Characters / Friendly Foreign Exchange Student Spider-Man!

For the original canonical characters of My Hero Academia, see here. For the canonical characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, see here.

Note: All of the character names besides those of western origin will be presented in the eastern naming order.

Warning! By nature of the story, all spoilers regarding Avengers: Infinity War will be unmarked.

UA Students

Peter Parker

Peter Parker - Spider-Man, The Friendly Neighborhood Hero

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At the end of Avengers: Infinity War, Peter Parker did not simply turn to dust. He was instead transported to the world of My Hero Academia, where over 80% of the population has powers and heroes are nearly universally venerated. While a traumatizing event, Peter has resolved to not let it be the end of his heroic career and has enrolled in U.A. High to become the greatest hero his mentor believes he can be.

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• The Ace: Peter not only scored well on his written entrance exams, but he also had the second-highest entry score on the physical entrance exam is school history, beaten solely by All Might. As a result, he is quickly known as this among his peers and the faculty. During the first day's Quirk testing, Peter also gets first place, reinforcing it further.
• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Given that this isn't the timeline where Thanos is defeated, Peter is now living in a new universe with no chance of returning home, and is riddled with guilt and regret from failing to get the Infinity Gauntlet off of the Mad Titan^note Granted, it was Star-Lord who lost his temper at the crucial moment, along with Thor intending to torture Thanos before killing him. which led to the eradication of half of all life in the Downer Ending of Infinity War.

