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U.A. High School
Class 1-A
In General
- Honorary Uncle: The students who are not part of the Ennead are this to Eri.
- Improbably Female Cast: Lampshaded. Izuku is surprised that over two-thirds of the class are girls. He later learns it was Justified by the fact the teachers were protecting them from Mineta by keeping them in separate classes.
- Secret-Keeper: They are brought into the secret about One for All alongside Mirio, Tamaki and Class 1-B in Chapter 76.
- Side Bet: All of them had guesses over the true nature of Izuku's Quirk that ranged from almost reasonable to downright absurd: Reiko and Fumikage believed he made a deal with and eldritch deity: Mina thought it was aliens; Denki thought he was a demigod; Eijiro and Tetsutetsu thought he achieved enlightment through manliness; Koji, Kinoko, Kyoka and Pony thought he was science experiment and Itsuka, who thought Izuku were haunted and channeling the Quirks of the deceased. It's clear she won the bet.
- True Companions: Everyone in Class 1-A become fast friends. This is shown in how the narration refers to everyone in 1-A by their given names (even if many of them still call each other by their family names), unlike Class 1-B.
Ibara Shiozaki
Ibara Shiozaki — Liana
Quirk: Vines
A pious, devout Christian girl. Her Quirk, Vines, turns her hair into long, thorny brambles she can extend and control at her own will.
- Adaptational Name Change: Her hero name is Liana instead of Vine. It's still thematically the same, as a liana is a woody vine.
- Badass Pacifist: Her use of her Quirk involves restraining people with it, rather than attacking.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Downplayed. While she initially thought her dislike of the polycule created by Izuku was because of her religious beliefs, she realizes during the test that she's envious of the relationship. This pushes her to ask for advice and eventually approach Tenya.
- Green Thumb: Her hair is literally a plant, one that she can grow at will.
- Nice Girl: She's a gentle girl that is willing to help her classmates deal with their problems — such as helping Tenya find a way to deal with his feelings after his loss to Shinso.
- Lady of War: She's graceful and serene in her actions.
- The Power of the Sun: Her hair absorbs solar energy from the sun to grow, due to it being a plant.
- Ship Tease: She has a bit of this with Tenya.
- Token Religious Teammate: She's the only character whose beliefs are stated.
Setsuna Tokage
Setsuna Tokage — Lizardy
Quirk: Lizard Tail Splitter
Talkative, cunning, and brassy, Setsuna enrolled into U.A. through recommendations, and loves to mess around with her friends and classmates. Her Quirk, Lizard Tail Splitter, lets her split her body into multiple pieces that remain under her control, and that can regenerate if they are destroyed.
- Animal-Themed Superbeing: Her power is based on lizards' ability to detach their tails as a defense mechanism, but taken up a notch.
- Birds of a Feather: Quickly becomes friends with fellow Genki Girls Mina and Tooru.
- Detachment Combat: She can split her body into up to 50 different pieces and make them move or fly around at will.
- Loophole Abuse: She figures out early in the final exam that sending only a small part of her body through the exit won't win the exam and her entire body has to be through to win. So she lets Thirteen destroy the rest of her body, and regenerates out of the parts that have passed.
- Not Quite Flight: Has the capacity to hover in the air if most of her parts are away from her body.
- Post-Victory Collapse: Her strategy to pass the final exam forces her to regenerate most of her body, leaving her so exhausted she pretty much passes out as soon as she finishes.
- The Smart Girl: Like Momo, she joined U.A. through recommendations, and she's number 4 out of the class.
Itsuka Kendo
Itsuka Kendo — Battle Fist
Quirk: Big Fist
A friendly tomboyish girl with great knowledge of martial arts. Her Quirk, "Big Fist", allows her to increase the size of her hands, with their strength growing exponentially the bigger they get.
- Adaptational Sexuality: While canon remains silent on it, here she's implied to be lesbian or at least bi, since she and Kyoka have a shared crush on Momo.
- Confirmed to be bisexual in Chapter 49.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: She uses her knowledge of martial arts to tell Izuku he should expand his fighting style beyond his All Might-based "Punch Everything". Ironically, given her Quirk, she tells him to start using his legs.
- Best Friend: To Kyoka. Both bonded over their crush on Momo and love for rock.
- Giant Hands of Doom: She can make her hands grow, with their strength growing with them as well.
- Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: Best shown during the School Festival. She keeps on her full beauty pageant garb while absolutely shredding at the drums.
- Mythology Gag: She karate-chops Kamakiri when he makes obnoxious comments about Fumikage and Shishida's overlycomplicated speaking patterns.
- Required Secondary Powers: When enlarging her hands, she gets the strength to hold them.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: As part of the Side Bet, Itsuka theorized that Izuku was haunted and channelled the Quirks of dead people. Out of all the guesses, this is the one closest to being accurate, minus the detail that said Quirks are all part of another Quirk.
- Strong and Skilled: Not only she has a Quirk that gives her super strenght, but she is also a skilled martial artist.
Tenya Iida
Tenya Iida — Ingenium
Quirk: Engine
A straight-laced, earnest young man who comes from a wealthy family of heroes. His Quirk, "Engine", takes the form of engine-like tubes on his calves, giving him incredible speed and kicking strength.
- Armor Is Useless: His hero costume covers him in armor but doesn't help against Stain's knives. Justified in that said armor is designed to reduce drag and cool his legs, comparing it to a race car chassis rather than plate armor.
- Big Brother Worship: Admires his big brother, the Pro Hero Ingenium, and hopes to become a great hero like him. Deconstructed, because this makes him emulate his brother when he should try to develop as a hero of his own, and when Ingenium gets crippled by Stain it causes him to become irrational in his attempt to seek revenge.
- Bizarre Human Biology: His Quirk takes the form of an organic combustion engine in his calves. That's powered by orange juice. And removing the muffler pipes (while painful) can help it grow more powerful.
- Entertainingly Wrong: Tenya figures out a lesson Gran Torino was trying to teach him from the old hero stating that the "bullet train is only the fastest method if your destination is along the route and nothing happens to the tracks". While Tenya takes this as a lesson that his mental state is too rigid and he can't reach any "destination" that's not along his normal track of thinking, Gran Torino insists that not everything he says is a lesson. Though if Iida learns from it, that's good enough for him.
- Extremity Extremist: He mostly fights with his legs, taking advantage of his engines' boosting. Izuku actually asks him for suggestions when seeking to expand his fighting style.
- Ship Tease: Admits to being interested in Shiozaki. Ends up taking her out on a date while at I-Island.
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: Tenya calls out Stain's Black-and-White Insanity this way, though it doesn't take.Stain: The word 'hero' has been corrupted by filth like him. The allure of fame and fortune has tainted the pure altruism that should be the only motivation for any true Hero. Only men like All Might, who stand above such petty motivations, can be worthy of the title.
Tenya: How has Native 'corrupted' the title?! How did my brother?!
Stain: Your brother has a decent record of saving people, hence why I allowed him to live. However, he was tainted by materialism. Sponsorship deals and commercial appearances that detract from the goal As for this one? He doesn't even bother unless it's a high-profile Villain. One who chases the limelight to the exclusion of all else. Not to mention that his entire gimmick is cultural appropriation.
Tenya: My brother employs sixty-five sidekicks! People who he relies on to save others! Those deals were to keep his employees cared for! And Native is the son of diplomats for the League of Indigenous Nations! He's half-Ainu and half-Ojibwe! He seeks the limelight to inspire his people and to combat prejudices! Not to mention that All Might has sponsorship deals and tons of merchandise! - Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: He says as much verbatim when Stain insists he's "worthy" due to only seeking to save Native rather than fight Stain.
Fumikage Tokoyami
Fumikage Tokoyami — Tsukuyomi
Quirk: Dark Shadow
A serious and reserved young man with a bird-like appearance and a penchant for dramatic statements. His Quirk, "Dark Shadow", manifests as a shadowy monster that inhabits his body and comes out to fight on his behalf, its power depends on the intensity of light: the weaker the light, the more powerful Dark Shadow is but the harder it is for Tokoyami to control it.
- Birds of a Feather:
- Hits it off with Reiko Yanagi due to their shared love of the dark and edgy. Veers into Ship Tease after the USJ.
- He also becomes friendly with Kuroiro, as he is similarly Chuuni.
- Character Catchphrase: "Revelry in the dark".
- Chuunibyou: He loves to make dramatic statements and uses his gothic appearance to make it more obvious. Ironically, he does have actual powers that can be truly dangerous if Tokoyami isn't careful.
- The Dividual: The very male Tokoyami and the female ID-ing Dark Shadow are considered two separate entities, thanks to the latter being fully sentient.
- Non-Human Head: Not only does Tokoyami have an avian-like head complete with bill, he has a full set of retractable teeth in said bill.
- Twice Shy: With Reiko Yanagi. He didn't tell her of his feelings because he felt he was lucky that she would actually spend time with him. Resolved after one of Eri's comments prompts them to fess up.
- Weakened by the Light: Dark Shadow's strength is sapped if it's hit by light.
Eijiro Kirishima
Eijiro Kirishima — Red Riot
Quirk: Hardening
An eager and friendly young man who is obsessed with the concept of manliness. His Quirk, "Hardening", lets him harden his body and get harder with every hit he takes.
