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* ForWantOfANail: Izuku being half-Hou-ou leads to differences in the story.
** Because he spends his nights regularly fighting of hostile yōkai, he's developed a reputation as a vigilante known as Phoenix.
** When All Might saves Izuku from the Sludge villain, he was distracted by the (seeming) ghost haunting the hero, so he never grabbed onto All Might's leg to ask him if he could be a hero. That means that Izuku doesn't know All Might's secret [[spoiler:(at least, not at first)]], and the Sludge villain never goes free to attack Bakugo.
** Izuku saves Tokoyami from an oni and they become good friends.
** Since Izuku scores higher in the Quirk Assessment exam, Mineta ends up in last place and gets expelled.
** Because Izuku wants to be an underground hero, he, as well as Shinso, make a deal with Aizawa that if they come 5th in the second event of the Sports Festival, they could intern with him.
** Since Izuku didn't make it to the 1-on-1 tournament, he never fights Todoroki and therefore never convinces him to use his fire.


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* PointOfDivergence: Izuku being half-Hou-ou leads to multiple differences in the story.
** Because he spends his nights regularly fighting of hostile yōkai, he's developed a reputation as a vigilante known as Phoenix.
** When All Might saves Izuku from the Sludge villain, he was distracted by the (seeming) ghost haunting the hero, so he never grabbed onto All Might's leg to ask him if he could be a hero. That means that Izuku doesn't know All Might's secret [[spoiler:(at least, not at first)]], and the Sludge villain never goes free to attack Bakugo.
** Izuku saves Tokoyami from an oni and they become good friends.
** Since Izuku scores higher in the Quirk Assessment exam, Mineta ends up in last place and gets expelled.
** Because Izuku wants to be an underground hero, he, as well as Shinso, make a deal with Aizawa that if they come 5th in the second event of the Sports Festival, they could intern with him.
** Since Izuku didn't make it to the 1-on-1 tournament, he never fights Todoroki and therefore never convinces him to use his fire.

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** Since Izuku scores higher in the Quirk Assessment exam, Mineta ends up in last place and gets expelled.



* HealingHands: One of Izuku's spells. While it's nowhere near as powerful as Recovery Girl's Quirk, it's very handy in emergencies, such as when Izuku used it to help mitigate some of Aizawa's injuries during the USJ attack.

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* HealingHands: One of Izuku's spells. While it's nowhere near as powerful as Recovery Girl's Quirk, it's very handy in emergencies, such as when Izuku used it to help mitigate some of Aizawa's injuries during the USJ attack. He later starts training this aspect of his magic under Terasu's instruction.

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* BrokenBird: Terasu, [[spoiler:the kitsune who serves as the Quirk One For All, was born a little before the dawn of Quirks with her brother Kioshi. As the only two kitsune in a world of hostile yōkai, they trusted only each other, until they met a human named Shigaraki whose Quirk allowed him to see yōkai. They were happy to have a new friend, but then Shigaraki betrays them in the worst way, stealing Kioshi's soul and using him to steal Quirks from other humans. Furious, Terasu made a pact with Shigaraki's younger brother, agreeing to serve as his Quirk in exchange for freeing her brother. Unfortunately, the younger brother dies in the fight, and the terms of their pact made it impossible for Terasu to reveal herself to his successors. After centuries of being hosted by humans with no idea of her existence, forced to watch as All For One forced Kioshi to carry more and more Quirks inside of him and being unable to save her brother, and more recently, having to mitigate All Might's injury by being constantly drained of her magic, Terasu is left cynical, bitter, fatalistic and completely incapable of trusting others. After hearing her story, Izuku makes it his goal both to free her brother and to become her friend]].



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Terasu, [[spoiler:the kitsune who serves as the Quirk One For All, was born a little before the dawn of Quirks with her brother Kioshi. As the only two kitsune in a world of hostile yōkai, they trusted only each other, until they met a human named Shigaraki whose Quirk allowed him to see yōkai. They were happy to have a new friend, but then Shigaraki betrays them in the worst way, stealing Kioshi's soul and using him to steal Quirks from other humans. Furious, Terasu made a pact with Shigaraki's younger brother, agreeing to serve as his Quirk in exchange for freeing her brother. Unfortunately, the younger brother dies in the fight, and the terms of their pact made it impossible for Terasu to reveal herself to his successors. After centuries of being hosted by humans with no idea of her existence, forced to watch as All For One forced Kioshi to carry more and more Quirks inside of him and being unable to save her brother, and more recently, having to mitigate All Might's injury by being constantly drained of her magic, Terasu is left [[BrokenBird cynical, bitter, fatalistic and completely incapable of trusting others]]. After hearing her story, Izuku makes it his goal both to free her brother and to become her friend]].



