Eijiro smiles back at her in agreement and apologizes. Mina then smiles at Eijiro and tells him to tell her when he really does overcome his regrets from the past. She asks him how he's going to move on and say goodbye to his old-self if he's still pulling the same-old gloomy face as before. Mina realizes this so she teases him and lightens the mood by poking him repeatedly and telling him not to overload himself with pressure, showing concern for him in her own playful way. The past incident took a toll on Eijiro's self-confidence: the guilt was eating him alive. It's at this moment that Eijiro vows to say goodbye to his pathetic old-self to her and swears that he's gonna be the kind of hero that never has any regrets. His hairstyle also appears to have two little horns, Mina picks up on this and decides to call themselves horn buddies. On their first day of high school, Eijiro undergoes a complete appearance change, dying his hair red and spiking it up in a style that is inspired by Crimson Riot. This is reinforced later when he attempts to stop a villain on the same day as the bullying incident but his legs freeze up and Mina stops the villain instead.Įijiro later apologizes to Mina and her classmates for not being able to do anything to stop the villain. Eijiro seems to admire Mina for this but also begins to feel self-conscious of the fact that Mina is exciting and heroic. One of Eijiro's friends points out that Mina is very athletic, outgoing, strong and eye-catching while Eijiro and the others are boring. Afterwards, Eijiro witnessed Mina step in and solve the issue by getting the student and the two bullies to break dance, diffusing the situation and ending the issue.

It was revealed that the two went to the same middle school, during their senior year, Eijiro tried to stop two students from bullying an underclassman but did not succeed. The two collaborated together on Team Bakugo during the Sports Festival Arc and seemed to work well together. Mina tells Eijiro that her Acidman attack is inspired by him.Įijiro gets along well with Mina despite not being seen interacting with her as much as he does with some of his other classmates.

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