PLAYER NAME: Frudence CHARACTER: Hitoshi Shinsou CANON: My Hero Academia NEW CANON POINT: Ch. 216 / Ep. 100 INFORMATION: Forest Training Camp Arc - While the main cast are training in the Forest with the Wild Wild Pussycats, Aizawa / Eraserhead approached Shinsou and offered to start training him. During the Sports Festival, Aizawa recognized the same potential - and limitations - in Shinsou that Aizawa himself had: his Quirk is incredibly powerful, but it's all mental, and doesn't help him if he gets into close-quarters fighting. "How effective this Quirk is... is up to me" comes up quite often.
Therefore, Aizawa gave Shinsou the opportunity to start learning how to use the "Capture Weapon" around his neck, the whip-like fighting style as well as immobilization technique. This intramural training has the added benefit of helping Shinsou bulk up physically and enhance his reaction time.
Provisional Hero License Exam Arc - Nothing significant. Shinsou begins his 2nd semester at UA alongside General Studies 1-C and continues training outside of class with Aizawa.
U.A. School Festival Arc - Shinsou's class spends the time designing a Haunted House, which brings him a bit closer to his General Studies classmates at the same time he is working to leave them "behind" in order to change to the Hero Course. While this weighs on his mind, he doesn't waver in his goal. His final contribution on the day of the Festival includes popping down from a ceiling in the Haunted House with blood dripping from him.
Joint Training Arc - He has a major role here. The basis of this arc is giving all of Class 1-A and Class 1-B a chance to fight head-to-head. Broken down into 4-man teams, each team from 1-A (the main characters) would get to fight a team from 1-B. The fight simulated each team aiming to capture the members of the other team, as if they were Villains, so 4 captures was a win.
In the midst of this training, Shinsou is re-introduced to 1-A and 1-B along with a condition that the teachers have come up with: Shinshou's performance during this training would determine Shinsou's fitness to enter the Hero Course, but Shinsou would be the only person who had to fight twice. He had to fight with a team from 1-A and a team from 1-B. Additionally, while the rest of the students had a full prototype of Hero gear to wear during the training, Shinsou didn't have a costume - just granted the use of 2 items. One was the Capture Weapon, and another was the only customized Item that could be made for him on short notice: Persona Cords. (*He already has both of these in Avalon, but he didn't know what they were for.)
The full breakdown of the fights - and what Shinsou learned from them - can be found on his Wiki page, but there were several key takeaways that affect his personality going forward:
While still a classic tsundere, there were several small moments of praise from individual members of Class 1-A and 1-B, helping bolster his confidence. They all boiled down to "You're not as behind as you think you are." More to the point, his determination for improvement helped him start to catch up.
Shinsou has been very focused on individual performance. So when his team wins the first match, he thinks they carried him. When his team loses the second fight, in part because Shinsou gets captured, he blames himself. This is the difference that "experience" (in real combat scenarios) makes, he realizes, but it also puts into perspective his capacity as a Support-style Hero, rather than being what he's not good at: a front-line fighter. This Support role requires more teamwork and less brusqueness, which starts to open Shinsou up to friendship opportunities within 1-A and 1-B, rather than seeing them only as rivals to be jealous of.
Instead of only using his Quirk against opponents, Shinsou gets to see how using his Quirk on an ally can retake control of a situation rapidly spiraling out of control, such as an unpredictable Quirk rampage. This gives him insight into one of the major tenants of Hero work: you don't just fight Villains, you also need to save lives.
The importance of mentorship and experience. To learn from every single encounter and improve is a good trait in a Hero, but taking advantage of those willing to support you is as well. In lieu of Aizawa, if he can find another mentor, then he should.
The last thing Shinsou is aware of, the teachers declare that he performed well enough to enter the Hero Course, fulfilling Shinsou's dream in a way that leaves him positively stunned. He returns to Avalon later that day.
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CHARACTER: Hitoshi Shinsou
CANON: My Hero Academia
NEW CANON POINT: Ch. 216 / Ep. 100
INFORMATION:
Forest Training Camp Arc - While the main cast are training in the Forest with the Wild Wild Pussycats, Aizawa / Eraserhead approached Shinsou and offered to start training him. During the Sports Festival, Aizawa recognized the same potential - and limitations - in Shinsou that Aizawa himself had: his Quirk is incredibly powerful, but it's all mental, and doesn't help him if he gets into close-quarters fighting. "How effective this Quirk is... is up to me" comes up quite often.
Therefore, Aizawa gave Shinsou the opportunity to start learning how to use the "Capture Weapon" around his neck, the whip-like fighting style as well as immobilization technique. This intramural training has the added benefit of helping Shinsou bulk up physically and enhance his reaction time.
Provisional Hero License Exam Arc - Nothing significant. Shinsou begins his 2nd semester at UA alongside General Studies 1-C and continues training outside of class with Aizawa.
U.A. School Festival Arc - Shinsou's class spends the time designing a Haunted House, which brings him a bit closer to his General Studies classmates at the same time he is working to leave them "behind" in order to change to the Hero Course. While this weighs on his mind, he doesn't waver in his goal. His final contribution on the day of the Festival includes popping down from a ceiling in the Haunted House with blood dripping from him.
Joint Training Arc - He has a major role here. The basis of this arc is giving all of Class 1-A and Class 1-B a chance to fight head-to-head. Broken down into 4-man teams, each team from 1-A (the main characters) would get to fight a team from 1-B. The fight simulated each team aiming to capture the members of the other team, as if they were Villains, so 4 captures was a win.
In the midst of this training, Shinsou is re-introduced to 1-A and 1-B along with a condition that the teachers have come up with: Shinshou's performance during this training would determine Shinsou's fitness to enter the Hero Course, but Shinsou would be the only person who had to fight twice. He had to fight with a team from 1-A and a team from 1-B. Additionally, while the rest of the students had a full prototype of Hero gear to wear during the training, Shinsou didn't have a costume - just granted the use of 2 items. One was the Capture Weapon, and another was the only customized Item that could be made for him on short notice: Persona Cords. (*He already has both of these in Avalon, but he didn't know what they were for.)
The full breakdown of the fights - and what Shinsou learned from them - can be found on his Wiki page, but there were several key takeaways that affect his personality going forward:
The last thing Shinsou is aware of, the teachers declare that he performed well enough to enter the Hero Course, fulfilling Shinsou's dream in a way that leaves him positively stunned. He returns to Avalon later that day.