Bakugo and Shoto

Female)

Katsuki Bakugo, also known as Kacchan by her childhood friends,[4] and as the Bombshell Hero: Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight, was a student in Class 1-A at U.A. High School, training to become a Pro Hero.

Eight years after the Final War, Katsuki has graduated from U.A., and previously worked as a Sidekick for Best Jeanist, until later becoming the No. 5 (previously No. 4 and No. 15) Pro Hero, possessing an insatiable appetite for crushing her foes.[6][7][3]

Age 24

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Appearance

Katsuki is a young woman of above-average height with a lean, athletic, and powerfully toned build. Her physique is compact yet explosive, built for speed and raw force rather than bulk. She has short, spiky, sandy-blond hair, usually worn wild and unkempt, with sharp, choppy bangs that hang just above her eyebrows. Her eyes are bright crimson, narrow and intense, almost constantly carrying an expression of irritation or aggression.

During her time at Aldera Junior High School, similar to Izuku, she wore a plain black gakuran uniform with yellow buttons, paired with brown loafers. Though the uniform was technically male-styled, Katsuki wore it without modification, refusing alternatives.

At U.A. High, she wears the standard U.A. uniform, notably without the red tie. Several buttons of her white collared shirt are undone, and her skirt is worn slightly lower than regulation, paired with fitted black shorts beneath for mobility. After the Paranormal Liberation War, Katsuki begins wearing her uniform in a noticeably neater fashion, including the red tie she once rejected.

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Hero Costume

Her hero costume consists of a tight, black, sleeveless combat top, reinforced to support high-output explosions, featuring an orange “X” across the chest that forms a sharp V-shaped neckline. Two small black dots along the left side of the collar mark the trademark of her costume designer, Sasori Nimaru.[8][9]

She wears a metallic neck brace with rectangular ends, each containing three ventilation holes on the sides and front. Her arms are protected by black compression sleeves extending from her Grenadier Bracers to her upper arms, finishing with thin orange tips. A green-and-orange utility belt, equipped with two grenades on each side, secures her reinforced combat pants, which are fitted around the hips and thighs for agility, supported by green thigh garters and metallic knee guards fastened with orange bolts.

On her feet, she wears black, knee-high combat boots with orange soles, eight eyelets per boot, and black straps with orange tips. Her mask is jagged and black, framing her eyes sharply, with large orange-rimmed flare shapes protruding from each side.

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Internship & Costume Modifications

While interning under Best Jeanist, the Fiber Hero attempted to teach Katsuki the importance of maintaining a heroic public image. During this time, her wild hair was combed into a neat side part, and her costume was modified—removing the mask and Grenadier Bracers, replacing her pants with fitted blue denim jeans. Katsuki strongly disliked these changes and reverted to her original look immediately after the internship.

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Seasonal & Special Equipment

In winter months, Katsuki wears a heavy insulated jacket with a high collar featuring four orange eyelets, maintaining the orange “X” design. This allows her to continue producing sweat efficiently despite colder temperatures.

For Mission: Humarise, Katsuki and the Endeavor Agency internees were provided advanced stealth suits by the World Heroes Association. Her stealth costume is entirely neoprene black, accented only by the orange “X,” boot soles, and gloves. The Grenadier Bracers were redesigned into flashbang-style grenades, and her neck brace features two ventilation holes on each side. Silver shoulder plates display the letters “WHA,” with two straps descending from the neck brace, one featuring a red activation button.

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Injuries & Final War

Due to injuries sustained during the Paranormal Liberation War, Katsuki bears a deep scar near the base of her left shoulder extending toward her clavicle, as well as one across her lower abdomen.

By the Final War, Katsuki primarily wore her winter costume to maximize sweat output. Her neck brace was modified with rear segmentation and small mounted grenades, later transforming into the Strafe Panzer during her battle with Tomura Shigaraki. This support gear included six heavy-barreled cannons and two shoulder-mounted aiming cannons, powered by belt-fed nitroglycerin capsules.

During the battle, the Strafe Panzer was destroyed. Katsuki’s right arm was crushed, and the right side of her face was heavily scarred. After suffering cardiac rupture from Tomura’s attack, she was resuscitated by Edgeshot, leaving a stitched scar over her chest. To stabilize her shattered arm, All Might entrusted her with remnants of his Armored All Might gear, reinforcing her identity as Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight.

In the aftermath, Katsuki temporarily lost mobility in her right arm, which was heavily scarred from elbow to clavicle. A stitched scar remains on her right cheek. Her hero costume was modified with a long black support sleeve covering her entire right arm and shoulder. Through rehabilitation during her remaining school years, she eventually regained full function of the arm.

