History Fanfic / Juxtapose

* SuperLoser: This is the opinion most of the public and many of the Hero Agencies have developed about [[spoiler:Katsuki during the Sports Festival. On account of his loudmouth boast at the start, followed by his loose cannon personality during the Sky Garden round, and ending with a crushing CurbStomp loss to Momo, a lot of them now think he has too much bluster and too little heroism potential to have as an intern, with the result of him getting zero offers afterwards. Even the League of Villains has lost interest.]] Much to Izuku's dismay.

The fic was last updated December 31, 2019, and thus is a DeadFic.

* AdaptationNameChange: In regards to hero aliases, due to some ForWantOfANail events:

* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: After [[spoiler:Izuku uses his Quirk to cripple the villain Tsuchigumo in a desperate attempt to keep his friends safe, he becomes terrified of his own destructive potential. He manages to get over it after Recovery Girl brought him to treat a man with painful kidney stones who would otherwise require expensive open surgery, seeing his Quirk as the tool it is.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: In chapter 30, Shigaraki realizes what Izuku does not- that Izuku is All Might's disciple, the one who he's chosen as his successor. So, while holding onto Izuku's neck, he tries to use his quirk on him... only for a cliffhanger to happen as Izuku uses his power on Shigaraki's hands. The next chapter, Kurogiri manages to retrieve only one of them to be later reattached on Shigaraki by Doctor Tsubasa.]]

** Katsuki is a... ''special'' example. His power is making explosions, which is all well and good, but his Quirk Counselors were ''not'' good at their jobs and told him over and over again that his power was only good for destruction, which is implied to have contributed to how Katsuki's personality came out so... prickly. That being said, Katsuki does want to be a hero, and does care for Izuku in his own way.
* BaitAndSwitch: After the Sports Festival, with the Hero Internship arc coming up, Toshinori is seen giving a call to Gran Torino and thinking about how Izuku will love his internship. The following chapter, Izuku and Toshinori meet Gran Torino and Izuku is excited about the internship, but Toshinori clarifies that [[spoiler:Gran Torino isn't mentoring Izuku, he's mentoring Katsuki and Shouto. Instead, Izuku would be mentored by Sir Nighteye and Mirio.]]

*** The forum also mentions a NoodleIncident that happened during the Sports Festival, where Toshinori and Inko presumably made a big enough mess that they were recorded on television and were kicked out of the stands for it. This has led to in-universe ShipperOnDeck on the behalf of the people who believe Izuku to be All Might's illegitimate son.

* CannotTalkToWomen: Kensei, which is ''really'' not helped by his {{Psychometry}} powers enabling him to know ''everything'' about a girl's body when he touches them. Thankfully, once he has something ''to'' talk to them about, he's generally fine, as demonstrated by his match with Mei, or sharing blueprints with Momo. Izuku is also this at first, barely working up the nerve to speak with Megumi until they start talking about Quirks.

* CliffHanger: Chapter 30 ends with [[spoiler: a captive Izuku [[PortalCut Scalpeling]] off [[AnArmAndALeg Shigaraki's hands]].]]

** [[spoiler:Sir Nighteye]] becomes this post-CharacterDevelopment. [[spoiler:After making peace with All Might]], he becomes a stern and demanding yet reasonable teacher to Toshinori's protégé. He offers criticism when necessary but also heaps praise on Izuku for his accomplishments. He's happy to congratulate Izuku when he succeeds and planned on inviting him to an expensive yakiniku dinner party until [[spoiler:the Stain Noumu reveals the League's plans to wreak havoc in Musutafu and assassinate All Might.]] This is a noted departure from canon, where he disliked Izuku strongly and wanted to make him quit so that One For All could be given to Mirio.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Yaoyorozu and Izuku's friends feel they dealt this to [[spoiler:Bakugou. When Izuku stepped aside out of loyalty, his friends decided to help Yaoyorozu strategize with a side of petty revenge. During the match, she fills the arena with aluminum powder and explodes him so severely that she herself needs a full-body aluminum shield for safety. Not only does this ''severely'' injure him, but because aluminum powder explodes when it oxidates, it appears to Present Mic like Bakugou blew himself up, which Present Mic announces on live television, giving those watching the impression that he has poor control of his Quirk. Because of this and his fiery temper, Bakugou's reputation as a hero student is severely damaged and he receives no offers during the Internship arc, with most of the pros badmouthing him aloud during the tournament. This leaves a lasting impression on the viewing public, as in the aftermath Bakugou can't go anywhere without being recognized and judged harshly.]]

