When my head isnāt filled with ākeephishandkeephishandkeephishandā on a loop, I actually think about more stuff from 407.
Someone on X pointed this out, but how wittle baby boy Yoichi is shown hereā¦
Makes it seem like the people that AFO just killed had maybe beat him up. Of course, AFO is taking their metapowers away too, but itās an interesting catch. And, yes, Yoichi is wearing fitted clothes while AFO walks around with something just wrapped around him.
You know how Yoichi still believed there was good in his brother because of the kindness of his āhandā?
Well, in case you missed itā¦
They were born apart with their hands already reaching out to each other. They are on their backs right now, so those are the same hands that are holding/being held.
This meansā¦
AFO grabbed Yoichi and dragged him with him. What youāre seeing in that top panel is the water starting to overflow the river and rush past. AFO pulled Yoichi out of the water and on to their mother. He is also using the spike quirk for teeth and on his hand to grab onto their mother and pull them up. The bottom left panel is him biting into her dress as he pulls them out of the danger of the water. Yes, AFO saved Yoichi when they were fucking newborns. THIS is what Yoichi has a faint memory of. That was the kindness.
I know some people have been wondering if theyāre fraternal or identical. This seems to suggest that they are in fact sharing the same umbilical cord. Itās rare for fraternal twins to have this. Itās crazy to think that Yoichi may have looked just like AFO if he had the same amount of nutrients. But I digressā¦
A very notable thing about AFOās eyes: they are huge and creepy in feral/survivor mode. Weāve seen his eyes get like this as AFOTomura and when he goes into rage mode against All Might and now Bakugo.
Here, he is quite literally just walking down the street past the anti-meta people and presumably just heard them talk about killing metas. Once they take notice of him, he turns his head towards them and his eyes are huge like a startled animal.
He then proceeds to kill them and still has that feral look.
But now let me get to something pretty importantā¦
We donāt see AFO actually smile until this panel
Once he has a dream of everyone living for his sake, like Yoichi, he is finally smiling. And continues to do so after this point.
Something really bothering me is that they must have named themselves including their surname. Shigaraki means ādeath treeā which fits in nicely as they were born āfrom deathā. However, where did Yoichi get his name? AFO must have named him and Yoichi can mean āfirst giftā. So he named him that because Yoichi was QUITE LITERALLY the first thing AFO ever had. As for AFOā¦I donāt know if he would take the time to name himself. Yoichi only calls him big brother so he may have told Yoichi to just keep calling him that then decided to name himself after the Quirk he also named himself: All for One. Dude is really committed to the bit.
Thereās one more thing I havenāt seen anyone touch on yetā¦
The hatred.
As you probably recall, Hawks has a talk with Best Jeanist over AFOās lack of emotions and lack of hate. Why he has to use Tomura to get OFA.
406 explained why that is perfectly.
When he feels hatred, he is forced to remember WHEN HE WAS TOLD HE KILLED HIS BROTHER HOLY SHIT. It would also be possibly the first and only time he ever cried. Felt real grief. So, he never āfeelsā REAL hatred because that would mean having to confront this memory.
Itās fucking genius.
Youāāre welcome.
