Discussion Shigaraki betrays All For One

[Cat Sidhe26]

I think it’s likely that Shigaraki will end up double crossing All For One after he gives Shigaraki All For One and with Shigaraki probably reminding All For One of his brother it would be would be like his brother betraying him a second time and be emotional for All For One as well as maybe learning All For One’s brother’s name. Also Shigaraki looking like All For One’s brother could be foreshadowing that Shigaraki will betray All For One.

 

[Thandi]

I feel like its more likely All for One is just using Shigaraki. I can't decide if AFO picked up Shigaraki just to mess with All Might because he knew who he was, or it ended up being an amazingly horrible coincidence. I guess the former makes more sense but it just makes him too dang smart. Then again AFO seems the Palpatine-esque mastermind. I think maybe he did love his brother but I'm never sure any affection for Shigaraki is genuine. It's so unsettling that with that man seemingly jailed Noumu are still being made and the goo warping quirk has popped back up. I have doubts he is really sitting quietly in jail.

 

[Franckie]

I think the main reason AFO didn't pass on his Quirk to Shigaraki so soon was to avoid having the power go straight to his head, especially since Shigaraki was so mentally unstable in the beginning of the series. AFO's rationale for this is to induce some humility into Shigaraki. AFO's downfall lies in the fact he was born with such a powerful Quirk. His successes against the past users of OFA and his stockpile of offensive/defensive Quirks led him to believe he was so invincible that he didn't need to steal a healing ability, for example. He only did so after All Might thrashed him and because of the way it works, the healing Quirk is useless in doing anything apart from bringing him back from the brink of death so he can continue to be a blind, maimed shadow of his former self because that's his "normal" being as far as the Quirk understands his biology.

All Might and his mentor both mentioned there is a big difference between being born with power and earning it. Unfortunately, it seems AFO took this lesson to heart thanks to his near-death experience at All Might's hands... which is going to make Shigaraki more dangerous than AFO when he eventually acquires his mentor's Quirk...