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Saito was a middle school classmate of Himiko Toga and the boy she had a crush on. He is also the reason she stopped pretending to be normal: seeing him bloodied after a fight pushed her past the point of restraint, and the incident that followed made her a villain.

Hair: Black
Kanji: 斎藤
Gender: Male
Status: Unknown
Eye Color: Black
Occupation: Student
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Appearance

The resemblance to Izuku Midoriya is striking and clearly deliberate. Saito shared the same wide eyes, the same fluffy mess of hair with heavy shadow pooling in it, and a comparable build. The differences were narrow: black hair and black eyes rather than green, and no freckles.

His school uniform was standard for his institute, a light dress shirt with a tie under a dark blue blazer. He also turned up in a dark blue t-shirt reading "Sometimes Tuesday".

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Personality

Very little of his temperament ever reached the page. What the people around him agreed on was his popularity, which appears to have been considerable across the school. A flashback to Himiko's past also catches him in a fight with somebody, though the series never explains what started it.

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History

Saito and Himiko attended the same middle school, and she developed feelings for him early. She wanted to ask whether he would give her a little of his blood, but held back, certain he would refuse and write her off as a freak.

Then came the fight. Saito was left bruised and bleeding for reasons never disclosed, and the sight of him in that state spiked everything Himiko had been suppressing. Her Quirk took over: she went at Saito with a box cutter, drinking the blood she drew through a straw, weeping with joy at finally letting herself be what she was. A schoolmate reported that her face carried a look of ecstasy.

The story broke publicly soon after. Himiko ran from both the school and her home, and her life as a villain started there.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Saito in MHA?

Saito was a middle school classmate of Himiko Toga in My Hero Academia and the boy she had a crush on, notable for his striking resemblance to Izuku Midoriya.

Did Saito survive MHA?

Saito's fate is never confirmed in My Hero Academia; his status is listed as unknown after Himiko Toga cut him with a box cutter and drank his blood, an incident that left him bleeding rather than depicted as fatal.

Why does Deku look like Saito?

Saito's design deliberately mirrors Izuku Midoriya, sharing the same wide eyes, the same fluffy shadowed hair, and a similar build, differing only in his black hair and eyes and his lack of freckles.

Was Saito a bad guy?

Saito was not a villain; he was simply a popular middle school student that Himiko Toga had a crush on, and the only fight tied to him in the story is an unexplained brawl that left him bloodied before Himiko attacked him herself.

What happened to Saito that turned Himiko Toga into a villain?

After Saito was left bruised and bleeding in an unexplained fight, the sight of him triggered Himiko Toga's suppressed bloodlust, and she attacked him with a box cutter to drink his blood, a public incident that made her flee her school and home to become a villain.

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