- Bash Brothers: Quickly becomes best friends with Tetsutetsu.
- Blood Knight: He is disappointed when the teachers arrest the villains at the USJ and enjoys his fight with Kamakiri.
- Boring, but Practical: His Quirk only makes his skin harder. He puts it to very good use by making himself really difficult to defeat in a brawl.
- Childhood Friend: He and Mina have been friends for a long time.
- Childhood Friend Romance: What their relationship evolves into — with Tetsutetsu and Setsuna added into the mix.
- Fiery Redhead: He's a redhead, and very intense and lively. Per canon however, he's actually black-haired — he dyes his hair red to emulate Crimson Riot.
- Friendly Rival: He becomes this with Kamakiri after the pre-Sports Festival meet.
- Ship Tease: If he were to ask anyone out, he'd pick Mina.
- Super-Toughness: His Quirk in a nutshell.
- Victory by Endurance: During the third round of the Sports Festival, he wins by enduring Kamakiri's attacks longer than the other boy can keep them up.
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu — Real Steel
Quirk: Steel
A hot-blooded and venturesome student. His Quirk, "Steel", allows him to turn his body into steel.
- Bash Brothers: Quickly becomes best friends with Kirishima.
- Blood Knight: He is disappointed when the teachers arrest the villains at the USJ.
- Chrome Champion: His Quirk turns his body metallic when he's using it.
- Demoted to Extra: Zigzagged — him being in 1-A makes him show up more commonly, but he doesn't make it to the tournament.
- Harem Seeker: Downplayed. When the issue of relationships comes up, he admits to being curious about the idea of polycules.
- Ship Tease: Mentions being interested in Setsuna.
Mina Ashido
Mina Ashido — Venus
Quirk: Acid
An emotional and excitable girl with a strange alien-like appearance. Her Quirk, "Acid", allows her to produce a corrosive liquid through her skin. She can manipulate its pH and viscosity, but excreting too much can damage her skin.
- Adaptational Name Change: Her hero name is Venus instead of Pinky.
- Birds of a Feather: Quickly becomes friends with Setsuna and Toru.
- Cheery Pink: Her color motif, as it shows through her being smiling or seemingly full of energy at every point in time.
- Childhood Friend: She's been friends with Eijiro for many years going on.
- Childhood Friend Romance: What their relationship evolves into — with Tetsutetsu and Setsuna added into the mix.
- Cute Monster Girl: An attractive, humanoid... something.
- Cuteness Proximity: She has to struggle not to Squee when she meets Eri.
- Genki Girl: She's possibly the liveliest girl in 1-A, along with Toru.
- Godzilla Threshold: During the USJ Incident, she pushes her Quirk so far she gets several chemical burns.
- Harem Seeker: Downplayed, as she mentions being interested in a polyamorous relationship.
- Horned Humanoid: She has a small pair of flexible horns.
Pony Tsunotori
Pony Tsunotori — Rocketti
Quirk: Horn Cannon
A sweet-natured girl of American origin who transfers to Japan so she can attend U.A. Her Quirk, "Horn Cannon", gives her horse-like legs and a pair of horns on her head, the latter of which she can shoot as projectiles (regrowing almost immediately) that she can control telekinetically.
- But Not Too Foreign: She's half-American and half-Japanese.
- Covert Pervert: When she remarks on hopefully scoring a date with "the Mexican hunk" Tigre, Kyoka cautiously brings up that jaguars eat horses.Pony: (coy grinning) If I'm lucky.
- Fastball Special: Her Quirk lets her do this. During the USJ, she used it to allow Mina to rain her acid over several villains.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: She's puny at 5'1", but she can easily lift Ochako with a hug.
- Token Minority: She's the only foreign student in Class 1-A, although unlike Rin, it's downplayed given that she's of Japanese descent.
Koji Koda
Koji Koda — Anima
Quirk: Anivoice
A quiet boy with a strange rock-like appearance. His Quirk, "Anivoice", lets him speak with all kinds of animals and persuade them to do things for him.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: His Quirk Awakening happens during the Kuraudo Island Arc, several months before it happens in canon.
- Berserk Button: People hurting animals really anger him. Menagerie stating his complete lack of care for the animals in Kuraudo Island pisses him off so much that (a) he drops an Atomic F-Bomb, and (b) he has his Quirk Awakening.
- Gentle Giant: The tallest boy in 1-A at a impressive 6'1", and he's also a big softy.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: Speaking with animals may not seem like a strong power... until you realize he can call in large quantities of dangerous creatures from any branch of the animal kingdom to help him. After his Quirk Awakening, he can do this telepathically, granting him a greater range and strength, to the point where his Quirk can reach out to people with animal based Quirks.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Koji has a foot and an inch lead on his girlfriend Kinoko.
- The Quiet One: He barely speaks initially. According to him, when he was young, he could barely control his Quirk and ended up calling all the vermin in the building to his home, so he barely speaks to avoid this happening again.
- Ship Tease: With Kinoko.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: His Quirk lets him speak with animals and get them to help him.
- Willfully Weak: He induced a fear of bugs in himself because he didn't want to be seen as villainous for using his Quirk to control bugs. Once he got over that, he can summon massive swarms of insects with ease.
Reiko Yanagi
Reiko Yanagi — Shinigami
Quirk: Poltergeist
A creepy, verbose girl with a penchant for dramatic statements. Her Quirk, "Poltergeist", allows her to control nearby objects up to the weight of a normal human.
- Birds of a Feather: She becomes friends with Fumikage, due to their shared love for the dark and edgy. Veers into Ship Tease in the aftermath of the USJ incident, and into an actual relationship during the I-Island visit.
- Mind over Matter: Her Quirk lets her telekinetically control objects that weigh as much as a regular human's body weight.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: She has an overly verbose, pedantic way of speaking.
- Twice Shy: With Fumikage Tokoyami. She didn't tell him of her feelings because she considers herself unattractive and uninteresting. Resolved after one of Eri's comments prompts them to fess up.
Denki Kaminari
Denki Kaminari — Chargebolt
Quirk: Electrification
Dimwitted, feisty, and a bit perverted, Kaminari does still have his head in the right place. His Quirk, "Electrification", lets him discharge electricity from his body, but if he goes over his natural limit, it will short-circuit his own brain, leaving him a giggling idiot.
- Adaptational Badass: He gets to knock out one of the Nomus at the USJ by shocking it through the steel cable Momo has created and shot at it.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: When Kaminari was sent to a specialist to determine how his electricity wasn't frying his brain, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia.
- Chivalrous Pervert: He flirts with all of his female classmates, but never goes too far and takes his failures in stride. When he sees the hole in the wall, he tells the other boys, and while he is tempted, he agrees that the teachers should be warned so it can be fixed. And unlike canon, Denki actually doesn't like Mineta and finds his perversion to be repulsive.
- Death or Glory Attack: He can unleash an incredibly powerful electrical shock that will ruin the day of whoever gets hit — but it leaves him a defenseless giggling moron.
- Dumbass Has a Point: When Cesar scoffs at him for filming the fight with Menagerie instead of helping, Denki points out that everybody else was already piling on the villain before Koji called in every animal in several miles around to beat the guy, and going in throwing lightning would have been dangerous for everyone else.
- Everyone Has Standards:
- He admits to being a bit of a pervert, but he agrees with the other boys over the issue of the hole in the locker room's wall after giving a thought to it.
- He also finds Mineta's perversion to be repulsive and is glad he got expelled after he groped Momo.
- When he asks the other boys which girls they would like to date, he makes it clear he isn't trying to have them rank the girls' attractiveness and that he doesn't want to hurt anyone by flirting with the wrong person.
- "L" Is for "Dyslexia": After Kyoka brings up the possibility of him having a learning disability, he goes to Hound Dog to check and it turns out he has dyslexia, explaining why he does poorly, academically speaking, and yet can be clever and insightful in other areas.
- Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Among his class he's considered the least intelligent, but given this is UA we're talking about that still makes Kaminari smarter than a good chunk of the Japanese population. Melissa even points this out to him during the Final Exam Arc.
- Required Secondary Powers: Kaminari's brain is wired differently than the norm, which makes him mostly immune to the damage his Quirk does to him — the worst he suffers is his "shocked stupid" state. This, however, causes him to manifest symptoms of dyslexia and ADHD.
- Ship Tease: Admits to being interested in Kyoka.
- Shock and Awe: He naturally produces a lot of electricity that he can discharge at will.
- Side Bet: He makes them sometimes. Usually wins them.
- Smarter Than You Look: From the way he acts, you wouldn't expect him to be that smart, and canonically, he is one of the worst academically performing students, but when the boys are discussing why all the girls are put in one class, Denki is the one to realize the staff was trying to protect them from Mineta before Izuku confirms it for them.
- When he makes a surprisingly good one-liner about Monoma projecting his arrogance on 1-A ("Guy's projecting so hard he could work in a movie theater"), Kyoka lampshades this trope.
- As shown above, it is likely most of his struggles could be caused by dyslexia.
