Kaina Tsutsumi

Kaina Tsutsumi, known by her alias Lady Nagant (レディ・ナガン), is a villain who used to be a Pro Hero. She was freed from Tartarus by a riot caused by All For One in Tomura Shigaraki's body. She serves as one of the primary antagonists of the Tartarus Escapees Arc.

Appearance
Kaina is a tall, curvy woman with dark blue and pink two-tone hair and angled eyebrows. She wears light boots, a dark, sleeveless dress and a metallic utility belt in which she stores bullets in.

In the past, she had longer hair, which was wrapped in a ponytail. Her hero costume was a simple dark bodysuit with two plates underneath her chest and knee guards. She also wore a long scouter over her right eye, which was in the shape of a lightning bolt.

Personality
Kaina is a serious and disciplined woman who does not hesitate to hurt people to fulfill her mission or achieve her goals. She can be very casual and rather fearless, showing no visible fear upon meeting All For One and even addressing him in a familiar way. Towards her adversaries, Kaina is direct and ruthless; firing a warning shot at Izuku Midoriya and threatening to dismember the young hero should he not come quietly.

In the past, Kaina had an optimistic outlook in her desire to be a great hero, but was led down a dark path by her superiors; having been trained to kill villains and corrupt heroes, sometimes unjustly, who were threatening to disrupt the order in society. Her repeated killings resulted in Kaina becoming disillusioned, and she soon fell into a depressive state upon realising that the Commission maintains a fragile and hollow peace at the expense of others, while hypocritically justifying that their actions are for the good of everyone. Kaina eventually reached her breaking point upon seeing some young children awe in admiration over her, realising that the youth of society wish to become a Hero like she was while not being aware of the concealed bloodshed that occured because of her.

As All For One had declared, Kaina wishes to see the downfall of Hero Society, knowing just how corrupt it is underneath and stated that the Symbol of Evil's rule would be preferable over the corrupt system she spent years serving under. She also shows to pity the victims of the heroic society such as Kai Chisaki, yet was also willing to put his life in danger in order to distract and gain an advantage over Izuku.

Izuku, however, pointed out that Kaina wasn't serious about killing Kai because the trajectory of the bullet she fired at him was off, and furthermore, he surmised she isn't as supportive of All For One as she claimed to be, because she could've easily fulfilled the contract to capture Izuku without engaging in battle. It is later proven that despite her low hopes and cynical view on society as a whole, she still cares about doing what's truly right in the end and that she became a hero with the good intention of helping others. After witnessing Izuku's skill in battle, as well as how he managed to save both Kai and herself with no hesitation, Kaina deems Izuku to be a true hero.

Abilities
Overall Abilities: Kaina is an incredibly powerful combatant, with skills even recognized by All For One, the most powerful villain in Japan, and feared by Hawks, the current No. 2 Pro Hero. As a former member of the Hero Public Safety Commission, and Hawks' senior, it is assumed she was privy to many of the same training regimes and harnessed a vast amount of skills working for them, making her Hawks' top priority.
 * Sniping Skill: Kaina is considered to be the best long range fighter in the country. Even Snipe, a prominent Pro Hero with a Quirk that improves his ranged attacks, admits that he can't hope to compete with her, as she far outclasses his Quirk with raw skill alone. Her skill is so great she was able to hit Deku from over a kilometer away, despite heavy rainfall, it being night at the time, and her target's greatly enhanced speed and ability to detect danger, and was able to land a hit while moving in mid-air with her rifle pointed behind her back.
 * Enhanced Eyesight: Kaina seemingly has a superhuman level of eyesight, being able to easily hit targets from up to three kilometers away without any visible scope. Her sight is seemingly unaffected by either darkness or weather conditions such as heavy rainfall.

Quirks
Rifle (ライフル): Kaina's Quirk allows her to extend a rifle from her right elbow. She can extend a tendril from her rifle that she can curl up to form a scope. She can also create various types of bullets, such as hollow-point bullets and curving bullets, from her hair by twisting and molding her bi-colored locks like Epoxy putty and hardening it to be as strong as any ammo. The range of her rifle fire is 3 kilometers.

Air Walk (エアウォーク): Kaina's second Quirk allows her to levitate in mid-air. She received this Quirk from All For One, who gave it to her as a form of payment for going after Deku.

Unnamed Self-Destruct Quirk: Kaina's third Quirk allows All For One to detonate her body from afar, creating a massive explosion and leaving her charred. All For One secretly gave this Quirk to her as a contingency in case she changed her mind about helping him.

Chapter Appearances

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Trivia

 * Lady Nagant's given name means "fire" (火), "Italy, that one" (伊), and "what" (那). Her surname contains the characters of "gun barrel" (筒) and "beautiful" (美).
 * Kaina's alias "Lady Nagant" name may be a reference to the, a military rifle first developed in the late 1800s and is still used in conflicts in the present day.
 * Kaina's prison number was 656698.
 * Horikoshi stated that her skill in curving bullets was directly inspired from Angelina Jolie's role as Fox in .
 * Kaina likes pretty and cute things.

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