*** As it turns out,[[spoiler: Stain is the Noumu Shigaraki is referring to.]]
* ForWantOfANail: A major theme in the fic, as per WordOfGod, is the divergence from canon events due to small changes butterflying into major effects. Several of these changes include:
** The USJ Attack [[spoiler:never happening because of how Kensei's kidnapping was prevented, something that was greatly implied to have happened in canon and a crucial part of what led to the Attack happening in the first place.]] This then leads to...
** The Sports Festival's second stage changing due to the availability of a higher budget combined with forewarning of the increasing Villain Threat.
*** Said second stage has Nedzu pulling in [[GreenThumb Kamui Woods]] and [[DishingOutDirt Pixie-Bob]] to help create the battlefield, and as a result of meeting, the two start dating afterwards.
** All of the above culminate into [[spoiler:the League's large-scale invasion of Musutafu, having none of the experience from USJ to make them move cautiously and spending much more time preparing with little unchecked ambition.]]
*** [[spoiler:Toshinori even almost dies by the end of the arc, barely keeping himself conscious enough to pass on One for All to Izuku.]]
** Katsuki [[spoiler:loses ''[[CurbStompBattle badly]]'' to Momo in the first round of the third stage of the Sports Festival. Because of his loss (and with the boasting he did earlier, not to mention the ''nature'' of the loss), many of the potential Hero Agencies that did submit requests for him in canon (he got the most of anyone in 1-A) form the opinion that he's a [[SuperLoser volatile loudmouth]] who has no business being anywhere near their agencies. What's more, the League of Villains also loses interest in Katsuki, preventing his future kidnapping.]]
** Todoroki [[spoiler:loses [[UnderestimatingBadassery his match]] against [[TheLancer Hitoshi]],]] and a big part that causes it is what happened above with Katsuki. Because there wasn't an All Might-lite in his class, due to [[DivergenceFic Izuku being in Class 1-C]], Todoroki had fixated on Katsuki during the Sports Festival. [[spoiler:When Katsuki [[CurbstompBattle lost]] against Momo, Todoroki did ''not'' take it well, and decided to use his power to toy with his opponent... which led to his defeat.]]
*** Thanks to [[spoiler:Katsuki and Shouto losing]], the League loses any and all interest in their original plan to steal the Sports Festival winner and convert them to their cause, [[spoiler:since the "Top Hero Kids," were taken down by General Education students, and thus weren't impressive]].
** Thanks to them [[spoiler:not being more humble and careful after their loss in the USJ (which didn't happen in this fic)]], the League of Villains decides to go big and [[spoiler:captures Stain to turn him into a Nomu.]]
*** As such, Tensei isn't crippled, and instead shows up at the Sports Festival to cheer his brother on.
** The aftermath of the Sports Festival sees a few Class 1-A members choose different hero aliases; see AdaptationNameChange above for specifics.
** A talk with Kensei leads Toshinori to reach out to his old colleagues like Gran Torino and Sir Nighteye earlier.
** With some insight into the Todoroki family dynamics, Toshinori wants to keep Shouto away from Endeavor's agency while the investigation is going on, and with Katsuki [[spoiler:receiving no internship offers due to his behavior in the Sports Festival]], Toshinori decides to fix both problems and [[spoiler:sends both Shouto and Katsuki to intern with Gran Torino, someone who even Endeavor won't argue with]].
*** Izuku in the meantime, gets sent to intern with [[spoiler:Sir Nighteye]].

* LevelGrinding: Just like any muscle, using your quirk and training it over and over again will make it much stronger. When the story starts out, before Izuku starts training it, he can only banish 10 grams at a time. By the time of chapter 29, that limit has been increased to ''twenty grams'', twice that of the original limit.

* LogicalWeakness: Tsuburaba's barriers are made with the air in his lungs, which not only limits the volume of air he can place in one barrier but having to make several in quick succession leaves him gasping for air.
** Nedzu's intelligence enables him to understand things far before anyone else, but ''Juxtapose'' shows that it does not make him immune to making mistakes, or letting his own biases cloud his judgment. If Nedzu is in a situation where he believes that his theory is true, then he will distort and force the pieces of logic into his theory as opposed to considering the evidence properly. When he realizes that [[spoiler: Kensei]] isn't the traitor of their own free will, and are being controlled by a dangerous villain because of him putting too much faith in his theory over judging the evidence objectively, ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Nedzu outright panics]]'' at his colossal error in judgment.

