Line #171 Characters/YesterdayUponTheStair


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2	!!Midoriya Household
3	[[folder:Midoriya Izuku]]
4	!!Midoriya Izuku
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6	->''"Don't take it personally. I lie to everyone."''
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8	The main protagonist of Yesterday Upon the Stair. He sees dead people.
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12	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_oyeozkayoa1r8jrw3o1_500_9.png]]
13	[[caption-width-right:350:Fanart drawn by http://biteitwhenitssoft.tumblr.com/]]
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15	* AdaptationalBadass: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}. While Izuku's quirk isn't much use in a fight, living with ghosts his whole life and having opportunities to help people that nobody else can have helped to put some extra steel in his spine even before he inherits One For All.
16	* AllLovingHero: {{Averted\|Trope}}. Midoriya is a very compassionate and empathetic young man, but he is not above resentment and bitterness, particularly toward Bakugou. Though he is disgusted with this.
17	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Much like in canon, Izuku's seeming Quirklessness made him a frequent target of bullying from Bakugo and his group of friends. In-story, this is worsened with his ability to see and talk to ghosts and his resulting terrifying appearance making him be viewed as a freak. Until he entered U.A., he wasn't safe from it even when he switched primary schools.
18	* AmplifierArtifact: One For All acts as one for his original Quirk, allowing [[spoiler:ghosts near him to interact with the world more. It's gotten to the point where, with One For All active, they become visible to others and attack others, seen best when Rei tackled Bakugou to the ground when he and Izuku were having an argument post-League of Villains. Later, he's able to use this on Chisaki's victims, giving him a veritable army to take the man down.]]
19	* BaitAndSwitchComment: Comes across as a BadassBoast but when Nemoto asks if he's scared, Izuku admits he ''is'' terrified, of what he's going to have to do to them.
20	-->'''Izuku:''' You can still leave now. You don't have to die here. I don't want you to have to die. I get so little sleep as it is.
21	* {{Catchphrase}}: Often overlapping with ArcWords:
22	--> "My friends are scarier than you are."\
23	"Can't skip leg day."\
24	"I lie to everyone."\
25	"I'm sorry. That must have been awful."
26	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Living or dead, Izuku can't leave anyone who he can help.
27	* {{Claustrophobia}}: Suffers from a terrible case of this to the point of only using stairs at the mall and begging and bribing Eijirou when the latter tries to pull him into an elevator.
28	* CombatPragmatist: Becomes this under the tutelage of Shimura Nana, something that Aizawa approves of with the understanding that since your enemies won't be fighting fair, neither should you. Best shown during his fight with Muscular, where he hits Muscular with a groin attack, breaks his cybernetic eye and gouges out his regular eye with his bare hands since Muscular couldn't augment the muscles in those areas.
29	** Izuku [[spoiler:partially breaks his right wrist to free his hand and bites Himiko on the nose for his plan to free himself and Bakugou.]]
30	* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}; Izuku has become accustomed to ghosts' JacobMarleyApparel, but it still upsets him to think of what happened to make them that way.
31	* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: With all the nightmares that come from dealing with ghosts, Izuku has these.
32	* TheDarknessGazesBack: Midoriya has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum tapetum lucidum]], which makes his eyes glow like a nocturnal animal's in the dark (which tends to scare his friends when they're not expecting him), and pictures of him tend to have glowing red eyes. [[spoiler:Dr. Tsubasa]] speculates it's a physical manifestation of his "invisible quirk".
33	* DeadpanSnarker: Izuku's has quite the dry wit at times, such as responding to Sir Nighteye's rather pathetic attempts to apologize with a dry, "Don't hurt yourself."
34	* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Izuku says as much to Overhaul and his minions, asking them to leave rather than make Izuku kill them.
35	* ElectiveMute: Periodically, for days or weeks at a time, as a coping mechanism after traumatic or stressful situations.
36	* FirstNameBasis: Eventually with Todoroki as they grow closer.
37	* FriendlessBackground: Well, '''living''' friendless background, with his only real friend until entering U.A. being the ghost girl Rei. When he finally gets living friends in U.A., he's initially unsure how to react, and is ecstatic when Kirishima refers to him as "our" Midoriya.
38	* HandSignals: Very adept at JSL, which he learned to utilize when communicating with ghosts stealthily. He also uses this a lot with people he knows when he's under intense emotional stress and can't talk [[spoiler:(such as after his rescue from Kamino Ward)]].
39	* ISeeDeadPeople: His quirk lets him see and interact with ghosts.
40	* MagneticHero: Justified, as he has learned to play on people's emotions and make them like him, due to the number of hostile ghosts he has dealt with in the past.
