Botan Shuzenji

**Botan Shuzenji** (修善寺牡丹 *Shuzenji Botan*), also known as **Ladybug** (レーディーバグ *Rēdībagu*), is a first year student in U.A. High School's Department of Support from Class 1-H. She later graduates into the Hero Department and joins Class B.

## Appearance

Botan is a short girl with fair skin and a slim athletic build. She has cyan eyes and long, wavy, pink hair tied into a ponytail. She is usually seen laughing or with a big smile on her face.
When working on her inventions in the Development Studio, she wears pink workshop overalls and sports white protective gloves, boots, and a pair of safety goggles.

## Personality

While Botan did fail the practical entrance exam due to insufficient amount of points, she does not let it bother her and continues pursuing her goal to get into the Department of Heroes. She is notably very friendly, chatty, bubbly, curious, stubborn, adventurous, and fun-loving. She is also extremely honest and doesn't hesitate to speak her thoughts, no matter how embarrassing or daring they may sound. She also prefers to take a more straightforward approach towards things, which is why she gets along very well with students who are more upfront and bold like Mei Hatsume, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Katsuki Bakugo, Eijiro Kirishima, and Hitoshi Shinso.

As a student from the Department of Support, Botan is shown to be a very excitable and energetic girl with a passion for making support items that can help Pro Heroes and their Quirks. She has a strong determination to overcome her weak points and continuously improve her abilities using her inventions, so that she can one day stand alongside the chosen hero hopefuls as proper equals. It takes a lot to damper her bright spirit and her personality is always very welcoming and kind. And because she is always so helpful and encouraging, many people tend to overlook her eccentricities and just go along with her quirky nature.

Nevertheless, there are moments when Botan does feel slightly insecure about her Quirk's lack of combat efficiency and has moments of envy to those who were born with more favorable Quirks. However, after confiding this secret with Neito Monoma who also shares some semblance to her worries, she becomes a little more confident in her abilities after he reminds her that even though her Quirk may not be suited for fighting, she has an uncommon power that can still save lives by healing.

## Abilities

### Quirk

**Restore** (戻す *Modosu*): Botan's Quirk allows her to return a body to its optimal condition by using an external source of vitality. She can send her energy into living organisms and bring them back to full health, as well as absorb the energy of another being to heal herself.

### Super Moves

* **Drain Punch** (ドレンパンチ *Doren Panchi*): Botan grabs her opponent with one hand and absorbs enough energy to make them feel tired, then delivers a strong right hook to knock them unconscious.
* **Restore: Energy Boost Mode** (戻す：エネルギーブーストモード *Modosu: Enerugī Būsuto Mōdo*): When Botan is under the effects of adrenaline, she executes unpredictable moves that coordinates to her body's reaction time. Her wounds instantly heal after they manifest, which makes her unstoppable for a few minutes, depending on the amount of surplus energy she absorbed from her target.

### Stats

Botan's stats, according to the creator.

Botan's stats, according to the Ultra Analysis Book
## Equipment

**Utility Belt:** A belt filled with Botan's tools so that she can repair any of her support items on the go and small-sized gadgets for her to use in cases of emergency. Some of these include smoke bombs, flash grenades, a taser gun, tracking devices, mini cameras, and her controller.

**Jet Gauntlets:** White gauntlets that can increase Botan's punches using jet propulsion.

**Ladybug Jetpack:** A collaboration between Botan and her older brother. It is a jetpack that is designed to look like a ladybug's wings. Although it does not have the many useful functions of the Smart Backpack, it is much lighter to carry and easier to control the movements.

**Metal Rods:** Botan recently upgraded her hero costume and equipped it with highly durable, metallic, dual rods that can be extended to a limited length of ten feet. She keeps this attached to her jetpack when it is not in use.

### Other Inventions

**Gecko Gloves and Boots:** Scaly green gloves and boots that have adhesive properties on the palms and soles, which allows the wearer to scale surfaces such as walls and ceilings like a gecko.

**Rocket Skates:** A pair of four-wheeled skates with rockets attached to the back. This can momentarily boost Botan's speed and needs a 10-second interval before it is able to be used again.

**Smart Backpack:** A backpack equipped with many functions to aid Botan.

* **Support Arms:** Two thick metallic arms with clawed hands that can be used for various purposes, such as pulling her up to an elevated space, grabbing things out of reach, or carrying a single normal-sized person.
	+ **Net:** A large net ejects from the palms of the metallic hands to capture a target. It can only be used once for each hand.
* **Airbag:** A useful function of her backpack that inflates a large cushion to soften her landing.

* **Glider:** A paraglider wing that ejects from the inside of the backpack, which allows its wearer to glide through the air.

## Trivia

* Her given name contains the kanji for "peony" (牡丹 *botan*).
* Botan likes thrilling adventurous activities and oversized hoodies.
* Botan received a few Rescue Points from healing other students during the practical entrance exam, though she did this out of kindness and was completely unaware of such a system existing. In the end, she was still unable to pass the exam because she didn't have enough points.
* Botan is afraid of lightning storms.