My Hero Academia (僕のヒーローアカデミア)

It's a hazy memory.

It's so hard to get reservations there.

Hey, that lady's...

Excuse me, are you all right?

Shut up.

Get lost.

EXPLOSION!!

Beginning with a glowing baby,

reports come in from all over the world of "meta powers."

Some meta powers are congenital,

but some manifest around the time of puberty.

This led a research group investigating it as an unknown disease to announce that

meta powers were a new form of DNA that genetically branched off from human DNA.

It was all too callous and hasty.

Those with meta powers, and those without.

This announcement that completely divided our society

accelerated the chaos that would follow.

I heard the metas are starting to gather in the industrial zone.

They must be the ones our protest group ran into last night.

Let's get 'em before they come after us!

META

What's that?

Oh, it's just a paranormal orphan.

I feel bad, but ignore him.

Let's go.

There's a good chance orphans are carriers.

What's that sound?

It was a meta power he stole from his mother.

That baby was arrogant from birth.

Everything around him belonged to him,

and anyone who wouldn't look his way or give him anything despite his bawling

triggered his suspicion.

H-Help—

Don't.

Don't hurt them.

As the older brother had stolen nearly all the nourishment from their mother,

the younger brother was very small and frail.

The younger didn't have anything to give to the older,

but as he belonged to him,

the older never considered parting with the younger.

As confrontation intensifies between the normals and the metahumans,

the "glowing baby" is personally standing at the forefront urging for peace and security.

Advocates of this view are increasing daily, with no end to the turmoil in sight.

What're you reading without telling me?

I'm still learning to read, so I can't handle hard books.

But these books they call comics, they're great.

I can read this from the pictures.

The hopes of the one who drew it come through in the art.

A hero.

I want to be like that someday too.

Want to read some too, Brother?

The younger couldn't fully give up on his brother.

He wanted to believe that hand he vaguely recalled was his brother's kindness.

THREE YEARS LATER

Word is, they managed to get over ten million sympathizers.

Brother?

Strange, huh?

I mean, they were just the first one to be registered, that's all.

They say in India, of all places,

fifty metahumans were born in the two weeks prior.

Brother.

Why do you look like that?

It's strange, that that could let someone gather people together.

And so I killed them and stole this.

Why?!

Wasn't it written in those comics?

"One for all. All for one."

Those are nice words.

The hero fights alone, hiding his true identity,

but everyone submits to the evil demon lord out of fear.

The same way that you do.

A world where everyone exists just for me.

I've found a dream of my own.

Brother...

Why do you resist?

Come with me, my foolish, darling brother.

Right now, the world's in the midst of chaos.

Meta powers shouldn't be used selfishly.

All you think about is satisfying yourself!

So sad. It's because you were born without a meta power.

No one will take you seriously when you're powerless!

My dream became a reality.

Reality doesn't play out by the book.

Now I will remake this reality where you don't give in to me.

You're important.

Stop!

I found a meta power that even your scrawny self could easily use.

I'm about to give it to you.

Stop!

I also decided on a name.

"Yoichi."

You were the first thing ever given to me, so that's what I've named you.

Now. Come with me, Yoichi.

Stop!

Stop it!

Wait, why are you running away?

I gave you a power, didn't I?

Who do you think you are?

Get away from him!

You're mine!

Keep looking at me!

If you won't be mine...

then so be it!

He made eye contact with the young man who took his brother,

but, as if covered by a thin film, his eyeballs had no natural luster.

So in his eyes, there was no reflection of the young man.

What I took from someone, what I took so I could make Yoichi my subordinate,

was the power I forced upon him, despite his repeated rejections.

The meta power I thought I gave him had disappeared.

Such a thing has never happened before.

I've used my powers to confirm that Yoichi has no meta ability.

I once suspected I had taken his before I was even self-aware,

but further inspection indicated he did have a tiny non-functional piece of trash,

that my own meta power couldn't even recognize as a factor.

It was something like a factor that never fully formed, due to malnutrition.

Don't tell me it's been activated?

Leader, All For One didn't touch you when we lost that battle, did he?

Knock it off, Bruce.

Just tell me the results.

"My whole body's felt odd since that day."

It's a good thing you noticed.

There are two factors in your body.

The one you've always had, and a small one that seems malformed.

I had a feeling that might be the case.

The meta power I gave him was gone because his own

seized it and absorbed it to make up for what it lacked.

I wasn't able to stop my brother.

You kept me alive, Brother.

He only sees other people like they're toys or games.

Maybe if you could be just a little considerate of others...

Yoichi's will is inside me.

It still exists.

If you could be just a little considerate of others,

giving and taking...

It might have been the kindest power in the world.

If there were tears in my eyes, it's because I was upset.

I've manipulated the things I hate and the things I desire,

looked down upon them, and made them my own.