Nagisa Shingetsu

Name: Nagisa Shingetsu Gender: Male Age: 12 years old Height: 4'6" Birthdate: October 23rd

Appearance: Nagisa is an elementary school-aged boy with fair skin, short blue hair with two crescent-shaped cowlicks that change depending on his emotions, and eyes that are a lighter blue with diamonds representing the irises.

He wears a light greyish-blue plaid jacket over a blue shirt and matching shorts. He also wears a brown-orange scarf and a bowtie underneath it. The scarf has the silver Warriors of Hope badge keeping it pinned to his jacket.

He also wears blue socks adorned with the emblem of the "Sage" class and light greyish blue loafers.

Background: Nagisa was born and raised in Towa City. He was a child prodigy, raised to be a perfect child and a member of society's elite. His father was a teacher at Hope's Peak Academy's Elementary School division, which Nagisa attended and was assigned the elementary talent title of "Lil' Social Studies", and as a result, he expected his son to be the best.

Nagisa's parents' approach to raising him is like playing a game. In order for Nagisa to "gain EXP and level up", he had to study for unhealthy lengths of time. He would be connected to an IV with energy supplements to "restore HP" when it looked as if he would pass out from exhaustion. He was also constantly observed with cameras.

Nagisa's father forced his son to study non-stop for days. He would do things such as shine bright lights into his son's eyes if he looked as if he were becoming tired at any time other than the short periods he was permitted to sleep. He was also threatened with weapons and other physical abuse. Nagisa's participation in all of this was in the name of an experiment to determine just how much mental and physical stress a child could withstand before reaching their breaking point.

As Nagisa's father didn't get the experimental results he'd hoped for, he didn't see anything wrong with his approach and instead began to consider his son a failure as a test subject. It's also implied that the parents were considering having another child and restarting the experiment with a fresh test subject.

When Nagisa found out that he was falling short of his father's expectations, he felt such strong self-loathing and guilt that he wanted to die. He felt he hadn't done anything right, even with such high hopes for him. He questioned why he was the way he was, why he wasn't born better, and why he wasn't the child his father wanted. Because "only hopeless idiots fritter away their lives with self-hatred", Nagisa decided to just ignore the pain he felt and worked even harder and harder, no matter how high the expectations would be. He didn't want to disappoint his father ever again.

Personality: Serious, calm, level-headed: those traits are what Nagisa usually carries around him. True to his background as a child prodigy and experiment, he is very knowledgeable in both his social studies and academics, and he often speaks bluntly and plainly. He tends to strive for perfection, which others underestimate his abilities because of his age, and often tries to prove others wrong as a result of his dad's high standards. He often acts as the voice of reason and calms others down when needed, and he is quite protective and loyal to his friends, sometimes putting their needs above his own or even going along with their antics to please them. He has an aversion to what he considers childish and, though he refers to himself as a child, doesn't like being underestimated because of his age.

While Nagisa may seem faultless and even humble, he has some glaring flaws that even his perfectionist mindset can't solve. The most important one is his tendency to ignore his own problems, which he would rather deflect, downplay, or go along with to make himself feel better. This includes doing immoral things for the people he likes or to save someone, even if he feels remorseful or guilty about his own actions. As he approaches problem-solving maturely, his emotions sometimes get the better of him, and he can act childishly, as expected for someone who is still a kid. This is especially true when he lets his own problems bottle up or the people he cares about act rashly or immaturely.