• Adaptational Jerkass: It's downplayed. While Spider-Man is still the All-Loving Hero Nice Guy like in the MCU films, his dynamic with Bakugo brings out his snarkier and abrasive side in the story.
• Affectionate Nickname: Kirishima calls him "Ace", which refers to Peter's status as one in Class 1-A.
• Alliterative Name: Peter Parker. Duh.
• All Webbed Up: Basically the Trope Codifier with his trademark mechanical web-shooters. Utilizing it to travel by swinging, non-lethally restrained foes, and much more.
• Always Someone Better: Being the best academic and athletic student in his class, a great team player/partner, and being constantly compared to All Might, he's this for most of them.
• Americans Hate Tingle: An In-Universe example. Peter sees Bakugo as a thug and a bully with anger issues who is undeserving of being at U.A. High, while the U.A. staff see him as someone that needs to be refined and will eventually make a great hero.
• Animal-Themed Superbeing: He does whatever a spider can, in case you couldn't tell from his hero name and webbing.
• Arachnid Appearance and Attire: It's subverted as aside from his Wall Crawling ability, mechanical web-shooters, and hero costume, he doesn't have any notable external features that would indicate the nature of his "Spider" Quirk compared to all other Heteromorphic-type Quirk users.
• Badass in Distress: The villain attack in the U.S.J. training sees him beaten silly by the Nomu, then Shigaraki threatens to dust him, forcing the other students to cook up a rescue.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Aside from being The Ace in Class 1-A, Peter's kind and supportive nature also get respect from the other U.A. students. Prominent examples include Midoriya, Yaoyorozu, Pony, and Shinso.
• Berserk Button: Bakugo can scream and insult Peter all he wants, and the latter could care less about the opinions of a perceived "thug", but harm his close friends, insult his beliefs and (indirectly) all of his loved ones; he'll stop quipping all together and will come at you full force.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Peter is a polite, kind, and humble guy who'll be there for others in need and is a great friend for support. So it's a huge shock for everyone when his fuse (yes, he has a fuse, quite the long one but a fuse all the same) finally lights up in his fight against Bakugo.
• Beware the Silly Ones: While usually laid-back and providing a comedic relief through his quips, watch out whenever Peter stops doing that.
• Big Applesauce: He was born and raised in Queens, New York.
• Black-and-White Morality: His perception of Bakugo is rather narrow-minded. When Bakugo showcased his Character Development, he continues to rationalize it as having selfish motives.
• Boring, but Practical: His "Spider" Quirk is considered a watered-down version of All Might's abilities, and it's not noticeably flashy compared to One For All, Half-Cold Half-Hot, or Explosion. It doesn't stop him from being the #1 rank student in his class and having his accomplishments compared to the No.1 hero himself.
• Boxing Lessons for Superman: Peter does his internship with Mirko, a Boxing Battler, and part of his training includes regular sparring sessions; as Peter points out, this is the first time he receives formal hand-to-hand combat lessons.
• Break the Badass: He basically died in the snap caused by Thanos, causing Peter to spiral down into a becoming a temporary emotionless shell when confronted with the reality of his circumstances. He gets this again in the U.S.J. attack, getting beaten to near-death by Nomu, along with being held hostage by Shigaraki with the threat of being killed again by the villain's Decay Quirk.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: Subverted. The latter's laid-back attitude and Fighting Clown tendencies may come off like this to the more serious characters, but Peter is dedicated to being a hero, he's just isn't interested in becoming No.1 and only wishes to live up to the mantle of his mentor, Iron Man.
• Broken Ace: He still has yet to fully recover from the events of Infinity War, and frequently has nightmares, struggles with insomnia due to lack of sleep, and PTSD from things such as snapping fingers and mentions of getting turned to dust. Not to mention he's still dealing with the whole "Trapped in Another World where you will never see your loved ones ever again" problem.
• Bully Hunter: It's downplayed early on as whenever Bakugo angrily gets into his face, Peter would engage in Passive-Aggressive Kombat. In Chapter 24, he plays this straight after being fed up with Bakugo's arrogant Jerkass behavior and excessive use of violence, receiving no punishment for reasons beyond his cultural understanding, and having his beliefs and loved ones insulted. This pushed him into the role of an avenger in their one-to-one match. Then it becomes deconstructed after the match, where Peter realizes how badly he messed up by letting Bakugo's insults enrage him to the point of nearly killing the latter had All Might not intervene.
• Can't Spit It Out: As many readers point this out, Peter could've at least voice his concerns about Bakugo's behavior to the faculty in the first place, but instead, let it boiled up to the point where it led to him nearly murdering the latter in their one-to-one fight.
• Chick Magnet: Peter is already notorious for attracting beautiful girls back in the MCU, but within the first week of school, there are at least four girls at U.A. High that has shown attraction to him. However, he has yet to notice the growing attraction from his female classmates aside from being good friends.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: He takes this much further than Midoriya, where not only does it got him into legal trouble at the beginning of the story, but he also nearly ruin Mirko's hero firm and reputation for going after Stain.
• Clothes Make the Superman: It's downplayed with the Iron Spider Armor. While it does enhance Peter's physical abilities to a degree, the arachnid-hero is still powerful without it. Both Todoroki and Bakugo find this out the hard way in the U.A. Sports Festival, with the latter especially.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He comes across to most people as a goofball quipster who hardly takes things seriously. Even while joking, he's the best student in Class 1-A, and when he stops goofing around, God helps you...
• Cunning Linguist: Justified. Due to being in Japan, Peter had to learn the Japanese language in order to better understand his new home. While he became very fluent in the language after the time-skip, Peter can still stumble on the cultural mannerisms at times.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Peter has delivered several of these since coming to U.A. High.
  • His debut in the Entrance Exam has him decimating nearly all of the Villain Bots with ease.
  • In the Obstacle Race, he finishes it before anyone else has even got to the canyon portion.
  • In the three times he fought against Todoroki (I.e. the Battle Trials, Obstacle Race, and War of the Flags), the latter couldn't even touch him and had to rely on his left-side whenever he got overwhelmed.
  • On a much more serious note, he inflicts this onto Bakugo.
• Death Seeker: Played with as Mirko accuses Peter as being this. He doesn't actively seek it and is quite afraid to die again, but he stops thinking of such consequences whenever someone is in danger or if something very personal is forced upon him.
• Deconstructed Character Archetype:
  • Of the Badass Unintentional. He never had the ambition to become the #1 hero or to emulate All Might compared to his classmates and is only attending U.A. High in order to be eligible for using his powers freely. However, Peter gets forced into situations where he's not only ranked above his peers but is targeted by other ambitious students (i.e. Bakugo and Todoroki) for the top spot which leads to certain misunderstandings that nearly ends up disastrous by the time of the Sports Festival.
  • Also, he's one to the Fish out of Water and Funny Foreigner. Due to growing up in a different culture, Peter is justifiably perplexed in his new surroundings, and even after spending nearly a year learning the language and getting used to interacting with the people of Japan, there are still certain cultural gaps that he isn't used to nor he's able to tolerate and with how he usually acts in battle, there are those who think of him as either a liability or that he's just an arrogant showoff who likes to goof around.
• Deliberate Injury Gambit: This was how he was able to beat Bakugo in their climactic fight, allowing the latter to repeatedly damage him with his explosions until he expends nearly all of his stamina is where Peter finished him in just two moves.
• Despair Gambit: What Peter was intending to do to Bakugo in their one-to-one match, as to quote:
  Peter: "I wanted him to feel that kind of moment. For him to feel so desperately that he was right, only to lose, all the same. Just… like me."
  • The end result? He succeeded.
• Didn't Think This Through: Despite his experience, there are still times where Peter ends up doing things without assessing the situation further. It's also a little downplayed, however, as it's less to do with not thinking things through but more like trying to apply previous methods to a situation that might not work.
• Determinator: Moreso than his peers, especially from his traumatic circumstances.
• Drunk on Milk: Gets literally drunk on caffeine, to the point where a dark chocolate chunk brownie can get him wasted.
• Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: He tends to gains these whenever going through emotional turmoil.
• Eagleland: A Type 1 example. Instead of the blond-haired and blue-eyed, arrogant, and disrespectful boisterousness that is usually seen in an American by the Japanese citizens, he's a Brainy Brunette with a shy and humble demeanor who's polite to those he comes across. It's one of the reasons that the people of Japan are comparing him to All Might.
• Experienced Protagonist: Despite being slightly older than the rest of his classmates, he exceeds them in experience when it comes to heroics. By the time he enters Class 1-A, he's already dealt with common criminals, the Vulture and his gang, basic Samaritan work, and tangled with Thanos and his children.
• Extreme Doormat: A defied example. While Peter is not submissive compared to Midoriya or his Raimi counterpart (as he constantly rebukes against Bakugo's confrontations), he usually tends to go with the flow to whatever the majority expects of him and doesn't really take charge or is decisive in his decisions.
• Fatal Flaw:
  • His Chronic Hero Syndrome and With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility are this for him, as it leads to him getting into legal trouble throughout the story.
  • Has a well-connected dual case of Pride and Wrath, but not in a conventional sense. He's not arrogant nor is he quick to anger, but Peter does set a high bar for heroism as being morally upright, kind, altruistic, and responsible, which he really doesn't take it well when his beliefs and standards don't match up in the Hero society in the MHA setting, leading to events From Bad to Worse as he tries to frustratingly apply his methods of heroism in any way possible.
  • Later on in the story, he's also revealed to have a lot of insidious secondary flaws that appear to originate from his adherence to his belief of With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, along with the fact that he's a Shell-Shocked Veteran with a clear case of PTSD: self-centeredness, callousness, a Lack of Empathy, minor irrational moods, an unwillingness to communicate, etc. Combine this with him trying to navigate through the Culture Clash of MHA, leads to many problems in his relationships with others.
• Fighting Clown: In the typical Spider-Man fashion, Peter likes to crack jokes whenever he is in a fight. This is deconstructed, as certain characters like Bakugo, Todoroki, and Aizawa think that he is not taking such moments seriously and is being arrogant, unaware that Peter really is that good and that his wisecracks are how he deals with stressful situations.
• Fish out of Water: On two levels.
  • Obviously, he was born into a high-tech, high-stakes universe and is now stuck into a more fantastical, street-level one.
  • He was also born and raised American and is now living in Japan. Cue the Culture Clash along with all times of hilarity and drama.
• Foreign Exchange Student: Lampshaded in the very title of the fic. Peter is this.
• Foreign Fanservice: Played for Laughs. He's already a Chick Magnet back in the MCU, but his status as an American foreigner brings unwanted attention from his Japanese female peers.
• Freak Out: His reaction when he understands Thanos flat-out killed him, and he's now Trapped in Another World. He gets this again when being held hostage by Shigaraki after getting plummet to near-death by Nomu. It's quite justified in such circumstances.
• Friendly Rivalry: He has this with some of the students in U.A. High, mostly shown with Midoriya, Kirishima, and Iida.
• Gadgeteer Genius: Aside from his spider-like abilities, Peter includes his trademark web-shooters and the Iron Spider Armor in his arsenal. While the Iron Spider Armor is destroyed in the U.S.J. attack, Peter is still trying to have it repaired; while tinkering with a holo-projector and having blueprints scattering around his room in Chapter 12.
• Genius Bruiser: Not only is he The Ace in Class 1-A, but is also a Teen Genius in terms of engineering, physics, chemistry, and tactics in combat.
• Good Cannot Comprehend Evil:
  • Justified. Being raised in a different culture where there's a strong aversion against bullying and abusive relationships, Peter's genuine confusion about Midoriya is the fact that the latter still treats Bakugo as a friend despite being bullied by the explosive teen since childhood.
  • On the subject above, Peter's entire view of Bakugo is full of this. Due to a combination of Culture Clash and his own Black-and-White Morality, Peter doesn't understand why the explosive teen gets so much leeway despite his anti-heroic behavior (e.g. Hair-Trigger Temper, excessive use of violence, and It's All About Me attitude) along with everyone else looking the other way. Considering Peter's own beliefs of a responsible Ideal Hero, and knowing the dire consequences of his own selfishness, he has a point. He even lampshades this to All Might in their private conversation in Chapter 24, and the latter agrees that some of Bakugo's beliefs are flawed.
• Good Is Not Soft: He may be a friendly and polite guy to almost everyone he interacts with and can be a light-hearted joker at times, but Peter is no pushover (as he rebukes against any attempts of intimidation by Bakugo's bullying) and can be deadly serious whenever the situation really calls for it.
• Healing Factor: A minor but present case, Peter can heal faster than normal and when combined with Recovery Girl's own power, he can forget most of his injuries within an hour or so, maybe less. Somewhat averted later when his body and mind, overtaxed by insomnia and PTSD, all but shut down and he can barely heal at all.
• Hormone-Addled Teenager: Puberty hits him so hard he often blushes or stammers when talking to a pretty girl. And there are a lot of beauties attending his new school.
• Humble Hero: While he does want to live up to the mantle of Iron Man, Peter takes it one step at a time since Homecoming. As in his own words, being "The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man".
• Hypocrite:
  • He hates Bakugo's It's All About Me attitude and tendencies to go overboard in violence, believes that the latter is willing to maim/kill others to achieve his goals, and claims that the latter doesn't deserve to be called a hero. By the time of their climactic battle, Peter himself ends up invoking these traits, something that he woefully lampshades in his private conversation with All Might at the end of the U.A. Sports Festival
  • Peter goes by the belief of With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, and have very low opinions of heroes who are only in it for selfish purposes, especially if it's for self-gratification and a Lack of Empathy for others. However, Mirko points out this hypocrisy by stating that if there is something happening and if he finds it wrong or just doesn't like it, he'll attempt to correct it regardless of possible consequences that could befall others.
• I Am Not Left-Handed:
  • Once the Iron Spider Armor is destroyed, both Todoroki and Bakugo believe they now have a chance against Peter in the U.A. Sports Festival. Oh, how wrong they were...
  • Since his abilities are a mutation, Eraser Head is unable to nullify his power (according to Word of God) and Monoma fails to copy his gifts when sneaking upon Peter.
  • If you ever manage to get Peter to stop joking altogether, then be surprised at how powerful, fast, and cunning he can really be in his one-to-one match against Bakugo.
• Innocently Insensitive: He can come across as this due to his rather lax approach to heroism and Culture Clash, with one such example as to how he tells the other students that the Sports Festival should be a time to enjoy themselves, which some of them believing that he's either not taking heroics seriously or that he's actually dissing off at them for their efforts as the Sports Festival is not only more popular than the Olympics, but it's also a time to show off their skills for potential career internships.
• It's All About Me: A complicated example, to which Mirko points out to Peter after his successful, but an illegal attempt in apprehending Stain. While Peter is not intentionally selfish or entitled and is genuine about helping others, if he finds something wrong happening in front of him or something that he flat-out doesn't tolerate, he will correct that wrongdoing in a way that he'll think it should be corrected, consequences be damned. Furthermore, deep down, it's strongly implied that he isn't truly altruistic and is more motivated by his own self-righteousness along to appease his guilt from previous failures.
• I Work Alone: As shown in one review, if Peter believes that nobody is going to cooperate in a situation of what he sees as important, then he'll go off on his own to solve it despite the dangers or legality of the issue.
• Jack of All Stats: Within his class, he's the physically strongest, but lacks the wide-reaching devastation that Bakugou, Todoroki, and Midoriya can cause. He has a measure of Super-Toughness, but he's not bulletproof like Kirishima. He's also superhumanly fast, but nearly as quick as Iida. He's very bright but not as smart as Yaoyorozu. He can be stealthy, but not outright invisible like Hagakure. All-in-all, he's strong in many fields, but not the strongest in any of them.
• Jerkass Has a Point: The "jerkass" part is downplayed, but Peter shows a surprisingly abrasive side of him when it comes to his criticism of Bakugo. While some of this is due to Culture Clash^note In Japan, school bullying isn't seen as harmful (depending on the severity of the issue) and is just another thing to deal with while growing up, in comparison to the American culture where there's a stronger aversion against it., Peter isn't wrong to be repulsed by Bakugo's behavior nor should he be doubtful about his intentions to become a hero.
• Jerkass to One: It's downplayed and justified with Bakugo. While Peter is friendly and supportive to everyone else in Class 1-A, he's cold and unsympathetic towards the explosive teen because of the latter's antagonistic behavior and doesn't believe Bakugo deserves to be in U.A. High School nor achieving victory over anything. It goes From Bad to Worse when Peter continues to believe that Bakugo is crippling/killing others in a subtle manner^note Such as nearly murdering Midoriya in the Battle Trial, letting Peter die by Shigaraki's hand in the U.S.J. incident, and brutalizing Pony during their one-to-one match., is so sick of everyone else looking the other way beyond his cultural understanding and misinterpreting a Kick the Dog "The Reason You Suck" Speech from the explosive teen himself, it cultivates in the arachnid-hero unleashing a brutal Curb-Stomp Battle in their one-to-one match.
• Lack of Empathy: An interesting, selective case, but also downplayed. Peter is a Nice Guy who's capable of emphasizing with others, but deep down, cares very little for his own well-being that he'll have no problems if he dies while others can live, according to Mirko, which can cause some serious contention between him and the people who currently care for him throughout the story.
• Lightning Bruiser: Peter's spider-powers let him move fast, hit hard, and take far more damage than he rightly should. But against characters that surpassed him in physical abilities (e.g. Nomu), Peter comes off as a Fragile Speedster, forcing him to rely on his agility and speed to dodge attacks and uses his wits to strategize against his opponents.
• Logical Weakness:
  • Peter is a very acrobatic and mobile fighter, with few being able to rival him in this field. During War of the Flags, he was intentionally put into the stationary "king" position in order to limit his movements and is later on halted from initially going further into the Blue Team's territory when Sero used his Tape Quirk to "net" most of the areas. In his one-to-one match against Shiozaki, Peter became initially overwhelmed by the latter's vines since they're fighting on a flat environment and is only able to win by grabbing a broken pipe out of the ground to use as a makeshift weed-wacker and knocking over the oil lamps to burn away her defenses.
  • While the Spider-Sense can allow Peter to detect danger and react at near precognitive speeds, it can let things slip through if he doesn't think he's in danger, or if said danger is just as fast as him or much greater. A prime example happens in his tie-breaker match against Iida in Chapter 18, and later in his sparring sessions with Mirko, who's just as fast and much more experienced.
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Like in the MCU, Peter will excitedly geek out at the sight of amazing things; with how Todoroki could make snow cones, seeing Tetsutetsu turning into metal, and Iida blitzing him in their tiebreaker match.
• Mortality Phobia: Justified. He already died once, and ever since the end of Infinity War, Peter is very fearful of dying again when he was being held hostage by Shigaraki.
• Motor Mouth: His trademark habit, bringing both hilarity and annoyance to allies and enemies.
• Never My Fault: Kind of justified when it's Bakugo of all people to accuse him of being a Doom Magnet for the trouble befalling on those who save him during the U.S.J. incident.
• Nice Guy: Peter is this almost to a fault. He's easygoing, polite, and friendly with almost everyone he interacts with within the setting of MHA. This, later on, gets played with as he also has his fair share of less likable traits (i.e. Lack of Empathy, minor unstable moods, self-centeredness, etc.).
• "No More Holding Back" Speech: Gives one in his freshman representative speech, along with a mix of Despair Speech.
  Peter: There have been a lot of rumors about our year out there from the news, from within U.A. Whatever you heard, the truth is that we're not here just for ourselves. Every one of us has a mentor that they look up to, a parent, or a friend. We're here to make them proud, and to show that it wasn't just favors or talents that got us here. U.A. has given us the chance to help everyone we can, to serve our communities and save others from danger and misfortune, and we're not going to let any of you down. It's our responsibility, our duty, to ensure that we rise to the occasion and surpass those who came before us. At least, that's how many of us see it. Because for those of us to have gotten to this point, to this stage in our lives, sacrifices had to been made. Reality... is not what we want most of the time. It is easy to sail when winds and waters are kind. Life isn't fair most of the time though. Sometimes the waters are uncontrollable. Sometimes the wind's too hard, or none come at all and you're stuck. The only thing you can do, is adapt, move forward, and survive. We all have a responsibility to those who came before us, the ones who we admire. We owe to them for helping us get here, and to not give it our all in living up to their ideals would be to let them down. That is what we must do in these rough times. Live up to the ideals of our idols. Surpass them, outdo them, go above and beyond. May the best thrive. Go beyond, Plus Ultra. Thank you very much.
• Nonchalant Dodge: Combine with his enhanced senses and Spider-Sense, Peter can causally dodge attacks or projectiles of certain speeds coming his way.
• Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Back in the MCU, Peter was a capable hero, but was heavily inexperienced compared to the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Dr. Strange, many of whom also had various powers and abilities that overshadowed his own. In Class 1-A, he's practically The Ace, having greater experience, a diverse power-set, and equipment that would allow him to already compete with high ranking Pro Heroes. Though he loses the latter thanks to the Nomu, he's still far stronger and more skilled than the rest of his classmates.
• Older Than They Look: Peter is currently 17 after the 11-month timeskip, but he's able to pass himself off as a high school freshman.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Spider-Man is a Fighting Clown, which tends to piss off and annoy people to various degrees, and you can be assured he won't shut up, ever. So when Bakugo finally tramples his Berserk Button to point of no-return, seeing Peter utterly silent and focused completely freaks out both All Might and Eraser Head.
• Passing the Torch: Peter is the receiver and Tony Stark is the passer.
• Pinball Protagonist: While Peter's accomplish a lot since his debut in the setting of MHA, he'll ultimately be Overshadowed by Awesome in the long run as Midoriya will still shape up to become the world's greatest hero.
• Power Armor: He arrives in the MHA world with the Iron Spider Armor, which further enhances his abilities and provides him with spider-limbs that grant him greater mobility and additional attack options. It is destroyed by the Nomu during the U.S.J. attack.
• The Protagonist: The titular foreign exchange student, who else?
• Red Baron: He's known as the "The Ace of Class 1-A", and later hailed as the "Next All Might" after the U.A. Sports Festival.
• Red Herring: An In-Universe example. Nearly everyone in the world of MHA suspects that Peter's connected to All Might due to their seemingly similar characteristics, powersets, and achievements, when in reality, it's Midoriya who is connected to All Might despite being considered a "dead-last" in Class 1-A. In fact, certain characters - such as Eraser Head, Endeavor, and Mirko - find him so similar to All Might that they are convinced that he's either secretly his pupil, or even his secret love child. When Todoroki brought this theory up to Midoriya in their private conversation, the latter himself became skeptical, if only briefly.
• Sad Clown: Beneath Peter's usually friendly and joking attitude, is a young man filled with immense guilt and sadness due to the circumstances of his current position.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: He learns that Izuku is All Might's successor, as well as the latter's true form.
• Shrinking Violet: The attention lavished on him for being the First-Year Phenomena stresses him, and he repeatedly wonders how Tony Stark handled the spotlight.
• Smash the Symbol: In a karmic sense, Peter breaking Bakugo's entire arm (from the wrist to the shoulder) is this. Considering Bakugo's pride and self-esteem depending so much on his Quirk that having one of the sources of it (e.g. his hands) being nearly crippled by an Ideal Hero going through Unstoppable Rage makes this all the more ironic.
• Spanner in the Works: On a meta-level sense, Peter's existence in the setting of MHA has created a divergence in the events that would've happened in the canon manga, with both positive and negative outcomes.
• Spider-Sense: Like in the MCU, Peter demonstrated this at certain moments throughout the story. A notable example shows in his brief fight against the invisible Hagakure and Monoma during War of the Flags; where the invisible girl even asks if the arachnid-hero has eyes behind his head. Peter started thinking of a name for it in Chapter 19, which consists of either "Petercognition" or "Peter Tingle". Mirko, disliking the 'Peter Tingle' idea, goes for the simple solution and calls it 'Spider-Sense'.
• Stepford Smiler: What he basically is after being stranded in the setting of MHA. He temporarily sheds this "mask" when giving his freshman representative speech in the U.A. Sports Festival, allowing some characters to get a glimpse of his true personality.
• Strong and Skilled: Peter certainly has come a long way since Civil War, having much more experience as a hero, coupled with having the strength to effortlessly lift and crush multi-ton objects while using an acrobatic skill-based fighting style, makes him this by comparison to his classmates. Peter's Hero Sheet gives him a top 5/5 or A in Power, Speed, and Technique. However, he can subvert this whenever he's surprised by a particularly strong and fast opponent or fully loses his temper when being pushed too far.
• Superpower Lottery: While Peter had already won it back in the MCU, the insane usefulness of his powerset is much more apparent when compared to his classmates, which is even lampshaded by Kirishima. In a world where a person is lucky to have a Quirk with multiple applications without any serious drawbacks to compensate, Peter has Super-Strength, Super-Reflexes, stamina, Wall Crawling, and perhaps most useful of all, his Spider-Sense.
• Super-Speed: He can run beyond the human limit and has a 5/5 or A in Speed.
  • During the Obstacle race of the U.A. Sports Festival, Peter completed it while everyone else is only halfway across the track.
  • In his one-to-one fight against Shiozaki, he was able to Flash Step behind her before she could even notice him.
  • As revealed in the aftermath of his Curb-Stomp Battle against Bakugo, it was stated by many characters (including the latter himself) that he could've easily beaten him with his speed alone at any point.
• Super-Strength: He's one of the physically strongest students in Class 1-A, having easily scored highest on the Grip Test in Aizawa's Quirk Assessment and is frequently compared to a mini-version of All Might. Peter's Hero Sheet states that he can lift and punch around the force of 25 tons^note which is equal to 50,000 lbs., and that's only casually.
  • Want to know a true testament of his current strength? He was able to make All Might wince when the No.1 hero blocked a rage-fueled punch intending for an injured Bakugo.
• Super-Toughness: His powers also make him one of the most durable members of Class 1-A. Allowing him to survive long enough from being beaten to near-death by the Nomu and in his battle with Bakugo in the climax of the Sports Festival, he can tank many of his strongest blasts and keep on fighting.
• Sure, Let's Go with That: Mirko, from observing him during their first patrol, deduces that Peter's superior battle skill and experience with heroics come from doing vigilantism back when he lived in America, which also explains why he insists on wearing his mask whenever he's doing hero work/training, as he'd have needed to protect his identity back then. Peter confirms this when she says it out loud, as she's technically right.
• A Taste of Defeat: Granted, while his decision to crush Bakugo and spite him in the finale of the Sports Festival did end up creating more harm than good, especially since all that he really did proves to be one big Pyrrhic Victory, the latter had it coming for a long time.
• Technobabble: Whenever Peter starts talking to Hatsume about technology, this tends to crop up.
• Teen Genius: He developed his own web-shooters from scratch, and is very knowledgeable in the STEM field. With the exception of Yaoyorozu, he's the only student in Class 1-A with a top 5/5 or A in Intelligence.
• Thousand-Yard Stare: Aside from the initial somber look, Midoriya also notices this about Peter as well. Midoriya describes this as "looking into a far off place, instead of the U.A. Sports Stadium".
• Twisting the Words: A rather justified and deconstructed example when it came to his interactions with Bakugo. Where an infamous example happens just before their climactic battle, the latter both arrogantly and naively declares to Peter that a real hero always wins regardless of other factors and that those who can't are just trash. By this point, this filters through his mind as heroes who can't win deserves to die.
• Twofer Token Minority: Make it a Threefer. In comparison to his relatively adjusted, native Japanese classmates in Class 1-A; Peter is a foreigner in both a national and cosmic sense, along with a clear case of PTSD.
• Training Montage: Peter basically has this during the same time Midoriya during the time-skip, though not quite in the same way. He does work out at Quirk-based gyms and such, but the main thing he's training is his ability to speak and write Japanese because he really just doesn't speak a lick of it.
• Trauma Button:
  • Thanks to his death during Infinity War from Thanos wiping out half of the universe, he tends to flinch when it comes to snapping fingers. Any mention of turning to dust also causes this reaction.
  • After nearly killing Bakugo during their ordeal in the Sports Festival, reminding him of the event can also bring unpleasant feelings.
• Underestimating Badassery:
  • Many of the potential up-and-coming students at the beginning of the U.A. Entrance Exam write off Peter as a non-threat due to him being an American foreigner. It's only after witnessing him utterly decimating the Faux-Villains during the practical portion of the entrance exam, that he becomes someone worthy of respect.
  • Justified in Todoroki's case. At the beginning of the U.A. Sports Festival, he believed that Peter wouldn't be that much of a threat due to only witnessing the latter's Fighting Clown attitude and usage of the Iron Spider Armor at the Entrance Exams and Hero Training. It's only after Peter achieving first place in the Obstacle Race while showing a more serious side is where Todoroki begrudgingly realized his mistake.
  • Like Todoroki above, Bakugo also believes that Peter wouldn't be as effective without the Iron Spider Armor, and is looking forward to wiping the floor with him in the U.A. Sports festival (since support gear isn't permitted without sufficient reasons), and similar to Todoroki, Bakugo made the mistake of underestimating Peter during War of the Flags, putting him in a bad spot for the rest of the team match. It finally gets to the point where Bakugo manages to push Peter into a berserk-like rage by giving a Kick the Dog The Reason You Suck speech and was outsmarted and beaten badly by a non-quipping arachnid-hero.
• Unreliable Narrator: Whenever we cut to his POV regarding Bakugo, the explosive student comes across as far more dickish due to severe Deliberate Values Dissonance on Peter's part. In Peter's eyes, Bakugo's various actions, such as his fight with Midoriya in hero training and his brutal fight with Pony in the Sports Festival, come across as those of a violent sadist than a Hot-Blooded egotist.
• Unusually Uninteresting Sight: While no one In-Universe has pointed it out (yet), there's nothing about Peter's physical appearance other than his gadgets, hero costume, and Wall Crawling that would suggest his "Quirk" is a Heteromorphic-type. Considering the usual abnormal appearances of Heteromorphic-type Quirk users, Peter looks 100% "human"; but of course, it could be chalked up as the result of a rare mutation in his generation.
• Weak, but Skilled: When compared to those with superior physical strength (i.e. Nomu) or those with long-reaching devastation firepower (i.e. Bakugo, Todoroki, and Midoriya), Peter's own abilities are underwhelming, but is able to make it up with his acrobatic style of fighting, Spider-Sense, and spider-based gadgets.
• Willfully Weak: As Mirko points out, Peter tends to hold back a lot when fighting unless he realizes he's facing a really dangerous enemy. Mirko realizes that this attitude has both pros and cons; on the plus side, it forces Peter to be creative and look for alternatives to defeat his opponents, yet it also puts him at great risk because he can be surprised by an unexpectedly strong opponent, in which case he stops being creative and relies entirely on his physical abilities.
• With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: His modus operandi. He firmly believes that those with power should use that power to protect others, which stems from his failure to protect his uncle Ben. Unfortunately, this gives him a pretty big case of Chronic Hero Syndrome, which is very much a taboo in MHA society due to laws and regulations.
• Worthy Opponent: More like "worthy obstacle", but it still fits. It becomes more evident in Chapter 12, where Bakugo openly refers to Peter by the latter's last name rather than the usual nicknames. Too bad for him, Peter is far from reciprocating that feeling.
• Wrong Context Magic: Being bitten by a radioactive spider made him a mutate (NOT a mutant, since his powers don't have a genetic basis), but his abilities pass as a Quirk.
• You Fight Like a Cow: He wouldn't be Spider-Man without being a wisecrack in battle.
  Kirishima: Stop jumping around and fight like a man Ace!
  Peter: Could I convince you to fight like a spider?

