superpierce: Honestly with this being an anime/manga world and the setting being japan really wish their would be some Yakuza references or cameos of characters from the franchise.
Re: The Yakuza series? Well, there are yakuza in MHA's Japan, though I haven't seen any explicit nods to Kazuma Kiryu or Goro Majima. If there were, they'd have to be very explicit with it, like maybe making Kiryu's expy a literal dragon in a white suit as a nod to "Dragon of Dojima", and maybe make the Majima expy a "Mad Dog". It's an interesting idea, I'm sure there are fanfiction of the concept out there, and if I get more-familiar with the franchise I might even make a couple nods myself.
LoamyCoffee: Well that was unexpected but understandable. Luck of the draw and he was unlucky enough to have Bakugou in his test area. As for Sato, I understand no pain, no gain but that doesn't keep me from worrying that he's killing brain cells with that method, or that he might suffer a stroke.
This was something, didn't expect an Spider-Man that snapped or the three idiots but welcome all the same.
I remember that episode as well.
Of course, the big bonus of this chapter for me is Ilia Amitola's cameo~ Well that and the fact you used Knuckleduster's hero name in china as a move. But mainly the appearance of my favorite chameleon girl~ I'm looking forward to Genki's future~
Re: I'm glad the point got across. It isn't just "enough" to have a powerful Quirk; there is a lot that can "go wrong", and with 1000s of applicants, it really is a Numbers Game; I didn't have Genki fail the Practical Exam for shits and giggles. As for Sato, shouldn't you be worried about Kirishima?! That guy literally beat himself in the head with a lead pipe to train his Quirk.
Technically, Kumo-Nin/Spider Shinobi was based on one of Peter's clones from the "Clone Saga", Kaine; hence the hand-shaped burn marks from [Super Adhesion], but with some of Peter Parker's tragedies thrown into the mix.
I hoped someone would get the Ilia cameo. As for Knuckleduster… Well~ Let's just say it isn't just coincidence~
OmnipotentAbsoluteUIGodzilla: Genki Gokiburi aka Roachman FTW! GO BEYOND, EXCELSIOR! Shinobi Spider formerly known as Kumo-Nin, was a Pro-Hero turned Vigilante after suffering personal tragedies and killing a child raping diplomat that would not be punished accordingly by a broken Justice system. Real dark, buddy boi!
Re: Technically that'd be "Roach-Man" with a Hyphen, like Spider-Man. As for Shinobi Spider, I never would've come up with it if not for Spaceman, the best Beta a writer could ask for.
King0fP0wers: I just noticed that Mutant-types appear to receive larger focus in your story. After almost thirty chapters...
"Larger focus" is kinda exaggerated. It's just that there are more people with Mutant quirks. Sure, the classes and top heroes have people with those quirks, but among villains, they're kinda... scarce. Poor Spinner. He'll develop a big complex once he meets young Goki!
Re: Well, the Leading Character is a Mutant; albeit, he's on the Softcore end of the spectrum. And also! If you assume there's an equal division between Emitter, Transformation, and Mutant-Type Quirks, then in their default states, there's only 1 Mutant out of every 3 Quirk Holders, with the rest being Emitter and Transformation. You could infer from that, that Mutants are a minority "within the majority", but given the prevalence of Quirks, Quirkless could also be considered a "mutation" of the human condition.
As for Spinner… He was discriminated-against because he was a Mutant but that was all his Quirk "did for him"; all he does is carry around a big Composite Sword while playing dress-up as Stain. I don't think him encountering Genki would do anything For or Against him, especially, since Genki is on the Softcore end of the spectrum; all he'd have to do to pass himself off as Baseline Human pre-Paranormality is cover his back and do something about his antennae.
thumbdash05: Has there been a Asui POV from the locker room incident? If not, I think that it would be cool if you did add one so we can she feels about Genki, at the time of his confession and as the student are returning to school.
Re: It'll actually be happening this-chapter~
Not the "returning to school" part, but, you know what I mean.