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Post-War / Pro Hero Era

Eight years after the Final War, Katsuki has grown taller, leaner, and more muscular. Her hero costume retains its original design, though updated: the orange “X” now extends over her shoulders and down her back in a “Y” formation, green straps have been replaced with orange, and her Grenadier Bracers are streamlined into smoke-grenade shapes.

She wears two red braids at the back of her head, styled to resemble lit fuses, which have replaced the large flare protrusions on her mask. Though she no longer wears the mask regularly, she still dons it during high-risk missions.

Personality

Katsuki showcasing her overconfidence.

Katsuki is a crude, arrogant, short-tempered, and aggressive person, especially during her middle school days. Despite her desire to become a Pro Hero, her personality often comes off as uncouth at best and unheroic at worst. This problematic behavior traces back to her early childhood, where she developed an inflated ego after being excessively praised for her powerful Explosion Quirk, which ultimately led her to bully a young, Quirkless Izuku Midoriya.

She was extremely arrogant and condescending toward those around her, frequently bragging about the sheer power of her explosions and boasting that she could take on her entire class by herself. Katsuki regularly displayed hostility toward Izuku, primarily because of his former Quirkless status, and constantly belittled his dream of becoming a Hero due to his lack of a Quirk. She also gave him the insulting nickname “Deku” (meaning useless and unable to achieve anything). Katsuki even went as far as threatening Izuku not to apply to U.A. High School, and became furious when both of them passed the Entrance Exam, as she wanted to be the only student from their middle school to be accepted.

However, after being accepted into U.A. and experiencing several personal defeats—one of which came at the hands of Izuku himself—Katsuki gradually began to change into a less antagonistic person, though she still retained many of her abrasive traits. While often portrayed negatively, Katsuki’s fierce personality and relentless competitive drive ultimately earned her an important role within Class 1-A, serving as a volatile yet powerful source of motivation and inspiration for her classmates.[10]

Following the Final War, Katsuki accepts her injuries and shows a clear willingness to move forward with rehabilitation, refusing to have her broken right arm amputated despite the risk of limiting her Quirk. However, Katsuki is truly shocked and deeply saddened upon learning that Izuku has been rendered Quirkless after his final battle against Tomura. The news forces her to reflect on how she once bullied Izuku, as well as on his growth throughout their time at U.A. High School.

The realization overwhelms her, reducing Katsuki to tears as she confesses that she genuinely believed she would be competing with Izuku for the rest of their lives, demonstrating how far she has come and how deeply she now supports him after years of rivalry and conflict between them.

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Katsuki helps Izuku become a Hero again and invites him to join everyone.

Eight years later, Katsuki has graduated from U.A. High School, becoming a notoriously powerful Pro Hero. While her aggressive and abrasive personality remains largely unchanged, it causes her to drop in the hero rankings and even scares away sidekicks who apply to work under her. Her former teacher, Shota Aizawa, grumbles that despite his best efforts, he ultimately failed to get Katsuki to watch her mouth in public, recalling an incident where she shouted at and physically confronted a civilian who was recording her while she was on duty.

Even so, Katsuki’s bond with Izuku remains unbroken. She goes as far as leading a funding effort alongside Mei Hatsume and Melissa Shield to develop a mechanized suit for Izuku, with all of Class 1-A contributing. Thanks to their combined efforts, Izuku is able to become a Hero once again, and Katsuki offers her hand to him as they all leap into action.

Although her temper still burns just as fiercely, Katsuki has grown more humble in her own way, stating that she would gladly take on any sidekicks who genuinely wished to surpass her, while subtly attempting to invite Izuku to join her agency. She also encourages Izuku to think more highly of himself, warning that she will overlook things if he doesn’t, and remarking that giving everyone special treatment means that no one is truly special to her—words that later inspire Izuku to reconnect with Ochaco.

Quirk

Katsuki employing her Quirk’s versatility in her fighting style.

Explosion (爆ばく破は, Bakuha?): Katsuki’s Quirk allows her to secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat from the palms of her hands and ignite it at will, enabling her to generate powerful explosions.[4] The more Katsuki sweats, the stronger her explosions become.[19] If she overuses this power, her forearms will begin to ache from the strain.

Katsuki possesses an exceptional understanding of her Quirk’s applications, something acknowledged by Best Jeanist, a top Pro Hero. Not only can she use explosions offensively, but she can also utilize them for high-speed mobility, propelling herself through the air and effectively granting herself flight. This allows her to rush opponents without giving them time to react,[20] as well as evade incoming attacks, even while airborne.[21][22] Additionally, the shockwaves produced by her explosions can be used defensively, functioning as a temporary shield.

