Moonfish

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Pretty. So pretty. No. This is work. So alluring. But no. Can't... Pretty flesh. Gah! So enticing though... Gotta do the job.

Moonfish in "Stake Your Life, Hero!"

Moonfish (ムーンフィッシュ, Mūnfisshu^?) is a villain affiliated with the League of Villains and also part of its Vanguard Action Squad. He and the rest of his team serve as the main antagonists of the Forest Training Camp Arc.

After being defeated and arrested, he was sent to Tartarus prison, where he awaited execution,^[2] until he was freed by All For One.^[3] He was defeated and arrested again during the Final War.^[4]

Appearance[]

Moonfish is a reasonably tall man who stands over most of his allies regarding height. He has fair skin and black eyes. He is later shown to have a large cut on his left ear and a shaven head. Most of his physical body cannot be seen because his suit encompasses his entire body.

Moonfish wears a black straitjacket that only leaves his mouth exposed. The suit is held together by black restraints decorated with red spikes. These same restraints connect to metal clamps that cover Moonfish's head and keep his lips open, often causing him to drool. Other straps cross Moonfish's torso, waist, and the top of his boots.

During the Final War between the Heroes and Villains, Moonfish is seen wearing a new set of attire. He now has a black covering over his head similar to his previous one, and covering his eyes is a collar with long, sharp spikes, and smaller ones on the top. Moonfish, instead of a shirt wears a black, spiked harness and spiked black pants. His mouth is now free, and the lower portion of his face is visible, although it appears that his arms are still bound. His new outfit also has a spiked ball chained to him.

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Moonfish in the manga.

Moonfish unmasked in the manga.

Moonfish unmasked in the anime.

Moonfish's post war costume in the anime.

Alternative shot of Moonfish's post war costume in the anime.

Personality[]

Moonfish is an insane, laconic individual who constantly talks to himself and is fascinated with consuming flesh. He habitually repeats key information to himself to stay focused on his objectives.^[5] Moonfish can easily get distracted if he encounters flesh, including living people or severed limbs. His obsession even leads him to closely inspect and admire Mezo Shoji's arm after Moonfish severed it.^[6]

Moonfish's crazed obsession almost entirely dictates his actions. He likely only joined the League of Villains to gain access to more flesh rather than follow the ideology left behind by Stain. During the Vanguard Action Squad Invasion, Moonfish warned Shoto Todoroki and Katsuki Bakugo not to get in the way of his work because their flesh would distract him. Moonfish constantly told them to show him their flesh during the ensuing fight.^[7] He also attacked Dark Shadow out of anger because it interrupted the aforementioned fight and deprived Moonfish of his "prize".^[8]

Despite his insanity, Moonfish is capable of working for others and appears to ally himself with whoever benefits him, as seen by his alliance with the League of Villains and later All For One's forces of Tartarus escapees. To sate his hunger, however, Moonfish will not discriminate between friend or foe, as upon escaping his cell in Tartarus, he killed everyone in his path, including the guards and fellow inmates.^[3]

Abilities[]

Overall Abilities: Moonfish exhibits a fierce combat aptitude as one of the strongest members of the League of Villains' Vanguard Action Squad. Despite being contained within a straitjacket, Moonfish is a deadly foe due to his mastery over his Quirk, Blade-Tooth. He primarily uses his Quirk to increase his mobility, having the blade-transformed denticles act as additional sets of limbs. In combat, Moonfish barrages his opponents with torrents of teeth attacks to overwhelm them and break down their defenses. The blades are fast and can stretch to incredible lengths, making them perfect for Moonfish to skewer his opponents from afar. Moonfish is a formidable, long-range combatant who can briskly dominate multiple adversaries and keep them at a distance, even while his limbs are constrained. According to Mr. Compress, Moonfish committed vile crimes worthy of the death penalty, which he evaded by breaking out of prison. This criminal reputation, alongside his fighting capabilities and deranged nature, earned Moonfish the epithet of "The Death Row Inmate".

During the Vanguard Action Squad Invasion, Moonfish ambushed Fumikage Tokoyami and Mezo Shoji, two highly formidable U.A. students, succeeding in amputating one of Mezo's arms and forcing the pair into retreating. Soon after, Moonfish was approached by Shoto and Katsuki, another duo of powerful heroes-in-training, and simultaneously repelled Katsuki's rush attack and penetrated Shoto's ice defenses. Throughout this impromptu confrontation, Moonfish repeatedly and flawlessly dodged Shoto's cryokinetic structures, defused Katsuki's explosions, and cornered the pair. The bout was rendered one-sided, as Shoto and Katsuki could barely defend against Moonfish's swift and widespread onslaught and were hindered in using their fire-based Quirks while being in an already burning forest. Eventually, the lopsided clash was brought to an end when Fumikage returned with his Dark Shadow at full power; Moonfish assaulted the berserker-mode shadow entity, but it was a wasted effort, as Dark Shadow grabbed and viciously demolished the escaped convict in a single attack.

Quirk[]

Blade-Tooth (歯 (し) 刃 (じん) , Shijin^?): Moonfish's Quirk gives him the ability to lengthen, sharpen, and manipulate his teeth into webs of powerful blades.

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Trivia[]

• Kohei Horikoshi confirmed in the Jump Festa 2021 that Moonfish was inspired by the Cenobites from the Hellraiser franchise.^[9]
• Moonfish shares his Japanese and English voice actors with other characters.
  • His Japanese voice actor, Shuhei Matsuda, also voices Backdraft, Sekijiro Kan, Kugo Sakamata, and Ochaco Uraraka's father.
  • His English voice actor, Daman Mills, also voices Mustard, the Chainsaw Nomu, and Hood.
• His unmasked appearance resembles the Batman villain Victor Zsasz's design.

Quotes[]

• (To himself, about Mezo's severed arm) "Pretty. So pretty. No. This is work. So alluring. But no. Can't...Pretty flesh. Gah! So enticing though...Gotta do the job."^[6]
• (To Fumikage) "Fleshhh...no good. Flesh. Need flesh...No good. No good. Can't forgive you. I'll be the one to see those boys' innards!!! Do not snatch my prizes!!"^[8]

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