* ParentsAsPeople: Hisashi is a genuinely loving husband and father in this story and makes sure to check on his family when he can and when an actual emergency arises (like after the USJ incident), but he lives in America to serve as a mediator between the wildly different and clashing mythical creatures there, and because Hou-ou are omens, which makes it dangerous for him to stay somewhere like Japan where he can tell that something big is coming.

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* ParentsAsPeople: Hisashi is a genuinely loving husband and father in this story and makes sure to check on his family when he can and when an actual emergency arises (like after the USJ incident), but he lives in America to serve as a mediator between the wildly different and clashing mythical creatures there, and on top of that, because Hou-ou are considered to be omens, which makes it it's dangerous for him to stay somewhere like Japan where he can tell that something big is coming.on the horizon.

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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of [[SuperStrength One For All]], Izuku has spirit magic that allows him to use [[ComboPlatterPowers a variety of spells]], including [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] (his most common spell and the one he passes off as his Quirk), [[HealingHands healing]], [[MorphWeapon changing the shape of his weapon]], limited ShapeShifting, and [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]].

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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of [[SuperStrength One For All]], Izuku has spirit magic that allows him to use [[ComboPlatterPowers a variety of spells]], including [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] (his most common spell and the one he passes off as his Quirk), [[HealingHands healing]], [[MorphWeapon changing the shape of his weapon]], limited ShapeShifting, and [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]].spells]].


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* ComboPlatterPowers: Izuku's magic lets him use a wide range of spells, including [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] (his most common spell and the one he passes off as his Quirk), [[HealingHands healing]], [[MorphWeapon changing the shape of his weapon]], limited ShapeShifting, and [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]].

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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite Izuku having a "Quirk" (actually magical telekinesis), Bakugo still bullied him growing up because of how weak it was when it first manifested.

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Despite Izuku having a "Quirk" (actually magical telekinesis), Bakugo still bullied him growing up because of how weak it was when it first manifested.manifested.
** Even without All Might's input, Izuku still trains by cleaning up Dagobah Beach, with the beach's secluded nature making it the perfect place to practice with his magic.



* ParentsAsPeople: Hisashi is a genuinely loving husband and father in this story and makes sure to check on his family when he can and when an actual emergency arises (like after the USJ incident), but he lives in America to serve as a mediator between the wildly different and clashing mythical creatures there, and because Hou-ou are omens, which makes it dangerous for him to stay somewhere like Japan where he can tell that something big is coming.



** All Might assumes that both One For All and All For One are Quirks, albeit unusual ones. They're actually [[spoiler:a pair of [[AsianFoxSpirits kitsune]] siblings who are sharing their power with humans (unwillingly, in All For One's case)]].

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** All Might assumes that both that [[spoiler:both One For All and All For One are Quirks, albeit unusual ones. They're actually [[spoiler:a a pair of [[AsianFoxSpirits kitsune]] siblings who are sharing their power with humans (unwillingly, in All For One's case)]].


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* WeakToFire: Most yōkai have a weakness to magical fire and to fire Quirks (since all Quirks are basically a human kind of magic anyway).

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For some reason, this means yokai have a standing invitation to pester Izuku with their existence. Birds assemble choirs for his birthday. If there’s no cedar leaf under the welcome mat, the amazake babaa that lives two apartments over will be knocking on their door by evening. His yokai-purifying excursions get mistaken for vigilantism far too often.

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For some reason, this means yokai yōkai have a standing invitation to pester Izuku with their existence. Birds assemble choirs for his birthday. If there’s no cedar leaf under the welcome mat, the amazake babaa that lives two apartments over will be knocking on their door by evening. His yokai-purifying excursions get mistaken for vigilantism far too often.



* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of [[SuperStrength One For All]], Izuku has spirit magic that allows him to use [[ComboPlatterPowers a variety of spells]], including [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] (his most common spell and the one he passes of as his Quirk), [[HealingHands healing]], [[MorphWeapon changing the shape of his weapon]], limited ShapeShifting, and [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]].

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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of [[SuperStrength One For All]], Izuku has spirit magic that allows him to use [[ComboPlatterPowers a variety of spells]], including [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] (his most common spell and the one he passes of off as his Quirk), [[HealingHands healing]], [[MorphWeapon changing the shape of his weapon]], limited ShapeShifting, and [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]].



* BrokenBird: Terasu, [[spoiler:the kitsune who serves as the Quirk One For All, was born a little before the dawn of Quirks with her brother Kioshi. As the only two kitsune in a world of hostile yōkai, they trusted only each other, until they met a human whose Quirk allows him to see yōkai named Shigaraki. They were happy to have a new friend, but then Shigaraki betrays them in the worst way, stealing Kioshi's soul and using him to steal Quirks from other humans. Furious, Terasu made a pact with Shigaraki's younger brother, agreeing to serve as his Quirk in exchange for freeing her brother. Unfortunately, the younger brother dies in the fight, and the terms of their pact made it impossible for Terasu to reveal herself to his successors. After centuries of being hosted by humans with no idea of her existence, forced to watch as All For One forced Kioshi to carry more and more Quirks inside of him and being unable to save him, and more recently, having to mitigate All Might's injury by being constantly drained of her magic, has left Terasu cynical, bitter, fatalistic and completely incapable of trusting others. After hearing her story, Izuku makes it his goal both to free her brother and to become her friend]].
* ForWantOfANail: Izuku being half-Hou-ou leads to some differences in the story.

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* BrokenBird: Terasu, [[spoiler:the kitsune who serves as the Quirk One For All, was born a little before the dawn of Quirks with her brother Kioshi. As the only two kitsune in a world of hostile yōkai, they trusted only each other, until they met a human named Shigaraki whose Quirk allows allowed him to see yōkai named Shigaraki.yōkai. They were happy to have a new friend, but then Shigaraki betrays them in the worst way, stealing Kioshi's soul and using him to steal Quirks from other humans. Furious, Terasu made a pact with Shigaraki's younger brother, agreeing to serve as his Quirk in exchange for freeing her brother. Unfortunately, the younger brother dies in the fight, and the terms of their pact made it impossible for Terasu to reveal herself to his successors. After centuries of being hosted by humans with no idea of her existence, forced to watch as All For One forced Kioshi to carry more and more Quirks inside of him and being unable to save him, her brother, and more recently, having to mitigate All Might's injury by being constantly drained of her magic, has left Terasu is left cynical, bitter, fatalistic and completely incapable of trusting others. After hearing her story, Izuku makes it his goal both to free her brother and to become her friend]].
* ForWantOfANail: Izuku being half-Hou-ou leads to some differences in the story.



* HalfHumanHybrid: Izuku is a half-human, half-Hou-ou. This allows him to see and interact with spirits, and he uses magic instead of a Quirk.

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* HalfHumanHybrid: Izuku is a half-human, half-Hou-ou. This allows him to see and interact with spirits, yōkai, and he uses magic instead of a Quirk.



* MeaningfulName: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Shinsou when he hears that the Hero Killer Stain's given name translates to 'bloodstain', and his last name has the kanji for 'red' and 'black'.
-->'''Shinsou:''' That’s ''so'' on the nose. It’s like his parents ''wanted'' him to be a serial killer.



** Izuku passes his [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual magical telekinesis]] as a Quirk.

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** Izuku passes off his [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual magical telekinesis]] as a Quirk.



* ShapeShifting: Izuku has a minor version of this that lets him change his facial features as well as hair and eye color. He uses it as part of his vigilante disguise.

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* ShapeShifting: Izuku has a minor version of this that lets him change alter his facial features as well as hair and eye color. He uses it as part of his vigilante disguise.

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Izuku encounters Tokoyami, Aizawa, and Shinso during his adventures with various yokai, and before their canonical first appearances at UA.

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Izuku encounters Tokoyami, Aizawa, and Shinso during his adventures with various yokai, yōkai, and before their canonical first appearances at UA.U.A.



