Overview

• Koichi Haimawari taps into a long-dormant flight ability to pluck Makoto from a runaway bus, overturning his sliding-only reputation.
• Flashbacks depict his mother slapping him whenever he began to float, driven by fear that he might drift into danger.
• Years of suppression rewrote his quirk into ground-bound gliding until an adrenaline spike unlocked his original gift.
• Some analysts propose his quirk fundamentally controls attraction and repulsion forces, unifying his sliding and flying feats.
• The turn of events deepens Koichi’s character arc and highlights how psychological barriers can reshape quirk development in Vigilantes.