** In a lesser extent, also Shouto and Tenya's Hero Aliases. As per one of the author's notes, Tenya's name as [[GratuitousItalian "Cambio"]] also refers to the [[spoiler:change in [[ForWantOfANail his and his brother's fate from canon]]]]. Shouto's name, on the other hand, is about his [[spoiler:''lack'' of the character development he had in canon, with the double meaning of "Absolute Hero" being an attack to both Endeavor's fire and his less-than-heroic actions despite being a Pro Hero, as well as a pun on the phrase "Absolute Zero," the point at which no more molecular motion can occur (the point where it is physically impossible to get any colder)]].

** The reason for Katsuki's HeelRealization: he was the first to realize the true power of Izuku's Quirk, and that he did his damn best to fill him with anger and hatred. The fact Katsuki didn't turn him into a villain doesn't matter; he could have succeeded and that's more than enough.

** To a lesser extent, all of the people who helped Momo also have this reaction. Even Mei is left speechless.

* NonIndicativeTitle: The first arc is labeled in-story as the USJ arc. It is formally completed by Chapter 10. [[spoiler: Not only does the USJ attack not even happen due to the Tsuchigumo incident robbing the League of both coordinates and opportunity, owing to UA now being on high alert, but the arc actually ends before anyone even attends the USJ exercise. Instead it occurs in a post-arc interlude.]]

** Nezu had already been a PapaWolf in the earlier chapters, but in the interlude once he finds out about the [[spoiler:Meta Liberation Army]] he takes the lead in the plans of defeating them.

* ShownTheirWork: If it involves science of some form, the author has extensively researched on it for the fic before including it in the story.
* TheSocialExpert: Kirishima proves himself to be more socially savvy than he first appears when he helps improve Katsuki's social standing amongst his class after he makes an honest effort to change by means of [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce spice]], milk, and misdirection.

** The same victory is also one for Katsuki. [[spoiler: Katsuki had planned to build Izuku up in the eyes of the public as his WorthyOpponent so Izuku would get public attention despite being in Gen Ed, and then to push and challenge Izuku on live television while knocking out the toughest of the competition so Izuku was more likely to meet Bakugou in the tournament's final round, wherein Bakugou planned to throw the fight so Izuku could get in the Hero Course. Instead, his unexpected defeat cuts that plan short.]]

* StationsOfTheCanon: One of the very few fics that takes pains to avoid this as much as possible. Due to butterfly effects and ForWantOfANail, many canon events have been modified or even avoided entirely, such as:

** The USJ Arc is [[spoiler:[[DungeonBypass replaced by another conflict entirely.]]]] See ForWantOfANail above for details.

-->'''Izuku:''' Toshinori-san, Kensei-san is missing!

-->'''Midnight:''' Principal Nedzu! We’ve found something in Katsura Kensei’s dormitory room!\\

-->[[spoiler:'''[[ArcVillain Tsuchigumo]]''']]: Come to my web, said the spider to the fly.

* YouLeaveHimAlone: Mineta, up until that point doubting his own effectiveness as a hero, finally steps up when [[spoiler: he and Inko Midoriya are confronted by villains in Mustafu and Inko, a civilian and the mother of the boy he looks up to, suggests that he, a Pro Hero in training, run and leave her behind. This prompts him to finally stand his ground and hold them off while she runs, only for her to declare she'll stay to protect him as well.]]

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12442128 Juxtapose]] is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/readerdreamer5625/pseuds/readerdreamer5625 readerdreamer5625]]. It is a ForWantOfANail fic that explores the ramifications of Izuku being born with a "useless" Quirk instead of being Quirkless.

** Nedzu's intelligence enables him to understand things far before anyone else, but ''Juxtapose'' shows that it does not make him immune to making mistakes, or letting his own biases cloud his judgment. If Nedzu is in a situation where he believes that his theory is true, then he will distort and force the pieces of logic into his theory as opposed to considering the evidence properly. When he realizes that [[spoiler: Kensei]] isn't the traitor of their own free will, and are being controlled by a dangerous villain, Nedzu outright ''panics'' at his colossal error in judgment.