* AscendedExtra: After Izuku saves Tokoyami and Dark Shadow from an oni attack, they three becomes fast friends.

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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of [[SuperStrength One For All]], Izuku has spirit magic that allows him to use [[ComboPlatterPowers a variety of spells]], including [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] (his most common spell and the one he passes of as his Quirk), [[HealingHands healing]], [[MorphWeapon changing the shape of his weapon]], limited ShapeShifting, and [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]].
* AdaptedOut: Mineta is expelled after coming last in the Quirk Apprehension exam.
* AscendedExtra: After Izuku saves Tokoyami and Dark Shadow from an oni attack, they the three becomes fast friends.friends.
* BrokenBird: Terasu, [[spoiler:the kitsune who serves as the Quirk One For All, was born a little before the dawn of Quirks with her brother Kioshi. As the only two kitsune in a world of hostile yōkai, they trusted only each other, until they met a human whose Quirk allows him to see yōkai named Shigaraki. They were happy to have a new friend, but then Shigaraki betrays them in the worst way, stealing Kioshi's soul and using him to steal Quirks from other humans. Furious, Terasu made a pact with Shigaraki's younger brother, agreeing to serve as his Quirk in exchange for freeing her brother. Unfortunately, the younger brother dies in the fight, and the terms of their pact made it impossible for Terasu to reveal herself to his successors. After centuries of being hosted by humans with no idea of her existence, forced to watch as All For One forced Kioshi to carry more and more Quirks inside of him and being unable to save him, and more recently, having to mitigate All Might's injury by being constantly drained of her magic, has left Terasu cynical, bitter, fatalistic and completely incapable of trusting others. After hearing her story, Izuku makes it his goal both to free her brother and to become her friend]].
* ForWantOfANail: Izuku being half-Hou-ou leads to some differences in the story.
** Because he spends his nights regularly fighting of hostile yōkai, he's developed a reputation as a vigilante known as Phoenix.
** When All Might saves Izuku from the Sludge villain, he was distracted by the (seeming) ghost haunting the hero, so he never grabbed onto All Might's leg to ask him if he could be a hero. That means that Izuku doesn't know All Might's secret [[spoiler:(at least, not at first)]], and the Sludge villain never goes free to attack Bakugo.
** Izuku saves Tokoyami from an oni and they become good friends.
** Because Izuku wants to be an underground hero, he, as well as Shinso, make a deal with Aizawa that if they come 5th in the second event of the Sports Festival, they could intern with him.
** Since Izuku didn't make it to the 1-on-1 tournament, he never fights Todoroki and therefore never convinces him to use his fire.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Izuku is a half-human, half-Hou-ou. This allows him to see and interact with spirits, and he uses magic instead of a Quirk.
* HealingHands: One of Izuku's spells. While it's nowhere near as powerful as Recovery Girl's Quirk, it's very handy in emergencies, such as when Izuku used it to help mitigate some of Aizawa's injuries during the USJ attack.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite Izuku having a "Quirk" (actually magical telekinesis), Bakugo still bullied him growing up because of how weak it was when it first manifested.
* LivingWeapon: A variant. Kutsuhimo is an ittan-momen (a cloth-like yōkai) who Izuku convinced to possess Aizawa's capture weapon, so there are times when he acts independently, such as when he tried to strangle Shigaraki during the USJ attack after Aizawa was knocked out.
* MorphWeapon: Izuku can use his magic to turn his dagger into a sword or an iron club.
* PlayingWithFire: Hisashi starts teaching Izuku fire magic after the USJ attack because he had a feeling things were going to get more dangerous for his son soon. There’s also the added bonus of fire magic being especially effective against yōkai.



** Izuku passes his magical telekinesis as a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Quirk]].
** All Might assumes that both One For All and All For One are Quirks, albeit unusual ones. They're actually [[spoiler:a pair of [[AsianFoxSpirits kitsune]] siblings who are sharing their power (unwillingly, in All For One's case)]].
* SecretKeeper: Inko and later Tokoyami know about magic and Izuku's vigilantism.

