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Nomu (Chainsaw)

Character

Handed over to Dabi as the Vanguard Action Squad's tenth member, this Nomu carries six retractable arms tipped with power tools and a single instruction: kill any U.A. student or teacher it happens across. Momo Yaoyorozu and Yosetsu Awase survive it only because its master calls it home.

English Voice: Daman Mills
Status: Unknown
Occupation: Villain
First Appearance (Manga): Chapter 81
First Appearance (Anime): Episode 44: Roaring Upheaval
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Appearance

Six arms fan out of its back on retractable mounts, each capped with a construction tool, and they are what anyone remembers. Under them sits a huge muscular frame much like the first Nomu's, though the skin here is mint green. It wears black trousers torn off above the kneecaps and a brown belt. The brain is exposed as usual, mostly shielded by a glossy purple helmet fitted with a metal gag and twin red visors.

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Personality

There is nothing there. Like the rest of its kind it has no personality at all and does only what a superior tells it to do.

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History

When the attack on the U.A. training camp begins, Dabi orders it to kill anyone from the school it encounters, and it opens by going after Momo Yaoyorozu and Yosetsu Awase. A short scuffle turns into a chase, Yosetsu hauling a half-conscious Momo along by welding her to his own arm, and it is a moment from carving through both of them when Dabi recalls it. It retracts its arms and walks back to its master with a tracking device on its lower back, created by Momo and welded on by Yosetsu as it left.

That device leads the Heroes to the League of Villains hideout, where the Chainsaw Nomu waits in storage with the rest of the stock, and Mt. Lady simply picks it up and holds it in one hand with Gigantification active. All For One then arrives and defeats her along with the other Hideout Raid Team members present, and what became of the Nomu has never been established. Its Quirk, Tool Arms, grows the six limbs with hardware in place of hands: four chainsaws, one drill, one claw hammer.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happened to Nomu in My Hero Academia?

The Chainsaw Nomu was given to Dabi as the tenth member of the Vanguard Action Squad and ordered to kill any U.A. student or teacher it found during the training camp attack. It was recalled before finishing off Momo Yaoyorozu and Yosetsu Awase, and its later fate went unrecorded after Mt. Lady found it in storage at the League of Villains hideout.

What is Nomu (Chainsaw)'s Quirk?

Nomu (Chainsaw) has an unofficially named power called Tool Arms, which grows six retractable limbs tipped with hardware instead of hands, four chainsaws, one drill, and one claw hammer.

Who commands Nomu (Chainsaw)?

Nomu (Chainsaw) answers to the villain Dabi, who assigned it to the Vanguard Action Squad during the attack on the U.A. training camp.

How did the Heroes track down Nomu (Chainsaw)?

As Nomu (Chainsaw) retreated after being recalled by Dabi, Momo Yaoyorozu created a tracking device that Yosetsu Awase welded onto its back, which the Heroes later used to locate the League of Villains hideout.

Who did Nomu (Chainsaw) attack during the training camp raid?

Nomu (Chainsaw) attacked Momo Yaoyorozu and Yosetsu Awase during the assault on the U.A. training camp, chasing them down before Dabi called it back.

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