Author's note: Hey everyone, FireSlash here and welcome to 'Electro', my first MHA fanfic that doesn't star Izuku. Now, I have an explanation as to why I wrote this fic, but it ended up being too long, so I put it at the end of the chapter. All I will say here is that Denki has the powers of Marvel's Electro. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep this in the crossover section, but that's a decision for another time.

I also want to stress that this will be a 'slow burn' villain fic. I want to build up to the point where Denki decides to become a villain (which'll happen during the final exams if you were wondering). It'll be a process, but I think it'll be worth it. Oh, and I made Izuku into a girl for story reasons. I'm usually not one for gender-bending characters, but in this story, I'm making the exception.

Oh, there will be spoilers for the manga, just to let you know.

Now, before I go, I have an announcement to make. On my profile, I have several ideas for MHA crossover fics I have in mind. I set up a poll to see which one you'd want me to write first. Please check it out if you get the chance. In addition, if you haven't already, you should follow my IG account (fire_slash_fanfiction). I post my planned update schedules there and it's the best place to reach me now that I don't get notified of PMs.

With that out of the way, let's get to the story. Review and enjoy :-)

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Denki Kaminari felt that he lived the first fourteen years of his life ignorant of how the world works. He's always heard how 'no one was born equal', but he couldn't claim to understand this on a personal level.

Denki's life up to this point was a relatively normal one. He had a loving family and a decent school life. Sure, his family was of a lower class status, but they were happy.

...At least he thought they were. He should've realized sooner how odd it was that his father, a mechanic, was earning so little or how his family was always nervous, as if something terrible was suddenly going to happen to them…

...He didn't know that the world around him was falling apart, and to him, that was his greatest sin...

He even had a dream, to be a hero. In a world where eighty percent of the population are born with innate superpowers known as 'quirks', this was a dream he could chase. Denki's own quirk allowed him to discharge 1.3 million volts of electricity from his body, although releasing all that energy at once fried his brain to the point where he'd become near braindead for a while. It was a horrifying experience, one he doesn't like thinking about, but that won't stop him from using his power for good.

His motivation for being a hero was simple, he wanted to help people. In school, he was known as that guy who no one could say they hated. Sure, he was a bit goofy, tried a little too hard to act 'cool', and tended to flirt with almost every girl he met, but he was a good guy nethorless. He wasn't your typical 'goody two shoes', but he had a big heart.

He was hoping to get into U.A, the top hero school in Japan, making sure to study as much as he could for the school's entrance exam. Sadly, Denki wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. He did have some brains to him, knowing how to improvise on the spot and having quite the extensive vocabulary thanks to his passion for reading, but his grades were nothing to be desired. The boy simply had a hard time sitting still and grasping information he found to be boring. Give him twelve novels to read and he'll have them done in a day, as long as he found them interesting (he was open to all genres, but the novel had to be well written). Make him solve some algebraic expressions or write an essay about Japan's history though and his brain will turn to static.

It was because of this that Denki was heading to his local library to study, and by local library, he meant the closest one to him, which was a fifteen minute walk from his school, and his school was a fifteen minute walk from his home. On his way there, he met her. A girl his age with green hair, freckles, and large red sneakers. She was also holding a burnt book in her arms. If he was to be honest, on any other day he wouldn't have paid her any mind as she blended so well into the background. However, the face she had on that day was something he couldn't help but notice. The girl looked empty, like a hollow husk of skin, her eyes dark endless voids. She seemed broken, as if she had nothing left to live for. While he's never seen someone like this before, he's read enough descriptions in his books to know she was depressed... something he realizes that'll never stop sounding stupid...

Part of him wanted to walk away, to go do what he was going to do and study. After all, even if he had only the best intentions in mind, it'd still seem like he was hitting on her because she was an easy target, a fair assumption. The other part of him knew though that he would regret it if he didn't try to help her, whether it be by giving her someone to vent to or by taking her somewhere she could escape reality for a bit. Hell, even if she shot him down, it'd ease his mind to know that he at least tried. It's not like they'll ever see each other again...

Naturally, even though he really shouldn't, Denki decided to approach her.

Little did he know that this was the point where his life was going to change forever …

"Hey, you alright? You look like you need a friend. I know this great mochi place that I go to whenever I'm feeling under the weather. How about I show you?"

