Kei

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―Kei Shirai

**Kei Shirai** (白依恵), also known as **Gin** (銀), is a student in Class 1-A at U.A. High School, training to become a Pro Hero.

## Background

Kei was born to Hajime and Kotone Shirai as their firstborn. She initially had a relatively happy childhood, loved and adored by her parents. However, as she got older, the less her parents paid any mind to her. It became a regular occurrence for her to be left to fend for herself, forcing her to mature and learn how to care of herself faster than her peers. Her only friend was Shizuku, another young girl who was the only one to show Kei the love she craved. When she was nine, her younger sister, Sumire, was born. From that point forward, her parents would only spend any time on her sister, doting on her and showering her with love and attention.

Kei grew up with a reckless streak, often getting into fights and showing a general lack of respect towards her seniors. This resulted in her parents berating her and punishing her on a regular basis, which she came to look forward to as that was the only time they would look her way. Upon entering junior high, she and Shizuku met Izuku for the first time and quickly became close friends with him. The two of them would fend off his bullies in return for his help with their schoolwork, gaining a reputation for themselves throughout the school as the only friends to a Quirkless kid.

In their second year, Shizuku confessed to Kei that she had been assaulted by one of their teachers and was pregnant with his child. Kei did her best to console her, even offering to kill him no matter if it meant going to prison, but Shizuku was inconsolable and refused her. Shortly after, Kei visited her only to find Shizuku bleeding out in the bathroom. Kei began to call for help, but Shizuku used her Quirk to silence her voice. Kei held her close until she finally passed away, unable to confess her undying love for Shizuku even in their final moments.

Kei became extremely depressed in the aftermath. Somehow, Shizuku's Quirk continued to affect her, effectively making her mute. No doctor she went to was able to help and she became bitter towards the authorities around her, believing them to be useless. She wanted to end her own life, but then came to realize Izuku would be left all on his own. So, she resolved to stay with him, at least until he could stand on his own without her.

## Appearance

Kei has pale lime green eyes and short, fluffy gray-and-black hair trailing down the nape of her neck. Her bangs fall over her eyes, partially obscuring them. She has unnaturally pale skin and a willowy frame. Her tongue is colored sky blue due to being Jinxed.

In junior high, she had chin-length hair and medium-length bangs which fell above her eyes. She wore the standard Aldera uniform of a black seifuku with a red scarf tied in the front, loose white knee-highs, and brown loafers.

During school hours, she wears the standard male U.A. uniform, replacing the loafers with light yellow-green sneakers and leaving the blazer unbuttoned.

Her hero costume consists of a loose off-white shirt with a wide collar and mid-length sleeves cinched at the cuffs tucked into black, strapped high-waisted pants, and dark gray, strapped thigh-high boots with thick soles. She wears dark gray half-gloves and large, mismatched, translucent cube earrings, the left green and the right blue.

## Personality

Kei appears dispassionate and aloof, exuding a somewhat intimidating aura only further aided by her natural glare and generally stoic demeanor. She is often regarded as cold and unfeeling, especially when first meeting her, as she cannot speak and so cannot express herself through words. As a result, she relies on her actions to convey her thoughts and intentions, which often just further perpetuates others negative assumptions of her. Despite her believed delinquent nature, however, she generally doesn't mind how others treat her, whether well or poorly, and remains mostly unfazed by remarks or actions made towards her.

She generally keeps to herself and tries to stay out of other's business where it doesn't concern her. Her only friend is Izuku, but she readily pushes him to make other friends, and so is often seen on her lonesome. She is only able to speak through sign language, which very few people know enough to understand her, leaving her uniquely separate from the people around her. She has expressed that she feels like a stranger among strangers, unable to fit in and seen as an outsider by everyone else.

She holds a general disdain for authority, often causing her to clash with her teachers and other authority figures, Pro Heroes included. She hasn't had many positive interactions with authorities in the past, and so puts little stock in their powers, to the point of refusing to turn to them for help for even the simplest of matters, such as her schoolwork. Even after Eraserhead risked his life for their class, she remained wary of him up until the dorms were instituted. After having time and space away from her parents, she has slowly opened up to him, although she still shows a level of distrust for the rest of her teachers.

While she initially kept her distance from her classmates, she has become more relaxed and friendly with them over time, especially as some of them reached out and attempted to make friends with her. She doesn't see herself as worthy of befriending others, however, due to the lingering guilt over the death of her childhood friend. She doesn't mention the incident much, but her somber demeanor over it is evident to anyone close to her. She also experiences frequent flashbacks and hallucinations related to that day, which she struggles to convey to others, and is often left to face them alone.

### Etymology

**Kei** (恵) means "favor, benefit".

**Shirai** (白依): **Shira** (白) means "white", and **I** (依) means "rely on".

**Gin** (銀) means "silver".

## Characteristics

**Absolute Vision**: Her Quirk grants her the ability to see through practically anything at will, including walls, smoke, and even skin. This makes her uniquely immune to Quirks which affect vision, such as Toru's invisibility. She can see into buildings from the outside, allowing her to track anyone inside, and visually observe the muscles and blood inside a person's body. She can also ignore her ability to keep the effect from overloading her during her daily life.

**Jinx**: In Shizuku's last moments, she used her Quirk to effectively erase Kei's voice. Even after her death, the effect remains intact.

**Enhanced Strength**: She is naturally very strong, being able to perform fantastic feats of strength from a young age. She trains intensely and consistently, which has elevated her strength to supernatural levels, nearly equal to that of someone with a strength-enhancing Quirk.

**Enhanced Agility**: She is very quick on her feet, able to easily evade oncoming attacks and dance around her opponents to attack from all angles. She is able to almost perfectly predict the movements of her opponents using her Quirk and can react with split-second timing.

**Enhanced Durability**: She is able to withstand heavy attacks and long battles. Even with severe wounds, she is able to push through the pain and continue fighting until she's physically unable to continue.

## Trivia

* Her known U.A academic data is as follows:
	+ Student No. 19 in Class 1-A
	+ Ranked 5th in the Quirk Apprehension Test
	+ Ranked in the Top 42 of the U.A. Sports Festival First-Year Stage
	+ Ranked 17th in Class 1-A's mid-term grades
	+ Scored 74 in the Provisional Hero License Exam
* She is the fifth-tallest, and tallest of the girls, of her class.
* She is fluent in both Japanese and American sign language.
* Her eyes glow in the dark.