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Jabroniville
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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It seems like the "This generation will have multiple powers and be WAY stronger than the last!" runs so contrary to the notion of Shonen Manga "Fighting to become stronger!" and slowly upgrading that I can't imagine it'll ever become a real thing.

At least, until characters suddenly start showing "Secondary Quirks" like their other parent or a relative or whatever.
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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Jabroniville wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:46 pm It seems like the "This generation will have multiple powers and be WAY stronger than the last!" runs so contrary to the notion of Shonen Manga "Fighting to become stronger!" and slowly upgrading that I can't imagine it'll ever become a real thing.

At least, until characters suddenly start showing "Secondary Quirks" like their other parent or a relative or whatever.
I could see it going in a Rising Stars sort of direction where there's some greater significance to this and eventually someone is going to absorb all these mega-Quirks and fly off to save Earth/the universe from Galactus or something.
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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Jabroniville wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:46 pm It seems like the "This generation will have multiple powers and be WAY stronger than the last!" runs so contrary to the notion of Shonen Manga "Fighting to become stronger!" and slowly upgrading that I can't imagine it'll ever become a real thing.

At least, until characters suddenly start showing "Secondary Quirks" like their other parent or a relative or whatever.
The way it's presented in the manga, the "Quirk Homogenization Theory" (officially translated as the "Quirk Singularity Theory") is heavily focused around the idea that eventually the mixing and amplification of quirks over many generations will produce someone who has some insane power like the ability to sneeze planet-shattering blasts of energy or inadvertently warp reality with his subconscious. In other words, a quirk so powerful and complicated no one will be able to control it. Some citizens in-universe refer to it as the Quirk Singularity Doomsday Theory for a reason.

It is also worth pointing out that the character who invented the theory is majorly important to the narrative of the story, and he might have his own agenda for having formed it.

And if it seems like it runs contrary to some of the notions of standard Shonen Manga, well that happens a lot in MHA. For the moment Horikoshi seems to be subverting a lot of those tropes.
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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And once again, we return to our regularly schedule build posts!

This hiatus ended up being a bit longer than I expected, sorry about that. Mostly due to me having some problems with a few of the builds, the end of semester rush of stuff and due to Cyberpunk 2077 coming out (heh).

That said, let's talk about the pro hero scene!
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Pro Heroes

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Alright, enough about children in training! Let's talk about the real deal!

In the Boku no Hero universe, being a hero is an actual government-paid stable job, with people needing a hero license to actually be allowed to do it, with those who practice heroism without a license being called "vigilantes", a concept explored in the spinoff series Vigilantes: My Hero Academia Illegals. Because of this, pro heroes end up not having a secret identity, unlike with the western comic-books the series references, with few excpetion for special circumstances (like All Might and Hawks).

Within pro heroes, there's a bunch of specializations, such as rescue specialists, who mostly deal with rescuing people from disaster scenarios, or combat heroes, who are better equiped to confront and fight villains. There is also a yearly hero billboard chart, which measures how effective and popular each hero in the country is, ranking them, with the Top 10 heroes gaining special attention, and some heroes using their high ranking in the billboard in their favor, while others, like Eraser Head, use their low number to their advantage by remaining more abscure to the public at large and potential threats they may face.

Most pro heroes form agencies and teams among each other, hiring sidekicks, which are, unlike the usual use of the term, less popular heroes who act as support staff to pro heroes, and frequenly take in students as trainees and interns, so they can get professional experience, and, throughout the series, a lot of the main cast gets to have internships with various pro heroes.

The title of pro hero is the ultimate goal of the main cast, tho, in reality, it would only be the beggining, in a way! There are also provisional hero license titles, which the main cast already acquired, and allows them to act as pro heroes in emergency situations, such as villain attacks or natural disasters.
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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SolarOracle wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:49 am And once again, we return to our regularly schedule build posts!

This hiatus ended up being a bit longer than I expected, sorry about that. Mostly due to me having some problems with a few of the builds, the end of semester rush of stuff and due to Cyberpunk 2077 coming out (heh).

That said, let's talk about the pro hero scene!
Aww, yeah, here we go!
Glad to have you back!
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Gran Torino

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Gran Torino

Identity: Torino Sorahiko, Public Identity.
Gender: Male.
Age: Unknown.
Height: 1.20 meters.
Weight: Unknown.
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Grey.
Skin: Fair.
Quirk Type: Mutant.
Group: None. Retired Pro Hero.
Base of Operations: Japan, Tokyo, an unknown city.

Power Level 8 (PL 10 Defense) - 116 Character Points

Abilities
Strength 1, Agility 4, Fighting 6/11, Awareness 1
Stamina 2, Dexterity 2, Intellect 1, Presence 1
*Increased with powers.

