Hi everyone! I am writing an syoc fic about the first year class of another high school. This story will focus on the class as a whole, with the chapters alternating between the different students. I am really excited for this, and I am really excited to see any character entries!
Tahara Airi sees it the day she submits her application for Hinotori.
Her breathing all but stops as she stares at the screen, eyes wide and mouth gaping open like a dumb fish, and she pinches her arm for a second to confirm she's not dreaming.
Because, really, an inordinately vivid dream that so callously mimicked the living world would make much more sense than the scene playing out before her.
There stands All Might, but not actually All Might, because All Might is a indomitable colossus of a man who towers over villians with the sheer brilliance of his being and smiles a reassuring smile to let the world know that everything will be okay.
Instead of All Might, she sees a gaunt, skeletal figure, whose small frame looks even smaller in contrast to whatever inhuman beast he is fighting. (Because no human could ever push All Might this far. No way)
She watches as All Might and the beast trade blows. She feels every single one, not literally, since she is still very much alive, but enough to send her stomach into a frenzied panic as she tries her hardest not to vomit.
Her breath of relief when the hero finally emerges victorious is long and all encompassing. Of course he won. He's still All Might, after all.
Yet, even immediately following the victory, Airi could feel it. The entire nation could feel it.
Everything is about to change.
When the entrance exam for Hinotori came around, at least a fifth of those who had applied withdrew their applications.
After All Might retired, many feared the changes his absence would bring to the hero community. To the country as a whole.
The idea of becoming a pro-hero was now looked upon with uncertainty by many. The dangers associated with the career were as evident as ever.
Even without All Might's retirement causing withdrawals, Hinotori never received very many applications. It hadn't for a long time now.
The hero course at Hinotori high school had once been one of the country's most prominent. It was no U.A, but still, it was pretty impressive, nonetheless.
At least, it was until an incident about ten years ago, the specific details of which the school had kept hidden from the public. The only thing that the media was allowed to know was that a student had died. As a result from it, the school had shut down its department for heroics.
Airi had always found the situation odd. It was unfortunate, but in the world of heros and villians, deaths were to be expected now and then. It was rare for a student to be killed, but not unheard of. No school had ever shut down because of it.
The shutdown, at the time, had been a permanent action.
That didn't stop it from reopening about two years ago.
In the end, Hinotori was infamous in Japan, and much speculation occured about what could've happened. As a result, it drastically lowered its standards for admission.
She'd first heard about it in the halls of her middle school. Rumors running around about, "pathetic Hinotori", and, "the only school desperate enough to accept a villain's kid". Oh, that had sparked an insane amount of controversy from the media. Whoever that kid was, Airi wished them the best of luck.
Hinotori just had that reputation of the school that was willing to accept any sucker with a decent quirk.
In other words, it may be the only hero course in the country that Airi had the fraction of a chance of making it into.
What the actual hell-
Maybe she had been born with a heat vision quirk that was just about to manifest itself because Airi was certain that if she started at the letter with even just a little more intensity, it would burst into flames.
She had to stare at it. If she took her eyes off of the paper for even a millisecond, she'd convince herself that she'd misread the words.
Tahara Airi,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into the heroics course at Hinotori High School.
She blinked several times. The words were still there.
What the actual hell-
They really were desperate. Not that she was complaining.
All of the students were moving into the dorm rooms this evening. Classes began tomorrow.
As Airi made her way up the staircase to the third floor, she briefly wondered if Yukio had doubled the weight of all of her belongings again. That asshole. She certainly wouldn't be surprised.
It was certainly easier for her to blame her brother for the immense pressure beating down on her shoulders. Her only other option was to admit that she was already absolutely terrified.
You'll probably get expelled on the first day.
Alright, so she was absolutely terrified, but like hell she'd admit it outloud.
"Hey, watch out!" a voice shouted. Airi managed to duck just in time to avoid a possible decapitation from a boomerang, of all things.
"I am so, so sorry!" the same voice called out. It belonged to a tall boy, about her age, with red eyes and- wait, were those boomerangs growing out of his head? Was that seriously his hair?
"I was just trying to demonstrate my quirk to Arakawa-kun, and I swear that I didn't see you or anything, but I'm so sorry that I nearly hit you! That would've been terrible, I mean, how stupid must I be to use my quirk so carelessly. I'm an idiot, it's confirmed. I already knew that though. But once again, I'm so freaking sorry!" Boomerang Boy's words all jumbled together, his hands gesturing wildly as he spoke at inhuman speeds. Seriously, did he inhale five cups of coffee in the morning? There was no way he naturally had this much energy.
