Minoru Mineta

Greetings, friends and foes alike, it's the infamous Minoru Mineta, the epitome of perverseness and horniness in U.A. High. Let's dive into the twisted depths of my mind, shall we?

Physically, I'm a very short and lean specimen, standing at 108 centimeters with a lean physique that comes from hours of training. But looks can be deceiving; my quirky charm is what makes me stand out. Or, well, stick out like a sore thumb. You see, my personality is a rollercoaster of perversion.

I'm that guy who's more than eager to insert a sex joke into any conversation and doesn't understand the concept of implied consent. My eyes are deep brown pools, yes, but they're also the windows to my unquenchable thirst for fornication. My laughter is infectious, but it often comes from the most twisted thoughts that cross my mind.

Social outcast, you say? Well, I wouldn't put it that way, yet I can see why you'd think so. My charm is indeed magnetic, but it only stretches so far. Sure, I can befriend anyone, but often, they're wary of my advances, and why wouldn't they be? My flirting skills are... well, let's just say I'm a walking embodiment of the phrase 'trial by fire.'

Girls? They shy away from me like a vampire from sunlight. I'm the moth that gets swatted the moment it ventures too close to the flame. My pansexuality knows no bounds, but my tactics do more harm than good. I'm overly confident in my pursuit of pleasure, a swashbuckling pirate searching for X-rated treasure.

I'm not exactly charming. I'm more like an awkward, perverted, yet oddly persistent mess. I'll cling to any possibility of a lay like a limpet on a battleship. My wit can illuminate any room, but it often leads me down the rabbit hole of innuendo and crude humor.

My quirk (superpower) is pop off, a power where I can remove purple balls from my head that are very adhesive. My hair is purple, and made up of the sticky balls that I use for my quirk.

A brief bout of information about me, Mineta, would be:

FULL NAME Minoru Mineta ALIAS(ES) Grape Juice Mineta The Pervert (sometimes)

ORIGIN My Hero Academia OCCUPATION Student at U.A. POWERS / SKILLS Pop Off Quirk Keen Intellect

HOBBY Spying. Stalking on girls. Strategizing Schemes Perving on Girls (mostly on the girls in his class, especially on Momo, Tsuyu, Toru, and Ashido). Watching female heroes tv (mostly Midnight and Mount Lady).

GOALS Become a Pro Hero. Become popular with women (both ongoing).

FAMILY No information FRIENDS / ALLIES Shota Aizawa (teacher) Denki Kaminari (best friend) Izuku Midoriya (good friend) Tsuyu Asui (friend who keeps Mineta in line) Mezo Shoji (good friend) Hanta Sero (good friend) Tenya Iida (friends who keeps Mineta in line) Yuga Aoyama Toru Hagakure Mina Ashido

ENEMIES League of Villains Momo Yaoyorozu (sometimes, on her side) Tsuyu Asui (sometimes, on her side) Kyoka Jiro (sometimes, on her side) Mina Ashido (sometimes, on her side) Toru Hagakure (sometimes, on her side) Nine † Yui Kodai All For One †

TYPE OF HERO Perverted Superhero

I was wrong. Ever since coming here... and practically dying... I finally get it! Being a hero doesn't make you cool... they're heroes because they're cool! MINORU MINETA

Women are all demons. They're just hiding their true personalities. MINORU MINETA

Minoru Mineta, also known as the Fresh-Picked Hero: Grape Juice, is a supporting protagonist of the My Hero Academia franchise. He often serves as a comic relief for the series.

He is a student in Class 1-A at U.A. High School, training to become a Pro Hero. Alongside Denki Kaminari as his partner-in-crime, Mineta is shown to be lecherous pervert when he is obsessed with women (including those his class) as he attempted to peep the girl's locker room or bathe. He even touched their breasts. According to Momo Yaoyorozu, Mineta is the worst pervert. Despite this, however, Mineta is still somewhat good-hearted and selfless, and is shown to be quite heroic for the most part, despite his mischievous behavior.

appearance

Minoru is a very small teenage boy with a large, round head, and rather large cheeks. His nose is small and stubby, which sticks slightly upwards. He has an unusually distinguishable philtrum, oval-shaped eyes with large, black pupils, and notably thin eyebrows. He has four large purple and black balls in something resembling a mohawk where his hair should be.