Powers
Quirk - Jet
Leaping 6 (500 ft.). [6]
Speed 4. (60 Km/H or 30 MpH). [4]
Enhanced Fighting 5. [10]
Enhanced Dodge 5. [5]

Advantages
Agile Feint, Close Attack, Defensive Roll 2, Improved Initiative 2, Evasion 2, Fast Grab, Grabbing Finesse, Move-by Action, Ranged Attack 2, Takedown 2

Skills
Acrobatics 6 (+10 total).
Athletics 1 (+2 total).
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+14 total).
Deception 4 (+5 total).
Expertise (Pro Hero) 8 (+9 total).
Insight 6 (+7 total).
Intimidation 4 (+5 total).
Investigation 6 (+7 total).
Perception 5 (+6 total).
Persuasion 2 (+3 total).

Offense
Initiative +12
Unarmed +14, close damage 1.

Defense
Dodge 10/15*, Fortitude 4, Parry 10/15*, Toughness 2/4*, Will 7
*Dodge and Parry increased with powers. Toughness 4 with Defensive Roll.

Complications

Disabled: Old: Torino is old in age, and his body just isn’t what it used to be when he was younger.

One For All’s Secret: Torino was a very close friend of Shimura Nana, the seventh user of One For All, and was the one to mentor Yagi Toshinori, All Might himself, after she passed. Because of this, Gran Torino became one of the few people who knows about the true nature of One For All, and has promised to keep it secret.

36 Abilities, 25 Powers, 15 Advantages, 22 Skills, 18 Defenses = 116 Character Points


About: Gran Torino is an old retired pro hero who used to be All Might's teacher, with him getting his teaching license at U.A. back in the day just so he could keep a close eye on Toshinori, something Nana Shimura, the person who gave One For All to All Might, asked him to do. His quirk, Jet, gives him small holes at the bottom of his feet he can use to expel air with great pressure, allowing him to quickly move around and use his great agility to fight.

We're first introduced to Gran Torino in the Hero Killer arc, right after U.A. school festival fight and of each student sellecting under which hero they would like to intern, with Midoriya having been selected by Torino due to him having previously trained All Might.Midoriya was initially shocked at how old and frail Gran Torino looked, but was quickly shocked by his great agility and fighting capability, and spent the weekend training with him to better develop his control of One For All and developing his Full Cowl technique with Torino's help.

During that arc, Gran Torino ends up losing his hero license due to him intervening in the fight against Stain the hero killer, but he still ends up joining the other heroes in important operations later on in the series, like currently in the Paranormal Liberation Front arc. Throughout the series, Torino ends up having an "elderly master" kind of role, which somewhat conflicts with his personality in a fun way. He's dynamic with All Might and Midoria is also very enjoyable overall, with All Mightbeing scared of the times he was under Gran Torino's intense training, and Midoriya having a lot of respect for him due to him being, in a way, "his master's master". His relationship with Nana Shimura has remained mostly unexplained for now, much like most of the stuff surrounding her, which is also pretty intriguing.

I really like Gran Torino, especially his "secret badass" role in the story. Horikoshi openly said he was inspired by Yoda from the Star Wars series, even describing his house as having "heavy Dagobah vibes" when Midoriya first arived there to train. I also really like his dynamic with Midoriya and All Might in general, givin a more "familial" feel to the One For All users. Looking forwards to seeing more of him in the future!

Outfits: Torino's usual clothes are somewhat formal, with him wearing a buttoned up shirt, a pair of pants with a belt and large leather shoes. His hero costume has a yellow and white color scheme, and consists of a pair of oversized gloves, a pair of oversized yellow boots with holes on the soles, so he can use his quirk effectively, a very large yellow cape, a black domino mask and a beige-white suit with a stylized "G" symbol on his belly.
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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MarvelLion wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:55 am Aww, yeah, here we go!
Glad to have you back!
Thanks man, glad to be back! : D
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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Gran Torino's pretty cool. I also think his costume is very, very Mega Man-esque (the two-colored costume and the genera shape of the gloves and boots are very like the ones in that series)
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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Awesome build! Gran Torino become a favorite character of mine instantly, having the "wise old master" Yoda aspect along with the "badass old man" Roshi aspect. I also agree with Koroko that his costume definitely seems to be inspired by the Mega Man franchise. Though the one thing that I find funny is his height, and it's something that we see a lot in anime: When he was younger, he was just slightly shorter than Toshinori, so probably just shy of 6 feet; now he's around 4'5". I mean, I know people can get shorter as they reach elderly years, but that's a hell of a difference!

