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I was wrong. Ever since coming here... and practically dying... I finally get it! Being a hero doesn't make you cool... they're heroes because they're cool!

Minoru Mineta in "Stripping the Varnish"

Minoru Mineta ( 峰 ( みね ) 田 ( た ) 実 ( みのる ) , Mineta Minoru ^? ), also known as the Fresh-Picked Hero: Grape Juice (モギタテヒーロー グレープジュース , Mogitate Hīrō Gurēpu Jūsu ^? ), is a student in Class 1-A at U.A. High School, training to become a Pro Hero.

Appearance

Minoru is a very short teenage boy with a large, round head, and rather puffy cheeks. His nose is small, stubby and points slightly upwards, and he has an unusually distinguishable philtrum, oval-shaped eyes with large, black pupils, and notably thin eyebrows. He has a head of very short dark purple hair with four large ball-shaped clumps resembling a mohawk.

His hero costume is very simplistic, consisting only of a purple shirt and mask with a yellow cape, boots, and gloves. His pants are white with a lighter purple trim, and they stick out quite a lot around his waist. Prior to the Joint Training Battle, he added a stem-like detail that is propped up on his hair, contributing to the grape theme of his costume.

Gallery

Minoru in a waiter outfit.

Personality

Minoru ogling Momo from behind.

Minoru is timid but perverted to the point of infamy, which makes him unpopular with the girls and even some of the boys, who consider his interests and mannerisms depraved. His mind frequently trails off to lewd thoughts, even in situations involving completely unrelated matters. When an opportunity to peep at the girls arises, Minoru becomes very determined to take it, although this often leads to painful results. Minoru's interest in women is one of his motivations to become a hero, alongside general popularity. He is quite unashamed of those traits, openly admitting them out loud.

Minoru can be very hypocritical, criticizing others for perceived perverted behavior, even if they turn out to be nothing more than misunderstandings. Minoru is one who always speaks his mind, even when it comes off as harsh and insulting due to his comments being more on the cynical side. He also has a more teasing and goading side, even when he's not being perverted, and has a habit of jeering at others for the fun of it. He is not a bully however, and does express fear and concern for when others have been hurt or are in danger.

Minoru freaking out.

Minoru easily freaks out in moments of great stress or fear, acting in an impulsive way, crying when the situation does not look favorable and abusing his Quirk recklessly, to the point of hurting himself in the process. Minoru is not a very confident fighter and may attempt to flee in highly disadvantageous situations whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Minoru is shown to be surprisingly intelligent, able to score very high on tests, and being in the top half of Class 1-A's grades, despite being considered a slacker by the majority of the class. At the same time though, he also displays a very smug and complacent side whenever his aptitude is noticed and his confidence often proves to be quite unbalanced: either strongly doubting himself or feeling highly overconfident. Additionally, Minoru is quite capable of coming up with creative and competent strategies in order to achieve victory, pushing through his own flaws when the need arises. This was best seen when he outsmarted Midnight and was able to pass the Practical Exam.

Minoru annoyed at not being acknowledged.

Another one of Minoru's ambitions is to be popular, trying everything in his power to be loved by everyone, oblivious of his perverted behavior being the reason for him being not. His attempts usually fail, as everything he does gets him nowhere in popularity, only being good friends with Denki Kaminari and Izuku Midoriya and having an on and off friendship with Tsuyu Asui, while the rest of the class doesn't talk to him often. This shows Minoru just wants to be cool or popular, but due to his personality, he is frowned upon by many girls and even some boys.

Despite his bad qualities and nervousness, Minoru does prove that he can rise to the occasion when need be. He is able to showcase his fierce courage and aptitude when it truly matters, and can usually be reinforced with some words of encouragement. He shows this most of all during times such as the Provisional Hero Licensing Exam, as well as when he helps his classmates face incredibly powerful and dangerous opponents such as All Might (who was masquerading as a villain), Nine and Gigantomachia.

