Theory:Ando Masahashi

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Ando has the power to focus or amplify other people's powers, possibly making himself immune in the process.	None.	+ Ando does not seem to remember Charlie recognizing Hiro. He may have been immune to the past being changed. - In what we saw of Hiro and Charlie meeting in October, Charlie mentions that she got a Japanese phrase book for her birthday, but seems to not recognize Hiro. Considering that Hiro gives Charlie a Japanese phrase book in the past, Charlie may have been pretending to not recognize Hiro, to avoid affecting his trip to the past. + Charlie seems to not believe that Hiro can actually manipulate time and space. - Ando is next to Hiro at the Museum of Natural History, and Hiro is only able to slow time, not completely stop it (Godsend). + Hiro was unable to use his abilities at all before that - managing to slow down time may have been thanks to Ando. - When Hiro attempts to go back in time and save Charlie (Seven Minutes to Midnight), he moves back far further than the day he intended to, despite his proximity to Ando. + Ando may have amplified Hiro's powers so much that it caused Hiro to overshoot the date. + Peter begins to lose control of his powers sometime after meeting Ando (and unknowingly absorbing his power) on the night of Homecoming. - In the exposed future, he manifests a different ability.
Ando has the ability to speak the future.	None.	+ There are many instances where Ando's offhand utterances later turn out to be true. He says that he and Hiro need to find hope, only to meet a woman named Hope moments later. (Run!). - This observation may simply be a device the writers have used to play up the need for Ando's character since Hiro learned English, or, more likely, to play up Hiro's quest for destiny. - Sylar had the opportunity to take Ando's brain, but refused. He also mentions to Ando that he has no use for his brain. (How to Stop an Exploding Man) + Sylar has been shown as unable to tell whether or not someone has powers without outside information: he killed Jackie in the style he reserves for evolved humans, despite her being the wrong target, and only realized his mistake afterward. + He also didn't attempt to kill Hiro in Seven Minutes To Midnight; he only killed Charlie. + When Sylar telekinetically pinned Ando in How to Stop an Exploding Man, Sylar already had Isaac's precognitive ability so wouldn't need to gain that ability from Ando. - In the exposed future, he manifests a different ability.
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...
Ando will discover the power his future incarnation uses to murder future Hiro in the current season, but use it for the power of good.	None.	+ Ando isn't a villain. + We don't know if he was using it for evil in the future; he could've just made Hiro lose consciousness or maybe Hiro went evil sometime between now and then.
Future Ando is more powerful than Hiro.	In season 3, Future Hiro was shown 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.
Mohinder will mass produce his power-giving serum, which is the source of Ando's future power.	None.	+ Mohinder believes that people like Sylar would be less dangerous if everyone had a power to defend themselves.
Future Ando is a hero and future Hiro is evil.	None.	+ Ando looked sad that he had to take Hiro out. + 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. • 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 may not of got his powers back
Ando has already manifested his power and is keeping it from Hiro.	None.	+ They seem to be less close than they used to be. - If he had already manifested his power, surely he would've used it on Arthur when he attacked Hiro.
Ando's ability was natural, not artificial.	None.	+ In the future Pinehearst agents seem to be set on the goal of bringing down people with artificial abilities, or a similar goal. If this is true then they wouldn't employ someone with said artificial abilities. - The opposite appears true - Pinehearst steals the formula to give others artificial abilities. + The formula is in both Hiro and Ando's hands; if his ability was synthetic they wouldn't need to use the formula to give Ando his ability again. - They also wouldn't need it to give Ando his ability if he had it naturally. Either way, Ando already has an ability, and they want the formula for something.
Ando will use the formula to gain his power.	None.	+ He appears to be a normal human. + Hopefully, that unfortunate conclusion can be stopped by an aged version of Hiro, who lived to the present day, which would explain why two of the writers were fired for writing messy time-travel stories.
Ando will gain an ability to help Hiro but it will not be to manipulate the space-time continuum.	None.	+ He will probably gain the ability to "Summon". - Why is this "probable"? + He will most likely get the ability his future self displayed.