The Inspiring Spider-Hope
Issue 2: Presentation
Aaall right, let's do this one last time.
My name is Makoto Naegi.
I was bitten by a radioactive spider during a school trip.
And for the past six month (five actually since the first month was training my new found powers), I've been Japan's one and only…
Spider-Man
But I actually prefer to be called:
Spider-Hope
Let's be honest here. I didn't want those powers. I don't think I'm the right person to get them. I mean I was just a normal High School kid! Normal as can be and boring too, the only thing going on for me was that I was more optimistic than the average.
But there was no one I could contact and ask about this, except, well obviously: the first Spider-Man.
Everyone in the World knows about the Spidermen in New York, they save the city from regular thugs up to mastermind criminals!
And just like everyone, I had a phase where I was a huge fan too!
So, I got bitten, I got new powers that make a mess of my normal life. I mean, waking up with more muscles, a 'spider sense' that makes me dodge any unlucky baseball ball flying to my face and hands that stick to every surface like glue… It's bound to make a mess in some way. I'm confused and the only people with answers are on the other side of the world with 13 hours of separation…
Contacting them was a nightmare.
Thankfully, the two Spider Men, the older Red and the younger Black, were very nice and understood my situation perfectly.
They told me to start training as soon as I could because:
With great powers comes great responsibility.
And I… knew what they meant.
After one month of tips on how to control my powers, how to make my own web shooters and web fluids, how to swing and how to do my own costume. Though to this day, it's still not completely finished, but people seem to like it so I'll leave it as such.
When I asked about fighting, they just told me that it will come to me, as neither of them were fighters before they got bit.
Anyway, I saved a bunch of people, I stopped a gang war, got punched, ran from the police for a misunderstanding, stopped a drug traffic, got shot in the arm, got hit by multiple drones, burnt my whole face trying to drink hot coco upside-down, Red Spider Man warned me to avoid anyone in a black and red full bodysuit with katanas and got many fanarts!
Right now I'm just this city's friendly vigilante who helps anyone he can. I haven't saved the city or the world like the other Spidermen, and I don't mind. Actually, I hope it stays that way.
And as you all know already, I got invited to join the best school in the whole world: Hope's Peak Academy as the Ultimate Young Hero.
I don't know how they discovered my identity, and I'll be sure to ask, but I know my time over there is going to be amazing.
And yet…
My Spider Sense, despite not having started the school year yet, was warning me that it will also be extremely…
Dangerous.
To be Continued…
Baka's notes: Yeah I know this chapter is extremely short but don't worry, next ones will be longer and full of events! Hope you'll be looking forward to them!
Next is Despair in Lobotomy!