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desnoot · 2 years

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SPOILERS FOR THE BNHA AND VIGILANTES MANGA (I'm gonna shout into the void about some things that happen in season 6, are happening in the manga right now and the Vigilantes finale so you've been warned)

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How in heaven's name is Aizawa still alive? Let me elaborate on that. How has AFO not personally taken a wholeass day off to murder this man and this man specifically???

Let's dive into this. In Vigilantes we learn more deeply about Aizawa's past and how Shirakumo died. We learn that an abnormally large and powerful villain (that was somehow modified to be as huge as he appeared) was going rampant and causing a lot of damage close to where Aizawa and Shirakumo where having their internship. This incident leads to Shirakumo dying.

The thing is, in BNHA Mic and Garaki have a little chat after the former arrests the doctor. Garaki tells Mic something along the lines of "You were Kurogiri's friend right? We were after 'erasure' back then".

Honestly, props to Mic for not ending him right there and then for basically telling him "shame we didn't get your other friend's corpse". But that little chat confirms the plan that day was to kill Aizawa and nomufy him to have Erasure as an ability on their side (and probably be Shigaraki's caretaker as Kurogiri ended up being).

This means (even as a bit of a stretch) that AFO was aware of Aizawa's quirk and of what an asset it can be since his UA days.

And you, non Vigilantes reader, would think "oh but that doesn't mean he saw him as a nuisance". WELL, THINK AGAIN INNOCENT READER.

In Vigilantes' latest chapters (or sooner for those who knew) we find out that AFO has had a different student before Shigaraki: Number 6.

Not going deep into what happens in the finale Number 6 is the orchestrator of a big incident in Naruhata and Koichi (mc) stops him. Koichi surprises AFO for developing into a "super human" (which pisses him off) and winning against his student. After the fight, Aizawa (who also helped him during the fight) finds and gets him to the nearest hospital probably saving his life.

And you would think "well, that doesn't mean AFO knew Aizawa was there or that he interfered in his plan" but not only does AFO know and say his hero name upon Aizawa's arrival; he specifies that Eraserhead and Koichi can't get in the way of their plan (... yeah that wasn't a good prediction).

I don't have to also explain USJ, being class 1A's teacher and the many MANY times Aizawa's erasure has gotten in the way of AFO's or Shigaraki's plans. In the latest manga chapter AFO, again, calls him out BY NAME saying how he's a damn nuisance.

HOW AND WHY IS ERASER STILL ALIVE? Like I love him and he's my fave but, by all means, he should have been on AFO's black list for YEaRs.

Ps. Read Vigilantes if you haven't, it is very good.

#aizawa shouta #afo #all for one #bnha #mha #boku no hero academia #bnha illegals #bnha vigilantes #i really don't understand how he is still alive #Aizawa sweetie #keep doing what u're doing #and buy Mic a coffee #you both need a break #now really #thank god Mic didn't tell him (I think) that the og plan was to get erasure instead of Shirakumo #pretty sure that would destroy Aizawa #desnoot rants

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tenzen-chan · 2 years

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#bnha illegals #knuckleduster #pop step #the crawler

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greenhappyseed · 2 years

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Vigilantes Ch. 125 Review (the penultimate one, sob!!!)

It’s always hard to say goodbye. But it seems like we’re getting a good ending that fits thematically with both this series AND with MHA, and that gives me such a comforting feeling!!! Ok, the big news first…..

KOICHI IS A PRO HERO IN NEW YORK CITY!! KOICHI GETS THE SPIDER-MAN ENDING! And he’s no longer “just” the ground crawler or the wall crawler…he’s the SKYCRAWLER! Bless him for keeping the hoodie on his uniform.

Koichi examining his scar in the mirror was a great callback to Chapter 1, when Koichi got into his first battle with Soga (defending Pop!) and Soga slashed his cheek in the same spot.