Kyoka Jiro
Kyoka Jiro — Heartjack
Quirk: Earphone Jack
Aloof and sarcastic, Kyoka is a music lover who is not one to let others fool with her. Her Quirk, "Earphone Jack", takes the form of elongated earlobes that end in jack plugs, and which she can extend and plug into objects to either catch faint sounds or channel the sound of her heartbeat into powerful vibrations.
- Adaptational Name Change: Based on one of Kaminari's suggestions, she goes with "Heartjack" instead of "Earphone Jack".
- Adaptational Sexuality: While canon remains silent on it, here Kyoka leans towards Ambiguously Bi.
- Confirmed as bisexual in chapter 49.
- Bizarre Human Biology: Her body has actual earphone jacks in her ears, which she can plug into music players to listen to music.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Has shades of this when she notices Pixie-Bob making eyes at Denki.
- Deadpan Snarker: She has this attitude down pat.
- Dope Slap: She uses her jacks on Kaminari when he makes dumb comments.
- Harem Seeker: Downplayed. She asks both Denki and Itsuka if they're willing to date her at the same time.
- Make Some Noise: Her main offensive ability is to increase the sound of her heartbeat and transmit it through her jacks.
- Mundane Utility: She can hook her jacks to listen to music and connect to other audio devices — such as a directional microphone.
- Odd Friendship: She's friends with Momo, the two being incredibly diametric in interests.
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot: She's very embarrassed when a joke about Kaminari having a learning disability (because of how good his one-liners are despite his poor grades) results in the boy genuinely wondering if maybe he does and asking how he'd find out.
- Sensor Character: She can use her Quirk to listen for incoming enemies. It also allows her to listen through a wall.
Kinoko Komori
Kinoko Komori — Shemage
Quirk: Mushroom
A silly looking and eccentric girl who wants to become an idol hero. Her Quirk, "Mushroom", allows her to emit spores that can quickly grow mushrooms on any surface, range, and speed depending on humidity.
- A Handful for an Eye: During her final exam, she throws a handful of sand into Aizawa's eyes to render him unable to use his Quirk.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: Her Quirk seems quite strange and lacking in actual power. Seems being the keyword: she only needs a pair of water sprays (or not even that) to turn any battlefield into a death trap.
- She single-handedly wins the Heroes vs Villains fight by filling the entire building with shroom spores, which drain Shiozaki and Ochako as they grow before they get anywhere close to her and Toru.
- At the USJ, she falls in the Downpour Zone. The zone's high humidity and winds lets her spread her spores so far that nearly all the villains quickly fall victim to her.
- She curb-stomps Monoma in the interclass joint exercise by growing a shroom in his throat.
- Her mushrooms end up becoming a natural counter to Pixie-bob's golems, as they drain them until they are just dust.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Kinoko's boyfriend Koji has a foot and an inch lead on her.
- Killer Rabbit: She looks cute, but underestimate her at your own peril. There's a reason why Class 1-B fears her.
- Lethal Harmless Powers: Being able to grow mushrooms doesn't look like much — until you grow them on people's skins (draining their stamina in the process) or in their throats.
- Ship Tease: With Koji.
- Slasher Smile: Unleashes one on Pixie-bob when she dares to make eyes at Koji.
- Verbal Tic: She likes to make mushroom-based Puns when she speaks.
Class 1-B
In General
- Chromosome Casting: Justified. They are all boys due to the presence of Mineta, whom the staff has uncovered evidence of being a sexual predator, which led to them putting all the girls in the other class.
- Foil: They are the foil to 1-A. Whereas 1-A quickly becomes Fire-Forged Friends capable of working together with good synergy under the leadership of Izuku, 1-B suffers from Teeth-Clenched Teamwork borne out of the clashing of too many egos (particularly Monoma and Bakugo) with no-one serving as The Heart to tie them together.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Teamwork, camaraderie, and class unity are all poor due primarily to Bakugou's toxicity. Bakugo's and Mineta's expulsion, and their replacement with Shinso and Fuki, begins to undo this troubling situation.
Neito Monoma
Neito Monoma — Phantom Thief
Quirk: Copy*
A condescending, abrasive blond student who envies Class 1-A's popularity and seeks to make his class surpass them. His Quirk, "Copy", lets him copy a number of Quirks from someone else and use them for five minutes.
- Accidental Discovery: He accidentally finds out about One for All and its history when he high-fives Izuku during their fight with Nine.
- Adaptational Badass:
- During his fight with Izuku at the Sports Festival, he can use multiple Quirks at the same time, instead of just one at a time like in canon.
- Taken up to eleven during the Nabu Island arc, when after Nine attempts to steal his Quirk, Neito turns the tables on the villain and permanantly copies all of his Quirks. His evolved version of Copy also allows him to copy nine other quirks for one hour, in addition to the six ones he already possess.
- Adaptational Sexuality: While his preferences in canon are unknown, here he is at the very least homosexual, due to forging a Bond with Aoyama while on Nabu Island. Chapter 71's author's notes confirm that Monoma swings both ways, though he has so far only shown a romantic attraction to men.
- Arc Hero: He is Izuku's main ally and partner during his fight against Nine during the Nabu Island arc.
- Bad Powers, Good People: He took a copy of both Weather Manipulation and All for One during the Battle of Nabu Island, both Quirks previously owned by ruthless villain masterminds, but Neito is a hero student that intends to use them to help everyone he can. He also has a copy of Kurogiri's Warp Gate as of chapter 66.
- Beneath the Mask: Behind all of his arrogant and condenscending personality, lies a young man with a serious case of Heroic Self-Deprecation, as evidenced by his thoughts before he jumps in to save Izuku from Nine."And that made it clear. He knew how it was. Izuku was important. He wasn’t. He was expendable."
- Contrived Coincidence: He just so happens to have blood type A, the same type that Nine's stolen Cell Activation can use without suffering from backlash.
- Curb Stomp Cushion: While he never manages to actually land a hit on Izuku, he does manage to hold him off for more than five minutes (although mostly because Izuku didn't know what would happen if Monoma tried to use One for All).
- Eating the Eye Candy: One of his favorite things about interning with Best Jeanist is that hero's staff is filled with attractive and well dressed young men.
- Everyone Has Standards:
- In spite of his desire for his class to one-up the other class, even Monoma is disgusted with Bakugou after learning Bakugo bullied Izuku.
- When Ojiro makes a comment about Monoma being upset that "1-A has a mascot" (Eri), Monoma insists he'd have to be a complete monster to insult Eri-chan.
- He's just as horrified as everyone else when Shoto reveals how toxic the Todoroki household is and the depths of Endeavor's behavior, and he's noticeably concerned and asks Shoto if he's okay when Shoto expresses his plans to intern under his father to learn to control his flames.
- He's disgusted to the point of almost vomiting when he uses Scanning on the Nomus, seeing their Quirks as horrifically mangled sculptures made of rotting meat.
- First-Name Basis: With Izuku, after their fight against Nine.
- Go Out with a Smile: Subverted. He is not killed by Nine, but as the villain attempts to steal his Quirk, his reaction is to give his signature Grin of Audacity to Izuku.
- Heel Realization: Hearing Principatus complain about Izuku's "arrogance" in the exact same terms he normally uses causes him to finally realize how much of a jerk he is.
- Hero of Another Story: Becomes one by the end of the Nabu Island arc. With his own version of Bonding, Neito is now capable of connecting with eight other people he feels attraction for, much like Izuku.
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: The core behind his antagonism towards 1-A is because his Quirk is useless by itself, and he was derided by his pre-U.A. classmates over it.
- Irrational Hatred: Hates Class 1-A just because they have become famous (for reasons wildly out of their control). Finally shakes it off during the Nabu Island Arc.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's a first-grade Jerkass, but in his own way it's obvious he wants his classmates to succeed along with him and refuses to insult Eri-chan, claiming that doing so would make him a complete monster.
- Jerkass Has a Point:
- He does have a point in stating that he and his classmates need to stand out during the Sports Festival, since it's the best way to catch the attention of the Heroes and get a good internship.
- He calls Bakugo "delusional and uncooperative" when he realizes the latter's Insane Troll Logic regarding Izuku is unassailable.
- Laser-Guided Karma: A positive version. When he jumps in to keep Nine from trying to take One for All from Izuku, the interaction between Copy and Nine's All for One ends with him permanently copying all the Quirks Nine has stolen, all after he made strides to be a better person.
- Man of Kryptonite: He's this to people whose Quirks require touching their targets. If he isn't instantly knocked out, he can copy them and turn them on their original owners. He tests this against Siphon during the Training Camp attack and holds him off for long enough until Nejire blasts the villain away. He does this to Nine as he attempts to use All for One, causing Copy to merge with it and giving Monoma a permanent copy of all the Quirks Nine has.
- Mind Link Mates: After copying Bonding, he gains its ability to create an empathic bond with someone he has affection for through their Quirks. He bonds with Aoyama through Bullet Laser.
- My Friends... and Zoidberg: Monoma is the only first-year student that Eri hasn't dubbed an Honorary Uncle solely because of his Irrational Hatred for 1-A. Just because he's nice to her doesn't mean she's not paying attention. When he apologizes to Izuku in the aftermath of the fight with Nine, Eri finally calls him "Uncle Neito", causing him to drop Tears of Joy.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He gives a copy of Bullet Laser to its original owner. Said owner turns out to be a Qurikist hero that nearly kills Shoji.
