#mentions of gran torino

[thr0wnawayy]

Dissecting the Jaku General Hospital Disaster and MHA's failures with complexity

Ahhh, The Jaku Hospital Raid. The point where MHA's story went from it's ever increasing decline to throwing itself right off a cliff.

(boooring)

I think most can agree this event was a travesty writing/plot wise, but how about all of those in regards to MHA's setting. Well that's what I'd like to discuss.

Point 1: A Goal Without a Plan is a Dream

The plan summed up is "fuck around and find out".

The heroes came in to uncharted enemy territory relying soley on brute force, broke a bunch of equipment that did God knows what (for all they knew, it could have been lethal*).

Then they proceed to shoot themselves in the foot by getting too cocky, despite knowing that Shigaraki was undergoing some sort of procedure. X-less shoots a machine that for all he knew could have been a bomb or generator. Why?, because he had a "bad feeling".

* I'm talking potential toxic fumes, gas leaks, accidental combustion, etc

Now let's focus on the evacuation effort...

Oh.

Oh FUCK!

That's it!?. A couple hundred dozen heroes and a select handful of first and third year's.

One of whom, mind you, is strictly combat oriented by the (extremely niche) capabilities of his quirk. What can Bakugo actually do here?, in the worst case scenario (being Shigaraki's awakening) he's limited to one arm and two legs (maybe his mouth?). That will further drag him down due to his quirk relying on both hands to be viable.

And we see this!

Moving along.

Another thing they didn't count on was outside help. The moment Gigantomechia arrives, it throws another curve ball. With the only reason for their survival being Dues-Ex-Machina Best "Dirty laundry" Jeanist.

They failed in the end anyways because a large portion of the LOV+ the MLA escaped.

Point 2: Organisms Used for Nefarious Means

I will keep this section brief

Nomu are in my opinion one of the biggest wastes of potential MHA produced. Going from being unnatural goliaths capable of striking dread into the hearts of even the long standing No1 Hero, to being undead cannonfodder that heroes can beat up so the audience doesn't question their ethics or (lack of) morality.

It is a sheer miracle that the Nomu didn't leave the heroes worse for wear. This is again more due to Hori relying too heavily on "convince" and not enough on in-world solutions, but I digress.

The Nomu should have been the biggest threat and again, the heroes failed to account for this. They had no way of knowing, sure.

But they should have accounted this early on. What about the civilians, evacuating them isn't enough as seen in Hosu. I mean they were walking into a lab and they had dealt with Nomu facilties before (Kamino)

Were there inpatients during the raid? and if so were they evacuated or did the Heroes say "fuck it." Given what eas allowed at Central Hospital I wouldn't put it past them.

Point 3: A civilians point of view.

I want you to imagine for a moment: You're a civilian and your whole life, you've been told how wonderful heroes are and how they'll always be there, after all they're heroes.

Sure, they may dictate what quirks are "in" and maaaybe they have a tad to much influence over your average person but they're licensed and your not.

Why question it?

Then one day everyone and everything you've known is just blown away. Heroes barge into your house and begin scrambling to get you and your family out of your house before something happens, they dont tell you what.

It is a sloppy and hurried effort, your life's belongings tucked into a small carryon if you're lucky and some plastic bags if you're not. They tell you it's probably only temporary and you'll be back to normal shortly.

Then the nearby Hospital blows up. You and your family can only watch as heroes flee from the scene, some rising into the sky, others sprinting like hell. You barely make it out alive yourselves.

Within minutes everything is gone and it's not until the fightings iver that you hear it. You hear people (you think it's your neighbors) pleading in pain underneath the rubble, a little girl can be heard sobbing somewhere in the torn landscape.

Everything's been torn upside down.

And the heroes, the poeple you've depended on your whole life...

They quit. They say they need to find another line of work.

Is that what you are to them!?. Just another line of work, a number on a tally!?.

Worse still. The NUMBER ONE HERO has just been exposed by his presumed to be dead son for being a child beating, wife trafficking, eugenist with an implication that some, if not all of his children were made against the mother's will.

The current Number 2 murdered a man for the "greater good" (what even is "good" anymore).

The people who were supposed to protect you are quitting in droves, leaving vast portions of city to fall to villains and are refusing to take any responsibility for their negligence and poor planning that made an already bad situation worse.

Oh, also the single most dangerous villain in history has broken out of Tartarus and multiple prisons have been destroyed leading to further destruction.

This is then followed by a "blackout" period. Heroes give zero insight into what they're doing or what their plan is. Mutant discrimination is running wild, support gear is flooding the streets and any protests are being silenced.

So I'll ask you again, how do you react?.

Point 4: Hubris

Over all the entire operation was a complete and utter failure. I see alot of people giving the civilians flack for their strong reactions, but honestly I can't blame 'em.

The issue is Hori paints the narrative to minimize the damage towards the heroes. (For example he characterizes one of Enji's critics as a snobby shut-in surrounded by trash bags). We only ever see the worst aspects of the civilians because Hori has consistently failed to delve into anything beyond surface level emotion/themes.

Eri is a good example, she should be a very different character. She should be allowed to show her trauma and all the "ugly" emotions and baggage that come with that, we as the audience should see the lasting impact being killed repeatedly has had on her.

For example, Eri should be very adverse to touch. A problem that started with her father and was worsened by Kai.

She should be expressing her trauma through play (think reenacting her "surgeries" on dolls)

She should be distrustful and even cold (especially after Mirio abadoned her).

Her inability to smile might stem from a lack of viewing her self as equal to others, viewing herself as more of an object than human being.

But do we ever see this. No.

Because Hori doesn't let us. He simply as a writer, cannot appropriately handle or even seem to grasp complexity and every part of the story suffers because of it.

With the civilians it's no different and as a result Hori whether intentionally or not, twists the narrative to make them seem unreasonable.

This doesn't help when from what we've seen a shocking amount of MHA's main cast are drenched in hypocrisy. The only experiences we've had with the civilian population is through Shigaraki's backstory (bad) Toga's parents (very bad).

It's just not a good look.

Conclusion:

Over-all, the Raid and by extention the war was a mess in every aspect and I personally think the story would have been better off doing something else.

The time wasted here could have gone to any number of things (how about fleshing out the non existant world building) but I honestly believe that it would have been subpar regardless, it's all to apparent Hori had no idea where he wanted the story to go. That can be seen as far back as everything post MVA.

Just, what a mess.

[jaksalot]

What if....you were Nana Shimura’s grandkid

So let’s say in this little au of mine, reader is Nana’s youngest grandchild. You’re a teenager again, and you’re at UA. Here’s how I think it would go. 

Toshinori laid one eye on you and instantly had a seizure, panic attack, and flashbacks

He’d def train you(make sure you’re prepared for the real world) 

Drive you to school, pick up mcdonalds on the way there, and let you hang in the warm teachers lounge

He’d call Gran every two or three minutes, gushing about how great you were

He regretted this after Gran wanted to meet you himself

Fearing the worst he was ready to spring into action the minute Gran wanted to fight you

But, surprisingly, Gran was very calm and sweet to you

Ngl Toshi would get kinda jealous of your relationship with Gran

Since you’re parents died(thanks Tomura) i’m kinda thinking you’d live in this orphanage or even have your own apartment

When Toshinori found out

Hell opened up

He bought you this giant penthouse

(which you were a little overwhelmed)

paid for an uber every morning and afternoon

it got to the point where Gran had to tell him how this wasn’t necessary 

So you stayed with Gran

Kicked this man’s ass every hour of the day

“Yo Gran-I know its four in the morning-I have school”

or

“Gran, i threw up...”

He’s very hard on you

in a loving way

Toshinori is the doting “father”, thinking that you could never do anything wrong

While Gran is the strict “uncle/grandpa” that forces you to actually clean your room

Any sport you’re interested in?

Wham Bam thank you Ma’am you have five different trainers provided by Toshinori

Not interested in Sports, wanna do something intellectual with smarts and stuff

Put you into any class you want 

They have accidentally called you Nana many times

You can’t blame them!

You have her heroic eyes and passion for those who can’t help themselves

Bless their hearts when you tell them you’re in the hero class

Poor old men 

Their hearts burst every time they see you on the battle field

You’re bloody

You’re shaking

You probably have multiple broken bones

And they watching in total fear and chaos

You’re in your third year when they find out about your family past

And that just makes them a little more protective

Especially for your dates

Mirio/Amajiki/Nejire whoever

doesn’t matter

they cannot be trusted

You love them but

They need to chill

Toshinori(since he cannot sit still for two seconds) probably will become your secretary or mentor when you’re a hero

He also deals with reporters and the papparazi 

Has blackmailed every news/papparazzi station in Japan

That’s all I have for now. I am working on a Kirishima x child of AFO/dragon reader and Midoryia x #3 hero that was raised like Hawks(his age tho).

Requests are always open so don’t be shy!