Guest: Is there a reason to name every single one of his moves...? Well, there is All Might. But this is kinda excessive.
Re: The answer to that is quite simple if you've watched Superhero anime with a side of Business Politics; Brand Recognition. In Tiger & Bunny, the different Heroes all wear logos of their Sponsors, like Human Nascar. In My Hero Academia, All Might by the then-present can only be All Might for around 3 Hours a day (and dropping), but because of Brand Recognition, he's able to hold onto the No.1 Throne. In addition, it's also a Psychosomatic Trigger that helps him "get in the zone". In summary, it isn't "for the hell of it", there's actual reasoning behind it.
lazyguy90: God this story is fantastic. Not only is it an interesting deeper examination into a world of heroes, it's also absolutely hilarious to boot.
Genki screwing over Bakugo and being completely unfazed in the face of his hostility is just absolutely sublime.
Keep up the great work.
Re: Thank you very much! I too enjoyed the Worldbuilding I was able to do for MHA, and my OC, a Mutant-Type whose Quirk has negative social connotations, makes for an excellent "lens" to explore issues that the main characters with their Emitter-Type Quirks would never have to contemplate.
Assuming you mean primarily at the Sports Festival, yes, Genki was a really bad matchup for him. If you've ever read Arachnid, Caterpillar, or Blattodea, you'd know just how-powerful other insect-type Heroes can be, and not just Spiders. Also, Bakugou might be outright hostile, even to a toxic extent, but that Genki's been dealing with the backlash from his Quirk's negative connotations all his life means that malice is nothing new.
Glad you enjoy the worldbuilding and the humor.
*MHA*
Elsewhile apart from Gokiburi Genki, with the Gold Striker: Stunvolt…
"So, not that I'm complaining-because I'm really not!- but why are we at a Maid Café?" Kaminari asked one day as he eyed his current surroundings.
"I saved the manager's daughter one time, and I get free food," Gunvolt replied as he turned a cool smile towards the cat-eared maid that served them.
" . . . Oh! I get it! This is a lesson; about the importance of networking in the early days of my career," Kaminari nodded as aforementioned girl swooned.
Gunvolt for his part shrugged noncommittally. If Kaminari wanted to read so-much into it, he'd let him.
"Hey, I gotta ask," Kaminari said nursing at his coffee, trying to look classy in front of all these Akihabara cuties. "You and Lumen. Are you… you know~?" he hummed waggling his raised pinkie at the older Hero, a less-than-proper smile tugging at his features.
"That's none of your business," Gunvolt said brusquely, placing his Dart Leader on the table, barrel pointed forward.
"Yikes! Sorry! Sorry," he apologized with raised hands. "So um… You know Genki's parents… What're they like?"
" . . . They're good people. They gave me my big break," Gunvolt said inclining his gaze towards a tall spire of glass and steel in the distance. "Office space is at a premium here. Any other circumstance, and I'd need to be a veteran Hero to get my own office in this city. Most Heroes twice my age only have the equivalent of a broom closet, so I'm truly grateful for all I've been given."
"Oh, so that's why we've been patrolling Idol shows non-stop…" Kaminari hummed thoughtfully, thinking back to the past few days where they'd run security like clockwork. "They seem to be real sweet on you~" he ribbed playfully, thinking back to all the swooning girls vying for Gunvolt's attention.
"I'm a fixture of stability, nothing more," the older blond replied curtly.
"Well, you're definitely loyal to your main squeeze, I'll give you that much," Kaminari hummed aloud, giving up on drinking his coffee straight and reaching for the milk and sugar. "So uh… Just throwing this out there; when I graduate, think you could use a Sidekick?"
"You don't want to become your own Hero?" Gunvolt asked with a raised brow.
"Well, the thing is, I'm… kinda stupid…" Kaminari admitted self-deprecatingly. "And that's before I short-circuit my brain with my Quirk. If I were the lead of an Agency, I imagine I'd drive it straight into the ground."
