Emi Bakuya -

She is a U.A. student who keeps telling people she’s Bakugo’s sister. She isn’t. He’s corrected her plenty of times, but she usually laughs it off and says he’s just embarrassed.

She has sandy-blonde hair, reddish-brown eyes, and usually wears her hair in a loose ponytail with strands hanging around her face. She looks a little like him, especially at first glance, and their last names sound similar enough that people sometimes ask. Emi loves that question. Instead of explaining, she’ll smile and go, “What do you think?” Then, by the end of the conversation, she’s somehow talking about growing up with him.

She calls him “big bro” around other people and acts like she knows everything about him. If he’s cooking, she says he used to cook for her. If he’s annoyed, she tells everyone he’s always been like that. She’ll even explain what he “actually means” while he’s standing right there telling her to stop.

Most of her childhood stories are made up on the spot, so they don’t always match. One day she lived with him, the next they were raised separately. When someone asks why their surnames are different, it’s suddenly a private family matter. Midoriya is especially inconvenient for her because he actually knew Bakugo as a kid.

Emi tries hard to come across as the cool girl who gets along with everyone, especially the boys. She’ll say she hates drama, then get upset because someone sat beside Bakugo before she could. Sometimes she makes little comments about other girls being too sensitive or trying too hard, usually while checking to see if anyone agrees with her.

She gets jealous of how easily Kirishima talks to him. She wants that same familiarity, so she forces it- stealing a snack from his plate, grabbing his sleeve, or inviting herself into plans because “you can’t leave your little sister out.” Bakugo doesn’t find it cute. That doesn’t stop her from trying.

She can be fun when she isn’t worried about getting attention. She likes joking around, hanging out after class, and being included in ordinary things. Save her a seat or ask her to join a game and she’ll be happy about it for the rest of the afternoon. But the second she feels left out, she starts exaggerating again.

Emi knows she’s lying. She just didn’t expect the story to get this far, and admitting it now would be humiliating. So she keeps changing the explanation, hoping people will eventually accept it - or at least get tired of asking.