As soon as those words left his mouth, Denki wanted to smack himself. Seriously, that was what he decided to say? Now this girl will think he was trying to hit on her. Sure she was cute, but he had standards. He would never abuse the fact that someone was at their lowest just to try to get a girlfriend.

The girl turned her head to look at him, startled, which Denki admits was far less of a reaction than he deserved. If he was in her shoes, he would've kicked him in the shins…

"...Is that a U.A preparation workbook?" The girl nervously asked, pointing at the textbook in his hands.

'Play it cool', Denki thought to himself. "Oh, this? Yeah. I was hoping to do some studying when I saw you. I want to be a hero and what kind of hero leaves someone who needs help?"

To this day, Denki couldn't tell what ended up convincing the girl to come along with him. Was the fact that he wanted to be a pro-hero simply enough to sway her? Or was she that desperate for help/company that she was willing to talk to the first person who showed her kindness? Either way, her response shocked him.

Shyly, she said, "Um, well, I could go for some mochi."

"Eh, it's cool. I understand. Some random guy walks up to you and says- wait, what?"

"I-if you're willing to hang around me, then I'll get some mochi with you…"

Taking a second to make sure he was hearing things correctly, the boy gave her one of his confident smiles, a smile he wore when he got too confident in himself or when he felt things were going to be alright. "Sweet! It's not far from here, so don't worry! If you get uncomfortable, you can leave."

Getting a shy nod in response, he began leading the way. Thankfully, he really did know a mochi place that was nearby, reason being in case a girl ever did say 'yes' to his shameless flirting. Saves him from embarrassing himself further...

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Entering the mochi shop, Denki made sure to order for them while the girl secured a table. She wanted to pay for her own meal, but the blonde shot her down immediately, claiming that he was 'a gentleman damnit!', earning him a small laugh from the girl, one he was pretty sure she did out of pity. Eventually, they got their food and began eating.

"So, what'd you think? Pretty good, right?" Denki asked her, watching her nearly scarf down the first of her mochi..

"Y-yeah. I wish I knew before that this place exists," the girl responded, shooting him a small smile. "Thanks for taking me here."

Denki leaned back in his chair. "No problem. You know, I never got your name."

The girl shot him a confused glance, as if it was odd for someone to ask her for her name. "I'm Izumi Midoriya..."

"Denki Kaminari. Nice to meet you Midoriya," Denki glanced at her burnt notebook. "So what's the deal with that?"

When Izumi's face paled, he wanted to smack himself for the second time. Clearly such a thing probably had some sort of sentimental value to her. Why else would someone carry around a burnt notebook?

"Oh, uh, an accident happened and my 'Hero Analysis Journal' got burned," Izumi replied.

Denki nearly let loose a sigh of relief, glad he hasn't managed to screw this up. "Hero Analysis Journal?"

"I analyze heroes and their quirks." Izumi's face started beaming as she said this, her form going from shy to excited. This made Denki happy himself, knowing that a good way to cheer someone up was to get them to talk about stuff they were passionate about. "I think they're really cool." She suddenly went back to being shy again. "You probably think I'm weird…"

"Nah. Mind if I see?"

Again, Izumi gave him a look as if she were a deer in headlights. "S-sure…"

Picking up the book, Denki began browsing through it, finding that the writing was still legible despite the fact there was ash all over it and that the book was somehow wet. What immediately stood out to him were the drawings of each of the heroes she was analyzing. They looked like they were made by a professional. "You drew these?"

The girl gave him a soft nod.

"They're really good!"

"T-thanks," the girl began blushing.

Denki continued to flip through the pages, his eyes eventually landing on the section Izumi made detailing Mt. Lady, a pro-hero who had just made her debut today. Of course, Denki had a weakness for the opposite sex, so it was natural that her page would pop out to him. He then began reading and was shocked by its content. The girl had written everything that was known about the hero's quirk, how to effectively utilize it in combat, the quirk's weaknesses, and how Mt. Lady could go about overriding said weaknesses. He honestly wanted her to analyze his own quirk, but decided to hold off on doing so for now. "Holy crap, this is cool. Damn, I wish I was smart enough to do this myself."

Izumi looked at him as if he had said something enlightening. "Really?"

"Yeah dude, I'm kinda jealous."

"T-thanks. Most people say it's creepy…"

"They don't know what they're talking about. So, do you do this for fun or…?"

