In a Superhuman Society

by Stonecreek

A world with quirks means its people are wind up rather quirky. Whether heroes, villains, or somewhere in-between, every BnHA character deserves to have their story told. These are but tiny 100-word snippets of their lives, told one a day, every day, in 2023. Newest chapter: Mina Ashido is a vivacious hero in training. She's equally enthusiastic about her classmates' love lives.

94. Tomura Shigaraki (Tenko Shimura)

A.N. — When a character is so integral to the canon's storyline, I often find myself torn on what direction to take their drabble. For today's birthday man-child, I wanted to explore his origins, but also do an action piece. So, of course, neither happened (though I did favor earlier in the timeline). Tomura Shigaraki, AKA Tenko Shimura, here's your birthday drabble.

94. Tomura Shigaraki/Tenko Shimura

Sensei spoke to him through a screen, and that spoke to Tomura.

Most of his downtime was spent with his face glued to whatever gaming system held his attention at that particular moment, so he was well used to receiving instructions from a disembodied yet guiding voice. And Tomura had infinite faith that both his real-word and digital quests would level him up and lead to great reward upon their completion.

Tomura had proved he could complete a stealth infiltration mission and rally a band of party members. Whatever prompt popped up next, he would undertake with unrestrained fervor.