One thing that I remember: Horikoshi specified that Jet can only use the air in Gran Torino's lungs, not from the area. I don't know if that could be a quirk flaw or a complication, probably not since it's never seemed to cause him any issues in the series. Just a fun detail I remembered.
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Sir Nighteye

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Sir Nighteye

Identity: Sasaki Mirai, Public Identity.
Gender: Male.
Age: 38.
Height: 2.00 meters.
Weight: Unknown.
Eyes: Yellow. Change to purple with black escleras while using his quirk.
Hair: Green with yellow streaks.
Skin: Fair.
Quirk Type: Emitter.
Group: Pro hero, Nighteye Hero Agency leader.
Base of Operations: Japan, Tokyo.

Power Level 8 (PL 13 Defenses with Quirk) - 120 Character Points

Abilities
Strength 2, Agility 2, Fighting 5, Awareness 3
Stamina 3, Dexterity 3, Intellect 4, Presence 2

Powers
Quirk - Foresight
Senses 4 (Visual Precognition) (Flaws: Limited to the future of people the user has recently touched, Limited to once every 24 hours, Quirk - User must make eye contact with the person they are seeing the future of). [0.5]

Predict Moves: Enhanced Parry 10 (Flaws: Limited to those user has used Foresight on recently). [5]
Enhanced Dodge 10 (Flaws: Limited to those user has used Foresight on recently). [5]

Support Item - Hyper-Density Seals: (Flaws: Easily Removable). [6]
Ranged 5 Strength-based Damage 3. (8)

Advantages
Assessment, Close Attack 3, Defensive Roll, Eidetic Memory, Leadership, Power Attack, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 4, Teamwork

Skills
Athletics 2 (+4 total).
Close Combat (Unarmed) 3 (+11 total).
Deception 4 (+6 total).
Expertise (Pro Hero) 4 (+8 total).
Insight 6 (+9 total).
Intimidation 6 (+8 total).
Investigation 4 (+8 total).
Perception 7 (+10 total).
Persuasion 2 (+4 total).
Ranged Combat (Thrown Weapons) 4 (+11 total).
Treatment 1 (+5 total).

Offense
Initiative +2
Unarmed +11, close damage 2.
Hyper-Density Seals +11, ranged damage 5.

Defense
Dodge 10/20*, Fortitude 5, Parry 12/22*, Toughness 3/4*, Will 6
*Parry and Dodge +10 against people targeted by Foresight. Toughness 4 with defensive roll.

Complications

Unclear Visions: Foresight can only show the user someone’s future from a third party perspective and through sight only. Furthermore, the farther into someone’s future the user is looking, the more difficult it becomes to understand, with the user being required to make a high DC Perception check to píck up details from it.

Fear: The Far Future: Sir Nighteye believes his Foresight to be always accurate, which makes him scared to use his quirk to look too much in the future of someone. This fear was magnified once he looked into the future of All Might and saw the hero dying.

48 Abilities, 16.5 Powers, 14 Advantages, 21.5 Skills, 20 Defenses = 120 Character Points


About: Sir Nighteye was a former sidekick of All Might and pro hero. He had a lanky and seemingly skinny and weak appearance, but was actually quite muscular and strong. His quirk, Foresight, allowed him to extend his sense of sight into the future of other people, but he could only do this once per day and needed to both have touched and looked into the eyes of the person he was targetting for his quirk to activate.

We are first introduced to Sir Nighteye in thee beginning of the Shie Hassaikai arc, with Mirio Togata being an intern at his hero agency. Nighteye had taken notice of Midoriya due to All Might, whom he hadn't talked to in years due to a previous falling out between the two, telling him that he had chosen the boy as the next user of One For All, something Sir Nighteye was extremely against. Trying to show the boy how unfit he was to be the next symbol of peace, Nighteye invited him to his agency through Togata to talk to him.

Midoriya really liked the prospect of interning uder the hero, and Togata had told him to try to make a good first impression on Nighteye through the thing he respects the most, humor (despite what his serious appearance would suggest), something Midoriya failed to do, but the two bonded over their respect and admiration of All Might in the end, with Sir Nighteye taking Midoriya in as an intern to "show how trully unfit he was to use One For All".

During the rest of the Shie Hassaikai arc, Nighteye is a very prominent figure, with his quirk being key to locating their base and him acting as a leader of sorts to the raid team. By the end of it, he would tragically die at the hands of Overhaul. However, before he died, Nighteye had used his quirk to forsee Midoriya's defeat by Overhaul, something that ended up not happening, with that proving once and for all to him that the future could be changed and wasn't set in stone like he previously thought, allowing the hero to die with a smile on his face.

