss of My Hero Vigilantes but I got a feeling he’s not. Why end the Villain Factory’s antics with him when instead we could end it with the unofficial mascot of OFA’s organization: The Nomu. Yes, I believe a Nomu will be the final boss of My Hero Vigilantes.
I’m not talking a public fight here. The world as a whole won’t learn about the Nomu until the main series’ USJ Arc. I’m talking about a fight at a more hidden location. Like, for instance, Koichi manages to find a secret factory and stumbles across a Nomu that attacks, forcing Koichi to fight and defeat the creature before escaping. I doubt he’ll ever learn what it is and if there’s more than one but Ujiko will use that fight in improving even more on the Nomu, eventually creating the USJ Black Nomu in the main series.
Sounds too farfetched? Maybe so, but everything is building up to the Nomu creation so it’d be pretty disappointing if we don’t see one in My Hero Vigilantes. And what better final fight for Koichi than using everything he’s learned while being a vigilante in taking down (with or without help) an early version of the Nomu? It makes sense to me. Well, anyway, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
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