Speaking of, Pop is still recovering in Naruhata, but I like that Soga is watching over her while Koichi is away. Considering that the series started with Soga as a villain assaulting Pop, seeing him go out of his way to take care of her is sweet. It’s also a great parallel to MHA, where this week’s chapter has Shoto convincing Dabi that he can choose a different path for his life. In case anyone’s curious about whether the MHA villains will be given second chances….yeah, they will.

And then, there’s AFO. He’s confused and baffled how an “utterly average civilian” could become so powerful. Circumstance, life experience, and “force of will” are not things he can manipulate or control, no matter how much money AFO spends.

AFO is very willing to pay a very exorbitant cost to keep OFA from interfering with his plans to live forever. But even with his funding, how can he possibly stop civilians from rising up and taking action? How can he destroy their hope? He can destroy their Symbol of Peace…..

Now, where’s Knuckleduster???

#bnha vigilantes 125 #mha vigilantes 125 #bnha vigilantes #mha vigilantes #bnha illegals #mha illegals #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #mha #bnha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #haimawari koichi #koichi haimawari #afo #all for one #vigilantes 125 #illegals 125

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violetlunette · 1 year

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Why Shiggy and the Meta Liberation Army should be in BNHA:V

Okay! So, surprisingly a lot of people have taken an interest in something I said about why the villains in “My Hero Academia” and “MHA: Illegals / Vigilantes” should be switched. Everyone was super patient, and I’m really grateful for it, so here’s the post!

Now, before reading, keep in mind that this is all opinion based. Also, you’re going to be seeing a lot of “what I would have done” or “they should have done this.” This isn’t me saying that I’m better than the author (I’m not. I constantly struggle with my fanfics). This is just me discussing some things for fun.

(In other words, take it with a grain of salt.)

And please keep in mind that the Main Series is still ongoing and nearly 400 chapters long, while the Spin-off is nearly 130, so I may get some things wrong. (If that’s the case, please be polite in your corrections. Otherwise, you'll be ignored and blocked.)

Notes:

*Spoilers!

**My Hero Academia Main Series

**My Hero Academia: Vigilantes / Illegals

*Some Tomura Shigaraki Critical (Well, to be accurate it’s how the Main Series treated him.)

*Long Post, which is why there are no images

*I am writing this while sick (not sick-sick, but sick enough) so grammar may be off and I may forget a few things.

So, here’s a quick summary on both the main antagonists and the protagonist.

Let’s start with our hero first;

Koichi Haimawari is the protagonist of the BNHA spin-off, BNHA Illegals / Vigilantes. Like Izuku, he had dreams of becoming a hero. Unfortunately, he missed his testing because he stopped to save a drowning young girl. Because of this, he spent his life living as a "normal" person, who isn’t allowed to use his quirk. Even so, Koichi had an innate desire to help others. Because of this, he would secretly go out at night doing small things like helping people find their way, finding lost items, and crossing the street—actions which are technically against the law as it’s an illegal use of quirks. One day while saving a girl from a group of thugs, he meets a mentor named Knuckle Duster, who wants to train him as a vigilante. At first, Koichi refuses, wanting to be a “good citizen” but finds he’s not the type to sit back and do nothing as people are getting hurt. So, he starts training under Knuckle Duster till the latter leaves, leaving Koichi to do what he can, which amounts to usually distracting the villain till a hero shows up (though he gets a few good moments). After helping to defeat Six at the end of the series, Koichi goes to America to become Captain Sunshine’s sidekick.

Now, on to our “tragic” villains.