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** Izuku passes his magical telekinesis as a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Quirk]].
magical telekinesis]] as a Quirk.
** All Might assumes that both One For All and All For One are Quirks, albeit unusual ones. They're actually [[spoiler:a pair of [[AsianFoxSpirits kitsune]] siblings who are sharing their power with humans (unwillingly, in All For One's case)]].
* SecretKeeper: Inko and later Tokoyami know about magic and Izuku's vigilantism.vigilantism.
* ShapeShifting: Izuku has a minor version of this that lets him change his facial features as well as hair and eye color. He uses it as part of his vigilante disguise.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Izuku encounters Tokoyami, Aizawa, and Shinso during his adventures with various yoki, and before their canonical first appearances at UA.

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Izuku encounters Tokoyami, Aizawa, and Shinso during his adventures with various yoki, yokai, and before their canonical first appearances at UA.



* AscendedExtra: After saving Tokoyami and Dark Shadow from an oni attack, they three becomes fast friends.
* PowerMisidentification: Izuku passes his magical telekinesis as a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Quirk]].

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* AscendedExtra: After saving Izuku saves Tokoyami and Dark Shadow from an oni attack, they three becomes fast friends.
* PowerMisidentification: PowerMisidentification:
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Izuku passes his magical telekinesis as a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Quirk]].Quirk]].
** All Might assumes that both One For All and All For One are Quirks, albeit unusual ones. They're actually [[spoiler:a pair of [[AsianFoxSpirits kitsune]] siblings who are sharing their power (unwillingly, in All For One's case)]].

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(What’s going on with All Might? Is Principle Nedzu a yokai? Tokoyami, could you please get Dark Shadow to stop calling me ‘my Lord’?) on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26274784/chapters/63963772/ Archive of our Own]]

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(What’s going on with All Might? Is Principle Nedzu a yokai? Tokoyami, could you please get Dark Shadow to stop calling me ‘my Lord’?) Lord’?)

''Simply Superstitious'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/CryCaladrius/pseuds/CryCaladrius CryCaladrius]]. It can be read
on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26274784/chapters/63963772/ Archive of our Own]]
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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Hisashi is a [[ThePhoenix Hou-ou]], makimg Izuku half-Hou-ou, consequently.

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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Hisashi is a [[ThePhoenix Hou-ou]], makimg making Izuku half-Hou-ou, consequently.

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* AscendedExtra: After saving Tokoyami and Dark Shadow from an Oni attack, they three becomes fast friends.

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* AscendedExtra: After saving Tokoyami and Dark Shadow from an Oni oni attack, they three becomes fast friends.friends.
* PowerMisidentification: Izuku passes his magical telekinesis as a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Quirk]].
* SecretKeeper: Inko and later Tokoyami know about magic and Izuku's vigilantism.

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* AscendedExtra: Due to saving Tokoyami and Dark Shadow from

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Izuku encounters Tokoyami, Aizawa, and Shinso during his adventures with various yoki, and before their canonical first appearances at UA.
* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Hisashi is a [[ThePhoenix Hou-ou]], makimg Izuku half-Hou-ou, consequently.
* AscendedExtra: Due to After saving Tokoyami and Dark Shadow fromfrom an Oni attack, they three becomes fast friends.
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(What’s going on with All Might? Is Principle Nedzu a yokai? Tokoyami, could you please get Dark Shadow to stop calling me ‘my Lord’?)
ArchiveOfOurOwn here(https://archiveofourown.org/works/26274784/chapters/63963772)

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(What’s going on with All Might? Is Principle Nedzu a yokai? Tokoyami, could you please get Dark Shadow to stop calling me ‘my Lord’?)
ArchiveOfOurOwn here(https://archiveofourown.org/works/26274784/chapters/63963772)
Lord’?) on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26274784/chapters/63963772/ Archive of our Own]]

!!''Simply Superstitious'' provides examples of:
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Izuku Midoriya’s father is a Hou-ou — a Japanese phoenix.

For some reason, this means yokai have a standing invitation to pester Izuku with their existence. Birds assemble choirs for his birthday. If there’s no cedar leaf under the welcome mat, the amazake babaa that lives two apartments over will be knocking on their door by evening. His yokai-purifying excursions get mistaken for vigilantism far too often.

(What’s going on with All Might? Is Principle Nedzu a yokai? Tokoyami, could you please get Dark Shadow to stop calling me ‘my Lord’?)
ArchiveOfOurOwn here(https://archiveofourown.org/works/26274784/chapters/63963772)

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