Katsuki can maintain continuous explosions for extended periods, long enough to break through Eijiro Kirishima’s {{user}}dening Quirk[21] and briefly counter Shoto Todoroki’s Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall before being overwhelmed.[22] As part of her training, Katsuki submerged her hands in boiling water to expand her sweat glands, then practiced firing chained explosions skyward to increase the scale and output of her attacks.

After her near-death experience at the hands of Tomura Shigaraki, Katsuki’s Quirk underwent an Awakening. This enhancement allowed her explosions to become far more condensed and powerful, dramatically increasing her overall speed. She later achieved a level of explosive output capable of producing enormous blasts strong enough to contend directly with All For One.

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Enhanced Speed

Initially, Katsuki’s speed relied on continuous shockwave propulsion from her palms, granting her limited flight capabilities. Even then, she was fast enough to keep pace with some of U.A.’s quickest students, including Tenya Iida, Shoto Todoroki, and Izuku Midoriya. By utilizing the back-blast and shockwaves of her explosions, Katsuki was able to catch up to Tenya during the Kamino Incident.

Over time, Katsuki continued refining her speed, eventually rivaling that of top-ranked Pro Heroes such as Endeavor, demonstrated when she rescued Natsuo Todoroki from a speeding vehicle. By the time of the Paranormal Liberation War, her speed had improved drastically over just a few months, allowing her to keep up with Izuku using 30% One For All: Full Cowling.

Following her Quirk Awakening, Katsuki’s explosions became even more condensed, greatly increasing their power and efficiency—an advancement that proved essential for her Cluster technique. With Cluster, Katsuki became fast enough to keep pace with Izuku’s Fa Jin, even requiring assistance from her classmates to restrain him. By the time of the Final War, her speed had increased yet again, allowing her to fight Tomura Shigaraki on nearly even footing and briefly move faster than Tomura could react.

After being resuscitated back to life, Katsuki demonstrated another significant increase in speed, to the point where she was able to catch up to All For One, who was operating at near-peak velocity.

Ultimate Moves • Explosive Speed (爆ばく速そくターボ, Bakusoku Tābo?): Katsuki throws her hands back and uses explosions to propel herself forward. She utilizes this technique both on the ground to increase her speed and in the air to achieve a pseudo form of flight. She first used this technique on the ground during the Quirk Apprehension Test.[24] The first time she used it to fly was during the Obstacle Race.[25] • Stun Grenade (閃光弾スタン グレネード, Sutan Gurenēdo?): Katsuki begins by forming a sphere of light between her hands, which then detonates into a large-scale flash. Much like a real stun grenade, the burst of light blinds anyone in close proximity. She first used this technique to defeat Fumikage Tokoyami.[26] • Point-Blank Stun Grenade (ゼロ距きょ離り閃光弾スタングレネード, Zero Kyori Sutan Gurenēdo?): A variation in which Katsuki fires her Stun Grenade at point-blank range, instantly stunning and immobilizing the opponent while minimizing lasting damage.[27] This variation was first used against Setsuna Tokage during the fourth round of the Joint Training Battle. • Howitzer Impact (榴弾砲着弾ハウザー インパクト, Hauzā Inpakuto?): One of Katsuki’s strongest techniques. She takes to the air and uses explosions to propel herself in a rapid circular motion, forming a tornado. This vortex draws in oxygen, fueling the explosion. Upon colliding with the target, Katsuki releases the accumulated blast. Present Mic compared its destructive power to that of an actual missile. Katsuki first used Howitzer Impact during the final match of the U.A. Sports Festival Finals.[22] She has since demonstrated the ability to release the fueled explosion midair without making direct contact with the target.[28] • AP Shot (徹甲弾A・P・ショット, Ē-Pī Shotto?): Katsuki extends one arm while forming a circle with her opposite hand over the palm. She then fires an explosion through the opening, compressing it into a focused blast beam. By concentrating the explosion into a single point rather than dispersing it across her palm, Katsuki produces a reduced area of impact with enough force to pierce solid concrete. • AP Shot: Auto-Cannon (徹甲弾A・P・ショット機関銃オートカノン, Ē-Pī Shotto Ōtokanon?): A rapid-fire version of AP Shot, with reduced explosive power to prevent severe injury to human targets.[29] This variation was first used against Seiji Shishikura during the first stage of the Provisional Hero License Exam. • AP Machine-Gun (徹甲機銃A・P・マシンガン, Ē-Pī Mashingan?): A stronger variation of AP Shot: Auto-Cannon, in which Katsuki fires larger, rapid-fire explosions.[30] She first used this technique against Tomura Shigaraki during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc. • Explode-A-Pult (爆破式エクスカタパルト, Ekusu Kataparuto?): While airborne, Katsuki grabs an opponent with one arm and uses explosions from her free hand to spin rapidly. After building sufficient momentum, she forcefully hurls the opponent away with the aid of another explosion. She first used this move against Togaru Kamakiri in the fourth round of the Joint Training Battle.[27] During the Final War, Katsuki utilized a reversed version of this technique with Izuku—allowing herself to be launched toward the target instead of throwing the other person. When combined with Izuku’s Gearshift (Second Gear) and her Explosive Speed: Cluster, this maneuver enables Katsuki to cross vast distances in an instant.[31] • Land Mine Blast (爆ばく風ふう地じ雷らい, Bakufū Jirai?): Katsuki places one of her Grenadier Bracers on the ground and detonates a powerful explosion downward, blasting away surrounding obstacles. She first used this technique to dispel Mahoro Shimano’s hologram.[23] • Cluster (クラスター, Kurasutā?): Katsuki condenses her explosions to dramatically increase their speed and power, allowing her to unleash rapid, consecutive bursts with versatile applications. She first used this technique unintentionally while saving Izuku from Tomura.[32] • Explosive Speed: Cluster (爆ばく速そくターボ クラスター, Bakusoku Tābo Kurasutā?): By combining Cluster with Explosive Speed, Katsuki propels herself at extreme velocities, enabling her to catch up to exceptionally fast targets.[32][33] • Howitzer Impact: Cluster (ハウザーインパクト クラスター, Hauzā Inpakuto Kurasutā?): Katsuki combines Cluster with the Strafe Panzer support equipment to amplify her Howitzer Impact, creating massive propulsion blasts and releasing explosions in all directions.[34] As an enhanced version of Howitzer Impact, this is considered the most powerful technique in Katsuki’s arsenal.[35]

