One cosplayer brought the deranged to My Hero Academia's Himiko Toga in an amazing new cosplay. The League of Villians member has brought much chaos to UA with students Ochaco and Deku as her main targets. The My Villian Academia arc of the manga dives deeper into her backstory and reveals the ugly truths of how quirk society treats those with eccentric quirks like Toga.
Created by Kohei Horikoshi My Hero Academia centers around a quirk-based society where almost everyone has some sort of special ability. This growing society eventually led to the age of heroes, where brave individuals sought out to use their quirks as a way to help people. However, not all quirk users are deemed worthy in society as Himiko Toga's first introduction in chapter 57 was a bright-eyed young recruit to Shigaraki's League of Villians. Throughout multiple arcs, Toga will cause chaos within UA by her quirk's unique capabilities and making her a major threat to the high school in chapter 325.
Cosplayer Nymphahri shared her Toga cosplay on Twitter featuring her signature school uniform and red knife. Before joining the League of Villians, Toga was an average middle school student with a social life but after harming her classmate due to her quirk manifestation, was kicked from school and ostracized from society. Abandoned by her family and friends, Toga turned to villainy in the teachings of Stain, a villain known for killing heroes. Stain's quirk Bloodcurdle is very similar to Toga's quirk Transform, where both must intake a certain amount of a person's blood to activate their quirks. Just like Deku with All-Might, Toga took on the same principles as Stain questioning young heroes like Ochaco on their goals as heroes.
The cosplay is a perfect showcase of Toga's yandere personality and quirk ability. Her villain costume is a traditional high school girl's uniform signifying that she attended high school even after the incident and before joining with Shigaraki. The Cosplay's background also resembles League of Villains' underground base of operations. Nymphahri's true creativity shines in her placement of the "red blood" on her hands, mouth, and knife, accurately showing the character's quirk ability in action. The Toga cosplay is completed with vampire teeth and a creepy smile presented by the talented cosplayer.
Although a villain, Toga's personality has been explored more recently in arcs like the Meta Liberation Army and Paranormal Liberation War. Both arcs dive deeper into her past and her current friendship with fellow villain Twice. As My Hero Academia progresses, Class 1-A's future battle with the League of Villians will clash in a big way and Nymphahri's amazing Toga cosplay is on full display of what's to come from the love deranged character.
Source: Nymphahri