" . . . Well, it is important to know your own limitations, I suppose," Gunvolt nodded in acceptance. "There are too many Hero hopefuls out there who want to be 'the next All Might', but wind up falling short and quit because they can't climb any higher when they plateau," he explained. "Other than the sheer saturation of our industry, I think the reason so many people 'peak' so-soon after they graduate is because they don't take the time to practice Quirk Reinforcement."
"Quirk Reinforcement? What's that?" Denki asked confusedly.
*Bzzzzzzzt*
"I'll tell you later. Right now there's an electric Villain causing trouble. We've been called in," Gunvolt said looking at the Alert on his phone, finishing up his coffee before throwing himself out the nearest window, his coat tails flaring out in the wind behind him.
"Yeah, um, I can't jump that far… I'll just take the stairs," Kaminari said as he saw how-far it was to street level.
Sure, taking the stairs wasn't cool when you could always jump out the window like a complete badass and get to street level in two seconds, but Kaminari imagined painting the asphalt a disgusting color would be equally lame if-not-moreso.
*MHA*
Elsewhile apart from Gokiburi Genki, with the Ridley Hero: Alien Queen…
"Pump those legs, Ashido! If you want to go on patrol today, then push through and finish up those 1,000 kicks!" Hibiki ordered.
"I'm… working… on it!" Mina panted between breaths as she furiously kicked the training dummy in front of her.
Interning under Kamadouma Hibiki as she had… Mina Ashido had to wonder who was worse between him and Aizawa. Getting over the initial beat-down, which in retrospect she supposed she deserved for how much of Genki's clothing she'd melted with her Quirk, even though she DIDN'T INTEND TO DO THAT… she had to admit, she was way more confident about her fighting ability than she was before. Sure, most of it was strength training, but Hibiki's constant heckling only served to push her harder and farther than she could've if she tried self-motivating.
And it wasn't just strength training. The mechanics of various forms of kicking, as well as where and when to kick, were all being hardlined into her, and though she wasn't one to say so aloud, she loved how-toned her legs were becoming. Sure, she was no Chun-Li from Street Fighter, but she had to admit, there was something empowering that came with being able to choke out a grown man with a scissor lock.
Of course first she had to get over the connotation that came with having someone's head between her legs.
She wondered if Genki had undergone that sort of training when he was practicing his "Black Widow Throw"s.
Kamadouma's sidekicks were actually really nice once you got over the hooligan-like vibe a lot of them gave off, and the added lessons of how to street fight with anything and everything that might be nearby in a cityscape gave her even more confidence for when it came time to fight Villains.
Sure, she couldn't kick bricks in half with her bare feet yet, but the fact that Hibiki's Quirk had nothing to do with kicking gave her hope that she could someday kick a bad guy through a concrete wall like something from an old superhero movie.
And what a shock it was for her to learn that Kamadouma Hibiki's Quirk wasn't a strength-type Quirk like she'd initially speculated, but instead a "Miscellaneous-Type" Quirk that gave him a "force of will" strong-enough to endure pain that would've killed anyone else. One time a Villain had gone on a rampage using venom "worth a thousand bullet ant bites" and taken down half the Heroes in the then-current Top 10, and Hibiki had been the only one capable of getting back up to fight before All Might came onto the scene to finish things off.
After hearing that story and being shown the newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of one of Hibiki's biggest fangirls, who was also one of his sidekicks, Mina Ashido decided Kamadouma Hibiki was a "man among men", and that he and Kirishima would get on like family.
Which of course made what she learned next an even bigger shock.
Despite his robust masculinity, Hibiki was unashamedly homosexual; at least when directly asked. It was a shock because she never would've guessed based on his countenance.
What was even more of a shock was when the gears began to mesh, she realized not only was he gay, but he was also a tsundere!
Not that she'd ever say such to his face. If anime taught her anything, it was that you never called a tsundere out on being a "tsundere".
And homosexual as he was, Hibiki only had eyes for a deceased Hero by the name of "Kumo" who was allegedly "as-skilled as All Might is strong".
