#if there was a list of formative media i think mha would be placed quite high and today is an important day for the story

[chaoticgoodcaptain]

so, you might not exactly know me for my love of my hero academia, but here i am writing this post, having the final page of the manga in front of me, sipping water from my mha tea cup and crying

i discovered my hero academia three years ago as a university freshman, and even though the story hasn't been perfect, it has meant so much to me since the first day i engaged with it

i found strength in its quotes, memes i made based on its art kept me motivated and focused on my studies, it held my hand when i lived the worst moments of my life

therefore, it is now tough to say goodbye.

from now on, i won't experience any shivers when i read super-relevant passages to events happening in my life, i won't read new words of encouragement, i won't have a story on which i can practice my curriculum, and that's wonderful, after seeing so many pieces of my favourite media cancelled, but also so very heart-breaking.

it's been three years and damn, izuku midoriya is now two years older than me and has been working as a teacher for several years while also working a side job as a superhero (talk about unattainable standards now), and i'm still here wondering if i can also become a "hero" (more like happily employed person in job i love) and a respected member of society just like him, but i guess i'll figure that out on my own eventually

thank you my hero academia for always being here for me, and thank you kohei horikoshi for writing this awesome and incredibly inspiring story, i will forever treasure it!!!

[nights-legacy]

Homesick Remedies-Denki

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+As an American student in a Japanese high school, there is bound to be culture shock and homesickness. After being in Japan for a long while, you start to feel really home sick but keep it to yourself. You don’t notice that Denki has picked up on it and he decides to do something about it.

It was just before dinner time in the Heights Alliance. Iida, Hagakure, and Sato were in the kitchen making dinner. Some of us were waiting in the common room while other were still in their rooms or just getting back from training. I was messing around with my quirk while sitting on the floor near the windows.

“Crystallo.” I whispered in Latin. A long, thin yellow crystal formed from my palm. I held onto it before flipping it in the air. I stopped it midair. My quirk was crystal creation and manipulation. I can create crystals from most anywhere and into most anything than I have a telepathic connection with the crystals. Much like Hawks and his feathers.

“I always love to watch your quirk in action.” I heard Denki’s voice behind me. I looked off to my right and saw him lying on his stomach on the couch and draped over the arm of the furniture.

“You love a lot of things Denki.” I said before bringing the crystal back to my palm. Held it in my palm and used my other hand to manipulate the crystal. The crystal crackled and shattered before healing. I traced the edge of the crystal and a black line appeared with my path. “Here.”

“Wha..ah!” I tossed the crystal at him. He popped up and jumped with his knees to catch it before falling onto his back with an umph on the couch. He looked at the crystal in his hands. “Oh cool! You made a crystal to match my bolt.”

“Yep. Do you like it?” I got up and sat next to, sitting indian style.

“Yeah I do. I love it!” He paused as I gave him a look. He smiled before looking away. I swore I could see a blush for a minuet moment. “I going to take this up to my room. Be right back.” I nodded as he ran off.

“Dinner’s ready!” Hagakure called out. The few that were in the room went and got there food. I waited for Denki. He came out of the elevator.

“Food’s done.” I said.

“Oh, yay!” He said, rubbing his hands together. I chuckled and we went to get our food. I only got a small portion and picked at more than I actually ate. Denki looked at me a few times in wonder but I just shrugged.

“I would kill for good cheeseburger right now.” I muttered under my breath.

“What was that?” Denki said with a mouth full. I grimaced.

“Denks. Close your mouth!” I chided. He covered his mouth while chuckling.

“Sorry.” He said before finishing what was in his mouth. “Now what did you say, I didn’t quite catch it.”

“Oh it was nothing.” Suddenly feeling embarrassed. I guess my culture shock wasn’t completely over even though I have been here for a long time. Well it might be more of homesickness. I looked and he was staring at me intently. I darted my eyes back and forth before finally eating my food.

“Oookaaay.” He drew out the word. I left the table to wash my dishes and came back to the table. “So, any plans to go back to the US for a visit anytime soon?”

“Nope. My mom is working on a big project and my dad is in, ummm…I think he’s in Greece for the movie he’s working on right now. It’s hard to keep track now that I’m not with them most of the time.” I said shrugging. My family was well known on the West Coast for entertainment and media based jobs. My mother is a screenwriter for Hollywood while my father is an A-list actor. There were a few heroes or hero supports in the family but I have been the first to have a big chance to be a hero.

“Oh too bad.” He said. “But it has to be exciting to be the child of such celebrities. I mean you know of a different famous life other than Heroism fame. How does it compare?”

“Two completely different situations.” I said laughing. He laughed with me. “You have NO idea.” Denki seemed to forget all about my unheard comment.

