Key takeaways
- Inasa's quirk Whirlwind is highly versatile for long-range attacks, allowing her to control the battlefield efficiently.
- Whirlwind's strength lies in its creative applications, including a powerful move that combines with another hero's quirk.
- While powerful, Whirlwind has weaknesses, which hinder its effectiveness in close-range combat and against certain quirks.
Inasa Yoarashi is a hyperactive and energetic character with a strong sense of justice who dreams of becoming a pro hero. His Quirk Whirlwind complements his fiery passion for battle and ruthless fighting style. Through years of dedication and hard work, he has developed remarkable control over his powers and is able to face strong opponents with an unwavering self-confidence.
Inasa's confidence lies mainly in her skillful quirk, which is convenient for defensive and offensive purposes. Whirlwind grants Yorashi several long-range attacks that allow him to control the battlefield without putting himself in harm's way. His versatile fighting style puts him ahead of his opponents and a great deal of credit for his talent goes to his quirks. Whirlwind is one of the most dynamic abilities in the series and if you're interested in it and want to know how it works, we've got you covered.
What is Whirlwind?
A powerful quirk that can use the force of wind
Whirlwind is an emitter quirk that allows the user to influence the wind around them. Extremely efficient for long-range attacks, it can create small tornadoes and terrifying tornadoes in the blink of an eye. Since Inasa has perfect control over Quirk, she can defeat her opponent by directing various air currents. Because Yorashi manipulates gusts of wind without any physical movement, his attacks are incredibly difficult to predict. Since each offensive move is well directed, it is often too late by the time his opponent realizes what hit them.
In the first phase of the Provisional Hero License Exam, students are tasked with eliminating their friends by targeting three points on their bodies using an orange ball. While the other students struggle to pass the exam, Inasa makes good use of her Whirlwind Quirk to eliminate 120 students at once. Yorashi manages to achieve an incredible feat by using well-controlled air currents to control the speed and direction of the orange balls, making it seem effortless to the audience. His incredible performance amazes everyone and showcases his accuracy and remarkable mastery of his powers.
Interestingly, Inasa uses a whirlwind to propel herself through the air. This is made possible by generating miniature tornadoes with the help of his specially designed hero costume that wraps his body with tubing to facilitate airflow and create powerful lift. However, he can also use wind bursts to propel himself into the air without using his costume. Flying gives Yorashi a bird's-eye view of the battlefield which in turn helps him strategize efficiently against his opponent and fight at long range.
The gusts of wind produced by Hurluwind are so strong that they can blow Yorashi's opponents away. These winds are also effective in avoiding attacks by deflecting projectiles. The versatility of Whirlwinds lies in its incredibly creative application. An interesting example of this is when Inasa combines her powerful wind with Shoto's half-cold half-hot quirk to invent a new move during the final stage of the Provisional Hero License Exam. Although Whirlind is a powerful quirk that allows Yorashi to fight both defensively and offensively it has some unexplained weaknesses that make the user vulnerable.
Weaknesses of storms
Yoarashi's Quirk is versatile but has some serious weaknesses
As mentioned above, Whirlwind is an efficient quirk, especially in long-range combat as it allows Inasa to control the battlefield while significantly reducing the chance of a move getting a direct hit. However, its long range combat effectiveness turns into a weakness as it is not nearly as powerful in close combat. Things get even worse if Yorashi's enemy has a quirk that negates air-based attacks or works effectively at short range.
Yorashi can also activate Windwind using his thoughts while incapacitated. However, Quirk's overall effectiveness, speed, and strength in this situation significantly weakens him. Furthermore, opponents with fire-based quirks or attacks seem to disrupt Inasa's quirk control as well.
Although these weaknesses are certainly related, Yorashi is still a formidable opponent on the battlefield who understands his strengths inside out and has the combat knowledge to always put himself at an advantage. He maneuvers beautifully with his weaknesses in mind and is undoubtedly a compelling hero when on the battlefield.
