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Matty was born in a small remote village in Japan to a woman named Amaya Ushiro. It is unknown who his father was, his mother never mentioned it to anyone, but shortly after he was born Amaya dropped him off with her parents and never returned to the village.
From an early age Matty was aware his appearance was seen as in-human by those around him. His grandparents, Manha and Shigeru, took care of him well enough and loved him, but they made no effort to assure the boy and treated him much like a cursed child to hide away and pity. It was Manha that thought to tape over his second eyes when he left the house, but it did little to stop the harassment he suffered from the other villagers. Although respect for his grandfather Shigeru kept most of the adults from doing no more than shooting him looks, he was often bullied and called a 'villain' by the other children.

As Matty got a little older he tried to keep to himself, finding his speed and jumping abilities useful when it came to foraging for nuts and herbs in the mountains that surrounded the small village. It was a dangerous job for an eleven year-old, but it kept him away from the fields where the other villagers worked, and thus spared him from the brunt of their prejudice. The kids of the village often still hunted him, calling him a villain and making games out of chasing him and throwing rocks. His speed kept him safe for the most part, but he still came home most days sullen and bruised.

Things escalated the year he turned thirteen. It had started with the usual 'game', Matty was returning from the mountains when he stepped into a snare placed by the village kids and suddenly found himself yanked off his feet and suspended in the air. By this point he was rather used to the treatment and unsurprised when the other kids crept out of hiding with smug looks that their trap had worked. He eyed the thick sticks in their hands but knew better than to say anything, instead merely protecting his head as they took their swings and shouted their garbage about being Heroes protecting the village. Perhaps it was the glimpse of a few adults watching from afar as they hit him, making no attempt to help him or tell their kids to stop. Maybe it was the pain as one of the sticks collided with the side of his face and made his head ring. Whatever it was, Matty felt a bitterness swell in his chest until he couldn't control it any more. This marked the first time he transformed.

Within moments a black substance surrounded Matty and The Rabbit formed for the first time. At this time, Matty had no control over The Rabbit and completely lost himself to it's influence. Although the rope around his ankle gave the kids a head-start, The Rabbit freed itself without much trouble and launched itself at Matty's tormentors. In the rampage that came after, three children were badly hurt as well as one adult. It was Shigeru that finally managed to put a stop to it. Not realizing it was his own grandson, he attacked The Rabbit with a scythe, badly injuring Matty in the process but managing to break the transformation. 

Afterward, Manha was able to save Matty's life with her healing quirk, but the damage done to the village was the last straw for many of the villagers. Their respect for Shigeru and Manha no longer kept the adults silent. They accused the couple of harboring a monster and demanded they bring the boy out to face punishment. Matty remembers little of that night besides Manha holding him and screaming at Shigeru as the voices outside grew louder and angrier. In the end, Shigeru carried Matty out the back and ran for the woods while Manha tried to talk down the villagers. By the time they realized the boy was no longer in the house, Matty and his grandfather were far enough into the wilderness to be safe.

Shigeru had a brother that lived high in the mountains as a woodcutter, mostly because he hated village life, but also because he had lost his wife due to the same prejudice that Matty himself faced. Shigeru used this fact to sway him to take in Matty, though it was still quite an argument before he finally gave in. Shin hated people in general and still blamed them many years later for his wife taking her own life. Still, he couldn't say no to his own blood, less so when it came to a child facing the same violence. He was a tough man to deal with, but Matty did his best to make himself useful and not a burden, partly because he feared what might happen should Shin also abandon him. 

It was Shin that helped Matty learn to control The Rabbit. Some might have found his training methods cruel, but Matty remains thankful for the fact that Shin never gave up on him. He would often push Matty until he transformed, and then would simply knock him out with a dull nata whenever The Rabbit gained control. By the time he was sixteen, Matty had learned relative control over his quirk and could activate it at will. He still fought it's influence while transformed, but now held the upper hand enough that the risk of loosing control was far lower. Shin was also the person that gave Matty his adoration for Heroes. Occasionally the older man would travel to the city on the other side of the mountains, and he always brought back comics or figures of Heroes for Matty from his trips. It was never clear whether Shin did this simply because he was guessing what a boy Matty's age might like, or if it was to try and repair the damage the villagers had done when it came to Matty's experiences with 'heroes', but it soon gave rise to Matty's first real dream. He wanted to prove them wrong. He wanted to be a Hero. 

Although Shin made it no secret that he doubted someone with Matty's disposition could ever become a Hero, he still supported the boy and had him enrolled in U.A. the year Matty turned eighteen. Thus began Matty's challenging path to becoming a Hero.