- Oh, Crap!: After his copied Quirks run out in their match, he tries to copy Izuku's, only to realize it's a blank and hear Aizawa mention it's a stockpiling Quirk that took a decade to manifest (and, of course, not taking into account that One for All has been accumulating energy for over a century already).Monoma: Oh. Errors have been made.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The fact that he didn't make any kind of mean or arrogant comment to Class 1-A during their time on Nabu Island does not go unnoticed by anyone. Banjo even thinks that Neito was replaced by Toga at some point. Of course, this is due none of them being aware of his Heel Realization.
- Polyamory: Thanks to copying One For All and thus Bonding, Monoma gains the ability to form a polycule of up to eight different lovers. So far, he is bonded to Yuga Aoyama, Akira Fuki, Hitoshi Shinso, and Inasa Yoarashi.
- Psychological Projection: Played with. Kaminari indicates he may be projecting his arrogance on 1-A through his pre-tournament boasting, but Setsuna and Kyoka reply he may just be trying to psyche himself up for his fight against Izuku.
- Straight Gay: More like Straight Bi. He is discovered to have an attraction to Aoyama only after he forges a Bond with him. Prior to that, there were no signs that he was attracted to men.
- Taking the Bullet: A non-lethal example. As Nine attempts to steal One for All, Neito pushes Izuku out of the way and is taken by the villain.
- Tears of Joy:
- He sheds tears while using Scanning to see the Ennead's connection with One for All, seeing it as something beautiful.
- He also cries when Eri calls him "Uncle Neito" for the first time.
- Took a Level in Badass: An Assimilation Backfire Quirk interaction ends with Neito permanently copying Nine's Quirks, with the All for One copy merging with Monoma's Quirk. In addition, he has also copied One for All from Izuku, allowing him space to temporarily copy nine other Quirks, and Bond with others to make himself and them even more powerful.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Realizing how much of a jerk he has been to 1-A, Neito tries to make amends for his poor attitude by trying to be as helpful as possible towards them. Later, weaponized. When he copies Akira's Pep Talk, his genuine praise towards the 1-A students causes the Quirk's effect to double down, something that surprises Izuku. After he Took a Level in Badass, he mellows out even more after forming a friendship with Izuku, who helps him to realize his full potential after Copy permanently gains multiple Quirks (including Bond).
- Underestimating Badassery: Made the mistake of underestimating Kinoko. He is quickly defeated.
Shoto Todoroki
Shoto Todoroki — Shoto
Quirk: Half-Cold Half-Hot
The son of Endeavor, Japan's long-time Number Two Hero. His Quirk, "Half-Cold Half-Hot", allows him to emit ice from the right side of his body and fire from the left side of his body, although for personal reasons he never uses the latter.
- Adaptational Sexuality: Apart from some Ship Tease with Yaoyorozu, canon remains silent about Todoroki's orientation. Here, he is asexual.
- Always Someone Better:
- He's this to Bakugo by being stronger, smarter, and in spite of Todoroki's own social ineptness, even on this, he comes out ahead of Bakugou by being polite enough to learn his classmates' names.
- Izuku becomes this to him by quickly defeating him during the interclass joint exercise, even after he was trapped in a glacier.
- Big Damn Heroes: Arrives just in time to save Endeavor from being overwhelmed by Geten and Starservant during the MLA Uprising.
- Broken Ace: He's 1-B's most powerful student, but this comes at the cost of a normal childhood, as Endeavor put him through Training from Hell since he was four, leaving him with No Social Skills.
- Chick Magnet: During the Cultural Festival, he gets enough papers with the phone numbers and email addresses of other girls that he has two large handfuls by the end of it. Unfortunately for them, he has no interest in romance and just throws them away.
- Commonality Connection: Zigzagged. Due to thinking Izuku is All Might's biological son, he thinks they have "being children of famous Pro-Heroes" in common. What they actually end up bonding over after Izuku clarifies his relationship with All Might is both of them spending most of their childhoods at the mercy and abuse of a tormentor with a fiery Quirk that everybody else praised as a hero.
- Conditioned to Accept Horror: When 1-B sees the Training from Hell 1-A is undergoing under the Wild, Wild Pussycats, they are mostly terrified. Shoto says it isn't that bad.
- Dare to Be Badass: He becomes the target of one such speech from Izuku, challenging him to use his full power so he can become one of society's best protectors and pillars.
- Defeat Means Friendship: He begins to become Izuku's friend after their fight at the Sports Festival's tournament. This is the first half of why he is now on First-Name Basis with him.
- Defrosting Ice King: Interacting with Izuku triggers his becoming a more relatable person.
- Graceful Loser: Takes his defeat to Izuku very well.
- Honorary Uncle: One of the few students outside 1-A that are this to Eri, especially since he refers to Izuku as big brother.
- I Am Not My Father: The second half of why he's on First-Name Basis with Izuku: he hates being compared with Endeavor.
- Incompatible Orientation: Lots of girls are attracted to him, but he's asexual. His classmates comment on the irony of their most eligible bachelor being the least interested in any relationship.
- Man of Kryptonite: In theory, he is this to Kinoko, since her mushrooms can't grow in cold temperatures.
- Mythology Gag:
- Even though they have only met once, he still thinks Izuku is All Might's son.
- He begins to use the Fire half of his Quirk after Izuku talks him into it during their fight at the Tournament.
- No Social Skills: He is lousy at social interactions. It has put a wedge between him and Awase (particularly since he completely disregarded the other student during the Heroes vs Villains class). He's so bad that the vestiges genuinely could not tell if he was serious about wanting to call Izuku his dad or not.
- Not So Stoic: In spite of his nature as The Stoic, he gets broken out of it several times.
- Izuku no selling his One-Hit Kill glacier sends him reeling.
- Ochako unleashing her Cluster F-Bomb on Bakugo shocks him.
- His fight against Izuku makes him grow increasingly irrational as hypothermia begins to affect him.
- He actually shows hints of being The Gadfly when he calls Izuku "Izuku-nii" — after promising not to call him "dad" again.
- Related in the Adaptation: Since his father is related to Hisashi Midoriya, this makes him and Izuku fourth cousins.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: He's so silent that, when he sits next to Izuku during lunchtime, Izuku doesn't notice him until he speaks up.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: Much like En, he uses his first name as his hero name. Ironic enough, En is a Big Brother Mentor to Izuku, whom Shoto considers a big brother. En himself admits to feel proud of his choice.
- Super Breeding Program: He's the end result of Endeavor's attempt to have a child that would be more powerful than him and surpass All Might.
Yosetsu Awase
Yosetsu Awase
Quirk: Weld
A loud-mouthed but brave student. His Quirk, "Weld", lets him merge any two objects he touches at an atomic level.
- Comedic Sociopathy: Enjoys seeing Todoroki being taken down a few pegs — a feeling explicitly stated to be caused by Todoroki's attitude during the Heroes vs Villains class.
- Took a Level in Kindness: After learning of Todoroki's Dark and Troubled Past, and working with him in the final exam, he loses his animosity towards him.
Yuga Aoyama
Yuga Aoyama — Soleil
Quirk: Navel Laser (Quirkless) (formerly)
A flamboyant student of French ancestry who likes to be the center of attention. His Quirk, "Navel Laser", lets him fire lasers from his navel, although he needs a specialized belt to prevent it from "leaking".
- Adaptation Name Change: Instead of "Can't Stop Twinkling", his Hero name is Soleil.
- Adaptational Heroism: He's not a spy for All For One in this story. At least, not knowingly.
- Adaptational Sexuality: While his sexuality isn't known in canon, here he is shown to at least be attracted to men, due to forming a Bond with Monoma.
- Attention Whore: Goes along with Monoma's plan for the sake of catching attention.
- Closet Key: Unknowingly helped Monoma to realize he's into men, thanks to the Bond Quirk he copied.
- Demoted to Extra: Twice over. Being in 1-B keeps him out of the shenanigans around 1-A, and he doesn't reach the Sports Festival Tournament.
- Gem Tissue: Izuku uses Overhaul to give him an organic focusing lens in his belly button, to properly allow his body to withstand his Quirk's recoil.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Thanks to his parents, Aoyama is completely clueless to the fact that his belt has been outfitted with a tracking device to inform the League of Villains of the summer training camp's location, that he was born Quirkless, and that his Quirk was given to him by All for One.
- The story also applies a Deconstruction, as being out of the loop means there's stuff he doesn't know certain parties would prefer he keep quiet about, such as the "Quirk specialist" that "awakened" his Quirk, warning Izuku that Aoyama is linked to All for One.
- My God, What Have I Done?: He's aghast to learn that he was the one that led the League of Villains to the summer training camp, even though he was completely Locked Out of the Loop.
- Power Incontinence: His Quirk is not fully under control, and he needs a special lens to prevent leakage, and overuse of his Quirk tends to send him towards the bathroom due to the recoil of the blasts hitting his bowels. This is because Navel Laser was a first-generation Quirk, which usually didn't have Required Secondary Powers. Izuku ends up using Overhaul and Diagnosis to change his body so that it can finally function without the belt, and tells him to contact him for adjustments afterwards.
