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Nintendo Hard is now YMMV. Removing ZCE.


* NintendoHard: Some of the games on the list promise to be this for based on how the heroes are seeing the kids current attempts.
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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: With many different Horror Games. Izuku is in VideoGame/TheEvilWithin. Katsuki is in VideoGame/SilentHill. Iida is in {{VideoGame/Outlast}}. Momo is in Franchise/ResidentEvil. Ochako is in VideoGame/DeadSpace. Mineta is in VideoGame/DokiDokiLiteratureClub. Shoto is in VideoGame/FatalFrame. Kendo is in VideoGame/DarkSouls.

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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: With many different Horror Games. Izuku is in VideoGame/TheEvilWithin. ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin''. Katsuki is in VideoGame/SilentHill. ''Franchise/SilentHill''. Iida is in {{VideoGame/Outlast}}. ''{{VideoGame/Outlast}}''. Momo is in Franchise/ResidentEvil. ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''. Ochako is in VideoGame/DeadSpace. ''VideoGame/DeadSpace''. Mineta is in VideoGame/DokiDokiLiteratureClub. ''VideoGame/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''. Shoto is in VideoGame/FatalFrame. ''VideoGame/FatalFrame''. Kendo is in VideoGame/DarkSouls.''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
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On April 14th, 21XX, five thousand children, between the ages of thirteen and fourteen, have disappeared through Japan. Investigators are baffled by how or why it happened and there were no traces of where the children disappeared to until the cybercrimes division discovered the horrifying answer. Each and every victim are all trapped in a horror game that they need to beat in order to escape and survive.

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On April 14th, 21XX, five thousand children, between the ages of thirteen and fourteen, have disappeared through throughout Japan. Investigators are baffled by how or why it happened and there were no traces of where the children disappeared to until the cybercrimes division discovered the horrifying answer. Each and every victim are all trapped in a horror game that they need to beat in order to escape and survive.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In-Universe. Ruvik realizes that Izuku isn't the detective and calls him out on it.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In-Universe. Ruvik Ruvic realizes that Izuku isn't the detective and calls him out on it.
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** Izuku when faced with Ruvic's supernatural powers and trapped in the basement with a sadistic butcher that he has to outmaneuver.
** Momo when she sees Joseph Frost and can't use her quirk to the point she has to get dragged off by the others to survive.

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** Izuku when faced with Ruvic's supernatural powers and trapped in the basement with a sadistic butcher that he has to outmaneuver.
outmaneuver. A second one when Ruvic reveals he knows he isn't the detective, followed by hearing a chainsaw behind him.
** Momo when she sees Joseph Frost die and can't use her quirk to the point she has to get dragged off by the others to survive.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In-Universe. Ruvik realizes that Izuku isn't the detective and calls him out on it.
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* TimedMission: There is a countdown for each trapped child on how long they have to free themselves before they are terminated. What actually happens when time runs out is not clear, but it clearly isn't good.

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%%* IronicHell: According to the writer on discord each game is meant to be this to the kids playing them:

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%%* * IronicHell: According Tensei thinks Tenya is trapped in Outlast because he would be forced to the writer on discord each game do something that is meant simply anathema to not just Tenya, but any Iida, sneaking and hiding in shadows when they were born and bred for speed and Tenya specifically tends to be this to the kids playing them:overt, brash and outspoken.



%%** Iida can only run and hide, but he can't use his super speed.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Played with. The adults are doing the best they can in the face of an unprecedented act of Villainy where thousands of children are kidnapped and forced to go through horrible things where anyone can watch them, but without any means of actually helping them, this causes the adults to ''feel'' useless about themselves.

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* ContentWarnings: Chapter 4 has a trigger warning for ''"Acts of extreme violence, description of injuries and death in this chapter."''



* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Implied. Based on known information on Dark Souls and how the heroes are reacting to Kendo's experiences in that game, the task force have already seen her die several times.

