Volume 4/Extras

Extra pages from Volume 4

Mei Hatsume Profile
Age: 16

Birthday: 18th April

Height: 157cm

Favorite Things: Steampunk-related things, Chocolate

A member of the support course. She started out as a guy, but I made her a girl because I thought that seemed more interesting. The support course fundamentally exists to educate students who will work in design agencies, making items and costumes for heroes.

A special license is needed to produce those items and costumes, and it's granted after government inspection. Using the produced items usually requires hero qualification, but running experiments and tests in a lab is okay even for non heroes. For individuals whose Quirks impede everyday life, permits for special life improving items may be granted after a rigorous examination.

U.A. has an on campus workshop, and students who submit applications to their teachers are allowed to work on items there after school or during their free time. That Hatsume has developed so many items after just one month of school is proof that she's a born inventor who practically never leaves the workshop.

Nemuri Kayama (Midnight) Profile
Age: 31

Birthday: 9th March

Height: 175cm

Favorite Things: Vibrant Youth

Believe it or not, she was actually going to be Class A's homeroom teacher when I first created her. But that homeroom teacher had to be someone willing to get sharp tongued with the kids, so after a lot of consideration, I decided that had to be someone who looked more like Aizawa.

I've gotten many letters asking, "What the heck's up with her costume?" As I explained in the bonus comic in Jump NEXT!!, what she's actually wearing is just superthin-tights. Sorry to let you down!

Neito Monoma Profile
Age: 15

Birthday: 13th May

Height 170cm

Favorite Things: French cooking, Franco-Belgian comics

I usually don't base my characters on real-life people, but this guy alone is an exception. Not sure why anyone would really care, though. He's super unlikeable, but as the unofficial spokesperson for Class B, the spotlight is on him for the time being. He's not the class president though. Those classmates of his who didn't agree with his strategy in the obstacle race (to intentionally place somewhat low) ended up placing highly. He was thinking of the good of all Class B when he came up with the plan to rip Class A off their high horses, and that's mostly because all he knew about Class A came from Tetsutetsu's report and Katsuki's opening statement. So I guess he's not a really a bad guy, but I somehow went and made him unlikeable anyway. What a waste. As far as Katsuki's concerned, Monoma is a war criminal.