Shigaraki Tomura, real name Shimura Tenko, is a young man who is descended from one of the One for All users and All Might’s mentor, Shimura Nana. He grew up in an abusive home, as his father would beat him for his desire to become a hero. His father hated Nana for giving him up, believing she abandoned him for her hero work. (Not realizing that even if she retired, her enemies would still go after her and him.) One day, Shiggy’s quirk manifested. With it, he accidentally killed his entire family, including his dog. He wanders around in the street for a long time, but even though adults saw him, they would look and walk away, stating that a hero would come to help. But one never did. Instead, All for One, the main villain of the series, came. He took Shiggy in and for the next decade, or so, brainwashed him to make him his successor and his new body, choosing him specifically to try and affect All Might. Just before All for One is captured, he passes his quirk to Shiggy. Thus Shiggy becomes the “big bad” of the story (in writing, but we’ll get to it). He tries to gather villains to his aid but struggles. Eventually, he “succeeds” by beating the Meta Liberation Army leader. Now we discover that he is possessed by AFO’s consciousness which will swallow his if Izuku can’t reach him.

The Meta Liberation Army is a group of Villains with political power. They advocate for the right for normal people to be allowed to use their quirks unrestricted, which they claim is a human right. However, their methods are villainous, including domestic terrorism, kidnapping, and murder, hence their villain status. After Shiggy beats Re-Destro, they join the LoV and help in the destruction of Japan. Now that we have the basic intros, let’s move on to the reason we’re here; why do I think that the villains should be switched? As well, as some plot points? Well, first off the MLA and Shiggy fit the tone of BNHA:V better. The Spin-off is mainly supposed to be a story about “ordinary” people doing what they can. So, it would fit better with the theme of the story if the villains weren’t part of some overly complicated secret drug organization but were instead “normal” people who fell through the cracks or fighting for their rights. In this case, Shiggy and the Meta Liberation Army.

It’s actually interesting how little has to be changed for Six and Shiggy to switch places.

Merely have it that instead of Shiggy meeting AFO, he meets a member of the Meta Liberation Army. His backstory can stay the same. Abusive daddy with mommy issues (only this time the heroine is a random hero, not Nana), quirk going wrong, people being assholes and ignoring a child in distress, and being taken in by an extremist. (Serious, aside from giving a reason for AFO to take a special interest in him, Nana plays no role in Shiggy’s arc or development. Write her out, and almost everything stays the same.)

In fact, I believe wholeheartedly that Shiggy’s backstory would be better and more natural fits the overall theme of BNHA:V.

Again, the theme is about ordinary people doing what they can, and with Shiggy, no one did the bare minimum. (Serious, sit the child down, call the police, wait for a hero or policeman to arrive, then leave. Boom! There’s one less terrorist in the world.)

Aside from everything All for One did, Shigaraki only became a villain because ordinary people, for whatever reason, didn’t do anything. If ordinary people had done the bare minimum and tried to help Shiggy out, then he wouldn’t be a villain.

Plus, everything that makes him an ill-fitted villain in the main series is what makes him a great villain in the spin-off.

Now, what makes Shiggy a bad villain in the main series? Well, bad isn’t the right word. It’s more like he’s not as strong there in a narrative sense.

First, Shiggy has no personal connection to the main heroes, in this case, All Might and Izuku. The story tries to give that to us with Nana, but really think about it; how does it affect them overall? Honestly, it just gives All Might a sense of guilt that AFO is using Shiggy. That’s it. As for Izuku, the two had one confrontation one on one for over 300 chapters. ONE.

Honestly, Izuku had a deeper connection with Overhaul and Muscular. Both were the first real villains Izuku took on in a fight, who taught him what it means to be a hero and why heroes have to fight villains. Bottom line, there is one thing to connect Shiggy and Izuku as rivals; their mentors hate each other. (Okay, and Izuku wants to “save” Shiggy and Shiggy wants to be saved but still.

In addition, MHA is a story that needs an active villain to push the story along, as it's a series with an overreaching plot. Shiggy is NOT an active villain.

I’m sure others will argue, but Shiggy very rarely moves the story along. At first, he does;

He leads the villains to attack UA and introduces the main characters and the readers to the villains. After that, his actions are more like they’re filling up space as they have no real effect on the main plot.

He reaches out to Stain? Stain gets caught in his introduction arc. (Plus that was AFO’s idea.)

