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Supposedly, Mirio Togata was able to defeat half of the Class 1A students in
less than 6 seconds. How is this possible? His quirk is supposed to be
permeation, does he for some reason also have superhuman speed as part of his
superhero habilities?


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Does Mirio Togata have superhuman speed?


Togata was able to defeat Class 1A quickly for the same reason Eraserhead was
able to defeat multiple villains quickly. He has trained a lot to effectively
use his quirk in physical combat.


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There are two reasons why Mirio won with that level of ease against Class 1-A.

First, he trained his quirk extensively, and has extremely fine control over
it. He avoided all long range quirk attacks by letting them pass through him,
but solidified at the right moments to deliver powerful punches.

But this alone wouldn't explain how he managed to do that in **6 seconds**.
The real reason for his "speed" is a side effect of his Permeation quirk,
which is explained at the end of the fight.

His quirk allows him to pass through solid objects, but if he releases the
quirk while there is overlapped with another solid object, he is randomly
catapulted out. This instantaneous repulsion effect is what he takes advantage
of to mimic 'teleportation'.

It is not an additional or hybrid quirk, and he still has to angle his body
correctly in order to appear where he wants. As Ashido rightly puts it "It's
like a video game glitch".

Sources: Chapter 124 of the Manga, and Episode 25, Season 3 of the anime.

**Edit:**

As raised in the comments, this doesn't fully explain how he was able to 1 hit
KO Kirishima, who has hardening, with just normal strength.

While unclear exactly why he is so strong, the wikia does list "Enhanced
strength" as one of his abilities. Tamaki mentions that he's been strong since
childhood, but that he doesn't know to hold back. Nejire also says his
"permeation form" has gotten stronger. And Mirio himself mentions he has
trained to counter his weakness (people attempting to attack him when in close
combat).

It is also possible he was too fast for Kirishima to react in time. Even
assuming his catapulting adds momentum to the punches, it seems unlikely that
he'd be able to 1-hit a hardened Kirishima.


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