Had she been told this prior to the USJ Incident, she would've replied that no-one could be a match for All Might and waved the whole thing off. But that bird-faced mutant freak matching the No.1 Hero blow-for-blow changed everything. If a boy her own age with a Mutant-Type Quirk could match if not outpace those in her class with flashier Emitter-Type Quirks, then it really was possible for her to become an outstanding Hero. The Leaderboard Heroes were the strongest in the country not because of how-flashy their Quirks were, but because they were both strong and skilled, with or without their Quirks.
The confidence she had in beating the heavy-hitters of her Class in the next Sports Festival was at an all time high a few days into her internship.
Not that Hibiki didn't kick her legs out from under her, both figuratively and literally. While she had grown stronger by leaps and bounds, with and without her Quirk, the constant reminders that none of her peers would be "standing still" reminded her that unless she trained unendingly, she would never close the gap unless they got incredibly lazy.
So, with newfound determination in her heart, with a burst of willpower Mina whipped out her best impression of Chun-Li's Hyakuretsukyaku and delivered the remaining kicks she needed to go out on patrol in short order.
"Hm. Good work. Maybe you're not totally useless," Hibiki hummed, getting up from his seat. "Hit the showers. We'll go on patrol in fifteen minutes."
"Y-Yes!" Mina whooped as she hobbled to the showers, favoring her good leg.
*MHA*
Elsewhile apart from Gokiburi Genki, with the Taping Hero: Cellophane…
During his time with Fuji Alice, Hanta Sero had attempted to unlock different variants of his [Tape] after the manifestation of his [Double-Sided Tape]. He tried visualization, changing up his diet, and even this thing called "Quirk Reinforcement" where Alice made him spit out tape until he passed out from dehydration. Despite his best efforts however, he only had his regular [Tape] and [Double-Sided Tape].
Not to say it wasn't useful. His "spike strips" did a great job of slowing down criminals who weren't watching exactly where they put their feet, and as it turned out, the more-hydrated he was, the clearer his [Tape] became, so there was that at least. It was amazing how-often Villains would step in the stuff.
Because no matter how strong or fast a Villain was, if you could trip them up for even a single second, sometimes that "one second" was enough to drop a Villain even if they exceeded your weight class. Although it hadn't actually been him finishing off any of the Villains with flying neck chops, though the fact that one-done-wrong could easily kill a man didn't leave Sero eager to try it out for himself beyond the training dummy he'd been using when not on patrol.
Of course, there was also the issue of Alice walking around the apartment in her underwear all the time! Was she seducing him? Did she not consider him a "man"? Was she just completely oblivious?
Inquiring minds (read: his) needed to know!
"Hanta. You're spacing out again."
"S-Sorry…!" Sero yelped as he blinked his eyes, happy his visor was hiding the blush on his face. "Just uh…" he paused as his eyes trailed sidelong down her skintight costume. "Thinking."
"About what?"
"Um… Stuff."
"Ah. Me too," she replied as she drank from a bottle of water, a rogue droplet leaving the corner of her lips and trailing down her jaw.
*Gulp*
"So, how's my godchild doing in school?"
"Huh? Oh! You mean Genki? Oh! Ah! Yes! He's… He's doing great!" Sero nodded hastily. "He's made lots of friends… He's done really well in the Sports festival… He's kinda pissed this one guy off, but I'm sure he can handle it."
"I'm not worried," Alice hummed. "If this guy turns Villain on him on school grounds, Genki can just neck-chop him into a quadriplegic."
This statement made Sero spit-take his own water when he lifted his visor to take a draft. "He-He can do that!?"
"Of course," Alice nodded. "Me, I'd strangulate him with a wire," she said holding out a length of her Kumoito like a garotte. "But neck-chopping works too. A young man has to be able to defend himself, after all."
"I uh… I see…" Sero gulped. "So um… any chance I could intern under you again? In the future?"