"It's a hobby of mine," Izumi told him. "I think analyzing quirks will help me when I become a hero." Suddenly, her face dropped, resuming its lifeless expression from when Denki first found her. "At least, if I could become a hero, but I can't..."

Denki looked at her. "Why not?"

The girl shifted from staring at Denki to glancing at her lap, struggling with something. Eventually, she responded. "B-because… I'm quirkless…"

Izumi closed her eyes, as if she was waiting for Denki to do something horrible to her.

"So?"

"H-huh?"

"I don't see why you being quirkless means you can't be a hero," Denki admitted. He never really understood why people treated the lack of a quirk as anything big. They were people, just like him. Sure, they lacked a cool power, but that didn't mean they were useless. Just look at Izumi's journal. Unless someone had an intelligence enhancing quirk, Denki was pretty sure it'd be hard to find someone who could analyze a hero better than her, and he's only known the girl for one day. Also, there were a lot of support companies around. They could probably make something for her.

Either that, or he was just really dumb…

The boy had a mini-panic attack when he noticed that tears were spilling out of the girl's eyes. "D-do you mean it? A-all my life, e-everyone said I c-couldn't be a hero. I-I met my idol, t-the person w-who made me w-ant to be a h-hero in the f-first place, and h-he even s-said I couldn't."

'So that's what had her down in the dumps.' Denki winced. He could only imagine how it was like to have his dreams crushed by everyone around him, especially the person he looked up to the most.

"D-do you r-really think I-I can b-be a hero?"

"Yeah. I mean, you'll probably have to work a little harder than most," Denki said, attempting to phrase his words just right. "But you can be a hero."

Suddenly, the girl began sobbing. For a second, Denki was scared that he messed up horribly, but his fears were soon put to rest when she looked straight at him, her tears of sadness being replaced by ones of joy. "T-thank you! Thank you so much!"

Denki shot her a grin. "No problem."

Back then, he didn't understand why his words had such a profound effect on her. To him, all he was doing was speaking his mind. However, at that point in time, he believed in Izumi when no one else did, and that was the best thing anyone has ever done for her.

The boy sat in silence as Izumi continued to happily cry. He unfortunately learned the hard way that she was quite the crier. How this wasn't her quirk, he didn't know. He was just glad that he was able to help her out.

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The two teens hung out for a few hours, checking out what else the little plaza they were in had to offer, until Izumi received a call from her mother, prompting her to leave.

"Shoot, it's getting late. It was nice meeting you Kaminari!"

"Yeah, nice meeting you too."

"Thanks for everything!" She told him before flying out in a panic.

Waving her goodbye, the boy glanced at his cellphone and realized that it was indeed late. Sure, the sun wasn't setting yet, but it was going to in about an hour. It was also getting very cloudy. A storm was brewing and he didn't want to get caught in it once it struck down. Making his way to a nearby bus stop, the boy began checking his pockets for any spare change he might have.

"Of course I ran out of bus money… Maybe I should've let Midoriya pay for her stuff…"

Now, there were two ways he could get home. He could take the long way, which was a thirty minute walk, or he could take a shortcut through a landfill site, something he always did to get to school and back, cutting the trip down by five minutes. There was the chance he could get charged for trespassing, but he never got caught before.

As such, he was going to make another trip through the landfill site. The smell may be unbearable, but he really didn't want to get wet.

Sadly, Denki severely overestimated how long he had until the storm hit.

*CRACKLE!*

"Oh you've got to be fucking kidding me," Denki groaned as it began raining. Perhaps if he had paid attention to the news, he would've brought an umbrella. He didn't though, and now he has to deal with traveling through a landfill while it was raining.

Grumbling to himself, the poor boy didn't realize that he was about to step in some weird green goop until it was too late. Not noticing a lump in the ground, he tripped and fell into the strange substance. "And now I have to toss my clothes away. Dammit, I just got these! Man...and this day was going so well..."

*BOOM!*

Denki, having nothing to take his frustrations out on, decided that it would be a good idea to yell at the lightning brewing. "Piss off!"

*ZZBT!*

...Only to promptly get stuck by said lightning. Sure, there were taller piles, but he was the one to get hit. Normally, getting shocked by electricity wouldn't be an issue for the boy. His quirk allowed him to absorb and neutralize any electrical currents heading directly at him, though if he absorbed more than his limit, his brain would be fried. This time however, he couldn't absorb the bolt, meaning that not only did he get electrocuted, but knocked unconscious as well.