Midoriya Izuku

Midoriya Izuku - Deku, The Hero of Hope

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Predictably enough, this kind, nerdy, and righteous protagonist gets along very well with the kind, nerdy, and righteous Peter Parker. Not much has yet to change for Midoriya in this story, save that he sees Peter as a good friend and another rival. Still, his work ethic and genuine compassion he shows people shines through.

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• Adaptational Badass: Downplayed. While Midoriya still has the initial problem with using One For All, he quickly starts to adapt to its power after receiving a few pointers from Peter in Chapter 13.
• Affectionate Nickname: After establishing their newfound friendship, he's mostly referred to as "Midori" by Peter.
• All-Loving Hero: Regardless of his painful childhood, Midoriya continues to be a kind and supportive person, and doesn't hold grudges towards anyone regardless of their misdeeds towards him.
• Always Someone Better:
  • As per canon, Bakugo still beats him in a straight-up fight twice despite gaining One For All, the strongest Quirk in the series. The first time in the Battle Trials is justified, as Midoriya didn't know how to gauge the usage aside from 0 to 100%, and he didn't want to harm him despite being bullied, let alone kill the explosive teen by accident. The second time happens in the War of the Flags, and this after he Took a Level in Badass through Full Cowl and still lose to Bakugo despite the latter suffering from Worf Had the Flu.
  • It's played with in regards to Peter. On one hand, the arachnid-hero is more experienced, skillful, and is often compared to All Might despite having a less-flashy "Quirk"; and this all the more adds up to Midoriya's low-self esteem. On the other hand, Midoriya will still become the world's greatest hero and after The Reveal in canon that he'll be able to use six more Quirks in addition to One For All's stockpiling power and self-transference, it's safe to say that he'll surpass Peter eventually.
• Always Second Best: He has very little confidence and views himself as inferior to Peter, Bakugo, and Todoroki. In Peter's case, the fact that he's frequently compared to All Might and seen as a mini version of him adds to Midoriya's low-self esteem as both a hero-in-training and All Might's successor.
• Awesome, but Impractical: One For All is initially this. It allowed him to achieve some spectacular feats of strength, but at the cost of broken body parts. Part of the reason why was due to Midoriya's belief that One For All was a trump card, which caused his body to think of it the same way and was thus unable to adjust its power.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: This is Midoriya's usual ability aside from One For All. Two other examples of this show in his assessment Peter's somber attitude and funeral-like speech as a freshman representative in Chapter 14, and being able to predict the initial movements of the Blue Team in War of the Flags.
• Badass Bookworm: Midoriya has one of the most powerful Quirks in the world and is known for filling out entire notebooks on Quirk usage, strengths, and weaknesses. He scores well on his tests and can punch out skyscraper-sized robots. All in all, he fits the bill well.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: His go-to fighting style where he mostly relies on using fist-based hand-to-hand combat.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: One of the things that earn Midoriya's respect for the arachnid-hero is the latter's kindness. Considering Midoriya's painful past of being "Quirkless", it's quite touching whenever Peter gives encouragement and/or gratitude.
• Big Damn Heroes: In the U.S.J. arc, he saves a badly-injured, Peter, from being held hostage by Shigaraki.
• Combat Parkour: He does this in his fight against Todoroki, being able to outmaneuver the latter's ice-spamming and land an attack, and both the former and Aizawa notice the similarities to Peter's fighting style whenever Midoriya leaps and follows with a diving kick.
• Deuteragonist: While the story focuses on Peter's adjustment to the setting of MHA, Midoriya's role is still very important due to being All Might's chosen successor.
• Ditto Fighter: After developing Full Cowl, Midoriya becomes this. With enough research, he can incorporate and adapt other's styles and techniques to his own fighting style. So far, he has done it to Peter.
• Early Game Hell: Midoriya suffers from this because every use of his Quirk basically blows up a part of his body. Seeing as he also was Quirkless for most of his life, he also embodies this trope in that he didn't have a superpower when almost literally everyone else did. Midoriya has taken his first major step out of this as of just before the Sports Festival, where Peter helps him figure out Full Cowl early.
• Emotional Bruiser: He can punch out robots the size of skyscrapers with his Super-Strength, and can't help himself when he feels the need for a good cry.
• Expy: Horikoshi confirms that Midoriya's character is entirely based off of Spider-Man.
• Extreme Doormat: Starts off like this due to his previous All of the Other Reindeer status, and is slowly growing out of it.
• Foil:
  • He's one to Peter Parker, on an In-Universe and meta example. They are both nerdy, but kind teenagers who aspire to become great heroes like their respective mentors. They both come from humble backgrounds, are close to a single motherly figure, and gain their powers through an accidental event. They're both socially awkward Genius Bruisers, but while Peter is a scientifically-minded Gadgeteer Genius, Midoriya is an analytical-minded Badass Bookworm. Likewise, Horikoshi stated that Midoriya's character and ideals are modeled after Spider-Man, but tends to be more emotional than him.
  • To Bakugo, and they pretty much serve as two sides of the same coin regarding heroism. They both idolized All Might and aspire to be a hero as great as him, but holds very different heroic ideals. For Midoriya, a hero always saves lives; for Bakugo, a hero always wins. Midoriya is shy and humble with a cool and calculating green to his attire, while Bakugo is outgoing (sometimes) and prideful with a warm and bright orange to his attire.
• Foregone Conclusion: As it already needs more saying. He'll still become the world's greatest hero, and the story itself will show how he gets there despite Spider-Man being thrown into the mix.
• Friendly Rivalry: Midoriya has this mutually with Peter. He may want to surpass the American boy, but unlike the other kids in his class that want to do so, he isn't a jerk about it.
• Genius Bruiser: Before developing Full Cowl, Midoriya has managed to come through some tough spots through pure ingenuity, like in his battle against Bakugo in the Battle Trials and surviving against the League of Villains during U.S.J. incident. After gaining Peter's help with controlling One For All, he eventually developing his own techniques based on positional awareness and high mobility more than sheer brute force.
• Glass Cannon: How he initially started out after gaining One For All. At 100%, his Quirk has insane power, but Midoriya can't use it or else he'll break the body part he uses it on. He could be seen as this to the logical extreme: in reality, a glass cannon would be destroyed after one shot. He starts to move away from this trope after developing Full Cowl but is still at a risk lapsing back into this.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: To the point of being an impostor syndrome-type disorder? Then Midoriya definitely has this bad. It really doesn't help whenever someone compares Peter Parker to All Might, along with the added "mini version of the No.1 hero", since it adds up to Midoriya's low self-esteem.
• Hero of Another Story: He's the focal character to the Omake: Academia Side Story, which retells the story from Midoriya's point-of-view.
• Hidden Depths:
  • While Midoriya is grateful for the arachnid-hero's acknowledgment and support, hearing the constant appraisal of Peter being compared to the No.1 hero himself despite his Boring, but Practical "Spider" Quirk, still brings discomfort to his inadequacy as All Might's successor and current torchbearer for One For All.
  • No matter how badly Bakugo treated him for all these years, Midoriya still sees him as a friend; and deep down inside, admires him as the image of victory.
• Hidden in Plain Sight: No one (aside from Todoroki) is suspecting him of being linked to All Might, due to Peter being coincidentally more of a fit for this.
• I Am Not Left-Handed:
  • Averted in Midoriya's case, but Bakugo is convinced that the latter has been doing this their entire life and with a lot of reasons to think that. It is unheard of for people to develop Quirks as late as Midoriya did, while seemingly for him to attain new levels of control/power over it; which shouldn't be happening even if Midoriya had it for as long as Bakugo thinks he has, and Midoriya telling Bakugo odd things about his Quirk hasn't made the situation any better.
  • On a somewhat humorous note, his one-to-one match against Todoroki. The latter believes he'll be able to corner Midoriya by forcing him to use up his arms through One For All 100% by continuously spamming ice, only to be blindsided as he forgot about Delaware Smash since the Quirk Assessment Test. When Todoroki recomposes himself and continues to be confident that he'll win by making Midoriya used up his fingers, he starts to get overwhelmed by the latter's Lightning Bruiser fighting style and ends up on the defense.
• Lightning Bruiser: Midoriya became this after developing One For All: Full Cowl, as he increases both his mobility and striking power to above-average levels, being able to make the tougher Bakugo stagger from hits. Its overall power output is less than when using one limb at full power, but he is able to fight without wrecking his body.
• Logical Weakness: Two of them. Midoriya only received his Quirk later in life, thus using it is not at all "natural" to him and puts tremendous strain on his body, although he's working to alleviate that. Second and most importantly, his analytical skills are what often gets him ahead of his enemies, but that means he still needs some time to think. A sufficiently speedy opponent who can Speed Blitz him can deprive him of that advantage.

• Out of Focus: He doesn't get much of the spotlight early on in the story aside from minor recurring appearances or being viewed through the POV of others. After 11 chapters, Midoriya starts to gain more focus on his role in the story.
• Passing the Torch: Midoriya is the receiver and All Might is the passer.
• Super-Strength: As the 9th bearer of One For All, Midoriya has this to the same degree as All Might and will eventually surpass him, but he can't control it well. He's able to use a downplayed version of this with "One For All: Full Cowl", which lets him use about 5% of One For All's power without straining himself.
• Took a Level in Badass: Once Midoriya developed Full Cowl a few weeks before the U.A. Sports Festival, he is no capable of feats he couldn't previously do when starting out.
  • One example of his growth is where he's able to hold his own against a weakened Bakugo for a short while during the War of the Flags.
  • In his one-to-one match against Todoroki, Midoriya was able to overwhelm the former and could've won in their fight if he didn't focus on being the Warrior Therapist. The best part? Midoriya still won the fight even after Todoroki used his left-side.
• Unskilled, but Strong: Zigzagged with Weak, but Skilled. As the holder of All Might's power, Midoriya has the greatest raw power out of all of his classmates; but since he's still learning to control it, it ravages his body every time he uses it. Unlike the other students, who can use their Quirks at will, he is limited to these explosive bursts of strength that leave him damaged; so he is forced to use his brain to develop strategies and only use his power in a creative and sparingly manner.
• Warrior Therapist: During his match with Todoroki in the Sports Festival tournament, Midoriya intentionally backs his classmate into a corner while trying to get him to stop holding back his left-side. He's eventually able to break through to him, convincing Todoroki to accept that his left-side is his power alone and not his father's.
• Weak, but Skilled: Zigzagged with Unskilled, but Strong. When using Full Cowl, the overall output at 5% is only marginally stronger than he was without using it, and Midoriya lacks the explosive power of a full-powered Smash. However, by increasing his overall power, even at a smaller percent, he is capable of fighting longer, is much faster as a result, and is capable of working in strategies better since he no longer needs to fear his limbs breaking. But if he's not careful with maintaining the output at a safe percentage to gradually build up for more, he'll revert back to his initial problem with his Quirk.

Todoroki Shoto

Todoroki Shoto

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Todoroki is mostly the same as in canon, save for the fact that he also acknowledges Peter as someone he needs to overcome if he wants to show his father that he doesn't need his Quirk. Unlike canon, he isn't almost immediately at the top of his class simply due to his raw power, because Peter already surpasses him there. His frustration seems to be growing greater with each passing POV we get from him.

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• Always Second Best: He finds himself falling behind Peter in class. This really frustrates him for a couple of reasons: First is that Peter's Fighting Clown nature irritates him, as he feels as though he's being treated like a lightweight not worth his opponent's time. The second is that he vowed to surpass his father without using his flame-half, and if he needs it to surpass Peter, he's failing in that promise.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He refuses his father's help regarding the upcoming Sports Festival partially out of spite for his abusive sire, partially because he's confident he can take the competition and come out on the top with half his power. Peter's performance in the first trial forces him to eat these words.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: Unlike Eraser Head and his father, Todoroki is the first one to notice that its Midoriya who's connected to All Might instead of Peter. However, he does suspect of a possible connection between Peter and All Might, but he doesn't invest that much in it.
• Comes Great Responsibility: He basically says this nearly word-by-word after his match against Midoriya, as Todoroki know realizes his Willfully Weak attitude could've got Peter killed during the U.S.J. incident.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: During his match with Midoriya at the Sports Festival, he's absolutely pissed when he mistakenly believes that his classmate pities him because he can't win with just his right-side alone, even though the latter knows why he refuses to use his left-side.
• Foil: Just like Peter, Todoroki has a legacy weighing upon him. Unlike Peter, Todoroki hates the hero he's intended to succeed and refuses to give it his everything.
• Godzilla Threshold: Todoroki swore he would never use his fire abilities to spite Endeavor. Unfortunately, Peter is so skilled an opponent that Todoroki unwittingly triggers his untapped power just to keep fighting the arachnid-hero, which explicitly distresses him a lot.
• An Ice Person: The first half of his abilities that stem from his mother's Quirk. It's also the only side he is willing to use until Midoriya is able to convince him to start using his other half.
• Logical Weakness:
  • Overusing his right-side will lower Todoroki's body temperature and makes his movements sluggish. This wouldn't be much of a problem unless he decides to fully use his left-side, thus neutralizing the drawback.
  • Due to being a Long-Range Fighter, he leaves a lot of openings if his opponents could Speed Blitz or break through his ice. Two examples are shown in his fight against Spider-Man in the Battle Trial and War of the Flags, and another one against Midoriya and Sato.
• Long-Range Fighter: While Todoroki is physically capable of holding his own in combat, he mainly prefers to keep a certain distance from his opponent and use his right-side to freeze them solid. This ends up being a drawback if his opponent is able to avoid his ice or outright smash through it; with Peter, Midoriya, and Sato being prominent examples.
• Playing with Fire: The second half of his abilities that stem from his father's Quirk. He despises these powers and has vowed never to use them (aside from thawing his ice or warming himself from overusing his right-side). He ends up needing to use them in the second round of the Sports Festival, which explicitly causes him great distress and almost drives him to tears. He finally accepts that his fire abilities are his alone and not his father's during his match with Midoriya at the Sports festival.
• Rejecting the Inheritance: This is basically Todoroki's initial motivation. Endeavor specifically bred Todoroki to have both his Quirk and his mother's to make an heir to surpass All Might and has been brutal with Todoroki to accomplish this. This has only caused Todoroki to reject Endeavor's Quirk, as he wants to spite his father by becoming the best without using his flames at all. This also means that he rejects any form of help that his father may give him, which ends up biting him in the ass when Peter takes first place in the Obstacle Race.
• The Rival: He sees Peter and Midoriya as this. Peter because he's been losing to him since school started, and Midoriya because his Quirk looks almost identical to All Might's (unknown to him, that's mostly because it is).
• Squishy Wizard: It's downplayed. He's by no means weak or unathletic, and is one of the strongest students in Class 1-A; but it's clear that he tends to rely more on the devastating, long-range power of his Quirk to the point of Crippling Overspecialization. A big example is whenever he fought against the more agile and skilled Spider-Man (first at the Battle Trials and then during the War of the Flags), Todoroki couldn't even touch him. This drawback gives Peter plenty of openings to get in close and land a knockout blow, forcing Todoroki to use his left-side to even stand a chance against the arachnid-hero.
• Unknown Rival: Much like Bakugo, Peter doesn't see him as a rival at all and is only weirded out whenever Todoroki stares at him. Even after Todoroki mellows out in the aftermath of his battle against Midoriya, Peter still hasn't figured it out at all.
• You Are Not My Father: He outright declares this in his private conversation with Midoriya, claiming to be no son of Endeavor, but a tool for the man's ambition.

