Toru Hagakure, also known as the Stealth Hero: Invisible Girl, was a student in Class 1-A at U.A. High School, training to become a Pro Hero.
Eight years after the Final War, Toru has graduated from U.A. alongside her classmates and is the current No. 39 Hero.[4]
Appearance#
Toru is a reasonably short girl with a completely invisible body, only identifiable through held or worn objects, such as clothing and accessories, or through her silhouette, which is occasionally visible.
After refracting the light from Yuga Aoyama's Navel Laser, Toru's Quirk glitches and reveals her true appearance. When visible, she has a slim and curvy figure, long, messy, very fluffy, and wavy multicolored hair (primarily yellow fading down to mint green and chartreuse, with some strands having cyan, turquoise, and pink coloring). Her bangs are split into three clumps framing her round eyes: a noticeable tuft of hair that falls between her eyes along with two strands of hair swept to the side. There are also two additional short sidelocks of hair on either side of her face that blend into the rest of her fluffy hair and frame the bottom of her eyes and her cheeks, and curl inward toward her face. Her bushy eyelashes are of the same mix of colors as her hair, with irises being teal on the outside, and yellow on the inside. In the anime, Toru's body has a shimmering, slightly transparent texture, indicating the light that is passing over her body.[5]
At U.A., she wears the regular U.A. uniform for female students. It is topped with a gray dress jacket, two teal stripes, two pockets with folds, and two golden buttons. Underneath, she wears a white dress shirt, a red tie with a small, golden button, and a teal pleated skirt. She also wears brown dress shoes and knee-high socks.
Due to the nature of her Quirk, her Hero Costume consists only of a pair of simple light blue gloves decorated with pale pink lines and beige lace-up shoes. She is otherwise completely naked for her costume.
Her winter costume includes beige knee-high boots (silver texture with pink soles in the manga) and slightly thicker gloves with dark blue padding on the back of the fingers and hands. These gloves are designed specifically for combat. By the end of the pre-timeskip, Toru wears a set of gloves that are a blend between her simple and combat design.
Eight years after the Final War, she now wears newly designed gloves, and is no longer naked for her costume; it now consists of a special suit that is designed to look like a bikini, both colored in a green and yellow pattern, with some red in the gloves. The suit was made to keep her decent in case her Quirk bugs out again.[6] She also wears some shiny gray knee-high boots with white soles and, when visible, her hair is shown to have grown to her waist and is more flowy, and in the anime, her bangs significantly changed a bit, and are slightly longer and more piece-y on her forehead, in contrast to the manga.
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Toru is a bubbly, cheery, and easygoing girl who does most things with an upbeat attitude, even when manipulated, such as when she encouraged the other Class 1-A girls to cheerlead during the U.A. Sports Festival due to having the spare time. She is very socially eager and likes shopping, and her room suggests that she likes plushies and other cute things. Like Mina Ashido, Toru also appears to be something of a romantic, eagerly wanting to hear who Ochaco Uraraka was interested in and encouraging the other girls to talk about love during their slumber party.[7]
She believes that taking off her clothes during battle is a tactical advantage, much to the awkwardness of those around her. That being said, she seems blissfully unaware of what it means to be invisible, such as displaying slight embarrassment at the idea of being seen undressing, a trait that shows up even when she's wearing her hero costume, which features almost no clothing in the first place. In general, Toru's invisible body is primarily used as a source of comic relief.
