Kanidoge's Mechs
ItemFour-legged pincer rigs operated by staff at the Kanidoge food chain, styled after crabs to advertise what the company sells. They haul product and market it at the same time, until Number 6 rewrites their code and turns a mall full of them into a diversion.
Overview
Kanidoge, a food chain built on crab, runs industrial lifting arms for its own logistics. Each unit walks on four legs and works with pincers, carrying goods from one place to another.
An operator rides at the front and handles both the frame and the claws. The rear is shaped like a crab shell and carries the company logo.
Function
Moving merchandise is the original job, and it never went away. What changed is that the company found a second use for the fleet and remodeled the frames into walking advertisements, which is where the crab silhouette comes from.
The redesign cost them nothing. The machines still do everything they were built to do.
Notable Users
Kanidoge's own employees operate the mechs. Number 6 turned them on everyone else. The SS Mall over in Super Minami, out in the city of Osaka, was hosting an event when the Police Force came to arrest him; he had been routing Trigger into Japan through the chain's own products. The machines had been tampered with beforehand, and a single code set them rampaging across the venue, each one detonating as it went down. The chaos was cover, and he walked out through it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are Kanidoge's Mechs in My Hero Academia?
Kanidoge's Mechs are four legged pincer rigs used by the crab themed Kanidoge food chain, built to haul merchandise and, later, to double as walking advertisements for the company.
What do Kanidoge's Mechs do?
Kanidoge's Mechs move merchandise for the Kanidoge food chain, with an operator riding at the front to control the frame and pincers while a crab shaped rear section displays the company logo.
Who operates Kanidoge's Mechs?
Kanidoge's own employees normally operate the mechs, though the Villain Number 6 hijacked an entire fleet of them at the SS Mall in Osaka's Super Minami district.
How did Number 6 use Kanidoge's Mechs as a diversion?
Number 6 tampered with a mall full of Kanidoge's Mechs and set them rampaging with a single code, using the chaos as cover to escape the Police Force while he had been routing Trigger into Japan through the company's own products.
What series do Kanidoge's Mechs appear in?
Kanidoge's Mechs debuted in the Vigilantes spinoff manga, in Chapter 32.
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