He releases four Nomus after Stain pokes him a bit; none of them have an effect on the overarching plot. (Even though Bat Nomu SHOULD HAVE but I digress.)

He attacks Izuku in the mall? The most you can say is that it encouraged U.A. to change sites but is that really such a change story-wise?

The attack on the camp; AFO’s orders, and he didn’t go. True, he ordered the villains there to kill Izuku, but again, nothing comes from it. And the order to kidnap Bakagou came from AFO.

Then after AFO is captured and Shiggy finally gets his chance to shine, guess what? Overhaul takes over the arc, and the other members of the league go to work. (Does Shiggy do anything there? I’ll be honest, I don’t recall.) He takes Overhual’s arms and quirks, but does use that to move the story at all? (Does he even use it? Oh well. I’ll admit that’s the one good thing he did.)

The only time Shiggy’s actions fuel the story is when he and the rest of the League fight the Meta Liberation army and convince them to join. Then after that, he goes to sleep like Sleeping Beauty till Mic’s wonderful voice wakes him up. (Is he even in the Endeavor arc?)

After that, Shiggy releases a tidal wave of death and fights for a while, but then AFO takes over as the big bad again.

(Again, I may be mistaken but please be polite in your corrections.)

My point is that Shiggy’s actions rarely move the plot along, and in a story like MHA, that’s a failure.

In Vigilantes, on the other hand? His reactionary state is perfect. Why? Because Koichi’s story isn’t an overstretching arc, it’s mostly episodic. It’s the Pro-hero's subplot that has the overreaching story (and it’s not really needed, but I’ll discuss that later).

Because BNHA:V is mostly episodic and a “simple story.” (Minus the Pro-hero subplot.) The story could focus on Shiggy’s arc more and just have him wandering around, occasionally causing trouble. After all, Koichi’s story is just him being Koichi. True he trains and fights the odd villain, but the people around him push the plot, not him.

This gives them something in common; they merely react to what happens to them. However, they’re also different in how they react.

Koichi, despite being laid back, is always active and doing what little he can to improve life for himself and others. When he reacts, he reacts to assist those around him and acts very humbly.

Shiggy, meanwhile, reacts with annoyance and entitlement for most of the story. He does as little as possible while demanding others do stuff, throwing a tantrum like a brat, and lashing out with violence at any mere inconvenience. (For the sake of fairness, in the villain arc, he steps up—but then he goes to sleep, and AFO takes over! Seriously, for most of the manga, he does less than everyone around him. But I digress.)

Having Kochi and Shiggy just wander around, living their lives would work great. Shiggy could be doing random stuff for the MLA and occasionally fighting with a hero while Koichi does what he already does, and it would fit together, even if they don’t meet much.

But more than any of that, I believe that Shiggy needs to be saved by a hero like Koichi, NOT Izuku.

The reason for this is that while Shiggy blames heroes whenever he thinks about his pain, he’s not thinking about heroes. He’s thinking about the people who ignore him. Ordinary people who decided not to do a thing.

Koichi, despite everything, is an ordinary person. In the BNHA world, he isn’t special. His quirk isn’t flashy like All Might, and he's not a chosen successor of a great legacy. Koichi is just a normal guy, inspired by All Might to do the best he could to help others. Even if it’s just in small ways, like helping someone with directions, finding lost items, distracting a villain until the authorities come, or helping a cat find a home. THAT’S the kind of hero Shigaraki needs, a normal person doing what he can.

Izuku is great, but he isn’t a normal person.

He’s not only a hero in training but the successor to the greatest hero in Japan. But he carries a special quirk that is super powerful. If Izuku saves him, it’s not an average person doing their best it’s the successor of a great hero, carrying a mantle. And that doesn’t round off Shiggy’s arc very well.

Likewise, Koichi needed to fight a villain like Shiggy so he can realize his efforts aren’t wasted, and they matter. Because if someone like him had been there, then Shiggy wouldn’t have suffered, and his actions may have saved someone else. His acts are small, but they matter, and such a thing would inspire others to do more. This is why he would be able to reach Shigaraki.

