Neito Monoma

Neito Monoma is a Student in Class 1-B at U.A. High School.

Appearance
Neito has short, slick blond hair, parted to the left on his forehead. He has blue eyes with white pupils.

His Hero Costume is a tuxedo with several clocks around his waist, presumably to help him keep track of time when using his Quirk. He leaves his collar upturned and wears a dotted tie.

Personality
Neito is shown to be calm, collected, and intelligent. Among Class 1-B's students, he's the most fervent about wanting to topple Class 1-A's popularity. He is also disagreeable, sarcastic, and vocal. He seems to be jealous of Class 1-A's popularity, but also worries that the fact that they are always getting into trouble will get the rest of the school in trouble too. When he hears that Class 1-A fails in some way, he will usually laugh out loud and passive-aggressively ask how it's possible for them to fail since they are meant to be the superior class.

He is shown to have somewhat of an inferiority complex, as he takes whatever opportunities he can get to mock and challenge, one up and surpass anyone in Class 1-A. This even extends to mocking himself in order to mock the students in 1-A who had to take remedial lessons during the Forest Training Camp Arc, despite being the only one from Class 1-B who also had to take remedial lessons. He's been quoted by people as being mentally unstable, but this is more than likely a joke regarding his obsession with overtaking Class 1-A.

In spite of his bitterness and overconfidence, he does seem to feel threatened and intimidated by Class 1-A for their skills and strength, as seen when he sighed in relief when he learned that he would not have to face them to gain a provisional license.

Abilities
Vast Intellect: Neito is shown to be very intelligent, as he was able to see through Uraraka's true strategy during her fight against Bakugo, something many pro heroes present were unable to do. He also formulated a strategy for Class 1-B during the first stage of the Sports Festival, by which the Class 1-B students were supposed to purposely place low in order to make Class 1-A underestimate them.

Quirk
Copy (コピー): Neito's Quirk allows him to duplicate and use another Quirk after coming into contact with the Quirk user. After doing so, Neito gains full access to the Quirk he has copied and can use it however he likes. This Quirk also allows him to copy multiple Quirks. However, a drawback is that Neito can only use the Quirk he has copied for five minutes, and after the five minutes are over, he loses access to that Quirk. Also, Neito cannot simultaneously use two or more copied Quirks at the same time.

U.A. Sports Festival

 * Obstacle Race
 * Cavalry Battle

Katsuki Bakugo
Neito sees Katsuki, along with the other members of his class, as arrogant, and that their popularity must be toppled. However, Katsuki didn't give him much attention until he took his bandana and mocked him for being attacked by villains every year. This alone enraged Katsuki so much to the point of overlooking Izuku, whom he had his eyes on, in order to destroy Neito's team first. Later, after repeated taunting, mocking and copying of his Quirk, Katsuki's rage just grew even further and he swore again that he will become number one, but this time he adds that he will be destroying everyone. Neito also thinks that Katsuki is a war criminal.

Itsuka Kendo
Neito and Itsuka are in the same class. Whenever he decides to taunt Class A for whatever reason, Itsuka will step in, knock him out and apologize for his actions. Itsuka often criticizes Neito quite heavily such as telling him to stop provoking Katsuki and stopped him from picking a fight with Izuku. In spite of this, Neito never seems to have any animosity, indicating the friendly atmosphere between them. She turned him in during the scavenger hunt for being a perverse person and taunted him about making enemies with Katsuki while patting his head.

Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Neito and Tetsutetsu are on good terms as classmates. Tetsutetsu also trusts Neito's judgment with Tetsutetsu along with most of Class 1-B following his plan to rank in the lower end of the Obstacle Course in the UA Sports Festival and during the Cavalry Battle working together (to no avail) to target Class 1-A's members. During the Cavalry Battle's start, the two also promised to not hold grudges against either regardless of the final result of the game. Much like Neito, it is revealed that he shares the fact he does not want his class to be upstaged by 1-A, despite being more tame about it.

Trivia

 * Neito's name comes from "物真似" (monomane), meaning "mimicry". Additionally, "物間" (monoma) means "among things". "寧" (nei) means "repose, serenity, peace, peaceful", and "人" (hito) means "person".
 * Neito likes French cuisine and Franco-Belgian comics.
 * Neito is based on a real person, according to Horikoshi.
 * Despite having a 5/5 Intelligence Stat, Neito did not pass the End of Year Exam. This means he most likely failed the practical half of the exam.

Quotes

 * (To his classmates) "Class A thinks it's so great. Well, let's show 'em... why we in Class B hung back and placed low in the preliminaries."

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