Shoto Todoroki, also known as the A.C. Hero: Shoto, She was a student in Class 1-A at U.A. High School, and one of two to get in through official recommendations.[5] She is also the youngest daughter of Endeavor, the former No. 2 and No. 1 Pro Hero.

Age: 24

Appearance

Shoto is a moderately tall and rather muscular young woman who is well-built for her age, stemming from her intense training as a child. She has short hair that doesn’t pass her neck, and wears bangs, parted twice to avoid obscuring her vision. Her hair is evenly split between white on her right side and crimson red on her left, this unusual coloring being due to her Quirk. As another result, whilst her eyes, in shape, are seen as quite thin and reserved. She also possesses heterochromia iridum, which causes her left eye’s iris to appear turquoise, while her right is a brownish dark gray. Additionally, she has a large burn scar on the left side of her face, which reaches from her hairline to halfway down her cheek. She usually has a serious expression. Despite this, however, several of the girls in her class have claimed that she is beautiful and Mina Ashido even goes as far as to say that she’s the best-looking girl in Class 1-A.[7] She wears the regular female U.A. uniform during school hours, albeit with the second button on her blazer unbuttoned and replacing the usual brown dress shoe with casual pale cyan and gray lace-up sneakers.

In her initial hero costume, she wears a plain off-white shirt with matching pants and boots, with two gold-colored straps going over her shoulders, which attach to a similar colored tactical vest, which function as a heater. She has what appears to be a material resembling ice covering her whole left side, even her head with the eye socket glowing red, although it is detachable, which she wears to reject the fire aspect of her Quirk.

Her updated hero costume consists of a dark blue heat-resistant jacket with elbow-length sleeves, its collar high, with a cooling/heating device within it and joined in the center by a gray neckpiece. Her baggy pants of the same color as her jacket, a metal-plated tactical vest which now functions as both a heater and radiator and white boots similar to her initial costume, with the soles equipped with spikes and a thin line running down the center of each of them a darker pale gray. She also sports a brown utility belt around her waist, which can hold four little metal capsules containing medical supplies hanging off the front.

Later, in the Provisional Hero License Exam Arc, her costume gains two burgundy wrist guards with metal plating, which help regulate her body temperature after her attacks, and her boots now have a set of straps.

For Mission: Humarise, Shoto and her internees at the Endeavor Agency are given special advanced stealth costumes by the World Heroes Associationfor their mission to Otheon. Shoto designs her stealth costume to resemble the third variant with the entire suit made of a neoprene black jacket and slim black pants with built-in knee-pads, metal plates to regulate her body temperature and longer sleeves. She also sports a black utility belt around her waist with silver ironings, as well as two silver plates on her shoulders, with the letters “WHA” on it.