- Unwitting Pawn: All for One had used a tracking device in his belt to find out where UA's students were, with Aoyama none the wiser.
Togaru Kamakiri
Togaru Kamakiri
Quirk: Sharp Edge
An aggressive student with an insectoid appearance. His Quirk, "Sharp Edge", allows him to protrude blades from anywhere on his body.
- All the Other Reindeer: He was bullied because of his mutant looks. Some people even sprayed bug repellent on him.
- Blood Knight: States he would have slashed the USJ villains the second he had a chance and enjoys his fight with Kirishima.
- Good Is Not Nice: He admits he is a jerk, but is a good person deep in there.
- Graceful Loser: Despite his fierce rivalry with Kirishima, he accepts being defeated by Kirishima at the Sports Festival finals with grace.
- Heel Realization: Downplayed. During their internships, Kamakiri confesses to Kirishima that he initially thought he could be a rival towards Bakugo because of their similar personalities. It was only later that Kamakiri realized that everything he had in common with Bakugo was everything that made Bakugo a villain.
- The Rival: Develops into one towards Kirishima, mostly fueled by their opposite natures of their Quirks. Despite his combative personality, they manage to keep their rivalry friendly.
Sen Kaibara
Sen Kaibara
Quirk: Gyrate
A serious and proud student of Class 1-B. His Quirk, "Gyrate", lets him rotate any part of his body like a drill.
- Everyone Has Standards: Calls out Monoma for acting like Class 1-A wanted to be attacked by villains to become famous.
Mashirao Ojiro
Mashirao Ojiro
Quirk: Tail
A serious student. His Quirk, "Tail", grants him a prehensile tail that grows from his lower back.
- Ridiculously Average Guy: He gets noted as this, even with how his Quirk should make him stand out.
Jurota Shishida
Jurota Shishida
Quirk: Beast
A wealthy and shaggy student with a beastly appearance. His Quirk, "Beast", lets him transform into a large bestial form that grants him enhanced strength, speed, and durability, as well as improved senses.
- Not So Above It All: Despite being the most level-headed member of 1-B, not only Shishida was the one in charge of the bets over the true nature of Izuku's Quirk, but also came up with the theory that Izuku was subject to a science experiment from Nezu.
- Only Sane Man: Along with Shoda, he's the only one to attempt to keep Class 1-B from imploding due to the multiple personality clashes. He's named Vice-President for this.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: His manner of speaking is sometimes highbrow enough that Akira mentions having trouble parsing out what he's saying.Shishida: Bakugou was a violent, sociopathic egomaniac who had a history of denigrating Midoriya-kun when he was erroneously labeled as Quirkless, and as such was present in the Hero Course on probation ... Mineta was an even worse degenerate, who used the opportunity to molest his female opponent.
Hitoshi: A bully and a pervert. Yeah, good riddance.
Kosei Tsuburaba
Kosei Tsuburaba
Quirk: Solid Air
A walleyed student from Class 1-B. His Quirk, "Solid Air", allows him to create barriers of solidified air through his breath.
- Covert Pervert: His first full scene has him wonder if any of 1-A's girls might be interested in dating.
- Incompatible Orientation: His Level 1 Bond with Monoma snaps because he is mostly interested in girls.
Juzo Honenuki
Juzo Honenuki
Quirk: Softening
1-B's second recommendation student, he has a strange skull-like face that gives him a creepy look. His Quirk, "Softening", allows him to soften any inorganic material he touches, effectively turning solid objects into semi-liquids.
Rikido Sato
Rikido Sato
Quirk: Sugar Rush
A tall and strong-built 1-B student who can bake some mean desserts. His Quirk, "Sugar Rush", greatly increases his physical strength and muscle mass through an intake of sugar. However, his brain activity slows down the more sugar he consumes, making him doped up and sleepy if he overdoses.
- Demoted to Extra: A side-effect of not being in Class 1-A this time.
- Supreme Chef: During the I-Expo, he's hired as a cook in the same restaurant Kaminari works as a waiter — and his desserts are amazing.
Nirengeki Shoda
Nirengeki Shoda
Quirk: Twin Impact
A short, humble and responsible student. If he hits something, he can use his Quirk, "Twin Impact", to call a second, much stronger impact on the same place.
- Cloud Cuckoo Landers Minder: Takes up the role of keeping Monoma in check and preventing him from pushing his The Gadfly number too far. Usually hits him in the leg as a form of Dope Slap.
- Only Sane Man: Along with Shishida, he's the only one trying to keep Class 1-B from imploding. Vlad King names him Class President.
Hanta Sero
Hanta Sero
Quirk: Tape
A chipper, down-on-his-luck boy whose Quirk, "Tape", allows him to shoot unusually strong tape out of his slot-like elbows.
- Demoted to Extra: A side-effect of not being in Class 1-A this time.
- Side Bet: Loses two in a row to Denki.
Mezo Shoji
Mezo Shoji — Tentacole
Quirk: Dupli-Arms
A tall, intimidating, yet friendly young man whose Quirk, "Dupli-Arms", takes the form of multiple arm-shaped tentacles that can replicate any part of his body at their tips.
- Animal Motifs: Octupi. His fighting moves have the word "Octo" followed by the attack.
- Armor-Piercing Response: When questioned by Aranea over why he bothers to stand up against the corrupt heroes attacking Mosai Ward, here is his answer:Mezo: I don’t care! I’ve been hurt as punishment for saving people before! Not by villains, but by normal civilians! And I’d go through it all again!
Aranea: Nothing will improve under this corrupt system!
Mezo: And nothing will improve by complaining about it either! So either shut up and help protect these people or shut up and run! - Big Damn Heroes: Arrives in Mosai Ward just in time to save civillians from a mob of Qurikist heroes.
- The Big Guy: It's mentioned that he's the tallest of 1-B's students, and his Quirk makes him a rather versatile power-house.
- Determinator: Despite being outnumbered and severely injured stops at nothing to protect the civllians of Mosai Ward from a Quirkist mob.
- Gentle Giant: He's 1-B's tallest student, but he's also one of the nicest.
- Good Thing You Can Heal: Thanks to his regeneration factor, he manages grow back the limbs he loses during his fight against Bullet Laser.
- Pulling the Thread: He quickly points out that Bakugou's claims that Izuku faked being Quirkless make no sense.
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: Gives one to Aranea when the villain questions his act of standing against the corrupt heroes attacking Mosai Ward.
- Spanner in the Works: Shoji's heroic value during the MLA Uprising foils Aranea's plan to recruit the heteromorphs from Mosai Ward to the Liberation Army.
Kojiro Bondo
Kojiro Bondo
Quirk: Cemedine
A shy Class 1-B student with a golem-like appearance. His Quirk, "Cemedine", lets him shoot a powerful adhesive glue out of the holes in his "face", and control how fast it dries up.
- Boring, but Practical: He wins the Heroes vs Villains fight on his own after Bakugo is captured by Monoma and Kamakiri by using his glue to hold them off.
Hiryu Rin
Hiryu Rin — Long Weiz
Quirk: Scales
A student of Chinese origin who moves to Japan so he can attend U.A. His Quirk, "Scales", lets him grow hard scales from his skin, which he can use as armor or as razor-sharp projectiles.
- Deadpan Snarker: Snarks at Bakugo that at least Todoroki bothers to learn everyone else's names.
- Token Minority: He's the only one in 1-B to not be explicitly Japanese, being of Chinese descent.
Shihai Kuroiro
Shihai Kuroiro — Vantalblack
Quirk: Black
A sly student whose completely white hair contrasts with his completely black body. His Quirk, "Black", lets him merge with anything black and control it to some extent.
- Chuunibyou: Dark Shadow describes Kuroiro as another chuuni.
- Commonality Connection: Fumikage likes Kuroiro because, in his own words, they are cut from the same cloth.
Manga Fukidashi
Manga Fukidashi — Comicman
Quirk: Comic
An upbeat Class 1-B student whose head resembles a speech bubble. His Quirk, "Comic", allows him to manifest onomatopeias into reality as giant letters that also carry the properties of the sound they are based on.
- Non-Human Head: His head is literally a speech bubble.
Hitoshi Shinso
Hitoshi Shinso — Blackout
Quirk: Brainwashing
A Gen Ed student who failed the Entrance Exam but hopes to use the Sports Festival to secure a position on the Hero Course. He achieves this thanks to reaching the semi-finals.
- Adaptational Badass: Unlike canon, he trained considerably before the Sports Festival rather than trying to coast off his quirk.
- Adaptational Sexuality: In comparison to canon, where his orientation is unknown. Given that he bonds with Monoma and doesn't seem to have an issue, he appears to be either bisexual or homosexual.
- Birds of a Feather: Bonds with Izuku on their shared background as social outcasts.
- Didn't See That Coming: When he used his Quirk on Izuku at the other boy's request, he (rather understandably) really didn't expect Izuku's "great-great-great grandfather" (Yoichi) to suddenly be able to take control of Izuku's body.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has a tendency to comment on everything.
- Graceful Loser: Even though he lost to Izuku too quickly, he doesn't take it badly, having managed to reach the tournament's semi-finals.
- No Social Skills: When Monoma asks him what to do after his Heel Realization, he remarks that he just got his social skills up to "functional".
