Akari Tanaka

> “Something about your smile just.. makes me feel things I’ve never felt before..”
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**Akari Tanaka** (田中あかり, Tanaka Akari), also known as Communicating Hero: Necromyte ( コミュニケーションヒーロー, ネクロマイト) is a student in Class 1-A at U.A. High School, training to become a Pro Hero.

## Appearance

Akari is an African American girl of medium height and has a mature physique. She has a short, black Afro (a chunk of it in between her eyes, some partially swept to each side).

During school, she wears the regular U.A. uniform for female students. The only difference is, like Uraraka, she wears black leggings instead of the usual high-knee socks worn by most female students.

Her hero costume consists of a long sleeves black and white bodysuit with the same color combination boots to go with it. For her winter costume, nothing’s changed except for a black cape being added.

## Personality

When explaining her quirk in front of her classmates, Izuku admitted to believing that Akari’s personality was cold, cruel and uncaring for others. Turns out, she wasn’t like that at all. Although it may seemed that way at first, she’s definitely not uncaring to anyone. Even though she wasn’t looking for any friends, now that she has them in her life, she’s grateful.

Akari is an introverted teenager who mostly keeps to herself. Just like Shoto Todoroki’s previous behavior, she’s usually quiet and reserved. She’s not very social to those in her class or in public, only talking to a few people; though, she can be very talkative to those she’s most comfortable with.

She’s shown to be a fan of horror movies and tv shows; she also enjoys writing scary stories and reading them online, kind of like Reiko Yanagi.

Unlike the main characters, Akari isn’t trying to seek attention to become the #1 hero or anything, but just wants to help people whenever she can.

## Friendships

On her first day at U.A., Akari thought she wouldn’t make any friends nor thought her classmates would like her; turns out, all of that was untrue.

### Hanta Sero

Sero was Akari’s first friend. On her first day of school, she introduces herself to the class in a deadpan manner; Sero thought her introduction was cool, one thought it was magnificent, some thought it was scary and “others” thought it was disturbing. After school on his way to his house, Sero finds Akari at the park by herself; he felt concerned and went over to her, asking what was wrong. She tells him that she wouldn’t be a very good student at the school because of her quirk and how dumb it is. Sero then tells her that he can relate to her situation and told her later that he felt confident about his quirk and how useful their quirks can both be. After that, he volunteers to take her home, which she accepts; he then asks her if he can get to know her a bit more, which she nods in agreement.

Out of everyone in her class, Akari is mostly close to Sero, despite their completely different personalities; Todoroki comes in second and Kaminari third. In many episodes, she is shown to be talking to Sero a lot, implying that they are very sociable towards one another and don’t mind each other’s presence. Sero thinks she’s a cool girl to talk to and would do anything to help her if she needs help.

Akari does have her moments whenever she gets annoyed with Sero, but that’s rare.

### Denki Kaminari

She seems to like whenever Kaminari goes “yay mode”, much to her entertainment; she snickers whenever it happens. Despite her laughing at him for that, she thinks he’s a really cool person and has faith in him. The two are good friends.

Akari seemed to already know how much Jirou meant to Kaminari, implying that she can read people’s minds or is just good with paying attention.

As mentioned in the series, Kaminari is used as a charger by some of his classmates; Akari is one of them. After using him, she pats his head and apologizes after.

### Shoto Todoroki

Todoroki and Akari’s friendship have been seen (or mentioned) many times too when he isn’t around Midoriya or Bakugo. At one point, Mina mentioned that the two went out to eat together, inferring that they don’t mind trying to get to know each other. There are times when Todoroki says things and Akari immediately agrees, implying that she completely understands him and what he’s trying to do.

### Izuku Midoriya

Midoriya thought Akari was disturbing when he first met her, but realized that she just needed a friend who understood her. The two can be seen getting along in many episodes, specifically background scenes.

In Season 6, Akari along with the other students of Class-1A join together to stop Midoriya, showing how much they love their fellow classmate and friend.

Just like Bakugo, Akari manages to call Midoriya “Deku” a lot after hearing it countless times by Bakugo; Midoriya doesn’t seem to mind, as he used the nickname as his hero name.

### Katsuki Bakugo

The two rarely talk to one another, but when they do, it’s like the relationship Bakugo has with Sero and Kaminari. Akari tells Bakugo about how bad his temper is, which he goes off on her about reminding him. She does like how he shows other emotions than just angry and abusive.

## Quirk

Necromance (ネクロマンス, Nekuromansu): Akari’s quirk allows her to see, talk, hear and control the dead (if necessary). As a result, she gets very exhausted afterwards, kind of like Denki Kaminari’s quirk. She can’t really control on who she sees or hear, so sometimes the dead can be a distraction for her when trying to have fun or do tasks. She’s now learning how to block those distractions by using methods like listening to music, meditate, or just simply saying stop. Though sometimes, they won’t listen to her, which makes her irritated. With that being said, she can raise tte corpses and dead beings, making them move and react. They have to be carefully monitored by the user because of their mindless behavior.

## Stats

 Speed
 Technique
 Intelligence
 Cooperativeness