** Nedzu's intelligence enables him to understand things far before anyone else, but ''Juxtapose'' shows that he is not immune to making mistakes. If Nedzu is in a situation where he believes that his theory is true, then he will distort and force the pieces of logic into his theory as opposed to considering the evidence properly. When he realizes that [[spoiler: Kensei]] isn't the traitor of their own free will, and are being controlled by a dangerous villain, Nedzu outright ''panics'' at his colossal error in judgment.

With a new path forward and a mentor to guide him, Izuku takes a very different road towards becoming a hero.

The fic was last updated December 31, 2019 and thus is a DeadFic.

* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: After [[spoiler:Izuku uses his Quirk to cripple the villain Tsuchigumo in a desperate attempt to keep his friends safe, he becomes terrified of his own destructive potential. He manages to get over it after he Recovery Girl brought him to treat a man with painful kidney stones who would otherwise require expensive open surgery, seeing his Quirk as the tool it is.]]

** Tenya losing in the Tournament earlier than in canon, at the first stage rather than the semifinals, may at first seem the reason why [[spoiler:Tensei does not end up meeting Stain, because he rushes to UA to see his little brother before that can happen.]] Not long after, however, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Tensei wouldn't have met Stain in any case, as by then Stain has already been captured and turned into a Nomu.]]

* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: In Chapter 2, the teachers discuss the tendency for students who rely only on their Quirks and in doing so, ignoring their physical conditioning. Later on, Izuku and his friends [[EnforcedTrope enforce this trope]] by training under Toshinori for physical conditioning, and later, [[spoiler:Aizawa for weapons]]. Later on, Izuku goes to Recovery Girl to learn more about human anatomy in order to [[spoiler:learn how best to use his Quirk non-lethally on people.]]

* BrokenPedestal: Hitoshi doesn't take it well that his idol, Eraserhead, just [[spoiler:accused his friend Kensei of being a spy]]. He gets better about it later.

*** The forum also mentions a NoodleIncident that happened during the Sports Festival, where Toshinori and Inko presumably made a big enough mess that they were recorded in television and were kicked out of the stands for it. This has led to in-universe ShipperOnDeck on the behalf of the people who believe Izuku to be All Might's illegitimate son.

* CannotTalkToWomen: Kensei, which is ''really'' not helped by his {{Psychometry}} powers enabling him to know ''everything'' about a girl's body when he touches them. Thankfully, once he has something ''to'' talk to them about, he's generally fine, as demonstrated with his match with Mei, or sharing blueprints with Momo. Izuku is also this at first, barely working up the nerve to speak with Megumi until they start talking about Quirks.

** When Izuku ends up having to asking for rescue when [[spoiler:[[ArcVillain Tsuchigumo]] popped up,]] he does it by the use of his cellphone to share his location like during the Stain Arc in canon while he played as distraction. However, [[spoiler:Tsuchigumo, having been warned about Izuku's intelligence beforehand, [[GenreSavvy ends up seeing through it.]]]]
** Momo's internship with Fatgum also has them discuss ways on dealing with opponents with non-standard biology. Fatgum's response references the [[{{Spinoff}}Vigilantes manga]] by mentioning how he had to fight such opponents a few years back.

** Like in canon, Sero is this by Todoroki, though for slightly different reasons. For one, this time around it was done on purpose, with Shouto revealing in his narration that he intends to the same, only ''slower'', to [[spoiler:Hitoshi]] just to spite Endeavor. [[spoiler:He ends up losing due to UnderestimatingBadassery]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Yaoyorozu and Izuku's friends feel they delt this to [[spoiler:Bakugou. When Izuku stepped aside out of loyalty, his friends decided to help Yaoyorozu strategize with a side of petty revenge. During the match, she fills the arena with aluminum powder and explodes him so severely she herself needs a full-body aluminum shield for safety. Not only does this ''severely'' injure him, but because aluminum powder explodes when it oxidates, it appears to Present Mic like Bakugou blew himself up, which Present Mic announces on live television, giving those watching the impression that he has poor control of his Quirk. Because of this and his fiery temper, Bakugou's reputation as a hero student is severely damaged and he receives no offers during the Internship arc, with most of the pros badmouthing him aloud during the tournament. This leaves a lasting impression on the viewing public, as in the aftermath Bakugou can't go anywhere without being recognized and judged harshly.]]

