Alpha 5 is a series of short stories written by George S Hosokawa.
Alexander is a 17-year-old Superhero who encounters many people friend or foe along the way.
His goal is to surpass Sucker Punch who is the strongest superheroine in the world.
He later forms a team called Alpha 5 that serves as the protector of Niigata, Japan. It consists of teenage superheroes.
He also joins Team Aegis in the hopes of becoming a hero like Master Moto who originally was a superhero.
The storyline focuses on Alexander going on adventures either for fun or encountering someone who threatens to rule the world.
Word of God states that My Hero Academia and One-Punch Man is the primary inspiration of this story but several well-known Shonen manga can be considered as such. Also, DC Comics and Marvel Comics can be counted as one.
There are many characters and too many Shout-Outs. Expies can be counted as one. A popular example is Dharma Blast which is a reference to the Kamahameha Wave from Dragon Ball.
There have been future plans to adapt the short stories into a Webcomic.
Tropes:
- Experienced Protagonist: Alexander. He have been training at the monastery for 11 years.
- World's Strongest Woman: Sucker Punch. It is uncertain how she is this strong.
- The Stoic:
- Lady Dao. She have little to no emotions when it comes to comedy.
- The Rival: Captain Helfte is the rival of Alexander.
- Combo Platter Powers: Alexander as he is classified as a "Variety Person", a person who have more than one superpowers. This is a result of his hard training throughout his childhood. He have the ability to manipulate energy, fire, psychic energy, and other superpowers. He is currently the only one to do this.
- Shout-Out:
- Dharma Blast is a reference to the Kamehameha Wave.
- Blue Star is an expy of Starfire.
- Sucker Punch is an expy of All Might mixed with Saitama. And it is female.
- Kagayaku closely resembles One For All.
- Lady Dao is a expy of Katana but Vietnamese.
- The Fox Mask that Alexander uses closely resembles the Hollow Mask.
- Alexander's split personality is the result of Kagayaku (the soul of the previous user) which affects him whenever there is trouble ahead. Sounds familiar?
- Glut is a expy of Deathstroke but German (and female).
- Habebat is a equivalent to Quirks.
- Spiritual Successor: To City of Heroes, One Piece and My Hero Academia. The story borrow some elements from City of Heroes for their character creation mechanics or in other words, to be a hero or a villain while My Hero Academia is set in a world where people possess a special, superhuman ability called Quirks. Finally, One Piece have inspired this because of a drink or a food are said to come from deities to give them powers to mortal beings especially for those who are Powerless.