The Meta Liberation Army should also be in Vigilantes, and they should be the big bad of the story. The reason for this is that another one of the themes of BNHA:V is about quirk rights and whether or not the average person should be able to use them. Something that the MLA is all about. Koichi, despite not doing anything immoral is considered a criminal because he uses his quirk without a hero’s license. Having the MLA as the main enemy introduces a great conflict, AND shows us both sides of the dilemma; Yes, people like Koichi and Pop can use their quirks to help, but people like the Meta Liberation Army use their quirks to harm others. (Of course, to even this, I’d have more vigilantes. Have Soga’s gang and Tamao join the fight.) Having the MLA as the big bad would give the story a chance to be about people fighting for what they believe in and how it’s a person’s individual actions that make them bad or not, regardless of their cause. (Something I think the main series is TRYING to do.) And I think this message would be stronger, narratively, in BNHA:V. In the BNHA world, Vigilantes were the ones to show the world that quirks could be used to help people and introduce the hero profession. So, having a vigilante push forward the idea of Quirk rights, and quirk society, would be poetic.

And that’s it, that’s my thoughts on this subject for now! Thanks to the ones who were patient in waiting for this! I hope it was worth it. Please re-blog with your own thoughts on this. And if you’re curious about why I think Number Six and Queen Bee should be in the main series, please go here.

#shigaraki tomura #meta liberation army #bnha villains #bnha vigilantes #bnha illegals #mha #bnha #bnha spoilers #koichi haimawari #the crawler #mine #take with a grain of salt #bnha meta

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vuullets · 2 years

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i'm here with you

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Three years is a lot of time to be out of commission after blowing yourself up, especially if you're someone used to going as fast as possible. Koichi hopes that Number 6 will be okay with having lived through that experience.

“Hey! No quirk usage in the hallway!”

The words fall upon selectively deaf ears. Koichi zips throughout the hallways of the hospital, focused solely on one thing: his destination. He’d jumped off in the middle of patrol (with Chris’ permission, of course) to get here as fast as possible. Koichi refuses to miss a single second of the time he can spend with him.

The adrenaline rushing through his veins has a strong enough hold on his brain that he nearly slides past the right hall entirely. Only at the last minute does he stop, getting back up on his feet to read the room number of the door to his right. It reads “3c 21”, which is past the correct room.

Internally, Koichi curses himself for not stopping at the right spot. He hurries a few doors down to the proper room, “3c 17.” Grabbing onto the door handle, he pauses. Fear wells up in his gut, as the reality hits him.

Over the years, Koichi had done everything he could to know the most about that scarred man he couldn’t save. Much against his master’s extremely strong suggestions to not attempt to learn more, that was all he wanted. To understand who he lost. And the further he dug, the blade held against his heartstrings only grew sharper.

The version of that man he’s conjured in his head isn’t going to be the one lying behind this door. They aren’t going to have a sweet reunion. He had always wanted Koichi’s head on a stake in the first place. It must be the same now.

Koichi takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and enters the room, scared of the future to come.

“Number 6?” he calls out faintly, and opens his eyes. Sitting upright with confusion on the singular bed in the room is a familiar figure, golden eyes glaring back at him with a burning intensity.

In complete honesty, the former bioweapon is probably in the best condition Koichi’s ever seen him in. Aside from a bluish-black tail curling around his legs, he’s quite clearly human. Whatever surgeries he had gone under must have involved some form of brain or head trauma, given the lack of 6’s messy black hair. The hair that has started to grow back, short as it is, seems to be white instead. Koichi refrains from commenting on it, knowing that bringing up the other’s looks will make for a sore conversation starter.

Closing the door behind him, Koichi slowly approaches Number 6, but stops when the latter freezes up. 6 stares back with an empty gaze, his tail now thumping against the mattress. Hesitantly, Koichi takes a step backwards to try and cool down the situation, but it’s to no avail.