[actuallysaiyan]

The Big News(Toshinori Yagi x Fem!Reader)

warnings: fluff, slight angst, mentions of pregnancy, tears, mentions of Toshinori's mentor, Younger!Toshinori, Gran Torino being such a grandpa word count: 1.2k pairings: Toshinori Yagi x Fem!Reader summary: You just received the news that you're pregnant! You're alone and scared, so you decide to head to Gran Torino's place to get some advice from him. It's not long before Toshinori arrives and you have no choice but to tell him that he's going to be a father a/n: dividers by @adornedwithlight

Your stomach was in knots. You didn’t know what to do at this very moment. With the news from the doctor, you knew you had to go talk to someone. But with Toshinori out on patrol at the moment and with most of your other family not living in the city with you, you weren’t even sure who you could go to. You desperately need a friend right now.

The thought just popped into your mind. You could go to his home. He would be so welcoming to you. You make your way to the old man’s place, knowing that you could breathe a little easier about everything that’s happened today when you get there. The man in question would know what to do and how to console you.

When Gran Torino opens the door, you sigh a breath of relief. He smiles when he sees you, inviting you inside his apartment. You always felt at ease with him. Ever since Toshinori introduced you to his sensei, you and Sorahiko bonded quite well. He saw you almost like a daughter, someone who was good for his student. Sorahiko knew that you’d be a good partner for Toshinori, even from the moment he first met you.

“Well well, where’s the blond? Too scared to come visit me?” Gran Torino asks as he guides you to the couch.

You sit down and shake your head. “No, I came on my own today.”

Sorahiko is quick to notice how you seem so nervous. He sees you fidgeting. Are those…are those tears in your eyes? He places his hand on your knee and gives it a little squeeze. He hates seeing you in distress.

“Are you in trouble?” he finally asks.

You take a deep breath. “I need your advice.”

There’s a moment of silence before he looks at you carefully. You’ve got such a fearful look on your face. The tears in your eyes are threatening to spill over. He thinks he already knows what you’re going to say, so he nods and tells you that you can ask him about anything.

“I need you to tell me how…how I can…”

The words keep getting stuck in your throat. Sorahiko knows what’s coming next. He can feel it in every breath you take, every time you shudder from the tears that are now rolling down your cheeks.

“How do I tell Toshi he’s going to be a father?”

There it was. The bomb you decided to drop. But in reality, you didn’t see how much of a blessing that is. The old man laughs softly, and then he gives you a tissue to wipe away those tears.

“Come now, there’s nothing to cry about.” His words soothe you.

You sniffle as you wipe your tears away. “You don’t think he will want to leave me?”

“No! That’s nonsense. I know him better than most. Toshinori will never run away from responsibility. And he most definitely would not abandon the one he loves.”

The words seem to soothe you a little more. Gran Torino laughs again, and he gives your shoulder a little shake. You smile through your tears and he begins to feel a little better about this.

“Have you told Toshinori? I’m going to guess that you haven’t.”

You sigh. “No, I just got the news from the doctor. I came here after because I thought I was going to have a meltdown.”

The old man hums, then you hear the beep of the microwave. You laugh softly as he tries to offer you some of his taiyaki. You take one and slowly nibble on it; your stomach was still in knots.

“You’re going to need to tell him as soon as possible. He’s probably still on patrol, yeah?”

As soon as you nod your head, you both hear a knock at the door. Then you hear Toshinori’s cheerful voice announcing his arrival.

“I am here!”

Sorahiko answers the door, scolding your blond lover a little bit for being so corny. Then when Toshinori enters, he smiles widely when he sees you. But that smile falters when he notices how you don’t seem to be too happy.

“What’s the matter, darling?” Toshinori asks as he sits next to you.

You try to say the words, but it becomes a lump in your throat once more. Toshinori looks at Gran Torino; he’s at a loss for words. Sorahiko takes this time to give you two just a little space. He knows you’ll be able to tell Toshinori what’s going on.

“Sweetheart,” Toshinori begins. “A-are you alright? W-why are you crying?”

You shake your head. Him asking you about your tears only causes you to cry even more. He feels the anxiety building up inside of him. Tears sting his eyes. You must want to break things off with him. That’s the only thing that’s running in his mind right now.

“D-do…do you want to end our relationship?!”

This causes you to break down fully. You begin to sob as fat tears roll down your cheeks. Sorahiko is quick to come over and to hand you some more tissues. In the meantime, he shoots Toshinori a very dirty look.

“Do you have any tact, boy?” 

Toshinori frowns, “I-I didn’t mean to! I mean…I got scared!”

Sorahiko rubs your back slowly, telling you to take deep breaths. As soon as you get calmed down, you turn to Toshinori. With a nod from Gran Torino, you finally gain the courage to tell your lover what he deserves to know.

“Toshinori, I have something to tell you. It’s important.”

He nods, “Please. I am here to listen.”

You feel his hand on your cheek, gently caressing and wiping away the tears there. You smile sweetly, pressing a kiss to the palm of his hand. The action itself causes him to shudder.

“Toshinori, we’re going to be parents.” You watch as he processes the information. “I’m pregnant.”

It’s a few more seconds of silence before he smiles happily again. You can see tears in his eyes again; these are tears of pure joy this time.

“Really?!” He asks, bewildered in the best way possible. “A baby?! Me and you?!”

You nod. “Yeah, we’re having a baby.”

Without another word, Toshinori picks you up in his arms and pulls you into a tight hug. He’s crying again, and he’s whispering to you how much he loves you and how much he’s going to love you forever. He’s so happy, he doesn’t even understand it. He presses kiss all over your face.

“Settle down, boy! She’s pregnant.” Gran Torino chastises him, but he’s very happy to see you both excited.

Toshinori sits you on his lap, rubbing your back and playing with your hair. He’s asking you so many questions. The whole time he’s got this cute grin on his face, unable to wipe it away.

“I was thinking, if it’s a little girl…we can name her Nana.” You suggest, watching as Toshinori’s reaction changes.

He tears up again. “Oh sweetheart, that would be…that would be wonderful.” He sniffles. “What if it’s a boy?”

You look at Gran Torino. “Simple! We’ll name him Sorahiko.”

Gran Torino chokes on his coffee. He looks at you, a little red in the face. He’s trying to talk you out of it, but you shake your head.

“I’d like to name our baby after their grandfather or grandmother.” You finally settle on this.

Both men are melting at this sweet show of affection. Safe to say, you and your baby are in good hands.

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[yonkokraven]

Leak night and A Little Rant: Soulless ending for a Hero Journey (MHA 430 Spoilers)

Horikoshi now I understand why you were afraid that your manga would be cancelled, because you don't deserve that position

Seriously, there are so many things wrong here, not only because you contradicted yourself from the previous chapter and doubled down on making us ignore it completely, but you expect me to feel like this ending is worthy of being called bittersweet when it doesn't qualify as an ending to any of the plots presented.

Midoriya Izuku, someone who at the time I saw the potential to be a Superman, a Spiderman, a genuine hero reduced to a teacher with the same expressionless image for 8 years before being given a suit to be a hero (Which he didn't need because Midoriya's strength without the OFA is already superhuman)

No, I'm not going to start the Rant like this, sorry, but I'm seriously upset with the insult that this chapter has become.

The Chapter

Chronologically, the chapter tells us that time passed normally at the academy before the war, Bakugo adapted to being ambidextrous, Gran Torino seems to have recovered although he probably died at most a year later, Tokoyami and Hawks talking, Aizawa and Mic in the cemetery (unfortunately Aizawa is still alive), the League of Villains book is on sale and several other things.

And then...

“I was able to live a dream that should have been impossible. The story that began when my body moved before I could even think has come to an end alongside the embers of One For All”.

Midoriya loses the last embers of One For All during the last days of the academy as indicated in the full panel, so it seems that he did not become a hero with his classmates.

8 years after graduation, the perspective changes to Dai, this young man who appeared at the beginning of the final war arc. And we have mentions of La Brava (who has her own IT company and is married to Gentle), Doctor Yoshida (the doctor Yoshi) and Hatsume (who seems to have a very renowned Laboratory)

Dai is being bullied for his quirk, and one of his classmates says that now that the number of heroes has stabilized, only the strongest quirks will have a chance in the academies.

Dai says that unlike the others, he did not change, he feels like a child for wanting to be like All Might, Endeavor, Jeanist, Deku or Dynamight, and his insecurity guides him to the Statue of All Might.

There is another scene change that shows us more of the students of class A

Shoji receives an award for resolving prejudiced conflicts in a peaceful manner, and he thanks all the heteromorphs who went to the hospital 8 years ago and who are only there thanks to their will.

Uravity, Ingenium, Froppy and Creati are now a team of heroes (possibly oriented to everyday and rescue situations) who go around the country's schools explaining a new and important aspect of society: the expansion of quirk counseling.

And Eri attends a music club with friends from her school.