41	* MommasBoy: As in canon, Izuku is a momma's boy, though unlike canon he tells her about One For All (mostly because she already knows about his ISeeDeadPeople quirk and wouldn't buy him spontaneously getting a quirk like in canon).
42	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Izuku reacts this way when Dr. Tsubasa's ghosts force him to leave the doctor behind before All For One destroys the building he'd been kept in, and finding the doctor's ghost shortly after escaping.]]
43	* NervesOfSteel: Deconstructed. Izuku's experiences with ghosts and Bakugou have left him with great skills at compartmentalizing, which is both a [[StiffUpperLip good]] [[HeroicSafeMode and]] [[HeroicBSOD bad thing]] after the experience passes. This can also exacerbate people's first impressions of him as "scary."
44	* OcularGushers: As with canon, he cries at the drop of a hat.
45	* PlatonicLifePartners: Implied he will be this with Todoroki, as they get older. The author has stated the two are (or will be) in a queerplatonic relationship, as, within the world of the story, Midoriya is aromantic and Todoroki is demiromantic.
46	* ScarsAreForever: He has a noticeable scar over his left eye after his match against Todoroki.
47	* SlasherSmile: His smile is described as "like he's about to eat a baby" by Tsuyu, and Gran Torino acknowledges that unlike All Might, who wears his smile like a part of his costume, Midoriya brandishes his smile like a weapon.
48	* StressVomit: Happens after his incident with Shigaraki at the shopping mall [[spoiler:and after being released from Compress' containment orb]].
49	* TraumaButton: Mr. Compress' quirk becomes one to him because of his claustrophobia.
50	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Living with ghosts all his life has left Izuku a little creepier than before. The various skills he's picked up helping them with unfinished business (like lockpicking), has Present Mic wonder about his possible DarkAndTroubledPast.
51	* TheUnsmile: Izuku's "baby-eating" grin, first seen during the USJ incident and popping up multiple times later, is caused by him [[StepfordSmiler forcing himself to smile]] while completely terrified.
52	** A side story details how ten-year-old Izuku got the bullies off his back after switching schools: [[spoiler: he worked three loose teeth out while his class was watching a movie so that that blood would pour from his mouth in the flickering projector light. The entire class panicked and later voted him "most likely to be possessed."]]
53	* WeirdnessMagnet: Ghosts tend to flock to Midoriya once they notice he can see them. Several have taken to haunting his home, turning it into a HauntedHouse.
54	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Izuku's claustrophobic ever since Bakugou locked him in a haunted closet when he was seven.
55	[[/folder]]
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57	[[folder:Rei]]
58	!!Rei
59
60	->'' More ghostly rattling. Izuku has never heard her speak for as long as he's known her, and she's almost as old a friend as Bakugou was. That's all right, though. She doesn't need to talk to make him feel less lonely.''
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62	Izuku's best friend and CanonForeigner, Rei is a mute ghost who died under mysterious circumstances and considers Midoriya her 'little brother'. [[spoiler:Her real name is Morigawa Hitomi, and she was a test subject for the Noumu project before dying 30 years previously.]]
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65	* BigSisterInstinct: She feels very protective towards Izuku, who she thinks of as her little brother. Unfortunately, there's not much she can do to protect him [[spoiler:yet. It seems One For All is strengthening Midoriya's ISeeDeadPeople quirk, gradually making ghosts near him stronger to the point of being able to interact with people. She's eventually able to actively protect Midoriya by tackling Bakugou when he tried to attack him]]. She's also fond of Eri, who reminds her of Izuku when they first met.
66	* BlackEyesOfEvil: Subverted. While she has something of an immature, cruel streak (though it is directed mostly towards those who are cruel to Izuku), she's still a fundamentally good person.
67	* CanonForeigner: An original character developed for the sake of fleshing out Izuku's Quirk and giving him a friend.
68	* CreepyChild: She is physically and mentally a child who entertains herself with BodyHorror and inflicts terror on people she dislikes.
69	* CreepyGood: As Izuku's friend, she helps him with whatever he needs, which usually includes helping other people.
70	* DarkAndTroubledPast: A poltergeist who [[spoiler:was an unwilling test subject for All For One's Noumu experiments, suffering horrific trauma at the hands of his scientists until she was rendered brain-dead.]] It's such that she doesn't ''want'' to remember her past, vastly preferring her new "life" instead as Rei.
71	* DeathAmnesia: Doesn't remember how she died or even her name. [[spoiler: She also doesn't want to remember, as in her opinion no one cared for Hitomi, she was killed, and no one cared. She only made friends and met Izuku as Rei, and prefers that.]]