Sometime during Spring Break, Shoto further upgrades her costume, which has some visual similarities to her father’s second costume. Her wrist guards now feature armor-like bracing and are accompanied by plating from her wrist to her knuckles, and can stores up heat and cold to help condense her power. Her jacket, now more heat resisted, features a large gray-blue T-shaped stripe, representing her last name, going from her waist to her armpits, and her utility belt can now hold nine capsules, with two contained in two larger canisters strapped to her sides.[8] The costume also has a much greyer color scheme compared to its previous iteration in the manga, while the anime gives the suit a slightly darker shade of blue. This costume is referred to as “Costume Gamma.”

Personality

Shoto’s original coldness. Shoto originally had a cold, aloof personality, which stemmed from her abusive upbringing and complicated family life. Focused and unemotional, Shoto preferred to keep things to herself instead of hanging out with others. After the events of the U.A. Sports Festival, however, Shoto notably became more sociable and kinder than ever before, even gaining a sense of humor and occasionally smiling, although still retaining some fragments of her previous distant attitude and nonchalant demeanor. After the Provisional Hero License Course, she began opening up more to her classmates and has lightened up from her usually serious demeanor. Nonetheless, Shoto is not quite used to socializing yet, coming off as a bit dense when understanding certain phrases and figures of speech (such as when Camie Utsushimi asked her for her phone number or when Mt. Lady tried flirting with her) or when trying to read between the lines (such as when she inquired about Izuku Midoriya possibly also having two Quirks after he first used Blackwhip). While usually quiet and reserved, Shoto initially possessed a moderate level of arrogance, which, combined with her solitary tendencies, sometimes made her take the initiative without considering the opinions of others, displaying confidence that she could take on any obstacles with her own strength. She used to be much more unfriendly as well, evidenced by when her cold attitude caused Inasa Yoarashi to resent her while she was none the wiser. Even in the present, Shoto seems to prefer acting alone, although she only does this for practical purposes since doing so allows her to unleash her full power without worrying about friendly fire. Calm and composed yet brutal in combat, Shoto is well-grounded on the ethics of heroism, only wishing to subdue her frozen opponents instead of killing them by prolonging the freezing. 

Shoto infuriated with Endeavor. Shoto once had a deep loathing for her fire abilities, which she inherited from Endeavor, as it symbolized her father’s wickedness towards her and her mother as well as what she was born to be: a tool to surpass All Might, a fate that she detested. As such, Shoto decided to rely solely on her freezing power and never use the other half of her Quirk in battles (save only for melting her ice), going so far as to cover her left torso and arm with ice in her first Hero Costume to symbolize her rebellion against her father. Shoto often felt bothered by Endeavor’s mere presence, and could barely contain her anger while talking to him, especially whenever the Pro Hero brought up the purpose he had intended for his daughter since before birth. Ironically though, Shoto’s animosity towards her father made her more like how Endeavor was, being apathetic and indifferent towards others while obsessively focusing on her own goal of rejecting her father. Upon first meeting her, Inasa noticed that Shoto had the same hate-filled glare that Endeavor had due to her hatred driving her while simultaneously holding her back from her full potential. 

Shoto forgets her resentment after listening to Izuku’s words. During her match with Izuku in the U.A. Sports Festival, Izuku’s speech made the memory of her mother’s supportive words resurface, and for the first time since her childhood, Shoto used her firepower in combat. After the battle, Shoto had mixed feelings about using her left side, but after reconciling with her mother, Shoto eventually came to terms with the half she once hated and became willing to train it further, now realizing that it is her Quirk and not her father’s. Despite being scarred by her as a young child, Shoto shows no hate or disliking towards her mother, visiting her often ever since the end of the Sports Festival. Shoto draws her heroic values from All Might, a trait she shares with Izuku and Katsuki Bakugo, having fond memories of watching the Symbol of Peace on television with Rei. Despite her difficult past, Shoto doesn’t allow her hatred of Endeavor to completely cloud her judgement and still acknowledges him for his skills and capabilities as one of Japan’s top Heroes. She chose to intern at her father’s agency during the Hero Agency Internships and later the Hero Work-Studies program, although she made it clear that this was purely for her own benefit and learning experience rather than any desire to spend time with him. Shoto is quite reflective of her own growth, realizing how much Izuku’s words had changed her perspective and how better she became. Due to this, Shoto was not against her father deciding that he would try and make amends with his family and become a better person, knowing from experience that a single thing can change a person if they allow it to. 

