1-A - Yataro Miura

Yataro Miura, known currently as The Reluctant Hero: Whiplash, is a student in Class 1-A at UA High School. Arrested/Rescued from a villain lifestyle he was forced into by his mother since childhood, he was placed in UA's Hero Program in an attempt at experimental rehabilitation.

Yataro stands at a relatively normal height for his age at 5'9", having quite a bit of muscle mass on his arms, chest/torso, and legs. His hair is red with a streak of black near the front, styled in a swoop upwards and braids framing either side of his face, with his eyes matching the red color of his hair. On the left side of his face, neck, upper part of his torso, and along his shoulder, he has a dark scar, along with others along his left and right arm, and down his right hip and leg, that he got from his mother. He wears a pair of snake bits beneath his lip, changing them out to be either black or silver. He has a pair of double black horns on his head and a black, devil-like tail.

Due to the abuse and brainwashing from his mother since childhood, trying to endow him with negative emotions for his quirk, Yataro has grown to be an easily angered person who has a hatred for other people and has a distrust in anyone he meets, this even includes his mother. He's standoffish and very easily annoyed by others so he has a tendency to stray from people and try to be on his own. He isn't afraid to say what's on his mind, being as blunt as he wants to be, even if its insulting ESPECIALLY if its insulting. He has no qualms cursing at someone or using an insult at them. He likes to do things on his own and if someone tries to help, he takes it as others looking down on him, something he can't stand due to his mother convincing him no one believes in him or likes him, and he's weak. When doing his hero work, he shows as little care as he can when actually protecting or saving anyone, just doing as he's told and leaving it at that.

Despite this, however, he gives glimpses of not being bad at heart, seen in the instance of him saving a child during a villainous mission which led to his initial arrest. The personality he has is one instilled in him by his mother, as a way to protect himself and stay strong. As time goes on and during his rehabilitation, with his relationship with Shunkara and Shoto growing and become a major factor and biggest part of his life, he becomes a lot softer, more trusting of others, letting them in as he conquers his own painful past. During this period, he cares less what other think of him and believes a lot more in himself, opening up more and showing to become a lot more protective of the ones he loves as well. He's shown to actually being a pretty caring individual who does like to have fun and enjoy life when he's able to actually enjoy it.

Yataro was born into a villain group that has been led by his mother since before he was born. Whether or not his birth was planned, a surprise, or an accident, he never knew and was never told. He only has vague memories of a father, a blurred face and a voice so fant he can remember the words but not what the voice sounded like saving them. In truth, his father had wanted to take Yataro away from his mother at a young age. He was with the group with his wife, however, he was a victim under his sadistic wife just as much as his son would be. Before he could attempt the escape with his son, however, his mother found out and his father disappeared. This abandonment hurt Yataro deeply, as he was far closer to his father than his father than his mother in his early years. His mother took the opportunity to begin twisting her son's perception of the world, his personality, and used it to keep him under her thumb. She told him his father had left them, taken off in the middle of the night, because he had wanted nothing to do with them, especially with Yataro. He didn't want him, never had, and left the moment he could. This incident was one of the major fuels on Yataro's inner hateful and angry fire, and one that hurts him the deepest, being the major source of feeling everyone will abandon him.

The years that followed this were a nightmare for Yataro growing up, even moreso when his Quirk appeared at age 4 and his mother saw the way it reacted to his negative emotions. It was strong, which made him useful, and she wasted no time in trying to mold that potential. Or, rather, beat it into him. Any moment he was awake, he was training his Quirk, even if it hurt him. And to make it stronger, his mother continued to berate him. At a younger age, it made him cry, but as he got older, it did exactly as she wanted and made him angry, spiteful, and made him hate her. The more she saw those emotions in him, the stronger his Quirk became. And even through all this, she was able to manipulate him into wanting to stay with her and listen to her, playing on the emotions of being abandoned by one parent so at least the other "still wanted him", but telling him often he had to work to prove he was worth keeping.