And how was Airi supposed to respond to that, anyways?
"Um, it's okay, really," she said. At the same time, she could hear the other boy standing next to Boomerang boy say, "Please don't call me that".
"Alright, fine," Boomerang boy said to the other kid, before addressing Airi again, "Once again, I am so, so sorry," he said again. "I guess I really made a memorable first impression, huh?"
"I'm sure I'll forget all about it the next time someone greets me with a flying projectile to the head," Airi responded drly, because her secondary quirk was being born without the brain-to-mouth filter that normal people seemed to have.
Thankfully, Boomerang boy actually smiled at that.
"But, really, I meant it when I said it's fine. It was an accident anyway, don't beat yourself up over it", she added for clarification. And yes, she was a massive hypocrite. Oh well.
"Well, anyways, I'm Saito Touma, and this is Arakawa Natsu," Boomerang- no, Saito, responded. Arakawa, or Natsu, as he probably preferred to be addressed by, waved at her when his name was called.
"I'm Tahara Airi," she told them.
"Nice to meet you, Tahara-chan! Or, do you prefer Airi-chan? What do your friends call you?" Saito asked. Airi thought it over for a second. She wasn't really sure what to say.
"What friends?" is what comes out of her mouth. It's a joke. Mostly. Apparently, it wasn't the worst thing to say, because Saito practically beamed at that.
"Hey, relatable! Y'know, we could be friends. That goes to you too, Natsu-kun," he said.
"Alright then. I guess you both can call me Airi," she responded. It would be nice to have some friends at her new school.
"This should be an interesting year. As long as I don't get expelled on the spot for my lame-ass quirk," she added, mostly to herself.
"You stole my line!" that was Saito, again. Natsu looked at them both, a half-concerned, half-amused expression on his face.
"You two should start a club," he told them. He received two confused glances in response.
"The self-deprecation committee. Because apparently neither of you can ignore an opportunity to roast yourself," he clarified. Huh. Well, he wasn't wrong.
"I'd be president!" Saito immediately responded. Airi disagreed, but she stayed silent. Still, she couldn't help but smile at that.
Friends. It really did sound nice.
She would just have to work her absolute hardest to stay in this school.
After all, she wanted nothing more than to become a hero.
Hi Everyone! I'm AstriAngels, and I decided to write an syoc fic for My Hero Academia. I absolutely love the show and the world, so I'm really excited for this.
This syoc fic will focus on class 1-b of Hinotori High School, and the point of views will switch between the class 1-b students (classes are sorted randomly). I already have a basic plot worked out for the story, and I plan on giving each character a lot of focus and development. Class 1-b will have ten students, and each person may submit two ocs. Please note that I may not be able to accept all ocs into 1-b due to limited spots in the class. However, I will also be accepting side characters, who will also be featured, but not as prominently.
Characters of any ethnicity, (not just Japanese), sexuality, or gender are accepted. Also, feel free to make characters from other classes, villains, teachers, or older students as supporting characters.
*I am accepting at most, 5 boys and 5 girls for class 1-b.* Edit: I am thinking about increasing this. Honestly, don't worry about the number of spots for now.
Note that just because Hinotori has low minimum standards, does not mean your character has to be weak. The low standards thing is a result of the school not getting too many applicants, but is also a bit exaggerated by rumors in the case of the students being exceptionally weak. They are not.
I feel the need to point out that I am doing this for fun, and that I am not a skilled writer by any means. I am writing this to improve my writing skills and characterization, and to have fun. I will do my best to avoid grammatical errors, but there may be some anyways. Still, if you have or are going to submit, I would really appreciate it if you reviewed, that way I can have some feedback to improve my writing style. (One thing that I know that I do, and have done here is that I tend to mix up past and present tense a lot. I know the first part is present while most of the rest is past. I'm just going to leave it like that for now).
The form for entries can be found on my profile. Please P.M entries to me, I will not be accepting entries through review (since it takes away a lot from the story and the characters if everyone can just read their personality traits, histories, quirks, and future character development), although reviews are very appreciated. Thank you so much for reading, and I'm so excited to see the entries! :)
new edit: *After thinking it over for a little bit, I've decided that it would be really helpful to have a beta reader to go over the chapters in advance and spot any plot issues / grammar errors, and to give general feedback. If anyone is interested, please P.M me! Thank you so much to anyone in advance!*