- Odd Friendship: With Akira Fuki.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The calm and level-headed blue to Akira's bombastic and extroverted red. Even their hair colors match, with Hitoshi being purple and Akira being dark red.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: He gets one of the open seats in 1-B after the Sports Festival.
Akira Fuki
Akira Fuki — Hypeman
Quirk: Pep Talk
A friend and classmate of Shinso, who also failed the Entrance Exam but hopes to use the Sports Festival to secure a position on the Hero Course, achieving this after the end of the tournament. His most defining feature is his missile-shaped pompadour.
- Delinquent Hair: He has a red and white striped pompadour, though he's actually a very nice person.
- Fights Like a Normal: Because his Quirk doesn't work on himself, he practices boxing for actual combat.
- Graceful Loser: He doesn't mind Izuku beating him, admitting that he knew he didn't have a chance.
- Healing Hands: Pep Talk can heal the people he compliments. Akira did not know this until the Summer Training Camp.
- The Heart: Becomes the much-needed glue to keep 1-B together.
- Manly Gay: As manly as Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, and in a polycule with Monoma.
- Nice Guy: He's extremely friendly and easygoing.
- No Self-Buffs: His Quirk does not work on himself — he can only empower other people. Monoma copying his Quirk and using it on him is the first time he ever experienced his Quirk's effects for himself.
- O.C. Stand-in: He is one of the many background characters from the entrance exam.
- Positive Friend Influence: Shoto says he is the main reason for Monoma to become a far more likable person.
- Pom-Pom Girl: Sort of; his hero costume is based on an ouendan
- male Japanese cheerleaders that hype up the crowd with shouts and chants. - Red Oni, Blue Oni: The bombastic and extroverted red to Hitoshi's calm and level-headed blue. Even their hair colors match, with Hitoshi being purple and Akira being dark red.
- Rousing Speech: His Quirk lets him empower people by complimenting and encouraging them, though he can't use it on himself.
- Straight Gay: If not for Monoma mentioning how he has a Bond with him, it'd be impossible to tell that Akira is into guys.
- Super-Empowering: His Quirk, Pep Talk, increases the strength, speed and stamina of the target for several hours by giving out compliments. They need to be sincere, though.
- Support Party Member: His Quirk isn't useful for direct combat but is very helpful to empower others.
- Testosterone Poisoning: As obsessed with manliness as Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, and the moment the three meet each other, they start yelling "Bro!" to each other.
- Throw the Dog a Bone:
- Thanks to Monoma, he gets to experience how his Quirk feels.
- According to All Might, he has a good chance of joining the Hero Course soon. It becomes confirmed later that he'll fill in one of the open slots in 1-B after the internships.
- You Remind Me of X: He's pretty much the Present Mic to Shinso's Aizawa.
Other Students
Mirio Togata
Mirio Togata — Lemillion
Quirk: Permeation
A third-year heroics student and the one Sir Nighteye originally wanted One for All to be passed to.
- Actually Pretty Funny: He laughs when Izuku brings up his accidental Wardrobe Malfunction during his first Sports Festival.
- Adaptational Sexuality: His sexuality is unknown in canon, while here he's a Straight Gay who's in a relationship with Tamaki.
- Broken Pedestal: Towards his late mentor Nighteye, after learning the main reason the hero trained him was so he could take All Might's place as the next wielder of One for All. It goes so bad, Mirio breaks one of Nighteye's density seals, one of few keepsakes from his mentor, in a fit of anger and sadness before breaking into tears. Izuku has to assure him that Nighteye did care for him as a person, and that he abandoned his plan the moment he learned that if Mirio took on One for All, his lifespan would be shortened drastically.
- Broken Tears: Upon learning Nighteye first took him on specifically to mold him into being All Might's successor, he breaks into tears.
- Commonality Connection: He and Izuku instantly hit it off due to their love of heroes and helping others as well as both having difficult to control Quirks (One For All/Decade Force for Izuku and Permeation for Mirio). They quickly refer to each other as "Troublesome Quirk Brothers".
- Difficult, but Awesome: Mirio's Quirk was very difficult to control, since using it rendered him blind and unable to breathe, and would cause him to fall through the ground. After training under Sir Nighteye's eye, he's turned it into an impressive tool that gives him high mobility and lets him use his fighting skills into a nearly unstoppable machine.
- Locked Out of the Loop: He didn't know that Sir Nighteye hoped him to become All Might's successor, and that he was willing to force Izuku to pass One for All to Mirio.
- Plug 'n' Play Friends: With Izuku. The two become friends before they even arrive at Sir Nighteye's agency.
- Sketchy Successor: Despite Sir's assumptions and the amount of training he has received, the previous Torchbearers believe he would be this in terms of holding One For All should he gets it, as even discounting the Rapid Aging aspect to any Quirked individual and the Quirk hitting its Singularity with Izuku, Permeation is ill-suited due to its finicky nature and would not synergize well with the devastating and highly destructive One for All.
- Straight Gay: Mirio has no particularly stereotypical traits of a gay man but mentions to Izuku that he's in a relationship with his classmate Tamaki.
Tamaki Amajiki
Tamaki Amajiki — Suneater
Quirk: Manifest
A third-year heroics student and Mirio's boyfriend.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: He doesn't think very highly of himself when compared to Izuku and Mirio.
- In the Hood: His hero costume features a hood that can cover part of his face. He has a habit of pulling it down to cover his face completely when he's embarrassed.
- Socially Awkward Hero: He's extremely shy and socially awkward, to the point that he makes pre-U.A. Izuku look like an outgoing party guy. His record of being in a room with people before succumbing to anxiety is 14 seconds.
- Straight Gay: Tamaki has no particularly stereotypical traits of a gay man.
Takashi Nouenbou
Takashi Nouenbou
Quirk: Rot Eater
A business course student who approaches Izuku and offers to be his social media manager.
- Blessed with Suck: Rot Eater's activation requires Takashi to eat foods that are especially pungent and that taste disgusting, and the more fermented, the better, meaning normal fermented things like yogurt barely does anything. Worse, it didn't come with any natural resistance to those things and he has to eat by himself so as not disturb others. Izuku later finds him washing his mouth with ammonia after a meal.
- Cuteness Proximity: After being shown Tsuyu's videos of Eri, Takashi quickly realizes that Izuku is sitting on a social media goldmine and encourages him to use it.
- Delinquent Hair: His hairstyle is a pickle-green mohawk, but it's less to do with his personality (he's pretty mild-mannered) and more to do with his family (his hair is described as hyena-like and his mother has a hyena Mutant Quirk).
- Green Is Gross: As a reference to his fermented eating requirements, his hair is a pickly yellow-green colour.
- Internal Reveal: Is the one to show Izuku the smear campaign being organized against him online, and offers his help to counter it.
- O.C. Stand-in: He is green-haired boy with glasses often seen with Business Course students in the manga.
- Power-Up Food: By eating gross and fermented foods, Takashi gets a boost to his brainpower. It even reduces his sleep requirements (a meal of hakarl allows him to get a full night's rest in a one-hour nap).
- He inherited this aspect of his Quirk from his father, who gets smarter by drinking alcohol.
- Refusal of the Call: Is described by
Word of God as a sort of "anti-Izuku" in that his Quirk is well-suited for hero work, but he dislikes violence and danger and wants to be anything but one. - Remember the New Guy?: Of a sort. He and Izuku turn out to have "met" previously on HeroNet forums and frequented the same online circles.
- Super-Intelligence: Of the "thinking faster" variety; Takashi can increase his mental acuity, stamina, and speed, allowing him to think faster for long periods of time, by eating fermented foods.
- Undying Loyalty: While he admits that his approaching Izuku was just business at first, he pledges his genuine loyalty to Izuku after the hero student uses Overhaul to rework his taste buds to let him enjoy the disgusting foods he eats, while also decoupling his senses of taste and smell.
U.A. Faculty
Nezu
Principal Nezu Inokuma
Quirk: High Specs
The principal of U.A., Nezu is a creature of undetermined origin later revealed to be a tiger quoll with a super-genius intellect. He also watches just about everything happening on the school grounds, and doesn't care who knows it.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: His famous salutation of "Am I a mouse, a dog, or a bear?" came from a biology student who asked if Nezu (who kept stealing her notes) was a mouse, dog, or bear - and who died in an attempt to free him from the laboratory that experimented on him. He even took it on as his actual name.
- Arbitrarily Large Bank Account: Only one man ever cracked Nezu's financing, and even he said "you don't want to know". Nezu himself said he possesses a Budget that can be best described as "yes".
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: Nezu is a hero without a doubt. But he's also not a human and thus has trouble with human morality. He still tries his best, and asks for clarification from others he trusts if his ideas are acceptable to human morality. Such as setting up and arranging pairings between genetically optimal people for the purposes of producing genetically superior children: also known as eugenics.
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick:
- As Nezu puts it in his conversation with Endeavor, "I am not human, and while I have been able to observe human behavior, sometimes your culture's mores and traditions elude me, and do so for years. Trivial things, like what foods are acceptable for breakfast, what smells are considered pleasant to your palate, or the concept of war crimes."