During the first few years of his intense training is when he received his scars. His most major one on the upper left half of his body was inflicted by his mother during a training session. Unable to finish a fight against her, she scarred him with her own Quirk, telling him it would remind him of his failure forever, and if he was better, maybe she wouldn't need to do that to him. It became another source of her abuse, reminding him of it every chance she got. This did keep his fire lit, however, and he continued to train, getting stronger and faster with his Quirk. His whip began to be able to contain a great deal of energy due to the constant reel of negative emotions his mother had put into him. But, this too began to be an issue, as he trained and ended up putting in too much. This caused a kick back in his whip, causing him to scar his right hand from the wrist up. Another failure his mother used against him.

As the years continued, Yataro began to draw more into himself and hated nearly everybody, putting on the angered mask and keeping people at a distance to protect himself, as well as try to be as perfect as he could to please his mother. He grew to do as he was told, even if he hated it, and became a true part of her gang at age 12. For the last 4 years of his life, he's been doing missions for his mother's group and been one of her singlest strongest weapons. However, at age 16, during a mission in which he and his assigned partner were speeding away from the heroes, a child fell into the path of their speeding truck. As his partner simply sped up, Yataro's body moved before he could think and quickly shot himself out of the car and swung to the rescue of the child. This rescue led to the heroes catching up with him, while his partner kept going, and try as he might to hold them off, Yataro was apprehended.

While the group had been one the Heroes had been trying to get ahold of for some time, the Pros at the time of his arrest had seen his rescue of the child and taken note of the fact it risked his arrest to do so. So after some deliberation, taking in his age and said rescue, they gave him a choice. Either he would be put into prison or they would give him the chance at rehabilitation, as well as helping to take down his mother's group, by placing him into the Hero Course at UA. Here he could be watched over by the Pros but have a chance at a better life and get a chance at a different path. He agreed to the rehabilitation plan, though he goes into it with feelings that he won't ever change and it wont do him any good, not wanting to really be a hero in the first place but figures it's better than prison and he'll reunite with his mother's group soon enough.

Yataro started at UA shortly after the year had already begun and was placed into class 1-A, instantly disliking them all and trying to set them all at a distance as much as he could. The first person he instantly clashed with being, of course, Bakugo. The two butted heads constantly any time Bakugo spoke to him but after a while the two left each other alone. While his other classmates tried to get close to him, many were discouraged at his attitude towards them any time he did. But there were two that ended up becoming the biggest change and healers in his life.

It was here he met and got to know Shunkara Zoumoto and Shoto Todoroki. While Shunkara was the first to get close to him, Shoto followed only a bit behind her. This connection to them took a great deal of time, with the two trying to get close to him, despite his angry attitude towards them a majority of the time and the wall he guarded himself with. Though he tried to push them away over and over again, the two always seemed to have a habit of coming back or ignoring his aggressiveness. Over time, the three began to bond over understandings of their pasts and experiences others had put them through, all three growing together and learning about themselves and each other. This would lead to the strong, protective, and loving relationship the three would all share in the future.

Quirk

Energy Whip: Yataro can summon and use a whip that's made out of pure energy and empowered by his negative emotions. The more negative emotions he channels into the whip, the stronger it is and the longer it can become. While latched onto something or when swinging it and connecting it to something, Yataro can channel energy into it, either giving something like a shock to the person in its hold to subdue them or can destroy with that energy whatever it's come into contact with. Alone, however, it holds a strong density, and can be used to catch, to swing and pull into a direction, or hit something/someone away.

There is a limitless amount of negative energy he can channel into it, however there is only so much it and he can take. If too much is put into the whip while using it, the power can be knocked back. This knock back can cause great physical damage to his body, as well as shoot his emotions out of control, causing him to go into a "rage mode". This mode leaves him unable to control his wild, negative emotions and begin destroying anything around him until he is subdued and calmed down.

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Family

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UA High School

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Pro-Heroes

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Villains

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