Despite this, Toru is by no means a pushover. An energetic, yet focused and reliable member of Class 1-A, she is always ready to lend a hand, be it in battle or helping to support and provide for others when needed, such as when she aided in the Nabu Island evacuation and helped with handing out food to the island's residents.[8]
Toru also has an observant side, as she noticed that Yuga had not been his usual self, following Izuku Midoriya's return to U.A. High. Her curiosity led to her discovering that he was a traitor who had (albeit painfully and unwillingly) given intel to All For One.[9] During this, Toru also showed to be emotionally fragile, as after reprimanding Yuga for having betrayed his classmates, she was shown crying on how he had the gall to attend classes with them. She was still crying afterward and sobbed on Mashirao Ojiro's shoulder during Yuga's interrogation.[5]
During the Final War, Toru is shown not to be accustomed to others seeing her visible appearance, understandably freaking out when her Quirk glitched and left her totally exposed, complaining that being invisible was her trademark.[10] Upon returning to school, she became flustered again when Yuga's Quirk revealed her true appearance in front of her classmates, much to their surprise and joy as they all complimented her.[11] Eight years later as a Pro Hero, Toru seems to have grown used to her visible appearance, now showing it more frequently while donning an invisible suit and also partaking in modelling for advertisements.[2]
Abilities#
Overall Abilities: Toru greatly excels in stealth and espionage thanks to her Quirk, Invisibility, making her the stealthiest student in Class 1-A. Toru can easily bypass regular visual detection, making her ideal for ambushes, spy missions, and attack evasions.
However, those advantages are only feasible if she lacks clothing and equipment, as such objects don't become unseen like the rest of her body. Aside from her stealth capabilities, Toru also possesses melee-combat prowess. Her primary fighting style involves taking advantage of her invisibility to launch surprise attacks that are extremely difficult to defend against and then directly attacking her opponents with a barrage of punches, kicks, and, in certain situations, uses light to warp into laser attacks.[12] She also has good camaraderie, having her comrades run interface against opponents and then using her incognito skills to initiate clandestine assaults, and vice versa. This comradeship allowed Toru and Mezo Shoji to pass their First Term Final Exam, wherein the two were pitted against Snipe.
During the Provisional Hero License Exam, Toru developed photokinetic applications of her Quirk and employed a new Ultimate Move, "Warp Refraction", to effectively stun a large group of rival students. Her abilities eventually garnered the attention of the Equipped Hero: Yoroi Musha, allowing Toru to intern under the (now former) No. 9 Pro Hero and improve her offensive and defensive abilities.
Despite lacking in power on her own, she is able to compensate using other sources of light, such as Yuga's Navel Laser, shown when she warps the laser lights around her into one single beam of attack, in order to defeat Kunieda.[12] She further shows her defensive capabilities as she is able to refract a large scale laser attack from "All For One's" Omni-Factor Unleash.[13]
Quirk#
Invisibility: Invisible Girl's Quirk grants her a prism-like body that constantly refracts light, granting her total invisibility.
In addition to the stealth capabilities granted by her invisible body, Toru can refract light that passes through her, allowing her to intensify the light into a blinding flash.[14] After her Hero Work-Studies with Yoroi Musha, Toru has further refined this application of her Quirk, achieving the ability to manipulate and redirect light-based attacks, such as Yuga's Navel Laser.[15][5]
As part of her training, she worked on improving her stealth prowess by remaining undetected from the sensory-efficient Mezo. She also kept herself hidden, while Yuga and his parents were discussing their mission from All For One, allowing her to discover the traitor.
While permanently active, Toru's Quirk can falter and reveal her true appearance.[5] As revealed during the Final War, Toru absorbing Yuga's empowered light from his Navel Laser caused her Invisibility to glitch, rendering her partially visible[10] and later totally visible.[10] After becoming a Pro Hero, her Quirk occasionally glitches, revealing her true appearance more often.
Ultimate Moves#
- Warp Refraction: Say Cheese!: Toru warps sunlight into bright flashes to temporarily blind opponents.'''