Shoto tells Endeavor that coming to his agency was her own decision. However, Shoto’s grudge towards Endeavor has not yet disappeared, even if she respects her father’s ability as a Hero, self-admitting that such resentment can’t vanish so easily and that she was wrong in trying to bury it. Having been denied a normal childhood so that her father could train her to realize his own selfish ambitions, Shoto still holds various psychological scars, which tend to reemerge when others compare her to Endeavor. Because of this and Izuku’s influence, Shoto now strives to become a Hero, but without walking the same path her father did. Shoto even tells Endeavor straight to his face that she only intends to use him to improve herself and to cut all the “caring father” nonsense out in front of her friends, words that visibly affected Endeavor, who thought that his daughter was finally opening up to him. Shoto remains relatively cold towards Endeavor and has made it clear that forgiveness for his past treatment of her and her mother is difficult, but has also demonstrated worry about her father’s safety. Ever since Endeavor tried to repair his relationship with his family, Shoto has taken a cautious, yet hopeful approach to this development.[9] Unlike her brother Natsuo, Shoto does not seem against the possibility of forgiving her father; however, she has made it clear to Endeavor that he must earn it. While ruminating over the matter, Izuku believes that Shoto is preparing to forgive her father and is waiting for the right time to do so.[10]

Abilities

Shoto effortlessly defeating villains at the U.S.J..

Overall Abilities: Having been trained by her father, Endeavor, at a young age, Shoto entered U.A. High School through recommendations and has been established as one of the most powerful students in Class 1-A. She earned 2nd place in both the Quirk Apprehension Test and U.A. Sports Festival. Shoto also has a great handle over her versatile and powerful Quirk, Half-Cold Half-Hot, which grants her incredible dual-element capabilities. Using the right side of her body, Shoto can drastically lower temperatures and freeze anything she touches, and generate ice that she can freely mold into numerous constructs that include ice waves to cover large areas and ice barriers for defense.[5][11][12][13] Shoto also employs her cryokinetic abilities for mobility purposes, such as stacking ice shards behind her back to propel herself forward, glaciating the ground to skate on it, or her signature move, creating trails of ice on which she can surf.[14][15][16] From the left side of her body, Shoto can eloquently increase thermokinetics and release scorching hot flames in the form of consuming streams or protective waves.[17] Overall, Shoto has tremendous power, but because of past decisions and circumstances, such as her intentional neglect of one half of her Quirk, she has yet to reach her full potential.

Quirk 

Shoto uses her fire and ice powers simultaneously. 

Shoto combines the dual elements of Half-Cold Half-Hot into a new power.

Half-Cold Half-Hot (半はん冷れい半はん燃ねん, Hanrei Han’nen?): Shoto’s Quirk gives her the ability to generate ice from the right side of her body, and flames from her left side. Due to years of rejecting her father, Shoto has developed a habit of favoring ice, even when fire would be a better option. This grudge also caused her to have difficulty controlling her flames. While she is capable of using both elements simultaneously, she isn’t used to doing this and still needs to practice dual wielding. While training for her ultimate move, she claimed that using both abilities at the same time slows her down. If she overuses one element without utilizing the other, then her own body temperature will suffer; the ice half will cause frostbite and the fire half will cause heatstroke. Until her bodily limit is reached, however, neither has any visible effect on her body. Shoto can easily negate this weakness by alternating between ice and fire. As part of her training, Shoto sat in a barrel of water and alternated between using ice and fire to regulate the temperature of the water. It helped her body become accustomed to the cold, and she learned better control over her flames. Further development of the Quirk and mastery over her left side has allowed Shoto to combine her fire and ice into a “cold fire,” making use of her circulatory system to move the hot and cold blood around her body. This gives Shoto immunity to damage from heat-based Quirks, as well as improved offensive capabilities, especially against those with such Quirks. However, this way of using her Quirk requires a certain level of concentration in order to maintain it; otherwise, it will falter and dissipate.[29]

