Tsuyu Asui

Tsuyu Asui is a female anime and manga superhero who features in My Hero Academia.

Biography

Tsuyu Asui (Japanese: 蛙あ吹すい梅つ雨ゆ, Hepburn: Asui Tsuyu?) was a female human born in Japan in the era when Quirks began to develop on Earth.

Tsuyu first appears alongside the rest of Class 1-A on the first day of the term. Shortly after the start of class, Class 1-A is brought to the exercise grounds by their homeroom teacher: Shota Aizawa. He informs the class that they must all undertake a Quirk Apprehension Test and whoever comes in last place will be expelled immediately. When Tsuyu takes part in the 50-meter dash, she races against Tenya Ida, who finishes before her due to the speed of his Engine Quirk. She finishes the race in 5.58 seconds and eventually places thirteenth overall in the class. Tsuyu was then seen discussing with the rest of the class about the kind of man Shota Aizawa was in reality. Tsuyu was later paired with Fumikage Tokoyami for the combat training. After the first battle trial, All Might grants Tenya Ida the most valuable honors. Tsuyu questions this since Izuku Midoriya and Ochaco Uraraka were the victors. Momo Yaoyorozu explains why. Once training finishes, All Might gives the class some positive reinforcement. Tsuyu thanks him for this because she feels like their homeroom teacher is quite the opposite of positive. When Izuku returns to class from the nurse's office, Tsuyu introduces herself to him as 'Tsu'. She along with Ochaco and Mina are seen together watching Izuku and Katsuki talking outside of school. Tsuyu tells Ochaco that she wonders what's going on. While deciding who should be class president, Tsuyu mentions that Tenya's voting system may not work since the class had not known each other long enough. She votes for herself to be president but Izuku and Momo end up winning the honors. Later on, Shota announced to the Class that they will partake in rescue training at an outside facility. Tsuyu mentioned to Eijiro Kirishima that she's excited to show off her skills in the water. Tsuyu received her hero costume and chooses to leave her goggles behind and boards the bus. During the bus trip to the outside facility, Tsuyu tells Izuku that his Quirk reminds her of All Might. However, Eijiro argues that Izuku's Quirk injures him while All Might's does not. Eijiro goes on to say that Katsuki Bakugo and Shoto Todoroki have the most pro-worthy Quirks. Tsuyu replied that Katsuki's too angry to become a popular pro, causing him to yell at her and prove her point.

Class 1-A arrived at the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, where they meet the Space Hero: Thirteen. Thirteen explained she developed the U.S.J. with the focus on training future heroes on using their Quirks to help others. Suddenly during Thirteen's speech, real villains invade the facility through a warp gate. Shota fends off the villains on his own and leaves Thirteen to evacuate with the class. They prepare to escape, but they are cut off by the villain Kurogiri. Katsuki and Eijiro attack him, but end up dealing no damage. Kurogiri responds by warping the class to the various areas in the U.S.J. Tsuyu, Izuku, and Minoru Mineta are warped to the shipwreck zone where they are met by villains. Izuku is nearly killed by a fish-like villain underwater, but Tsuyu rescues him by kicking the assailant in the face. She uses her quick swimming skills and her tongue to swiftly bring Izuku and Minoru out of the water and onto the boat. Izuku thanks her for saving his life and she reminds him again to call her 'Tsu'. They discuss the villain's plans and Minoru mentions that the villains can't kill All Might. Tsuyu argues that the villains likely have a plan in mind and that they need to focus on surviving. The villains in the water start rushing towards the ship. Minoru panics, but Izuku encourages his allies to be heroes because it was up to them to save All Might now. Tsuyu and Izuku deduce that the villains must've collected information on the U.S.J. and gathered villains who would have advantages there. However, they also figure out that the villains likely have no idea what the students' Quirk and skills are. While Tsuyu and her allies strategize and share information on their Quirks, one of the villains uses an aquatic Quirk to cut the ship in half. Minoru starts freaking out as the ship sinks and Tsuyu questions whether the hero track is right for him. Izuku remains clam and creates a plan for them to escape. Izuku jumps from the ship and uses a Delaware Smash on the water to create a giant shockwave. On his signal, Tsuyu grabs Minoru and jumps from the ship. She grabs Izuku with her tongue while Minoru uses throws sticky spheres from his Quirk at the villains.

