Character from My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi
Class 1-B's theatrical provocateur — a quirk-copying schemer whose relentless antagonism toward Class 1-A thinly veils a deep inferiority complex about his inherently derivative power.
Monoma lives to antagonize Class 1-A, delivering elaborate monologues about their arrogance while Kendo chops him unconscious. His Copy quirk is uniquely psychological — it's powerful only through other people's powers, making him feel perpetually secondary. This drives his bravado. Strategically brilliant when he stops performing, he played a critical role in the war arc by copying Eraserhead's quirk. He is also the sly yet abrasive and egotistical rival of Class 1-A, who constantly wants to prove that Class 1-B is superior to them by getting competitive while he is often crafty and concocting strategies to one-up them to no avail, was the brunt of the rivalry and continually obsesses over any of Class 1-A's mistakes to make them look inferior to him and his class and to fulfill his own superiority complex, and despite this, there are many aspects of himself as a person (and to some extent his efforts and creativity as a hero) that goes beyond being him being some "smug attention-seeking rival". He was first introduced as a genuinely clever student who knew how to plan ahead, get the bigger picture of things, see things that others didn't and was able to get into people's heads with his mind games while carrying a nonchalant attitude before his competitive behavior and his obsession with Class 1-A became his most defining trait as a "two-faced scheming egotistical rival who likes humiliating a whole class of heroes". His obsessing hatred towards Class 1-A, is always done in an entertaining fashion, especially by how unhinged, psychotic and deranged Monoma became over time (especially the Forest Training Camp Arc and the U.A. School Festival Arc), as well as how hammy and over-the-top he tends to be throughout these arcs (despite having good intentions towards Class 1-B), which makes for some fun and enjoyable scenes to see. This allows Monoma to show how larger-than-life, sassy and vocal he can be. The karma he receives (alongside Monoma's obsessive rants and sadistic behavior) could make him seem like a "love-to-hate" type of character by some that makes more fun of a character compared to Bakugo, which is unusual and uniquely a funny trait applied to an anti-hero like Monoma since this trait is typically used on comedic villains despite the fact that Monoma isn't a villain whatsoever, which is what makes him a hilarious antagonist. He also provided some silly mischievous antics when he pulls off pranks at times to bring some comic light to a serious environment. One example includes during the Shie Hassaikai Arc, where he tricked a foreign exchange student (named Pony Tsunotori) into unintentionally mocking and insulting Eijiro Kirishima and Denki Kaminari by whispering her to tell them a dumb joke about them "touching someone until their mama doesn't know you" (which was aimed at their expense), just for Monoma to end up laughing at them. Monoma cackling at the students' humiliated reactions resulted in Monoma getting karate chopped by Kendo and telling him to "not fill your mind with crazy" as a punishment for causing a scene. Outside of his antagonistic side towards Class 1-A, he is also shown to be always very supportive, kind, smart and understanding to Class 1-B plenty of times at its ups and downs, like when Monoma gives both Kendo and his team a pep talk to encourage them to strive for the best. He even empathized with Shinso over their similar situations, something that surprised Shinso (this shows that while Monoma can be a colossal jerk, he is still trying to become a hero and do some genuinely good things for his class). He sees the world differently and divides society into two parts in a small dose of "fourth wall breaking", by believing that people who have Quirks fit for heroism are "main characters", and people who don't have these kinds of Quirks are "side characters." He has shown to have a very chill personality (in and outside the rivalry he started), and there are times where he can come across as pleasant to talk to, even more than Bakugo (that is, whenever he isn't taunting people or obsessing over toppling Class 1-A). Where he can drop his usually scornful attitude and can come off as pretty amiable, even cordially discussing his bizarre quirk with Midoriya, one of his many rivals from Class 1-A, with whom he has animosity! He is also quite talented, intelligent, and even creative sometimes, even more than people give him credit for. Even while his massive ego blinds everyone of Neito's good sides because of his antagonistic behavior, he is also capable in many things outside the hero field, such as his acting skills with improvising as Romeo (which managed to move Kendo and Reiko while his class felt unnerved that Monoma can play a role so differently and shows to have good acting skills) and even has good cooking skills, which some people he knows find to be amazing. He also shows dexterity and a ton of impressive powers within action-packed combat sequences, as he was able to dodge Izuku's Blackwhip and how he uses Poltergeist to attack Izuku looks cool on its own.
Neat blond hair parted to the side, sharp features, and an aristocratic bearing. Constantly smirking or posing dramatically. Hero costume is a tuxedo-styled suit befitting his theatrical nature.
Also known as: Phantom Thief, Monoma, Neito