Bakugo Katsuki

Bakugo Katsuki

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Bakugo is every bit as loud, angry, and generally rude and assholish as he is in canon. Unlike canon, however, he doesn't get to claim being #1 in the entrance exams, thanks to Peter taking that spot which has set him off quite a bit and done nothing to endear him to Peter so far. Likewise, Bakugo's high temperamental and violent behavior completely repulsed the kind-hearted Peter Parker and is the only one in Class 1-A who he doesn't like and is doubtful of the explosive teen's goal of being a hero.

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• The Ace: Deconstructed. In the beginning, Bakugo was a skilled Quirk user who was good at just about anything he attempted, including having great grades. This, combined with him being praised by so many people for his luck and talent, meant Bakugo grew up knowing he was this — which made him into a massive jerkass who looked down on everyone else. He gets a bad wake-up call when he starts attending U.A. High, which is full of students who are just as talented and hardworking as he is, and his bad attitude from years of getting his ego inflated constantly gets in the way of his dream of being a real hero.
• Achilles' Heel: While his Quirk is both devastating and versatile in all manners of combat, he can only use them through the palms of his hands, and if either limb is damaged in a way where he can't activate his explosions, then his attack strength drops dramatically.

• Adaptational Jerkass: A justified case. As we usually see him from Peter's perspective, coupled with Deliberate Values Dissonance, he comes across as a lot more callous and cruel. That being said, it's still played straight when he's denied of being the #1 ranked student, becoming more arrogant and dismissive of his own flaws and essentially delves into a straight-up Spoiled Brat in his line of thinking.
• Adaptational Karma: Gets this harder than in the original canon series, where he's not only stuck in an Always Second Best situation in regards to an Ideal Hero, but gets beat by the same student who's finally sick of his behavior through acting in the same manner (i.e. Unstoppable Rage and The Berserker) in their climactic fight, getting one of his arms nearly crippled (which is also the source of his pride and ego due to his Quirk ability), and is effectively humiliated by having to be saved again in front of the entire country.
• Affectionate Nickname: Much to Peter's confusion, Midoriya still calls Bakugo by the latter's childhood nickname, "Kacchan". Surprisingly, it's the one thing that Bakugo doesn't object to that.
• Aggressive Categorism: His go-to insult/nickname for Peter is calling the foreign exchange student an "American", and therefore undeserving to attend U.A. High regardless of his power. Unlike most examples; it's more out of envy rather than prejudice. He drops this practice after the U.S.J. incident.
• All for Nothing: He actively tries to goad Peter into getting angry so that he can fight him at his best and prove that he's the superior student. He succeeds at pushing Peter into anger, but his utter failure to defeat him along with having to be saved by All Might in front of the entire country finally breaks his confidence and ego to the point of despair.
• Always Second Best: A constant factor that enrages him is that no matter what he does, he always comes off as second fiddle to Peter Parker. This really comes to head in the climax of the Sports Festival, where Peter easily beats him down in the final match and makes it painfully clear how inferior Bakugo is to him.
• Always Someone Better: One of the best Quirk users in his generation with few rivaling his weight class and manages to beat Midoriya (who is currently holding One For All, one of the strongest Quirks of the MHA setting) twice, ends up losing against the stronger, experienced, and more heroic Peter Parker.
• Arch-Enemy: Out of all the people that Peter interacts within the story so far, Bakugo is the only one who he strongly disliked, and not without good reasons for the way he usually acts on a near-daily basis. In fact, by the time they go up against each other in the finale of the U.A. Sports Festival, Peter's dislike becomes full-blown hatred, even to the point of murderous whereas not even a single villain he fought had ever pushed him that far. It's even lampshaded by Peter that Bakugo is the first person that he ever crushed unlike anyone before.
• Attack! Attack! Attack!: His usual strategy of initiating combat. This exchange between him and Todoroki sums it up perfectly:
  Todoroki: Do you even have a plan of attack?
  Bakugo: Yeah, Attack.
  • That being said, he is capable of fighting strategically if his initial method doesn't work.
• Badass Decay: An In-Universe example. After his near-fatal loss against Peter in the Sports Festival, he loses most of his combat effectiveness even after regaining the ability to use his Quirk. During his internship with Gang Orca, Pony practically runs circles around him at almost everything while he lags behind.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: He envies Peter's position as The Ace and is even more pissed off of his Fighting Clown attitude, and spend nearly every interaction with the arachnid-hero by acting like a dick in order to rile him up in order to beat him at his best. Once he finally got what he wanted in their one-to-one match in the U.A. Sports Festival, Peter practically hands Bakugo's ass to him with All Might having to intervene to prevent further injuries to could've led to his death.
• The Berserker: He's perpetually angry and temperamental, not to mention exceedingly reckless whenever he fights. He can't even clean his own house without raging.
• Black-and-White Insanity: His belief that a true hero is someone who always wins does fall within this trope. When he lost against Peter in their climactic fight, he starts to contemplate suicide for not being able to win at all.
• Blood Knight: Ultimately subverted. While Bakugo has no problem with picking a fight and seems to enjoy the thrill of it, especially if he can win them to prove his superiority when giving it his all along with his opponent giving it 100% as well. It becomes very clear that he actually cares more about winning and showing off his skills, especially since he can't stand the idea of losing. When the reality cement in his mind that he doesn't stand a chance against Peter in their climactic fight at all, especially when he had to be saved from a gruesome fate, Bakugo's spirit immediately broke down in the aftermath, and any other fight he engages in is devoided of the usual passion he once had.
• Book Dumb: Played with. He's great in an academic environment and is not too shabby when it comes to being practical, but his combat inexperience and overweening pride leads him into making poorly thought-out choices that ultimately lead to his downfall in the Sports Festival.
• Break the Haughty:
  • Having Midoriya beat him in the Battle Trials and going through an Hourglass Plot is a sore one for him.
  • Combined with Break the Badass in his one-to-one fight against Peter. To say that it left him a mess is an understatement.
• Broken Ace: Despite his immense talent and power, his inability to surpass Peter frustrates him more-and-more, especially since his whole life has been spent receiving nothing but praise and admiration from his peers for his abilities and potential. It culminates in him being on the wrong end of a Curb-Stomp Battle against Peter where he needed to be saved by All Might. This effectively humiliated him in front of the entire country. His attitude after this incident shows this even further, as he acts like his soul was ripped out of him and no longer has the fire and determination he had prior.
• Broken Base: An In-Universe example. In spite of his antagonistic and boorish personality, he is still repeatedly praised by everyone for his incredible talent and either think he's awesome (mostly everybody else) or are too scared of him (poor Midoriya), and only occasionally do people call him out or reprimand him for that behavior. Peter is an exception, having been raised in America's anti-bullying culture (and having been bullied himself) and doesn't believe Bakugo deserves to be at U.A. High.
• Broken Hero: An Anti-Hero version. Bakugo completely loses his confidence and drive to move forward after his loss to Peter at the Sports Festival. He's so broken up that he briefly contemplates using his Quirk to kill himself before All Might shows up.
• The Bully: At the start of the story. He's growing out of it.
• Bullying the Dragon: Bakugo immediately antagonizes Peter, seeing him as a threat in his goal to be the #1 pro-hero and finding Peter's Fighting Clown attitude annoying, going further and further to try and provoke him. It is not until he excessively brutalizes Pony in their fight, insults Peter's beliefs and implies that his loved ones were not the heroes that Peter knew they were did Peter drop all quips and hand him his Karma Houdini Warranty in just two hits, nearly crippling Bakugo in the process.
• Cunning Linguist: Although it's still with an accent, he can speak the English language well enough to mock Peter throughout the story.
• Curb Stomp Cushion: While Peter ultimately won in their brawl in the climax of the Sports Festival, Bakugo still manages to make get in some good hits before getting near-crippling injuries. Subverted as it's revealed that the only reason he manages to last so long was that Peter was deliberately holding back in a gambit to spite the former into believing he had a chance into defeating him and it's only until Bakugo expel nearly all of his stamina in his attacks is where he quickly gets a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
• Defiant to the End: While this somewhat contradicts his beliefs, his refusal to surrender against Peter despite having no chance of winning ends up making him the heroic one in their battle. As All Might puts it, a true hero isn't someone who's always victorious, but one who always gets back up despite the odds against them.
• Determinator: Say what you will about his personality, but you can't deny Bakugo's relentless drive to achieve his goals. This is something that Midoriya admired since their childhood regardless of his poor attitude along with everyone else taking note of this as well. However, it becomes deconstructed in two ways. Firstly, his single-minded determination to be the best have shown to be quite destructive to himself and others, where he makes notably stupid decisions throughout the Sports Festival, and after receiving grievous injuries in his one-to-one fight against an incredibly pissed off Peter Parker; tries to continue fighting despite being too injured to move or even think clearly. Lastly, his determination does have its limits. When the reality has finally cemented in his mind of the gap between his abilities and Peter's, getting the source of his infallible ego broken (i.e. his hand in which he uses his Quirk through), and along with having to be rescued (what he really despised) from a fatal attack; Bakugo ends up losing his confidence and drive altogether to continue being the best and spends several days in despair while contemplating suicide.
• Didn't Think This Through:
  • He does this to Midoriya in the Battle Trials, and was thoroughly outsmarted.
  • At the start of War of the Flags, his initial move is to immediately go after Peter since he thinks the latter will be easy prey without the Iron Spider Armor. Not only was he completely wrong, but Bakugo also fell right into the trap set up for him because the Red Team predicted this kind of move before the start of the team match.
  • He thinks his fight against Pony would be a joke, and she nearly beats him with a surprise chokehold.
  • His successful attempt to provoke Peter is basically one of the worst mistakes he made in the story, as he believes that the latter would not only take the fight seriously but also would get sloppier in his anger. Too bad for him that he underestimates how much Peter actually hates him and how cunning he actually is, and the end result for Bakugo getting three of his ribs broken, an entire arm (from wrist to shoulder) dislocated with debris and barbed wire caught in the torn, exposed muscle sinews, the brutal realization that Peter was the one in control the entire time while deliberately invoking an Unstoppable Rage to throw him off, and having to be rescued in front of the entire country.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: He absolutely loathes being pitied or being shown with any form of compassion as his fragile ego always interpreted it as a weakness. Unfortunately, this mindset causes him to associate any form of genuine sympathy with being looked down on or being lied to just to make him feel better.
  • When Midoriya tries to tell him the truth about how he got his Quirk, he believes that his former friend is lying and looking down on him.
  • All Might tries to console him by telling him about when he lost his mentor and that he isn't the Invincible Hero everyone thinks he is. However, Bakugo's entire perception of All Might is the Invincible Hero who inspired him to be a hero who never loses. This leads to him calling All Might a liar and storming off.
• Driven to Suicide: Actually contemplates this after his humiliating loss in the U.A. Sports Festival by using his own Quirk if it wasn't for the fact that he could no longer ignite his nitroglycerin sweat.
• Entitled Bastard: As the result of experiencing nothing but praise and admiration for his talents and abilities as a child, it's no surprise that Bakugo believes that he's practically destined to be the top hero and is absolutely livid that Peter Parker (who's a foreigner with a less flashy "Quirk") is seen as The Ace instead. Deconstructed after his loss against Peter in the U.A. Sports Festival, where Bakugo enters a Heroic BSoD when confronted with the reality that he's no longer the best.
• Entertainingly Wrong: To the point of a Running Gag, but really, it's seriously not funny at all. Due to the combination of a fragile ego and a nasty temper, Bakugo will always twist the situation and what he observes to fit his own preconceived world view, and he can often make careless statements that, while correct on paper, are very inappropriate or just plain disrespectful (if the fact that he once told Midoriya to kill himself as a joke doesn't tip you off, then his "choice words" for Peter prior to their climactic battle should ring a bell). As a consequence, he doesn't get the victory he craves at the end of the U.A. Sports Festival Arc, and essentially acts like a Spoiled Brat throwing a temper tantrum of how "he was supposed to be destined for greatness by having the best Quirk in the entire school and constantly giving it his all, and therefore he should've deserved the #1 and not some clown who comes in out of nowhere."
• Establishing Character Moment: When he and Peter first met on their way to Homeroom, he acts like his usual Pre-Character Development self and declares if Peter doesn't want to "die", he should stay out of his way. When Peter was confused on the "die" part and asked for clarity, Bakugo repeated himself, in English that he's going to be #1 and how Peter is nothing more than a Red Shirt, an extra, and a stepping stone for him. By now, you can already tell that Peter is not going to be on good terms with him, and it only gets worse from there.
• Everyone Has Standards: A prideful and selfish Jerkass he may be, but there are lines that he won't cross.
  • As much as Bakugo envies Peter for being the #1 ranked student, he won't resort to letting the arachnid-hero die by Shigaraki's hand if it meant taking out the competition.
  • He's not above the use of violence if it means achieving No.1, but hearing about what Endeavor is willing to do his own family in order to achieve the same goals appalls him as well.
  • An Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy he may be, but even Bakugo doesn't like Peter's Fighting Clown attitude. As in his mind, Peter doesn't take things seriously as the #1 ranked student. However, it basically amounts to hypocrisy considering his gloating when he believed that he "defeated" Peter in their one-to-one fight.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Played with. While he's not evil, Bakugo's selfish attitude makes it hard for him to understand simple altruism.
  • Anytime that Midoriya tries to help him is repeatedly misinterpreted by Bakugo as being mocked or seen as "helpless", which is his biggest Berserk Button. It has gotten worse from there, as he now thinks that Midoriya was hiding his own Quirk to fool him by pretending to be weak for over 10 years.
  • In a nutshell, his entire view of Peter Parker is full of this.
• Failure Is the Only Option: When it comes down to it, Bakugo pretty much had no chance of defeating Peter at all in their one-to-one match, especially since Peter was already aware of Bakugo's intentions from even before the U.A. Sports Festival and deliberately invoke the intended reaction, along with being Willfully Weak in their battle in order to drag the former into a false sense of assurance for victory. After Bakugo gains grievous injuries, the only way for him to logically win at this point is to either outsmart Peter into a Ring Out or Peter was to forfeit or gets disqualified in some way. It's highly unlikely for the first option since Bakugo is dealing with too much pain to even think clearly, has already been pushed to his Quirk's limit and is low on stamina, having trouble breathing a bit from getting his ribs broken, and it took all of his resolve to even stand on his knees, while Peter himself is no worse for wear aside from having some bad burns on his body, is still calm enough to think strategically despite being near his Rage Breaking Point, is able move faster than the blink of an eye in a short distance combined with his high reflexes and Spider-Sense to avoid any attack. Also, it's unlikely for Peter to forfeit the match since he's aiming for a Despair Gambit on Bakugo and probably figure out the limitations of injuries that are allowed to be inflicted as to not get disqualified on his end, plus, Bakugo wouldn't accept a victory against an opponent if he can't win by overwhelming them with his own power and skill in a fight.
• Fate Worse than Death: Treats his loss against Peter in the U.A. Sports Festival as this, with him developing suicidal tendencies and cursing All Might for rescuing him from a situation that would've cost him his life.
• Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence: Another factor that's driving his animosity towards Peter, other than his jealousy for the latter being the No.1 ranked student. He's annoyed by Peter's presence altogether, leading to him angrily getting up in the latter's face whenever someone else unfavorably compares the two, which only gets worse when the spectators start to call Peter the "Next All Might". In fact, when he thought he managed to defeat Peter in their one-to-one match, Bakugo was practically giddy that his rightful place as the strongest is back to normal and gloats on how the arachnid-hero is nothing more than a Doom Magnet for others, only to be completely shocked that not only Peter was no worse for wear aside from the burns created from his previous attacks and getting brutally dispatched in just two hits, but also experiencing the reality that any chance of victory over the latter was doom from the start. Afterward, he wallows in despair that his dream of being No.1 is now essentially over regardless of his talents and effort, but he also gives plenty of self-entitled temper tantrums, one including how he blames Peter for making everything a nightmare for him just by existing.
• Foil:
  • To Peter Parker. They're both talented teenagers who aspire to become heroes, but while Peter believes the ideal of With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility; Bakugo leans more toward the ideal of With Great Power Comes Great Perks. Peter grew up in a financially small apartment with his aunt, whereas Bakugo lives in an upper-middle-class house with both of his parents. Peter sees Midoriya as a good friend who's worthy of being a hero, while Bakugo sees him as a weakling who's undeserving of being one. They also flip their own respective National Stereotypes, with Peter averting most of the Eagleland tropes and Bakugo being the complete opposite of Japanese Politeness.
  • To Midoriya. and they pretty much serve as two sides of the same coin regarding heroism. They both idolized All Might and aspire to be a hero as great as him, but holds very different heroic ideals. For Bakugo, a hero always wins; for Midoriya, a hero always saves lives. While Bakugo is outgoing (sometimes) and prideful with a warm and bright orange to his attire, Midoriya is shy and humble with a cool and calculating green to his attire.
• Genius Bruiser: In battle, he is extremely brutal, but in reality, he is exceptionally talented and smart. He's labeled by Aizawa as a "genius berserker" thanks to being amazingly intelligent despite being a walking ball of nigh-endless anger issues, and even Peter himself (begrudgingly) acknowledges it as well.
• Glass Cannon: Despite normally being seen as a Lightning Bruiser, Bakugo can steep into this territory when he pushes his Quirk past the safety limit or goes up against opponents with superior physical abilities (e.g. Spider-Man). Figuratively, it also applies to his character. Regardless of how well he displays his arrogance and superiority, Bakugo's ego is revealed to be so fragile and insecure, that whenever he feels that it's being threatened, he lashes out in an Intermittent Explosive-like disorder. To put it simply, while he can endure a hit, he'll always deal out more damage to others when he himself can't take it.
• Gone Horribly Right: Ever since Peter became the top-ranking student in Class 1-A, Bakugo wasted no time provoking the former at nearly every turn in order to get him to fight seriously, so the explosive teen can be seen as the top dog by beating the arachnid-hero at his best. By giving a Kick the Dog "The Reason You Suck" Speech just before their one-to-one match, he got the intended reaction he was looking for, except...
• Gone Horribly Wrong: ...Peter was deliberately invoking this reaction as a Batman Gambit with Bakugo none the wiser. Furthermore, not only was Peter additionally holding back in their one-to-one match, Bakugo couldn't even slow him down at all with any of his explosions, as the arachnid-hero was able to dodge or endure them with no more than a few burns and Clothing Damage. Once Bakugo fully lets his guard down after he believes that Peter is "defeated" by unleashing a final attack right after Howitzer Impact (which created a lot of smoke on the latter's side of the field), he gets thoroughly pummeled with three broken ribs, getting the wind knocked out of him through a strong kick to the gut, a near-crippled arm, and could've been killed (or if he's really lucky, maimed beyond repair) had it not been for All Might intervening at the last second.
• Good is Not Nice: He's an Anti-Hero and it's frequently shown that his behavior makes him come across to others (especially Peter) as a villain or thug. Despite this, he still identifies as a hero and is training to be one.
• Hand Blast: By igniting his sweat through the palms of his hands.
• Hated by All: He may have friends, but anyone who encounters his repulsive attitude, massive arrogance, and tripwire temper instantly despise him. If it wasn't for Peter being the "face" in Class 1-A, the unfortunate side effect of the explosive teen's personality would've fully turned everyone else against the class, as it would assume that they're all just as arrogant and obnoxious as Bakugo is.
• Having a Blast: His Quirk literally gives him the ability to create explosions by sweating nitroglycerin and combined with his natural-born genius mind, he is able to create a variety of techniques.
• Not Quite Flight: Is capable of propelling himself in the air through the momentum of his Quirk.
• Heroic BSoD: When his philosophy that heroes never lose or else they're worthless collides with the realization that Peter is in a totally different weight class than him, his sense of self-worth shatters to the point of being an emotionless shell of his usual Hot-Blooded personality.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: After his one-sided loss to Peter, this hits him hard. His sense of self-worth completely shatters and he mentally lashes out at how pathetic he views himself. He somehow manages to make Midoriya seem more confident and self-assured.
• Hey, You!: He always calls others with a correlated nickname, and only refers to their actual name as a sign of respect.
• Hot-Blooded: A somewhat less heroic version of this than usual, with both the positive and negative sides in the story.
• Hypocrite: As Bakugo continues to grow frustrated with being Always Second Best, he starts to come across like this, and hoo boy... you should take a seat for this one.
  • From the beginning and current time, he would always work hard to earn his victories and wouldn't accept anything that he would view as "easy" towards being the #1 ranked Hero, yet he briefly fantasize of his Glory Days as the Big Man on Campus back in Aldera Junior High and how he believes that by defeating Peter, everything will be back to "normal" and "how things are the way it should be".
  • He follows the belief that a real hero is someone who's the strongest and always wins. But when it fully cements in his mind that Peter is clearly leagued above him after suffering grievous injuries, he tries to continue fighting, even when it's clear that he has no chance of winning at all. This suggests that not even he fully believes this and his Defiant to the End moment is when he ironically became the heroic one in his battle against Peter.
  • One could make a drinking game of how many times that Bakugo tells himself to not underestimate his opponents after his ordeal in the Battle Trials, and never figuring out the consequences before its too late.
  • He calls Peter out on his quipping Motor Mouth tendencies and proves himself Not So Above It All throughout 2/3's of their one-to-one match.
  • He gives a What the Hell, Hero? to Peter for causing trouble for others due to his loss against the Nomu, but excuse his own losses as things happening out of his control or blames it on others, and afterward, insistently shouts that he didn't lose even after getting beaten in their one-to-one fight.
  • At two different intervals, he tells both Pony and Peter to think for themselves for once instead of how others view them. This is funny coming from a guy with an Inferiority Superiority Complex.
  • In his rant towards Izuku in the aftermath of the Sports Festival; he complains about how Peter made a fool out of him by needlessly antagonizing him for the entirety of their one-to-one fight when the arachnid-hero could've just ended it at the very beginning, acting as if he was expecting courtesy or sportsmanship. Nevermind that he never gave Peter a reason to do so after needlessly antagonizing him ''constantly'' beforehand, all just so he can have a glorify piss match while also intending to make himself look more heroic by taking advantage of the latter's anger.
• Innocently Insensitive:
  • Kinda, sorta-ish. While he certainly intended to rile Peter up with his insults before their match. Mocking the memory of the Avengers and the heroes who died fighting Thanos wasn't something he actually intended to do. It's mostly this because Bakugo really doesn't know about Peter's past, so while he meant to get his opponent angry, he didn't mean to go that far.
  • Happens again during his fight with Peter, where he once again states that "real heroes never lose". This was meant to psych himself up since he was on the losing end of the fight, but Peter thought he was being a Sore Loser and continues to spite the memory of the heroes who failed to stop Thanos again, pushing him into a Rage Breaking Point that would have resulted in Bakugo's death had All Might not intervene.
• Irony:
  • The driving force of his one-sided enmity with Izuku is due to a miscommunication between them in the past, while also stating that he doesn't deserve to win. Yet, he's practically oblivious to Peter's true animosity towards him for similar reasons.
  • He once labeled Peter as being a Dumb Muscle for the latter's seemingly less versatile "Quirk", but can invoke this image himself due to his own ego and impulsiveness.
  • He angrily declares to Peter that the latter will regret attending U.A. High School early on in the story, and is now regretting his own choice to attend U.A. after being brutally beaten by the arachnid-hero in the Sports Festival.
  • A while before the Sports Festival, he intends to show Peter where he stands on the totem pole, and he did...by showing that the latter stands beyond his own abilities.
  • Just before their one-to-one match, he calls Peter an annoyance for his wisecracks and how he can't stand the latter. Coming from a guy with a perchance for throwing tantrums, threatening others, and among other things, makes this quite ironic to which Peter calls him out on this.
  • He once told Midoriya to kill himself while the latter suffers from low self-esteem, and is now contemplating suicide after his own confidence is broken from his loss against Peter.
  • He calls Peter a "loser" in a snide manner after their second confrontation at the beginning of the U.S.J arc, and after his brutal loss against the arachnid-hero in the U.A. Sports Festival, he's the one referring himself as a "loser", with Pony even mimicking his earlier insult to Peter in chapter 31 for his callousness to Iida's predicament against Stain.
  • He's quite known for his Hair-Trigger Temper and spends an entire decade bullying a Quirkless kid, and got his own ass brutally handed to him by another kid who is technically Quirkless while also undergoing an Unstoppable Rage.
  • For a guy who hates dishonesty from others and calling them out on it, he's constantly twisting events and even rejecting certain parts of what he sees and hear to fit his own perceived worldview. The fact that he's frustrated at his father "twisting the event" of how he perceived Midoriya insulting him by offering to help only makes this doubly ironic.
• I Shall Taunt You: Does this all the time against Peter in order to make sure he's going to take him seriously in a fight to prove his superiority over him. It becomes deconstructed when Bakugo ends up pushing the wrong buttons when Peter ends up translating his insults as Speak Ill of the Dead, which brings disastrous results in their climactic fight.
• It's All About Me: His entire mindset goes beyond this and into outright narcissism. He believes himself to be the star of the show and the greatest student at U.A., viewing everyone else as either second rate or "extras" in his story. It becomes deconstructed when this mentality leads him into making really stupid decisions that led to his downfall in the U.A. Sports Festival.
• Japanese Politeness: Averted. Bakugo's prideful behavior in his accomplishments, casual way of speaking to the point of crudeness, and his overall competitiveness are an antithesis to the real-life Japanese cultural values. In a roundabout way, however, he leans closer to the Asian Rudeness stereotype despite not being Chinese.
• Jerkass Has a Point: He may have a personality of a "garbage fire", but Bakugo can make solid points at certain times.
  • In a way, he was right about Peter cheating in the entrance exam since the latter used the Iron-Spider Armor's capabilities to give himself a boost for the practical portion. Alongside that, his angry claim to Peter of not deserving to be in U.A. regardless of his abilities holds some weight since Peter's "Quirk" isn't actually a natural ability, but as a result from being bit by a radioactive spider. However, the problem with these points is the fact that the only reason that Peter is able to use the Iron-Spider Armor is due to a Loophole Abuse^note Since the Armor counts as a hero costume and not purely a support item. and for all that Bakugo knows about Peter's "Quirk", is that his spider abilities are a Quirk and he's merely outrage of someone else scoring higher than him in the entrance exam to where he starts making petty assumptions that just happen to be right.
  • He refuses to accept Shigaraki's proposal for a hostage exchange, as he correctly pegged the villain as a hardcore psychopath who would kill his hostage anyway for kicks.
  • While his claim to Peter that "real heroes never lose" is shortsighted and dangerously naive, he isn't entirely wrong that a hero has to win or else there'll be dire consequences if they lost the battle. The end of Infinity War and Peter's beatdown from the Nomu are two big examples, and it's implied that this claim did manage to affect Peter in the aftermath of their climactic battle.
  • To Pony about his feelings toward Iida and the attack on him by Stain. As he tells her, it was Iida's problem for getting attacked despite what she says. As it was indeed Iida's fault for going after Stain for revenge.
• Jerk Jock: Is seen and described as this by Peter, and while Bakugo subverts the "dumb" aspect of the stereotype, the former still isn't wrong with the assessment.
• Jerkass to One:
  • In general, he's a total prick towards everyone, but he's especially crass towards Midoriya, making him a Crueler to One example. It gets so bad that almost nobody likes him in-universe, even if they do admire his power — and one of the things that puzzle everybody, In-Universe and out, is Midoriya seeing him as a former friend even if he's been mercilessly bullied for a decade and with Bakugo even telling Midoriya to kill himself (which is considered to be an Early-Installment Weirdness by Horikoshi in the canon manga).
  • To Peter Parker, although not unjustified. Since the latter's kindness and power-set make him the #1 ranked student in Class 1-A, which in turn, makes Bakugo ridden with envy of how inferior he is to the arachnid-hero. After the U.S.J. incident however, he stops his usual confrontations of superiority towards Peter and even starts to call the latter by his name rather than the usual nicknames.
• Karma Houdini Warranty: Since the beginning of the story, he's introduced as a Jerkass with little to no respect for his peers, was able to get off scot-free from his decade-long bullying of Midoriya and dodging the bullet in the Battle Trial for his near-lethal stunt against the latter. It makes Bakugo's humiliating loss at the hands of Peter Parker in the U.A. Sports Festival all the more karmic, and despite being the victim of assault and near death, the U.A. faculty isn't going to let his own behavior slide for provoking it in the first place.
• Kick the Dog: If telling Midoriya to kill himself was bad, then he definitely qualifies when claiming to Peter that "real heroes always win or they're nothing more than just trash". While Bakugo may have a point about the winning part, he had not only (unintentionally) insulted everyone who Peter loved and lost since the end of Infinity War, but even to the Pro Heroes as well; including All Might and his beloved mentor.
• Klingon Promotion: A non-fatal example. By believing he can defeat Peter in the U.A. Sports Festival would finally put him back into the top. Two words... he failed.