The aftermath of the shockwave causes the water to rush back to the middle, trapping the villains there because of Minoru's Quirk. As they escape the shipwreck zone, Tsuyu commends her allies by telling them they did an amazing job. As they leave the water, Tsuyu asks Izuku to stop muttering and second-guessing their plan as he complies. At first, they agree to escape towards the exit, but Izuku decides they should help Shota against the group of villains in the central plaza. They soon arrive there to find Shota facing off with Tomura Shigaraki, the villain's ringleader. Exhausted from fighting, Shota ends up at the mercy of Tomura and his super-powerful ally: Nomu. Tsuyu, Izuku and Minoru watch in horror as their teacher is taken down, but they notice Kurogiri tell Tomura one of the students escaped. They assume the villains plan to escape, but Tsuyu admits to Izuku that she has a sour feeling about this. Just then, Tomura suddenly decides to attack the group and nearly destroys Tsu's face. Fortunately, Shota uses his Quirk in time to stop Tomura for the time being. Izuku uses the opening to attack Tomura in order to save Tsu, but his smash attack is nullified by Nomu's swift defense of Tomura. Nomu attacks Izuku and Tsu moves to save him, but they are all rescued by the arrival of All Might. All Might grabs Shota and entrusts his unconscious body to the students. Tsuyu, Minoru, and Izuku carry him towards the exit until Izuku rushes back to support All Might. Following the battle with the League of Villains, Class 1-A meets up outside the facility and are debriefed by Detective Tsukauchi. Yuga Aoyama tells Tsuyu it's a secret where he got warped to. She ignores him and asks the detective about the condition of Shota and Thirteen.

When classes resume for Class 1-A, Mina asks Tsuyu who she believes will teach the class. Tsuyu replies she has no idea since Shota is still in the hospital recovering from his injuries. She's proven wrong when Shota greets the class covered in bandages. He uses the class time to explain that the U.A. Sports Festival is fast approaching. During lunchtime, Tsuyu's classmates express their excitement in anticipation of the festival. Tsuyu takes notice of Tenya's dancing and compliments him. The most excited person appears to be Ochaco, who proclaims to the class that she'll do her very best. Tsuyu and her others cheer her on as she yells about doing her best. Tsuyu uses the two weeks before the festival to train. She uses one of the school's indoor pools to practice by catching toy fish underwater using her tongue. When the day of the sports festival arrives, Tsuyu listens to Shoto's proclamation in Class 1-A's waiting room. Afterwards, she accompanies her class for the opening ceremony. The first event was revealed to be an Obstacle Race. When the race begins, Shoto tries to freeze everyone trailing him. Tsuyu manages to avoid the ice and eventually reaches the second leg of the race: 'The Fall'. She quickly traverses through the obstacle by balancing herself across the tightropes. Then Tsuyu carefully makes her way towards through the minefield rather than trying to jump across it. She takes notice when Izuku detonates various minds in order to propel himself into first place. Tsuyu managed to finish the Obstacle Race in thirteenth place, qualifying her for the second event: The Cavalry Battle. Tsuyu teams up with Minoru and Mezo Shoji for the Cavalry Battle. She and Minoru use their compact bodies to hide underneath Mezo's tentacles while riding on his back. When Mezo attacked Team Midoriya and Team Tetsutetsu, Tsuyu uses her tongue to try and steal their points. They were both able to avoid her, so she commended Izuku's impressive moves.

