Manami Aiba

Manami Aiba, also known as La Brava, (ラブラバ), is a villain associated with Gentle Criminal. She is a side antagonist of the U.A. School Festival Arc.

Appearance
Manami is a very short young woman with quite a large, round head, compared to her narrow body. She has raspberry pink hair, which she wears up in two high pigtails, wide and thick at the top and thin at the bottom, the ends curved upwards to the sides at her waist, their edges trimmed straight. She has a single bang in the middle of her forehead, swept pointedly to her right, and very large, pointed-down eyes with dark rings on the underside of each, two longer eyelashes to each far side, which take up most of her face. Her irises are oval-shaped, pink in color, and each has two circles between their small pupils and their rims, giving them a rather hypnotic look. After spending a long time secluded in her home and staring at her computer, she developed dark circles around her eyes.

Manami’s outfit is quite elaborate, consisting of a big white bow at her neck, matching the thick gloves she wears, an indigo shirt with large buttons and long, upturned frilly sleeve cuffs, and a pair of white, pinstriped pants which are very poofy, making her legs seem bigger than they are. She sports several heart motifs, such as heart earrings, heart-shaped buckles on the two thin, golden belts around her waist, and a wide heart design over the tops of her legs. She also wears dark tights underneath her pants, over which she wears a pair of shiny high-heeled boots.

Personality
Manami is a loyal fan and admirer of Danjuro, making sure to record his acts to subsequently post them online, following Danjuro's instructions to interrupt a stream if needed. Despite knowing about his strength and abilities, Manami becomes worried if Danjuro finds himself in potential danger. Manami is in love with Danjuro, as shown through her Quirk, Love, as well as her undying admiration for him. Having been grateful for Danjuro taking her in and accepting her, Manami is willing to help him no matter what. She also showed to be angry with Danjuro's lack of recognition, as well as angry at the Hero Killer, Stain for having robbed his spotlight with a video of his backstory.

When Manami was a younger girl, she professed her love to a different boy, telling him that she was completely smitten. She seems to fall in love quite freely and when she does, quite deeply. Unfortunately, this also made her sensitive to rejection, as seen by when her crush rejected her letter and even deemed her as a stalker. This caused Manami to fall into a deep depression where she became a withdrawn shut-in and even seemed to consider ending her own life. Upon seeing Danjuro's videos however, her hope and energy were both fully restored, with Manami willing to help and accompany him even with the acts of doing so making her a criminal as well.

Abilities
Hacking Prowess: La Brava has shown herself to be a capable hacker, being able to when in range, hack into the U.A. security system and accomplish other things that only a person skilled with technology could pull off.

Quirk
Love: Manami's Quirk allows her to bestow a power boost to the person whom she loves most by telling the recipient how much she loves them. The amount of power her loved one receives increases with the intensity of her love. Manami can only activate her Quirk once per day and the power boost will only last for a limited time.

Super Moves

 * Lover Mode (ラバーモード): When Manami declares her love towards Danjuro, he is granted a power-up for a limited time. The more intense her love, the stronger the transferred power will be.

Equipment
Camera: La Brava uses a camera in order to record Gentle's robberies and other villainous acts and posts them online.

Gentle Criminal
Gentle and La Brava are partners, as Gentle commits crimes and La Brava records and uploads them. The two seem to be friendly with each other and exchange their motivations. La Brava also admires Gentle and his ideas, in return Gentle appreciates La Brava's efforts in helping him become a notorious villain. La Brava also has an extreme love interest in Danjuro, a love interest that he seems to have with her as well.

Trivia

 * Manami's surname contains the kanji for "together, mutually, fellow" (相) and "place, space" (場), and her first name contains "love, affection, care" (愛) and "beauty" (美).
 * The "ai" in Manami's surname is homophonous with the Japanese word for "love" (愛), referencing her Quirk.
 * When read together, the characters that make up Manami's surname can mean "market price" or "reputation," and are phonetical of the Japanese word for "partner, colleague" (相番).
 * Manami's alias La Brava (ラブラバ):
 * Matches the Japanese katakanization of the novel by Elmore Leonard.
 * Likely reference to her character theme of love, as it can also be read as "love lover."
 * Means "the brave" or "the fierce" in Spanish, and "the good" in Italian.
 * Manami's birth date is the same as Valentine's Day.
 * Manami's favorite thing is Gentle.
 * Manami's English voice actor, Megan Shipman, also voices Mirio Togata as a child.

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