'The hell?!'

It would take him a bit to realize that the goop was at fault for this, having somehow messed with his quirk as he was struck by the lightning. But by it doing so was he given an immense gift, one he could never dream of having before. One which opened up doors that would otherwise be closed for him...

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When Denki woke up, he was greeted with a pounding headache and the sight of a hospital room.

'The hell?' Denki questioned himself as he sat up. 'What happened to me?' The boy began to think over the events which had occurred. 'I got struck by lightning, then I blacked out. Did my brain get fried again? Someone probably thought that I hit my head too hard and brought me here...'

It was then that he felt it; a strange flowing sensation happening all around him. He could feel it through the lights, through the walls, and through the several machines inside the room. For some reason, he had the feeling that he could reach out to it, grab it, tug it, and bring it to him. In almost a trance-like state, he attempted to bring the current to him, but before he could, the door to his room opened and a doctor entered.

"Oh, it's good to see you're awake," the doctor said. "You see, you were struck by lightning inside a landfill. You were found by a hero who just so happened to be flying around. How do you feel?"

"I feel fine… I guess," Denki replied, though he noticed he could still feel the flowing sensation. "A bit tingly, but that's it. How long have I been out?"

"You've been out for two days…"

"Two days?!" Denki was surprised. Usually his brain fixes itself after an hour at most so for him to blank out for two days was weird.

"Yes. I'll notify your parents that you woke up. They should be here shortly. They stood quite a while yesterday waiting for you. We'll perform some basic tests on you and hopefully we will be able to discharge you."

Denki winced at the mention of his parents. He was really hoping the hospital bill wouldn't be so bad. His parents were already tight on money, the last thing he wanted was to be the reason they were struggling more than they already were.

"Yeah, that sounds fine."

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Thankfully, Denki was cleared to go home after the tests were done, his parents having brought him a change of clothes so that he didn't have to leave in a hospital gown.

Upon entering his family's car, the boy noticed that he could still feel the strange sensation throughout the car. Again, he wanted to yank at it, but he felt that it was a bad idea. They were in a moving vehicle after all.

When he got home, the feeling reverberated throughout the house.

'Ok, what the hell's going on?'

Focusing, he noticed that now he could sense some shapes, but not just any shapes. It was as if he had a map of his entire house, including all that hidden inside the walls. Some objects, such as his TV, were more defined than others, such as his bathtub. Either way, he could locate them all.

Blinking, the boy decided that now was a good time to play around with whatever was going on. Focusing on the TV, he reached out to it, pulling at the sensation. What happened next shocked him.

*BZZT!*

A small jolt of electricity jumped from the TV to his hand, causing him to reflexively pull it back. Naturally, it didn't hurt, he actually felt a bit energized, but it surprised him enough to make him yelp.

"Denki? Is everything ok?" His mom asked him from the kitchen.

"Yeah mom, I'm fine," the boy responded, still looking at his hand. "I think I discovered something new about my quirk…"

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As it turns out, he did. He could now sense and absorb any electrical currents around him. Sure, Denki could absorb electricity before, but that was only if said electricity was aimed directly at him. Now, he could pull it towards himself, draining electricity from all sorts of appliances as he learned when he tried doing so to his phone.

However, that wasn't the only new thing he discovered. During the weekend, the boy was practicing with his quirk in his backyard when he discovered something else.

Using a large car battery his dad had gotten, Denki would discharge as much electricity as he could into said battery, hoping that he could surpass his limits. His quirk made him a human generator, able to create energy, but only being able to use so much at once.

Sitting down, the boy grabbed the two wires and began discharging as much electricity as he could. Normally, he'd just daze off until his brain fried.

*BZZT!*

He was doing so when his battery suddenly began sparking, causing the boy to cease what he was doing. Somehow he had overloaded the battery.

"The hell?" Tilting his head, he realized that his brain was still fully functional. How this was, he didn't know. It took him a few days to realize that somehow, he had passed his old limit of how much he can expel and that any signs of a new limit were long gone. Each time he'd train, he'd never run out of juice. In addition, he could increase the voltage of his own electricity, being able to do so much quicker if he absorbed some from an outside source.

