Melissa Shield

**Melissa Shield** is a third-year student at I-Island Academy and the daughter of Professor David Shield.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Melissa Shield
* **Origin**: My Hero Academia
* **Gender**: Female
* **Age**: 18
* **Birthday**: October 1
* **Classification**: Human, I-Island Academy Third-Year Student, Inventor
* **Blood Type**: A
* **Height**: 178.2 cm (5'10.2")
* **Weight**: 53 kg (116.8 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light
* **Eye Color**: Aqua
* **Hair Color**: Blonde
* **Relatives**: David Shield (Father), Unnamed Mother
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Active
* **Class**: **D-Class**
* **Notable Attacks/Techniques**:
* **Voice Actor**: Mirai Shida

## Appearance

Melissa is a shapely and attractive pale-skinned young woman of slightly above average height with quite a round face. She has wavy blonde hair which reaches halfway down her back, two shorter pieces she leaves over her shoulders, side-swept bangs that frames her face, aqua-blue eyes with notable upper eyelashes, some slightly longer ones extending on each side and pronounced lower eyelashes.

She normally wears a white short-sleeved dress shirt with plaid cuffs, a large bow of the same design at her neck, and a dark raspberry pink waistcoat. Accompanying these are pale gray Capri pants, under which are a pair of plaid pink socks as well as a pair of heeled brown boots. She also wears a wristwatch and pink, oval-framed glasses.

## Personality

Melissa is a kindhearted girl with a positive attitude and vast intelligence. Despite being Quirkless, Melissa works hard and desires to become a hero. She looks up to heroes like All Might, but admires her father the most. Melissa wants to help support heroes as her father does. She believes that by studying hard to create new inventions that she and her father can indirectly fight for peace.

Melissa is very outgoing and generous. She made quick friends with most of Class 1-A, especially Izuku Midoriya. U.A. students joined her for the I-Expo, where she showed them around its attractions and learned about Izuku's Quirk. Melissa generously gave Full Gauntlet to Izuku to help him reduce the strain on his body because the scars on his hand concerned her.

As a scientist, Melissa is naturally curious. She took Izuku out of his comfort zone when she got close to him to examine his hero costume. She is humble about all of her creations and wants them to go to good use. At the same time though, she expresses pride over her father, David, and surprised him by inviting All Might to the I-Island Expo. She was also clearly upset and devastated upon hearing that her father planned the villain attack in order to retrieve his Quirk Amplification Device, pointing out how Izuku and his friends were all harmed in trying to save everyone, although David genuinely believed that the villains he hired for the plan were fake.

Melissa embodies the will of a hero in the same way Izuku does. Despite being Quirkless, she remains calm and wants to help save people. During the villain attack on the expo, Melissa was a key player in releasing the island's citizens from Wolfram's grip. To save Izuku, Melissa even risked her life to tackle a dangerous villain.

## Abilities and Equipment

**Gifted Intellect**: Being a student of the prestigious I-Island Academy, as well as being the daughter of the renowned David Shield, Melissa quickly proves herself to be a highly intelligent student. While admitting that her grades were beginning to dip, she has shown to possess a very keen eye, as she saw from the scars on Izuku's hand that his One For All Quirk caused himself bodily harm, which she later put together upon realizing that he was holding back his power during the Villain Attack attraction. Additionally, Melissa is also aware of I-Island's highly advanced security systems, as seen when she noted that a lockdown wasn't the right procedure for explosives being detected. She also knew of where and how to deactivate the security, which was at the top of the I-Island tower.

**Expert Inventor**: From her own research study, Melissa has shown to be a very capable inventor. This is most prominently shown through her only named invention; Full Gauntlet, which she created after being inspired by All Might's brute power and to invent a support item that could withstand it. Melissa gifted this support item to Izuku, going as far as to state that it could take an attack from All Might up to three times. Melissa's invention had soon proven its capability, as Izuku was able utilize One For All: Full Cowl with a lessened risk of self-injury, and was capable of going 100% while using the gauntlet. Despite this, it was destroyed when both Izuku and All Might pushed past their limits to defeat the villain Wolfram, although the support item enduring what it went through alone had proven the skill of its creator.