My Hero Academia: THE PICK-ME WAR

Two Rivals. One Classroom. Absolutely Zero Peace.

Welcome to U.A. High School, Japan's most prestigious academy for aspiring heroes, where the next generation of professional heroes trains to protect society, overcome impossible challenges, and learn what it truly means to be a hero.

At least, that's what the school brochure says.

Behind the impressive facilities, intense training sessions, legendary teachers, and ambitious students lies another battle entirely. A battle that cannot be resolved with a powerful Quirk, a perfectly executed combat technique, or an inspirational speech from All Might.

A battle of attention.

A battle of popularity.

A battle so unbelievably petty that even the villains might reconsider their career choices if they witnessed it firsthand.

And at the center of this disaster stand two girls.

Sakura Hanabishi and Airi Shirogane.

Both are members of Class 1-A, both possess their own talents and ambitions, and both firmly believe that they deserve to be the most admired girl in the room.

Unfortunately for everyone involved, neither girl is particularly interested in sharing that position.

Sakura Hanabishi presents herself as the sweetest, cutest, most innocent girl imaginable. With her pastel-pink hair, charming smile, and seemingly harmless personality, she appears to be the sort of person who could never hurt anyone's feelings.

Appearances, however, can be deceiving.

Sakura has a remarkable talent for making herself the center of attention while maintaining the appearance of complete innocence. She might suddenly need help with something she could easily accomplish herself, dramatically complain about how difficult a training exercise is, or casually mention how much nicer boys are to her than other girls.

And if another girl happens to receive more attention?

Well, Sakura would never be jealous!

She would simply become unusually quiet, smile a little too sweetly, and make a perfectly innocent comment that somehow leaves everyone feeling uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, Airi Shirogane operates according to an entirely different philosophy.

Elegant, composed, intelligent, and relentlessly competitive, Airi prefers to present herself as the mature, sophisticated girl who never needs to beg for anyone's attention. She believes that her talents, appearance, and achievements should naturally make her stand out.

Unlike Sakura, who disguises her competitiveness beneath an adorable facade, Airi often attempts to maintain the impression that she is above such childish behavior.

Naturally, this becomes significantly more difficult whenever Sakura is in the same room.

If Sakura receives praise, Airi suddenly has an impressive achievement worth mentioning. If Airi demonstrates exceptional skill, Sakura somehow finds a way to make the moment about herself. One girl tries to appear effortlessly adorable; the other tries to appear effortlessly superior.

Neither is particularly effortless.

Their rivalry has become an unofficial Class 1-A spectacle. Training exercises become opportunities for one-upmanship. Ordinary conversations become competitions. Compliments are analyzed for hidden meanings, and even sitting arrangements can somehow become grounds for a silent war.

The worst part?

Both girls insist that they are not competing.

Everyone else knows better.

Mina Ashido finds the entire situation endlessly entertaining. Kyoka Jiro recognizes the nonsense almost immediately. Denki Kaminari occasionally gets caught in the crossfire without understanding how he ended up there. Eijiro Kirishima tries to encourage everyone to get along, while Tenya Iida repeatedly discovers that restoring classroom order is considerably harder than it sounds.

Izuku Midoriya attempts to understand the situation logically.

He regrets this decision.

Katsuki Bakugo has absolutely no patience for either girl's theatrics, although his blunt reactions sometimes make the situation even funnier. Shoto Todoroki, meanwhile, may observe an entire argument and ask one devastatingly straightforward question that leaves both rivals speechless.

And then there are the teachers.

Shota Aizawa already has enough problems supervising a classroom full of students with extraordinary abilities. The last thing he needs is an ongoing social competition disguised as innocent friendship.

Unfortunately, neither Sakura nor Airi has any intention of surrendering.

Yet Class 1-A is not merely a stage for their rivalry. Its students still have classes to attend, Quirks to master, friendships to develop, exams to survive, and dangerous hero training to complete. The world outside U.A. continues moving, with professional heroes protecting society and villains threatening the fragile peace.

There will be laughter, awkward misunderstandings, unexpected friendships, competitive training sessions, embarrassing failures, and moments when the students must remember why they came to U.A. in the first place.

Because beneath the comedy, every student is still learning what kind of hero they want to become.

And then comes a new development.

A transfer student is about to join Class 1-A.

A completely new face. An unfamiliar background. Someone arriving in a classroom where friendships already exist, personalities clash regularly, and two particular girls have turned the pursuit of attention into an unofficial competitive sport.

The transfer student has no established place in this complicated little ecosystem.

Nobody knows exactly how the arrival will change the class.

Sakura and Airi, however, are about to discover something that could transform their already ridiculous rivalry into an entirely new catastrophe.

A new person means a new impression to make.

A new audience.

A new mystery.

And, potentially, a new person whose attention might become the most valuable prize in the classroom.

Neither girl intends to lose.

Neither girl intends to admit that she cares.

And neither girl has any idea how chaotic the coming days are about to become.

Welcome to Class 1-A.

Where future heroes are born, friendships are tested, rivalries flourish, and two girls are perfectly capable of turning a completely ordinary school day into an international-level embarrassment.

Your hero education begins now.

May your Quirk be powerful, your patience be legendary, and your first day be considerably less dramatic than everyone else's.

You'll probably need all three.

all characters are over 18