Eventually, later than I think Iida liked, we all finally went to bed. I laid down and watched the swirl of the lights. I had a few light mounted crystals that I made that were on all time. Some were colored clear crystals that refracted soft rainbow lights while others were more mineral rock crystals. I turned over and laid on my stomach.

“Wonder what’s going on at home?” I thought out loud while I caught sight one of the crystals on my head board. It was one of the first crystals I ever made. My mom and dad there cheering me on as I did it. I smiled at the memory before setting my head down and falling asleep.

*Time Skip brought to you by Iida’s enthusiasm*

I groan, rolling my shoulder as I walked back to the dorms. Uraraka walked next to me, profusely apologizing. We had been training together alongside Tsuyu and Todoroki. Uraraka had used her quirk to make you float but had end up dropping you from a good height.

“It is okay, Uraraka. I’m okay. I am only a little bruised, nothing major okay?” I set my hand on her shoulder. “A good hot shower and I will be right as rain. I promise.”

“I just feel so bad.” She set her hands on her face. I smiled and hugged her.

“I am okay and we always know there is a chance of our quirks going haywire.” I pulled back. “Come on. Let’s get back to the dorms so we can get cleaned up and relax.”

“Okay.” She smiled and we walked the rest of the way. I was walking towards the showers when I heard someone calling my name. I turned to see Denki running up. He was really excited about something.

“Hey Denki. What’s up?” I said turning towards him.

“I got something planned! After your shower and you get finished. Meet me in the common room. I have somewhere I want to take you.”

“I don’t know Denks. I am really sore from training and kinda want to just relax. How about another…”

“Please!!! Pretty please! I promise this will be worth-while.” He begged. I just gave him an unconvinced stare. He slumped before folding his hands together and giving me puppy eyes. I groaned, knowing I couldn’t say no.

“Fine! Give me 20 minutes. Is that okay?”

“Perfect! I am so excited.” He cheered and fist bumped in triumphant.

“Don’t short circuit from excitement now.” I said walking away.

“Hey! See if I ever help you charge anything again!” He called after me. I laughed and threw my hand up in acknowledgement. I heard him make a gruff noise. I finally got done and got dressed before I ran down to meet Denki. I was giddy inside. I had always like Denki and I was extremely happy when he asked me to go somewhere. It may not have been a date but I was going to spend time with him.

“There you are!” Denki yelled as I came out of the elevator. I smiled at him. “I think you about 5 minutes late.”

“Okay Iida. I deeply apologize.” I said. He laughed before looking at me strange.

“Your hair is still wet.” He said. I reached up and felt my damp hair.

“Oh, yeah. I forget that Japanese do things different. At home, it doesn’t really hit us to dry our hair as much. Just let it do it naturally.” I scratched the back of my head. He smiled.

“Well I just don’t want you to get a cold. But it should be alright.” He said. I nodded before we walked out of the Heights Alliance.

“Wait, you got permission for us to go out right?” I asked.

“Yes, yes. I really don’t want to get in trouble with Aizawa sensei right now.” He said hurriedly. I sighed in relief. We walked off campus and Denki guided us. We walked for a bit before we got on a train.

“Where are we going?” I asked when we had been on the train for a few minutes. He looked at me with excitement but didn’t say anything. I humphed causing him to chuckle. Someone ran into him and he stumbled forward into me. “Ahh!”

“Shit.” We stumbled and he wrapped his arm around me while I gripped his shirt tight. He caught both of us before we fell. He quickly jerked back to straighten us. I fell into his chest, hand slipping up and over his shoulder. We were face to face when we regained our balance. My one arm was draped around his neck and the other was gripping his shirt while his were gripping tight to my hips.

“Um, uh.” I stuttered. He gulped before chuckling nervously and pulled away.

“Are you alright?” He asked. I nodded and looked away blushing. “Good, um. Oh this is our stop.” I followed him out the doors and he led us a little ways before he stopped. “Okay close your eyes. I want it to be a surprise.”

“Denki.” I said in warning.

“It’s nothing bad, I promise. Would I do that to one of my best friends. Now come on. Close ‘em.” I relented and closed my eyes. He grabbed my hand and began to lead me. I bit my lip, trying not to blush at the feeling of his hand in mine.

“Where are we going, Denki?” I asked again.

“Just a little further and you will find out.” He said giddy. It was only about a minute later that he stopped. “Okay, open them.” I did as I was told and saw a restaurant. But it wasn’t a normal restaurant. It was an American restaurant. I could smell the fryers from outside. I looked at Denki.

“What?” I asked with a smile.

