Stain / Chizome Akaguro

Chizome Akaguro (赤あか黒ぐろ血ち染ぞめ Akaguro Chizome?), also known by his villain name Hero Killer: Stain (ヒーロー殺し ステイン Hīrō Goroshi Sutein?) and formerly as the Vigilante Stendhal (スタンダール Sutandāru?), is a villain and former vigilante who is famous for having killed a large number of Pro Heroes and is the main antagonist during the Hero Killer Showdown Arc.

Chizome is known for preaching. He seems to think poorly of pro heroes who work as heroes just for the pay and dislikes the fact that they call themselves "heroes", even thinking that they are not worthy of being heroes. However, despite his attitude, Chizome seemed to respect All Might, commenting that he is the only one who is truly worthy of being called a hero. Furthermore, even though he is famous for killing heroes, he does not like to shed blood without a cause, for this reason he hates people with immature behavior like Tomura Shigaraki. He was also reluctant to attack and kill heroes in training, instead asking them to stand down. However, he resorted to violence when Tenya Iida and the others refused to leave. Chizome strongly believes in creeds and convictions, stating that they are necessary to achieve anything and that without them, people would be weak and eventually cease to exist.

Chizome despises the society the world is living in, considering the current society to be full of false heroes. Despite being a villain, Chizome wishes to correct the flawed system the current society is living in and purge it, so that real heroes will appear, even going so far as to tell Tenya how to be a real hero, instead of worrying about his revenge.

Despite his extremist views and beliefs, Chizome has genuine ideals about heroism which he steadfastly strives for. He does not hesitate to save people he deems worthy of being called heroes, he does not like killing without reason and even gives advice to his enemies. He seems to recognize that what he does is morally wrong, but he considers that if it is what needs to be done to guide society to the right path, then someone should be what he is, indicating that he considers himself to be a kind of martyr.

Stain has a mohawk and a flat (due to his missing nose) elongated face. He wears a sleeveless shirt, dark pants, and black spiked, metal-coated shoes. He has a white bandage around the top half of his face, making it look like a mask. He wears a long, dark, moth-eaten scarf around his neck (red and white), and also has knee pads and a belt around his waist.

After being freed from Tartarus by All For One and returning to society on his own, he has a new outfit consisting of a white jacket with huge sleeves, his arms are covered in bandages and he now has dark gloves that match his pants. He also has two belts, one around his torso and the other around his waist on which two visible weapons are seen.

Half of her face is also covered by bandages that leave part of her hair exposed and underneath them she has a mask.

Overall Abilities: Stain is a powerful villain, as he was able to fight and heavily injure Ingenium, a popular and powerful Pro Hero, leaving him in critical condition easily. Stain was also able to kill 17 well-known Pro Heroes and paralyze 23 others to the point of being unable to fully recover. Even Shoto Todoroki commented that Stain is a strong combatant. It took the combined efforts of Izuku Midoriya, Shoto Todoroki, and Tenya Iida to finish Stain off, but even using their full power they only managed to briefly touch Stain; Izuku commented that Stain was probably holding back against them and could have killed them at any moment, which Shouto agreed with. He can emit an overwhelming amount of bloodlust when provoked, enough to cause even Endeavor, a highly regarded Hero, to become frightened.

Enhanced Speed ​​and Reflexes: Stain himself has been shown to be very agile, as he has been able to dodge Tenya's high-speed kick with ease and has shown to have great speed, as well as great reaction time. Enhanced Stamina: Stain also seems to have a high tolerance for pain, as he barely felt any pain when he took Izuku's 5% Detroit Smash to the head, but was completely unfazed. Stain has immense stamina, his lungs were punctured by broken ribs, and despite losing consciousness due to his injured lungs, he remained standing despite being unconscious. Highly Perceptive Combatant: Stain has shown creativity and mastery over his fighting style having been able to deal with both close and long-range opponents through a mixture of misdirection, aggression, prediction, and using the given environment in order to closely target his target or at least draw the slightest amount of blood to activate his Quirk.

Blood Clot (凝ぎょう血けつ Gyōketsu?): Stain can paralyze and immobilize an opponent by ingesting samples of their blood. The amount of time a victim is paralyzed for varies depending on blood type. the longest amount of time being blood type B and then the decrease in AB, A and O is the shortest amount of time of Paralysis. In any case, the maximum amount of time anyone can be paralyzed is 8 minutes.

Weapon Arsenal: Stain carries several weapons with him, including a katana, five daggers, throwing knives, spiked-toe boots, and switchblades. He is apparently skilled in using them.

Chizome himself cut off his nose after losing a fight against Knuckleduster. He is an S-rank villain. His name as a watchman (Stendhal) coincides with the pseudonym of Henrie Beyle, a "romantic traveler"/writer who suffered from temporary psychosis. Stain shares some similarities with the character Garou from the webcomic/manga One Punch Man: Both are the main antagonists of a story arc. They both defeated a large number of heroes. Their actions caused a great impact on the society where they live. They are both against the heroes. Both were contacted by a villainous organization and offered to join their ranks, and both rejected the offer. Stain was contacted by the League of Villains and Garou was contacted by the Monster Association. Chizome, being imprisoned in Tartarus, was isolated from everything that happened outside, so he did not know what All Might really looked like, so when he meets him after escaping from prison, he does not recognize him.