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* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Implied. Based on known information on Dark Souls and how the heroes are reacting to Kendo's experiences Each time a trapped kid dies in that a game, it is not final and their death counter goes up by one. Even veteran Heroes are nauseous at the task force have already seen her idea that they're going to keep seeing the kids die several times.until they either escape or the death becomes permanent.
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* TraumaButton: Everything Shouto is going through in his death game brings up horrible memories of Endeavour losing Touya.
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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: With many different Horror Games. Izuku is in The Evil Within. Katsuki is in Silent Hill. Iida is in Outlast. Momo is in Resident Evil. Ochako is in Dead Space. Mineta is in Doki Doki Literature Club. Shoto is in Fatal Frame. Kendo is in Dark Souls.

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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: With many different Horror Games. Izuku is in The Evil Within. VideoGame/TheEvilWithin. Katsuki is in Silent Hill. VideoGame/SilentHill. Iida is in Outlast. {{VideoGame/Outlast}}. Momo is in Resident Evil. Franchise/ResidentEvil. Ochako is in Dead Space. VideoGame/DeadSpace. Mineta is in Doki Doki Literature Club. VideoGame/DokiDokiLiteratureClub. Shoto is in Fatal Frame. VideoGame/FatalFrame. Kendo is in Dark Souls.VideoGame/DarkSouls.

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Rewrote so that it's not a copy of the story summary, which is against the rules.


April 14th, 21XX. Incident Report: five thousand random children, between the ages of thirteen and fourteen, have disappeared through Japan. Preliminary investigation turned up no clues or motives as to the victim's whereabouts, until, due to the diligence of the cybercrimes division, they have been found. Five thousand gaming streams, five thousand victims all dedicated to playing out a horror game each in order to escape and survive.

What will happen to these children? And, later on, how will UA cope with a class full of the traumatized survivors of such an incident?

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On April 14th, 21XX. Incident Report: 21XX, five thousand random children, between the ages of thirteen and fourteen, have disappeared through Japan. Preliminary investigation turned up Investigators are baffled by how or why it happened and there were no clues or motives as to traces of where the victim's whereabouts, until, due children disappeared to the diligence of until the cybercrimes division, they have been found. Five thousand gaming streams, five thousand victims division discovered the horrifying answer. Each and every victim are all dedicated to playing out trapped in a horror game each that they need to beat in order to escape and survive.

What will happen to these children? And, later on, how will UA cope with a class full of the traumatized survivors of such an incident?
survive.

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* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Implied. Based on known information on Dark Souls and how the heroes are reacting to Kendo's experiences in that game, the task force have already seen her die several times.



* OhCrap: The kids upon realizing how bad of a situation they're trapped in.
** Izuku when faced with Ruvic's supernatural powers and trapped in the basement with a sadistic butcher that he has to outmaneuver.
** Momo when she sees Joseph Frost and can't use her quirk to the point she has to get dragged off by the others to survive.
** Shouto as he is exploring the mansion gets a terrible feeling that something's wrong.



* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Implied. Based on known information on Dark Souls and how the heroes are reacting to Kendo's experiences in that game, the task force have already seen her die several times.
* OhCrap: The kids upon realizing how bad of a situation they're trapped in.
** Izuku when faced with Ruvic's supernatural powers and trapped in the basement with a sadistic butcher that he has to outmaneuver.
** Momo when she sees Joseph Frost and can't use her quirk to the point she has to get dragged off by the others to survive.
** Shouto as he is exploring the mansion gets a terrible feeling that something's wrong.

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%%Examples that have their basis only on discord should not be here. Will hide them for now since it could be revealed either in the story proper or in the comments section of the story on AO3.



* IronicHell: According to the writer on discord each game is meant to be this to the kids playing them:
** Katsuki can't fight and yell his way through his problems.
** Iida can only run and hide, but he can't use his super speed.
** Momo has to ration what she has and can't instantly make a solution.
** Ochako is in space like she always wanted, but is being hunted by monsters.
** Mineta is surrounded by hot girls, but they're yanderes with reality warping powers.

