Stain's frightening face reveals, and the seven most disturbing panels in manganese

My hero Academy May be a relatively light -hearted superhero story that can be enjoyed by both adults and children, but this series actually contains many surprisingly dark moments. This is even clearer in the original manganese, where Kohei Horkoshi's detailed but grotesque art really shines. It should be no surprise that he has already confirmed that he is interested in making a horror next.

During his ten -year -long driving, My hero Academy Manga has repeatedly shocked its readers with some of the most disturbing panels Ever designed for an action shōnen manga, but the following eight are the most remarkable examples. Of course, most of the people's villains and their tragic rear stories revolve.

The stain falls unconscious

The infamous hero murderer finally shows his real face

The hero killer, Spotwas a mysterious character that intentionally hid the face with a mask. But when the said mask finally fell off at the end of his titular bow (just when he became unconscious), both the other characters and the readers were finally able to get an insight into his real face, and it was really not beautiful.

Much to their surprise, the stain lacked part of the face, including the whole nose, and he was drawn with so much impressive detail in this panel that he looks very scary and ominous. This is a legendary scene that cemented him as a scary character, and patient fans would later find out what exactly happened to his face in spin-off manga, My hero Academia: Vigilantes.

Shigaraki's evil smile

Proved that Shigaraki was much creepier than expected

• Chapter 69: Interview with Midoriya

The fateful meeting between the decu and Tomura Shigaraki In the mall is definitely one of the most exciting moments of the entire series. Just when the protagonist thought he had an opportunity to relax, his rich rival is silently approaching him, puts his hands on his neck and basically holds him hostage while they have a conversation.

If this scene was not already intense enough, Shigaraki admits that he finally understands why Stain and Deku piss him so much: it is because of their connection to all power. The evil smile he gives while he says this is extremely unnecessary, and Horikoshi did a fantastic job of drawing every wrinkle and scars in the face to make him look as scary as possible.

Twice sticking itself

One of the most tangled rear stories in the series

Chapter 115 i My hero Academy Starts with a mysterious named man who tells about his life, until it has suddenly been revealed that this is none other than Jin Bubaigawara, better known as the villain Twice. He describes his own back story and explains how he used to use his double cruel to make clones of himself and continue various crimes, until a certain incident took place in his apartment.

The clones began to develop their own self -esteem and tried to overthrow twice as their leader, which led them to kill each other and one of them stacked him in the forehead. This panel depicts flawlessly one of the many psychological horror elements in the series: Since this part of the story is told in the first person, readers cannot help but imagine being stabbed and/or killed by their own copy, and the thought alone is enough to send a straight down someone's spine.

Toga releases its facade

The face that changed taken life forever

Horikoshi has brilliantly used Himiko TogaOminating smile to make creepy panels on several occasions, with one of her prominent moments during her own back story. After being told by their parents to hide their “creepy face” for many years, a teenage's Toga finally lost her facade and began drinking one of her classmate's blood with straw.

Targa's blood -lusted eyes, tears ran down her face and the extremely wide smile made her look really scary, and it is important to point out that this smile is supposed to be scary in the universe, as several other students witnessed this moment and reported her. But there is also some obvious tragedy behind her eyes, because this is the first time in several years, Toga has actually felt like herself, and unfortunately it ended that she changed her life forever.

Tenko breaks down his mother

The horrible moment that sealed Shigaraki's fate

• Chapter 236: Tenko Shimura: Origin, Part 2

Tomura Shigaraki has what is undoubtedly the darkest and most tragic back story in the series, which is impressive considering that all members of the League of Villains also have dark rear stories. After being physically abused by his father because of his dream of becoming a hero (as his grandmother), a young Tenko Shimura Crying in the garden as he patted his dog, moon, until the poor puppy was suddenly destroyed to pieces.

This was already stomach-swinging enough on ice, but things got even worse as the rest of his family approached him, and he ended up killing them all by mistake. Unaware to Tenko at that time, his Decay Quirk had just been activated, and he could now disintegrate anyone or something he touched with his hands in seconds. The whole scene is disturbing in itself, but the shot from Tenko who tries to reach her mother and her suddenly decompose before his eyes are extremely shocking and heartbreaking. It is even followed by another scary panel, where Tenko smiles in Ecstasy while intentionally murdering his father.

All for one takes over Shigaraki's body

The inevitable return of the series' great bad

• Chapter 286: Those within us

Of course, Horikoshi is a master in using disturbing images to convey shocking and/or important narrative elements, and this was particularly clear in the climatic scene there Everything for one Finally, takes over Shigaraki's body during the paranormal war of liberation.

Seeing the unpleasant face of the symbol of evil coming out of Shigaraki's own face is not only extremely bone cooling, but it also says a lot but a single text. Everything for one has exploited and manipulated his young apprentice for many years, and in this panel he destroys Shigaraki's body (both literally and metaphorically) to get back in the limelight and finally put his lifelong plan to destroy the hero community in action. And the worst part of all is that Shigaraki can't help but witness that his own body is taken over by the literal embodiment of evil.

All for one finds dabi

The charred remains of a boy who wanted to impress his father

• Chapter 350: Tied to a fiery fate

Dabi Has been the star in many disturbing panels throughout Manga's driving, as his ruthless pyrocinetic abilities have enabled him to burn bodies to a sharp, whether it was his own or other people's. But most pictures of Dabi's burnt body in the series effectively made him look inhuman, which brought down their creepy a bit. However, there is an obvious exception, and it takes place under his backstory.

After repeatedly trying (and failing) to strengthen his own fittings while training at Sekoto Peak, a young Toya Todoroki lost control of his power and he burned his entire body with his own flames. Chapter 350 eventually reveals that everything for one found his charred residue, with a scary shot that is difficult to look at. After all, Toya was an innocent (albeit problematic) child who tried to impress their father, and to see their body in that condition is both disturbing and heartbreaking.

Monster Toga vs. Child andaco

This is how you actually saw yourself

• Chapter 394: Andaco Uraka vs. Himiko Toga

Because of social pressure, Himiko took itself as a blood -loud monster throughout her life, and she was forced to confront these feelings in her climatic final confrontation against Ochaco Uraka In the last war. The young hero tries to talk to her and find out what she really thinks and feels, which leads to this scary but emotional panel.

In her mind, Toga sees herself as a scary monster that does not deserve love and this illustration conveys that feeling perfectly: her unpleasant muscle -like body, her eerie broad smile and the fact that she holds a knife on the top of a child makes her completely scary. But this panel is also filled with hope, because the image of andaco's children's version that stands in front of her while offering her body says everything it needs for: Toga deserved to be loved, and she was there to help her.