• Lack of Empathy: He doesn't display any sympathy for Iida after what he went through during Stain's attack, something Pony calls him out on.
• Laser-Guided Karma: If you believed that being in an Hourglass Plot with the classmate that Bakugo spends so long tormenting isn't enough, then getting an entire arm broken in a Curb-Stomp Battle by a non-quipping Peter after much taunting to get him to fight seriously and having to be rescued again is a huge one for him. In the aftermath, he's practically like Pre-Character Development Midoriya, having his dreams crushed in despair and actually contemplating suicide.
• Light 'em Up: His "Stun Grenade" technique can blind anyone who's facing the front of his palms, which gives Bakugo an opening for an attack.
• Logical Weakness:
  • Bakugo's explosions depend on his body producing nitroglycerin sweat and ignite it through his palms. When he fell for the trap set up by the Red Team during War of the Flags, Bakugo's entire body and hands were drenched in baby powder (a natural absorbent for sweat), which prevented his Quirk from activating properly.
  • Another one is that using bigger explosions than the safe amount that his body can handle will cause his arms to "cramp up", due to the recoil effect.
  • On a more morbid note, he can't activate his explosions if either of his arms is paralyzed or broken to the point where he can't move them.
• Loving a Shadow: Replace "love" with "admiring", but chapter 25 shows that Bakugo doesn't see All Might as anyone but an Invincible Hero. The fact that Bakugo snaps at All Might that the latter never lose when being consoled only outright confirms this, and the thought of the man having to deal with hardships never really occurs to him. Once All Might tells him otherwise and that he really isn't what he appears to be, Bakugo shuts reality out and accuses him of lying, being unable or unwilling to accept that his hero and inspiration isn't who he believes him to be.
• Might Makes Right:
  • His entire worldview on what makes a good hero is someone who's stronger than others and never loses no matter what. His loss against Peter shatters his confidence in his ability to even be a student at U.A., much less a hero.
  • He views All Might as the greatest hero due to him never losing. When All Might tries to console him by explaining his failure to save his mentor, Bakugo lashes out at him and accuses him of lying.
• Misdirected Outburst: Whenever Bakugo becomes the butt of the jokes or gets compared unfavorably to Peter Parker, he always directs his anger towards the arachnid-hero, even though Peter wasn't directly involved with this treatment. This later gets downplayed after the U.S.J. incident but can flare up from time to time, but after his brutal defeat by Peter's hands in the Sports Festival is where it's fully subverted.
• Moral Myopia: He believes that real heroes are strong and always win, but in practice, it's only if it's him being the one for the role. Once someone else comes into the picture and fulfills that belief role, Bakugo doesn't take it well.
• Never My Fault: With his personality? It really isn't surprising.
  • When Bakugo believes to have "defeated" Peter in their one-to-one fight, he goes on a rant on how his shortcomings were the result of things out of his control or through the faults of others. Stating that Midoriya manipulated the rules against him in the Battle Trial and that Peter only had the advantage against him in the War of the Flags due a numeral advantage, never mind the fact that Bakugo should've noticed something fishy about Midoriya's brief pause near the end of their first fight, and that the Red Team would've likely set traps if the opposing team got anywhere near the "King" position along with ignoring that the event is also a team battle.
  • In the aftermath of his loss against Peter, he really has the gall to claim that he didn't lose and whines about Peter making a fool out of him in their fight, never mind that he was doing the same thing in their constant interactions beforehand and during the battle itself, and while he didn't "technically" get knocked out nor went out of bound, it wouldn't matter either way with the near-crippling injuries he sustains from letting his guard down instead of making absolute sure that Peter was defeated. But at the very least, Bakugo does admit that his one-to-one fight against Peter wasn't really a "fight" at all, but a one-sided beatdown.
• Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Deconstructed. He's spent his whole life receiving praise and adoration thanks to his amazing Quirk and natural talent, so when someone more powerful and talented than him shows up, he struggles to cope with the fact that he's not the best anymore. Once his attempts to prove himself superior had Gone Horribly Wrong in his fight against that said "someone", Bakugo's entire worldview of himself immediately broken down.
• No Social Skills: Deconstructed. The entire reason for his lack of social skills is because he spent his life receiving accolades and praise for his heroic potential. By the time he meets others with equal, if not greater potential, his lack of social prowess becomes clear and just makes him come off as an unlikeable, spoiled asshole to nearly everyone. This becomes a driving force in his animosity for Peter Parker where all of his attempts to prove himself superior has been interpreted as sociopathic methods to eliminate the competition and boasting that losers deserve death, leading to disastrous consequences by the time of their climactic battle.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Want to know just how badly his defeat at Peter's hands broke him? When Midoriya tries to console him, Bakugo (while still ranting at first) politely begs him to leave him alone at the end of their conversation. Repeat: Bakugo, without a shred of anger or rudeness, begs Midoriya to just leave him be.
• Politically Incorrect Hero: Subverted. While Bakugo's disdainful use of calling Peter an "American" seems like this, it's clear that he's using it out of envy rather than prejudice. It becomes subverted further after the U.S.J. incident. However, he does call Pony a "Hafu"^note  A slur for a Japanese citizen containing biracial heritage in their one-to-one match.