Abilities

Minoru uses his Quirk handling to successfully immobilize Midnight.

Overall Abilities: Minoru may not be the direct-combat type, but he does have a very good handle on his Quirk, Pop Off. Minoru primarily uses his spheres as projectiles, binding opponents and their weapons to objects, or even themselves. Minoru can take advantage of the fact that his spheres bounce off his body to use them as small trampolines, allowing him to bypass obstacles found on the ground. He also has impressive camaraderie, using his Pop Off spheres to bind opponents, enabling his allies to successfully defeat them, and vice versa. Shortly before the Provisional Hero License Exam, Minoru was able to come up with a makeshift bead weapon composed of his Pop Off spheres, which aids him in defending against projectile attacks. His abilities eventually garnered the attention of The Lurkers (consisting of Edgeshot, Kamui Woods, and Mt. Lady), giving Minoru the opportunity to intern under the trio of powerful heroes, and improve on close and efficient team maneuvers.

Minoru can employ effective strategies, especially ones befitting his perverted nature.

Keen Intellect: Despite his lewd personality, Minoru is quite intelligent, scoring 9th place in the midterms, displaying his skill in academics, something made more impressive by the fact he is never seen studying. Minoru is also very clever in battle, such as using his Pop Off Quirk to create effective traps, something for which his spheres are very suitable. Pop Off tends to be a fairly underestimated ability, which allows Minoru to surprise those that let their guard down. He can also employ unorthodox strategies, even ones befitting his perverted nature. At the U.A. Sports Festival, knowing how physically conditioned Momo Yaoyorozu is, Minoru used his Pop Off balls to latch onto her back so he can pass the Obstacle Course portion of the festival.

During the Cavalry Battle, he teamed up with Mezo Shoji and Tsuyu Asui and devised an effective strategy that involved the two smaller students latching onto Mezo's back while shrouded by the latter's Dupli-Arms, and in tandem, Minoru traps his opponents with his Pop Off balls, while Tsuyu uses her tongue to take the other contestants points. Minoru's ingenuity was also showcased when he and Hanta Sero were paired together against Midnight for the First Term Final Exam. Minoru is knowledgeable of heroes with their own lascivious personalities and knew of Midnight's sadistic side that arises when her opponent runs away from her. Taking advantage of this trait, Minoru pretended to flee and lured her into a trap using his "Grape Rush" Ultimate Move to bind the R-Rated Hero and secure victory for both him and Hanta.

Quirk

Minoru demonstrating the power of his sticky balls.

Pop Off (もぎもぎ , Mogimogi ^? ): Minoru's Quirk allows him to produce and pluck ball-shaped objects from his head; the balls grow back just as fast as they're plucked. The balls are incredibly sticky and will stick to any surface; the sole exception being Minoru himself, as he just bounces off them. The duration of their adhesive quality is determined by his overall health. He can pull a large amount of these objects from his head; however, if he plucks too many, it will cause him to start bleeding from his scalp.

As part of his training, Minoru continuously pulled off the balls on his head, to increase their adhesiveness, strengthen his scalp, and reduce the risk of bleeding from his head, despite suffering from the said injury during his training.