Aizawa talks to Midoriya and shows him a video of Bakugo yelling at a civilian for filming him too closely, and points out that this will cause Bakugo to fall in the Ranking and Todoroki to rise (we are told that Shoto works day and night, yet he is still kind to his fans and people)

Shoto is no longer known as "Endeavor's Son", but as his own hero identity.

Aizawa asks Deku if he feels lonely, and Deku answers that since his talk with Fuwa (in chapter 425) he realized that he can use his knowledge and experience to help other people even without having a quirk. And he says he thinks this is a cool way to live.

Midoriya asks Aizawa if he agrees with him, but Aizawa says that he should be strict with his students, since many who enter UA believe that they are guaranteed passage into the profession and tend to become arrogant if there is no one who is strict and corrects their path.

Midoriya says that since graduation he has barely seen his friends as their days off don't coincide. As he walks home, Midoriya looks out at the scene, Tokoyami or Kirishima products on TV screens, or children playing in the street.

One of these children trips and Midoriya goes over to help, and notices Dai coming over as well.

Dai talks to him about his insecurities and how he comes to see the statue of All Might every time he feels that way, and asks Midoriya,

"Can I be a hero like All Might and You?"

Midoriya remembers his conversation with All Might and begins to analyze Dai's Quirk, a Quirk that allows him to create plates from his hair. Dai is somewhat surprised by Midoriya's way of speaking but understands that he is trying to help him.

"Now it's my turn to give people dreams"

Midoriya tells Dai that he will be okay, because he helped that kid and confirms that he can be a hero. The next panel shows us the new statue of All Might with new additions, statues of civilians rooting for him. Midoriya tells Dai to do his best.

"If I said I'm not a little sad, I'd be lying. However, I can at least encourage other people like that. And that was the story of how we all became the greatest heroes."

All Might appears before the chapter comes to an end and destroys the "END" with his own hand.

All Might apologizes for the delay, while Midoriya tells him that he could have met him at the airport, but All Might says that he wanted to give him a surprise gift while explaining that the data collected from his fight against All For One 8 years ago opened up huge possibilities. All Might gives his disciple a Briefcase.

"Technology evolves just like quirks."

Midoriya says it must have cost a fortune, but All Might says it was created by a friend of US (possibly Melissa and her father) and Hatsume, and the expenses were paid jointly by all the students of class A, especially Bakugo.

“Take this to heart, kid. You've earned this power too, fair and square.”

Deku smiles, we get a panel of Bakugo calling Midoriya, and then Hawks being informed about a landslide on a highway and he asks for any heroes who can to report to the place immediately. Midoriya jumps up using his new support and looks down for a moment, seeing the "ghost" of Shigaraki.

The last page is a double spread of Class A as adults in their hero outfits.

"This is the story of how we will continue to reach out."

A Rant

Well, to begin to understand this chapter and give it a proper rant, I summarized it, and for that reason I want to talk about some things and say again that it is a deteriorated ending for how the Manga began.

Things seem to change but at the same time they stay the same, it's basically like raising the sails of a ship to half mast, you go in the same direction, but slower.

Horikoshi doesn't have a clear perspective for Midoriya in the chapter since he alternates protagonism with Dai, this student who barely appeared once

Dai gives us the perspective of the new generation, and again strength prevails over heroism since Hawks didn't start to reward what really mattered, precisely: Heroism.

Midoriya decides that he will be a teacher since he doesn't have a Quirk to practice the profession of hero, a stupid thing because in previous occasions we were shown that Midoriya's physical strength without the OFA was abundant, although it is understood that Midoriya wants to teach we don't see anything about his class or how he teaches.

The heroes are still people without personal lives, and this is highlighted by the little interaction time that Midoriya had with his friends in a span of 8 years, in addition to Shoto patrolling day and night.

The plot of Shoji and the heteromorphs seems to improve as well as that of Uraraka, both being heroes they try to educate civilians so that people like Toga are helped or the heteromorphs can live with dignity.

Spinner released his book but we didn't see a reaction from the people, but from Compress who had no relevance in this manga.

There is something very wrong with all this and it is that they build us up to the idea that change will happen in the long run, when Horikoshi had the means to immediately begin said changes (And no, I'm not referring to civilians).

Midoriya should have had recognition and interviews for his motivations, even if you don't want to tell the whole story Midoriya would say that he brought Shigaraki to where he was (ridiculous reason but it would be a way to justify it) and people would stop looking the other way

Uraraka could have done what she does now from the academy and interviews, but you didn't allow it either.

Shoji and the heteromorphs was a beautiful plot but you did everything so off-screen that it loses the impact of these two panels that you dedicated to the chapter.

Hawks is now at the head of the commission, and the only thing you did was fix half the problem by adding the top "Eiyuu" when you should also have eliminated the old top that makes people perceive power as something rewardable.

And do you know, readers, why all this is happening? Because Horikoshi most likely has a sequel prepared, because if not, it would not explain the amount of inconsistencies that arose in this last final arc and later this attempt at an epilogue (It literally still makes me sick that he wasted the portal resource like that.)

I would detail for the umpteenth time the inconsistencies when writing the League of Villains or the lack of evolution outside of panels, but you already know my opinion about that and more.

I only hope that on August 5th the news is not a sequel or I will have to mentally prepare myself to see another decade of inconsistencies.

and yes, Deku will have a new OFA in part 2, the ghosts (Shigaraki) don't appear on the street just because.

[raamitsu]

"cuz evil doesn't always have a reason behind its action" exactly. as I have mentioned before, Sukuna is not redeemable nor wants to be redeemed so it will be extremely difficult to bring him to the closure that someone believes he "deserves" it.

I didn't really know why but this chapter, along with Yuji's resolve in the end suddenly reminded me of Gran Torino's word to Izuku:

"killing someone is the same as saving them"

I can see that Yuji tried to give Sukuna a chance and Sukuna just won't take it, so perhaps with this way, Yuji may be able to give him mercy. that's what I thought, btw.

[barid-bel-medar]

I would like to know what almost went into the most recent chapter of FtE. I loved the chapter even though I didn't comment. I try to comment and then I wind up staring at the comment bar going what do I say and then I don't comment i_i

Details that almost made it in/why something happened:

Originally Bakugou and Momo were supposed to interact, with the plan later on being for Momo to offhandedly mention that 'oh met this kid name so and so during work study week' and changed my mind, finding it better that Bakugou only saw Momo from a distance, so to say.

Originally the fight with Overhaul was going to come from Izuku's POV rather than Mirio's. Mirio and Nighteye weren't supposed to get POVs but then they had shit to say. I will also say I had *not* originally planned on having Mirio overhear Nighteye in context of OFA, but deemed this a good plan and the best means of justifying 'hey why would Mirio take two kids out on patrol undersupervised?' Since I do feel the likelihood that provisional licensed heroes are allowed to take interns who *lack* licenses out on patrols low.

Monoma Aoi was supposed to make an appearance. She was the originally planned on figure glaring at Gran Torino's shoulder at Nighteye, but I changed my mind. As is, I've decided to leave her as a background reference figure, with a different character taking a planned appearance of her's

Stain was always going to get shot in the ass.

I actually almost completely rewrote the chapter. The original version had different POV structures, including a plan of having a Katsuki POV break between everyone's internship POVs but changed my mind. I felt it worked better to give him only the small one he got and in a sense the difference between a student following his mom around for a week in a civilian job versus the 1-A crew. I will say the next chapter will be much more Bakugou centric.

Shouto is right in his POV that Endeavor is brooding on something. He's brooding on Legacy's speech and her point about 'this is not a game, and we are more than numbers' since well.... her comment is making it roll around in the back of his mind his obsessiveness over a *number* rather than what he's actually *doing*. So that also is partially why he says what he does to Ochako in her POV.

Though he did make her the Sports Festival offer due to being genuinely impressed with how she did.

The original chapter title was 'Teenagers Scare the Living Shit Out of Me' but I didn't feel it fit when I finally finished the chapter.

I'm getting really amused by people not picking up on the second pop culture reference in why I called Dumas Corporation that. Like the boys won't from an in-universe perspective but if you think on it I hope you guys guess from an out of verse standpoint.

I had way too much fun having Monoma and Izuku hit the nail on the head with Shigaraki.

1-A is in fact cursed.

Star Heart only was sent back to Europe (in particular the jail she's in, the Inferno, is located in Italy and yes it's the exact reference you're thinking of leave me alone I like Dante) because she is an EU citizen, is already *convicted* in the EU and frankly the HPSC doesn't want to deal with her. The way she was kept in the short time she was in Tartarus before transfer was a result of them not being entirely sure how to handle her Quirk if tried using it in her cell. I do seriously wonder how in canon Overhaul would have been kept contained if he still had arms .

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AFO Ship Opinion Results

57 responses total, thank you to everyone who participated!

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What do you headcanon AFO's sexuality as?