"I don't see why not," she shrugged. "You've got potential. Trapper and Ambush-type Heroes aren't overtly popular, but we get the job done," she said sending a smile his way. "Plus, we've got a better retirement package~"
"Y-Yeah, I guess you're right," Sero nodded, thinking back to some of the life-lessons she'd given him about the Hero lifestyle.
Most high-ranking Heroes, when they retired, would often have to move to another country (preferably on another continent) and change their name. Reason for that was because a Hero, by their very nature, made many enemies throughout their career, and it wasn't uncommon for a Villain who'd spent twenty or more years in prison to go on a revenge spree the first chance they got. Even All Might might have to go to ground someday in another country, given all the enemies he'd made as the Symbol of Peace. Not to mention all the enemies he made in America during his tenure there.
It was a rather dour outlook on things, but Alice made no illusions about what the world of Heroes was really like. All things considered, when Aizawa finally hung up his Capture Scarf for good, all he had to do was cut his hair and move out to the boonies. The Leaderboard Heroes on the other hand… Unless they hired guards 24/7, any retired life they could have in Japan would constantly be fraught with danger, an eye on the paper for any news of high-profile villains getting out of prison after long sentences that they'd had a hand in putting away.
"What about Genki's dad, then?" Sero asked.
"Oh, that issue with retaliatory strikes got solved a while ago," Alice waved off.
"How so?"
"Ares-san punched all of one's blood out in a public venue," she answered causing Sero to spit-take again as he imagined the loud *SPLAT!*. "It took ages to clean it all up because the blood spatter hit a building that was already red, but I think the point got across."
"Yikes…!" Sero squeaked. "So uh… Villains don't bother you?"
"They don't know my face, and out-of-costume, I'm invisible."
"You're far from invisible~"
Is what Sero wanted to say in a flirtatious tone, but he thought better of it.
'Oh kami, I do have a thing for older women!'
"Break time's over. We've got a hit-and-runner," Alice said getting up from her seat and throwing an arm around Sero's waist, the teen screaming as the two went over the side of the roof and into a thematic building-swing.
*MHA*
Elsewhile apart from Gokiburi Genki, with the Sweets Hero: Sugarman…
His internship under the Herculean Hero: Kabutomushi had been a complete, and utter, hell.
But the results couldn't be argued with.
After spending the last five days being pumped full of sugar, nutrients, and caffeine, Sato's base strength had actually doubled, meaning now, his [Sugar Rush] gave him a ten-fold strength boost compared to his original five-fold; at least until he noted down his new power level as the "default". The migraines had almost crippled him, leaving him a drooling mess on the floor, but the fact that he was able to get back on his feet again without any permanent brain damage was a sign he'd reached a breakthrough with his Quirk. Not quite on the level of an "Awakening", otherwise known as Damon-Hall Syndrome, but the fact that his base and augmented strength had essentially doubled from what they'd been before meant when he got back to school, he'd have jumped up 1-A's hierarchy by several notches.
All he needed was the opportunity to show off.
"Nine-hundred ninety-seven… Nine-hundred ninety-eight… Nine-hundred ninety-nine…" Sato grunted as he lifted the barbell over his head. "One… thousand…!" he gasped, letting the weight fall to the floor.
It was only thanks to the space-age material the Silverman Gym was constructed with, that no-one on the lower floors could complain.
"Well…" Kabutomushi hummed as she strode up to Sato and pinched his bicep. "Maybe you aren't completely worthless after all~"
The closest thing she could give to a compliment. At least to a student.
"Get showered and get dressed. We'll see if we can't scrounge up a Villain or two for you to wail on."
"Y… Yes, ma'am…" Sato panted, drenched with sweat, but satisfied he could finally leave the gym.
When they got out on patrol however…
"Agh… Fuck…! Did my costume shrink in the wash?" Sato growled as he tugged at the rear of his costume, which was digging up into his round muscular butt something fierce.
"Call the Support Company with your updated measurements," Kabutomushi waved off. "That or ask for a better mesh. Honestly, they should've given it to you the first time around."
"Yeah… I'll get right on that," Sato sighed as he followed after her, careful not to tear the suit.
