Nirengeki Shoda

Nirengeki Shoda, also known as Mines (マインズ), is the vice class representative of Class 1-B at U.A. High School and is training there to become a Pro Hero.

Appearance
Nirengeki is a chubby young man of average height, with short, ice-blue hair and a round face. He has large, wide eyes with small pupils, and is usually seen looking a little sheepish and apologetic; his eyebrows are almost always pointed upwards.

His hero costume consists of a black, high-collared suit with a trim of white pale lines around its collar and hem, and a similar pattern over his torso and shoulders, along with plain black pants and white knee-high boots. A blue -looking device is worn over his left eye, and he has a connected radar on the back of one of his gloved hands.

Personality
Nirengeki has a very humble attitude, as he will not take credit for something he feels that he hasn't earned by his own strength. This is shown when he chose to pull himself out from the final rounds of the U.A. Sports Festival due to having been under Hitoshi Shinso's Brainwashing.

As the vice president of Class 1-B, it can be suggested that his classmates trust him and find him reliable. In battle, Nirengeki is shown to be focused and collaborates well with others, as he worked in unison with Reiko Yanagi and Yui Kodai, displaying a good sense of teamwork. He also complimented Mina Ashido on her uppercut afterwards, implying that he is mature and does not hold grudges.

Additionally, Nirengeki does not seem to hold any envy towards Class 1-A and is not seen supporting his class' rivalry or Neito Monoma's tirades. He is described as 1-B's conscience, and shows to be more amicable and less competitive than some of his other classmates.

Abilities
Overall Abilities: Nirengeki is a rather competent fighter who not only excels in one-on-one combat but also possesses good Quirk handling. His Quirk, Twin Impact, allows Nirengeki to remotely cause attacks to repeat a second time, but with significantly amplified force involved compared to the initial impact. He can also exploit his Quirk for mobility purposes, such as jumping higher and dashing faster. Nirengeki also has good camaraderie, augmenting the attacks of himself, and those of his allies, when their initial assault doesn't have sufficient strength. The more potency there is behind a base attack, the stronger it will become when Nirengeki enhances it. Nirengeki's overall abilities make him a pivotal, supporting asset to have on a team, wherein he can increase the singular attacks of his comrades, or the collaboration attacks initiated by him and his comrades working together, as there's only so much force he can produce on his own.

During the final round of Joint Training Battle, Nirengeki not only demonstrated his comradeship by magnifying the cooperation attacks enacted by Reiko Yanagi and Yui Kodai, but showcased impressive reaction time. After reading the sporadic movements of Minoru Mineta, he was able to defeat the Fresh-Picked Hero with a single punch. And while Minoru's constitution may not be very high, to render someone unconscious with a single hit is still quite a feat on Nirengeki's part. His abilities eventually garnered the attention of the Lion Hero: Shishido, giving Nirengeki the opportunity to intern under the No. 13 Pro Hero, and improve on his flurry of attacks and the ability to read ahead of situations.

Tactical Intellect: Nirengeki has been shown to be exceptionally astute. Before his team’s match commenced, Nirengeki propositioned that they execute a strategy reminiscent to that of Setsuna Tokage's team from the previous Joint Training match, while citing how both teams are similar in terms of balance compared the the opposing teams from Class 1-A. Since Nirengeki's group has members that excel in the use of technical Quirks, he surmised it would be better for them to hide on the battlefield and launch surprise attacks. During the last match itself, Nirengeki immediately deduced that Mina had blocked his attack, despite it not being visible to him and had to rely on the use of his tracker.

Quirk
Twin Impact (ツインインパクト): Nirengeki's Quirk allows him to strike a target and then remotely make the point of contact experience a second impact. The second impact is several times stronger than the initial blow.

He can use this power to create a force of propulsion, such as to bestow an impact on an object to send it flying at opponents, or to send possible weapons away.

Equipment
Impact Location Recording Devices: Nirengeki wears gloves and a scouter-like half-visor over his left eye. These devices allow him to keep track of the places where he landed a blow, allowing him to activate his Quirk at the most ideal times.

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Trivia

 * Nirengeki's surname contains the kanji for "level" (庄) and "rice field" (田), and his first name contains "two" (二), "join" (連) and "attack" (撃).
 * Put together, the first and second characters of his first name mean "double" (二連), meaning that his first name put together means "double attack," and his last name is homophonous with the Japanese word for "palm-strike" (掌打). Thus, his full name literally translates to "palm strike, double attack," which is a clear reference to his Quirk.
 * In Volume 5, Horikoshi referred to this as his "greatest naming achievement to date."
 * He likes to watch boxing matches.
 * He shares his birthday with his classmate, Manga Fukidashi.
 * Along with Ibara Shiozaki, Nirengeki was also originally planned to be in Class 1-A.
 * Nirengeki shares both his Japanese and English voice actors with other characters.
 * His Japanese voice actor, Kenta Ōkuma, also voices Ken Ishiyama, Masaki Mizushima, Juzo Moashi, and Itejiro Toteki.
 * His English voice actor, Dallas Reid, also voices Juzo Honenuki.
 * The English subtitles for the anime localizes his Hero name as "Mindz".
 * His hero costume resembles Frieza's army uniforms from Dragon Ball.

Quotes

 * (To Midnight and the other Sports Festival participants) "This is a contest of skill. Letting someone who didn't do anything advance... doesn't it defeat the whole point of the Sports Festival? Isn't it even against the rules?"

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