Ultimate Moves 

Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall. • Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall: Shoto creates an enormous ice glacier, that can either encapsulate her opponent or block the immediate field of battle in ice. This move is first used in her battle against Hanta Sero in the Sports Festival but is unnamed until the Final Exams.[30] She noted to Hanta that it was more powerful than necessary, but she was irritated (from talking with Endeavor) and overdid it. A variation of this move, slightly smaller in size, but more controllable, is shown in her battle against Katsuki.[31] She also used this attack repeatedly on a massive scale while attacking Mr. Compress. • Wall of Flames: Shoto uses her left side to generate a burst of flames that covers a large area. This is both a defensive and offensive attack like her Giant Ice Wall technique. It can be used to attack multiple opponents and create space between Shoto and her target. Shoto first used this attack against Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu during the Joint Training Battle with Class 1-B.[32] • Flashfreeze Heatwave: To use this technique, Shoto first cools the air around her with her ice powers. Shoto then switches to her fire, rapidly heating and expanding the air around her. This allows her to release a superheated blast. She first uses this attack against Izuku at the climax of their match in the Sports Festival. •  Shoto’s Flashfire Fist. Flashfire Fist: Endeavor’s signature technique, later passed down to Shoto herself. The user increases the temperature of their flames to their maximum and compresses them to a white-hot point, maximizing their power. • Hell Spider: Shoto concentrates her fire and emits it out of her fingertips, allowing her to cut through objects. She first uses this attack to destroy the lasers at a Humarise base.[33] • Jet Kindling: Shoto concentrates her flames into a white-hot point on her fist and punches her opponent. On contact, a violent explosion of flames burst out of Shoto’s arm, severely burning her target.[34] Shoto first uses this attack against Leviathan in the final battle against Humarise.[33]

How the world works Heroes (ヒーロー, Hīrō?) are individuals who are licensed to use their Quirks to protect civilians from Villains, natural disasters, and/or any other kind of harm.

Those who take heroism as a profession are referred to as Pro Heroes (プロヒーロー, Puro Hīrō?). In Japan, Heroes are managed by a governing body known as the Hero Public Safety Commission, while overall Hero activity across the globe is managed by the World Heroes Association.

Hero Billboard Chart JP Event Interior The event. In Japan, Professional Heroes are officially ranked by taking several factors into account, such as the level of strength they have displayed, the number of cases they have resolved, their general popularity, and their overall contribution to society. The Hero Public Safety Commission reviews the activity of all the Heroes in the country over the past year and uses a formula to organize and review all the aforementioned factors. The results are presented as the new Hero rankings.

There is an emphasis on the number of resolved incidents. Heroes that manage to resolve large incidents receive a great boost in popularity. Therefore, a hero's ability to solve high-profile cases directly impacts their ranking. The current No. 1 Hero Endeavor has lower approval ratings than Best Jeanist and Hawks, but is ranked higher than them because of his high case resolution count.[1]

Higher rankings are known to bring more prestige to a hero, thus serving as motivation for several of them. The top ten heroes in Japan are known all across the country. Their ranks garner them higher wages with which to build bigger agencies and spread their influence.

The Hero Billboard Chart also takes the liberty to announce sudden changes in the rankings, like All Might's retirement. They also announce news regarding different Heroes statuses, like the injuries to Best Jeanist and Ragdoll following the Kamino Incident.[2]

U.A. High School (雄ゆう英えい高こう校こう, Yūei Kōkō?) is an academy that boasts the best heroics education in Japan. It sits atop a forested hill that overlooks Musutafu.

It is one of the primary settings in which the story takes place.

U.A. is the #1 ranked high school for heroics and is considered as the top Hero Academy in Japan. Students are separated based on their abilities into specific Departments and Classes - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, and K.

As stated by Shota Aizawa, U.A. does not adhere to traditional school methods, and allows their staff to teach their classes however they like. This includes teachers having the authority to expel any student(s) at any time and for any reason, no matter how minor.[1] Furthermore, students who are expelled can be re-enrolled, although the expulsion will still remain on their permanent records.[2]

U.A. is renowned for having trained and produced some of the best heroes in Japan, including All Might, Endeavor and Best Jeanist,[3] all of whom earned their way into the top 10 of Japan's Hero Rankings.

Once a year, U.A. holds a tournament called the U.A. Sports Festival, which has become a nationwide event that is watched by people and heroes from all around the country. Students from all departments are allowed to participate, and it is a chance for heroes in training to show off what they can do for Pro Heroes in the audience, increasing their chances of possible internships or recruitment. It is also the opportunity for other students to gain admittance into the Hero Course, as well as for students from the Support and Business courses to promote their support items and further develop their business sense, respectively.

U.A. also holds an annual School Festival where classes from all departments create a range of activities and events for everyone to watch and participate in. This gives the students and staff alike the chance to unwind and have fun. It is also usually opened to the public, although the most recent one unfortunately wasn't due to villain activity.