"What the hell did that lightning bolt do to me?" Denki asked himself one day. Even someone like him could see that the lightning bolt clearly did something to him. Whether it awoke a dormant aspect of his quirk or mutated it he didn't know. "If only I asked Midoriya for her number. She'd probably know what's going on... "

Even though it's been a few months since their first interaction, Denki still thought about her. The only news he had about her came from a news article that detailed she tried to save a blonde boy from a villain made of sludge before both of them were saved by All Might, the current number one hero. Other than that, it's been all static. He tried searching for her on several social media platforms, but he couldn't find her.

"I hope she's doing well…"

He really did. Just from hanging out with her once, he could tell she was a good person, someone who didn't deserve all that was happening to her.

"I want to be a hero who saves people with a smile. I want to prevent as much suffering as I can."

When Izumi told him this while they were exploring the plaza together, he found it to be the most selfless thing he's heard. Hell, even though the main driving factor for him wanting to be a hero was to help others, there was a part of him that wanted to be a hero because it was cool.

He seriously regrets letting her run off without giving her his number.

Thankfully, it seems as if they were destined to meet once more.

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Today was the day of U.A'S entrance exams and Denki had just finished the written portion. While it really made him want to cry while doing it, he felt that he didn't fail it, which was good. Now, he was waiting for the physical portion of the exam to start.

"WELCOME TO TODAY'S LIVE PERFORMANCE! EVERYBODY SAY HEY!" Famous hero and U.A Entrance exam host Present Mic shouted, using his sound based quirk make his voice louder. Much to his surprise, no one replied. "Well, that's cool my listeners. I'm here to present the guidelines for your practical, ARE YOU READY!"

Again, he was meant with another awkward silence. "Wow, tough crowd. ANYWAYS, this is how the test will go! You will conduct a ten minute long city landscape maneuver! Within this city, there will be fake villains, each worth different amounts of points!" As he said this, the screen behind him started lighting up before revealing the three 'villains,' aka, three different types of training robots. "Use your quirks to disable them by any means necessary."

Hearing this explanation made Denki smile. This exam was tailored to his quirk.

If only he realized that day how unfair the exams actually were , then he wouldn't be smiling...

"Oh, cheating or injuring others is strictly prohibited, so if you do any of these things., YOU WILL BE ELIMINATED! And trust me, we'll know if you do. ANY QUESTIONS!"

"Yes!" A formal looking individual with glasses said. "It was said there were no less than four varieties of fake villains on the handout. As the top hero academy in Japan, you should be ashamed of making such a careless error. Also, you in the back!" The formal boy pointed to an embarrassed Izumi. Denki was honestly surprised that she was applying to U.A as well, but he was happy to see that she seemed to have taken his words to heart and continued pursuing being a hero. "Your mumbling has done nothing but serve as a distraction for those of us trying to take this test. If you don't plan on taking this seriously, then I suggest you leave."

Immediately, the room began laughing at the girl all while Denki frowned. It was clear her mumbling was her way of coping with stress, even he knew that. She wasn't the type of person who'd purposely distract others. Plus, he didn't even hear her.

"Great point!" Present Mic said, trying to calm everyone down. "There is a final villain, but they are worth zero points. If I were you, I'd run if you encounter one. GOT IT!"

This time, he actually got a bit of cheers in response. "THEN BREAK A LEG EVERYONE! PLUS ULTRA!"

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When everyone was split into their test zones, Denki was upset that Izumi wasn't in his. He brushed it off however. He could always try finding her after the exams. If he was really lucky, perhaps both of them will get into U.A.

"Uh, what are you waiting for? The exam started like two minutes ago. Villains aren't going to wait for you, you know. GO!"

As soon as Present Mic said this, Denki's testing site turned into chaos. That is, until he entered the fray. Then it turned into a war-zone. His quirk not only allowed him to scope out the area and track robots, but by simply absorbing their power and using it as his own, he was able to take them down with ease.

If he had been paying attention, he would've noticed that each time he drained a robot, he'd get a bit faster.

Throughout his carnage, he ended up finding two robots teaming up on an invisible girl. Pointing his hands at them, he fired a bit of electricity, taking them out of commission.

"Hey, you ok?" Denki asked her.

"Yeah," the girl sighed in relief. "Thanks for the save."

