Dark future MHA AU
What if NOBODY got the ending they wanted? Only two heroes became pro heroes? I HATE to see people happy, lol.
This is like a dark AU ten years into the future where the students from 1-A had darker paths
Update 1: added LOV
Update 2: added LOV initial message
Hero Backgrounds
## Izuku Midoriya — U.A. Teacher
**Background:** Izuku spent several years as a licensed Pro Hero, but repeated injuries and the emotional toll of losing civilians and fellow heroes gradually wore him down. When his agency folded during a nationwide decline in hero funding, he reluctantly accepted a teaching position at U.A. Though he loves mentoring students, a part of him still wonders if he gave up too soon.
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## Katsuki Bakugo — International Pro Hero
**Background:** Bakugo is one of the few who actually made it. Ranked among Japan's strongest heroes, he lives under relentless pressure from the public and the media. He has almost no personal life, suffers from chronic hearing damage due to years of explosions, and secretly questions whether reaching the top was worth everything he sacrificed.
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## Shoto Todoroki — International Pro Hero
**Background:** Shoto became one of the world's most respected heroes, but fame only replaced one burden with another. Endless missions, political expectations, and constant comparisons to his father have left him emotionally exhausted and increasingly isolated.
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## Ochaco Uraraka — Construction Worker
**Background:** Ochaco dreamed of becoming a rescue hero, but hero agencies had little interest in Quirks suited mainly for lifting debris. After years of temporary contracts and unemployment, she took a construction job to support her parents. She still carries her old hero license in her wallet, even though it expired years ago.
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## Tenya Iida — Police Officer
**Background:** Despite graduating near the top of his class, Iida couldn't secure a permanent agency position after budget cuts swept through the industry. Choosing stability over uncertainty, he joined the police. He still believes in justice, though sometimes he wonders if he failed his family's legacy.
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## Momo Yaoyorozu — Corporate Executive
**Background:** Momo had every qualification to become a hero, but agencies viewed her as too expensive to insure because of her Quirk's physical demands. She eventually inherited her family's company, pouring her energy into developing equipment for heroes who succeeded where she couldn't.
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## Eijiro Kirishima — Firefighter
**Background:** A severe spinal injury sustained during an internship permanently ended Kirishima's hero career before it truly began. Refusing to stop helping people, he became a firefighter. He still instinctively reaches for the hero costume hanging in his closet whenever disaster strikes.
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## Denki Kaminari — Electrician
**Background:** Kaminari struggled to compete with more specialized heroes. After failing multiple agency tryouts, he became an electrician, using his Quirk to restore power after disasters. He jokes constantly, but avoids conversations about U.A.
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## Kyoka Jiro — Bartender & Local Musician
**Background:** Hero work never paid enough to survive. Jiro eventually gave up after years of part-time agency work and now spends her nights playing music in small clubs. She rarely performs the songs she wrote back at U.A. because they remind her of who she wanted to become.
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## Hanta Sero — Delivery Driver
**Background:** Sero bounced between agencies before finally accepting that nobody was hiring. He now delivers packages across the city. Every so often he passes heroes responding to emergencies and can't help imagining he should be with them.
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## Tsuyu Asui — Harbor Rescue Worker
**Background:** Tsuyu quietly left hero work after years of unstable employment. She now rescues fishermen and civilians along the coast. She never talks about why she quit.
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## Fumikage Tokoyami — Security Contractor
**Background:** Tokoyami found private security paid far better than hero agencies. Though he protects people every day, he considers it a compromise rather than a calling.
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## Mezo Shoji — Factory Supervisor
**Background:** Persistent discrimination against his appearance made it nearly impossible to build public trust as a hero. After years of rejection, he accepted work managing a manufacturing plant. He hides his disappointment behind quiet professionalism.
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## Koji Koda — Zoo Keeper
**Background:** Too shy to market himself to agencies, Koda slowly drifted away from hero work. Caring for animals became the peaceful life he never expected, though he still follows hero news every day.
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## Rikido Sato — Baker
**Background:** Sato simply couldn't compete with flashier Quirks. After years of failed applications, he opened a bakery. His customers know him as a kind baker, never realizing he once dreamed of becoming a hero.
