Neito Monoma

Neito Monoma, also known as Phantom Thief, is a character from the My Hero Academia series.
== Charactah Account ==
A sly and rather vexing student from Class 1-B who is incredibly envious of Class 1-A's popularity, and obsessed with proving Class 1-B's superiority over them.
Neito is shown to be a calm, collected and intelligent young man. Among Class 1-B's students, he's the most fervent about wanting to topple Class 1-A's popularity. He can also be disagreeable, sarcastic, and vocal when around the rivaling class. He seems to be jealous of Class 1-A's popularity and is prejudice towards them, but also worries that because they're always getting into trouble, they will also get the rest of the school in trouble, too. When he hears that Class 1-A fails in some way, he will usually laugh out loud and passive-aggressively ask how it's possible for them to fail since they are meant to be the superior class. Most of the time when this happens, Itsuka Kendou manages to restrain Neito before he gets too out of hand, apologizing on his behalf to whoever he was insulting, but on one occasion, when she was absent, Yosetsu Awase took up her role.
Neito is shown to have something of a superiority complex, as he takes whatever opportunities he can get to mock and challenge, one up and surpass anyone in Class 1-A. This even extends to mocking himself in order to mock the students in 1-A, like when he teases the five of them who had to take remedial lessons during the Forest Training Camp Arc, saying it's weird that so many of them failed, as he's the only person present from Class 1-B. He's been quoted by people as being mentally unstable, but this is more than likely a joke regarding his obsession with overtaking Class 1-A. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* My Hero Academia Season 2
* My Hero Academia Season 4
* My Hero Academia Season 5
* My Hero Academia Season 6
=== Manga ===
* My Hero Academia
=== Video Games ===
* My Hero Academia: Smash Rising
* My Hero Academia: Smash Tap
== Trivia ==
* Neito's rankings in the Popularity Polls are the following:
** Ranked 25th in the 2nd Popularity Poll.
** Ranked 24th in the 3rd Popularity Poll.
** Ranked 38th in the 4th Popularity Poll.
* Neito's surname contains the kanji for "object" (mono) and "gap" (ma), and his first name contains "repose, serenity, preferable" (nei) and "person" (to).
** Neito's name comes from the word "mimicry, imitation" (monomane), which references his Quirk.
** When written together, the kanji in his last name means "among things" (monoma).
** His name may also be a play on the word "monomaniac," meaning "exaggerated or obsessive enthusiasm for or preoccupation with one thing," with his case being his obsession with toppling Class 1-A.
* Neito likes French cuisine and Franco-Belgian comics.
* In his character profile, Horikoshi revealed he had based Neito on a real person. This person was later revealed to be Dane DeHaan, specifically his performance as Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #12 2022.
* Neito shares his birthday with Yo Shindo.
* His hero name, Phantom Thief, may be based on the literary character archetype of the same name. A Phantom Thief is characterized by being a criminal (usually a thief) who keeps a moral code and often does bad things for the sake of good. They also leave calling cards and use tricks, illusions, and disguises to achieve their goals.
* Neito's Japanese voice actor, Kouhei Amasaki, also voices Shihai Kuroiro.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Neito Monoma at My Hero Academia Wiki
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