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Mummification

Character

Hoyo Makihara fights wrapped head to toe in red bandages, and those wrappings are his Quirk. Anything lifeless they snare gets reshaped into a red humanoid puppet that answers to him, letting one villain field an entire crowd of obedient bodies at once.

Quirk Type: Emitter
Quirk Range: Long range
Anime Debut: My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising
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Overview

Mummification, spoken as Mamī, is an Emitter Quirk with long reach, used by Hoyo Makihara. It makes its debut in the feature film My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising. Where most Emitter powers throw something at a target, this one converts the battlefield's own scenery into a fighting force.

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Mechanics

Hoyo steers the crimson wrappings that cover him, sending them out to catch objects around him. Whatever gets tangled up is rebuilt into a red mummy shaped roughly like a person, which then obeys whatever order he gives and fights on his behalf. How many he can drive at once has never been established, though he has been seen commanding dozens simultaneously.

The catch is that only lifeless things respond. People cannot be seized outright. He works around this by grabbing whatever a person happens to be wearing or carrying, which lets him drag them around by proxy, throw them at his enemies, and post them in front of himself as living cover.

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Notable Users

Hoyo Makihara is the only user. His control has real gaps: sufficient force snaps the bandages outright, and everything they held goes free the moment they break. Even someone he has bound through their clothing can still struggle loose, which is exactly what Katsuki Bakugo does, sacrificing a single Grenadier Bracer to blast his way loose. Knocking Hoyo unconscious shuts the whole thing down at once.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the mummy guy in MHA?

The "mummy guy" in My Hero Academia is Hoyo Makihara, a villain from the film My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising who fights covered head to toe in living red bandages. His Quirk, Mummification, lets him turn objects caught by those wrappings into obedient red humanoid puppets.

What is the Mummification Quirk?

Mummification is an Emitter Quirk used by Hoyo Makihara that lets him control the crimson bandages covering his body, sending them out to ensnare objects and reshape them into red mummy like puppets that fight on his command.

Can Mummification capture people directly?

No. Mummification only responds to lifeless objects, so Hoyo Makihara cannot seize a person outright. Instead he grabs whatever clothing or items they carry to drag them around, throw them, or use them as cover.

How many puppets can Hoyo Makihara control at once with Mummification?

The exact limit of Mummification has never been established in My Hero Academia, but Hoyo Makihara has been shown commanding dozens of mummified puppets simultaneously.

How did Katsuki Bakugo break free from Mummification?

Katsuki Bakugo escaped Mummification's bandages, which had bound him through his clothing, by sacrificing one of his Grenadier Bracers to blast himself loose, since sufficient force can snap Hoyo Makihara's wrappings.

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