- Warp Refraction: Navel Laser: Toru manipulates the light produced by Yuga's Navel Laser Quirk, spreading the light in all directions, blinding and damaging anything in the vicinity.[12]
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Quirk Apprehension Test Arc Quirk Apprehension Test Battle Trial Arc Battle Trial Shoto & Mezo vs. Mashirao & Toru U.S.J. Arc U.S.J. Incident U.A. Sports Festival Arc U.A. Sports Festival Obstacle Race Cavalry Battle Final Exams Arc First Term Final Exam Team Hagakure & Shoji vs. Snipe Forest Training Camp Arc Quirk Training Camp Class 1-A vs. Pixie-Bob Vanguard Action Squad Invasion Provisional Hero License Exam Arc Ultimate Move Training Provisional Hero License Exam Crushing of U.A. Class 1-A's Comeback Shie Hassaikai Arc Class 1-A vs. Mirio Togata U.A. School Festival Arc U.A. School Festival Pro Hero Arc Class 1-A vs. Nejire Chan & Suneater Joint Training Arc Joint Training Battle Round 2 My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising Hero Work Recommendation Project Endeavor Agency Arc Hero Interview Training Hero Work-Studies II Paranormal Liberation War Arc Paranormal Liberation War Gunga Mountain Villa Raid Villa Raid Team & Trainees vs. Paranormal Liberation Front Dark Hero Arc Deku vs. Class A U.A. Traitor Arc Deku & Invisible Girl vs. Can't Stop Twinkling Final War Arc Final War Troy Team vs. Kunieda Pro Heroes & Trainees vs. All For One
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Trivia#
- Originally, Toru's costume had more trinkets to it than just a pair of gloves and boots. She was supposed to wear some sort of mask with a smiling face on it, and her gloves were meant to have mirror-like objects tied to them.
- According to Toru's Volume 2 profile:
- Toru was supposed to be a male character at first, but Kohei Horikoshi changed her into a female because he thought a girl having an invisible body was a funnier concept. There was also a lack of female characters at the time.
- Toru's favorite food are caramels.
- Toru's favorite things are dokkiri (hidden-camera surprise pranks) shows.
- According to Toru's Ultra Analysis profile:
- Her cheery outbursts and wild movements are a result of her wanting attention drawn to herself.
- She's the most stereotypical high school girl in the class.
- Her personality is described as "bright and cheery".
- Toru's surname contains the kanji for "leaf" and "to disappear", and her first name contains "transparent".
- When read as one word, Toru's surname means "hidden in leaves". This is likely a reference to the following quote by G.K. Chesterton: "Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest."
- "Hagakure" is the name of a book, also known as "The Book of the Samurai" written in Japan in the 1700s during the Edo period when Japan had no domestic or international conflict. It recounts thoughts on how Bushido can be applied in a time of peace. It became popular again during the Pacific War. Perhaps the title is meant to reference a warrior that is hidden, unseen when not needed.
- Toru's known U.A. data are as follows:
- Student No. 16 in Class 1-A.
- Ranked 18th during the Quirk Apprehension Test.
- Ranked 16th in Class 1-A's grades.[16]
- Ranked in the top forty-two of the U.A. Sports Festival First-Year Stage.
- In the first Popularity Poll, Toru ranked 20th, which tied her with Mei Hatsume.
- Toru's Japanese voice actress, Kaori Nazuka, also voices Yu Takeyama.
- Toru is the only Class 1-A character whose Quirk was never fully explained in the story or her profile, despite being always active. Horikoshi has noted this previously, on Volume 2, stating that he had not found the right time for it.
- While Toru's costume only consists of gloves and shoes, it bypassed the law regarding exposed skin in Hero costumes due to her being invisible. Horikoshi notes that upon discovering her Quirk can glitch, she would need to revisit this issue.[17]
- When her Quirk's glitch was discovered, it was deemed problematic for Toru to be naked and an invisible suit was created for her to wear during Hero work.
- After becoming a Pro Hero with Yuga as her Sidekick, the latter's Navel Laser revealed her visible appearance to the public during a Christmas event, causing her ranking to skyrocket.[6][18]
- In the first My Heroine Academia chapter, Toru described her face as "a combination of Yang Guifei and Francis Xavier".[19]
- Her hero name, Invisible Girl, used to be the hero name of Susan "Sue" Storm, now known as the Invisible Woman, from the Fantastic Four.