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Doctor Kyudai Garaki kept a handful of intelligent High-End Nomu sleeping beneath Jaku General Hospital, and Woman is the one who wakes up talking. She is the only female High-End the story ever names, and she spends her brief activation dissecting the heroes' Quirks while trying to tear them apart.

Kanji: ウーマン
Notes: The only High-End Nomu identified as female, and the only High-End activated during the Paranormal Liberation War to be named in the story
Gender: Female
Status: Deceased
Creator: Kyudai Garaki
Species: High-End Nomu
Debut Chapter: Chapter 221
Debut Episode: Episode 108
English Voice: Bryson Baugus
Japanese Voice: Arisa Sekine
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Appearance

Unlike her fellow Nomu, she carried a recognizably feminine build, breasts and curves included, with a patch of hair left at the rear of her skull. The exposed brain marked her as Garaki's work, and the scalp peeled back from it stayed rooted at the nape, hanging there as a fin of loose skin; matching flaps trailed from the back of both elbows. Stitching ringed her legs, and a row of vertebrae pushed visibly through the skin of her back in the same way Hood's did.

Her face read as mouthless, though the mouth was simply folded away inside her chin when shut. Opened, it revealed two ranks of long, jagged teeth.

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Personality

Her first coherent impulse on waking was slaughter, and she announced it, urging the other High-Ends to cut loose against the Heroes. Stabilization sharpened her rather than calming her down.

Within minutes she was speaking in clean sentences, cataloguing what she was up against, and running deliberate experiments on the abilities pointed at her. That is how she worked out what Eraser Head's Erasure did and precisely where its edges were.

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History

Garaki selected her because she had been a villain with an appetite for combat, exactly the temperament he wanted in a High-End. When Mirko crashed into the underground lab and killed Johnny, cutting off the doctor's escape route, he woke five High-Ends early to buy time while he tended to Tomura Shigaraki. Woman fell into the role of impromptu ringleader and declared her intent to kill the pro heroine. None of them had stabilized properly, and Mirko drove them back, killing one outright.

Noticing her Quirks kept switching off, she worked through every hero present until she landed on Eraser Head and understood that his gaze was doing it. Slipping out of his sightline restored her powers, and she relished the clear, amazing feeling of having them back before fusing Liquification and Rupture into an attack that stalled the hero advance, wounded Eraser Head, and pulled Endeavor off her teammate Ribby long enough for him to spear Mirko again, hoping to finish her before she reached Tomura's pod. Super Regeneration let her shrug off damage, Liquification melted her body down for rapid repositioning and dodging, and Rupture detonated pieces of her at will. Speed and agility made her a miserable target, and X-Less' Laser never touched her.

Her run ended while she tried to catch Endeavor off guard as he guarded a wounded Mirko. Present Mic and X-Less captured Tomura and Garaki, the high-ranking Heroes pinned her down, and Endeavor burned her head off while it was vulnerable, giving regeneration nothing to work with. Her body was still lying there when Tomura's Decay swallowed the hospital.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Woman in My Hero Academia?

Woman is a High-End Nomu created by Doctor Kyudai Garaki and kept sleeping beneath Jaku General Hospital along with several other intelligent Nomu. She is the only female High-End the story ever names, and she is activated during the Paranormal Liberation War.

What are Woman's abilities?

Woman has three Quirks: Super Regeneration, which lets her shrug off damage, Liquification, which melts her body down for rapid repositioning and dodging, and Rupture, which detonates pieces of herself at will. She fused Liquification and Rupture into an attack that wounded Eraser Head and stalled the heroes' advance.

How did Woman die in My Hero Academia?

Woman was killed by Endeavor while she tried to catch him off guard as he guarded a wounded Mirko. Endeavor burned her head off while it was exposed, leaving her Super Regeneration nothing to work with.

Why was Woman activated by Kyudai Garaki?

Kyudai Garaki woke Woman and four other High-Ends early after Mirko crashed into his underground lab and killed Johnny, cutting off his escape route. He selected her because she had been a villain with an appetite for combat, exactly the temperament he wanted in a High-End.

What does Woman look like?

Unlike her fellow Nomu, Woman carried a recognizably feminine build with a patch of hair at the rear of her exposed skull. Her mouth was folded away inside her chin when shut, opening to reveal two ranks of long, jagged teeth.

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