Ultimate Moves

• Grape Rush (グレープラッシュ , Gurēpu Rasshu ^? ): Minoru rushes towards the enemy and throws many of his sticky objects at the enemy while running toward them, sticking the enemy in place and allowing Minoru to rush past them.
  • Super Grape Rush (スーパーグレープラッシュ , Sūpā Gurēpu Rasshu ^? ): From an elevated position, Minoru launches a large number of his sticky spheres to trap the enemy between objects.^[1]
• Grape Buckler (グレープバックラー , Gurēpu Bakkurā ^? ): Minoru attaches a number of Pop Off Spheres to a shield, which he can use for defense while simultaneously trapping whatever hits the shield. He first used this technique to block projectiles launched by Twin Impact during the fifth round of the Joint Training Battle.^[2]
• Grape-Pinky Combo Mineta Bounce (グレープピンキーコンボ 跳 ( はね ) 峰 ( みね ) 田 ( た ) , Gurēpu Pinkī Konbo - Hane Mineta ^? ): After Mina Ashido uses Acid Layback to spin on the spot and Minoru lays down multiple Pop Off Spheres on the ground and walls, Mina throws Minoru with great force so that he bounces from sphere to sphere. As he is flying through the air and bouncing off of each sphere, he can throw more Pop Off Spheres from his head onto his opponents while making it difficult to be hit back. They first displayed this technique during the fifth round of the Joint Training Battle.^[2]
• Pop Off: Vineyard (モギモギグレープ畑作戦 , Mogimogigurēpu hata sakusen ^? ): Minoru performs this move by creating a vineyard with his Pop Off Spheres which acts as a snare. He first used this technique to immobilize Team 5-B during Round 5 before being interrupted by Reiko Yanagi's Poltergeist.^[3]

Stats

Power		1/5 E
Speed		1/5 E
Technique		4/5 B
Intelligence		5/5 A
Cooperativeness		4/5 B

Minoru's stats, according to the Ultra Archive Book

Power		1/6 E
Speed		4/6 B+
Technique		5/6 A
Wits		5/6 A+
Common Sense		1/6 E

Minoru's stats, according to the Ultra Analysis Book

Equipment

Hero Outfit: Minoru's hero outfit was made with the purpose of letting him use his Quirk without his grapes sticking to it.

• The Grape Face Mask (グレープフェイスマスク , Gurēpu Feisu Masuku ^? ):^[4] This equipment is a simple face mask that covers almost all of Minoru's face and leaves the top of his head exposed so that he can grab his grape-like hairs.
• The Gloves that Pluck (モギモギグローブ , Mogi Mogi Gurōbu ^? ):^[4] This equipment was made using the special substance that exudes from Minoru's scalp, this was to prevent his grapes from sticking to them. However, this is only for the palms of the gloves.
• The Grape Pants (グレープパンツ , Gurēpu Pantsu ^? ):^[4] This equipment was designed to have nubs that look like a pattern that were modeled after his grape-like hair and have almost the same stickiness as them. This was so that he could hold small objects on his person.
• The Minoru Mantle (ミノルマント , Minoru Manto ^? ):^[4] This equipment was originally desired to flutter in the wind. However, the designers decided to make it shorter so that it wouldn't get stuck on his hair.
• In addition to his costume, he also wears what appears to be a grape stem on his head. While it has not been formally addressed, it is presumably some kind of support item.

