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Air Force Gloves

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Support gear Mei Hatsume reworked for Izuku Midoriya so that the wind blasts he snaps from his fingertips would land where he wanted them. Introduced with his costume upgrade, the gloves ran alongside his Iron Soles and spared him the shattered fingers the same technique had once cost him.

Type: Support equipment
Status: Destroyed during the Paranormal Liberation War, later rebuilt
Creator: Mei Hatsume
Effects: Focuses wind pressure
Anime Debut: Episode 84
Manga Debut: Chapter 175
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Overview

A blue-seamed band, bolted in yellow and built in two layers, wraps the wrist of each glove. The rest of the piece is white, the palms are green, and small yellow sights ride over the knuckles.

Mei Hatsume already had the things lying around, one of many prototypes left over from her tinkering at U.A. High School. Izuku Midoriya came to her asking for a costume upgrade, back when he still had not pushed One For All past twenty percent, and she rebuilt the existing units to what he described. She tuned them to run in tandem with the Iron Soles so they would reinforce his Full Cowl - Shoot Style.

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Function

All Might had already shown Izuku how to turn his Quirk into a concussive gust, striking at range by snapping the air itself. Aim was the missing piece, and that is the problem the gloves solve.

Every time a finger flicks, the outer layer at the wrist jolts ahead and channels the pressure onto a single point. The knuckle sights handle the same duty when Izuku wants smaller shots instead. He can loose four of them in a row without paying for it, which is a sharp reversal from his match with Shoto Todoroki, where the identical trick left several fingers broken.

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Notable Users

Izuku Midoriya is the sole wearer, and the gloves are often seen fitted together with his Mid-Gauntlets into a single arm rig.

They did not survive the war. Fighting Tomura Shigaraki during the Paranormal Liberation War destroyed the gloves outright, taking the arm bracers with them. Mei later built Izuku a fresh set that folded the wrecked Mid-Gauntlets into the same design.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do Deku's Air Force Gloves do?

Izuku Midoriya's Air Force Gloves focus the wind pressure released when he snaps his fingers, letting him aim the concussive gusts created by his Quirk at a precise point. The knuckle mounted sights let him fire smaller, more controlled shots, and he can loose four in a row without breaking his fingers the way he once did.

Who made Deku's Air Force Gloves?

Mei Hatsume, the U.A. support course student, built Izuku Midoriya's Air Force Gloves out of prototypes she already had lying around. She reworked them to his specifications during a costume upgrade and tuned them to work in tandem with his Iron Soles.

What happened to Deku's Air Force Gloves?

Izuku Midoriya's Air Force Gloves were destroyed, along with the Mid-Gauntlets they were paired with, while he fought Tomura Shigaraki during the Paranormal Liberation War. Mei Hatsume later built him a fresh set that folded the wrecked Mid-Gauntlets into the same design.

What do the Air Force Gloves look like?

The Air Force Gloves feature a blue-seamed, two layer band bolted in yellow at the wrist, with a white body, green palms, and small yellow sights over the knuckles. Izuku Midoriya is often shown wearing them fitted together with his Mid-Gauntlets as a single arm rig.

Why did Izuku Midoriya need the Air Force Gloves?

Before receiving the Air Force Gloves, Izuku Midoriya could turn his Quirk into a concussive wind blast but had no way to aim it precisely, and using the technique against Shoto Todoroki left several of his fingers broken. Mei Hatsume built the gloves to solve that aiming problem and spare his hands the damage.

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