Soon after, Minoru's points were mysteriously stolen and he cried over it. Tsuyu admitted she would not have teamed up with him if it was not for his clever plan. She adds that like him, she has no idea how Minoru's points got stolen. Mezo goes into attack mode and attacks Team Midoriya and Team Todoroki. Shoto countered their assault by using Denki's lightning to shock and paralyze all teams around them. Then Shoto uses his Quirk to freeze everyone including Mezo in place. Unable to move, Team Minoru did not acquire enough points to move onto the finals. When the event commenced, Tsuyu stated he was frustrated by her failure but congratulated Mina for moving on. During the intermission between events, Denki and Minoru managed to fool the girls of Class 1-A into dressing up as cheerleaders. Most of the girls appeared to be upset about it, but Toru suggested they roll with it. Tsuyu responded by telling Toru that she had got cheerleading skills. They were all later embarrassed when Mashirao asks them why they were dressed up. Tsuyu watched the finals from the stands and cheers on Mina during her match with Yuga. Before the bout between Ochaco and Katsuki begins, Tsuyu comments that it will be the match that will be the most difficult to watch. Their match started with Katsuki blasting Ochaco at point-blank, and Tsuyu notes that Katsuki did not plan on holding back. Shoto eventually defeats Izuku in the second round and injures him. Tsuyu, Ochaco, Tenya, and Minoru go to Recovery Girl's office to check on Izuku's condition. However, they were forced to leave because Izuku is about to undergo surgery. When Fumikage easily defeated Mina, Tsuyu comments that his dark shadow is amazing. Then she notices Ochaco worrying about Izuku and reassures her. Once the festival concludes, Tsuyu and her peers attend the closing ceremony of U.A.'s Sports Festival. They were all given the following two days off to recuperate.

When classes resume at U.A. High, Tsuyu notes that Shota has recovered from his injuries and was not wearing bandages anymore. He informs the students that they will use the class to choose their hero identities. Tsuyu did not receive any offers from Pro Heroes, but she and all of her peers will still need to intern with real heroes. Midnight joins the class to approve the student's code names. Tsuyu presents her chosen hero name that she thought of since elementary school: Rainy Season Hero "Froppy". Midnight commends her for her choice and tells the class to use Froppy as an inspiration. Tsuyu's peers cheer the name Froppy as praise for changing the mood of the class. Once the class finishes formulating code names, they are all given a list of Hero agencies and have two days to choose which office to intern with. After class, Minoru mentions he wants to intern with Mount Lady. Tsuyu commented that he was having perverted thoughts. She notices Izuku muttering at his desk and tells him he must be thinking hard about where to choose. Two days later, Tsuyu and her class meet at the train station. Shota reminds them to remain formal and not to lose their costumes before seeing them off to their workplaces of choice. Tsuyu chooses to intern with the Pro Hero Selkie and his sidekick Sirius aboard the Oki Mariner. On the fifth day of internships, Tsuyu is ordered to clean the deck of the ship. Once she's done, Tsuyu and Sirius share a drink. Tsuyu admits the internship has been boring and Sirius agrees because her internship was the same way. Sirius goes on to encourage Tsuyu by telling her she discovered what was important about being a hero during her time. Tsuyu asked her to explain, but Sirius claimed Tsuyu will find out on her own. Selkie found them both sitting down and scolds them for not doing work. Sirius corrected him, stating that Tsuyu finished her chores and is being supervised properly. Selkie apologized and tried to look cute with Sirius berating him for it, but Tsuyu actually finds him adorable. Then one of his crew members informs Selkie that the Oki Mariner had received a mission from the coast guard.

