Daigo Todoroki

* Casual
* Green Gelato

> "*The aroma of pistachio, the flavor of peace! Green Gelato!*"
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**Daigo Todoroki** (轟 大吾, *Todoroki Daigo*) is the **Green Gelato** (グリーンジェラート, *Gurīn Jerāto*) of the hero squad Gelato 5.

## Appearance

Daigo has the appearance of a young man in his 20s with fairly long and shaggy black hair, grey eyes, and a prominent scar across the ridge of his nose.

Unlike the rest of his teammates, he seems to favor more traditional Japanese attire, consisting of a men's kimono, shorts, and sandals.

## Personality

Daigo is a taciturn karate expert and the spiritual pillar of Gelato 5. Typically he presents himself as the most stern, serious, and calm of the five, rarely ever getting rattled no matter the circumstance. However, this persona falls apart when in the presence of Desumi, who he is utterly terrified of due to her defeating him constantly as a child.

Due in part to his background in karate Daigo has a great amount of pride in his fighting skills and refuses to show weakness. This in turn is why he refused to ever admit that Desumi was stronger than him during the periods in which they trained in spite of how much pain he had to endure because of it.

In spite of his cold exterior, Daigo does have a kinder side to himself, ironically best shown with Desumi, who he is terrified of. After their dojo closed and he saw Desumi upset about seemingly destroying something important to her again, he willingly took on the role of her instructor despite knowing full well how much pain he'd likely suffer as a result, all to make Desumi happy. He also went out of his way to lift the spirits of Misaki when she fell into depression anf thought about leaving the team.

## Background

At the age of 13, Daigo was a prodigious boy learning karate at a famous dojo, where he rose up the ranks and even beat his elders, gaining the title of "the most powerful boy in the prefecture". He would soon meet Desumi Magahara, a girl in fourth grade who made him experience defeat for the first time.

Because Desumi became depressed after the dojo closed down, Daigo offered to train her instead. However, he quickly came to regret his decision, as he was constantly beaten by Desumi and had to train his body just so that he could survive. He would later be forced to move back to Tokyo because of his parents' divorce, but before leaving, he had one last match against Desumi. He was utterly defeated, so he fled to Tokyo and was eventually scouted to be a hero.

At one point, Daigo ran into Misaki, who vented her frustrations of her office job on a bunch of Gekko troopers, and recruited her personally into the Gelato 5.

## Synopsis

After the Gelato 5's beach party was over, Daigo recognizes Desumi in the group picture.

While bringing Fudo lunch and rejecting another rejection from Misaki, Daigo suddenly falls down at the mention of Desumi. Fudo eventually learns that Daigo met Desumi when they were young as Daigo brings up his traumatic past. Recalling Desumi's monstrous strength, Daigo decides to recruit her into the Gelato 5 and tells Fudo to break up with her since relationships among members were forbidden.

The next day, Daigo meets with them at a restaurant and asks Desumi to join them, only to be turned down. Now seeing that Desumi was acting like a normal girl, and believing her to be weaker now that he's part of Gelato 5, he asks to fight her like the old times. However, he accidentally angers her when he mentions that if she lost, she would have to break up with Fudo to join Gelato 5. Daigo then instinctively transforms into Green Gelato to take the full impact of Desumi's blow. When the couple checks on him, Daigo pretends to have let her win (as he has always done in the past) and leaves.

## Abilities

**Superhuman Strength:** Though nowhere near on the level of powerhouses like Fudo or Desumi, Daigo is shown to be exceptionally strong, able to send grown adults flying with his punches.

**Superhuman Durability:** Having helped train Desumi from a young age, Daigo was regularly on the receiving end of her punches and while painful he was able to walk away with minimum damage, something even Desumi was genuinely shocked by.

**Master Martial Artist:** Daigo has been practicing Oda Style Karate since he was a child and was considered a prodigy, so strong no student could hope to challenge him. To date, the only person to ever defeat him in hand-to-hand combat is Desumi which is more attributed to her overwhelming strength than skill.

## Relationships

### Desumi Magahara

Daigo mentored Desumi for 3 years and acted like a brother figure to her, training her when no other dojo was willing to take her due to her abnormal strength. He was also willing to endure a great amount of pain to train her just to make sure she did feel bad after she unintentionally closed their karate dojo, unintentionally honing her great strength into the absolute *beast* she is today. Despite all this, he panics *terribly* whenever Desumi's name is mentioned and gets the cold chills all the while keeping a brave face to not hurt her feelings.

### Misaki Jinguji

Misaki is *very* interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with him, but Daigo's strict adherence to the "No Office Romance" rules forbids this. Despite this, Daigo does reciprocate her feelings to some extent, going as far as to stop her from leaving the team and lifting her spirits when depressed. In the epilogue, he retires from the Gelato 5 and opens a restaurant with her, finally starting their relationship.

## Etymology

* The name **Daigo** means "big, great" (大) (**dai**) and "I, me" (吾) (**go**).
* Daigo's surname **Todoroki** means "roar, thunder, boom resound" (轟), which literally means "A loud noise sounds and crackles" altogether.
	+ The surname (**Todoroki**) (轟) is kind of rare, but it still exists in real life and the kanji (todoroku) (轟く) is often used for thundering expressions.
		- He shares this surname with Shoto **Todoroki**, one of the main protagonists of the My Hero Academia series.

## References

1. ↑ *Love After World Domination* Manga and Anime — Chapter 11 and Episode 6
2. ↑ *Love After World Domination* Manga and Anime — Chapter 12 and Episode 7