Hagakure Tooru

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Character
Name: Toru Hagakure (葉隠透, Hagakure Tōru)
her first name is often spelled Tooru or Tohru in Latin alphabet media
Occupation: Superhero, student
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Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia
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Hagakure Toru (often Romanized Tooru) is a character from My Hero Academia.

Canon

Hagakure a member of Class 1-A.

Quirk

Hagakure's quirk, Invisibility, turns her body completely invisible. She also can refract light that passes through her, and across the story she eventually develops this ability into an attack that creates a blinding flash of light.

Hero Information

Hagakure's hero name is Invisible Girl, and her costume is a set of gloves and shoes (with no other clothes) intended to minimize her visible profile. She often relies on her invisibility to launch sneak attacks or move without being detected by adversaries.

Fandom

While Hagakure herself is a moderately well-liked character, her hero costume draws a lot of criticism. Many fans dislike that she's essentially naked, pointing to issues with both decency and safety. Some fans point to Togata Mirio, who also has a costume-limiting quirk, and ask why Tooru can't have a similar solution.

A lot of Hagakure-centric fanfic tends to focus on how her invisibility would impact her self-confidence; there is a fair amount of angst fic about her struggles with self-esteem and finding her place in the world.

Shipping

Hagakure is a minor character without much screen time and all ships with her are considered rarepairs. She is sometimes shipped with Deku or Ojiro Mashirao.

Examples and Fanworks

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Fanfic

  • Cubicity, Archived version by crazy_man185 -- "What if our hero met a certain invisible girl at the entrance exam? Follow Izuku as he gains a group of friends after meeting Tooru and learns that one does not need to see someone to see the beauty in them. This is primarily a slice of life story that focuses on character interactions between canon. First non-harem Izuku x Tooru fic. Chapter 44 is beyond season 5 of the anime."
  • Pufferfish, Archived version by Theo-Crow -- a canon divergence in which Hagakure designs her own costume at the start of the schoolyear
  • Sunlight, Archived version by MarcelleBelle -- pre-canon to early-canon character study in which Tooru's life is shaped by her invisibility and also the death of her (OC) twin in infancy.
  • Being Seen, Archived version by ohmoka -- Tooru goes shopping with her classmates and meets a fan. Written for the BNHA Fashion Zine

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