- While reflecting on how Midoriya is equal parts a protege and pet to him, he notes that publicly referring to him as the latter would result in people saying it's "inappropriate", or "crossing a boundary", or "questioning the unwritten rules of interspecies interaction that human society obeys in order to properly function”.
- Bring It: Nezu insists he'll fight All Might over whose successor Izuku will be. When All Might tries to point out that ship has sailed, Nezu cheerfully threatens to "crack open [All Might's] cervical vertebrae" with his teeth.
- The Dreaded: Nezu is feared by most everyone who knows of him, and they get a sense of schadenfreude when they learn he's turned his attention onto those that have wronged/angered them or those they care for. Even the vestiges all agree not to get on his bad side.
- Endeavor notes that no one knows what exactly happened to the scientists that experimented on Nezu. Whatever Nezu did, it left a few pieces of them spread over different continents.
- Good Is Not Soft: Nezu is a hero without a doubt, but he is not soft. He mentions plans to personally tear down Izuku's old middle school with his favorite wrecking ball after getting it closed down, and Izuku considers making a deal with him a Deal with the Devil.
- Everyone Has Standards: Even if he hates the HPSC and its President, he still feels sorry for their demise at the beginning of the MLA Uprising. Of course, there is also the fact that with their deaths, they also escape prosecution for their crimes and will be remembered as victims of the MLA's actions.
- Humble Hero: A bit of a meta example discussing the
Fandom-Specific Plot that is God Nezu, that is to say Nezu is all knowing and can make anything happen if he wants to.Nezu: Sasaki-kun, despite my best efforts, I am not all powerful. I have a great deal of direct control over U.A., an agency set up specifically to investigate causes outside that, a great deal of sway thanks to my connections to educational institutions and other pro Heroes, and I possess a budget that can best be described as 'yes', but I cannot simply point at a target and make them disappear. - If I Wanted You Dead...: Bluntly says this almost word for word when Endeavor asks if Nezu is going to respond lethally now that he's confessed to his past abuse of his family. Nezu bluntly tells him that if his investigation into the Todoroki family hadn't revealed that things were more nuanced and formed of a tragedy of errors, bad choices, and mistakes than genuine malice like Shoto believed, then Endeavor would not have had the opportunity to confess to his actions. He would already be dead.
- Laugh Themselves Sick: When the Tea Spillers reveal everything they've found about the HPSC, he laughs for more than twenty minutes.
- Named by the Adaptation: In the manga, Nezu only has one name. Here, his official name is Nezu Inokuma (taken from his famous catchphrase and from the biology student observing him).
- Shipper on Deck: After hearing about the Bonding aspects of One for All after Izuku receives the Quirk, Nezu gets excited and tries to set Izuku up with different girls. One specific girl Nezu steered Izuku towards is Nejire, by trying to get Izuku to intern with Ryukyu or the heroes her friends interned with. For all the other girls Izuku bonded with, he merely made it easier for them to do relationship things.
- Skewed Priorities: One of the things that really gets up his dander about Re-Destro's declaration of war is that he'll be unable to properly break in his brand new wrecking ball mecha.
- So Proud of You: When all of 1-A passes the practical exam, Nezu makes it clear he's proud of the lot — particularly Denki and Mina, who managed to defeat him by timing a combination of their powers with his own attack.
- Stunned Silence: After Izuku casually reveals his original species, Nezu is left speechless, though once that passes, he immediately claims Izuku as his apprentice.
- Troll: Nezu's preferred brand of chaos in a nutshell. Most forms of misery he inflicts is for his own amusement.
- Viewer Species Confusion: In-Universe, his species is unknown but he and Izuku have a lot of fun by letting Izuku try and figure it out. In chapter 45, Izuku finally successfully identifies him as a tiger quoll.
Eraser Head
Shota Aizawa — Eraser Head
Quirk: Erasure
Class 1-A's homeroom teacher and the pro hero Eraser Head. He's a bit of a Lazy Bum, but looks out for his students and pushes them to improve.
- Didn't Think This Through: When Ms. Joke tries to tease him during the licensing exam, he decided to get back at her by agreeing to give their relationship a shot. Aizawa initially enjoys the Stunned Silence from Joke and his students, but comes to regret it when Joke decides to milk it for all its worth. Though he couldn’t find it in himself to truly care.
- Heroic BSoD: Played for Laughs. When the Ennead suddenly develops the ability to teleport, Aizawa just curls up into his sleeping bag and refuses to get out of it.
- I Need a Freaking Drink:
- When Izuku reads him in on One for All, he goes to get himself coffee — and drinks straight from the pot.
- After his Heroic BSoD, Vlad King slips him the last of his alcohol stash to deal with it.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When Nezu reveals that Kurogiri is Oboro Shirakumo, he explodes in anger, telling the principal to not joke with something serious like that. Once Nezu clarifies that this is a painful and Awful Truth, he breaks down in tears.
- Papa Wolf: Say what you want about him, but if you threaten his students, he will rain hell on the idiot trying that.
- Relationship Upgrade: With Emi Fukukado/Ms. Joke. Not even he knew what made him decide to finally humor Emi and take her proposals seriously, but he soon finds himself inwardly enjoying it.
- Removed Achilles' Heel: His Quirk only works through direct eye contact, thus when he is forced to blink to hydrate his eyes, it cuts off. Izuku uses Diagnosis and Overhaul to give him a nictitating membrane (a second transparent eyelid common in some animals), allowing him to blink without losing eye contact with his target.
- Sink or Swim Mentor: Deconstructed. While Aizawa's hardass attitude and logical ruses may let him get away with other students, the same can't be applied to Izuku, who spent nearly a decade being victim of apathetic teachers who ignored his abuse. After Izuku accidentally voices his thoughts over how he doesn't know if he can trust Aizawa, Aizawa decides to improve and become a better mentor for his class.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Attempted to quit upon being given every female hero course student of the first years, but Nezu denies him.
- Upon seeing the Ennead teleport to Izuku, he went into his sleeping bag and shut himself out of the world.
- Seen It All: After the events of Kamino Ward, Eraserhead no longer reacts in any way to Izuku and the rest of the Ennead.
- So Proud of You: While he would never say it aloud, Aizawa is quite proud of how his class has developed as a whole.Eraserhead was a little worried. Not for his class. No, that pack of monsters could take a day trip into Hell and come out singing.
- Stern Teacher: He refuses to see a student graduate only to become an obituary. It's why he's expelled many students in the past, and why he insists on making sure the current batch takes everything seriously.
- When He Smiles: Izuku and Neito helping restore Oboro Shirakumo makes him speak with a sincere level of warmth and affection.
Vlad King
Sekijiro Kan — Vlad King
Quirk: Blood Control
The homeroom teacher of Class 1-B.
- The Alcoholic: Downplayed but it's implied he's spiking his coffee with alcohol to help deal with his class (which consists of Bakugo, Monoma, Kamakiri, and Mineta) in less than a week. He's likely stopped after Mineta and Bakugo's expulsions making blow-ups lest likely. In Chapter 45, he ends up giving the last of his alcohol to Aizawa to help him cope from the Ennead teleporting to Izuku. It's implied he will go back to in when Neito gains a copy of Bonding and reveals that much like Izuku, he will also gain eight partners.
- Took a Level in Cheerfulness: He's noted to have gotten a lot better ever since the Sports Festival.
Midnight
Nemuri Kayama — Midnight
Quirk: Somnambulist
U.A.'s teacher of Modern Hero Art History, as well as the R-Rated Hero.
- Adaptational Sexuality: In canon, Midnight is, seemingly at least, straight. Here she is either bi or pansexual, given her flirtatious conversation with Dark Shadow, who is a girl, and a living shadow.
- Broken Tears: She breaks down in tears upon finding out that Kurogiri is her dead friend Oboro.
- Cool Big Sis: She was this for Tenya growing up, being one his older brother's closest friends, and he called her Nemuri-nee-san (Big Sis Nemuri).
- The Jailbait Wait: Played for Laughs. In order to throw Iida out of his game during their match at the Final Exams, she openly flirts with him, commenting how he became such an attractive young man. Iida is flabbergasted.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: She adopted Oboro's cat, Sushi, after his death, and still has him as of the current day. Apparently the cat has some kind of longevity Quirk, as by Midnight's testament, Sushi barely shown any signs of age.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: During their trip to Tartarus to see if Kurogiri is Oboro, she behaves incredibly subdued and shy, a far cry from her Genki Girl demeanor.
- Shameless Fanservice Girl: Her Hero costume is a BDSM outfit made of an easy-to-tear cloth, which allows her to use her Quirk more easily. Yoichi comments that it is a little excessive, but Banjo replies that heroes in training need to desensitize themselves to such situations.
- Her early costumes were even worse in that regard. When Momo mentions that she based her Stripperiffic first costume on Midnight's first, Izuku points out that the Diet passed a law on how much skin heroes were allowed to expose thanks to that costume.
Recovery Girl
Chiyo Shuzenji — Recovery Girl
Quirk: Heal
U.A.'s school doctor.
- Deadpan Snarker: She has this down to an art.
- The Dreaded: Even All Might fears her.
- Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: She doesn't care about niceties, if you do something stupid, she'll bludgeon you with her words or her cane.