* EndOfAnEra: Chapter 32, which concludes both the "Work Experience" arc and what the author considers the "first season", is explicitly called such in its introductory tagline, as the status quo has been profoundly changed: [[spoiler:All Might's career is over as he currently lies comatose in an hospital bed, Izuku and the world at large now know that he and Toshinori Yagi were one and the same, and Izuku has been passed One For All but still doesn't know it.]]

* FantasticRacism: The discrimination against Quirklessness that happened in canon is discussed to be ''not'' a commonly accepted belief. Indeed, it is approached the same way as normal sexism and racism - something that isn't socially acceptable, but happens anyway. Aizawa is both shocked and suspicious when he finds out how entire schools like Izuku's grade-school have managed to persist in this kind of attitude [[{{Foreshadowing}} without being noticed]].
* [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowing]]: Plenty, as the author loves to use this trope.

*** Said second stage has Nedzu pulling in [[GreenThumb Kamui Woods]] and [[DishingOutDirt Pixie-Bob]] to help creating the battlefield, and as a result of meeting, the two start dating afterwards.

* FigureItOutYourself: [[spoiler:Katsuki]] realizes early on that Izuku's Quirk has far more potential than he knows, but refuses to tell him because it'd be pointless if he didn't figure it out himself.

** The narration mentioned that Nezu became envious towards All Might when he learns just how intelligent Izuku is and he states that had All Might hadn’t already claimed him, he would’ve taken the freshman in as his own protege.

*** Ironically, despite most of Izuku's peers in primary school thinking otherwise, someone who doesn't agree is Katsuki - who could see how strong Izuku's Quirk really is and singles him out as his {{Rival}}. Apparently, [[spoiler:Katsuki had come into a realization of Minor Banishment's true power when he saw [[MundaneUtility Izuku banish Toshinori's blood from his clothes.]] After all, if Izuku could banish organic matter from outside a person's body, there was nothing stopping him from doing the same thing with their ''internal organs''. Which Izuku, Recovery Girl, Megumi, and Kensei figure can be used in combination with their quirks to get rid of unwanted objects inside the body without surgery, which they are able to do on the first day they figure it out (to remove kidney stones). Izuku later effectively ''cures cancer'' with his Quirk.]]

** Tenya in chapter 20. Instead of taking the win because Izuku is holding back (so as not to accidentally seriously injure him), he decides to purposely hold back, talk Izuku into going all out and gets utterly thrashed by Izuku's new move.

** While Todoroki doesn't get to use his fire at the Sports Festival due to never directly confonting Izuku there, he's eventually pushed to by the latter in a different circumstance: [[spoiler:he helps with the emergency surgery on All Might by cauterizing his internal bleeding with careful use of his flames]].

** Another of these limits is that previously, Izuku could only banish up to 3 kilograms ''in total'' per day. That is, combine all the matter he banishes in a day, he banish 3 kilograms worth before he starts getting headaches. Like the limit stated above, by chapter 30 this limit has also doubled. It's to be known whether or not this kind of growth also applies to Izuku's range limit.
* LogicalWeakness: Tsuburaba's barriers are made with the air in his lungs, which not only limits the volume of air he can place in one barrier, but having to make several in quick succession leaves him gasping for air.

** The reason for Katsuki's HeelRealization: he was the first to realize the true power of Izuku's Quirk, and that he did his damn best to fill him with anger and hatred. The fact Katsuki didn't turn him into a villain doesn't matter, he could have succeeded and that's more than enough.

** During the sporte festival, Inko and Toshinori got kicked out of their front row seats in the stands for littering and causing a disturbance. This was apparently caught on camera. We don't hear exactly what happened, but Inko blames Toshinori and the scene they made created [[ShipperOnDeck Shippers on Deck]].

* NotHelpingYourCase: Bakugou's basic demeanor tends to cement a negative first impression into people's minds. His actions during the Sports Festival did him no favors, since his intentionally attacking and trying to eliminate the most powerful students in the early rounds even when he'd completed the objective and no longer needed to fight them made him seem like an out-of-control, fight-hungry glory hound. [[spoiler:While he does have an issue with pride, in reality he was trying to prevent heavy-hitters from making it into the tournament so Izuku would be more likely to win and get into the Hero Course.]]

-->:Bakugou: "I’m not just aiming to become better than All Might. I need someone who I can fight me for it, and that’s Deku. Nobody else deserves to get the chance to be my rival.”