72	* TheEmpath: Rei's Quirk; more specifically, amplifying certain emotions (i.e. fear). [[spoiler:Her older brother also had this Quirk, but his was used to calm certain emotions.]]
73	* {{Expy}}: Rei is explicitly based on Webcomic/{{Erma}}.
74	* GhostAmnesia: She doesn't remember [[spoiler:being killed by All for One's Noumu experiments]].
75	* JerkAss: Downplayed and justified. Dying as a child left her with a bit of an immature cruel streak, though it mostly comes out as pranks.
76	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Enjoys playing pranks and scaring kids (though usually only Izuku's [[AssholeVictim bullies]]), but is dedicated to Izuku's cause of helping everyone he meets.
77	* {{Poltergeist}}: [[spoiler:And unlike normal poltergeists who will typically revert to normal ghosts when they stop stressing out, Rei is like this permanently due to the intense trauma she suffered from being a test subject for Noumu experiments.]]
78	* ProphetEyes: Averted. Being a poltergeist, Rei has BlackEyesOfEvil.
79	* SatelliteCharacter: Being dead, she doesn't have much to do except for following Izuku and helping him out.
80	* SuddenlyVoiced: She speaks for the first time in chapter 39 when she [[spoiler:rejects her human name]]. Izuku notes he's never heard her voice in the ten years he's known her.
81	* TelevisionPortal: Like Sadako, Rei enjoys crawling through television screens. She can also travel through 3DS screens.
82	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Justified, in that she's a ghost [[spoiler: who was murdered through being used as a test subject for the Noumu project]].
83	[[/folder]]
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86	[[folder:Other Residents]]
87	!! Midoriya Inko
88	Izuku's mother.
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92	* MamaBear: Very protective of her son.
93	* SecretKeeper: The first, and for a long time, only person who knew about Izuku's ISeeDeadPeople quirk.
94	!! Mika
95	A diluted calico and Izuku's pet cat.
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99	* CatsAreMagic: Sort of, the ability to see ghosts is common to all cats in this universe, although not particularly magical. She does have a Quirk: she doesn't produce any allergens, making her perfect for FuzzTherapy. She also seems to have an uncanny ability to be exactly where she is needed to perform FuzzTherapy without Izuku knowing, from the Sports Festival to the Forest Training Camp.
100	* EvilDetectingDog: No contact with villains so far, but upon meeting Endeavor she throws an impressively loud hissy fit that gets him to leave Todoroki alone.
101	* EyeScream: Suffered this at some point in the past, leaving her with only one eye.
102	* FuzzTherapy: She is very good at providing this for Izuku and his friends.
103	* LittleStowaway: Sneaks her way into the training camp arc by hiding in Izuku's luggage.
104	* MysteriousAnimalSenses: Like all cats in this world, she can see ghosts.
105	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter
106	* TeamPet: Is slowly becoming this for Class 1-A.
107	* ThisIsMyHuman: A chat with [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Koda]] in a side story reveals that "My Person" is her name for Izuku in cat language, with other favorites including "Warm Person" (Shouto), "Nap Person" (Aizawa), "Float Person" (Uraraka), and "Quiet Person" (Rei). She's also protective enough to troll Bakugou[[note]]"[[NoIndoorVoice Shout Person]]"[[/note]] a bit by napping on his things, and is outright willing to ''bite'' Endeavour[[note]]"Hot Person"[[/note]] if he shows his face around the dorms.
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110	!!Living
111	[[folder:Bakugou Katsuki]]
112	!!Bakugou Katsuki
113	Izuku's former friend-turned-bully-turned-rival.
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117	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Doesn't seem to recall the incident that traumatized Izuku enough to cause his first major bout of elective mutism. It's slightly ambiguous as to whether or not he didn't remember or was trying to bluff his way out of the confrontation, though his internal narration in Chapter 37 seems to suggest the former; if the latter, it blew up in his face when Izuku folds it into his [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech call out]].
118	* HeelRealization: In a somewhat roundabout fashion. While watching Izuku's interactions with [[spoiler: their kidnappers]], Bakugou begins to suspect his bullying might have pushed Izuku past his limits and [[spoiler: into a FaceHeelTurn]]. He's none too pleased by the thought that he could be responsible for that.
119	* ItsAllAboutMe: Very used to thinking that everything revolves around him. Such as his belief that Izuku specifically means to spite him with his actions. However, this is contributing to his gradual realization of [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the actual consequences of his behavior]].
120	* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: He immediately leaves the vicinity whenever the question of [[MistakenForRomance Izuku and Todoroki's relationship comes up]].