Kabutomushi for her part, instead of wearing cosplay was clad in a respectable pantsuit with skirt and long stockings. Sato supposed he should've been thankful for that, given what she'd been wearing the first time he'd seen her.
Not that there was anything wrong with grown women in cosplay, half of what the Pros wore could've classified, but at least today, his mentor was wearing something respectable.
You could only see a legal loli in cosplay, and/or get beaten by her, so many times before the thrill of it started to wear off.
Hopefully he didn't have any long-term dain bramage…
Moving on!
The patrol that Sato was finally able to go on was largely uneventful. Surprisingly-enough, even in his yellow outfit and white gloves, no-one gave him a second glance. Sure, one or two recognized him from the Sports Festival, but that two never became a "three", and the two that did wound up recognizing him by his "fish lips"; their words, not his.
Still, after the complete and utter hell that his internship had been up to his point, he'd weather any less-than-complimentary reference to his physical attributes if it meant he could get some fresh air and sunlight. And also not be beaten within an inch of his life or made to use his Quirk for hours on end like a guinea pig…
After the hell he'd been through, he would never disparage the plight of lab rats ever again.
Kabutomushi suddenly came to a stop with a hand raised, eyes scanning the street.
"What is it?" Sato asked.
" . . . "
Kabutomushi's eyes falling to the corner of a far-off building, after a moment's deliberation she suddenly walked out into the nearby street. Pedestrians slamming on their brakes and blaring their horns at her as she J-walked, one foreigner actually looked like he was about to burst a blood vessel.
Sato's teacher for the week seemed to take it in stride, walking past the hood like nothing was going on, but when the pissed off driver said something rather unflatteringabout her gender…
*KRRUUNNNCH!*
All the blaring of horns came to an abrupt halt as the woman punched her fist through the radiator of the offensive driver's car and proceeded to rip out the engine block one-handed. Kabutomushi then tossing it up and down in her hand like a softball, her eyes went to the street up ahead where a speeding car being pursued by patrol vehicles suddenly made itself known. Drawing back her arm, Sato's jaw dropped open as his teacher chucked the engine block through the air and caught the escaping car in the grill, its rear tires leaving the road before the front bumper caught and it flipped over wholesale with a loud *KRASH!*.
Kabutomushi for her part clapped the dust from her hands like nothing out-of-the-ordinary had occurred, walking up to the upended car like one would going down the street.
Coming to a stop beside the vehicle in question as the police finally pulled up, as easily as he would a candy wrapper, Kabutomushi peeled the door from the car frame and tossed it lazily to the side. Fisting the driver's shirt and ripping him from the car seat, as she walked over to the police cruiser and tossed the driver onto the hood, she gestured him toward the passenger side of the car where one criminal still was.
Getting the memo, Sato downed a smaller amount of sugar than usual, his costume growing unbearably tight as he proceeded to rip off the other door in turn, albeit with a little more effort. Pulling the passenger from his seat, before he could start dragging him over to the nearby patrol car, the Villain suddenly came alive and blasted him in the face with pepper spray.
The big-lipped teen yowling in pain, staggering back, a panicked cry of- "Look out! Trigger!" -snapped his eyes open through the tears, his eyes clearing in-time to see an empty injector tossed to the side, the would-be Villain wetting his lips with a tongue tinged black. The Villain drawing his arm back as a bone spike colored like chrome protruded from the top of his forearm, Sato quickly grabbed the door he tore away and raised it up like a shield as the Villain stabbed at him, only for the bone spike to shoot out like a pile bunker and knock him back with a *BANG!*, a dent in his shield and his abdomen bruising. Had it been a clean hit, his insides would've been smeared all over the concrete.
The crazed Villain letting out a yowl as the police fired warning shots his way, seeing the costumed Hero as the bigger threat he lunged at Sato again, bone spike glinting in the afternoon light. Before he could put a hole in the adolescent however, Kabutomushi threw herself in the Villain's path, hands grabbing the spike.