I fucking LOVE Sir Nighteye! From his role in the story, to him as a concept and character, it's all veery, vry cool to me, including his future sight quirk, which the series manages to make extremelly interesting and use to create complications and internal struggles to the character, like his fear on the certainty of the future and his power causing him to fight with his former mentor, which happened because Nighteye used his quirk to see the far future of All Might without his permission and ended up foreseeing his death. I also think there is something very comical about a guy who dresses like a businessman being a badass crimefighter. We won't be seeing more of him in the story for obvious reasons, sadly, but I'm trully thankful to the impact he caused on the story.

As a quick note on the build, god, I hate how thee wording in his quirk ended up, and I hate how unnecessarily long it is. Guess it's just the sort of thing M&M wasn't made with in mind.

Outfits: Sir Nighteye's usual clothes aren't shown to us, but his hero costume consists of a light grey suit with a red and white polka-dot tie, a white shirt and a pair of black social shoes. He uses increadibly heavy business stamps as throwing weapons for combat.
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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Also, I'd like to ask you guys' thoughts on something: Since the spoiler feature has been introduced to the board, should I start using it for the builds? If so, what kind of stuff do you think I should mark as spoilers and what shouldn't I? Because, in a way, a lot of these builds are by themselves spoilers.

Also, yeah, I know the irony of me asking this right after posting a build with an "About" section filled with spoilers, LOL.
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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Sir Nighteye is a great character, and I think you captured him perfectly in the build. I loved his relationship with Lemillion, as well as his past with All Might. Sometimes, introducing a character from someone's past can feel inorganic and shoehorned, but I think Nighteye worked perfectly. He's just another thing that made me love the first half of season 4 the most out of everything we've seen so far. I also feel like Crispin Glover would make a perfect live-action Nighteye.

My only issue with his whole schtick, and it's an issue that makes me laugh not get angry: His seals. They weigh roughly 11 pounds each, and he's seen pulling out at least a couple dozen. WHERE DOES HE KEEP THEM?! HOW DOES HE CARRY SO MUCH WEIGHT?! WHAT IS HIS SUIT MADE OF THAT IT CAN SUPPORT SO MUCH WEIGHT?! Hahaha

As for putting things in spoilers, I think that might possibly make things a tad messy, mainly for the reason that you said, that most of the basic info for the characters counts as spoilers. So it's your call, really.
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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MarvelLion wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:44 pm Though the one thing that I find funny is his height, and it's something that we see a lot in anime: When he was younger, he was just slightly shorter than Toshinori, so probably just shy of 6 feet; now he's around 4'5". I mean, I know people can get shorter as they reach elderly years, but that's a hell of a difference!
Now that you mention it, old people being very, very short is something that happens a lot in BnHA, with Gran Torino and Recovery Girl. Huh, funny.
MarvelLion wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:01 pm My only issue with his whole schtick, and it's an issue that makes me laugh not get angry: His seals. They weigh roughly 11 pounds each, and he's seen pulling out at least a couple dozen. WHERE DOES HE KEEP THEM?! HOW DOES HE CARRY SO MUCH WEIGHT?! WHAT IS HIS SUIT MADE OF THAT IT CAN SUPPORT SO MUCH WEIGHT?! Hahaha
LOL, never thought about it, good point. Maybe his suit is reinforced with some super-material or something, and also doubles as armor?? : O
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Re: Solar's Build Thread - Boku no Hero Academia Update

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SolarOracle wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:34 pm
MarvelLion wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:44 pm Though the one thing that I find funny is his height, and it's something that we see a lot in anime: When he was younger, he was just slightly shorter than Toshinori, so probably just shy of 6 feet; now he's around 4'5". I mean, I know people can get shorter as they reach elderly years, but that's a hell of a difference!
Now that you mention it, old people being very, very short is something that happens a lot in BnHA, with Gran Torino and Recovery Girl. Huh, funny.
MarvelLion wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:01 pm My only issue with his whole schtick, and it's an issue that makes me laugh not get angry: His seals. They weigh roughly 11 pounds each, and he's seen pulling out at least a couple dozen. WHERE DOES HE KEEP THEM?! HOW DOES HE CARRY SO MUCH WEIGHT?! WHAT IS HIS SUIT MADE OF THAT IT CAN SUPPORT SO MUCH WEIGHT?! Hahaha
LOL, never thought about it, good point. Maybe his suit is reinforced with some super-material or something, and also doubles as armor?? : O
Haha, could be! And the only thing it can't defend against is stone spikes.

...Too soon?
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