Battles & Events

Chapter Appearances

Appearances
v• e Quirk Apprehension Test Arc 5. Smashing into Academia Debut 6. What I Can Do for Now Appears 7. Costume Change? Appears
v• e Battle Trial Arc 8. Rage, You Damned Nerd Appears 9. Deku vs. Kacchan Appears 10. Breaking Bakugo Appears 11. Bakugo's Starting Line Appears
v• e U.S.J. Arc 12. Yeah, Just Do Your Best, Ida! Appears 13. Rescue Training Appears 14. Encounter with the Unknown Appears 15. Vs. Appears 16. Know Your Enemies Appears 17. Game Over Appears 18. Heroes' Counterattack Appears 19. All Might Absent 20. The World of Pros Appears 21. In Each of Our Hearts Appears
v• e U.A. Sports Festival Arc 22. That's the Idea, Ochaco Appears 23. Roaring Sports Festival Appears 24. Mad Dash and Knockdown Appears 25. In Their Own Quirky Ways Absent 26. Chase Down the Leader Appears 27. Earth-Shatteringly Fateful Negotiations Appears 28. Strats, Strats, Strats Appears 29. Unaware Appears 30. Cavalry-Match Finale Mentioned 31. The Boy Born with Everything Appears 32. Smile, Prince of Nonsense Land! Appears 33. Shinso's Situation Appears 34. Victory or Defeat Absent 35. Battle On, Challengers! Absent 36. Bakugo vs. Uraraka Appears 37. Midoriya and Endeavor Appears 38. Todoroki vs. Midoriya Absent 39. Shoto Todoroki: Origin Absent 40. Emancipation Appears 41. Fight On, Ida Absent 42. Final-Match Time Absent 43. Todoroki vs. Bakugo Absent 44. Relaxing Day Off Appears
v• e Vs. Hero Killer Arc 45. Time to Pick Some Names Appears 46. Bizarre! Gran Torino Appears Appears 47. Struggling Absent 48. Getting the Knack Absent 49. Midoriya and Shigaraki Absent 50. Kill 'Em Dead Absent 51. No, Knock It Off, Ida Absent 52. Hero Killer Stain vs. U.A. Students Absent 53. From Todoroki to Ida Absent 54. Re: Ingenium Absent 55. Conclusion?! Absent 56. Conclusion Absent 57. The Aftermath of Hero Killer Stain Absent 58. Internship's End Appears 59. Listen Up!! A Tale from the Past Appears
v• e Final Exams Arc 60. Gear Up for Final Exams Appears 61. The Worst Combo Appears 62. Katsuki Bakugo: Origin Absent 63. Yaoyorozu Rising Mentioned 64. The Task at Hand Appears 65. Wall Absent 66. Midoriya's Observations Appears 67. Stripping the Varnish Appears 68. Encounter Appears 69. Interview with Midoriya Absent
v• e Forest Training Camp Arc 70. Wild, Wild, Pussycats Appears 71. Kota Appears 72. Day Two Appears 73. Good Evening Appears 74. Smoke Signal Appears 75. Stake Your Life, Hero! Absent 76. My Hero Absent 77. It's Okay Appears 78. Whirling Chaos Absent 79. Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!! Absent 80. Establishing the Bakugo Bodyguard Brigade Absent 81. Roaring Upheaval Flashback 82. What a Twist! Appears 83. Loss Appears
v• e Hideout Raid Arc 84. From Ida to Midoriya Appears 85. Nothing but Fools Absent 86. Before the Storm Flashback 87. Clash Absent 88. All For One Absent 89. All for a Certain One Absent 90. Reach Out Absent 91. Symbol of Peace Absent 92. One For All Appears 93. One For All's Ember Absent 94. From Teacher to Disciple Absent 95. End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End Absent 96. Home Visits Flashback 97. Tell It Like It Is, Mom Appears
v• e Provisional Hero License Exam Arc 98. Moving into Dorms Appears 99. Goodbye Two-Digit Chapters, Hello Three Digits Appears 100. Creating Ultimate Moves Appears 101. The Girl Called Mei Hatsume Appears 102. On Cloud Nine Appears 103. The Test Appears 104. White-Hot Battle! To Each Their Own Strengths! Appears 105. Shiketsu High Lurking Absent 106. Class 1-A Absent 107. Denki Kaminari's Thoughts Appears 108. RUSH! Appears 109. Rescue Exercise Appears 110. Rescue Exercise Continued Appears 111. Smoldering Start Absent 112. What's the Big Idea? Absent 113. Test's Aftermath Appears 114. Results' Aftermath Appears 115. Unleashed Absent 116. Meeting in Tartarus Absent 117. A Talk About Your Quirk Absent 118. Meaningless Battle Absent 119. Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2 Absent 120. The Three Absent 121. Second Semester Opening Ceremony Appears