The *BANG!* to follow and jerk of Kabutomushi's body would've worried Sato… had he not known what her Quirk was.
[Kabuto Mail], a lining of organic steel surrounding her vital organs and major muscle groups, reinforcing her body from the inside like a subdermal exoskeleton; the very adaptation that gave the Japanese Kabuto Beetle its prodigious strength in relation to its body mass.
Most would think the strength Kabutomushi was using to pin the larger Villain to the ground and rip the bone spike out of his forearm was the result of a strength-boosting Quirk, similar to his own [Sugar Rush]. In actuality, the only thing it did was give her "a high Stat Cap"; everything else was the result of years of hard work and something called "Quirk Reinforcement".
Before the Villain's pained yowling could begin to really annoy him, Kabutomushi struck him over the head rendering him unconscious. Handing the second Villain off to the police, Kabutomushi turned to him, a metallic glint shining through the wound in her chest as she stood over him.
"Boya, you alright?"
"Yeah… I'm fine," he said extending his hand.
Instead of getting one in turn to help him up however, all he got was a skin stapler from her jacket pocket.
"Here. Help me seal this shut while I hold the wound closed," the Herculean Hero told him.
"O-Okay, I can do that, but… Why're you opening your shirt up?!" he squawked with a blush as she suddenly tore her shirt open, a flash of "cheesecake" and a black sports bra coming into view.
"Dirty cloth could get in the wound and cause sepsis," she answered frankly. "Now quit being squeamish and close this hole up."
" . . . "
No double entendre was immediately forthcoming, so Sato quit blushing like a schoolgirl and helped staple the wound shut.
*MHA*
Elsewhile apart from Gokiburi Genki, with the Rainy Day Hero: Froppy…
Tsuyu Asui had chosen to intern with the Sea Rescue Hero: Selkie, Pro Hero and Captain of the Oki Mariner, out of the Kagoshima Prefecture. The Oki Mariner Crew specialized in maritime missions, occasionally receiving requests for help from the Japan Coast Guard; or just "the Coast Guard" to those living in Japan.
In short, the perfect setup for her Quirk, though the saltwater took a little getting used-to. There wasn't any fishy smell to contend with, though maybe a more-hydrophobic material would prevent salt buildup in the future.
Most of her days had been spent helping keep the ship clean, staying fit through physical training, and running drills, but the night before they'd been tasked with helping to apprehend some smugglers coming in from China. She'd experienced her closest call since what happened at the USJ, even closer when you considered the Villain actually got his hands on her for more than a half-second, but thankfully Selkie was able to come in at the last second and save the day.
Selkie was no All Might, but in the end that didn't really matter. One man can't hold up an entire country on his own, even a country as relatively "small" as Japan compared to its contemporaries. Just because Selkie wasn't as well-known, didn't make him any less a Hero in the young Mutant's book.
It was currently the height of the new day, and it was back to business as usual once the contraband had been handed over to the proper authorities for processing, and if need be, disposal. Tsuyu was sitting at the stern of the Oki Mariner, bento in her lap, though her lunch wasn't wholly on her mind. At the moment she was on her phone, looking for anything she could find on the Edgeshot Agency, and her classmate who was working under the No. 5 Hero.
It took a little doing, since Mie was saturated with ninja-themed Heroes, but a flash of brown and green Kamen Rider-like eyes finally led her to her fellow Mutant. She'd only seen him in costume once before, but she had to admit, his costume cut an alluring figure-
"Sooo, is that the boy you like~?"
"S-Sirius-san?!" Tsuyu yelped over her shoulder, her phone nearly flying from her hands and into the water had Sirius not caught it at the last second.
"You know, you should really be more-careful with this thing," Sirius said waving it around. "That or splurge on a waterproof model with a glow-in-the-dark case," she amended cheekily.
"I'll be sure to keep that in mind, kero," Tsuyu nodded. "And who says I like him?" she asked grouping for her phone.