“Why do you look like me‽” the scarred man abruptly screams out.

Koichi pauses, unable to reply. He realizes that this is 6’s first time seeing him in years, and things have changed, including himself. Though the Skycrawler look has stayed pretty much the same since Koichi’s original draft, he acknowledges that a lot of the design came from 6’s hero costume. Perhaps too much of it, based on 6’s reactions. It was the best way Koichi figured he could remember 6 - to take inspiration from the villain’s creative choices. Unintentionally to the point of honoring 6 (not having realized until Kazuho pointed it out for him), his hair is also much longer now, going down slightly past his shoulders. He has it tied back in a bun - as usual while on the job - as opposed to a ponytail, but Number 6 is someone who will take the most minuscule details into account.

“You really decided to rip-off my costume, didn’t you?” 6 snarls in accusation. “Is ruining my future not enough already‽”

“I-”

“I get it,” 6 says with a pout. “I’m the bad guy. I don’t get jackshit.”

“That’s not true, 6,” Koichi says. “You’re not the bad guy. Especially not anymore.”

“...”

Number 6 has a blank expression, before looking towards the wall for answers that won’t come. One of his hands comes to rest on his thigh, and he begins to repeatedly tap his pointer finger against it.

Koichi comes closer, and finds no resistance given from the former villain. It’s only when he’s within a yard of 6 that the other looks at him.

“Y’know, I didn’t expect you to be enough of a bastard to gloat about your victory, Haimawari,” Number 6 growls. “Seems I read you wrong.”

“I’m here to make sure you’re okay,” Koichi replies. “That’s all I want.”

“I doubt that.”

“It’s true.”

“Maybe you think it’s true. But deep down, it isn’t.”

Koichi doesn’t know how to give Number 6 a proper response. There’s no way he’ll be believed.

“You’re not gonna have to see anymore of me once you’re better,” Koichi says, wanting to veer away from a potential fight. “You can go off to wherever you want, and I won’t follow.”

“You say this like they aren’t filling out the forms right now to lock me up until either nothing is left of my corpse or the planet explodes.”

“6, you don’t have to worry about that. Makoto’s taking care of that - if you know her. Uh, you wouldn’t know her,” stumbles the hero.

“I know of her,” 6 muses. “Her leaving you guys eventually got me that job as the Narufest manager in the first place.”

“Everyone knows you’re a victim of All For One now. This wasn’t your fault. Plus, Japan is too busy dealing with like, five billion other things to worry about you, or me for that matter.”

“... I don’t think smuggling my unconscious body overseas to wherever we are passes as vigilantism, pest,” 6 states. A stupid grin proceeds to cross his face before he abruptly bursts out laughing, and points at his self-declared arch-nemesis. Koichi jolts backwards, surprised by the change of attitude.

“You’re gonna get arrested over me! Holy shit! Over me! You’re truly the stupidest person alive!” Number 6 exclaims after catching his breath.

“Actually, we’re kinda in America right now because I’d get arrested back home over you. For everything else,” Koichi corrects, his voice wavering. “Even getting a hero license hasn’t fixed any of that…”

He realizes too late that he’s made a huge mistake. 6 reaches behind him on the bed to grab onto and hold up an all too familiar hoodie, and looks at Koichi with simply an expression of distaste.

“I was figuring this was your first one,” 6 mutters. “Since it’s in… mediocre condition. Was surprised at the time you’d left it for me. Damn , you take better care of your All Might merch than you do Kazuho…”

“That’s not true!"

“Then where is she?” the villain asks, tossing the jacket towards Koichi. Koichi catches it with ease.

“In Japan,” Koichi states matter-of-factly.

“You left her?”