v• e Shie Hassaikai Arc 122. A Season for Encounters Appears 123. Unrivaled Appears 124. Trouble Ahead!! Episode: Work Studies Appears 125. Overhaul Absent 126. Open Up, World Appears 127. Sir Nighteye and Izuku Midoriya and Mirio Togata and All Might Absent 128. Boy Meets... Absent 129. Eri Absent 130. Listen to the Truth Appears 131. Fighting Fate Absent 132. The Plan Absent 133. Catch Up, Kirishima Absent 134. Let's Go, Gutsy Red Riot Absent 135. An Unpleasant Talk Absent 136. Close at Hand!! Absent 137. Restraint!! Appears 138. Go!! Absent 139. Shudder! The Underground Labyrinth Absent 140. Suneater of the Big Three Absent 141. Hassaikai: Behind the Scenes Absent 142. Shield and Shield, Spear and Shield Absent 143. Let's Rumble, Rappa!! Absent 144. Red Riot, Part 1 Absent 145. Red Riot, Part 2 Absent 146. Temp Squad Absent 147. Twoga!! Absent 148. The Anguish of Young Twoga Absent 149. Don't Get Mad, Irinaka Absent 150. Mirio Togata Absent 151. Mirio Togata!! Absent 152. Lemillion Absent 153. Transform! Absent 154. Unforeseen Hope Absent 155. Saviors, the Saved and a Hero's Place Absent 156. The Power of Those Saved Absent 157. Infinite 100 Percent Absent 158. Chisaki's Warped Compassion Absent 159. It's Over!! Absent 160. Expressway Absent 161. Bright Future Absent 162. Suitable One Absent
v• e Remedial Course Arc 163. Smoldering Flames Appears 164. Masegaki Absent 165. Win Those Kids' Hearts Absent 166. Be Proud, License Trainees Absent 167. Number One Hero's Starting Line Appears 168. The Strange Tale of Aoyama Appears
v• e U.A. School Festival Arc 169. School Festival Appears 170. With Eri Absent 171. Gentle and La Brava Appears 172. Prepping for the School Festival Is the Funnest Part (Part 1) Appears 173. Prepping for the School Festival Is the Funnest Part (Part 2) Appears 174. Golden Tips Imperial Absent 175. Morning, the Day Of Appears 176. Deku vs. Gentle Criminal Absent 177. At the Construction Site Appears 178. The Woman Called La Brava Absent 179. School Festival Start!! Absent 180. Unbeknownst Absent 181. For Someone Else Appears 182. Let It Flow! School Festival! Appears 183. Festival All Day Long!! Appears
v• e Pro Hero Arc 184. Japanese Hero Billboard Chart Appears 185. Wing Hero: Hawks Absent 186. Endeavor and Hawks Absent 187. Flaming Roar! vs. Nomu: High-End Absent 188. Your Father, the Number One Hero Absent 189. Why He Gets Back Up Absent 190. His Start Absent 191. Dabi, Hawks, Endeavor Absent 192. The Todoroki Family Appears 193. Vestiges Absent
v• e Joint Training Arc 194. Cold Skies over U.A. High! Appears 195. Clash! Class A vs. Class B! Appears 196. Make It Happen, Shinso!! Absent 197. Quaotic Quirkstravaganza Appears 198. Know Where You Stand when It Counts!! Appears 199. Operation New Improv Moves! Absent 200. Clever Commander! Appears 201. Foresight Absent 202. Match 3 Appears 203. Flexible! Juzo Honenuki! Appears 204. Tuning Up Appears 205. Detour Absent 206. Match 3 Conclusion Absent 207. Early Bird! Absent 208. Match 4 Conclusion Absent 209. Match 5 Start Appears 210. The One For All Dream Appears 211. That Which Is Inherited Appears 212. That Which Is Inherited, Part 2 Absent 213. Realm of Souls Appears 214. Our Brawl Appears 215. Final Face-Off! Midoriya vs. Shinso! Appears 216. Class A vs. Class B: Conclusion! Appears 217. The New Power and All For One Appears