• Red Eyes, Take Warning: As Peter takes noticed of when Bakugo glares at him, his irises are blood red, and it doesn't help when Peter's already under the assumption of the latter being a violent thug.
• Rule of Symbolism:
  • World War II jokes aside, but Imperial Japan has a particular view of the United States being a Type 2 Eagleland, with the majority believing the war against them will be a sideshow. It's only until the bombing of Pearl Harbor is where they Awaken the Sleeping Giant. If you compare this to Bakugo's constant attempts to provoke Peter in fighting him seriously, then you'll be right and can guess the end result.
  • The injuries that Bakugo received from Peter involves getting his wrist broken along with his entire arm dislocated and further injured after being thrown across the field, rendering it nearly crippled to the point where he can't move it. In the bible, the punishment for two of the deadly sins, Pride and Wrath; are to be "broken on the wheel" (specifically having your limbs pulled to the point where it's painfully dislocated) and having their "limbs dismembered" respectively. Furthermore, Bakugo's ego depends entirely on his Quirk ability, which is his hands and is also known for his animal-like temper and use of violence against others; Peter Parker's given name is synonymous with "humility" and is associated as a famous "common name", while his surname is old English for "Keeper of the Park" or "gamekeeper," and was also a lower-class occupational surname associated with maintaining the neighborhood and ensuring that the garden doesn't over-run with animals.
• Sadist: He really shows shades of this due to his anger issues. He used to be a Barbaric Bully towards Midoriya, and during their first fight, was more focused on beating the crap out of him and keeping his victim down for good measure. He also makes it clear to Peter when meeting him for the first time that he'll crush him with glee if he got in the way of his ambitions, and once Peter's status of being the No.1 ranked student was known, he intends to knock him down with a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown and felt satisfied whenever his explosions manage to connect against the latter in their one-to-one match during the Sports Festival, especially when Bakugo got into the heat of the moment; even grinning like a demon when he thinks that he finally "defeated" Peter in their a bout. After his brutal beatdown by Peter's hands and realizing the futility in power between them, Bakugo lost any form of joy in violence after his spirit and pride are broken down, which shows in his reluctance to put up a fight against Pony in their spars during their internship training.
• Second Place Is for Losers: Honestly believes this, and thus doesn't take it well when, after being #1 in everything for his entire life, he's the one always in second place when he enrolls in U.A. High.
• Selective Obliviousness:
  • Anytime where someone tries to show genuine concern or friendly gestures towards him, expect Bakugo to always interpret it as pity or being a hidden insult.
  • It's implied that he actually believes on some level that All Might is being honest with him about his Invincible Hero status being false and that he's lost before. However, combined with his defeat at Peter's hands already shaking up his confidence something terrible, he just can't bring himself to accept that his entire inspiration for why he wants to be a hero was all based on a misconception and that being a hero who never loses is nigh-impossible no matter how hard he tries.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: That said, he wouldn't be himself without peppering his words with profanity. Peter ends up having to web Bakugo's mouth shut at the end of the War of the Flags.
• Skewed Priorities: It really says a lot that Bakugo wasn't really shaken up from his near-death experience against Peter, but because of the fact that he couldn't beat the latter at all in their climactic battle and needed to be saved in front of everyone.
• Skilled, but Naive: One of the factors that led to Peter's victory against him. Bakugo is definitely one of the best students of his generation for his high intelligence, battle instincts, and being gifted a powerful Quirk since birth and spend the last 11 years improving it through self-training. However, he's only fought against the usual bullies and jerks that try to pick a fight with him while growing up and the USJ villains (who aren't really skilled fighters), but have never really seen or truly experience live combat outside of that. Meanwhile, despite only gaining his powers much later in his life, Peter has already gone through numerous life-and-death situations and fought plenty of dangerous villains who could've to kill him with little efforts such as Vulture's Gang, the Children of Thanos, and even Thanos himself.
• Sore Loser: He doesn't take losing well, at all. Especially since it constantly agitates him that he's not seen as the best since attending U.A. and being unfavorably compared to Peter Parker. When his attempts to prove himself superior to Peter in their climactic battle Gone Horribly Wrong to where he gets the brutal wake-up call that his opponent was truly his superior all along and that any chances of winning were hopeless from the start, in fact, he was practically fine with letting himself get killed by Peter after unintentionally provoking him one last time, to where All Might intervene to save him and leading Bakugo to chastise the No.1 Hero for the act.
• Spoiled Brat: Downplayed. He doesn't go around demanding for people to give him what he wants, but he ticks all the boxes otherwise with his massive but brittle ego, his constant bravado, yelling and roaring in absolute rage, and destroying property whenever things don't go his way or when he feels he's being denied the attention and recognition he deserves. That said, Bakugo always works hard for what he has and refuses to ever accept anything he sees as an easy victory. However, he ends up playing this straight once his dream to become No.1 is essentially out the roof after his brutal beatdown by Peter in their one-to-one match; going on self-entitled temper tantrums, all while crying in frustration, of how he should've deserved being in the top spot for having the greatest Quirk of the entire school and for the constant effort he puts in than everyone else, and even blaming Peter's existence for making a literal nightmare for him.
  (To All Might) "You see this!? This is the best quirk in this school! It's what was going to make me Number One! Rich! Famous! My family and future generations wouldn't have to work a day in their lives again! But now look at it! I got saved again because I was weak! Trash! In front of the whole fucking world too!"
  (To Izuku) "All Might... never loses! At all! And you, why is it… that a fucking lying snake like you, who's gotten this far... winning again and again, while I've gotten here on my own goddamn merit! I've busted my ass to get to the school of my dreams! I've studied hard! I worked and trained harder than anyone! And all I've done since coming here... is lose! This place has become a fucking nightmare! And it's all because of... Because of...!"
  (To Izuku about Peter) "I wasn't supposed to lose! Not in front of the whole world! Not to that clo… Not to Parker… He… he could have ended it all immediately! But he played with me like I was a toy! I was… I was helpless! I had be saved again, like… like some useless piece of tra-!"
• Strong and Skilled: Bakugo's Quirk is powerful and capable of being used creatively. Combining this with his natural-born genius mind, he has no real weakness in fighting and is one of the few students in the Hero Course capable of giving Peter a challenge; but due to his flaws and combat inexperience, he can be considered Unskilled, but Strong as shown in the Battle Trials, War Of The Flags, and his one-to-one match against the arachnid-hero himself.
• Squishy Wizard: Like Todoroki, it's downplayed for Bakugo. He's one of the strongest students in Class 1-A, with a Quirk that is devastating in both close and ranged combat, but while he's tougher and athletic than most of his classmates, his physical prowess pales in comparison to Peter Parker. A fact that Bakugo himself acknowledges, and is forced to be a Long-Range Fighter when he goes up against the arachnid-hero in the finale of the Sports Festival.
• Super-Toughness: Part of his powers allow him to withstand the recoil of his own explosions, which also makes Bakugo durable enough to handle punishment than what most wouldn't expect for a boy his age. He has his limits, however, as Peter wailing on him in the finale of the Sports Festival was more than he could withstand.
• Token Evil Teammate: Not really evil, but he has this dynamic with the rest of his classmates. It's more apparent in the earlier chapters, but he mainly acts and sometimes suggests things in a way that isn't hero-like.
• Underestimating Badassery: It happens to him rather often since people see his violent personality and assume that he's nothing but Dumb Muscle. Bakugo himself did this with Midoriya once, and later with Peter in War of the Flags. Since then, he's been very careful never to do it again, and as much as Peter Parker hates and sees Bakugo as a straight-up thug, he can't deny the explosive teen's drive to be the best and talented Quirk usage.
• Unknown Rival: Despite him gunning to surpass Peter, the latter is more concerned with just passing his courses, making friends, and being a hero, so Bakugo barely registers as a blip on Spidey's radar outside of being a thug who only cares for himself. It becomes deconstructed on Bakugo's end, as his constant attempts to one-up Peter has convinced the latter that the former is a sociopath who would sabotage others through life-threatening events, and made it his personal crusade to utterly crush him in their climactic battle.
• The Worf Effect: You want to know how powerful Peter can be when he stops joking all together? Have Bakugo get his ass handed to him in just two hits, with All Might having to intervene before the fight goes further.
• Worf Had the Flu: If not for being drenched in baby powder, along with running low on stamina and his arms "cramping up" from overusing his Quirk, Bakugo wouldn't have had much trouble repelling Peter from getting back the golden band, nor in his brief scuffle with Midoriya during War of the Flags.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: He acts like the typical Jerkass who intentionally provokes the hero into a glorified piss match in order to make himself look "strong" while the latter would continue to react and get sloppy, and it sometimes usually ends with the rival winning the fight. At the same time, he believes that his "will to win" is stronger than Peter's hatred for him. Unfortunately for Bakugo, his self-gratified and ultimately shallow ambition to win, coupled by his arrogance and combat naiveness, is trumped by Peter's altruistic and genuine attempts to avenge the memory of his loved ones, coupled by his humbleness and combat experience.
  • Bonus points: If anyone is knowledgable of the end of the climactic battle between Accelerator and Kakine Teitoku, the former voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto, along with hacking off the latter's right arm and unleashing a brutal beatdown on him in a vengeful rage; then you could pretty much guess the consequences for Bakugo.

Yaoyorozu Momo

Yaoyorozu Momo - Everything Hero, Creati

^{Click here to see her hero costume} 

An intellectual girl from a wealthy background who got into U.A. High through recommendations. She becomes Peter's teammate in the Hero and Villain exercise and also one of the students he fought alongside during the U.S.J. incident.

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• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Unlike canon, she kills the Nomu, and suffers a lot of trauma due to the weight of her actions. On the opposite side, she doesn't become a Broken Ace due to losing her confidence.
• All Webbed Up: After learning the webbing formula from Peter, Yaoyorozu is capable of using it in creative ways. Two examples include web grenades in the Battle Trials, and a web rifle during the War of the Flags. Also using it on the Sticky Bomb that kills the Nomu.
• Brainy Brunette: She has jet-black hair, can create anything as long as she knows its chemical composition, and shows the potential to be a trap-master.
• Crazy-Prepared: Yaoyorozu's Quirk makes her this by default as she is able to make literally anything so long as she understands its chemical composition and how it works.
• Heroic BSoD: Following the U.S.J. disaster, she's implied to have refused to rise from her bed for two days.
• Logical Weakness: Given prep time, her Creation Quirk is a Swiss-Army Superpower that she can use to make equipment to fight any enemy. However, because she needs a bit of time to create anything more complex than simple tools, she can be easily beaten if her opponent can simply overwhelm her before she can use her Quirk, as Ibara shows during their match at the Sports Festival.
• Overshadowed by Awesome: Her opinion of her Quirk. While she acknowledges that her Creation makes her an exceptionally versatile hero, she feels that being able to make tools is a bit lackluster when compared to some of her classmates such as Peter and Todoroki.
• Projectile Webbing: By utilizing a paintball-rifle variant of Peter's web-shooters, she is able to shoot web balls to subdue Bakugo during War of the Flags.
• Slut-Shaming: Shigaraki constantly refers to her as "the whore" and "the slut" for having large breasts and skimpy clothing.
• Statuesque Stunner: She's the tallest girl in class 1-A, and Peter finds her so attractive that he thinks she makes Liz Allen look average by comparison.
• These Hands Have Killed: She had to kill the Nomu in order to save Peter's life and is pretty freaked over it. All Might reluctantly admits that sometimes, villains just won't give the hero a chance to keep their conscience clean and walks her through the trauma.
• Teen Genius: More so than Peter, and a justified example. Since Yaoyorozu's Quirk requires her to know the exact molecular formula of any object she wants to create, she needs to have great memory and analysis skills. This is made obvious as she has the highest grades of the entire Class of 1-A and an Intelligence Ranking of 6/5 or S.
• Took a Level in Badass: Yaoyorozu does this, thanks to her getting paired with Peter early on. Not only does she learn his webbing's formula, but she also gets some much-needed battle experience to jump-start her growing level of skill that didn't start until much later in canon.

Pony Tsunotori

Pony Tsunotori

The first friend his age Peter makes, meeting her in his classes in Japanese. She is an American like him, though from Texas rather than New York, and they bonded over learning the language.

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• Action Girl: A cute girl who's a hero-in-training, what else?
• Adaptational Badass: Due to having the support from Peter, Pony trained her abilities to the point of being able to use the moves that she would've been capable of during the in canon Joint-Training arc. She even nearly defeats Bakugo of all people in their one-on-one fight.
• Adaptational Nationality: Downplayed. Pony is still an American, but it's never specified from which state of the U.S. in canon. Here, she's specifically a native from Austin, Texas.
• Ascended Extra: She's a minor recurring character in the original manga, but is a supporting character here.
• But Not Too Foreign: She's half-Japanese and half-American.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: She shows slight discomfort whenever Yaoyorozu interacts with Peter, and later sees the latter as a romantic rival.
• Commonality Connection: She first bonds with Peter over their American Foreign Exchange Student status.
• Cunning Linguist: Unlike canon, she's able to speak Japanese more fluently and while she still learns slang from Monoma, Pony is able to understand it better.
• Cute Monster Girl: Pony has horse-styled legs and a pair of very large horns, but she is very cute and adorable.
• Fauns and Satyrs: She has traits of these thanks to her Quirk.
• Foreign-Language Tirade: Pony will switch to her native English language whenever she's upset or really determined.
• Groin Attack: Gives this to Monoma from behind in Chapter 19.
• Horn Attack: Her Quirk is a variation on this. She can shoot her horns as projectiles as well as control them through telekinesis, and it'll instantly grow back after she uses them.
• Flight: Is able to achieve this by shooting out her horns, and ride on them during the U.A. Sports Festival.
• Foreign Exchange Student: Pony, along with Peter, is one of these.
• Jerkass: Oddly, Pony is acting like this mainly to Bakugo during their work-study under Orca.
• Shrinking Violet: She is much shyer and withdrawn when Peter first meets her. She quickly comes out of her shell after she and Peter bond over their aspirations to become heroes.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She gains a crush on the kind and altruistic Peter Parker.
• Skewed Priorities: Kendo worries about this being the case for Pony's motivation to train harder, as the former believes that the latter's feelings for the arachnid-hero are having too much of an effect.
• Shadow Archetype: She ends up being this for canon!Uraraka, as her feelings for Peter skew her motivation as a heroine-in-training. While Uraraka puts her feelings aside to avoid distractions and achieve her dreams.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Since the story focuses on Peter instead of Midoriya, she basically serves as the "Uraraka Ochako" to the arachnid-hero. Being the first girl of the same age to meet the male protagonist, while also developing romantic feelings and has a very close relationship with her parents.
• Took a Level in Badass: She developed her abilities further than in canon, if replacing Uraraka in the final top 16 of the U.A. Sports Festival is any indication. A good example of her fighting abilities? She was nearly able to beat Bakugo in their one-to-one match.
• Worthy Opponent: After her match with Bakugo, she's considered this by him, having earned some of her opponent's respect.