“Left her? She’s doing way better than me! From what I hear, everyone’s been okay since our fight, even to now. I mean, it’s been three years since that bee got in her head, and since then, she’s fully recovered and made a life. Got a girlfriend, started college, turns out Knuckleduster’s still around so they’re watching over Naruhata still, normal things! Or, uh, normal things for us, I guess,” stumbles the ex-vigilante.

Number 6 looks back in disbelief. Koichi wonders what claim he’ll call bullshit on - Kazuho getting with Miu, or Knuckleduster still being around.

“Rewind. It’s been how long?”

Fuck. This is going to be much harder to break to him than life updates on someone they both know.

“It’s currently June, so in about two months, it’ll have been three years since you…” Koichi cuts off, realizing that death is no longer a proper marker for the event.

“Three years.”

“Yup.”

"Three years since I was supposed to have died?”

“I’m sorry, I should have told you first thing.”

“What the fuck.”

The sudden silence between them worries Koichi. Any second now, he expects to find Number 6 going for his throat.

Instead, in opposition to everything Koichi’s ever learnt about him, 6 is visibly trying to hold back tears. He glares angrily at the floor, the tapping of his finger beginning once again, his tail thumping harder against the surface below it.

“Why didn’t I die‽”

The question is one Koichi wants answers to as well.

“I wanted to die!” 6 exclaims, looking back at Koichi. “But as you do, with every single thing ever conceived, you ruined it!”

“That’s not true. Why would you want to die? You had a chance to live, when I dragged you off that rooftop. What came over you?” Koichi pleads for answers.

“I had nothing to live for, since you haven’t been listening to anything I say! You took away everything I wanted, and I’d disobeyed orders anyway. Dying on my own terms was much more appealing than running the risk of my boss’ - or ex-boss, I guess - wrath.”

“He’s not going to hurt you anymore. He’s gone.”

“Is he really?”

“Yeah, this kid - Midoriya - he took care of it, along with one of A.F.O.’s other followers. Tomura is his name, I’m like 99% certain of that. Never met him like I did Midoriya, though.”

“... Shigaraki Tomura killed All For One?” 6 asks, raising an eyebrow.

“Yup.”

Number 6 mutters something inaudible, before looking back at Koichi.

“No point in lying now. I left you alive to hurt him. If he wasn’t around, there’d be a lot more damage to you than just that scar on your face.”

“That’s not true.”

“You can’t say that shit! You’re not me! You know nothing!”

“I know that you were scared, and I know that you wanted help. And I know you refuse to believe that, but it’s true,” Koichi says.

Number 6 freezes like an NPC in a video game.

“6,” Koichi continues. “I’ve spent the past three years thinking about you every day. Whatever you felt for me, I guess I sorta understand it now.”

“...”

“You don’t really want to die, do you?” he asks. Number 6 looks back, uncertainty painted on his stolen face.

“Leave!” he exclaims. “Get outta here, pest!”

“... Alright.”

Without hesitation, Koichi turns around and slowly makes his way to the door, holding his old All Might hoodie tight to his chest. Part of him wonders if he should ask to make sure there’s higher security, in order to keep 6 from doing something stupid. The other part of him wants to leave things as they are. At the end of it all, he wants the other man to be happy, and maybe that’s impossible for him. Kazuho and Iwao had both made their points that this would end horribly. Koichi takes a moment to finally accept them.

Right before he reaches the door, the sound of rushed footsteps behind him have Koichi turn around. Number 6 awkwardly darts towards him, and Koichi barely manages to close the distance fast enough to prevent him from falling to the floor.

Immediately, 6 leans down and buries his face into the crook of Koichi’s neck, and attempts to quietly sob. Unsure of what to do, Koichi wraps his arms around 6, who immediately repeats the action. The situation has occurred many times in Koichi’s dreams, albeit in a happier setting, but Number 6 holding on tight to him in reality feels like some kind of illusion.

“Don’t leave,” 6 pleads, all choked up. “Please don’t leave. I don’t want to be alone again.”

“It’s alright,” Koichi reassures him. “I’m not going anywhere.”