v• e Meta Liberation Army Arc 218. The Meta Liberation Army Appears 219. Go, Slidin' Go! Absent 220. My Villain Academia Absent 221. Memento from All For One Absent 222. Tomura Shigaraki: Distortion Absent 223. Cockroaches Absent 224. Revival Party Absent 225. Interview with a Vampire Absent 226. Bloody Love Absent 227. Sleepy Absent 228. Wounded Soul Absent 229. All It Takes Is One Bad Day Absent 230. Sad Man's Parade Absent 231. Path Absent 232. Meta Abilities and Quirks Absent 233. Bright Future Absent 234. Destruction Sense Absent 235. Tenko Shimura: Origin Absent 236. Tenko Shimura: Origin, Part 2 Absent 237. Tomura Shigaraki: Origin Absent 238. Liberation Absent 239. Successor Absent 240. Power Absent
v• e Endeavor Agency Arc 241. Do That Interview! Appears 242. Have a Merry Christmas! Appears 243. Off to Endeavor's Agency! Absent 244. Recommended Reading Absent 245. Rise to Action Absent 246. Message Appears 247. Status Report! Absent 248. One Thing at a Time Absent 249. The Hellish Todoroki Family Absent 250. Ending Absent 251. Just One Week Absent 252. The Unforgiven Absent
v• e Paranormal Liberation War Arc 253. Shirakumo Appears 254. More of a Hero than Anyone Absent 255. Hero Hopeful Absent 256. The High, Deep Blue Sky Appears 257. Pass It Forward, to Whomever Appears 258. Friends Appears 259. A Quiet Beginning Absent 260. Life's Work Absent 261. High-Ends Absent 262. Mirko, the No. 5 Hero Absent 263. I Wanna Be with You Guys!! Appears 264. One's Justice Absent 265. Villains and Heroes Absent 266. Happy Life Absent 267. Flames Absent 268. Scramble! Absent 269. The Three of Us Absent 270. Inheritance Absent 271. Dark Cloud Absent 272. Good Morning! Absent 273. The Thrill of Destruction Absent 274. Search Absent 275. Encounter, Part 2 Absent 276. You Cheated...! Pictured 277. Who...? Absent 278. Disaster Walker Appears 279. League of Villains vs. U.A. Students Appears 280. Red Riot, Part 3 Appears 281. Plus Ultra Absent 282. Footfall of Destruction Absent 283. 75 Appears 284. Deep Blue Battle Absent 285. Katsuki Bakugo Rising Absent 286. The Ones Within Us Absent 287. Mistake Absent 288. Save Takeo!! Absent 289. Miss Candid and Miss Shut-Away Absent 290. Dabi's Dance Absent 291. Thanks For Going Strong Absent 292. Threads of Hope Absent 293. Hero-Saturated Society Absent 294. Final Performance Absent 295. Tenacious Absent 296. Hellish Hell Absent 297. Tartarus Absent 298. Sounds of Collapse Appears 299. Like Those Tragic Tales Absent 300. The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2 Absent 301. The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire, Part 1 Absent 302. The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire, Part 2 Absent 303. Top Three Appears 304. Izuku Midoriya and Toshinori Yagi Absent 305. Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki Absent 306. The Final Act Begins Appears
v• e Tartarus Escapees Arc 307. Been a While!! Absent 308. Full Power!! Absent 309. Can't Be a Child Anymore Absent 310. Masters and Pupil Absent 311. Here We Go!! Absent 312. Hired Gun Absent 313. High-Speed Long-Range Mobile Cannon Absent 314. The Lovely Lady Nagant Absent 315. Platitudes Absent 316. Your Turn Absent 317. Scars, Blood, Filth Absent 318. Reckless Fantasy 319. Friend Appears 320. Deku vs. Class A Absent 321. From Class A to One For All Appears 322. Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight Appears 323. That Single Step Flashback 324. A Young Woman's Declaration Absent 325. The Bonds of One For All Appears 326. Who Are You Really? Flashback 327. Rest!! Appears 328. No Man Is an Island Absent
v• e U.A. Traitor Arc 335. Zygotes Appears 336. Villain Appears 337. A Disposable Life Appears 338. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 1 Appears 339. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 2 Appears 340. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 3 Absent 341. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part Minus 1 Absent 342. The Extreme Quiet Before the Storm Appears

