Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia is a modern school fantasy shonen series where talented boys and girls need a proper education to control their powers, so they train at special schools around the world to hone their Quirks. These schools all produce superheroes, but their methods and aesthetics differ. Not every academy is a clone of the well-known U.A.
Thus far in My Hero Academia, little has been revealed about the schools beyond U.A., aside from their names and the appearance of their uniforms. Shiketsu, one of U.A.'s biggest rivals, is one such school. Based on the available details and a sample size of four students, Shiketsu is a strict, unsentimental place where students are greatly pressured to succeed -- at all costs.
What We Know About Shiketsu: Conduct, Uniforms & More
The Shiktesu school indirectly made its MHA debut during the provisional hero license exam, a tournament arc of sorts where the students were eager to take their U.A. rivals down a peg or two. A handful of Shiketsu students appeared in their school uniform, which has a different look from their counterparts. These students wear plain white button-up shirts with dark pants or skirts, topped off by a police-style cap with a black visor and dark blue body. Visually, these hats are strongly reminiscent of police uniform hats. Shiketsu students are required to wear them at all times, even when wearing their hero costumes out on the job.
Shiketsu also has a great deal of pride, possibly to the point of arrogance, since it rivals the prestigious U.A. Students such as the tightly-wound Seiji Shishikura are highly defensive of Shiketsu's image, and will even criticize students from other schools for acting silly and besmirching the concept of Pro Heroes. Nagamasa Mora has a friendlier attitude toward U.A. students, but he shares Shiketsu's intense pride and will not tolerate any mockery of his beloved school. Camie Utsushimi (or rather, Himiko Toga disguised as her) and Seiji often stand at attention, feet shoulder-width apart with their arms held behind their backs, much like police cadets or even military recruits standing at attention. U.A.'s students have never been seen doing such a thing.
The Discipline & Rules Of Shiketsu
The four most prominent Shiketsu students shown thus far in My Hero Academia vary in personality, but overall they share a fiercely competitive mindset. It may be inferred that the school's other attendees feel the same way, especially where U.A. students are concerned. Inasa Yoarashi, for example, has a rivalry with Shoto Todoroki, and Seiji made it his personal mission to weed out "unworthy" students in the provisional hero license exam. This may be how Shiketsu students express the intense pressure they face at school, and all they can think about is proving themselves the best to the entire world.
Like many militaries or police academies, Shiketsu is tough, practical and unsentimental. The school even forbids student relationships, a rule U.A. doesn't have. Perhaps by pressuring students intensely -- and stripping away all sentiment and self-centered goals -- Shiketsu can use police/military discipline to forge elite heroes in an intense academic crucible. All this may be an experiment, to see if such training methods create better Pro Heroes than their relatively sentimental U.A. rivals. My Hero Academia still has more layers to reveal on that mystery.