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* %%* IronicHell: According to the writer on discord each game is meant to be this to the kids playing them:
** %%** Katsuki can't fight and yell his way through his problems.
** %%** Iida can only run and hide, but he can't use his super speed.
** %%** Momo has to ration what she has and can't instantly make a solution.
** %%** Ochako is in space like she always wanted, but is being hunted by monsters.
** %%** Mineta is surrounded by hot girls, but they're yanderes with reality warping powers.



* TheManyDeathsOfYou: It's already started with Kendo in Dark Souls apparently.

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* TheManyDeathsOfYou: It's already started with Kendo in Implied. Based on known information on Dark Souls apparently.and how the heroes are reacting to Kendo's experiences in that game, the task force have already seen her die several times.



** Shouto as he is exploring the mansion gets a terrible feeling that something's wrong.

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** Shouto as he is exploring the mansion gets a terrible feeling that something's wrong.wrong.
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Adult Fear is now a disambiguation. Adjusted other examples while I was at it.


* AdultFear: The parents of 5000 kids have to handle the fact that their kids are trapped in horror video games with the possibility of dying repeatedly. The reactions seen so far include Inko, Denki's mother, Tensei, Endeavour (mostly shows rage, but we haven't seen his inner thoughts), and Asui's Parents.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: According to the writer the entire first year heroics class and Mei from UA will be this from being sent into horror games where they can die repeatedly.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Being brought into the game world has taken away the kids' ability to use their quirks.

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* AdultFear: The parents of 5000 kids have to handle the fact that their kids are trapped in horror video games with the possibility of dying repeatedly. The reactions seen so far include Inko, Denki's mother, Tensei, Endeavour (mostly shows rage, but we haven't seen his inner thoughts), and Asui's Parents.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: According to the writer the The entire first year heroics class future 1-A class, some of the future 1-B class, and Mei from UA will be this suffering from the trauma of being sent into horror games where they can die repeatedly.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Being brought into the game world has temporarily taken away the kids' ability to use their quirks.



* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: With Horror Games. Izuku is in The Evil Within. Katsuki is in Silent Hill. Iida is in Outlast. Momo is in Resident Evil. Ochako is in Dead Space. Mineta is in Doki Doki Literature Club. Shoto is in Fatal Frame. Kendo is in Dark Souls.
* MyGreatestFailure: All Might believes his inability to prevent this as his and that All For One could be the cause and likely survived the fight.

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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: With many different Horror Games. Izuku is in The Evil Within. Katsuki is in Silent Hill. Iida is in Outlast. Momo is in Resident Evil. Ochako is in Dead Space. Mineta is in Doki Doki Literature Club. Shoto is in Fatal Frame. Kendo is in Dark Souls.
* MissingChild: The parents of 5000 kids have to handle the fact that their kids are trapped in horror video games with the possibility of dying repeatedly. The reactions seen so far include Inko, Denki's mother, Tensei, Endeavour (mostly shows rage, but we haven't seen his inner thoughts), and Asui's Parents.
* MyGreatestFailure: All Might believes All for One is behind the kidnapping of five-thousand children in a single night, not believing anyone else is capable of such a feat, which causes him a lot of guilt in not making ''absolutely sure'' his inability to prevent this as his and that All For One could be the cause and likely survived the fight.arch-nemesis is dead.



* SkewedPriorities: Mineta initially in a weird situation where there a bunch of hot girls decides to just go along with it enthusiastically.
* TemptingFate: Mineta thinks he died and went to heaven at the start of his game. Yeah, about that...
* ThatWasNotADream: Ochako after getting thrown around in a spaceship crash and being unable to use her quirk quickly realizes this is the case.