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122
123	[[folder:Todoroki Shouto]]
124	!!Todoroki Shouto
125	Izuku's closest friend and queerplatonic partner.
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129	* TheConfidant: Izuku comes to confide his worries and insecurities to Todoroki, who [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre assures him]] and offers advice on various situations.
130	* {{Deuteragonist}}: After the Sports Festival, he upgrades to the main viewpoint character after Izuku.
131	* FirstNameBasis: Eventually with Izuku.
132	* NoSocialSkills: He completely misses his classmates trying to skirt around outright asking if [[DidYouJustHaveSex he and Izuku are sleeping together]].
133	-->'''Todoroki:''' Wait. What did you ''think'' we were doing?\
134	'''Kaminari:''' Oh you sweet summer child.
135	* PlatonicLifePartners: He involves into this with Izuku. Both boys are asexual but develop a deep bond.
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138	[[folder:Togata Mirio]]
139	!!Togata Mirio
140	A third year and member of the "Big Three" at U.A., Mirio becomes Izuku's senior at Sir Nighteye's hero agency.
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142	* BigDamnHeroes: He shows up in the nick of time to save Izuku and Eri from [[spoiler:Mr. Compress.]] He's also the one who finishes off [[spoiler:Overhaul]].
143	* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to [[spoiler:Overhaul which culminates with Mirio shooting him with a permanent quirk erasing bullet]].
144	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Amajiki.
145	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Tells this to Midoriya when the latter doubt's his ability to wield One For All after [[spoiler:Nighteye's death]].
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148	[[folder:Eri]]
149	A girl who is saved much earlier than in canon, thanks to Izuku's Quirk.
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151	* TakeMeInstead: She asks Mr. Compress to take her so long as he doesn't hurt Deku.
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154	[[folder:Overhaul]]
155	The leader of the Shie Hassaikai who is responsible for the creation of the quirk erasing drugs.
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157	* BadBoss: Kills his subordinates for the slightest mistake. [[spoiler:It actually backfires on him, as many of his ghosts were former subordinates, and were not happy with him. They took the chance Midoriya gave them to get revenge very gladly.]]
158	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Twice over. [[spoiler:His penchant for killing subordinates backfires when Midoriya uses his Quirk to empower them, and is finally defeated when Mirio uses one of the perfected Quirk-erasing bullets he's fabricated on him.]]
159	* MadeOfIron: It takes [[spoiler:Midoriya and Nighteye working together, then Midoriya [[CurbStompBattle beating him up]] as a ghost, then Midoriya empowering all of his victims' ghosts, and finally Mirio stepping in to finally take him down]].
160	* WouldHurtAChild: Like in canon, Eri, who's blood he uses to manufacture the quirk erasing bullet. Also [[spoiler:Midoriya, a teenager, who he kills in their fight, although Midoriya does come back to life.]]
161	[[/folder]]
162
163	[[folder:League of Villains]]
164	The primary villain team in both canon and YUTS.
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168	* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Dr. Tsubasa]] is All For One's doctor and a MadDoctor who converted his grandchild into a Noumu.
169	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dr. Tsubasa]] dies when he's unable to escape a CollapsingLair. His ghost is then killed by the ghosts of the Noumus he created.
170	* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Dr. Tsubasa]] is not only killed, but then his ghost is torn apart by the vengeful ghosts of his many victims.
171	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Dr. Tsubasa]] may be the MadDoctor responsible for creating the Noumu, but even he is genuinely regretful over [[spoiler:failing to identify the presence of Izuku's Quirk, years ago.]]
172	* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Hino reveals that Dabi is a Todoroki]].
173	* MadDoctor: [[spoiler:Dr. Tsubasa]], All For One's doctor. He is directly involved in the creation of Noumu and even converted his grandchild into one.
174	* OneSidedRivalry: Toga views Todoroki as a romantic rival for Izuku after seeing their closeness at the Hero License Exam.
175	* VillainRespect: Mr. Compress is impressed by [[spoiler:Eri]]'s willingness to [[TakeMeInstead sacrifice herself]] to protect Izuku.
176	* VillainTakesAnInterest: Shiragaki and All For One become interested in [[spoiler:Izuku]], even going so far as to have him kidnapped alongside Bakugo.
177	* VillainousCrush: Toga develops one on Izuku, even after [[spoiler:he breaks her nose and knocks her out.]]
178	[[/folder]]
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180	!!Ghosts
181	[[folder:Shimura Nana]]
182	!! Shimura Nana
183
184	->''"C'mon, just leave already. You'll be back to full strength tomorrow and it's not like anyone's gonna believe him if he tells them he saw All-Might deflate like a sad muscly balloon animal."''