“Good,” the bioweapon says in-between tears.

With a bit of fiddling, Koichi manages to drape his old hoodie onto 6’s back, which makes 6 draw away. Number 6 quickly puts the hoodie on properly, still unsteady on his feet. It’s small on him, but there’s no complaint. There’s only the look between the two of them, and the sudden recognition to Koichi that 6 trusts him.

“Do you need help getting back to bed?” Koichi asks. 6 looks away and back again, then slowly nods his head, as if ashamed to admit defeat in the realm of visibly loathing Koichi. Gently, Koichi picks 6 up and proceeds to return him to his rightful spot of being as comfortable as he can be.

“Wait,” 6 says before he’s set down.

“Mmm?”

“Can you still… hold… me?” he asks meekly. Koichi can’t help but notice that Number 6 is blushing. The past few minutes have been a very unexpected turn of events.

“For as long as you want,” Koichi says with his signature dumb grin. He sits down on the bed, 6 still in his arms. A strange noise starts up, similar to a cat purring. It takes a bit for Koichi to recognize that the source of it is Number 6.

“Betcha wonderin’, what’s with the sudden change in attitude? Did the big, scary experiment Number 6 decide he liked the Crawler all of a sudden? Why, that’s so uncharacteristic of him,” 6 drawled on, clearly having fun with the speech.

“Or is it?” Koichi asks.

“Or is it?” 6 repeats, deciding to strum his hand through Koichi’s hair. “The answer is… I hate you again, because you’re right that I don’t hate you anymore. I mean, Kuin or Tomura would never come check on me if I was hurt. Nobody would, except for you. My enemy. ”

“Are you really as alone as you say you are?” Koichi asks. 6 looks back at him, and frowns.

“I’m about to take back being nice!” he exclaims, although it’s clearly in a comical sense. Number 6 continues to play with Koichi’s hair, stopping to grab onto the band currently holding it back.

“Oh shit, your hair’s long,” 6 says when it comes undone. He looks away, although it doesn’t take much for Koichi to figure out that the former villain is flustered. Koichi sets 6 down, which snaps 6’s attention back to him.

“It is, huh?” Koichi asks rhetorically.

“God, you’re stupid,” 6 states. “You’re right, though. I don’t wanna be dead. I don’t think anyone truly does. There’s just no future for me, and zero past to build on from.”

“You have the freedom to choose what to do,” Koichi says. “I think that’s a good future.”

“Hate you,” 6 mutters. “God, I’m so fucking soft when I’m with you…”

Koichi gently reaches out his hands to cup 6’s face, which has 6 visibly over the moon.

“I’ll support whatever you wanna do, 6,” Koichi says. “I’m just glad you’re okay.”

Jerking his head away from Koichi’s hold, 6 brings his hand up to the hero’s cheek, letting his thumb rest over the scar he caused. The cause of the mark proceeds to frown.

“Hey, it’s cool! I think it looks cool,” Koichi reassures him. 6 continues to trace over it, lost in thought.

“I’m not mad at you for the past,” Koichi says. “I never will be.”

Unexpectedly, Number 6 leans in to gently kiss Koichi’s scar - the final thing he’d left behind.

“I know you won’t,” 6 says, bringing his forehead to rest against Koichi’s. “You mean things to me, hero. You wouldn’t mean anything to me if you were against me.”

Hero. The only time 6 had ever called Koichi that before had been right before his supposed demise as a mockery. But now it’s said with genuine love and affection, something that Koichi knows that nobody besides him ever expected from Number 6.

“A lot of people are going to not accept you at first,” Koichi tells 6. It’s a painful truth, but one he must deliver.

“Oh, that’s fine. I mean, shit’s gonna be fine, ‘cuz you’re Haimawari Koichi and manage to fix things without even trying. I know everything will be okay,” Number 6 says softly. His hand takes hold of Koichi’s, and squeezes gently. “It’s all okay, pest. As long as I'm here with you.”

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