Anime-Only Guide to Hawksâs Quirk
Hello Boku no Hero Academia Anime Watchers! I wanted to make a guide thatâs spoiler-free to how Hawksâs quirk works; or what you as watchers would probably know so far. Between pages and quick animation, sometimes the mechanics of a quirk get lost, so hereâs a quick list of everything we know Hawksâs quirk (and maybe some of his features) can do.
His quirk is through the feathers, but itâs telekinetic control over them. Therefore itâs more like having a mutation and an additional telekinetic quirk.Â
He can control each feather with his mind. He, presumably has hundreds of feathers, at least.Â
Besides splitting his attention a hundred ways, letâs talk about the best and most important part of his quirk; Hawks can hear and feel vibrations through each feather. That at means at once he can feel and hear through each feather, and thatâs happening hundreds of times through his mind, all the time. Furthermore, itâs clear his hearing is something wicked! He can hear heartbeats.
SoâŚa super extended hearing and tactile. Hawksâs true âOPnessâ lies in how heâs basically the ultimate sensor and how, despite having to deal with what seems like an extreme amount of over-stimulation and information overload, his reflexes are still that crazy. Heâs extremely quick despite reacting to hundreds of different sounds and feelings at once.
His feathers can carry grown people! Weâre not sure as to weight limits or whether small ones canât do it or canât go fast, but itâs clear he picked up heavy people with tiny ones, so thatâs important.
He can reattach feathers after they leave his wings; they have to be fully destroyed for him not to be able to control them.
His feathers cut! And stab! He has two big ones (like primaries) that he uses as sword feathers to slash at enemies. Thereâs an implication that he can slice through metal; certainly he can cut through stone. The hardness might vary so he can potentially makes his feathers harder?Â
So, how fast is he? Hard to say. He only flaps to help contour in the air; his actual ability to fly is his telekinesis and you can see this in how he floats during the billboard. So there isnât actual similar limits as birds might have to his speed since itâs brain/quirk power. We do know one speed âfeatâ of his with actual numbers, but as viewers youâre not up to it and itâs an inaccurate of what he might be currently capable of.
And, not his quirk, but his pupils(and irises) change shape/size quite often, much like a bird does by adjusting their eyes. Sometimes he has little slits for his pupils.
As he said, heâs not a power-type, but Hawks is one of the most interesting characters in this manga for reasons less to do with his ability to fight and what else he can do with his quirk. But in terms of heroes who can save others, as he showed during this fight, within a minute he removed 70+ odd people from the part of the building that was to be destroyed. That sort of speed and ability to find and track people is one of the things that got him to the #2 hero spot!
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