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* SkewedPriorities: Mineta initially is in a weird situation where there a bunch of hot girls girls, and he decides to just go along with it enthusiastically.
* TemptingFate: Mineta thinks he died and went to heaven at the start of his game. Yeah, about that...
game, Doki Doki Literature Club. What he doesn't know is that the main villain of that game is a terrifying RealityWarper.
* ThatWasNotADream: Ochako after getting thrown around in a spaceship crash and being unable to use her quirk quickly realizes this is the case.not just a nightmare.
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''Linger'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlemissoyashirou/pseuds/littlemissoyashirou littlemissoyashirou]]. It was inspired by ''Locked In Digital''. It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36510562/chapters/91046290 here]].

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''Linger'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlemissoyashirou/pseuds/littlemissoyashirou littlemissoyashirou]]. It was inspired by ''Locked In Digital''.''Fanfic/LockedInDigital''. It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36510562/chapters/91046290 here]].

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* AdultFear: The parents of 5000 kids have to handle the fact that their kids are trapped in horror video games with the possibility of dying repeatedly.
** The reactions seen so far include Inko, Denki's mother, Tensei, Endeavour (mostly shows rage, but we haven't seen his inner thoughts), and Asui's Parents.

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* AdultFear: The parents of 5000 kids have to handle the fact that their kids are trapped in horror video games with the possibility of dying repeatedly.
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repeatedly. The reactions seen so far include Inko, Denki's mother, Tensei, Endeavour (mostly shows rage, but we haven't seen his inner thoughts), and Asui's Parents.



* IronicHell: According to the writer on discord each game is meant to be this to the kids playing them.
** Katsuki can't fight and yell his way through his problems. Iida can only run and hide, but he can't use his super speed. Momo has to ration what she has and can't instantly make a solution. Ochako is in space like she always wanted, but is being hunted by monsters. Mineta is surrounded by hot girls, but they're yanderes with reality warping powers.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: With Horror Games.
** Izuku is in The Evil Within. Katsuki is in Silent Hill. Iida is in Outlast. Momo is in Resident Evil. Ochako is in Dead Space. Mineta is in Doki Doki Literature Club. Shoto is in Fatal Frame. Kendo is in Dark Souls.

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* IronicHell: According to the writer on discord each game is meant to be this to the kids playing them.
them:
** Katsuki can't fight and yell his way through his problems. problems.
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Iida can only run and hide, but he can't use his super speed. speed.
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Momo has to ration what she has and can't instantly make a solution. solution.
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Ochako is in space like she always wanted, but is being hunted by monsters. monsters.
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Mineta is surrounded by hot girls, but they're yanderes with reality warping powers.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: With Horror Games.
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Games. Izuku is in The Evil Within. Katsuki is in Silent Hill. Iida is in Outlast. Momo is in Resident Evil. Ochako is in Dead Space. Mineta is in Doki Doki Literature Club. Shoto is in Fatal Frame. Kendo is in Dark Souls.

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** The reactions seen so far include Inko, Denki's mother, Tensei, Endeavour (mostly shows rage, but we haven't seen his inner thoughts).
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The entire first year heroics class and Mei from UA will likely be this from being sent into horror games where they can die repeatedly.

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** The reactions seen so far include Inko, Denki's mother, Tensei, Endeavour (mostly shows rage, but we haven't seen his inner thoughts).
thoughts), and Asui's Parents.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The According to the writer the entire first year heroics class and Mei from UA will likely be this from being sent into horror games where they can die repeatedly.



* CaughtOnTape: Several digitalized disappearances were caught on camera. Tsuyu disappeared while right next to Habuko in a shop, Mei disappeared in a workshop and described how she felt like she was being transported, and Izuku panics while talking on a web video chat.



* IronicHell: According to the writer on discord each game is meant to be this to the kids playing them.
** Katsuki can't fight and yell his way through his problems. Iida can only run and hide, but he can't use his super speed. Momo has to ration what she has and can't instantly make a solution. Ochako is in space like she always wanted, but is being hunted by monsters. Mineta is surrounded by hot girls, but they're yanderes with reality warping powers.