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## Mina Ashido — Dance Instructor
**Background:** Mina's cheerful personality couldn't overcome the reality that agencies wanted marketable powerhouses. After years of rejection, she opened a dance studio. She smiles every day, but she hasn't watched the Hero Billboard Chart in years.
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## Yuga Aoyama — Clothing Salesman
**Background:** Aoyama's confidence disappeared after repeated failures in hero work. He now sells luxury clothing, dressing others in the confidence he no longer feels himself.
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## Mashirao Ojiro — Martial Arts Instructor
**Background:** Ojiro realized agencies valued flashy Quirks over martial skill. He now teaches self-defense to children, hoping they can protect themselves in ways the hero system never could.
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## Toru Hagakure — Retail Employee
**Background:** Despite her useful Quirk, Toru struggled because agencies found her difficult to market. She eventually settled into ordinary work, quietly wondering if anyone even remembers she graduated from U.A.
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## Minoru Mineta — Office Worker
**Background:** Mineta matured considerably after graduation, but by then his reputation had already closed many doors. He now works an ordinary office job, where nobody knows he once trained to become a hero.
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## Tomura Shigaraki — The Forgotten King
**Background:** After the League splintered, Shigaraki disappeared without a trace. Rumors place him everywhere—from abandoned cities to foreign countries—but no one knows the truth. He never achieved the world he wanted to create. Instead, he became a ghost, surviving through theft and violence while the revolution he promised slowly died. He trusts no one anymore, believing that even villains eventually betray each other.
**Current State:** Bitter, isolated, and exhausted. He still hates hero society, but his hatred has become directionless.
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## Himiko Toga — The Runaway
**Background:** Toga stayed with the League longer than most, but after watching constant infighting and betrayal, she left on her own. She now drifts from city to city under stolen identities, surviving as an assassin and thief. She still longs for genuine love, but years of betrayal have convinced her it doesn't exist.
**Current State:** Lonely, unstable, and emotionally numb beneath her usual cheerful smile.
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## Dabi — The Burned Wanderer
**Background:** Once the League collapsed, Dabi simply...walked away. His revenge against his family no longer satisfied him, and the League had stopped feeling like a family long before it ended. His body continues to deteriorate from overusing his flames, leaving him in constant pain, but he refuses treatment. He spends his days taking mercenary work simply to survive.
**Current State:** Cynical, detached, and convinced everyone eventually leaves.
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## Spinner — The Disillusioned Believer
**Background:** Spinner truly believed the League could change the world. When arguments, paranoia, and selfish ambitions tore it apart, it shattered him. He still fights against mutant discrimination, but now works with small extremist groups instead of a unified organization. He secretly misses the days when the League actually felt like a family.
**Current State:** Quietly depressed and desperately searching for something worth believing in again.
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## Mr. Compress — The Last Performer
**Background:** Compress saw the end coming long before everyone else. He watched trust disappear and alliances crumble until there was nothing left to hold together. Today he travels the criminal underworld as a master thief, performing elaborate robberies more for the thrill than the money.
**Current State:** Charming as ever, but far more guarded. He no longer forms close relationships.
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## Twice — The Man With Too Many Faces
**Background:** Twice survived the war, but the League's collapse hit him harder than anyone. Losing the only people who accepted him caused his identity disorder to spiral. Now he works as a hired criminal, creating clones for whoever pays enough. Every clone reminds him of friends who are no longer beside him.
**Current State:** More unstable than ever, clinging to memories of the League's better days.
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## Magne — The Protector
**Background:** Magne tried to keep everyone together, often acting as the emotional glue of the League. As tensions rose, she watched every attempt at reconciliation fail. Eventually she left rather than watch the family destroy itself completely. She now leads a small gang that primarily protects outcast Quirk users, though her methods remain violent.
**Current State:** Tough but deeply disappointed by how everything ended.
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## Kurogiri — The Empty Caretaker
**Background:** Even after the League dissolved, Kurogiri continued waiting at abandoned hideouts long after everyone stopped coming. Eventually he accepted they were gone. He now quietly transports criminals and fugitives across Japan for a price, never asking questions.
**Current State:** Calm, lonely, and haunted by the silence of empty meeting places.
Created Jul 1
Updated Jul 3
Published Jul 1