Fourth Kind Agency
CharacterThe Fourth Kind Agency is the hero office run by the Pro Hero Fourth Kind, best known as the internship posting that put Eijiro Kirishima and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu under one of the strictest mentors in the profession, a man who insists heroism means far more than beating villains.
Overview
Operating under the name フォースカインド事務所, the Fourth Kind Agency serves as the base of the Pro Hero Fourth Kind. It first turns up in the manga during Chapter 48 and reaches the anime in Episode 27.
The manga version of the office has a worn, lived-in quality: wooden fixtures, wooden signage, wooden window frames, and a Japanese sword propped in one corner. The anime redesign tidies things considerably, trading the sword for a safe, enlarging the boss's desk, and hanging traditional chōchin lanterns and Japanese-language posters on the walls. Outside, the building announces itself with black and yellow hazard striping.
Role
The agency's most prominent appearance comes through the Hero Agency Internships. Fourth Kind had been struck by the nerve Kirishima and Tetsutetsu displayed during the U.A. Sports Festival and extended invitations to both, which the two accepted, giving them a week under his roof.
Any excitement faded fast. Fourth Kind runs a harsh classroom, and a smack to the skull is his standard correction when either student lets his attention drift during lessons on hero conduct and agency management. He also drags the pair along on community service work, on the grounds that the job extends well past combat.
The office stays closed to the later program. When first-years earn the right to join Hero Work-Studies, Kirishima hopes to return, only to learn that Fourth Kind does not accept work-study placements; Tamaki Amajiki instead brings him along to the Fat Gum Agency. Fourth Kind himself is later called up for the Paranormal Liberation War, assigned to the force hitting the Gunga Mountain Villa.
Notable Members
Fourth Kind owns and controls the agency. He is a demanding teacher who treats public service as inseparable from hero work and declines to host work-study students.
Eijiro Kirishima trained here for a week as an intern after impressing Fourth Kind at the Sports Festival, and later tried without success to come back for a work-study.
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu took the same internship offer alongside Kirishima and endured the same strict regimen.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What agency is Kirishima in?
Eijiro Kirishima interned for a week at the Fourth Kind Agency after impressing its owner, Fourth Kind, at the U.A. Sports Festival. He later tried and failed to return for a Hero Work-Study, since the agency does not accept work-study students.
Who leads the Fourth Kind Agency?
The Fourth Kind Agency is owned and run by the Pro Hero Fourth Kind, a demanding teacher who treats public service as central to hero work.
Why couldn't Kirishima return to the Fourth Kind Agency for his Work-Study?
The Fourth Kind Agency does not accept Hero Work-Study placements, so when Eijiro Kirishima hoped to return there, Tamaki Amajiki brought him to the Fat Gum Agency instead.
What is training like at the Fourth Kind Agency?
Training at the Fourth Kind Agency is strict. Fourth Kind hits interns on the head if their attention wanders during lessons on hero conduct and agency management, and he also requires them to take part in community service work.
What did Fourth Kind do during the Paranormal Liberation War?
Fourth Kind was called up to fight in the Paranormal Liberation War, assigned to the hero force that raided the Gunga Mountain Villa.
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