Anime Appearances

Appearances
v• e Season 1 1. Izuku Midoriya: Origin Absent 2. What It Takes to Be a Hero Absent 3. Roaring Muscles Absent 4. Start Line Absent 5. What I Can Do for Now Debut 6. Rage, You Damn Nerd Appears 7. Deku vs. Kacchan Appears 8. Bakugo's Start Line Appears 9. Yeah, Just Do Your Best, Ida! Appears 10. Encounter with the Unknown Appears 11. Game Over Appears 12. All Might Appears 13. In Each of Our Hearts Appears
v• e Season 2 14. That's the Idea, Ochaco Appears 15. Roaring Sports Festival Appears 16. In Their Own Quirky Ways Appears 17. Strategy, Strategy, Strategy Appears 18. Cavalry Battle Finale Appears 19. The Boy Born with Everything Appears 20. Victory or Defeat Appears 21. Battle on, Challengers! Appears 22. Bakugo vs. Uraraka Appears 23. Shoto Todoroki: Origin Appears 24. Fight on, Ida Appears 25. Todoroki vs. Bakugo Appears 26. Time to Pick Some Names Appears 27. Bizarre! Gran Torino Appears Appears 28. Midoriya and Shigaraki Absent 29. Hero Killer: Stain vs U.A. Students Absent 30. Climax Absent 31. The Aftermath of Hero Killer: Stain Absent 32. Everyone's Internships Absent 33. Listen Up!! A Tale from the Past Appears 34. Gear up for Final Exams Appears 35. Yaoyorozu: Rising Flashback 36. Stripping the Varnish Appears 37. Katsuki Bakugo: Origin Flashback 38. Encounter Appears
v• e Season 3 39. Game Start Appears 40. Wild, Wild Pussycats Appears 41. Kota Appears 42. My Hero Appears 43. Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!! Appears 44. Roaring Upheaval Absent 45. What a Twist! Appears 46. From Ida to Midoriya Appears 47. All For One Absent 48. Symbol of Peace Absent 49. One For All Appears 50. End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End Absent 51. Moving into Dorms Appears 52. Create Those Ultimate Moves Appears 53. The Test Appears 54. Shiketsu High Lurking Appears 55. Class 1-A Flashback 56. RUSH! Appears 57. Rescue Exercises Appears 58. Special Episode: Save the World with Love! Flashback 59. What's the Big Idea? Appears 60. A Talk about Your Quirk Appears 61. Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2 Appears 62. A Season for Encounters Appears 63. Unrivaled Appears
v• e Season 4 64. The Scoop on U.A. Class 1-A Appears 65. Overhaul Appears 66. Boy Meets... Appears 67. Fighting Fate Appears 68. Let's Go, Gutsy Red Riot Absent 69. An Unpleasant Talk Flashback 70. GO!! Appears 71. Suneater of the Big Three Absent 72. Red Riot Absent 73. Temp Squad Absent 74. Lemillion Absent 75. Unforeseen Hope Absent 76. Infinite 100% Absent 77. Bright Future Absent 78. Smoldering Flames Appears 79. Win Those Kids' Hearts Absent 80. Relief for License Trainees Appears 81. School Festival Appears 82. Prepping for the School Festival Is the Funnest Part Appears 83. Gold Tips Imperial Appears 84. Deku vs. Gentle Criminal Appears 85. School Festival Start!! Absent 86. Let It Flow! School Festival! Appears 87. Japanese Hero Billboard Chart Appears 88. His Start Absent
v• e Season 5 89. All Hands on Deck! Class 1-A Appears 90. Vestiges Appears 91. Clash! Class A vs. Class B! Appears 92. Make It Happen, Shinso! Appears 93. Operation New Improv Moves Appears 94. Foresight Appears 95. Match 3 Appears 96. Match 3 Conclusion Appears 97. Early Bird! Appears 98. That Which Is Inherited Appears 99. Our Brawl Appears 100. The New Power and All For One Appears 101. Have a Merry Christmas! Appears 102. Off to Endeavor's Agency! Absent 103. One Thing at a Time Appears 104. Long Time No See, Selkie Absent 105. The Hellish Todoroki Family Absent 106. The Unforgiven Absent 107. More of a Hero Than Anyone Appears 108. My Villain Academia Absent 109. Revival Party Absent 110. Sad Man's Parade Absent 111. Tenko Shimura: Origin Absent 112. Tomura Shigaraki: Origin Absent 113. The High, Deep Blue Sky Appears