* PowerPerversionPotential: Kensei's quirk has the potential to know ''everything'' about a girl's body if he so chose. Thankfully, a) he's a good boy and b) he CannotTalkToWomen and gets so flustered he'd never actually use it for that purpose. This is discussed during his match with Mei.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The author goes as far as namedrop this trope by the third interlude. See AdultsAreUseless.
** The lead of the interlude is [[GreatDetective Tsukauchi]], who is following up on the progress of his investigations, as per requested by the other characters. Fair, sympathetic, and willing to bend the law slightly to do his job, he ends up solving several of the problems in canon, such as [[spoiler:forcing Endeavor away from his family]] and [[spoiler:inadvertently finding out about the Meta Liberation Army months before their first appearance in canon.]]

* RefusalOfTheCall: Megumi ''wants'' to do this. She might have heroic instincts, and is willing to help out her friends, but she ''really'' does not want to go into the Pro-Hero business.

** Quirk Counseling, since how a child grows up thinking about their Quirk (strong, weak, useless or otherwise) has a big impact on their personal development. So Nedzu hearing how Izuku was essentially written off as Quirkless because [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway his grade school thought his Quirk was useless]] and essentially had his mental growth stunted is a ''[[BerserkButton big]]'' insult for him.

* ShipTease: Every scene involving Inko and Toshinori just overflows with this. By Chapter 29, even Izuku starts to think that the two of them are getting together, and is understandably conflicted over the idea. In the end though, he decides to support them if they ever do [[ShipperOnDeck get together]].

** Momo's victory over Katsuki is one for Shouto. [[spoiler:He planned to do much the same as in canon, beat the strongest person in the tournament purely with his ice side to spite his father. Unfortunately, he chose to fixate on Katsuki, the other strong person in 1-A, who gets knocked out relatively quickly. Since the person he fixated on wasn't strong enough, Todoroki assumed that he could breeze through the remaining competitors, not even taking his semi-final opponent seriously to show how strong his ice is... which gets ''him'' knocked out of the tournament when Hitoshi takes him by surprise]].

* TouchTelepathy: Megumi's Quirk. However, [[PowerIncontinence as it activates itself whether she wants it to or not]], early on the story it causes her some issues. With her friends' help however, as well as the [[spoiler:encounter with Tsuchigumo]], she soon realizes that her Quirk has [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower more uses than what she had previously thought.]]

* WarriorTherapist: Kamui Woods is trying to be this for Mineta during the Work Experience Arc. Not only does he take in Mineta as an intern with the intention of trying to rehabilitating Mineta, he also correctly pinpoints that the core of Mineta's issues lie with his self-esteem problems. In the end, he calls Mineta out for this, saying that as a Hero, Mineta couldn't continue what he was doing.

** Downplayed with [[spoiler:Mirio. He tells Izuku it's very difficult to not be envious of him when Izuku has accomplished in one year what it took Mirio ''three'' to do - [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman make his weak Quirk strong]] - but he's still just as supportive of his [[SenpaiKohai kouhai]] as ever.]]

The fic was last updated October 21, 2017 and thus is a DeadFic.

** Downplayed with [[spoiler:Mirio. He tells Izuku it's very difficult to not be envious of him when Izuku has accomplished in one year what it took Mirio ''three'' to do - [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman make his weak Quirk strong]] - but he's still just as supportive of his [[SempaiKouhai kouhai]] as ever.]]

* EverybodyKnewAlready: Downplayed. [[spoiler:By the time Toshinori's SecretIdentity as All Might spills, it's a shock to most of his students still, but basically all of his friends and loved ones whom he didn't tell have already figured it out. Kensei knew because of his [[{{Psychometry}} Scan]], Megumi knew because of her TouchTelepathy, and Inko knew because he'd transformed ''directly in front of her'' at one point. The only one who hadn't known was Izuku, specifically because Izuku didn't ''try'' to figure it out, wanting to wait until Toshinori told whatever secret he obviously had on his own. It's also heavily implied Toshinori tried much harder to keep the secret from Izuku out of fear of their relationship changing, and so wasn't as careful when he wasn't around.]]

* SecretSecretKeeper: Turns out that Toshinori is ''really'' bad at keeping his identity secret. Of the core cast of Izuku and his friends, Izuku himself was the last to know- everyone else figured it out. Even ''Inko.''