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Someday, the support items I make... will help a Hero like Uncle Might. Yes, someday... I'll be someone's hero!
Melissa Shield in "Everyone Is Someone's Hero"

Melissa Shield (メリッサ・シールド Merissa Shīrudo?) is one of the main characters in My Hero Academia: Two Heroes. She is a third-year student at I-Island Academy and the daughter of Professor David Shield.

Appearance[]

Melissa Shield Profile 2

Melissa as she appears in Two Heroes.

Melissa is a pale-skinned young woman of slightly above average height with quite a round face. She has wavy blonde hair which reaches halfway down her back, two shorter pieces she leaves over her shoulders, side-swept bangs that frames her face, aqua-blue eyes with notable upper eyelashes, some slightly longer ones extending on each side and pronounced lower eyelashes.

She normally wears a white short-sleeved dress shirt with plaid cuffs, a large bow of the same design at her neck, and a dark raspberry pink waistcoat. Accompanying these are pale gray Capri pants, under which are a pair of plaid pink socks as well as a pair of heeled brown boots. She also wears a wristwatch and pink, oval-framed glasses.

Her formal look is her hair in a high ponytail that is tied with a large black bow with bangs swept back underneath a red headband, while her face-framing is left loose. She has golden earrings which hang from her earlobes and she doesn’t wear her glasses. She wears a strapless dress with a sweetheart neckline. The upper half of the dress is a deep blue, while the skirt is a pale powder blue. Separating the two segments is a black cloth belt with a large white rose that sits slightly to her left, covering where the material is tied. The belt matches the black ruffles underneath her knee-length skirt. On her feet, she wears white heels with straps and an open toe. Her toenails are painted a shade of coral pink, the same as her fingernails and lips.

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Personality[]

Melissa is a kindhearted girl with a positive attitude and vast intelligence. Despite being Quirkless, Melissa works hard and desires to become a hero. She looks up to heroes like All Might, but admires her father the most. Melissa wants to help support heroes as her father does. She believes that by studying hard to create new inventions that she and her father can indirectly fight for peace.

The Two Heroes

Being Quirkless never stops Melissa from being a hero.

Melissa is very outgoing and generous. She made quick friends with most of Class 1-A, especially Izuku Midoriya. U.A. students joined her for the I-Expo, where she showed them around its attractions and learned about Izuku's Quirk. Melissa generously gave Full Gauntlet to Izuku to help him reduce the strain on his body because the scars on his hand concerned her.

As a scientist, Melissa is naturally curious. She took Izuku out of his comfort zone when she got close to him to examine his hero costume. She is humble about all of her creations and wants them to go to good use. At the same time though, she expresses pride over her father, David, and surprised him by inviting All Might to the I-Island Expo. She was also clearly upset and devastated upon hearing that her father planned the Villain attack in order to retrieve his Quirk Amplification Device, pointing out how Izuku and his friends were all harmed in trying to save everyone, although David genuinely believed that the Villains he hired for the plan were fake.

Melissa embodies the will of a hero in the same way Izuku does. Despite being Quirkless, she remains calm and wants to help save people. During the Villain attack on the I-Expo, Melissa was a key player in releasing the island's citizens from Wolfram's grip. To save Izuku, Melissa even risked her life to tackle a dangerous Villain.[1]

Abilities[]

Overall Abilities: Outside of her remarkable intelligence, Melissa has proven to be very brave and strong-willed, as she was willing to assist the U.A. students in stopping the Villains despite being Quirkless and with the danger that was present at the time. She also tackled Swordkil, a Villain with a blade Quirk, in order to save Izuku's life.

High Intellect: Being a student of the prestigious I-Island Academy, as well as being the daughter of the renowned David Shield, Melissa quickly proves herself to be a highly intelligent student. While admitting that her grades were beginning to dip, she has shown to possess a very keen eye, as she saw from the scars on Izuku's hand that his One For All Quirk caused himself bodily harm, which she later put together upon realizing that he was holding back his power during the Villain Attack attraction. Additionally, Melissa is also aware of I-Island's highly advanced security systems, as seen when she noted that a lockdown wasn't the right procedure for explosives being detected. She also knew of where and how to deactivate the security, which was at the top of the I-Island tower.

Skilled Inventor: From her own research study, Melissa has shown to be a very capable inventor. This is most prominently shown through her first shown invention; Full Gauntlet, which she created after being inspired by All Might's brute power and to invent a support item that could withstand it. Melissa gifted this support item to Izuku, going as far as to state that it could take an attack from All Might up to three times. Melissa's invention had soon proven its capability, as Izuku was able utilize Full Cowl with a lessened risk of self-injury, and was capable of going 100% while using the gauntlet. Despite this, it was destroyed when both Izuku and All Might pushed past their limits to defeat the Villain Wolfram, although the support item enduring what it went through alone had proven the skill of its creator. Another prominent invention, the Armored All Might, was designed on the inspired specs and designs of All Might himself. It resembles him from a distance and even uses some knowledge from Class 1-A with some other inventions encased in the suit of armor replicating the abilities of their Quirks. The suit is even capable of going toe-to-toe with one of the most powerful Villains in the world, All For One.

Equipment[]

Advanced Pogo Stick: Upon reuniting with All Might, Melissa used a red pogo stick made of advanced technology to hop around I-Island. The pogo stick is about the size of her body, but was able to be retracted into a small box.