Lady Nagant
Kaina Tsutsumi — Lady Nagant
Quirk: Rifle
A former hero and assassin that worked for the Hero Commission.
- Adapted Out: Since All for One was dead by the time she managed to escape Tartarus, Nagant's pursuit and fight against Izuku is not adapted in this story.
- Adaptational Heroism: With the HSPC dismantled and all their secrets exposed, Nagant ends up joining the heroes at U.A. after her escape.
- Base-Breaking Character: In-Universe example. Several people see Nagant as a victim of the HPSC manipulations that doesn't deserve to be impriosioned, while others point out that even if that's the case, she still commited plenty of murders in their name during her career, and still deserves to be in jail.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Justified, due to her imprisoment, she was completely unware about the events of the MLA Uprising until she escaped.
Former Students
Katsuki Bakugou
Katsuki Bakugou
Quirk: Explosion
Izuku's former Childhood Friend and long-time bully. His Quirk, "Explosion", lets him produce a nitroglycerin-like liquid by sweating from his hands.
- Adaptational Jerkass: While Bakugo's behavior mirrors how he acts early on in canon, the story portrays him in a much negative light due to Izuku realizing his actual nature. When the U.A. teachers learn about his behavior, they initially toy with rejecting his application before coming around to Nezu's plan of attempting to correct his attitude, but when he proves willing to use lethal force on a fellow student for the sake of his wounded ego (and after being ordered not to do so), Vlad King expels him and Nezu digs up evidence of all of his attacks against Izuku, getting him labeled as a villain and finally forcing him through his Heel Realization.
- Adaptational Karma: Compared to canon where he came off as a Karma Houdini, Katsuki's behavior has not gone unnoticed and U.A.'s staff is more active in trying to rein it in and ultimately chooses to expel him when their attempts fall flat.
- The Atoner: In the Unstable Compound spinoff. His fall from grace made him confront his past attitude, his belief that he could do no wrong, and how his ego made him mistake the nature of Izuku's actions. He also refuses a deal that would wipe out all his past transgressions and allow him to be a hero again, since people doctoring his records and letting him have a free pass is part of the reason that led him to his current predicament.
- After the Provisional License Exam, Izuku gets a letter where Bakugo sincerely apologizes for all the stuff he did in the past and states he'll do his best to make up for his actions.
- Behavioral Conditioning: After a decade where not only wasn't he reprimanded for attacking Izuku, but was encouraged by teachers and peers, he just doesn't see what's wrong with bullying Izuku at all. A sign that he might be able to grow past this is shown in the side story "Unstable Compound", where he sees through the shady HPSC representative's "deal" as being little more than the exact kind of enabling that caused his problems in the first place.
- Demoted to Extra: In canon, Katsuki is one of the more important characters and is one of the main competitors of being the deuteragonist. But not only is he and Izuku put in different home rooms, but also as per Word of God, he ends up no longer having a role in the story after being Put on a Bus. Though he ends up being the main protagonist of the side story "Unstable Compound".
- Everyone Has Standards: He's disgusted with Mineta's perversions. He also warns Izuku about the HPSC's manipulations.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: While "evil" might be a bit too much, there are several instances of this:
- He doesn't see the worth of "rescue points" in the Entrance Exam, thinking the exam's only purpose should have been to smash villains.
- He is genuinely shocked that everyone in U.A. (from the teachers to his classmates) is disgusted over his bullying of Izuku.
- All Might's disgust with him elicits his confusion about what he has ever done to the hero to cause it.
- Fatal Flaw: Wrath and Pride.
- Wrath: He has a terrible temper that is prone to explode at the turn of a page. Needless to say, this doesn't endear him to anyone.
- Pride: He is incredibly self-centered and has an ego that is as enormous as fragile. Also, as far as he's concerned, anything Izuku (whom he bullied for ten-plus years) does is only aimed at attempting to upstage him.
- Hated by All: Unlike in Aldera and even compared to canon, Katsuki quickly slips into this when he enters UA. At best, the staff is extremely wary of him, his classmates in 1-B barely tolerate him, and Izuku, the sole person outside his family who did care, ultimately grew out of his admiration for him. Not helping his case when he ultimately admits his Fantastic Racism towards Quirkless people in front of the hero course students, which cements his unpopularity among them.
- Heel Realization: Hearing All Might's backstory causes Bakugo to realize that Izuku isn't a minor obstacle in his story, he's a villain in Izuku's.
- Hero of Another Story: The story being Unstable Compound, chronicling his journey to redemption.
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: Bakugou has a massive ego, but it is fragile, requiring constant reinforcement for him to feel good about himself. Before U.A., this came from abusing Izuku, enabling teachers, and sycophantic classmates. At U.A., there is none of that, and his sense of superiority is constantly challenged.
- Insane Troll Logic: From the perspective of his classmates, as he's seen as being delusional about his beliefs concerning Midoriya and his past about being Quirkless.
- It's All About Me: Katsuki is a completely self-centered person who believes himself to be the future Number One Hero, doesn't care about other people (to the point that he outright tells his classmates they don't deserve to have names) and believes that U.A.'s teachers should be falling upon themselves to have him as student. In fact, the only reason U.A.'s staff allowed him to join was because they were worried he would become a vigilante or even an outright villain if they didn't try to, at least, curb his behavior, and expel him when it's obvious he isn't willing to change.
- Another example is that he believes Izuku faked being Quirkless for more than a decade just to mock him, and won't consider otherwise even when other people point at the gaping holes in his "logic".
- Jerkass Has a Point: Unlike Mineta, he came to U.A. to learn how to become a hero, not to chase girls.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: He's expelled from U.A. after he uses a potentially lethal attack on Ochako and is labeled an A-rank villain because of his 10-year-long bullying of Izuku. Though it's later revealed he was meant to be a C-rank and the HPSC inflated his ranking in an attempt to manipulate him.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Bullying Izuku for ten years just because he was Quirkless blows in his face when the Hero Public Safety Commission labels him an A-rank villain on the basis of said bullying.
- The Nicknamer: He gives everyone else unflattering nicknames because he doesn't even bother to learn the names of the 'extras' (and actually thinks they don't deserve to have them).
- Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Back in Aldera, he was constantly praised for his powerful Quirk and his actions were whitewashed by the teachers. Come U.A., and he finds himself around people with Quirks that are as strong or stronger than his and who aren't willing to stroke up his ego.
- Put on a Bus: After chapter 10, he's expelled from U.A. and ends up in a villain reform program. Word of God says he's gone from the story completely, barring a minor appearance in a possible epilogue. Though the author began writing a side story focused on him.
- Related in the Adaptation: Is distantly related to the second One for All user Ryouji Futatsuya by way of his sister's maternal line.
- Revenge Before Reason: He decides to use his grenade gauntlets on Ochako, even though All Might is explicitly telling him not to, just because he wants to hurt "Deku's bitch".
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Despite coming off as delusional, Bakugo has every right to be suspicious of Izuku suddenly having a Quirk and believes that there's more to it, but incorrectly thinks that Midoriya is either lying or somehow cheated for it.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: He has a pretty foul mouth, though he's outdone by Ochako, of all people.
- Spotting the Thread: Immediately notices how the HPSC inflated his Villain rank just to later make it more likely he'll take their deal.
- Tranquil Fury: Learning about Izuku's exploits during the USJ Incident makes him so enraged that "it almost looped back to calm".
- Unreliable Narrator: Bakugou describes U.A. as garbage, but that is only because the teachers don't let him get away with the crap he was doing at previous schools while his classmates refuse to put up with his attitude and are not acting sycophantic like his previous classmates.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: He thought that he was the hero of the story, while Izuku was either a "pebble in the road" or someone trying to steal his glory. It isn't until his Heel Realization that he realizes that he's actually a villain in Izuku's Origin Story.
Minoru Mineta
Minoru Mineta
Quirk: Pop Off
A perverted student with hair in the form of purple grapes. His Quirk, "Pop Off", lets him rip his hair and throw it in order to either trap enemies or create trampolines he can bounce from.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Had he not been so obsessed with groping Momo, he would have won their match. Alas…
- Extreme Libido: He constantly thinks with his hormones, so much that he openly leers at the other girls, blatantly states his willingness to harass them and gropes one even though there are multiple witnesses — one of them being Japan's Number One Hero.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: After years of avoiding trouble for his sexual harassing thanks to his connections, his blatant groping of Momo not only gets him expelled from U.A., he's targeted with a lawsuit from Momo's very influential and wealthy father who is very unhappy that Mineta's actions were allowed to continue to that point.
- Lovable Sex Maniac: Averted compared to canon. Mineta's perversions are not treated as a gag. Instead, he is treated as a predator who U.A. faculty only allows in spite of uncovering evidence of his crimes because he has connections and, officially, his record is clean.
- Put on a Bus: After molesting Momo during their spar and violating his probation, he's expelled from U.A. entirely. A later chapter mentions that he and his family lost their lawsuit with Momo's father.
- Required Secondary Powers: He never gets stuck to his hairballs. This allows him to bounce between them as if they were a trampoline.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: He was right in that Izuku had managed to form a "harem" with 1-A's girls, but he was wrong in thinking that it was only because of his being a powerful student as well as being with all of the 1-A girls.
