 When Hiro Hamada began seriously attending SFIT, Karmi felt threatened and showed an egotistical, cynical and boastful side.She cared very little for Hiro and hated working with a student that she felt "stole her thing" as the youngest student at SFIT.Ironically, Karmi has a huge crush on Hiro's superhero alter ego of which she was completely unaware was the same person.