Theory:Ando Masahashi

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Ando will be promoted to Executive Vice President of Yamagato Industries.	None.	+ His best friend is the CEO of Yamagato Industries. - His interest in heroes and Kimiko may lead him to work at the Yamagato Fellowship instead. + There is no reason he cannot be Vice President of both Yamagato Industries and Yamagato Fellowship.
Ando is Angela and Kaito's son.	Kaito and Angela have had an affair in the past.	+ Kaito would have to give up the baby so his wife would not be suspicious. - It's highly unlikely Kaito would have let Ando pursue a relationship with his daughter if Ando was also his child. - The Petrelli family would have seen that Angela was pregnant... - Both parents would have powers, and most children of people with abilities also have powers: but Ando does not. (A natural ability at least.) • Angela having lied about killing Kaito, potentially lied about having an affair with him as well, as both pieces of information were part of the same story. + Nathan is the son of two people with powers, yet he did not have a natural ability.
Future Ando is more powerful than Hiro.	In season 3, Future Hiro was shown possibly killed by Future Ando by his power.	+ Ando probably has a power of his own. Lots of the characters that have powers learned them at different ages. So Ando may have learned his. - Unless there was more to Ando's power than what we were shown, then Hiro's is definitely more powerful; he can stop time to do whatever he wants.
Future Ando is an illusion created by an evolved human yet to be introduced, or a person such as Sylar or Peter mimicking these abilities, intended to trick Hiro.	None.	+ Connie Logan in the graphic novels has the ability to change people's appearances. She, or someone with similar abilities, may have altered an evolved human who can shoot red bolts to look like Ando. + Sylar could both shapeshift into Ando and steal or copy Ando's power.
Future Ando is a hero and future Hiro is evil.	None.	+ Ando looked sad that he had to take Hiro out. - He may not have been "taking Hiro out". He may have been augmenting Hiro's power (if he has it back yet) for an unknown reason. + Although it isn't certain about the nature of Pinehearst Company, in the future Ando works for them, and so far they have been the good guys (in the future, that is), by taking down terrorists. + Future Ando killed (or simply attacked) Future Hiro with red lightning. In Heroes, red color symbolizes good guys. - He was probably helping Hiro, not attacking him. • When has red been associated with good guys? • Daredevil, Spiderman, etc there are a lot... • In Heroes. Almost every good character has been shown wearing red: Nathan's tie, Claire's cheerleader's uniform (in Volume One), Peter's T-shirt under his white jacket and so on. Unlike them, Sylar, Linderman, Adam and Arthur never wore red clothes. - Nathan doesn't look like he's in the good guy territory anymore. • Nathan hasn't worn red recently... - If Hiro were evil, he could have easily killed Ando first. The fact that he didn't freeze time and slice Ando in half gives reason to believe that Hiro is still a good guy. + Hiro did attack first. + Hiro may not have got his powers back.
Ando will supercharge Peter, and Peter will absorb all abilities in any given city.	None.	+ Ando's power enhanced Matt's to allow him to hear everyone in the city of New York.
Ando does not actually have power augmentation. His ability falls more along the lines of energy manipulation, which includes power manipulation as an unintentional byproduct.	The first manifestation of Ando's ability did not result from him touching Matt or Daphne.	+ Ando's red lightning also affects people without abilities. + Ando could be manipulating whatever is manipulated by all people with abilities. • A la the Star Wars prequels' midichlorian debacle. + When Ando first manifests his artificial ability, it begins as random sparks of red energy jumping off of his hands. • The reason it augmented Matt's ability may be because when Matt grabbed Ando, the energy increased Matt's energy output, which in turn increased the potency of his ability. + This could also be true for Daphne when she grabbed Ando, the energy jumped off of him and into her. • If Future Ando has the same power as present Ando, then power manipulation, in the form it has been shown via the graphic novels and the actual show, may not be able to be done remotely. • Ando simply couldn't handle his new ability at first. Besides, after injecting himself he wasn't shown touching (or being touched by) other evolved humans without affecting their abilities.
Ando is an orphan.	None.	+ He said Kaito was like a father to him. • He could be from a single parent family, living only with his mother. - He could have had a bad relationship with his father, Hiro only managed to have a good relationship with his father later in life. • Charles Deveaux used to say Peter was like a son to him. That simply meant Charles loved Peter.
Ando has a crush on Hiro.	None.	+ He follows Hiro religiously, wanting to make sure he stays safe, even travelling cross-continentally with him. That seems like a possible sign of having feelings for Hiro. + This unrequited love would certainly fill the void in his soul left by Lasvegasniki after his brief stalker phase. • Following someone around the world doesn't make one homosexual. • But it does imply that you care for said person greatly in one way or another. • But not necessarily in a romantic way, it can be purely platonic. - Ando and Hiro know each other since they were children, they're loyal friends. + Often, romantic relationships/feelings develop from friendships. - Nothing particularly romantic was ever hinted between the two of them. - Ando has a thing for Hiro's sister. + That doesn't mean he doesn't still have a thing for Hiro (if he does), he could very well be bisexual. - Heroes has had two homosexual characters "stripped" of thei homosexuality before, it's unlikely they'd suddenly make a character change his sexual orientation, or come out of the closet. + No one on Heroes has been "stripped" of their homosexuality. If you're referring to Zach his sexuality was downplayed though given all the signs and sources in canon and outside they've pretty much is. Can't think of anyone else you might be referring to... And no one's saying Ando is suddenly changing his orientation, I'm saying it was there from the start. - That's why it's stated changing or coming out of the closet, the other gay character was supposed to be a cheerleader in early Volume Two, but the storyline was shot down before it was even filmed. + That still doesn't make the cheerleader not gay or Ando not bi, they just decided to leave it out and imply certain things, like with Zach.