Hero

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Name	Hero
Kanji	ヒーロ
Romaji	Hīro
Nickname	Worst Meister Ever (ヘツポコ職人, Heppoko Shokunin) Hero the Brave (ヒーロ•サ•ブレイブ, Hīro Sa Bureibu)
Debut	Chapter 32.5
Introduction Card	DWMA Student, Worst Meister Ever Hero
Physical information
Species	Human
Classification	Meister
Biographical information
Status	Active
Professional information
Affiliation	Death Weapon Meister Academy E.A.T Class
Occupation	DWMA student E.A.T Class student
Rank	(Information Level 1 Clearance)
Meister information
Meister Type	Demon Sword Master
Weapon Partner	Excalibur (formerly)
Abilities information
Fighting Style	Art of the Sword
Powers	Wind Generation Teleportation (via Holy Sword) Wings of Light (via Holy Sword)
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Hero (ヒーロ, Hīro), preferring to go by his stage name as "Hero the Brave" (ヒーロ•サ•ブレイブ, Hīro Sa Bureibu), is a rather unpopular one-star meister who attends Death Weapon Meister Academy.

Personality

Due to his poor skill as a meister and being credited as the "Worst Meister Ever", Hero has a rather docile and passive attitude that has resulted in him always being ordered around by the other students in the school; often being tasked with stuff such as retrieving different items, being utilized as a training dummy for new techniques, or being sent to purchase them food or juice at the farthest side of the school. As a result, he sought out Excalibur as his partner in an effort to stop others from putting him down. According to Sid Barrett, despite his incompetent status, he's willing and able to dedicate himself to Excalibur's unrealistic provisions for 90% of the day and possess a strong will. He also admitted himself that the rules didn't bother him one bit.

However, once Hero obtained Excalibur, he was not above abusing his newfound power to show off by defeating all three of DWMA's best fighters among the student body. He's also perverted, blowing up the skirts of various female students, peeping into the girl's showers, and also groping Kim Diel's breast. However, one thing Hero absolutely cannot tolerate are people who sneeze repetitively, even going as far as to say that anyone who sneezes over and over "may as well just die". This sort of "anti-fetish" as it's called by Black☆Star causes him to immediately terminate his partnership with Excalibur despite him being the main and only source of his newfound powers.

Appearance

Hero appears as a young adolescent male. His clothes consist of a white shirt that he only buttons in the middle and is embellished with three circles upon its right side, also featuring two interconnected straps hanging downwards from the shoulders onto his back. This is worn with pants with a black linear pattern, held up by a belt. A studded collar encircles his neck and a black tie is also included but it is worn extremely loosely. Hero also has various ear piercings, three loops on his left ear, yet on the right he sports only two loops and a stud. Hero also wears a ring on the middle finger of his left hand.

Special Abilities

Hero generating wind to further is perverse antics.

Art of the Sword (剣術, Kenjutsu): Hero has only shown some rudimentary skill with swords as a demon sword master due to once being the meister of Excalibur.

Wind Generation: For unknown reasons, Hero is capable of generating winds with only a swipe of his arm. However, these winds are far too weak for any practical uses in battle, only being sufficient in furthering his own perverse antics.

Strength of Will: According to Sid Barett, Hero was capable of spending 90% of his day dancing to the tune of Excalibur and following all of the Holy Sword's obnoxious rules to the letter without complaint. Because of this, he was unusually the perfect candidate for Excalibur's Meister. Such a will enabled him to not only quickly climb to the top of the class when partnered with Excalibur, but even almost granted him a special Academic promotion from a One-Star Meister to a Three-Star Meister, a ranking previously reserved only for the advanced, staff members.

Weaknesses

Hero's incompetency as a meister is well-known among those of DWMA, even being proclaimed as the "Worst Meister Ever". He also lacks the physical abilities typical of meisters within the EAT Class. Most, if not, all of his former prowess was earned due to his partnership with Excalibur.

Equipment

Partnered with Excalibur

Holy Sword (聖剣, Seiken): Briefly, Hero was one of the Meister of Excalibur and had access to the Holy Sword transformation, in which was considered the most powerful weapon in the world. While in use of the weapon, he was capable of easily dispatching the top student fighters of the DWMA and was a candidate for a special ceremony which would have promoted him to a Three-Star.

• Wings of Light (光の翼, Hikari no Tsubasa): With the Holy Sword, Hero can use the Wings of Light in order to achieve high-speed flight.

• Teleportation (瞬間移動, Shunkanidō): A chief ability from the Wings of Light is the ability to move a short distance from one place to another almost instantaneously.

List of techniques

Hero using his "Hero the Atomic" attack.

• Hero the Atomic (ヒーロ ザ アトミック, Hiiro za Atomikku): By merely posing and calling out the name of his attack, Hero causes a powerful explosion of holy origin. The explosion created by Hero is powerful enough to knock out even Black☆Star, Kid and Kilik Rung (the top 3 fighters of the DWMA) all at once. It is a mystery as to how this attack is actually executed, however.

Synopsis

The Reunion Express Arc

After discovering Excalibur’s book within the confines of DWMA's library, Hero envisions himself becoming a hero through wielding Excalibur's power, hopefully resulting in no one picking on him anymore. As he proceeds around the school's grounds, he eventually meets with Black☆Star who insists that Hero become his practice dummy, caring little for Hero's actual reply. Even after this preceding beating, more students place further demands upon Hero, strengthening his resolve to possess the holy sword.

The following day and numerous defeated unconscious bodies litter the front of DWMA, as Hero stands over them muttering that they got what they deserved. It appears that in his quest to rid himself of "[his] life where he cannot say 'no'", Hero has managed to successfully wield Excalibur. Where everyone finds Excalibur's traits extremely annoying Hero actually finds them enjoyable and follows every 1000 rules (even taking notes during the 5 hour story time). A battle ensues pitting Hero against the combined forces of Black☆Star, Kilik and Death the Kid. While he is wielding Excalibur (reborn as he called it), Hero referred to himself as "...the courageous Hero... 'Hero the Brave'".

However, Hero put Excalibur back after he found that he couldn't stand his excessive sneezing.

Dark Side of the Moon Arc

While in attendance for Kid's ascension to the role of Lord Death, his view is blocked by the raucous, celebrating crowd.