"Well, you've looked up pictures of him every chance you got," Sirius said with a smile as she held it at bay, casting an appreciative look at the subject on-screen. "Sooo, what's the story there? There's always a story in the Hero Course~"
"Well, he um… He might have said he liked me, in a really cringy, sappy way, kero…" she said tapping her fingers together.
"Oh~ So he confessed already?"
"Well, not to meee exactly…" Tsuyu trailed off. "It was meant to be guy-talk, but Kyoka-chan was eavesdropping through the wall in case they tried to peek at us again, and… well…" she paused, her cheeks reddening.
"Sooo~ What did you say~?"
"I said I'd go out with him."
"So you do like him~"
"I'm not sure," Tsuyu said with a shake of her head. "That was the first time a boy ever confessed to liking me that way, so I'm not sure what it is I'm feeling," she admitted, putting her fingertips together nervously. "Guys didn't go for girls like me back in middle school, so to hear a guy saying I was exactly his type… It made me kind of happy, kero~" she croaked cutely as the corners of her lips quirked up in a smile.
"That's good to hear, Tsu-chan," Sirius smiled happily, patting her kohai on the back. "Everyone deserves someone. And honestly, I can't even begin to tell you the number of times guys I went out with were disappointed to learn these weren't real," she said tugging at the fin-shaped Support Item over her left ear. "I'm not saying you should put it over your career, but you're a teenager. Experiment while you still have the leeway, otherwise he might be 'the one that got away'."
"Have you ever had one of those?" Tsuyu asked. "A 'one that got away', I mean."
" . . . Maybe. Doesn't matter anymore," Sirius said turning her gaze to the sea, a forlorn look in her eyes. "Anyway!" she said slapping her cheeks and putting on a brave face. "You should probably finish your lunch. Break's almost over."
"R-R-Right!" Tsuyu said diving into her lunch. "Oh, and… Sirius? Thanks."
"You're welcome," Sirius returned with a smile.
*MHA*
Elsewhile apart from Gokiburi Genki, with the Explosion Hero: Ground Zero…
'Fucking bug… Just you wait 'til I come up with a better name!' the expertly-combed HIT growled irately to himself as he patrolled alongside the No. 4 Hero, Best Jeanist, once again.
The first day had been a complete and utter hell for him, and because he was wearing clothes, he couldn't even lift a finger against his mentor. Back at Aldera, he would've written the power to manipulate cloth fibers off as a complete wash, another "useless" power wielded by an "extra" with unachievable dreams of grandeur. So to be so-utterly defeated, and with so-little effort, stung him worse than even his fight against Deku!
The days to follow weren't much better. Best Jeanist continued to insist on "proper decorum" and "image" and all sorts of other bullshit while combing his hair until it got stuck that way. And even on the rare instances where a Villain would show up, he didn't even get to fight! All Best Jeanist had to do was wave his hand and WHAM! Down for the count.
He'd thought he'd get a lucky beak to use his Quirk on some dumb sucker when a flasher with a penchant for melodrama threw himself from the top of a building, but not only could the guy fly, Edgeshot just cannibalized his own outfit to bind the high-diving streaker and hang him from a lamp post.
And it wasn't a slow-and-steady kind of bind either, that shit was almost instantaneous.
Bakugou supposed Best Jeanist was the No. 4 for a reason, but it just galled him that someone could be so-much stronger than him.
And not to mention, Best Jeanist's sidekicks were all a pain in the ass. Not only did they luxuriate in combing down their hair into that stupid fucking design, but they acted like they were actually better than them!
He'd have proved them dead wrong, but every time he tried, Best Jeanist would hogtie him and leaving him and leave him rooted where he stood until he cooled his head.
To make matters worse, while he was stuck spinning his wheels getting jack shit done, "Genkiburi" kept making headlines on the forums with his low, mid, and even high-profile busts, all of which he got credit for before and after that thing with Stain, whom he couldn't convince Best Jeanist to go after; with him in tow, obviously.
Honestly, if he didn't get to use his Quirk on anybody during his Internship, he'd take it out on the guy who stole his Sports Festival victory from him!