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   Where Heroes Fail by Arcnote

   Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen, F/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Midoriya Izuku/Uraraka Ochako
   • Todoroki Shouto/Yaoyorozu Momo
   • Takami Keigo | Hawks/Todoroki Fuyumi
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya/Usagiyama Rumi | Miruko
   • Jirou Kyouka/Kaminari Denki
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya & Todoroki Fuyumi & Todoroki Shouto
   • Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku
   • Midoriya Izuku & Sensei | All For One
   • Kurogiri & Midoriya Izuku
   • League of Villains & Midoriya Izuku
   • Kaminari Denki & League of Villains & Midoriya Izuku & Yaoyorozu Momo
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya & Todoroki Fuyumi & Todoroki Natsuo & Todoroki Shouto
   • Toga Himiko & Yaoyorozu Momo
   • Class 1-A & Kaminari Denki
   • Eri & Midoriya Izuku
   • League of Villains & Uraraka Ochako
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya & Takami Keigo | Hawks
   • League of Villains & Usagiyama Rumi | Miruko
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya & Todoroki Fuyumi & Todoroki Natsuo & Todoroki Rei & Todoroki Shouto
   • League of Villains & Tsutsumi Kaina | Lady Nagant
   • Jirou Kyouka & League of Villains
   • Kayama Nemuri | Midnight & League of Villains
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya
   • Todoroki Enji | Endeavor
   • Todoroki Shouto
   • Todoroki Fuyumi
   • Midoriya Izuku
   • Bakugou Katsuki
   • Sensei | All For One
   • Kurogiri (My Hero Academia)
   • U.A. Students (My Hero Academia)
   • Toga Himiko
   • Sako Atsuhiro | Mr. Compress
   • Uraraka Ochako
   • Iguchi Shuuichi | Spinner
   • Kaminari Denki
   • Yaoyorozu Momo
   • Todoroki Natsuo
   • Takami Keigo | Hawks
   • Pro Heroes (My Hero Academia)
   • Jirou Kyouka
   • Eri (My Hero Academia)
   • Usagiyama Rumi | Miruko
   • Todoroki Rei
   • Tsutsumi Kaina | Lady Nagant
   • My Hero Academia Ensemble
   • Author is Christian
   • Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Izuku's Parent
   • Villain Midoriya Izuku
   • Midoriya Izuku Has Multiple Quirks
   • Good Sibling Dabi | Todoroki Touya
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya is a Little Shit
   • BAMF Todoroki Fuyumi
   • Villain Todoroki Fuyumi
   • Villain Todoroki Shouto
   • Soft Todoroki Shouto
   • BAMF Yaoyorozu Momo
   • Sassy Yaoyorozu Momo
   • Traitor Kaminari Denki
   • Kaminari Denki is a Dork
   • Heroes to Villains
   • League of Villains as Family (My Hero Academia)
   • Protectiveness
   • Hero Society is Corrupt (My Hero Academia)
   • Character Bashing
   • Consequences
   • Characters Being Bad at Feelings
   • Everyone Needs a Hug
   • Overpowered Character(s)

   Summary

   Midoriya Izuku had endured everything life threw at him. Being called weak and a worthless ‘Deku’, bullied and tormented, all because he was Quirkless.
   Yet he still dared to dream of becoming a Hero.

   Walking home one day, he encounters a man... a man claiming to be his father.
   A man who tells him how he can get a Quirk from none other than All Might, the Symbol of Peace, himself.
   A man who tells him the nasty truth about Hero Society.

   And 6 years prior, Todoroki Touya saved his siblings.

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   Rated T(een & Up) for depictions of (canon-typical) violence, blood, and death (some more graphic than others) as well as occasional cursing, mentions of (canonical) past child abuse & domestic violence, alongside (canonical) suicide baiting, (canonical) discrimination, and (canon-typical) kidnapping
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