Sekijiro Kan

Sekijiro Kan, best known under his hero alias Vlad King, is a pro hero and the homeroom teacher of U.A's hero class 1-B.

Background
Sekijiro has always held the goal of being a pro hero ever since he was a young boy. After learning the lifestyle and subsequent fate of his late father, he wished to follow a job in which enabled him to save people in a similar manner. Choosing the profession as a whole a couple of years later after seeing heroes on TV and other various forms of media.

During his adolescence, Sekijiro attended U.A highschool wherein he remained in the same year as Aizawa Shouta, Hizashi Yamada and Oboro Shirakumo, but remained in the opposite hero course class along with students such as Sensoji. His rivalry with the three, especially Aizawa, was a strong and noticeable vocal point throughout the years in which they attended, mostly marked by the school festivals in which continued to take place.

However, this was not without tribulations. Due to the involvement of blood, and the nature of which it would escape his body, Sekijiro's quirk was quickly seen as visually unappealing and was not seen as a very 'heroic' kind of quirk. Within his first ever sports festival, he found himself with zero sponsors despite his placement within the top 16, and many students were almost afraid of his nature. Consequently, this led to him developing gauntlets and other various pieces of equipment in order to control the blood control and flow of his quirk. Subsequently approving his appearance and proving everyone in the progress.

Somepoint after he graduated U.A, Sekijiro and the Pro Hero he was interning with encountered a villain with a cross based quirk. Despite fighting valiantly, the incident ended with 40+ Casualties and 13 deaths, including said pro. This was a hugely turning point in Sekijiro's life, causing him to get diagnosed with PTSD at age 24 and applying for a service dog before officially returning to Pro Hero work on one condition. He also take on a role at U.A Highschool as well, so that he can ensure no one else in these circumstances will have to go through the same thing.

Sekijiro's time in U.A starts as an administrator / apprentice to the school, where he helped out with the prinicpals duties and ensured that both his mental and physical health were in top set. It was here he made close friends with Ryo Inui under the guise of the multiple talks they would have at the same time. He became a teacher a few good years before the current arc, something to which he remains proud of to this day.

About a couple of years into his school career, Sekijiro was involved in the off duty arrest of Goto Imasuji; a man that, unbenownst to Sekijiro to begin with, was participating in a public brawl following the disrespect towards his close friend. Sekijiro finds himself changing his mind on the outcome following the discovery of the circumstances surrounding the case, and the two of them find Masahiro placed under house arrest within Sekijiro's own home, wherein his antisocial behaviour would be tracked for a certain period of time to see whether or not it would totally improve. Despite Sekijiro's belief for this to be the better outcome, the first few months for the two remain hostile due to Masahiro's constant threats and antagonistic behaviour towards both himself and those that he cares for. Something in which leads to Sekijiro questioning his own belief that Masahiro is much better than the man he brawled all those nights before.

Despite this, things take a turn for the better one night as the two of them sit down to have a talk regarding the incident of Sekijiro's childhood and the various expeditions he has taken throughout his hero career, managing to earn himself Masahiro's respect following the strength he has been able to prove. This, combined with the honesty the both of them exhibit, leads to a small sense of trust and understanding between them. Sekijiro offers to train Masahiro from his original beliefs and understandings as a teacher, and the two of them fall into a subtle routine wherein both feelings and sparks tend to fly. After a while, the both of them find themselves falling into a romantic relationship, both Sekijiros first proper relationship in a long time, and Masahiro's first experience of a genuine relationship all together.

Like most relationships, things aren't entirely perfect. Both of them hold both different beliefs and opinions on a variety of topics, especially in regards to both a sense of bloodshed and freedom. A lot of their conversations lead into topics that open Sekijiro up to Masahiro's bloodthirsty nature. Despite this, the relationship continues to grow strong and steady. With Sekijiro still willing to be by his side and hold him close with the threat of his own life escaping past this mans lips. The both of them create a lot of special memories, many of which would be a cause of happiness for Sekijiro for many years to come to present day.

A few months into their relationship, Masahiro's probation period ends. Something in which Sekijiro believed would be the top of Masahiro's priority list following the variety of talks they had given about it to begin with. Sekijiro makes the conscious choice not to mention the date towards Masahiro the moment it passed and any of the days following. Only allowing for it to come out as a passing comment one day in the middle of conversation.

This statement hurts Masahiro more than Sekijiro expected, due to thoughts of both deception and the sense of remaining trapped under Sekijiro's wishes alone, and the two of them end up clashing heads over the topic. What first starts off with scathing remarks turns into violence as Masahiro ends up hitting Sekijiro in rage, causing him to change words from defending himself to coming to an agreement between the two of them. Sekijiro is able to diffuse the situation to a point where both of them are not at risk of violence, not without a few scathing remarks of his own coming out in the end, and he ends up leaving for work that day both defeated and dejected over the situation. Only not to consider what he has truly left behind.

After their fight, Masahiro leaves the building after Sekijiro has left for work, going to a nearby village in a rampage in a pent up array of emotions from the situation. He is eventually stopped by the Pro Hero Duo: Waterhose, but not without killing them in the process. Sekijiro is unaware of the exact details until the end of the work day, where his coworker Ryo Inui asks for him to talk to the police and therefore find out the news first hand. He is informed indefinitely that what Masahiro has done will ensure that if captured, he would never be able to go to go back to the circumstances of bail he had before, and Sekijiro is left to pick up the pieces of his own mistake and now emptier home.

Personality
As a teacher, Sekijiro has a caring attitude towards his students. He is willing to go out of his way to protect them and encourages them to do their absolute best. He also views Class 1-A as rivals but also values their growth and safety. He is recognised by 1A for using them as goals to motivate and train his students to strive for better, however his own actions come across more as a side of teaching in relation to the bias media both himself and Aizawa Shouta faced back during the training camp arc.

He is one of the few people who knew about All Might's true form. After it is revealed publicly and crime begins to increase, Sekijiro regrets not being able to do more for All Might while he was acting as the Symbol of Peace. He also showed concern for Shota Aizawa in their televised meeting with the media, showing that he cares for his fellow teachers as well and will do what he can to help them, even if he does not interact with them often. When danger strikes, he is quick to react, using his Quirk effectively as a method of entrapping an enemy.

He gets along well with Hound Dog and they have been friends for a long time, following his entrance into UA as a member of staff in fact.

Sekijiro is very quick thinking following situations in which require him to do so, which both reacts as a blessing and a curse. He can make a lot of on the ball decisions which help him as a hero, but as a person can lead him to misjudging or misinterpreting things he reads at the same time. Its these thoughts that have lead him to both misinterpret and mishandle personal situations.

Appearance
Sekijiro is a noticeably tall, broad man with a muscular, wide-set build from countless years of training and pro-hero work. He has slightly tanned skin covered in an array of scars, the most prominent being the X shaped mark on his cheek received from his first fight as part of an agency. This is accompanied by a long one on the left side of his neck, assumably from the same fight. The noticably biggest scar that Sekijiro seems to hold is the one that resides on the back of his spine, marked by a spine-like accessory on the back of his hero costume; this is consequently the place in which allows him to access blood in name of his quirk.

Trivia
He is the most huggable man ever.