The Oki Mariner departs to investigate a trade ship that had its cargo stolen by stowaways. Tsuyu deduces herself that the stowaways got away from the Coast Guard themselves. Selkie takes to the water himself to search for the ship while Tsuyu and Sirius search via radar during the night. Their search turns up empty, but the crew receives a message that a boat thought to belong to the stowaways is in their general area after escaping another pursuer. Selkie returns to the ship after confirming the location of the boat and they eventually happen upon it. Selkie boards the ship without Tsuyu, much to her dismay. Onboard the fishing boat, Selkie and a couple of his crewmates are trapped inside after being fooled. Using her Quirk, Sirius hears Selkie tell her this boat was a decoy and they must pursue the real stowaways. They find another boat hiding in the shadows of a large rock and board it. They are immediately attacked by the criminal ringleader: Innsmouth. Innsmouth wraps his tentacles around Sirius and threatens to crush her if Tsuyu did not tell her superiors to call off the search. Inspired by Sirius' words from earlier, Tsuyu gives away their location, angering Innsmouth. The villain attacks and Tsuyu jumps around to avoid his blows. She tries to use her tongue to secure Sirius, but Innsmouth grabs it and slams her into one of the rocks. Tsuyu was pinned down, but just Innsmouth prepares to finish her off, Selkie arrived to save the day. Innsmouth blinds him, but using his Quirk, he echolocates and defeats the villain. Afterwards, Tsuyu tells Sirius she's discovered whats important about being a hero. The criminals are all arrested and the coast guard thanks Tsuyu for her involvement. Selkie also mentions to them that he believes Froppy will one day become a great hero.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Tsuyu Asui was a petite teenage girl with large of a relatively slender build compared to her classmates and had notably large hands and long dark green hair often tied in a bow-like style. It was shown that she had several characteristics similar to a frog such as a very wide mouth along with oval-shaped eyes and large black irises where her lower eyelashes were visibly pronounced. She came to be known by the superhero name Rainy Season Hero: Froppy (梅雨入りヒーローフロッピー Tsuyuiri Hīrō Furoppī?).

Tsuyu was calm, observant, and pragmatic, rarely panicking even in dangerous combat situations. She often spoke plainly and directly, which gave her a reputation for honesty but sometimes caused awkwardness with her classmates. Despite her blunt nature, she was deeply caring and loyal, protective of her friends, and empathetic to their struggles. She also displayed a sharp tactical mind, quickly analyzing her environment to find creative ways to use her abilities in group battles.

She showed several frog-like mannerisms such as hopping on all fours instead of running and holding herself in a way similar to a frog..

During the Final War, Tsuyu had matured somewhat with her beliefs, becoming less rigid as a result. She admitted to Himiko Toga that she initially thought following the rules made someone a hero and that breaking them made them a villain. Even so, she pleaded with Himiko to let Ochaco talk with her, signifying that despite it being much more challenging than simply capturing or killing her, Ochaco was putting the rules to one side to try and reach out to her.

Powers and abilities

She was a Quirk wielder where her abilities were Frog (蛙かえる Kaeru?) that gave her many characteristics similar to that of a frog. It was noted that cold temperatures caused her body to enter a hibernation state and she needed to be warmed up to knock her out of it.

She could leap great distances, cling to surfaces, and use her prehensile tongue—which stretched up to 20 meters—for offense, defense, and transportation. She also possessed camouflage, enhanced swimming ability, wall-climbing, and the capacity to secrete mucus for adhesion or to cause irritation. In combat, she typically used her tongue to bind, restrain, or throw opponents, while her agility made her difficult to target. Her versatility made her an effective support fighter and rescuer in both land and aquatic environments.

Through training, she came to work out all the muscles of her body and included her tail.

Asui came to possess a number of techniques with these including:

• Camouflage (保ほ護ご色しょく Hogoshoku?) : by using frog-like body, Tsuyu was able to match the temperature and color of her surroundings in order to mask her presence.
• Meteor Fafrotskies (メテオファフロッキーズ Meteo Fafurokkīzu?) : an attack that she made alongside Ochaco where they worked together to float debris and throw it at enemies.

After being enrolled at U.A. High School, she came to be assigned to Class 1-A.

Notes

• Tsuyu Asui was created by Kōhei Horikoshi where she featured in the setting of the My Hero Academia universe.

Appearances

• My Hero Academia:

External Links

• My Hero Academia Wiki Entry
• Comicvine Entry

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