Straight: 4

Gay: 2

Bisexual: 12

Pansexual: 16

Asexual: 13

Other: 10

Responses to other

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AFO x Ujiko

the average is 5

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AFO x All Might

the average is 5

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AFO x Inko

the average is 7

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AFO x Gigantomachia

the average is 5

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AFO x Kotaro

the average is 4

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AFO x Hawks

the average is 3

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AFO x Endeavor

the average is 3

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AFO x Kurogiri

the average is 2

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AFO x Lady Nagant

the average is 2

Note: it says 56 here because I forgot to make this questioned required to answer so someone ended up skipping it as a result. I apologize

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AFO x Star and Stripe

the average is 2

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AFO x Gran Torino

the average is 5

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AFO x Nana

the average is 4

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AFO x Spinner

the average is 1

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AFO x Destro

the average is 4

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AFO x Kudou

the average is 3

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AFO x Midnight

the average is 1

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AFO x Mr. Compress

the average is 2

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AFO x Nighteye

the average is 2

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AFO x AFO

the average is 8

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AFO Ships Ranking

AFO x AFO with an average of 8

2. AFO x Inko with an average of 7

3. AFO x Ujiko, All Might, Gigantomachia, Gran Torino with an average of 5

4. AFO x Kotaro, Nana with an average of 4

5. AFO x Hawks, Endeavor,Kudou with an average of 3

6. AFO x Kurogiri, Lady Nagant, Star and Stripe, Mr. Compress, Night eye with an average of 2

7. AFO x Midnight, Spinner with an average of 1

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Are there any AFO ships that are considered problematic that you enjoy?

Majority said no

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Responses

Note: Yes, I know I all AFO ships are technically problematic, mainly just wanted to ask how many shipped people like Yoichi and Tomura with him without someone jumping down my throat and attacking for including it. Already had an anon be weird towards me about that stuff before in the past so thats why I asked this this way. But I fully see why people were confused lol.

Honestly several months later idc anymore and I still feel curious enough to know what people think of these ships so if anyone wants to do a poll asking about what people think of afotomu, afoyoichi, and afodeku send me an ask and I'll do it.

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Feel free to tell me more about why you like or dislike certain AFO ships and mention any ships that you enjoy that I failed to include here if you want

Note: My editing program on my phone kept messing up so I just gave up and left it at that. Wanted all of them to have pictures. Already addressed about the problematic thing in the question above. But there's small community of afomidnight shippers on twt, even seen some fanart of it thats why it was included, AFOtomu is one of the bigger AFO ships though I agree.

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Anyways thank you to all who participated in this. So sorry this took forever to post, as I said before I did have it finished the first week the survey closed but Tumblr decided to delete the original post when I tried to queue it, forcing me to start over from scratch and then my old computer broke, so I had to redo all the screenshots and find the averages of all of them again. Plus other stuff that happened in my personal life. Incredibly frustrating! But didn't want to leave you all hanging forever so here it is now :(

If you find any mistakes let me know! Love y'all 😚

[mhacentral]

This ending makes me so furious. So first you have all the hero students unable to save their villain counterparts from death. And one of them only had blood loss, while we have heroes who had MUCH WORSE like Bakugo, Edgeshot, and espcially Gran Torino (who is old AF and had no point to continue) actually survive..... like morality aside, what kind of story ending is that... a pathetic one.

Then to top things off, OFA is gone and Midoriya is left quirkless. I almost dont wanna read the last chapter, from what Rukasu said on Twitter there was no mention of a longer chapter announce for the last one. And to make things worss, the final fight between Midoriya and Shigaraki was a let down and so rushed.

But lets be real here, Shonen Jump has a big part in the blame too. They force authors into insane schedules and dont let them have time to properly develop their story. This means onoing series run into story telling problems. And for new series, if they aren't off the walls thrilling and super super entertaining within a couple chapters, they are cancelled (One Piece would have never survived in this age). Then to top things off, if a series is nearing the end or they get sick of it, they make authors rush their endings.

[quirkwizard]

Man, I miss Midnight. She didn’t have to die, right?

I've already talked about about Midnight's death, but man, is this something that still feels worth talking about this far on.

No, Midnight didn't have to die. I know I harped on this point before, but it bears repeating, especially now that the series is coming to an end. And during that time, the effects of Midnight and her death are not felt. To me, a good death should have an impact and have consequences, either for the world or the characters. I've already complained about Midnight's lack of relevance to the main story to make her death impactful. The context of her death is very underwhelming as well. There isn't any last hurrah, silent recognition, or even an appropriate conclusion to her character. She dies off screen with little fanfare. Once she dies, there is nothing. She's only mentioned once or twice by the students, and that's it. There is nothing about how any of the characters feel about her being gone or are really given any time to think about her. There's isn't even anything with Aizawa, Hizashi, or Oboro, her friends and colleagues since high school. I know Hori can do better. Just take Sir Nighteye, for example. He was around less than Midnight and his death was handled extremely well.

I still struggle to think about why Hori did this. My only guess is that he needed to even out the deaths, as everyone on the heroes' side of the conflict in this is either too important to die or too small for character to matter. Midnight was in the middle of being recognizable enough but not important enough to anything going on to keep her around. Which is weird because Gran Torino is right there. The guy who already served his purpose has a far greater standing with the audience and was seemingly exploded by Tomura. And if it's to motivate the other students, I don't buy that either. Not only because she has barely been mentioned since her death, her dying to motivate them isn't necessary. Call me crazy, but I feel like stopping Gigantomachia is already enough of a point of guilt and trauma for them. They failed, and because of that, Gigantomachia killed countless people and was a catalyst for so many heroes quitting. There's also a far more relevant motivation later with Izuku. You can say that they felt like that failed Izuku, their friend, and that he's the one suffering the most out of everyone. So go with those. Emphasizing that part of it would be a lot more relevant to the themes of the series and how their generation is the one to try and change that.

[jp---v]

Chapter 421

I said it before and I'll say it again, most of you are running on fumes and the rest of you are severely injured. Not to mention being children fighting in a war. I don't think you're gonna be all that helpful here

Badass group shot though

Way to go Cellophane. Way to stay perfectly calm

Double Flashfire Fist(although each one is probably way weaker individually than they normally would be.)

Midoriya, you're half dead and your arms are still growing back! OfA is just another nail in the coffin at this point

I don't blame Aizawa for being concerned. This whole time people have been say how One for All is the only hope against All for One, but Midoriya never even got past 50% without hurting himself and now he's just using leftovers at the absolute final battle without any of the extra quirks and the utility they offered

Very quick bandages to literally hold him together.

Of course he happens to know the exact brand and series of fucking All Might merch

I feel so bad for Gran Torino right now. Like, he lost Nana, almost lost Yagi, almost lost Yagi again in Kamino, almost lost a quirkless Yagi for the third time literally earlier today, and now Midoriya's charging headfirst into battle against the same enemy while he's in a hospital bed unable to do anything

I hope Eri's ok too

[fandom-lover2]

Big Wide World

Chapter One - I'm All In

All Might's daughter chooses to work beside him for the first year's work study week. Things can never seem to go right for either of his kids.

Word Count - 2036

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I wandered the halls, heading for the teacher’s lounge.

Why? I could always ask him about it tonight over dinner.

I didn’t actually expect to find him, but I turned a corner and there he was, with Izuku. Or rather, he was saying goodbye to Izuku. Broccoli past me with a smile, then passed a concerned glance behind him at my dad.

I followed his gaze, and noticed two things. One, he was hunched. Two, he was sweating. Nervous sweating. He only did this for one thing, one person.

“What did Grandpa say?”

He let out a sigh, slipping from his All Might form as he did. “He agreed.”

I laughed. 220cm of muscle and he was scared of an old man.

True, said old man could kick both our asses with his eyes closed, but it was funny watching my larger-than-life father become a teenager again.

Gran Torino reduced my father, and I was his beloved granddaughter. He had spoilt me endlessly in my youth, my father too afraid to say anything.

I should go visit him again soon. I hadn’t seen him since my first week at U.A, him rushing to the hospital to check on me after the attack at USJ.

He hadn’t even given my father a glance, his focus solely on me. He was all I had in the form of grandparents from my father’s side, his parents dying during his youth.

It would be interesting getting the stories from Izuku of what Grandpa had him doing.

Which was why I had been looking for my dad, the innocent sheet of paper in my hand burning my skin like sand paper.

I looked down at it, glared at the names present. Double sided actually.

“What’s that?” Dad asked, pushing off the wall. Was it really safe for him to be in this form while still in his uniform?

“Agencies who scouted me after the Sport’s Festival.”

I handed him the paper after he silently held out his hand in request. He scanned over the names, then turned the pages and read those. 213 agencies had sent the offer.

“This is impressive.” he murmured, handing the paper back to me.

I scoffed. “Yeah, if any of them were after me because of the skills I showed.”