Trivia

Early design concept for Minoru and his costume.

• Minoru's preliminary design had him as slightly taller and wearing a more unique pair of shoes, resembling those that Izuku Midoriya usually wears. His costume also had additional details like a stem on the upper part of his mask, further referencing his grape theme.
  • He would later implement this stem detail some time before the Joint Training Battle.
• According to Minoru's Volume 2 profile:
  • Minoru's favorite things are girls.
  • Minoru's character concept was conceived early.
  • Kohei Horikoshi has trouble balancing Minoru's likeability with his perversion.
  • Horikoshi enjoys drawing Minoru, viewing a bit of himself in him.
  • Horikoshi details how Minoru was able to pass the U.A. Entrance Exam, noting that binding the Villain Bots to walls or blocking their cannons with Pop Off were both viable strategies.^[5]
• Minoru's surname contains the kanji for "summit" (峰 , mine ^? ) and "rice field" (田 , ta ^? ), and his first name contains "to bear fruit, great fertility, berry" (実 , minoru ^? ). The kanji "峰 mine" is included in the word for "giant grapes", "巨峰 kyohō".
• Minoru's known U.A. data is as follows:
  • Student No. 19 in Class 1-A.
  • Ranked 19th during Shota Aizawa's Quirk Apprehension Test.
  • Ranked 9th in Class 1-A's mid-term grades.^[6]
  • Ranked in the Top 42 of the U.A. Sports Festival First-Year Stage.
• Minoru's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
  • Minoru ranked 18th in the First Popularity Poll.
  • Minoru ranked 31st in the Second Popularity Poll.
  • Minoru ranked 45th in the Third Popularity Poll.^[7]
• Not counting children, Minoru is the shortest human character in the series, at 108 cm (or 3' 6½").
• Minoru shares his birthday with Atsuhiro Sako.
• Minoru, Momo Yaoyorozu, Mina Ashido, and Tsuyu Asui all share the same costume designer.^[8]
• In the English dub of the anime, Minoru speaks with a notable lisp, which his voice actor implemented in an effort to make him sound cuter and to tone down his perverted character.

Quotes

• (To himself) "I was wrong. Ever since coming here... and practically dying... I finally get it! Being a hero doesn't make you cool... they're heroes because they're cool!" ^[9]
• (To Izuku and Tsuyu) "I took a really clean dump this morning, so they should be stuck together all day." ^[10]
• (To Hanta) "Why? The rear guard's job is just to catch any bad guys who slip past the front line. So getting all pumped up is actually kinda insulting to the Pros, right?" ^[11]

References

1. ↑ My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} My Hero Academia Manga and Anime: Chapter 214 and Episode 99.
3. ↑ My Hero Academia Manga and Anime: Chapter 210 and Episode 98.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} My Hero Academia Manga: Vol. 8, Omake
5. ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Vol. 2.
6. ↑ My Hero Academia Manga and Anime: Chapter 60 and Episode 34.
7. ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Vol. 18, Omake
8. ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Vol. 13.
9. ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 67 (p. 13).
10. ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 16 (p. 1).
11. ↑ My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 263.

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