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186	All Might's predecessor who died fighting the villain All for One, now she follows All Might around as a ghost and acts as a second mentor to Izuku.
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190	* AffectionateNickname: Calls Izuku "Sprout" and All Might "Toshi".
191	* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:How she looked when she died.]]
192	* CombatPragmatist: Is implied to have fought this way in life, and is teaching Midoriya the same thing.
193	* DeadpanSnarker: Spends a lot of time keeping a running commentary on All Might's (mis)adventures.
194	* DyingAlone: When Midoriya asks Gran Torino if he was there when she died, he says no, nobody was.
195	* FriendlyGhost: She is a kind and friendly woman who mainly follows around her successor. She helps Midoriya learn hand-to-hand combat when she realizes he can see her.
196	* JacobMarleyApparel: Zigzagged. She usually wears a tank top, but, as with all ghosts, she reverts to how she looked at death while under extreme emotional turmoil.
197	* MentorOccupationalHazard: To All Might, before she even had the chance to be a mentor properly.
198	* MyGreatestFailure: Nana sees her death like this since it led to her not being able to train All Might.
199	* ProphetEyes: Comes with the territory of being dead.
200	* SatelliteCharacter: Since her death left her unable to interact with the world meaningfully, she settled into following All Might around, at least until she met Izuku.
201	* SoProudOfYou: How she feels about All Might, and she regrets not being able to tell him so.
202	* SpiritAdvisor: Though she tried to avoid doing this for Midoriya at first because Midoriya is All Might's student and she felt that it'd be unfair to All Might since she couldn't teach him herself. The attack on the USJ causes her to change this stance and start helping teach Midoriya to protect himself in combat.
203	* UndignifiedDeath: Though it happened before the start of the story, [[spoiler: Izuku sees the results.]]
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206	[[folder:Hino]]
207	A ghost following Endeavor. He trails Shouto on his school trip and afterward follows him on a more permanent basis.
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209	* BigBrotherInstinct: He ''wanted'' to protect his sister from [[spoiler:Endeavor]], but died in a car accident. [[spoiler: He's grateful for all Izuku has done to save her.]]
210	* ButNowIMustGo: In the final chapter, [[spoiler: he chooses to go with Dabi, aka Touya Todoroki, because he feels like the former villain needs someone to keep an eye on him and he knows that Shouto will be safe with Izuku]].
211	* EveryoneHasStandards: He won't {{Troll}} Endeavor when the man's on the job. He won't endanger people's lives just for his kicks.
212	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He hates Endeavor, but he won't do anything to his kids. [[spoiler:Of course, they're also his sister's kids, so that helps.]]
213	* MysticalWhiteHair: His hair's natural color is white, [[spoiler:just like his sister's.]]
214	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: He gives one to Izuku, urging him to [[spoiler: escape All for One's base when he's all but given up]].
215	[[/folder]]
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217	[[folder:Other Ghosts]]
218	!!Narita
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220	* BigBrotherInstinct: He wants to thank Eraserhead because the hero saved his sister from his killer.
221	* SatelliteCharacter: He rarely appears outside Eraserhead's orbit.
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223	!!Suzuki
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225	* FriendlyGhost: She's a NiceGirl who wants to do what she can to help Todoroki. Unfortunately, all she can do is tell Midoriya.
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227	!!Okumura
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229	* KickTheDog: He torments Todoroki [[SinsOfOurFathers just for being Endeavor's son]]. Notably, he does this while fully aware of the [[ParentalAbuse abuse]].
230	* {{Poltergeist}}: Before Midoriya calms him down.
231	[[/folder]]
232
233	[[folder:Spoiler Characters]]
234	!!Tsubasa
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236	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Prevents Magne from telling the League of Villans about Midoriya's quirk because of all the effort Midoriya went through to help him.
237	* DeathOfAChild: He was a very young when he was converted into a Noumu. He's no older than 15 when Stain kills his Noumu body.
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241	!!One For All
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243	The original holder of One For All and All For One's brother.
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245	* CainAndAbel: The Abel to All For One's Cain.
246	* FriendlyGhost: He's a good man who helps Midoriya when he gets [[spoiler:captured by All For One.]]
247	* HeroicMime: Was a sickly child and between too many ear infections adding up plus getting the Quirk from All For One rendered him deaf.
248	* MyGreatestFailure: Being unable to stop All For One.
249	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Much like All For One, he is only known by the name of his Quirk: One For All.
250	* SpiritAdvisor: Being All For One's brother and hanging around him since his death, One For All is intimately knowledgeable of All For One and how he operates.
251	[[/folder]]

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