Chapter Appearances[]

Appearances
Final War Arc
343. Let You Down Absent
344. Stars Absent
345. Division Absent
346. Super Hyper Unfair Broken Stage Absent
347. Inflation Absent
348. Unrequited Absent
349. Battle Flame Absent
350. Bound to a Fiery Fate Absent
351. Two Flashfires Absent
352. Ultimate Moves Absent
353. Endeavor Absent
354. Oopsie Daisy!! Absent
355. Extras Absent
356. Regarding the Enemy Absent
357. Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True!! Absent
358. The Guy Who's Made Some Progress Absent
359. Place of Learning Absent
360. Despite It All... Absent
361. Abnormal Happenings Absent
362. Light Fades to Rain Absent
363. Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate Absent
364. Why We Wield Power Absent
365. No. 4 and No. 5 Absent
366. Full Moon Absent
367. Deku vs. All For One Absent
368. Rev Up, One For All Absent
369. A Chain of Events, Across the Ages Absent
370. HIStory Absent
371. Together with Shoji Absent
372. Naked Absent
373. Friends Absent
374. Butterfly Effect Absent
375. Chaotic Confusion Absent
376. On Knife's Edge Absent
377. The Chain Thus Far Absent
378. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 4 Absent
379. Hopes Absent
380. A Skosh Absent
381. Dark Absent
382. Don't Let Him Go Absent
383. Meek Spirits Absent
384. It's a Small World Debut
385. The Impulses of Youth Absent
386. I AM HERE Absent
387. Congealing Absent
388. Toya Absent
389. Assurance and Prayers Absent
390. Shoto Todoroki Rising Absent
391. Rejecting the World Absent
392. Villain Name Absent
393. A Girl's Ego Absent
394. Ochaco Uraraka vs. Himiko Toga Absent
395. Built Upon the Joy of Others Absent
396. Battle Without A Quirk Appears
397. Trash Cleanup Absent
398. Toshinori Yagi: Rising/Origin Absent
399. Organic, Mingling Clusters of Light Absent
400. Beyond Limits Absent
401. The Lunatic Absent
402. The Tearful Days Absent
403. The End of an Era, and... the Beginning Appears
404. We Love You, All Might!! Appears
405. The Final Boss!! Absent
406. Get a Grip on Your Quirk!! Absent
407. An Exceptional Child Absent
408. The Eyes Tell All!! Absent
409. Quirk: Explosion!! Absent
410. Farewell, All For One!! Absent
411. History's Greatest Villain Absent
412. History's Maddest Hero Absent
413. Leaden Mass Absent
414. Overlay Absent
415. Rejection Absent
416. Wrench It Open, Izuku Midoriya!! Absent
417. Shimura Absent
418. Meek Spirits Absent
419. Design Absent
420. From Aizawa Absent
421. We Are Here Absent
422. Izuku Midoriya Rising Appears
423. One For All vs. All For One Absent
424. Epilogue Absent
Epilogue Arc
425. Unseasonable Absent
426. The Hellish Todoroki Family: Final Absent
427. Who Was Tomura Shigaraki, Really? Absent
428. The Girl Who Loves Smiles Absent
429. I Am Here Absent
430. My Hero Academia Appears

Anime Appearances[]

Appearances
Season 3
39. Game Start Absent
40. Wild, Wild Pussycats Absent
41. Kota Absent
42. My Hero Absent
43. Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!! Absent
44. Roaring Upheaval Absent
45. What a Twist! Absent
46. From Ida to Midoriya Absent
47. All For One Absent
48. Symbol of Peace Absent
49. One For All Absent
50. End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End Absent
51. Moving into Dorms Absent
52. Create Those Ultimate Moves Absent
53. The Test Absent
54. Shiketsu High Lurking Absent
55. Class 1-A Absent
56. RUSH! Absent
57. Rescue Exercises Absent
58. Special Episode: Save the World with Love! Debut
59. What's the Big Idea? Absent
60. A Talk about Your Quirk Absent
61. Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2 Absent
62. A Season for Encounters Absent
63. Unrivaled Absent

Trivia[]

  • Melissa refers to All Might as "Uncle Might" (マイトおじさま Maito Oji-sama?), which is due to the closeness that he and her father share.
  • According to Melissa, she had given up on being a Hero a while ago. Instead, she wants to be like her father who saves people's lives but saves them indirectly.
  • She won first prize in the GSSA competition and received a trophy in the Australian Schools Science Competition (ASSC).[1]
  • Her last name, Shield, may be a reference to the secret organization S.H.I.E.L.D. of Marvel Comics.
  • Melissa shares her birthday with Ichimoku Samazu and Clair Voyance.
  • Melissa is the only Quirkless character who is both naturally born and hasn't received a Quirk through artificial means.
  • The Volume 25 bonus pages imply she helped to create Endeavor's latest costume coming from an American support company, referring to "a certain girl over in the States".
    • This possibility is further hinted towards with the meeting between her and Burnin.[2]
    • She is also heavily implied to be the creator of the Mid-Gauntlets, arm braces Izuku wears after the Paranormal Liberation War that function the same as her Full Gauntlets.
  • Melissa's Japanese voice actor, Mirai Shida, also voices the A.I. in All Might's car, Hercules, per the suggestion of Kohei Horikoshi. The A.I.'s voice was also directed to resemble Melissa's, in possible reference to her role in the development of the Armored All Might and other support equipment All Might used in the Final Act Saga.[3]

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