WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for the latest season of My Hero Academia and its subsequent manga chapters.
Focusing on a Japanese high school training the next generation of superheroes, the popular anime series My Hero Academia has no shortage of colorful personalities and fan-favorite characters as it blends teen comedy with superhero action. One of the most bubbly, effervescent individuals at Shiketsu High School is second-year student Camie Utsushimi.
A talkative, outgoing student, Camie is generally well-liked but harbors a dark secret that shocked fans upon its surprise reveal this past season. Here's a quick look at the character, the story behind that twist, and how it informs Camie for the future of the series.
WHO IS MY HERO ACADEMIA'S CAMIE?
Camie is a second-year student at Shiketsu High School, the rival school to the main academic institution in the series, U.A. High School, where most of the anime's main characters attend and train to become superheroes. Set in the western part of Japan, Camie is underestimated due to her outgoing, flirtatious personality but is regarded by her teachers as one of the top ranked students in the school.
As Camie neared the end of her second-year studies, she took the Provisional Licensing Exam to officially become a licensed superhero when a deadly secret about her true identity was quietly revealed.
WHO IS MY HERO ACADEMIA'S REAL CAMIE?
Later in the series, it's revealed that Camie was attacked and drugged by Himiko Toga, a member of the League of Villains some time before taking the Provisional Hero License Exam. Toga then extracted some of Camie's blood and used her Quirk, Transform, to take on Camie's appearance and voice by ingesting the blood. With that disguise, Toga was able to infiltrate Shiketsu High unnoticed.
After this surprising revelation was revealed, it became evident that Toga was still in contact with the League of Villains, who had scattered after a previous defeat. Later, Toga targets Izuku Midoriya with the intention of continuing her deception by obtaining his blood to take his form for an unrevealed plot. This scheme proves successful, and Toga returning to the League of Villains' new secret headquarters with some of Izuku's blood.
THE FUTURE OF CAMIE AND TOGA IN MY HERO ACADEMIA
While the anime series has not yet progressed far beyond this reveal, the manga series is considerably further ahead in the story. Assuming that the show continues to prove faithful to the manga source material, fans can expect the upcoming fourth season to include Toga and the League of Villains enacting their master plan against the aspiring superheroes.
Additionally, the whereabouts of the real Camie Utsushima stand to be revealed, since she's been held captive by Toga for the villain to maintain her cover. Once Camie is formally introduced to the series, the second-year student at Shiketsu High will unveil her true personality and abilities, including her character-specific Quirk, Glamour, which allows her to exhale a hallucinatory vapor that confuses her opponents.
However, after enduring such a traumatic episode and all her classmates having to go through the prolonged deception, Camie will have to win back her fellow students' trust and reassure them that she has truly returned, which should shape the character's story arc as the anime series returns for its fourth season.
Season 4 of My Hero Academia will premiere this October.