Nirengeki Shoda

**Nirengeki Shoda** ( *Shōda Nirengeki*?), also known as **Mines** (マインズ *Mainzu*?), is the vice class representative of Class 1-B at U.A. High School and is training there to become a Pro Hero.

## Appearance

Nirengeki is a chubby young man of average height, with short, ice-blue hair and a round face. He has large, wide eyes with small pupils, and is usually seen looking a little sheepish and apologetic; his eyebrows are almost always pointed upwards.

His hero costume consists of a black, high-collared suit with a trim of white pale lines around its collar and hem, and a similar pattern over his torso and shoulders, along with plain black pants and white knee-high boots. A blue scouter-looking device is worn over his left eye, and he has a connected radar on the back of one of his gloved hands.

## Personality

Nirengeki has a very humble attitude, as he will not take credit for something he feels that he hasn't earned by his own strength. This is shown when he chose to pull himself out from the final rounds of the U.A. Sports Festival due to having been under Hitoshi Shinso's Brainwashing.

As the vice president of Class 1-B, it can be suggested that his classmates trust him and find him reliable. In battle, Nirengeki is shown to be focused and collaborates well with others, as he worked in unison with Reiko Yanagi and Yui Kodai, displaying a good sense of teamwork. He also complimented Mina Ashido on her uppercut afterwards, implying that he is mature and does not hold grudges.

Additionally, Nirengeki does not seem to hold any envy towards Class 1-A and is not seen supporting his class' rivalry or Neito Monoma's tirades. He is described as 1-B's conscience, and shows to be more amicable and less competitive than some of his other classmates.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Nirengeki is a rather competent fighter who not only excels in one-on-one combat but also possesses good Quirk handling. His Quirk, Twin Impact, allows Nirengeki to remotely cause attacks to repeat a second time, but with significantly amplified force involved compared to the initial impact. He can also exploit his Quirk for mobility purposes, such as jumping higher and dashing faster. Nirengeki also has good camaraderie, augmenting the attacks of himself, and those of his allies, when their initial assault doesn't have sufficient strength. The more potency there is behind a base attack, the stronger it will become when Nirengeki enhances it. Nirengeki's overall abilities make him a pivotal, supporting asset to have on a team, wherein he can increase the singular attacks of his comrades, or the collaboration attacks initiated by him and his comrades working together, as there's only so much force he can produce on his own.

During the final round of Joint Training Battle, Nirengeki not only demonstrated his comradeship by magnifying the cooperation attacks enacted by Reiko Yanagi and Yui Kodai, but showcased impressive reaction time. After reading the sporadic movements of Minoru Mineta, he was able to defeat the Fresh-Picked Hero with a single punch. And while Minoru's constitution may not be very high, to render someone unconscious with a single hit is still quite a feat on Nirengeki's part. His abilities eventually garnered the attention of the Lion Hero: Shishido, giving Nirengeki the opportunity to intern under the No. 13 Pro Hero, and improve on his flurry of attacks and the ability to read ahead of situations.

**Tactical Intellect**: Nirengeki has been shown to be exceptionally astute. Before his team’s match commenced, Nirengeki propositioned that they execute a strategy reminiscent to that of Setsuna Tokage's team from the previous Joint Training match, while citing how both teams are similar in terms of balance compared the the opposing teams from Class 1-A. Since Nirengeki's group has members that excel in the use of technical Quirks, he surmised it would be better for them to hide on the battlefield and launch surprise attacks. During the last match itself, Nirengeki immediately deduced that Mina had blocked his attack, despite it not being visible to him and had to rely on the use of his tracker.

### Quirk

**Twin Impact** (ツインインパクト *Tsuin Inpakuto*?): Nirengeki's Quirk allows him to strike a target and then remotely make the point of contact experience a second impact. The second impact is several times stronger than the initial blow.

He can use this power to create a force of propulsion, such as to bestow an impact on an object to send it flying at opponents, or to send possible weapons away.