Shino Sosaki

Shino Sosaki, also known by her hero name Mandalay (マンダレイ), is a Pro-Hero and member of the Wild, Wild Pussycats.

Appearance
Shino is a woman with brown eyes, and red hair styled into three bangs going across her face. As a part of her hero costume, she draws red marking beneath her eyes. Mandalay wears a red version of the Pussycat's hero costumes.

Personality
Shino's personality contrasts with her partner, Ryuko's. While Pixie-Bob is often loud and energetic, Mandalay remains calm and gentle. Even so, she remains just as eccentric and demanding as the rest of her teammates.

Shino often shows great concern for others including her nephew Kota, as well as the students from U.A. High. Despite being genuinely caring, Shino is not above poking fun at others expense. She had no problem teasing Class 1-A about how much longer it would take them to cross Beast's Forest than the Pussycats.

Forest Training Camp Arc
Shota Aizawa brings his students to Beast's Forest in order to train under the Wild, Wild Pussycats. When the students arrive, Mandalay and Pixie-Bob introduce themselves as half of the Pussycat's team. One of the students: Izuku Midoriya, recognizes the Pussycats and explains their history.

Izuku mentions how long they've been active and this irritates Pixie-Bob, who's still eighteen years old at heart. Mandalay explains that Class 1-A is still far away from the base camp and will have to travel there through the Beast's Forest. She gives them three hours to reach their goal or else they won't receive lunch.

The students try to run back onto their bus but Pixie-Bob uses her quirk to push them off of the mountaintop and into the forest. Mandalay asks Shota if he's sure the students can handle the training schedule he's laid out for them. Shota replies that the students must work hard to get a full semesters worth of lessons into the summer. They will receive permits to use their quirks, provisional hero licenses and most importantly, learn to defend themselves. Mandalay, Shota, and Kota leave Pixie-Bob to test the students.

Almost eight hours later, Class 1-A finally makes their way to the base camp. Battered and bruised, the students are confused on how it took them nearly eight hours to complete a three-hour journey. Mandalay taunts them and says she meant it would take the Pussycat's three hours. Pixie-Bob admits she's still impressed and takes a special liking to Izuku, Shoto, Tenya, and Katsuki for their skills.

Shota questions why Pixie-Bob is so aggressive now and Mandalay explains it's mating season. Izuku asks who's child Kota is and Mandalay replies that he is her nephew. She tells Kota to introduce himself, but he punches Izuku in the crotch and storms off instead.

Mandalay and Pixie-Bob serve the students dinner. Mandalay asks Kota to help her with some vegetables and eventually posts him on top of the wall between the male and female hot springs. After Kota falls from the aforementioned wall, Izuku brings him to cabin's office. Shino thanks Izuku for saving Kota, and commends his skills for being fast enough to catch him. She explains that Kota simply fainted from the wall and that he will be alright. Izuku questions Kota's views on heroes, unable to understand why he hates them so much.

Ryuko enters the room and tells Izuku that Kota's parents sacrificed themselves protecting citizens. Shino explains that Kota sees their sacrifice as them abandoning him for their hero work. She admits that Kota doesn't like the Pussycats either because they're pro heroes and that he may feel like he's only around them because he has nowhere else to go.

When Class 1-B arrives at the camp, Mandalay and the Pussycats introduce themselves and their Quirks, to reassure them that they can watch everyone at once and help everyone train.

Mandalay is present when the students take part in the test of courage. When the villains attack, she notices the black smoke and soon encounters Spinner and Magne. Mandalay uses her Quirk to instruct everyone to avoid combat and to head to the faculty. After giving the students that are with her the same instruction, she and Tora prepare to fight. In the ensuing battle, Mandalay manages to avoid Spinner's attack and simultaneously to strike back, by distracting him with her Quirk. After Tora saves her from Magnes's attack, Mandalay informs Tora that she cannot contact Ragdoll.

Shino and Tora continue fighting Spinner and Kenji respectively. Kenji manages to continue holding his own against Tora while Spinner manages to give Mandalay trouble. Just as Spinner is about to attack Shino with his bladed weapon, Izuku appears and lunges with his legs empowered by One For All: Full Cowl, which destroys the bladed weapon, much to Spinner's shock. After tumbling to the ground, Izuku informs Mandalay that Kota is safe and asks her to communicate Shota's message. Mandalay uses Telepath and sends Shota's message to Classes 1-A and 1-B; he authorizes them for combat. This means that the students of Class 1-A and 1-B will be able to fight back against the Vanguard Action Squad.

Izuku tells Mandalay that one of the villain's goal is to capture Katsuki and asks her to inform everyone about it. As Spinner talks to Kenji as to why he allowed Izuku to escape, Mandalay sees that Spinner has left his guard down and kicks him in the face, knocking him down. Izuku enters the forest while Mandalay uses Telepath to inform everyone that Katsuki must avoid fighting since he is one of the targets. Later, Tora and Mandalay manage to overpower the villains but they are soon interrupted by Kurogiri who arrives to rescue them.

Hideout Raid Arc
Mandalay comforts Ragdoll, who has been rescued by Tora after losing her Quirk.

Quirk and Abilities
Telepath (テレパス): Her Quirk allows her to advise and instruct multiple people at once through mental transmission. However, the people she talks to cannot reply to her.

Enhanced Agility: Befitting her cat-theme, Mandalay is very agile, being able to dodge Spinner's attacks while simultaneously striking him.

Equipment
Cat Gloves: Mandalay's gloves act similar to real cat paws, as the claws can be used as weapons to tear and slash at the enemy.

Headphones: The cat ear-shaped headphones of her costume can be used to communicate with the other Pussycats members.

Trivia

 * Her name contains the kanji for transmit (送) and truth (信), which come from transmission (送信), a reference to her Quirk.
 * In the anime, Shino's relationship to Kota is changed. Instead of her being his aunt, like in the manga, she is instead his first cousin once removed. Water Horse is her cousin and not her sibling.