Analysis

On this page I'll be stating my thoughts and own analyses about Kai as well as clear up some misinformation about him and some other miscellaneous thoughts that are loosely tied to him.

The actual reason why Overhaul committed child abuse:

I have seen people time and time again constantly misinterpret the reason as to why he decided to abuse Eri, thinking that he does this for his own sick pleasure even though it is stated point blank in the story why. Ever since All For One's downfall, Kai had plans of becoming the next ruler of the underworld and was convinced that getting involved in drug dealings would be his one answer to bringing the Yakuza back to its former glory.
After being introduced to Eri and to her rewinding abilities, he saw it as an opportunity to mass-produce the Quirk-Destroying bullets, using her blood cells. He believed by doing that, it would give him a chance for the Yakuza to gain total control over the entire black market.
As I've said before the only person Kai has shown to truly care for is the former boss of the Shie Hassaikai, who happens to be the grandfather of Eri. The two would sometimes get in conflict with one another, regarding Kai's goal of restoring the Yakuza. Their disagreements got to the point where Chisaki had no choice but to put him in a coma for the time being, intending to bring back his consciousness once he restored the Yakuza and "paid back" his debt.

Sure Kai is a major jackass, but he's rarely (if ever) a jackass simply for the sake of being a jackass. He always has a reason behind each action he takes and believes everything he does to be completely necessary. I think that if he found a way to effectively use Eri's hair instead of her blood to make the bullets, he would've definitely taken that chance. Not because he's nice, but because he'd find it less gross.

The weird puritan mentality and moral- highgrounding people have and do whenever someone says they like Overhaul, even worse when said person likes a villain:

What I find extremely annoying and hypocritical is when another villain-liker tries to moral-highground someone for liking Chisaki. Like, dude, you say you don't like child abuse but do you think they like child abuse? More importantly, do you condone the actions of any of the villains you like? No? Then why the fuck do you think they do?

"Oh but the other villains had tragic backstories!!" A villain doesn't need a tragic backstory to be interesting/compelling and Chisaki's childhood was definitely not good, was it? It was revealed that he was held in one of All for One's facilities as a kid, he lived on the streets for god knows how long and he was subsequently picked up and raised in the Yakuza. Do you think those are normal, healthy environments for a child to grow up in?

"But Pops clearly cared about him!!" Did he though? Because I am starting to question that because I don't see him actually give Chisaki all this love that some people claim he did. Pops isn't entirely innocent you know?

"He's sadistic!!" He is quite literally the opposite. He hates fighting, he literally states it himself. Also if he was half as unforgiving as some of y'all say he is, all of his subordinates would be dead by now. Like, ten times over. He thinks of them as expendable because he thinks of all humans, including himself, as expendable because that's what was taught to him as a child. Human lives don't have inherent value to him because that is the environment he grew up in. Not only that, he also doesn't punish Kurono for missing a shot that could've cost him his life, or Nemoto for missing multiple shots in a crucial battle. He also doesn't berate any of them for being defeated.

The funny thing is, he actually gets on his own case the most for his downfall. He doesn't blame the heroes and he doesn't blame the League of Villains either. He doesn't blame any of the other Shie Hassaikai members. He seemingly blames himself and only himself.

Overhaul's supposed transphobia:

Kai Chisaki is NOT a pedophile:

My thoughts on the League of Villains:

I think that they are alright. I never really was all that invested in them to be honest. I do like how close they were and how they formed a found family. However, the hypocrisy between liking the LOV and Overhaul within the fanbase made me not like the LOV. Those weird fans of the League of Villains have soured my perception towards them, like infantilizing them up the wazoo. I find it really weird how those fans would just reduce them to some innocent angels who did nothing wrong when in fact they did plenty wrong. Sure their harsh upbringing was the main cause of it but it doesn't take away from the fact that they have terrorized and killed hundreds of people.
What I find gross is that they called the author a bad writer just because most of the criminals died and faced consequences of their actions and weren't integrated into society, completely forgetting that none of the LOV members wanted to be saved and that they only wanted destruction.
Because of this, Shigaraki became my least favorite. He is an interesting character don't get me wrong but when those fans reduce him to some cute loser boy who likes video games, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth because he is more than that. You can describe Shigaraki's atrocities that fucked up the civilians' lives and they will be like "B-But he liked video games!!". Good for him! But he still killed people. They all done bad things which is why they are considered criminals but they could be humanised while at the same time, not actually excusing their actions. The Leagues' backstory is supposed to give us a reason or a look into why they became the people that they are and how society failed them but it's not supposed to justify or make their actions seem ok.