** Izuku is in The Evil Within.
** Katsuki is in Silent Hill.
** Iida is in Outlast.
** Momo is in Resident Evil.
** Ochako is in Dead Space.
** Mineta is in Doki Doki Literature Club.
** Shoto is in Fatal Frame.
** Kendo is in Dark Souls.
* MyGreatestFailure: All Might believes his inability to prevent this as his and that All For One could be the cause.

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** Izuku is in The Evil Within.
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Within. Katsuki is in Silent Hill.
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Hill. Iida is in Outlast.
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Outlast. Momo is in Resident Evil.
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Evil. Ochako is in Dead Space.
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Space. Mineta is in Doki Doki Literature Club.
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Club. Shoto is in Fatal Frame.
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Frame. Kendo is in Dark Souls.
* MyGreatestFailure: All Might believes his inability to prevent this as his and that All For One could be the cause.cause and likely survived the fight.


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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: With Horror Games.
** Izuku is in The Evil Within.
** Katsuki is in Silent Hill.
** Iida is in Outlast.
** Momo is in Resident Evil.
** Ochako is in Dead Space.
** Mineta is in Doki Doki Literature Club.
** Shoto is in Fatal Frame.
** Kendo is in Dark Souls.
* MyGreatestFailure: All Might believes his inability to prevent this as his and that All For One could be the cause.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Joseph Oda is this for Izuku in the game by quickly believing some of his claims about not being Sebastian and giving him advice on what to do.
* SkewedPriorities: Mineta initially in a weird situation where there a bunch of hot girls decides to just go along with it enthusiastically.
* TemptingFate: Mineta thinks he died and went to heaven at the start of his game. Yeah, about that...



* OhCrap: The kids upon realizing how bad of a situation they're trapped in. Especially Izuku, Momo, and Shouto.

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* OhCrap: The kids upon realizing how bad of a situation they're trapped in. Especially Izuku, Momo, in.
** Izuku when faced with Ruvic's supernatural powers
and Shouto.trapped in the basement with a sadistic butcher that he has to outmaneuver.
** Momo when she sees Joseph Frost and can't use her quirk to the point she has to get dragged off by the others to survive.
** Shouto as he is exploring the mansion gets a terrible feeling that something's wrong.
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April 14th, 21XX. Incident Report: five thousand random children, between the ages of thirteen and fourteen, have disappeared through Japan. Preliminary investigation turned up no clues or motives as to the victim's whereabouts, until, due to the diligence of the cybercrimes division, they have been found. Five thousand gaming streams, five thousand victims all dedicated to playing out a horror game each in order to escape and survive.

What will happen to these children? And, later on, how will UA cope with a class full of the traumatized survivors of such an incident?

''Linger'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlemissoyashirou/pseuds/littlemissoyashirou littlemissoyashirou]]. It was inspired by ''Locked In Digital''. It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36510562/chapters/91046290 here]].

!!This fic contains examples of the following:
* AdultFear: The parents of 5000 kids have to handle the fact that their kids are trapped in horror video games with the possibility of dying repeatedly.
** The reactions seen so far include Inko, Denki's mother, Tensei, Endeavour (mostly shows rage, but we haven't seen his inner thoughts).
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The entire first year heroics class and Mei from UA will likely be this from being sent into horror games where they can die repeatedly.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Being brought into the game world has taken away the kids' ability to use their quirks.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The reporters who receive footage of what is happening quickly realize that they're basically watching Red Rooms.
* NintendoHard: Some of the games on the list promise to be this for based on how the heroes are seeing the kids current attempts.
* ThatWasNotADream: Ochako after getting thrown around in a spaceship crash and being unable to use her quirk quickly realizes this is the case.
* OhCrap: The kids upon realizing how bad of a situation they're trapped in. Especially Izuku, Momo, and Shouto.

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