It was true. All the offers, none of them were for me. They were for the name.

I saw my father look over at me, then he sighed. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have had Mic announce it so soon.”

I looked over at him, his guilt frown lines showing.

“No. I want people to know I’m yours.” I sighed this time, moving to lean beside him on the wall. “I knew it would happen. The criticism, the expectation, the… the popularity.”

As it was, I suddenly had second and third years greeting me in the halls like we were old friends. All to get to my father, hoping that if they become friends with me, my father will see their potential and give them a start in life.

Not to mention all the boys who were now getting close, the title of dating All Might’s daughter tempting.

At least no one in class was looking at me differently.

All these agencies, it was just the hopes of boosting their own scores by having All Might’s kid on their squad.

I didn’t regret my decision, but if I had known we would be doing work studies so early, I would have asked to hold the reveal to not be at the freaking Sports Festival.

Dad bumped his elbow into my shoulder, and I looked up at him.

“Who you going to?” He asked, jerking his chin to the paper in my hands.

“That’s what I need you for.” I looked over the names again.

He knew these people, had worked beside them. He knew who would help me best, and who wouldn’t be a good fit. Sure, Mr. Aizawa had said the teachers had gone through the offers, removed ones they didn’t believe would work. That still left 213 to choose from.

My eyes jumped back to the first agency on the list.

“I know what my answer would be if you weren’t teaching.”

I felt him hum beside me.

“I mean, getting to patrol beside you has been a dream since I was tiny.” I pushed off the wall, pacing before him. “Us together, on the streets. Finding the bad guys. Learning from you on the scene, not just through stories. We could fight side by side.”

“Then I guess it’s a good thing I’m not teaching that week.”

My heart jumped, hope flickering in my chest.

“What?” I turned to him.

He smiled unsurely, watching me. “There’s no point being here if none of you are. And…” he trailed off, looking down at himself. “I don’t know how much longer I will be able to be All Might.”

He was right, and while that should have been saddening, all I could think about was saying we could patrol together.

“You’re serious?”

If he joking right now I’d hit him. He couldn’t be fucking around about something I had been dreaming of since I was 5.

He looked at me and smiled. “Of course.”

I jumped forward, used my stars to step up as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

“Thank you thank you thank you.” I squealed.

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“Y/n.” he spoke softly, reaching down to gently nudge your shoulder.

You groaned, burying your face into your pillow.

“Come on Kiddo. You gotta start getting ready.”

You whined again, rolling over and facing away from your father.

He smiled, amused by your antics.

“Don’t make me do it.” he warned in a sing-song tone, hands reaching evilly beneath the duvet.

 “Noo…” you groaned, weakly wiggling away from him.

He wouldn’t have to do this if you hadn’t slept through your alarm.

Not that he was complaining. It had been a while since he’d had the chance to wake you up.

It had always been so fun when you were a child, you pretending to be asleep just so he would do it.

Damn moody teenagers.

His fingers found their mark, reaching quickly to snap around your ankles before you could pull away.

“Daddy.” you wailed, muffled by the pillow as you halfheartedly tried to free yourself, half your mind still in sleep mode.

“You leave me no choice.” he concluded.

Swelling into his muscle form, your father tugged.

You yelped, then cursed.

Snatching you from the bed, your father gripped your ankles, holding you upside down.

“Good morning, My Starlight!” he cheered out, smiling down at you.

“Fuck off.” you moaned, closing your eyes again.

He didn’t doubt your ability to fall asleep like this. “Such foul language!” he chastised, no threat in the words.

“Learned from you.” you mumbled back.

Technically you had learned from your mother that particular word, but the Japanese version of it, yes that was him.

“I hope you won’t using it on patrol today.” he added, still holding you up.

 You let out an annoyed hum, and he waited.

There was the frown.

“Patrol?” you opened your eyes, and looked up at him.

He saw your eyes blink, your mind trying to catch up with what he was meaning.

Then, the stars in your eyes lit up.

“I’m your sidekick!” you remembered, beaming up at him.

Sidekick, not so much. Student joining him for the student work studies program for the week, yes.

He lowered you back onto your bed, which you promptly jumped off of and hugged him.

You smiled up at him, bright and happy. “I’m your sidekick. You’re stuck with me. You gotta put up with me, all daaaayyyy.” you sang.

“I don’t accept tardiness from my sidekicks.” he added.

You looked at the clock beside your bed. “Oh crap!”

Releasing your father, you rushed into the bathroom connecting to your bedroom.

Students who were placed with heroes far from their homes were supposed to be provided with accommodation by the heroes they were working with.

Toshinori had moved to be closer to Izuku and U.A last year, finding a small two-bedroom place that would be unassuming. Now, you both being needed at Might Tower, he’d moved back his old apartment. A large penthouse in Minato.

He’d always hated staying here when you weren’t home, the place too large for only him. Now, though he hated thinking it because what kind of parent does, he wished it was just a little bit bigger so he could get a break from you.

And the apartment in Musufatu? Even smaller.

He loved you more than anything, and the constant noise of you just being you was the best sound there was.

But there were times when the silence he had known for so long was missed, just a bit.

Your father busied himself with opening your curtains, letting the rising sun light your room, and laying out your hero suit on your bed which he made as you showered.

Then, he set about preparing you breakfast, and making you both lunch.

Was he spoiling you? Yes.

Was this whole thing about you learning to fend for yourself in the real world of heroism? Yes.

But you were his little baby, his Little One.

He never got to be this domestic, to make you lunch for school, wake you for school, rush through the morning routine.

You were smart, and already so independent. He knew you would be ok by yourself. You were already growing so fast, starting to do work studies, had a hero name picked out (It was a no brainer, you were his Starlight).

Just let him have these few moments to be a dad still.

You came into the kitchen just as he finished your bento, sitting to eat breakfast quickly.

Meal finished, dishes were left for when you got home and then you were pulling on your hero boots alongside him.

“It is ok to be nervous?” you spoke, pulling on your second boot.

He laughed, the sound a lot softer when in his true form. “Of course you can be nervous.”

“But I’m supposed to be brave.” you defended your reasoning.

“Brave isn’t the absence of fear. It’s overcoming it.”

“Ok Mufasa.”

He frowned mockingly, nudging you lightly. “You can be nervous.”

You were silent for a moment.

“What is it?”

“I don’t know if I’m more scared about embarrassing you, or being an embarrassment to you.”

He laughed, which he kind of felt bad for. He really shouldn’t have laughed, you were being serious. This was something serious that was bothering you, but it was honestly quite ridiculous.

You, embarrass him? Be an embarrassment? He hadn’t been more proud of you yet. 

Every day he grew more and more proud of you. Even when you spent the entire day in bed, he was proud of you.

Getting to stand beside you on the streets, hero and trainee, father and daughter, that made him unbelievably proud.

Today was the best day of this life, and you were worried about letting him down. His silly little girl.

“Look at me.”

You did, finally stopping retying your boot 3 times over.

“You’ve got this. I’m proud of you already.”

You smiled at him, but he could see in your eyes it hadn’t helped any. You were still nervous. You were still doubting yourself.

He sighed. There wasn’t anything he could do to take this away. His words could only do so much, his hugs only able to squeeze so tight. What was inside your mind he could not take away.

All he could do was prove you wrong. And in order to do that, he needed to get you out the door.

Kneeling down, he took your shoe strings into his hands and neatly tied a double knot.

“You aren’t going out there alone.” he reminded, standing and swelled up to his hero form. “So, let’s go out there and do our best!”

You rolled your eyes, but couldn’t fight the genuine smile as you stood too. “So cheesy.” All Might laughed, and opened the door. It was time to show the world his Starlight.

Commission Information

[thr0wnawayy]

Who would the 10-13 1A members that died in the MLA be, if MHA had any actual stakes? I really liked your Kaminari idea, so I just wanted to explore it with you. It would have realistically made UA/the heroes look a hell of a lot worse and the villains look a hell of a lot smarter if they went for the angle of "the best heroics school in Japan is using child soldiers!"

I know for the heroes, it should have been Pixie Bob and Gran Torino in addition to Crust. Endeavor also should have died because it would have actually given the story actual stakes - Japan is now in shambles and the new #1 hero/heavy hitter is dead. Oh shit, what are they going to do?

Firstly I feel I should clarify that both 1A and B would lose some team members as both classes were thrust into war with basically no real training. Although for the sake of plot 1A would lose vastly more.

With that stated, let us begin.

I know for a fact that Koda is dead.

Truthfully, there is no way someone as bulky as him (with the addition of his poorly designed costume) would be even marginally capable of outrunning Shigaraki's Decay.

His quirk (Anivoice) gives him zero advantages and being in Jaku (a city under evacuation) would only add to this.

We also mustn't forget that the rubble by itself was also capable of disintegrating anything it touched. Putting all that together and given how close he was to "ground zero", his chances of survival are slim to none.

