Detective Tanuma Knew-ma Too Tanu-much [My Hero Vigilantes 94]

Mother. F*cker.

Welp! Now we know why Detective Tanuma hasn’t shown up in the main series. He’s dead. Well…unless he’s got a quirk that could protect him, but I doubt it. No one knew AFO was back at the beginning of My Hero Academia. Meaning, Tanuma didn’t survive to tell anyone about the connection between the Underground Masquerade Case, All For One, and the Instant Villains. Yeah, he’s dead.

Oh, Number 6. You crazy bastard. Now you’re having visions of O’Clock. Well, actually, someone on a forum (Thanks, Rizaadxn!) pointed out that No. 6 “talked” to fake O’Clock before way back in chapter 71. This just adds more fuel to the O’Clock obsessive fire. Remember, he called the former hero his master even though the two hadn’t met until the Sky Egg Arc. Not to mention his sociopathic determination in becoming the next O’Clock in both name and profession. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, when No. 6 is forced to realize The Crawler is the better speedster (and true successor to O’Clock) he’s gonna flip his shit!

So, who’s the “him” AFO’s plans are moving closer to? I’d say his little brother’s quirk AKA One For All. AFO is unwilling to fight All Might at this point in time. He needs an edge or two. The Nomu being one. AFO himself gaining more quirks without fear of Quirk Singularity is another. Check this out:

Could AFO originally wanted Overclock as a means of mentally controlling a larger number of stolen quirks? Maybe after getting farted on by All Might, his injured body couldn’t handle the oxygen demand necessary to use the speed quirk (Thanks again to Rizaadxn from the Mangahelpers forum for the theory.) and decided to give it to his Quirk Singularity experiment, No. 6, letting the Artificial Human test the limits of Overclock instead. It’s possible. No. 6 isn’t just some goon. There’s more to his ultimate purpose than speedy assassin. If Nine from the 2nd My Hero Academia movie was a test of the procedure Shigaraki would take, I can see No. 6 being an earlier guinea pig for the same experiment.

And, yeah, I was right about the Underground Masquerade Case being the beginning of an investigation by O’Clock leading to him tracking down AFO for All Might. It’s a welcomed surprise how important Iwao Oguro was to the Naruhata Vigilantes, but to All Might himself!

A very good chapter and great ending to this arc! We’re back in the present, y’all. So, what’s next? Well, with Tanuma dead, Detective Tsukauchi will have to step up and help Team Koichi as best he can. No. 6 will continue taking out loose ends, none looser than Pop Step. She’s next unless The Crawler and Friends can stop him. Hope you’ve been keeping up on your Pilates, Koichi, ’cause No. 6 is about to bench press all your faces into dust.