The Tartarus Escapees arc, also known as the Vigilante arc, begins with today’s release of My Hero Academia season 6, episode 15. The arc will explore how both the Pro Heroes and the villains will lick their wounds and move ahead in the aftermath of the Paranormal Liberation War. My Hero Academia fans will see an escape from Tartarus coordinated by none other than All For One, as foreshadowed in teaser photographs released earlier this week. Even though many other bad guys will be helping All For One break out of prison, the mission’s primary objective is to get him out.
Fans, however, are wondering how the adversary would actually break out of jail. During the aftermath of the Paranormal Liberation War in My Hero Academia, Tomura Shigaraki and the other troops and officials of the Paranormal Liberation Front are seen licking their wounds. Tomura Shigaraki’s battered and bruised body is still under the command of All For One. Counter to his successor’s intentions, the villain employs Tomura’s Quirks to assemble a band of Near High-End Nomu. All For One calls upon the Nomu and orders them to break his true form out of Tartarus, at which point the monsters launch an attack on the facility. When the conflict is already well underway, that’s what the audience will see. Witnesses report seeing a number of Nomus attack the mainland gate and engage in combat with the guard robots stationed there.
In this scene, All For One (using Shigaraki’s body) emerges from hiding, protected by the Near High-End Nomus from the sniper fire of the security robots. After remarking on the lack of excitement, he utilises his Quirks to destroy the adjacent guard station. This initiates the descent of the jail into the sea by activating the red code, which locks all levels and bridges. Meanwhile, All For One is having a dispute with his successor, Tomura, as they soar above the ground-level fight on a Nomu. He effectively reminds his successor that he asked to be the next All For One. All For One (still inside Shigaraki’s body) is forced to utilise Decay when the security robots spot them, allowing them to both avoid capture and flee. Next, the bad guy uses Search to discover that his primary body is buried 500 metres below sea level in the prison’s lowest section. Tomura’s body is starting to feel the effects of utilising its own Quirk, thus employing Decay to take a short path is out of the question.
Next, All For One returns to his primary body and plans to conduct a simultaneous outside and inside attack.
Then, the actual All For One uses an EMP-like Quirk to turn off all of the prison’s electronic locks and restrictions, allowing him to freely roam Tartarus. Then, in My Hero Academia, the breakout effort turns into a two-front conflict, with inmates like Moonfish, Muscular, and Kai Chisaki finally free to try and make their escape. Meanwhile, the bulk of All For One starts climbing the jail floors, at one point even asking the guards for instructions (which is funny). The main body of All For One is later shown breaking out of jail, ascending to the highest level, and demanding all the inmates bow to him in exchange for freedom. Since the connecting bridge is now inaccessible, they have no choice but to hear him out.
Tomura, who had previously lost control of his body, is reunited with All For One and given back. He then kidnaps the pilots of multiple rescue planes and forces them to do what he says. Now that he has a way out, All For One releases the Nomus and the rest of his army from seven additional facilities, where more criminals are freed and join his cause. As a result, his strategy to break out of My Hero Academia’s most secure facility is in its final stages.