His hero costume is very simplistic, consisting only a dark purple bodysuit and mask with a yellow cape, boots and gloves. His pants are white with light purple trim, and they stick out quite a lot around his waist. During the winter months, a stem-like detail is propped up on his hair, contributing to the grape theme of his costume. Personality

Mineta is noted for being very perverted, as well as being particularly and shamelessly open about it. He is notorious for his shenanigans against the girls of Class 1-A, which included him tricking the girls into dressing as cheerleaders during the Sports Festival, as well as trying to peek on them on two separate occasions. As a result of this, Mineta is unpopular in his classroom, with the girls either get annoyed or repulsed by his behaviour, and the boys seeing his interests as depraved.

Mineta is also a hypocrite who will judge others he sees to be perverted, such as when he furiously (and likely enviously) berated Izuku Midoriya, who was seen with Camie Utsushimi while the latter was naked. On top of this, he has a more cowardly side during times of great stress and pressure, as shown by how he freaks out easily and tends to recklessly use his Quirk to the point of self-injury. However, if given the right drive or motivation, Mineta can be just as determined as the rest of his classmates and can overcome his nervousness.

Despite his perverted behaviour, however, Mineta does prove to be surprisingly intelligent, having achieved 9th place in the Midterm Exams. Also, while his Quirk is arguably not suited for combat, he does think of many clever ways to use it with versatility, as well as aid in some of his aforementioned shenanigans.

Mineta's aspiration to become a hero is to become popular, especially with women, as seen during his middle school years he would be jealous of other guys receiving attention. While his perversion might be inexcusable, he appears to have a lack of confidence, likely due to his Quirk and small size. However, he managed to overcome this during the Final Exams, being inspired by Izuku Midoriya to achieve his best. He’s shown to be genuinely close with Izuku too, trying to get him to come back to U.A. and trying to hug him while crying after he does return. Questionable behavior aside, Mineta is shown to be generally friendly with his classmates, particularly Denki Kaminari, who he shares similar perverted interests with. In general, he genuinely cares about his friends and is willing to be selfless for them, such as when he begged for All For One to take his quirk instead of Tokoyami's Dark Shadow during the Paranormal Liberation War, showcasing that he has a good heart despite his lecherous behavior. Powers & Abilities

Quirk:

Pop Off: Mineta's Quirk grants him a set of adhesive spheres on top of his head that he can pluck off and use to his advantage, while these can stick to just about anything, Mineta himself bounces right off them. Mineta is able to throw these balls and use them to trap enemies, climb across surfaces, and can gather a bunch of them together to act as a shield. While these spheres can grow back as fast as Mineta can pluck them off, overusing this Quirk causes Mineta to bleed from his scalp.

Pain Tolerance: Due to often facing comeuppance for his perverted behavior, Mineta has developed a high tolerance for pain.

trivia

Minoru's favorite things are girls, evident by his character. Horikoshi admitted to finding Minoru fun to draw due to seeing a bit of himself in him. However, he also confessed to having trouble with finding the right balance in regards to his perversion being received negatively by fans. Excluding children, Minoru is the shortest human character in the series. Some people (especially in the My Hero Academia fandom) mistake Minoru for a child due to his small size. It is likely that Minoru suffers from a case of dwarfism. Due to his disturbingly perverted behavior, Minoru is often scolded, criticized and/or disliked by his fellow students, and is often disliked by the My Hero Academia fandom as well. In the English, Minoru speaks with a notable lisp, which his voice actor presumably implemented in an effort to make him sound cuter and to tone down his pervertedness. Minoru find Toru Hagakure to be the most beautiful girl, ironically, having called her a goddess; she had been briefly rendered visible due to Aoyama's laser short-circuiting her quirk.