Iida Tenya

Iida Tenya

The youngest child of the Iida family, known for the prestigious Heroic Lineage of Ingenium.

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• Heroic Lineage: He's a member of the Iida family, and his predecessors have bared the title of Ingenium.
• It's All My Fault: He blames himself for Native's death and how he didn't bother to help him. His guilt is so immense that he tries to quit U.A. because he believes he doesn't deserve to call himself a hero.
• Revenge Before Reason: He was so caught up in his hatred for Stain for what he did to Tensei that he didn't even bother trying to help the other Pro Hero, Native. This resulted in Native's death.

Hatsume Mei

Hatsume Mei

A student from the Support Department, who's rather passionate about engineering. Really passionate.

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• Attention Whore: Her behavior at the Sports Festival. Justified since she's trying to find sponsors for her upcoming Support career.
  "NOTICE ME COMPANIIIES!"
• Gadgeteer Genius: More so than Peter, considering the number of her own gadgets being used in the U.A. Sports Festival.
• Geeky Turn-On: She openly drools over Peter's Iron Spider Armor, because its tech is so much more advanced than her usual. It almost verges on Cargo Ship.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's extremely self-absorbed and careless about people's feelings, but she did everything she could to reunite Peter with Karen. And she succeeded.
• Large Ham: She's constantly screaming and promoting her "babies" at the Sports Festival.
• Mad Scientist: Her gushing over inventions is so enthusiastic, she freaks Peter out.
• Meaningful Echo: She unintentionally reminds Peter the suit doesn't make the hero when he starts losing his nerves over the Iron Spider suit's destruction.
• No Sense of Personal Space: She's so excited when discussing Peter's suit, she becomes really handsy. Poor guy is about to faint from the proximity with her breasts.
• Super-Senses: Her Quirk gives her telescopic vision. She mainly uses it for precise engineering, but it comes in handy in the Sports Festival to spy on the other faction from the War of Flags.
• Teen Genius: She's basically on par with Peter in this department, being a passionate support gear inventor and having high intellectual conversations with the arachnid-hero.

Shinso Hitoshi

Shinso Hitoshi

A student from the General Studies Department. Initially, he couldn't attend the Heroics Department, due to his non-combatant Quirk. So he plans to make a good showing of his abilities in the U.A. Sports Festival to be eligible for a transfer, and grows to respect Peter for the trust placed on him during War of the Flags.

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• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In canon, he develops a Friendly Rivalry with Midoriya after their one-to-one match. Here, they're little more than acquaintances.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Shinso's supposed "villain" Quirk made him a bit of an outcast while growing up, and being ineligible to initially attend the Heroics Department for said Quirk's non-combatant nature in the practical exam, didn't really help his position. That said, he respects Peter for the faith placed in the former's abilities during "War of the Flags", along with the added praise from their teammates for proving instrumental in bringing the Red Team to a tie.
• Big Damn Heroes: For the Red Team, as he managed to steal a flag and in-extremis brought the score to a tie. His teammates accordingly show gratitude, which he wasn't expecting.
• Compelling Voice: His Quirk in a nutshell. It was used subtly during the War of the Flags, and played a great role for the Red Team to end the match in a tie.
• Creepy Good: A mild case. He somewhat has a disheveled appearance, coupled with a cynical loner personality and a Quirk called "Brainwash", but he's firmly committed to using his power as a hero and not for malicious purposes.
• Didn't See That Coming: To his surprise when Peter reveals why the latter trusted him at the end of War of the Flags, along with the added praise from their teammates for his important contribution to the Red Team.
• Logical Weakness: His Quirk cannot be activated if his opponent doesn't answer to him. He gets around the problem through trash-talking, but it's not guaranteed that the other guy is going to rise at the bait.
• Mind Manipulation: The very nature of his Quirk.
• Never Heard That One Before: He has this moment at the end of War of the Flags in Chapter 18. When he asks Peter why the latter placed so much faith in him despite not knowing the former's abilities; Peter merely stated it's because he trusted his gut, along with the fact that Shinso is his teammate with a goal in mind. This revelation genuinely surprised Shinso, along with everyone else giving him the lion's share of credit for bringing the Red Team to a tie against the Blue Team. Considering all he heard and been told about his "villain" Quirk since growing up, it's rather heartwarming.
• Stealth Expert: Near the end of War of the Flags, Shinso was able to steal the flag without alerting the Blue Team. It's also justified considering the non-combatant nature of his Quirk, and his plan to use it subtly.

UA Faculty

Eraser Head

Aizawa Shota - Erasure Hero, Erasure Head

Erasure Hero

The homeroom teacher of Class 1-A. Aizawa is a no-nonsense type of individual who at least initially takes a disliking to Peter for his seemingly laid-back attitude and thinks the latter is not taking his work seriously. He is currently still evaluating and trying to work out why there are so many odd holes in Peter's backstory. Recently, he seems to be slowly coming to realize Peter is indeed serious about being a hero.

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• Adaptational Jerkass: This version of Aizawa is notably more strict and cynical than in the original canon manga. A big example shows that he's more intolerant of an individual's eccentricity (e.g. Peter's constant quipping) and doesn't give a second thought of it being more than what it seems unless proven otherwise. Also, the manga reveals that the previous U.A. first-years that Aizawa expelled prior to the current Class 1-A was readmitted back into the Hero course after being scared straight, whereas this story implies that they weren't given a second chance, and therefore, would've expelled Peter from the Hero course entirely if it weren't for his immense potential.
• Anti-Magic: His Quirk gives him the ability to nullify the Quirk abilities of others so long as he's looking at them and doesn't blink.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: Peter's Fighting Clown attitude pisses him off and he would like for the teen to show himself more focused. When Peter throws his entire potential into his fight against Bakugo, Shota quickly realizes the teen actually intends to seriously hurt his opponent.
• Berserk Button: He seems to have a hatred for people who don't take heroics seriously if expelling an entire previous class on Day One for taking it easy is anything to go by. He instantly dislikes Peter because of how much of a Fighting Clown he is. It's likely that the only reason he didn't expel him on the spot was that he has too much potential to be wasted.
• Entertainingly Wrong: Even after pointing out to All Might about the obvious similarities of him to Peter Parker, the No.1 hero can only express further confusion, leading Aizawa to believe that he's playing dumb.
• Horrible Judge of Character: It's justified, but also downplayed. Due to his own experiences in the hero field and dealing with up-and-coming students whose initial attitudes towards heroics as a child's play, it's no surprise that Aizawa believes Peter is being "lazy" due to the latter's Fighting Clown attitude and it also doesn't help that Peter's background check has certain holes in them. Once Peter reveals a more serious side of himself at the beginning of the U.A. Sports Festival, Aizawa starts to subvert this in reevaluating his initial views on the arachnid-hero.
• Jerkass Has a Point: He may be a Sink or Swim Mentor with high expectations, but he isn't wrong about Peter's usual attitude towards combat of being a liability. While Peter has justifiable and sympathetic reasons for doing so, it also proves to be a "double-edged sword", as shown in his performance during War of the Flags and tie-breaker match against Iida.

• It's All My Fault: After witnessing Peter's near-fatal attack on Bakugo during the U.A. Sports Festival, he states to take full responsibility for the animosity that was growing between them.
• Ninja: Basically Aizawa's fighting style.
• Power Nullifier: Aizawa's Quirk allows him to cancel out his opponents' own Quirks while dismantling them with his fighting skills. There are some exceptions with heteromorphic Quirk types and Peter Parker (who doesn't actually have a Quirk), but on the whole, he can erase most Quirks.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: As much as he justifiably dislikes Peter's Fighting Clown attitude and is somewhat biased in his teachings, he does admit that the arachnid-hero is too full of potential to be let waste. Aizawa only hopes that Peter would stop being so free-spirited and focus on his hero studies entirely.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: He correctly deducts that All Might has a favorable eye on one of the students in Class 1-A, but thinks it's Peter due to the obvious similarities, and was surprised that Midoriya is mentioned instead.
• Spotting the Thread: He can't help but to find it extremely weird that Parker isn't attending an American school, and his relation to Mt. Lady is on the flimsy side for proof.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: He believes the animosity between Peter and Bakugo is another typical shonen rivalry that would allow each other to grow stronger until witnessing Peter severely injuring Bakugo and nearly killing the latter in their one-to-one match, is where Aizawa fully realizes his mistake.

All Might

Yagi Toshinori - The Symbol of Peace, All Might

The Symbol of Peace

^{Click here to see his real self post-injury.} 

^{Click here to see him in his prime.} 

THE hero of the My Hero Academia world, All Might is now teaching at U.A. Not much has occurred differently than from canon, although several characters suspect that Peter is connected to him due to their similar record-breaking feats and similar abilities. Thus far, he himself is oblivious to these rumors.

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• Awesomeness by Analysis: He was the only one to notice that something wrong was about to happen before the start the one-to-one match between Peter and Bakugo.
• Big Good: He is absolutely this to the world at large. He's not called "The Symbol of Peace" for nothing, after all.
• Broken Pedestal: Willingly self-inflicted when he tries to explain to Bakugo that no, he's not and never was an Invincible Hero. Katsuki doesn't take it well.
• Brutal Honesty: He gives a gentle, but straightforward confirmation to a remorseful Peter in Chapter 24.
• Cool Teacher: When the U.S.J. training session ended up even more traumatizing than canon, he personally visited every and each student involved to reassure them. However, he internally struggles with it.
• Expy: As Peter notes, All Might is basically a more charismatic Captain America, but with the strength of The Hulk.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: He often compares himself to his late mentor Nana and still believes she's the best Hero of them both.
• Hope Bringer: As long as the Symbol of Peace holds firm, people won't cease believing in evil's defeat. More low-key, he does his best to comfort his students and bring their spirit up.
• Invincible Hero: Subverted. He comes across as this to the world at large, but he's actually had his fair share of failings and has been unable to save people before, including his mentor.
• Lightning Bruiser: All Might fits this to a T, and is quite possibly the most powerful version of it in the MHA world.
• "Not So Different" Remark: After hearing Peter talking about Iron Man, he wistfully remembers how much he looked up to his own mentor Shimura Nana. In their private conversation at the end of the U.A. Sports Festival, he also notes the comparisons further by seeing the expression on Peter's eyes being similar to his own due to their respective tragedies.
• Oh, Crap!: His reaction when he understands Peter is currently suffering Tranquil Fury regarding Bakugo, leading him to ask for annulling the bout unless the whole nation sees a student coldly maiming another one.
• Papa Wolf: He's infuriated by the U.S.J. training's villain assault, more so when he witnesses how upset it made the students.
• Passing the Torch: He entrusted his Quirk to Midoriya. He also discusses this with Peter, assuring the teen that one day, Spider-Man will inspire someone just like Peter was inspired by Iron Man.
• Super-Strength: He's the strongest hero in the My Hero Academia world, with Peter even comparing him to the Hulk. According to the re-activated Karen, he's potentially stronger than Thor, though it's worth noting that she bases this off what was witnessed of him prior to Ragnarok, so how he measures to post-Infinity War Thor is left in the air. Both Zaru and co-author LD1449 later clarified that he's much weaker than post-Ragnarok Thor.
• Thou Shall Not Kill: Discussed with Yaoyorozu. He tells her after she kills the Nomu and suffers trauma because of it that sometimes it's impossible to avoid killing a villain when innocent lives are on the line or when they refuse to surrender peacefully. The only reason he's been able to adhere to this for so long is something he chalks up to really good luck.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: No matter how many times Peter feels unworthy to be a hero, All Might tells him he earned the right to be one.

Midnight

Kayama Nemuri - 18+ Only Heroine, Midnight

18+ Only Heroine

One of the teachers at UA and friend to Takeyama Yu, she is also the presenter during the Sports Festival.

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• Logical Weakness: Her Stripperiffic costume doesn't protect her from weather hazards — when Todoroki unleashes his ice, she's flat-out shivering.
• The Mentor: Apparently, she was this for Mt. Lady when the young heroine needed an internship. Yu refuses to talk about it.
• Ms. Fanservice: Midnight is literally the heroine-embodiment of this.
• Vulgar Humor: Midnight makes several jokes/comments like this during the Sports Festival as its presenter that no one does more than blush on, save for Tokoyami who actually calls her out on it.

Pro Heroes

Mt. Lady

Takeyama Yu - Mt. Lady

Mt. Lady

At the beginning of the story, Peter tries to intervene in the giant fight Takeyama was involved in, only to smash into her and fall unconscious. He later reveals his backstory to her, a police officer and a manga artist with a very convenient memory-reading Quirk, and she feels it is her duty to take care of the boy, so she adopts him through some less than legal means.

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• Ascended Extra: She's given more depth and affiliation with the overall story, thanks to being Peter's guardian.
• Awesome, but Impractical: It's hinted she considers her Gigantification Quirk as this. She's noticeably envious when Peter reveals Ant-Man's more flexible size-shifting, and her talking about kids thrown onto the streets for troublesome powers rings a mite personal.
• Big Sister Instinct: Towards Peter, who's her ward and sort-of pupil. The minute she hears about the U.S.J. incident and what happened to Peter, she immediately rushes to his side.
• Crash-Into Hello: Spider-Man introduced himself to her by flying into her butt. He was very flustered about it, but she laughed it off.
• Cute Giant: Takeyama has a niche fan-base because she is this, though in a slightly more... provocative fashion.
• Dark and Troubled Past: It's heavily implied that she went through a Department of Child Disservices after her parents abandoned her due to her troublesome Quirk.
• Giant Woman: Takeyama's Quirk allows her to become this.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: For all her flaws, Takeyama is a Hero who tries her best to help people.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's a Glory Seeker who isn't ashamed to use her status and looks to get her way, but she truly cares for Peter and wants to help him simply because it's the right thing to do.
• Ms. Fanservice: She actively plays this up for her fan-base.
• Parental Abandonment: Was disowned by her own parents because of the destructive nature of her Quirk, and this experience is what drives her to take care of the lost Peter Parker.
• Parents as People: Guardian variation. Her genuine desire to help a traumatized teen doesn't mean she has the qualifications for it, and she often finds herself floundering. To her credit, she doesn't stop trying.
• Power Incontinence: Like in canon, she can potentially cause unwanted property damage if she isn't careful with her Quirk, which doesn't also help her Destructive Savior tendencies. On a tearjerker note, this problem caused her parents to abandon her when she was younger.
• Statuesque Stunner: By default, her Quirk makes her this.
• Trash of the Titans: She calls the mess inside her flat "organized chaos". Peter really disagrees with the organized part.
• What You Are in the Dark: She had the opportunity to walk away from the inter-dimensional traveler and his problems, but she knew she would never forget she had failed a teenager needing help, even if she had attained the fame and glory she covets so much.
• You Remind Me of X: The reason why she's so determined to help Peter? She acutely remembers being in his shoes.

Endeavor

Todoroki Enji - Flame Hero, Endeavor

Flame Hero

The No. 2 hero who strives to surpass All Might through his son. He's taken a strong dislike towards Peter for his accomplishments surpassing his own blood and for his many similarities to All Might.