“I heard you last night. ‘I would kill for a good cheeseburger right now’. So I spent the morning trying to find a good place in the city that was authentic American food. And this was the best place. I think it’s even owned by an American.” He said with a thinking face before facing me. I just stared at him. He looked worried. “Do you like it?”

“Denki.” I looked at the restaurant than back at him. “I love it. Thank you.” I said before I wrapped my arms around his neck hugging him. He froze for a second before hugging me back. “Thank you so much.”

“It’s my pleasure.” He said. I pulled back to look at him. “Let’s go inside.”

“Okay.” He grabbed my hand and pulled me inside. I reveled in the smell. Cheeseburgers, steak, and so many other familiar foods. We sat down on a booth. I saw Denki looking around nervously. “What’s wrong?”

“I honestly know nothing about American food. I don’t know what I will like or what.”

“I can help you with that. Don’t worry, Denks.” He relaxed. We ordered and while were waiting he brought up a certain topic.

“It couldn’t have been easy to move from the US to Japan just like that. Major culture shock.” I nodded, stirring my straw through my glass of pop.

“It was. I adjust really well though, after a few months. It helped that I had you guys to help me. Even Bakugo helped in his own way. Just somethings are still hard or…foreign.”

“Like the food.” He concluded. I nodded and shrugged. “You’re homesick too, aren’t you?”

“Yeah.” I sighed. “It’s hard not being able to go home like everyone else on breaks. I just get to go to the condo and spend it with the house keeper. My parents have visited but I still miss them.” I leant back as the waitress set down our food. I saw Denki look at his burger nervously. “You’ve really never hand any American food?”

“Nope.” He chuckled.

“Well this will be a learning experience than.” I said picking up my burger and taking a bite. I moaned at the taste. I savored the first bite before swallowing. Denki followed me and took a bite. His eyes widened. “Good?”

“Yes.” He said after swallowing. I laughed as he took another bite quickly. I covered my mouth as he ate more and tried the French fries as well. We ate and made conversation. We left just as the sun was starting to set. “Come on we need to get back to UA.’

“Alright.” I said we walked back to the train station. On the way back, he asked about other American things that he wanted to try and what I would suggest. As we walked away from the station, I stopped him by grabbing his hand. “Thank you Denki. Tonight was really fun. It meant a lot.”

“I’m glad you liked it.” He said before he went to walk on. I gripped his hand tighter. He looked at me in question. I smiled before reaching up and setting my hand on his cheek before pecking his cheek.

“I really did.” I said. I went to back away but he grabby my wrist for the hand that was on his cheek. I stopped and stared into his eyes. Time froze for a second before we both moved forward and our lips connected. I shut my eyes and slipped my hand behind his neck. The kiss was short but not any less sweet.

“Woah.” He mumbled when we pulled away. I giggled but nodded in agreement. I blushed and looked away. I felt him grab my chin and turn me back. He smiled before pulling me into another sweet kiss. “Come on, we need to get back before it gets too late.”

“Yeah. Let’s go.” We walked with our hands intertwined. It wasn’t until we were just a few minutes from the dorms that he spoke up.

“So does this qualify as our first date or…”

“Yes Denki. This can qualify as our first date.” I chuckled.

“Yes!” He fist bumped the air and danced a little in place. I laughed, shaking my head. I moved in front of him before walking backwards, pulling him along. He smiled following me.

“’Bout time you two got back. Kiri was on the verge of going out to look for you two.” We looked up as we made our way up the stairs. Bakugo was leaning against the door jam of the dorms. He had his arm crossed with a smirk on his face. “They’re back, Shitty hair.”

“Thank god.” Kiri popped into view. “I was getting worried. I know that restaurant was across the city a ways but damn. You two were gone a couple of hours.

“What can we say? We had a good time. Plus if anything happened you guys knew where were going as well as Aizawa knew. We would have been fine.” We walked up and I saw Kiri’s and Bakugo’s eyes darted to our connected hands.

“Well spark plug did it. Congrats, Pikachu.” Bakugo said before walking away.

“Dude, so manly. Finally!” Kiri high fived Denki. I raised an eyebrow at the boys. They clammed and I chuckled.

“How long have you been planning this exactly, Denks?” I asked.

“Well, I have been wanting to ask you out for a while but never had the guts.” He admitted as he pulled me inside and Kiri slinked away. “This just gave me an excuse too. Even if I really didn’t technically ask you.”

“Well, I think it’s sweet.” I said before pulling him down to peck the corner of his mouth. “Goodnight, babe.”

“Goodnight, angel.” I walked away smiling. “Oh and angel?” I looked at him. “If you ever feel homesick, don’t hesitate to come to me. I’ll try to help the best I can.”