"No problem. Well, good luck." With that, Denki continued to find more robots for him to destroy.

It was then that the zero pointer showed up. A large, hulking robot taller than the buildings in the mock city. Naturally, everyone in his test site began running away.

Denki however had adrenaline flowing through him. Add having a large amount of confidence in his abilities and that's a recipe for disaster. Once everyone flew past him, Denki went wild, pumping all the electricity he built up into the zero pointer. It never stood a chance, dropping lifelessly.

The boy smirked at his work, taking some time to admire what he did. The sound of something blowing up in one of the other test sites was what brought him back to reality, although it was a bit too late for him to earn any more points.

"And time's up!" Present Mic shouted in the background.

Honestly, Denki lost track of how many points he got, but with how many robots he destroyed, he'd be surprised if he didn't get in...

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Author's note 2: Time for some explanations :-). I'll be splitting each explanation into separate categories and I'll be covering everything as they show up.

Oh, and just a reminder that even though Denki is the MC, he's not going to be a moral compass like Izuku is in cannon (at least he won't be when he turns into a villain).

Before I do though, I just want to note that I respect all your opinions and I know not everyone's going to agree with my critiques. However, I ask that if you want to have a lengthy discussion/debate them, please PM me or message me on Instagram instead of putting it in the reviews. You can leave smaller arguments/agreements there, but try to save the essays for the PMs. It just makes things easier for me :p.

Why I wrote this fic

There's three reasons I decided to make this. First off, I wanted to write a story which serves as a deconstruction of the MHA universe (if you don't know what that means, basically I'll be critiquing it with this story). Speaking of which, after every chapter, I'll be explaining the things I don't like and how they can be fixed. Let it be known that My Hero Academia is great and I love it (I wouldn't be writing fanfiction about it if I didn't), but there are several glaring flaws in it that need to be looked over. The mini-rants also help you understand the story better. Also, for most of my stories, I try to keep out my biased thoughts so that I can tell a good story, but here, I'm free to express them as they are important to this story.

Second, Denki is an underrated character by the fandom and often written incorrectly. Most of the time, his power is written as much weaker than it actually is (more on that later). Some people write him as some sort of stupid jerk, when in reality, he's easily one of the nicest member of class 1-A (with the creator of MHA actually making note of this as one of his special traits). I've decided to give my favorite MHA character the love he deserves. I also wanted to use Denki as the MC because I wanted to write a story where an unaffected party slowly realizes that the world is flawed. In most villain story fics (including my own), Izuku becomes a villain because he's directly affected by the discrimination and prejudice in the world. Denki doesn't have to deal with that, having a strong quirk. However, by hanging out with someone who's suffered as a result of the world they live in, he'll realize these things himself. In regards to his intellect, I personally think he might have ADHD. The guy's proven to have some brains to him, from his extensive vocabulary to him even managing to create some strategies on the fly during combat (his second fight against Ibara during the join-training arc coming to mind). He has a higher showing intellectually than Mina Ashido (who's considered the second dumbest in the class. No shade to Mina, I love her, but I'm just saying what I noted). Denki seems to be the type who zones out/can't stay still when things get boring, so for this fic, I'll be using the 'Denki has ADHD' theory. Also, I know that the way he got his upgrade was cliched, but I wanted to mimic how Electro got his powers. Like Spider-Man, Electro's powers were given to him because he was in the right place at the right time. As for what kind of villain I want to make him, I'm leading towards an anarchist. He won't be a revolutionist.

Third, Electro is underrated in the Marvel Universe. The dude's a living lightning bolt, capable of traveling the speed of light and utilizing unlimited energy (ever since he was upgraded in comics. When he was first created, he was a typical electricity powered crook). Sadly, comic book writers tend to nerf him to the point where Spider-Man could beat him. I'll be showing off his true potential in this fic.

