Expendable Assets is a series of My Hero Academia fanfictions based on the relationship between Izuku Midoriya and Himiko Toga and the aftermath of the defeat of All for One.
The first part, Expendable Assets, a yandere in the secret service was completed 1/11/2019.
The second part, Expendable Assets 2: Blackbird, which focuses on Mina Ashido and Hitoshi Shinsou, was completed 7/15/2019.
A prequel, entitled Expendable Assets: Zero was started 12/15/2019 and is still ongoing.
In addition, several one shots set in the same universe have been released.
The Expendable Assets series contains examples of:
Tropes A to M
- Adaptational Heroism: Himiko is an Anti-Villain in canon, but is unrepentant about killing or joining the side of villainy. Here, she shows remorse for killing and most of her crimes were committed under the influence of Mind Control.
- Shigaraki as well, and for similar reasons. His Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds side is played up here, and his rage against society and the world was influenced by fake memories given to him by All for One and Pestilentia.
- The League of Villains in general have their True Companions and Equal-Opportunity Evil aspects played up.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Ochako. Though she does grow out of it over time.
- Adaptation Expansion: This series expands the world of My Hero Academia to the United States, Europe, and Africa.
- Hero systems in different nations are explored, for example, Chinese heroes are an arm of the Chinese Communist Party.
- The series explores how Quirks are used in warfare with the war in Africa.
- A Day in the Limelight: Blackbird is this for Hitoshi Shinsou and Mina Ashido, who were supporting characters in canon.
- An Arm and a Leg: Toga loses several of her fingers.
- Babies Ever After: As one of the one-shots confirms, Himiko and Izuku have a girl named Nana.
- Badass Normal: All of Ndege Mweusi's soldiers, who are Quirkless but can face people with offensive quirks using training and technology.
- Big Bad:
- For the first part, Pestilentia, a villain with a criminal empire maintained by Mind Control.
- For Blackbird, Ndege Mweusi, the dictator of the Hidden Valley, a rouge nation in Africa.
- For Zero, All for One, as in canon.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Himiko, Ochako, and Mei, all for Izuku. This causes... some issues.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: All for One relied upon his physical power and stolen quirks to rule and terrorize Japan, whereas Pestilentia doesn't have any physical power to speak of, and relies entirely on his Quirk to get people to do what he wants.
- Ndege Mweusi is Quirkless, as are all of his men.
- Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: Hitoshi and Mina as compared to Izuku and Himiko; the latter have a whirlwind romance while the former have a heavy Will They or Won't They?.
- Dating Catwoman: Obviously. Played with somewhat in a yandere in the secret service, but played straight in Zero.
- Darker and Edgier: While the canon is by no means soft, Expendable Assets goes into topics such as international relations, espionage, war, discrimination, and even genocide.
- Dead Guy Junior: Izuku discusses naming his and Himiko's child Nana with All Might's permission.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: An African dictator orders the execution of an entire population just because of who they are. Hmmm...
- On the Hidden Valley, the way they talk about Quirked people (comparing them to demons) and treat them is much like how LGBTQ+ people are treated in much of Africa and the Middle East.
- It's repeatedly mentioned that the war in Africa would be going much smoother if China and Russia would work with the United States and her allies instead of coordinating resistance to the Hidden Valley seperately and occasionally taking potshots at each other. Where have we heard that one before?
- Dream Weaver: What Pestilentia's quirk is at a fundamental level.
- Fantastic Racism: In addition to the canon examples (Quirked people discriminating against Quirkless people), there's also the nation of the Hidden Valley, which is a state of mostly Quirkless people who want to commit genocide against the quirked.
- Hotter and Sexier: Compared to canon, anyway.
- Horsemen of the Apocalypse: According to Pestilentia, they exist and he is one of them (Pestillence, obviously,) and All for One was another.
- Insecure Love Interest: Deconstructed. Ochako and Mei's insecurities prevent them from telling Izuku how they feel before it's too late to say anything.
- Hitoshi is a much straighter, and much less tragic example. He finds expressing his romantic feelings for Mina difficult due to his past romantic experiences.
Tropes N to Z
- Psychotic Love Triangle: More like Psychotic Love Dodecahedron. Himiko, Ochako, and Mei are all after Izuku's heart, but the latter two cannot spit it out.
- Related in the Adaptation: Himiko Toga and Vlad King.
- Super Supremacist: The Meta Liberation Army are this, as per canon.
- Inverted with the nation of the Hidden Valley and its dictator Ndege Mweusi.
- Yandere: Despite being in the title, there aren't really any straight examples.
- Himiko at first seems like a straight example: she thinks that murder is a good solution to other girls being interested in Izuku, is constantly worried about Izuku dating someone else, and loves knives. However, when she actually gets in a relationship with Izuku, she doesn't show any of the possessive characteristics of the archetypical yandere.
- Ochako, of all people, fits the trope much better. She goes into a murderous rage the moment she gets the inkling that Himiko and Izuku are involved, and tries to kill Himiko even after Izuku assured her that she was cleared to be there. Himiko even lampshades this. Thankfully, she gets better.
- Mei Hatsume doesn't quite have a handle on how to deal with romantic feelings but she'll still carve her way through many men much stronger than her with her gadgets when Izuku is threatened. However, she backs off when it's clear Izuku is happy with Himiko.