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Master of the Waves

Character

A squid-headed villain who declares himself sovereign of the sea, the Master of the Waves empties Takoba Aquarium of its animals and turns them against three U.A. students. His reign lasts exactly as long as it takes Koji Koda to reach a bigger animal than the ones he is holding.

Quirk: Unnamed Sea Animal Control Quirk
Status: Arrested
Occupation: Villain
First Appearance (Manga): Chapter 45: Aquarium
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Appearance

Beady, sunken eyes and a pointed nose sit within a head that is essentially an entire squid, body and tentacles both, interrupted only by a jawline defined enough to keep the shape from reading as pure animal.

Fins jut from his wrists, and his hands and feet are webbed. The build underneath is fairly lean, with the abdominal, chest, bicep, and forearm muscles apparently left exposed. Tight dark trousers are the only thing he wears.

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Personality

Land-based society refused to do as he asked, and he has hated it since. Aggression is his default setting.

The sea creatures under his command are instruments rather than companions, and their welfare interests him only where it advances his claim to rule every wave.

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History

Shoto Todoroki, Kyoka Jiro, and Koji Koda look into the disappearance of Takoba Aquarium's animals and turn up sea anemones that Koji cannot reach with Anivoice. The failure repeats with every fish they find afterward.

Then the water churns. Marine life surges up, and a squid-like man rises with it, pulling the injured creatures back under his command and giving his name: the Master of the Waves. Since the surface world will not obey him, he announces, he intends to dominate all sea life and rule the waves outright.

He attacks the three students. Koji's Quirk is still jammed by the villain's interference, and he goes into the water while sea animals swarm Kyoka and Shoto on land. Submerged and surrounded, Koji weighs whether to harm the creatures in order to free himself, and cannot do it. He reaches past the interference instead and calls a whale, which slams down onto the villain, breaks his grip on every creature present, and ends the fight. His arrest is presumed to have followed shortly.

The unnamed Quirk behind all of it commands any sea life nearby. No ceiling has been established, though a whale falls within its reach.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the Master of the Waves in My Hero Academia?

The Master of the Waves is a squid-headed villain who declares himself ruler of the sea. He empties Takoba Aquarium of its animals and commands them against three U.A. students in My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions.

What is the Master of the Waves' quirk?

The Master of the Waves has an unnamed quirk that lets him command any sea life within range. No clear limit on that range has been established, since the ability proved strong enough to summon a whale.

Which U.A. students fight the Master of the Waves?

Shoto Todoroki, Kyoka Jiro, and Koji Koda investigate the disappearance of animals from Takoba Aquarium and end up fighting the Master of the Waves after he rises from the water and attacks them.

How is the Master of the Waves defeated?

Koji Koda defeats the Master of the Waves by reaching past the villain's interference with his own Anivoice quirk and calling a whale, which slams into the villain and breaks his control over the sea creatures around him.

Why does the Master of the Waves attack the aquarium's animals?

The Master of the Waves resents that land-based society will not submit to him, so he sets out to dominate all sea life and rule the waves outright, treating the aquarium's animals as weapons rather than as creatures he cares about.

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