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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

Personality

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 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

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

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