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• Abusive Parents: He openly states that he "created" his son specifically for the purpose of surpassing All Might, and sees him as nothing more than a tool to satisfy his own ambitions.
• Always Second Best: He's always been behind All Might when it comes to being a hero, which led to him conceiving Todoroki specifically to surpass him.
• The Bad Guy Wins: Todoroki despairs after using his flames out of instinct in the Sports Festival, knowing Endeavor surely relishes the sight of his son and appointed successor finally using the Quirk he gave him.
• Entertainingly Wrong: He knows All Might is training his own successor in the current crop of U.A. students, but Peter Parker's nationality, personality, and power-set lead him to point at the wrong kid.
• Everyone Has Standards: He won't entertain the possibility of a divorce, even as a motivational threat for his son. Since his wife is currently in the asylum and without resources, she would probably wind up destitute if Endeavor decided to cut off support for her.
• Fantastic Racism: He's pissed about Peter stealing his own son's thunder for two reasons: first, Parker is a good-for-nothing American, and second, his "Spider" Quirk is a heteromorphic (well, it's actually not a Quirk at all, but he doesn't know that) one so it's obviously inferior to elemental firepower.
• Graceful Loser: He's actually okay with Todoroki not winning the Sports Festival, seeing that as the acceptable price for his intended successor finally embracing his whole potential.
• History Repeats: Seeing his son repeatedly try and fail to surpass an American prodigy very much stresses him. Once is happenstance, twice is the beginning to a pattern, and Endeavor hates second place, even by proxy.
• Jerkass Has a Point: He warns Todoroki the upcoming Sports Festival is not something you can wing on, and that some preparation is needed in order to avoid bad surprises. Todoroki refuses to listen out of spite, but seeing Peter's outstanding performance in the first trial makes him realize Endeavor wasn't wrong about it.
• Playing with Fire: His powers revolve around these abilities, and he's trying to get his son to embrace this side of his Quirk as well.
• Villain Respect: Downplayed as he's only a jackass. He grudgingly feels a modicum of gratitude towards Midoriya and Peter for getting Shoto to use his fire abilities out of desperation.

Edgeshot

Kamihara Shinya - Ninja Hero, Edgeshot

Ninja Hero

One of the Top Ten heroes who keep a close eye on the rising next generation.

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• Awesomeness by Analysis: Like Gang Orca, Edgeshot also spots the strengths and weakness of the teams in the War of the Flags. And unlike Eraser Head, he was able to somewhat see through Peter's Fighting Clown attitude.
• A Day in the Limelight: Appears in Chapter 18 to give a Pro Hero's opinion regarding the UA Sports Festival.
• Fan of the Underdog: He's very appreciative towards Shinso's performance at the Sports Festival and outright wonders why UA lets such potential slip between the cracks.
• Gratuitous Ninja: It's in his title, for goodness' sake.
• The Mentor: He offers internships to Peter and Izuku, the latter accepting it.
• Popularity Power: Edgeshot is aware of the importance of good PR. That's one of his reasons for offering to mentor a young prodigy often compared to All Might.
• Stealth Expert: Apparently, since he confesses being interested in Shinso (who managed to steal a flag under everyone's noses into the War of the Flags) and Hagakure (who is invisible).
• Spotting the Thread: He noticed something a bit off about Peter's "Spider" Quirk in Chapter 18. While the arachnid-hero's "Quirk" is label as a Heteromorphic-Type, it's rather unheard for a spider being able to react against attacks from blind spots; but Edgeshot doesn't ponder about it further than the theory of simple talent.

Gang Orca

Sakatama Kugo - Gang Orca

A very animalistic Pro Hero who's more serious and gentle than everyone would believe.

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• Awesomeness by Analysis: He fastidiously points out every team's strengths and weaknesses in the War of Flags.
• Brutal Honesty: He outright tells Bakugo that his training will heavily involve this. Yes, he's going to do everything he can to get him out of his depressed funk over the course of the internship, but he won't be nice about it nor will he coddle him.
• Creepy Good: He's not enjoying his status as a villainous-looking hero.
• Dare to Be Badass: He tells Bakugo there's now two options in front of him: either the teen wastes away from depression, or else he finally becomes the Hero he has the potential to be.
• A Day in the Limelight: Appears in Chapter 18 to give a Pro Hero's opinion regarding the UA sports festival.
• Face of a Thug: Edgeshot reflects that his rank as the "third most villainous-looking hero" isn't without basis.
• Fan of the Underdog: Blatantly deplores Shinso being placed into the General Ed course and hopes UA top brass will see sense and transfer the boy into the Hero course.
• The Mentor: He offers to be Bakugo's mentor during the internships. It's later revealed that he's also Pony's mentor.
• Stern Teacher: Extremely critical towards the crop of aspirant heroes. Edgeshot gently reminds him they're only First Years and have some room for improvement.

Mirko

Usagiyama Rumi - Mirko

A rabbit themed hero and the highest ranked female hero. She is also the hero that Peter interned under.

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• Animal-Themed Superbeing: Rabbits, since she's the rabbit hero.
• Berserk Button: Just like Eraserhead, she's pissed off by Peter's Fighting Clown attitude and apparent refusal to take heroism seriously, vowing to whip the teen into shape. It's downplayed once she and Peter go on patrol together, and realizes that Peter's laid-back attitude doesn't stop him from being an effective hero.
• Boxing Battler: Her fighting style is based on kickboxing, and trains Peter to adapt it to his fight style.
• Combat Pragmatism: She believes on ending battles as quickly as possible, meaning going at full force from the very beginning. She also trains Peter to stop holding back when they spar, pointing out that he must be ready to defeat any villain regardless of gender.
• Dark and Troubled Past: She explains that she works alone because she's afraid that her potential teammate would get hurt or worse. The way she says it hinted that this might actually happen.
• Death by Adaptation: She gets absorbed by Overhaul in chapter 59.
• Debt Detester: The only reason why she accepts to take Peter as her intern was because she owed All Might a favor.
• Don't Think, Feel: Criticizes Peter on his overthinking, considering that, no matter how smart he is, it will be useless if he takes too long to act.
• Genius Bruiser: Mirko is a very experienced, knowledgeable hero whose sparring sessions involve reducing battle robots to scrap metal.
• Hot Teacher: An Amazonian Beauty, Peter mentally compliments his mentor's looks several times.
• In a Single Bound: Mirko's jumps can easily cover several miles in a short time, which allows her to patrol large areas all by herself. Part of Peter's training is to keep up with her while on patrol.
• Lady Swears-a-Lot:
  • It does not take long after her introduction to show that she's on the same level as Bakugo when it comes to having a filthy mouth. Almost every sentence she says in her introduction has at least one curse.
  • Downplayed on later chapters. While she still throws occasional curses, Mirko watches her language in public, and doesn't overuse them when talking to Peter.
• Lightning Bruiser: One of the physically strongest characters, she's also so fast that Peter barely can keep up with her on their sparring sessions.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Mirko is relatively short; she's also incredibly strong, to the point Peter compares her 'light workout' with Thor and the Hulk's feats.
• Sensory Overload: Having Super-Hearing, Mirko sometimes gets earaches, and acknowledges that she might develop tinnitus or other ear conditions in the future. She reduces the risk by wearing special earmuffs when she's off-work, and takes her lunch breaks in restaurants with low background noise.
• Stating the Simple Solution: Mirko dislikes Peter's naming ideas for his sixth sense, so she names it Spider-Sense on the spot, based on Peter's animal-theme.
• Stock Animal Diet: Mirko is a vegetarian, with carrots as her Trademark Favorite Food, and a restaurant she visits regularly even has a veggie-dish named after her.
• Strong and Skilled: A powerhouse who's also a skilled, experienced hand-to-hand fighter.
• Super-Hearing: Fittingly, the Rabbit Hero has excellent hearing, and has trained herself to pick up certain sounds like police sirens and calls for help.
• The Mentor: She becomes the hero Peter interns under.
• Villains Act, Heroes React: Subverted. Mirko is a very proactive hero, regularly patrolling and looking for crimes and villains on her own.
• Would Hurt a Child: If not for another hero she would have brutally beaten up Peter for going after Stain.

Yoroi Musha

Yoroi Musha

Equipped Hero

An older samurai-themed hero.

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• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: His name is fittingly uncreative for someone implied to have been from one of the earliest generation of heroes. "Yoroi Musha" can literally translate to "Armored Warrior".
• Manly Facial Hair: A long, dignified, bushy beard, befitting his high rank, samurai motif, and Old Superhero image.
• Meaningful Name: His name means "armor" in Japanese.
• Old Superhero: A old man who's still strong and skilled enough to best Stain while being relatively uninjured himself.
• Samurai: Appears to be his theme; he is decked out in armor resembling that of a samurai's.
• Sword Fight: Gets into one with Stain, after Stain kills the pro-hero Native.
• Superhero Sobriquets: "The Equipped Hero".
• The Mentor: He’s the hero Yaoyorozu interns under.

Villains

All For One

All For One

The mastermind behind the League of Villains and the mentor of Shigaraki Tomura.

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• Badass Decay: Partially self-inflicted. He's still The Chessmaster and a grade-A Manipulative Bastard, but he wants to let Shigaraki grow up.invoked
• Big Bad: He's the primary antagonist for the story, being the true mastermind behind the USJ attack and Shigaraki's mentor.
• Evil Mentor: To Shigaraki.
• Sore Loser: He's rather dismissive of All Might because his defeat at his hands cost him almost everything. By contrast, he's more respectful towards Shimura Nana, whom he successfully killed.
• Villain Respect: He refers to Shimura Nana as "the last great wielder of One For All". By contrast, that's quite dismissive towards the current holder and her successor, All Might himself. Though that may stem from his bitterness towards his past defeat at All Might's hands.

Shigaraki Tomura

Shigaraki Tomura

The apprentice of All For One and the villain who led the attack on the USJ.

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• Politically Incorrect Villain: He's constantly Slut-Shaming Yaoyorozu for having large breasts and skimpy clothing, which means he's degrading a fifteen-year-old girl with lovely names such as "whore".
• Psychopathic Manchild: He's a fully grown adult, but his behavior is that of a whiny, deranged lunatic who just wants to kill anything that remotely pisses him off.
• Sadist: Minus the morality system and goodwill of the garden variety. He really enjoys making people he hates (i.e. almost everyone) suffer.
• Sore Loser: His reaction to Class 1-A managing to fight his attack off was less than graceful.

Nomu

Nomu

A powerful Artificial Human designed to kill All Might at the USJ. It was killed by Momo by sticking a thermite bomb to his neck.

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• Death by Adaptation: Instead of being captured by UA in order to be studied, Momo outright blows its head off.
• Small Role, Big Impact: By forcing Yaoyorozu to kill, it forces her to mature much earlier than canon.
• Super-Strength: It's so strong that it can effortlessly rag-doll Peter, who himself is the strongest student in Class 1-A. Not too surprising, since it was designed to combat All Might himself.
• Your Head A-Splode: Meets its end because of a Sticky Bomb on the back of its neck. This doesn't just destroy its head, but also most of its upper body and all of the spinal cord.

Stain

Akaguro Chizome — "Hero Killer" Stain

The notorious Hero Killer who seeks to purge the world of "fake heroes". He's responsible for crippling Iida's older brother.

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• Adaptational Wimp: Played With. While he is ultimately a threat, this is largely because his strategies against heroes typically revolved around "Hit-and-Run" tactics to catch them off-guard. As shown when he fought Yoroi Musha, he's left scrambling when he fights a Pro Hero who's fully prepared for him.
• Ax-Crazy: An extremely unhinged psycho who desires to purge the world of all heroes that aren't All Might.
• Black-and-White Insanity: For him, all heroes must be paragons of virtue and idealism who expect nothing in return for their actions and all who aren't are filth that must be purged from the world. Since All Might is the only hero who fits this criteria in his eyes, he's pretty much in the loony bin at this point.
• The Worf Effect: After taking out Iida and killing Native, he gets thoroughly beaten down by Yoroi Musha to show how big the gap is between him and a seasoned veteran Pro Hero.

Others

Fukuda Botan

Fukuda Botan

• Friend on the Force: He's the one who helped Mt. Lady to secure Peter's guardianship and enrollment into UA. He also is one of Eraserhead's contacts.
• Gender-Blender Name: Botan is Japanese for a peony, and floral names tend to be feminine, so yeah...
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He's very understanding towards a freaked-out, illegally immigrated vigilante (and that's without the buttload of extenuating circumstances).
• Secret-Keeper: While he'll give Aizawa very minor hints, he refuses to tell him anything about Peter's past.
• Small Role, Big Impact: In spite of physically appearing in the first chapter only, Fukuda encouraged Peter to legally pursue a career in Heroics, so you could say he gave The Protagonist his main drive.
• Un-Sorcerer: Yup, he's Quirkless. He still managed to become a respected police officer.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Tells Peter he already has the character to become a Hero, and Fukuda can't wait for the day he will tell his son how he met the great hero Spider-Man.

Araki Hyu

Araki Hyu

• Creative Sterility: He only accepted to get a look at Peter because he was hunting for inspiration. Following his seance, he had enough material to start a brand-new manga.
• Dream Walker: Memory variant - Araki can relive someone's memory. This is how they learn about Peter's past and the existence of alternate universes.
• Expy: A living homage to both Gregory House and Rohan Kishibe.
• Innocently Insensitive: After getting a peek at Peter's memory, he uses it as inspiration for a manga. The teen couldn't manage to read further than the first issue, as it hit way too close to his issues.
• Pet the Dog: Outright commands Fukuda to spare Peter the cafeteria's slop – the poor kid just lost his entire universe, he deserves something nice!
• Psychic Glimpse of Death: Since he visioned Peter's memory of being dusted. It managed to really impress him.
• Retired Badass: A former police officer who's still well-respected among the force and several pro-heroes; Shouta and Endeavor were two of his past interns, and have nothing but respect for his abilities.
• Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: When Mt. Lady marvels at his grumpiness, Fukuda confesses he's actually much worse.

Iron Man

Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark, The Iron Man

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The mentor for Peter Parker and The Hero of the MCU. Despite not being present in the story physically, his memory drives Peter forward to be the best hero he can possibly be.

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• Crazy-Prepared: Karen notes he integrated many plans and contingencies within her programming - one of these being the Ultron Safeguard to prevent her from becoming like the contingency's namesake.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: It's pretty much assured that he gets killed by Thanos in this timeline, while in Endgame, he sacrifices himself to erase Thanos and his armies from existence. Alternatively, he and the rest of the Avengers may simply never be able to undo the deaths of half the universe and he lives out his life in the backwoods with Pepper and their daughter.
• Foil: Since Peter is often compared to All Might, Tony naturally parallels Shimura Nana. Both were The Mentor and still are a towering influence in their mentees' lives in spite of irreversible separation. However, while Shimura is a superhuman given the power of One For All, Iron Man is an ordinary human who built his armor and tools to save people. Not to mention that Shimura was almost a complete unknown when she died while Iron Man was one of the world's most renowned heroes. In addition, their relations to their children and hero work also differ. Shimura put her son into foster care so that he could be safe from the dangers of her line of work, while Tony left the Iron Man moniker behind so he could retire and raise his daughter.
• Gadgeteer Genius: His Iron Spider design outright stumps Power Loader – himself not a flake regarding engineering – and almost gives Hatsume a geekgasm.
• Greater-Scope Paragon: For his importance regarding The Protagonist's backstory and driving ambition.
• Killed Offscreen: Given that this isn't the one timeline where Thanos loses, it's basically a sure thing that all the superheroes got killed off while fighting the Mad Titan or trying to undo the mass killing, if some even managed to make it that far in the first place.
• The Hero: Definitely this for the MCU.
• The Mentor: What he was for Peter.
• Passing the Torch: He trusted Spider-Man to surpass him as a hero. Peter himself doubts his worthiness, but many people in the Quirkverse assure him that Tony picked the right student.
• Present Absence: Still a huge influence on Peter for truly kick-starting and later nurturing his heroic leanings. One of Spider-Man's motivations is honoring him by becoming even better of a hero.
• The Social Expert: Peter finds himself pining after his advice and confidence when thrust into the position of The Ace, which means people admiring him.
• What Would X Do?: Since being the First Year Phenom threw Peter into the spotlight, he often tries to mimic Tony's public confidence.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Done by proxy. All Might reassures Peter he has everything he needs to become a great hero, otherwise Iron Man wouldn't have picked him to be his successor.

Karen

Karen

An A.I. Tony Stark installed in Spider-Man's suit, to be activated after the completion of his training. Peter winds up disabling the suit's training mode out of frustration, activating her and the suit's advanced functions early. Since she has no preset name, he nicknames her "Karen."

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• Benevolent A.I.: Just like J.A.R.V.I.S. and F.R.I.D.A.Y., she is a helpful and heroic artificial intelligence.
• Deadpan Snarker: Yu quickly understands that no, the A.I. isn't literal-minded, she's actually jabbing at the Hero.