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My Top Ten Animated Shows of the Decade

This list was actually pretty easy to narrow down since I don’t watch many shows. I’m a bit reluctant to try new shows. Makes me a bit of a hypocrite but it’s something to overcome I think. 

Anyway, a few notes. I didn’t watch everything, obviously, and this list is super subjective. Also, this was hard because I really like these shows.

10) Nomad of Nowhere - Oh man I’m so bummed that this show is most likely not going to get a continuation. It was such an underrated RT gem that  “allegedly” got shafted by certain individuals in house. But despite this, I love the characters, and the animation is adorable. The potential this show has. Sigh. 

9) Carmen Sandiego (2019) - Honestly this one was a surprise. My friend was the one that mentioned this show and that I would probably like it. They were right. The characters are fun, the mystery intriguing and it’s just a lot of fun. It’s easy to see that it’s still mostly aimed at a younger audience with its educational segments and some of the humor but I believe adults can still very much enjoy it. 

8) Steins;Gate - This anime is... oh boy this anime. I’ve seen both the dub and sub and I honestly think both are great (I personally prefer to watch anime in dub so...). While it definitely couldn’t expand on things as much as the visual novel did it still really is pretty tightly written and one of the only pieces of media that does time travel even remotely believably and makes it make some form of sense. The characters are all so well realized and the atmosphere... so good. 

7) Steven Universe - This show is... It’s the definition of not judging something by first impressions. The advertisements for this show back in 2013 did not do it any form of justice and I initially wrote it off as one of these new weird dumb shows on CN. I only gave it a chance because I saw a clip years later of the episode “On the Run” on a Top Ten list on Youtube and it hit me hard. I love the complexities of the characters and the animation smooths out as it progresses. I think I’m also really attached to this show because when the episode “Mindful Education” aired I was hit yet again. Here Comes a Thought  has become something I put on when I get super stressed and it really helped get me through college. It’s not perfect, and a lot of the problems seemed to get solved with Steven talking it out, but... it’s almost kind of refreshing.

6) My Hero Academia (Boku No Hero Academia) - This anime is really something special. I love the deep dives into the problems of superhero centric society, how it subverts a lot of tropes while still making others work. I love Deku (Izuku Midoriya). I’ve fallen out of love with the Shonen genre of anime so I was reluctant to give MHA a shot but, eventually, my curiosity won out and I fell in love with this particular shonen. Most of the characters are so likable and fun (screw Mineta though) and great and the animation is just... stunning. I’ve really loved watching Deku’s growth through all this and All Might is just... such a good mentor figure. 

5) Legend of Korra - Oh man. Talking about this show is interesting. It has a lot of problems, most of which came from Nick jerking the writers and crew around but some were writing choices that just didn’t pan out well. The love triangle of the first two seasons is just painful to sit through and Korra is unlikable in the first half of season 2. But I love this show and I love Korra. Asami is actually my favorite character despite not getting a whole lot of focus. There’s a real sense of growth for Korra and I love a lot of the things this show does right. It’s heart is always in the right place even if some of the delivery doesn’t quite land. And... I’m also a bit attached because this show is how I met one of my really good friends and I’ll always be grateful for that. 

4) Camp Camp - This show is just a lot of fun. It’s crude and vulgar most of the time but it’s so witty and charming and even has very sentimental/emotional moments. All the characters are fun and the writing is pretty snappy and hilarious. Just an all around good and well made show. 

3) She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - I wasn’t sure how this show was going to go when it was first announced but I was interested nonetheless. I loved the updated designs and it looked like there was going to be an interesting story, even if it was one we’ve seen variations of in the past. I’m not going to lie though. What really made me fall in love with this show was the character writing. Ya’ll know I love Catra but a majority of the characters are so enjoyable to watch and have understandable motives. I’m not a part of the target audience (the LGBT community and/or children) but Noelle and her crew really made something that is just...enjoyable for anyone willing to give it a chance. 

2) Little Witch Academia - This show is just something so wonderful and wholesome. It’s something that I can put on if I just want something fun and calming to watch. Trigger does an amazing job with the animation, and when it’s used in those sparse moments of action it’s soooooo good. I love all the characters, even Andrew has some good moments despite feeling.... meh most of the time. I just feel good watching this show. 

1) RWBY - I just... I don’t even know what to say about this show. It’s just something really special to me. It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but I haven’t been this excited about a new episode of something since like... Korra or Teen Titans or... gosh it’s been a while. I love these characters and I love the story and I love the world. I love the people behind it all and I love how much they care and want to do better. I love watching this show grow and get better and more tightly written. The animation gets better every volume and it’s just... I love this show. 

Honorable Mentions - Kill la Kill, Phineas and Ferb, Dragon Prince