Additionally, everyone who found Midnight's corpse is either dead or brutally injured.

Midnight's body is isolated in a decently foliage heavy area, with plenty of hiding spots and vantage points making it all too easy to set an ambush.

Our merry band of MLA/PLF mercenaries simply have to bide their time, wait for the shock and horror to settle in and then strike.

Sero, Kirishima and Setsuna are easy targets (with Setsuna being the farthest from the bait) their backs are turned and mentally are either distant or "vacant".

If Momo didn't recover from her grief and get off the floor, it's game over.

However. She would likely manage to fend them off long enough to escape (thanks to her intelligence and dexterity), although not without some scars. (eyepatch momo, anyone?)

Mina might be able to hold them off due to her acid but will eventually falter because (as you mentioned) Aizawa's a shitheel.

That brings us up to 5 students so far (if we include Kaminari's death) that have died due to UA's (and the HPSC's) crippling negligence.

I'm a tad hesitant to add Tsu here but it's unlikely she'd survive. (even if she does survive the wave, she'd likely die in the crossfire)

Comicman, because yeah he's unimportant.

For the Villa Raid team it's important that we cut some heroes in order for this scenario to work.

Edgeshot is dead, likely fried to death by Electro-lite.

This would cause the raiding heroes to become discouraged and overwhelmed.

the MLA's gear is more than a match and combined with their years of fighting and tactical prowess. It's not even close.

Simply put; divide and conquer.

Mineta's dying for sure. His costume restricts his (torso and leg) movements and makes him standout like a traffic cone. That guy with holes all over his body is likely the one to snuff him out.

Ojiro is dead the moment the MLA members use numbers to overwhelm him, no amount of martial arts will save you from getting jumped.

Mines dies because his quirk (Twin Impact) suffers from the Flect Fallacy.(Overwhelming the quirk will break it). So pretty much any MLA member could be the one to kill him

That sets the score to 11 total student deaths (8 for 1A, 3 for 1B), not a good look.

We know the rest, Dabi kills Enji for good.

Skeptic publishes a video along with Dabi's exposé that reveals UA is using child soldiers and that the HPSC forged paperwork to allow this.

And the crowd goes wild!

The reactions would be brutal, national if not global criticism from every angle.

The entire raid and evacuation effort would be considered an immense failure, the villains remain at large to gather their numbers and most civilians would be left homeless and displaced.

The hero that everybody placed their bets on turned out be a child/wife beating eugenicist who bought (and later assaulted) his wife when she was only 17. Only to be killed off by the very child he left to burn.

The (global) outrage partially stems from the fact that if it weren't for Dabi, no one would have known otherwise .

The number 2 hero is an (attempted) murderer and seems almost irritated at Enji being outed, the world stage takes this the wrong way and opts not to aid Japan.* What pisses them off the most is his uncaring attitude.

Considering them a lost cause when Shigaraki not only breaks everyone out of Tartarus but also manges to kill AFO by sheer force of will (and wanting to see his friends live as they please)

Rei's speech/conference serves as the final nail. Going into immense detail of the pain she and her children suffered at the hands of Enji. (If their were any doubts Touya was her son, they were killed here)

When asked if anyone knew, she finishes her speech off with revealing that some heroes and staff knew about the abuse and chose to look the other way. Causing the room to burst into an uproar.

*(explaining why Japan was allowed to fester for as long as it did without intervention, something Hori failed to explain)

Parents begin pulling out their children in droves, not wanting to risk their kids getting drafted, others quit by choice.

Shiketsu and Ketsubutsu don't put their students on the front lines (they aren't stupid). The commission is unable to force them due to their, "unique" situation.

The heroes that quit are harshly criticized by the public and media (and usually fairly too), pointing out how shitty it looks (and is) for heroes to suddenly abandon them as soon as things get serious.

Class 1A is left to pickup the pieces with 8 classmates killed (+ Bakugo) the events of the last week have shocked them to their cores but perhaps there is hope.

Of course they're left to pick up their predecessors mistakes, again.

Midoriya would still go rouge, albiet he would stick to his principals. He's made a disturbing connection between Bakugo and Endeavor and it haunts him.

(I should add that Bakugo's death is portrayed for the selfish play it was)

Midoriya likely driven by the need to ensure that he doesn't lose anyone else. His anger at AM would probably stem from the fact that he is putting himself in danger for someone as "expendable" as himself.

I could see the two having a heart to heart that Midoriya is more than his quirk once he willingly returns.

Some additional information:

Bakugo dies permanently, because Edgeshot was killed by "Electro" earlier (even then I'm not doing the writing atrocity that is the "Jeart".)

For heroes I'd like to add Jeanist to the roster. Gigantomachia should have swatted him and his airship like a fly. This means the top 3 are dead, adding to the chaos. This also prevents the old-gen from taking up space.

The High-End Nomu beat the tar out of Miriko, leaving crippled at best and a paraplegic at worst. (That is assuming they don't kill her).

Fourth Kind is killed when, like Ojiro, he is overwhelmed.

Your absolutely correct, Gran Torino and Pixiebob are eliminated, joining Crust.

Twice actually lives, though I would keep that ambiguous until later, he wouldn't get out unscathed of course and would probably need to be put into a coma while his injuries heal.

Himiko's revenge plot now has additional stakes as she promises Twice that she will return to him. (before he's medically put under)

This also fuels the PLF + Spinner, vowing to do right by their ally and friend.

Dabi would have disfigured Hawks upon discovery of his attempt on Twice's life, no more cosmetic scars. Just good old fashioned brutality.

(The fear of losing Twice may have dug up the past memory of losing his mother after Enji drove her to the brink. As Dabi cares deeply for both [even if he won't admit it] ontop of the fact that it's a "hero" that's trying to take them and he betrayed them).

Overall this world is going to be one wild ride with a very different ending to what Hori gave us.

It is a story not of heroes and villains, but of ideals and goals. It asks the question:

What is it to save?

A few additional notes:

Momo would likely have a revenge arc as a sort of parallel between Izuku and Himiko. However it wouldn't be as bland as what we got in canon with Mina.

The mercenaries aren't mustache twirling supremacists, no. Here they're cold, calculated soldiers who are strictly tactical. Midnight was "nothing personal, just business" to them.

They serve as a dark mirror to Momo's shift in personality during the war, as Momo reverts to her initial cold confidant personality and kicks it up to 20 as she hunts them down.

Midnight's killer even points out midbattle on how Momo was sexualized and she doesn't even know it. Telling her at one point: "You may see them as an equal, they see you as a display"

The battle isnt treated as a victory either, while the Momo and her squadron win, the gravity of the situation isn't ignored and Momo actually listens to her opponent's critique.

[mikeellee]

You know? I think the whole "All Might is Midoriya father figure" is almost entirely made up by the fandom rather than what the actual story tell us, and that is speaking of the main manga or what Horikoshi writes himself not spinoff and derived canon media.

Because is there a single time in which All Might and Deku show the kind of intimacy and love a father should have for his son and vice versa?

I can't think of something like that outside maybe the dark deku arc when A.M gives him the bento boxes, and even that count as the bare minumum considering most people are obssesed with the idea of A.M being a father figure.

Also they really don't interact that much (or at all) outside anything related to OFA or hero stuff. At least to me they should have some kind of casual interaction as Izuku and Yagi rather than just A.M and Deku.

Combine all this with the fact Midoriya never in the whole series express any feeling about the lack of a father figure in his life and how awkward A.M is for interact with him, it's difficult to take seriously the idea of "Dad Might".

Hi @nyc3

You hit the nail here, have you noticed how regardless of the story the fans will designated characters to be the mom or dad of the group? And it's sad people create this fanon where AM is big dad for Izu when...in canon...if we haven't got his thoughts we wouldn't even believe he likes Izu.

I do think thanks to what canon shows...Izu got the quirk by a mix of AM being too stubborn (and stupid, sorry am fans this man IS stupid) and nighteye's creepiness. There's nothing that justify why give a quirk to Izu...and I say this as someone who likes Izu and hate the bashing he gets.

Izu has no real relationship, none whatsover and we aren't meant to see that nor really care. His pain is a gag.

The whole AM and Gran relationship is a gag and it hurts the characters. "What you mean?" Think this way, am has a big quirk ans gave to this QUIRKLESS boy who has no support and his quirk HURT him majorly ...am knows someone else who can help Izu...his response? Be silent until Izu has no internship offer and then you mentioned your mentor...you mention your mentor as this cruel monster who will torture you for lols.

Gran torino is not like that (not saying he is perfect, but we didn't see anything that would justify AM be afraid of him. "Could have change" possible, but this also make AM look bad, Gran changed and is willing to help Izu...what has AM done?)

We also don't know how Gran trainer AM, keep in mind how the man was also sent to the US.

