Aoko Ichimichi

**Aoko Ichimichi** (*青子 いちみち, Ichimichi Aoko?*), real name **Aoko Shigaraki** ( *信楽 青子 Shigaraki Aoko?*). She is also known as Hero name; **Dagger** (*短剣* *Tanken?*). She was a villain working along with her brother, Ryosuke, and with All For One, the League of Villains; her former codename is her nickname, "**Demise.**"(終焉 *Shūen?*) According to the Doctor, Aoko is crucial to his plans for All For One.

## Appearance

Aoko is a young albino girl with ghost-white skin and long fair-skinned and average height. She has straight, blonde hair that she drapes across her right shoulder but from neck down she styles it in a considerable braid, rosy cheeks, and pale, pink lips.

Her former villain costume, Aoko wears

## Personality

Before meeting All For One, Aoko is defined by her grief and loss throughout her life, manifesting in her conflicted nature, low self-esteem, and reserved tendencies. As a child, she was more outgoing, extroverted, kind, compassionate, and loving, as well as loyal and responsible. Aoko considers others in her decisions, even those she does not know. According to Ryosuke, Aoko is devoted to her friends.

Ryosuke commented that Aoko's desire to protect her friends is similar to Izuku's, but losing her parents and younger brother made her withdrawn at the time and introverted later in life. She is overwhelmed when talking about her loss alone with Amajiki, Uraraka, or Midoriya. She bursts into tears, showing her fragile emotional state, which she tries to conceal.

At a young age, Aoko was trained without memories and the knowledge that she had emotions. Aoko is an introvert because she has little to no experience dealing with people due to living the majority of her life in a solitary manner. Her only social contact was with her brother, **Akako**, All For One, and The Doctor. As a result, she had no basis of free will; she followed the orders of whoever was close to her because it was the only obvious guidance she had, effectively making her very quiet and fragile in personality. She often speaks in a somewhat soft voice, and her sentences are very concise. Aoko did not forge strong bonds with people and was quite resigned to her fate as a mere nobody. She can read people's thoughts and intentions well enough and responds to their speech in her head, but she often needs to communicate these thoughts with words.

Her shyness is reflected in her tone during her early days, as she speaks softly and sadly; however, Aoko speaks in a clear and calm voice as she comes to terms with her existence. This led to her discovery of her ability to feel, as she often found that blindly following All for One hurt others, making Aoko feel responsible and guilty. This is shown whenever anyone tries to bring up the past that involves her killing people. The mere mention of her past makes Aoko usually calm and aggressive. She views herself as a monster, a fact that she strongly detests. As such, she refuses to learn more about her quirk, as it'll only further prove how much of a monster she is. As a supportive but troubled figure, Aoko shares mutual dependence with her friends. In her friendship with Amajiki, he depends on her as his moral compass, grounding him to do the right thing, whereas she depends on him to push her forward when she is indecisive. She is, therefore, protective of him, though this is mutual. Later, the two realize they were there for one another in times of need but never knew it. Aoko is protective of Uraraka and Izuku while depending on them to remain optimistic and upbeat.

Aoko can and does fight to defend herself, often preferring to avoid involving others. While normally reserved, Aoko still shows aggression, particularly when interrogating and standing up to All for One. Aoko has low self-confidence and is self-critical of her faults, constantly pushing herself to do better. Aoko also tends to see the images of her loved one in other people, like her younger brother Kōsuke in Eri. She has slight mannerisms that people close to her can understand, but she does her utmost to avoid interacting with unfamiliar people whenever possible. It takes a while, but Aoko eventually warms up enough for Izuku Midoriya and Tamaki Amajiki to speak to them like ordinary people. This occurs after she fully commits to helping the Pro Heros with their goals. This is different from others; she still relies on her mannerisms or others close to her, such as Uraraka, Eri, All Might, or Eraserhead, to relay her thoughts and goals.

When under the influence of the Doctor, She is shown to have a dark side and becomes ruthless, harsh, and sadistic. It extends to the point where she enjoys inflicting pain on others, as shown when she laughs in pleasure in her fights with Akako and Heroes.

## Abilities

### Quirk

**Light Emission** (*発光 Hakkō*): Aoko's original Quirk allows her to