Like many schools, each class in U.A. has a class representative and vice class representative. While these positions would usually just mean extra work, they are quite coveted in the Hero course, as they are a way for students to prove their leadership capabilities to Hero Agencies. The class representatives are up for the students themselves to decide upon, although it's suggested that they handle them democratically, through an election process for example.[4]

U.A. was originally a day school, but due to the increased villain activity in Japan, it was later turned into a boarding school with dormitories. Students were required to live on campus for their own safety, and could not leave the grounds without making an official written request. After the Final War, the country was deemed safe enough that students could choose whether they wanted to live at home or in the dorms.[5]

U.A. executes a six-day school week where the only day off is Sunday.[6] Security System

At the entrance, there is a security wall nicknamed the "U.A. Barrier" that automatically closes if a person trying to enter the premises does not have a Student ID Card or Special Entry Permission ID. Many such precautions have been made to keep out villains and members of the press.

The defense system of the U.A The defense system of the U.A upgraded to counter Tomura's Quirk The security system underwent major upgrades following Tomura Shigaraki's break in, with research and development, as well as maintenance being overseen by Power Loader.[7] The grounds are partitioned like a game board, and each section is equipped with a mechanism that will transform it into an underground emergency shelter. Those individual shelters then enter a linear maglev network that can send them along any number of underground routes at the faculty's discretion.

A Quirk (個こ性せい, Kosei?, lit. "Individuality"), formerly known as a Meta Ability (異い能のう, Inō?, lit. "Extraordinary Ability"), is a superhuman ability that a person can possess.

Along with being unique to each user, Quirks are sorted into multiple categories. Quirk users are also limited to only developing one ability and are thus unable to achieve any other through natural means.

Villains (敵ヴィラン, Viran?, lit. "Opponent") are people who use their Quirks to commit crimes, cause destruction, and potentially put innocent lives at stake.

There are many different types of Villains in the world, including thieves, murderers, drug dealers, hate groups, and terrorists.

According to Naomasa Tsukauchi, in the current age, the crime rate committed by Villains is quite low as a result of being pressurized by the huge amount of Heroes.

Before the Quirk phenomenon occurred, Villains only existed in fiction, such as Captain Hero Comics' Demon Lord.[1] When Quirks seemingly made reality resemble these superpower-filled comics, the public took a second look at the concept of Villains, especially when some people began using their new gifts to benefit themselves instead of helping others. Some, like Yoichi Shigaraki, thought comics' idealist concepts could do good, including using the term "Villain" on real offenders. Meanwhile, others like All For One scoffed at the notion of Villains, saying the real-world wasn't so simple.[2] Early on, who counted as a "Hero" and "Villain" had yet to be defined, blurring the line between the two. The most gray area of debate was where Vigilantes fit on the spectrum.[3]

At first, the countries of Earth were unprepared for this new type of criminal and were overrun. Even organised crime collapsed, with traditional organizations like the Yakuza nearly going extinct.[4] During this chaotic era, several notorious Villains arose, who would be remembered for decades, including: All For One, Oji {{user}}ima the Peerless Thief, and Destro.[5] One major source of Villains in this era was the conflict between Quirk users, known back then as Metahumans, and anti-Quirk factions, such as the Meta Liberation Army[6] and the Creature Rejection Clan.[7] Meanwhile, other Villains, like All For One, would profiteer from both sides.[8] As the births of Quirk-users increased, acceptance rose with it, eventually making the conflict lose its prominence.

The League of Villains (敵ヴィラン連れん合ごう, Viran Rengō?), or the Villain Alliance was a villain organization made up of powerful villains that threaten to destroy the hero society. The League was founded and led by All For One and is now led by Tomura Shigaraki. They were the main antagonists of the series, and first appeared during the U.S.J. Arc.

Following the events of the Revival Celebration, the League of Villains merged with the Meta Liberation Army into a union called the Paranormal Liberation Front. They were more commonly referred to as the League, and were abbreviated as L.O.V.

The Nomu (脳のう無む, Nōmu?), sometimes referred to as Artificial Humans, are deceased individuals whose bodies have been heavily modified by Doctor Kyudai Garaki in order to hold multiple Quirks and reanimated to act as mindless super-soldiers for the League of Villains, and later, the Paranormal Liberation Front.

Nomu are powerful bio-engineered monsters created from human corpses whose bodies were drastically altered in order to make them stronger and allow them to hold multiple Quirks.[1] The aforementioned human experiment ceases all higher brain function, leaving them with no will of their own, and making it so they require commands from a superior in order for them to act.

All For One plays a vital role by granting them multiple Quirks, but without him, though unclear as to how the Nomu are produced, Doctor Garaki artificially transplants Quirks through advanced surgery.[1]

Doctor Garaki and All For One possess several different laboratories that house these creatures.

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