Am has little relationship, he has one with Naomasa but it's funny as he suggested Izu to be a cop and sort, unitentally, talk trash about the job. Which makes me wonder if AM sees Naomasa's job as less....maybe not intentionally.

Izu knows nothing about the man. He knows his name thanks to Gran....keep in mind he was trained with AM to gain muscles for 10 months! (I have issues with that training montage. I can now say how it represent how Izu will be treated in this story. He cleans a beach, no one gives a fuck- he see fans being all over am and no one cares about the teen cleaning the beach- and gets no reward...the whole "heroes don't do things to get reward IS bull and rich coming from a man that is mega famous and rich as AM)

At times, I get the am bashing (but loathe as they chose to make Aizawa or afo better. Like AM is just an idiot...Aizawa and Afo are malicious)

I find sad bc Izu really has no one. His mother is.....Inko. His father is dead and Mia for all we know, friends? Hahahahajahahahaaha not in canon. shig? Never even attempt to know smth about Izu...

Hori shows to you...Izu is a loser, later makes him saying that. And we aren't meant to conclude Hori hates his own mc ? (Don't worry, hori hates Shig too)

[actuallysaiyan]

Bruises That Won't Heal(Sorahiko Torino/Gran Torino x Fem!Reader)

warnings: smut, age gap(reader in mid 20s and Torino probably close to 40s), mentions of Nana and Sorahiko being together, Nana's death being mentioned, alcohol, angst, crying, virginity loss, vaginal fingering, breast play, pregnancy mention. word count: 2.2k pairings: Sorahiko Torino/Gran Torino x Fem!Reader summary: you've fantasized about him for so long, and after Nana's death you wonder if maybe you should shoot your shot. he takes good care of you during your first time, but afterwards the glitter fades and he gives you a taste of reality. a/n: I do not know what came over me but I decided to write this and then it got fucking angsty and I couldn't stop. Hope y'all enjoy! Thank you @cherryblossombankai for beta reading!

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You didn’t know what really drew you in. He was a miserable man, frowning all the time. You figured since the death of Nana Shimura, he wasn’t the same. There was a lack of glow within him. And for so long, you had looked up to both of them. Losing Nana had been a devastating blow to you.

You knew that Gran Torino had sent his little protege off to America, hopefully to keep the enemy away from him. While you should have been going gaga over Toshinori, you couldn’t help but have your eyes on Gran Torino.

Damn Sorahiko…

You wanted this crush to go away. You wanted it to fade completely. But the more you tried to push it away, the more you found yourself wanting to find the man and maybe help him with the pain of losing his partner. You weren’t sure if he and Nana were actually romantically involved, but you were thinking there must have been something there.

When you meet up with him next, he tries to ignore you. You weren’t going to give up just like that. You try your best to get his attention, but he’s just not quite interested just yet.

Then one night, you two end up at the bar together. With a few drinks in him, he loosens up just a bit.. Your heart is racing every time he gets so close to you. He smells nice; rich and inviting. It’s almost intoxicating to your senses. He keeps bringing you out to the dancefloor between drinks. Soon you two are tucked away in the alleyway out back.

“What does a perfectly lovely young woman want with an old man like me?” He asks, nipping at your neck.

“I want you. I’ve always wanted you. You’re my inspiration.”

He freezes at your words. You’ve got no idea what you’re getting yourself into. But he’s been lonely since he lost Nana. She’d be scolding him for becoming so depressed and letting himself go.. She would be happy that someone is showing interest in him.

“Inspiration, huh? You’ve got weird tastes, girlie.”

But he still kisses you hungrily. You can taste the whiskey on his breath. You can’t help yourself; you press your body up against his. You feel the definition of muscles, loving the way he’s trying to buff up for you right now. It’s like he’s trying to put on a show just for you.

“How long have you wanted this for?” He asks you between heated kisses.

You blush and look down. “Too long.’”

He grins, “Come on, tell me.”

“I’ve been fantasizing about being with you since I was about twenty…”

This causes him to groan. You really have been fantasizing about him and his cock since you were twenty…god it shouldn’t be that hot, but it is. He brings your hand down to his pants, helping you squeeze his bulge.

“Look at what you’re doing to me, baby girl.”

The words make you shudder. “Can’t help it. Daddy.”

This word causes him to pick you up and hurriedly fly you to his apartment. He opens the door with ease, helping you inside. Once in his bedroom, the man pushes you onto his bed. You get a good idea of how sad he’s been considering the room is in complete disarray. But you push those thoughts away, wanting to see where this night goes.

“You want me to take good care of you, don’t you?” He asks, his cheeks a little pink.

You nod. “Please daddy.”

Sorahiko begins to strip you. He’s surprisingly tender, which makes your heart feel so full of affection. You don’t have the heart to tell him that it’s actually your first time. You’re faking things to make sure he thinks you’re experienced. Though, he’s pretty confident in being able to tell that this is your first time.

His big hands cup your breasts, pushing them together before leaning in to take one of your nipples into his mouth. Your back arches off the bed and you eagerly run your fingers through his hair. He didn’t think this small action would cause him to falter in his movements. It just feels so good to have someone showing him affection. 

His eyes lock with yours as he continues to suckle on your nipples and nip at the swell of your breast. It’s been a while since he’s been intimate. He’s had a few hookups since his last time with Nana, and he’s so desperately trying to push that last time out of his mind. All he wants to do is lose himself to the feeling of you.

“Sorahiko…” you let out when his fingers brush against your wet labia.

He smirks at you. “Pretty girl’s all wet for me…but I don’t think you deserve more until you use my proper name.”

“D-daddy, please don’t tease.”

Despite it being your first time, Sorahiko is quite convinced you’re experienced. You want to tell him, but you’re worried it might scare him off. So you spread your legs more, bucking only when he teases you just a little more. He smears your arousal all over your labia and clit, spending his time rubbing the little nub in just the way you like it.

“That’s it, that’s daddy’s girl.”

One of his fingers pushes into you and you gasp. You weren’t expecting that just a finger would be such a stretch. He looks into your eyes once more, making sure you’re feeling alright. There’s such a look of concern and it makes your heart skip a beat. You nod, letting him know it’s okay.

“It’s your first time, isn’t it?” His voice is soft and laced with tenderness.

Your cheeks burn and you try to look away. “Y-yes, it is.”

He leans in to capture your lips in such a sweet kiss. It makes your head whirl with so many emotions. You shouldn’t be falling in love with a man who’s much older than you, but the way he’s stimulating you makes you realize that he might be ruining sex for you with anyone else.

“Let me take care of you.”

His words make your whole body warm up. He continues to pump his finger into you, making sure to go slow. His thumb comes up to rub your clit in time. Soon he’s adding another finger. Torino watches for any signs of discomfort before he begins to scissor the fingers inside of you to stretch you out. He then leans in again and kisses you over and over.

“Cum for me, beautiful.”

It takes a few more thrusts of his fingers to send you over the edge with a soft pant of his name. He loves the way you look when you come undone like this. Your cheeks flush, hair sticking to your face and your legs shaking. He prolongs the pleasure until you’re squirming.

Then he pulls off his own clothes. You get the full eyeful of him. He’s gorgeous, toned and he has a littering of scars on his body. The way you so tenderly caress his chest has his breath hitching in his throat. Nobody but Nana has ever touched him quite like this.

“You sure you’re okay with this, kiddo?” He asks once more, rubbing your thighs as he slots himself between them.

You nod eagerly. “I’m ready. I want this.”

Sorahiko grasps his cock, letting it rub between your soaked folds before the tip prods your tight little hole. You gasp and cling to him when he pushes into you. It’s slow at first, and he’s whispering soft words of praise to keep you feeling comfortable and safe. A few tears slide down your cheeks and he’s good to kiss them away.

“You’re doing so well for me, baby girl.” He coos so softly.

Bit by bit, he pushes more of himself into you. When he bottoms out, he looks into your eyes and he grabs your hands. Your heart skips a beat when he intertwines his fingers with yours.

“I’ll always be here to take good care of you,” he whispers but you swear those words are meant for someone else.

Your heart clenches in your chest and you try not to cry again. You wish you could just fall in love with him. You know you could never take away the pain of losing Nana, but you could help him heal. You could help him see that he’s so worthy of love.

Sorahiko begins thrusting, making the bed under you rock a little. You gasp as his cock hits the sweet spot inside of you. The stretch is being replaced with delicious pleasure that you never knew could exist. You immediately wrap your legs around him to bring him in even closer.

He kisses you hungrily and sloppily, the remnants of the alcohol running through his system. He feels like old wounds are being opened and you are just tearing down the walls he’s been putting up for way too long. He hates that you can just so easily reach into him and tug on his heartstrings like his.

When you whimper and tell him you’re close, it makes him feel so good. For an older man, he can still pleasure you. He grows confident in his movements and even reaches between you both to rub your clit. The sound of your voice is pure music to his ears, making him grunt.