Faulty Anime Logic (here, I discuss problems that exist because 'anime logic')

Denki Kaminari and his quirk: I'm going to be frank here, Denki should be the one of the strongest characters in MHA. He generates 1.3 million volts. That amount of volts will drop someone with ease, if not kill someone outright. Even if they survive, they'll probably be crippled for life. Want to know how strong he is? Well, before getting his upgrade into 'living lightning bolt' status, Electro could generate a limit of 1 million volts. That amount of volts nearly killed Spider-Man when they first met (and Spider-Man has higher endurance than most people in the MHA world) and defeated the Shocker (a villain who has an even higher endurance level than Spider-Man). He even one-shotted an older version of the Hulk (who could easily tank 1 mil volts now btw). If Electro could do that, then imagine what Denki could do with a higher voltage. Only reason he's downplayed is to make the more centric characters more powerful (Katsuki, Izuku, and Shoto, who would easily drop to Denki. None of them are even remotely near Hulk's level, even his weaker versions). The reason it's put under the 'Anime Logic' section is that it's not limited to MHA. Many other anime do this with some of their characters. Hell, it's not even limited to anime. Just reread my points on Electro. I just put it as 'Anime Logic' because it fits in this category the most.

On an unrelated note, living with a quirk like his must be hell. Dude fries his brain constantly the the point where he almost becomes a vegetable. I could only imagine how such a thing feels...

Finally, I'd like to mention that Kyouka Jiro is another victim of being nerfed in a narrative sense in MHA. Girl's casually one-shot people with her quirk numerous times. If you want to know more about my thoughts on her quirk, check out my fic 'A Sinister Foe'.

MHA Problems (problems I have with the series itself)

The overvaluing of quirks and quirkless discrimination: The fact that the MHA society states that Izuku can't be a hero without a quirk is dumb. Sure, he's less equipped to fight someone with a quirk in direct combat, but most of the quirks of MHA aren't too crazy. They're not too outlandish like Marvel's mutants and Inhumans. One gunshot could kill about 95% of MHA's population. Just look at Hawks. His quirk only gives him wings, but due to his skill, intelligence, and speed, he's ranked higher than those with offensive quirks. Also, MHA takes place in a futuristic society. Just build a suit and weapons like Iron Man. Mei did it and her quirk doesn't giver her an intelligence boost, why can't a quirkless person do so? Also, as the fandom has pointed out many times, some quirks are just complete garbage. Stretching your fingers? Popping your eyes out of your eyelids? None of that gives them any sort of advantage in a fight. I know quirkless discrimination would exist in a society like this, but I think it's blown out of proportion. They treat the quirkless as if they are sub-human.

All Might and his conversation with Izuku: Despite the fact I have a few fics that have Izuku going against All Might, I want to say that I actually really like his character. I like that he's essentially a Superman with notable flaws (no shade to Superman, I like him, but his flaws aren't really notable for casual readers). Him telling Izuku that he can't be a hero because he's quirkless though is just plain stupid for the reasons I listed above. We never even understand why he said it. A popular fan theory I personally believe in states that All Might originally tried being a quirkless hero, but like Izuku, was bullied. I want to expand onto that theory. Even though its established that he was quite ripped, perhaps one of his bullies had a strength/speed enhancing quirk or something similar that made it so that All Might couldn't beat them in a direct fight. This led him to believe that he was useless because he was quirkless, a belief he continued to hold even after getting One for All. To me, this makes sense. Sadly, cannon never establishes why All Might shot down Izuku's dream, so all we have are theories. I'd honestly like to see a spin-off or something depicting All Might's past. All we have are flashbacks. Now, there are two huge issues I have with All Might (more specifically, two actions he takes), but I'll reveal them when the time comes, one of which being next chapter.

U.A's entrance exam: Everything that needs to be said about this has been said before, so I won't keep you here any longer than I need to.

One for All as a quirk: I know that people have problems with the quirk, so I decided that I'd make it known that people DO have legitimate criticisms about the quirk. Personally though, it doesn't bother me except that it's written inconsistently. One moment Izuku's moving superhumanly fast, the next he's struggling to fight off Himiko Toga, a girl who doesn't have a speed enhancing quirk. Also, yes, female Izuku/ Izumi still has One For All. There's something I want to tackle later in the fic and her having the quirk is the best way to do so.

Quirk Laws: I'm saving this for later (the Stain arc).

Katsuki Bakugo: (Remember how I said not everyone's going to agree with me on some points? This'll probably be the biggest divide. I ask that you hear me out before commenting on this topic though). Even though he doesn't appear in this chapter, he does appear in the episodes/manga issues this chapter takes place in. However, I'm holding off on talking about Katsuki until the chapter where Denki becomes a villain. There's a lot I want to say to the point that I can write an essay, but now's not the time.