Your walls clamp down around him, pulling him closer to his own release. He groans your name as he tries to warn you that he’s close. With a few more pumps of his hips, he spills deep inside of you. Tears stream down your cheeks again as you feel so loved. You hold onto him, rubbing his back and kissing the top of his head as he slumps against your breasts.

Torino looks away and hides his own tears. How could you make him feel so loved and appreciated? You shouldn’t be chasing this dream. He’s just an old man that could hold you back. You’re in the prime of your career. You should be with someone like Toshinori, closer in age and also in the prime of his career.

Sorahiko pulls out of you, watching as his cum dribbles out of your cute little hole. Without thinking, he pushes it back into you and kisses you deeply. He’s going to regret all of this in the morning when the fog settles, but right now he wants to just be as close to you as he can.

Tenderly, he cleans you up and he holds you in his arms. You nuzzle against his chest, looking up at him like he strung the stars in the sky just for you. Every time your eyes meet, he feels himself falling deeper in love with you. You, who pulled out all these damn feelings.

“Sleep now, pretty darling.”

His words and soft, sweet affections lull you to sleep. The smell of sex and his cologne permeate the air. You feel good in his embrace. For the first time, you feel so loved.

The next morning, you wake up cold and alone. The bed feels so empty without the man you lost your virginity to in it. You stretch out, trying to pretend that he’s here. You get up from the bed; all of your muscles aching from the lovemaking last night. With a heavy heart, you pull on your clothes.

You’re not expecting to find him in the kitchen. He hands you a glass of water and some painkillers.. All the softness and love from last night is gone. You feel like you’re encountering a stonewall. 

“You should go,” he says gruffly. “We don’t want the press to know about this.” You scoff, “I didn’t think you were someone who cared about that kind of stuff.”

He feels terrible for doing this, but if he severs the bond now, you won’t be too sad when he pushes you away inevitably. He tried his best to push all thoughts of Nana away, but dammit she’s all he can think about. Sorahiko thinks about that promise he made…the choice he and Nana had to make.

“Just get going, come on, kid.”

The word stings more than it should. You feel yourself shaking as you try to place the empty glass on the counter. Your own body defies you and you throw yourself at him desperately, but he pushes you away. You’re crying now, begging him to reconsider.

“Don’t do this to yourself, kid. Don’t torture yourself. Last night was just some fun. I was drunk and so were you.”

Your heart shatters when you listen to him. The way he had taken care of you had you thinking it was different. You realize now that you’ll never ever be able to hold a candle to Nana Shimura. You get up off your knees, dusting yourself off. He won’t look at you, but you can tell he’s crying too.

“Fine, it was just a night of fun. Don’t come to me when you need fun again.”

You grab your jacket and slam the door behind you. Sorahiko begins to cry and he holds his head in his hands. Nana was gone and you deserved so much better than this broken old man.

As the days go by, you realize that your little night of fun turned into something more. For more than ten months, you disappear from the public eye. When you return to hero work, the man you had fallen in love with has changed. Not only physically, but also emotionally.

And somewhere in the world, there’s a little girl with gray hair and dark eyes who wonders who her parents are. And perhaps she never will.

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[mettywiththenotes]

Just reading back a little and saw this moment

And I think it's just sort of telling? How Best Jeanist refers to Tomura as destruction personified and Izuku says nothing, yet when En refers to him as sort of the same thing he voices what he really thinks

And I can only think that every time someone has referred to Tomura as something without a shred of sympathy and Izuku's kept silent, it might be something he takes note of. Especially now that he's become aware of Tomura's pain. Hearing everything they call Tomura, like he's just some sort of thing, like he doesn't have a name or a past or a house that was once his (something he explicitly said TO Izuku as he fell from UA), it's gotta open his eyes or something, right?

Even Nana has referred to Tomura as a "thing", though she must have meant the version of Tomura that is "the finished product" (hence the wings after the chrysalis that was shown during the surgery) - someone truly incapable of being saved (and thus removing herself mentally/emotionally from the crushing fact that he is family)

Reactions like this one below; saying nothing when coming across a different opinion

Reminds me of this

And I suppose there is also an element of something back from when Izuku told Gran Torino he wanted to save Tomura. Torino had said the words "Killing can be another way of saving", and at the time, Izuku wasn't entirely sure if there was anything left of Tomura/Tenko inside the fusion. Up until that moment he asked if Tomura was still there, he couldn't have fully known whether he would have to kill him or get to save him like he wanted to do. So, essentially, keeping quiet when people referred to Tomura as "destruction incarnate" (and other things), just in case that really was what he'd become

Though I guess that detail doesn't really matter now, what with Izuku wanting to save him, finally seeing Tomura was still in there and digging his heels in with the set determination of saving him. He saw Tomura's personality, the human in him, after all

Anyway

Now it sort of seems like Izuku is speaking up? Not just in the presence of those who think otherwise but against Tomura himself. En says Tomura is like "destruction incarnate" and immediately after, Izuku says "It's deeper than that. You're human"

In the end, I wonder if it matters more that Izuku spoke up to Tomura first, someone who NEEDS to know the truth and who would greatly benefit from someone challenging his thoughts head-on, rather than mentioning it every time someone refers to Tomura as some "thing" instead

I guess it adds more of an impact to the story too, that way

[codenamesazanka]

What do you fear the most that mhas epilogue will do and make sure to list your other fears too

Oh god.

I think my biggest fear is Deku going to visit Spinner, and Spinner will validate his ignorant, arrogant, unheroic ass. Whether it's 'Thank you for trying to save Shigaraki' or 'Sorry Tenko stayed being Shigaraki for me and the League instead of giving in to you' or 'Wow, you really are the true hero Stain saw' or 'I see that Shigaraki has entrusted his will on you, so I will cheer you on from now on'.

Of course, a Spinner who validates Deku and essentially surrenders to the Heroes' way of doing things is only a symptom of a much bigger problem that is "Silly League of Villains, Heroes were right all along, save for some tiny mistakes, and now it's time to repent and assimilate" - an overall epilogue where nothing actually changes except some people learn to feel pity and vows to be nicer. So I guess that's my true, core fear. But it's manifesting in Spinner turning into a Deku groupie. Yeah, why not befriend the guy who killed your actual friend and believe in his way of doing things that got your friend killed.

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Another Spinner fear I have is actually Spinner becoming a 'true' spokesman for the Heteromorphs - less because he doesn't deserve it, more because it's likely that it means his 'stance' has gone to Shouji level and he's telling everyone to not be like him and instead work harder to brave being sprayed by pesticides and endure bullying. So, fear of Spinner being tokenized (again) and becoming a Shoji-like kind of Heteromorph advocate.

Like, I've always thought Spinner's 'fix' was that he should be allowed to be entirely mediocre and be treated right. Put another way, he's not obligated to be exceptional in order to deserve basic decency/proper treatment. Even the worst, most selfish, resentful, weak-quirk, intelligence D, League of Legends gamer loser you know shouldn't be subjected to fantasy racism, because no one should. If he's an advocate, he's an advocate for the losers of the heteromorphs - the weaklings, the delinquents, the criminals? But that's not a very inspiring message! Instead, Heteromorphs should shine bright - and that's the message the manga and Shouji is giving.

Also like, there's no way the new powers that be will let him near a microphone without being declawed - last time he did so, he literally started a riot. There's no way they let him talk about his true feelings - that he was empty; that with the hundreds of Heroes on TV, none gave him hope for change; that it took a most outcasts-of-outcasts Villain team for him to ever feel accepted.

Spinner being an 'advocate' I think would be more him being a cautionary tale - "don't be like me, I'm a Villain and I'm stuck in Tartarus 2.0 for life; you can fight for your rights but not like I did!" He deserves better than that. Heteromorphs deserve better than that.

My other fears

Shigaraki stays dead

Shigaraki comes back but as five-year-old Tenko, so that Heroes can 'raise him properly' to be a Hero

We learn Toga died

We learn Dabi died but Endeavor lived

We never see the MLA ever again

We don't get more Compress backstory

Moonfish gets executed

Gran Torino doesn't die

Hawks being relevant

Hawks still facing no satisfying consequences for killing Twice

Twice being remembered by no one except his killer who's still vaguely mournful about his death but it was for the greater good, he really did think Bubaigawara was a decent guy

HPSC revived

No mention of anything being done about the HATE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN in the countryside. Shoji's 'let's shine bright' was it.

Quirk Counseling not completely revised

Aizawa and Mic still basically cursing out Shigaraki for stealing Shirakumo from them and not realizing Kurogiri/Shirakumo genuinely cared about the kid

No one bringing up how fucked up Iron Maidens and Tartarus is.

Tartarus 2.0 is back and everything is exactly the same but the wardens are nicer because they went through sensitivity training

That ending where the manga fast toward 12 years and everyone is in extremely heterosexual marriages with children. Part of this means teenaged Kouta and Eri are hinted to be crushing on each other or something. god.