History Fanfic / KingExplosionMurderTheShieldHero

* AdaptationalJerkass: Unlike the beginning of the light novel, [[BitchInSheepsClothing Itsuki]] begins to hide less of his true colors after chapter 7 when [[spoiler: Bakugou stops his assassination attempt on the King of Tervein. As a result, Itsuki is humiliated, judged, and punished for the assassination attempt, leaving him broke and with a ruined reputation.]] Since then, Itsuki no longer hides his egotistical nature and begins to hate Bakugo wholeheartedly.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Since Bakugou never bought any slaves from the start, Raphtalia's fate was left to be unknown. It wasn't until the start of Chapter 15 long after the second wave (to the cardinal heroes) had past when we're introduced to Raphtalia [[spoiler: along with a still living Rifana.]], now as freed protege's of Lord Reichnott.

** Just prior to that Bakugou tricked Motoyasu into accidentally blasting Myne (who was already blatantly cheating blasting her fire magic at Bakugou) away with a powerful lightning attack that not only blasted her across the arena, but left a nasty mark on her body that ruined her own armor as well.

* {{Curse}}: In the battle with Larc and Therese during the Cal Mira wave, Daven stabs Therese in the back with his Sai's that inflict a curse of her. It took a few minutes to take full effect but eventually the curse made her gem purple and filled it up with dark magic that stopped her from conducting any magic or use her gem accessories. This curse continued to be in effect long after the Cal Mira battle even in her home world, and because of this curse she has unable to be involved in anymore of Larc's and Glass's adventures including the one with the Spirit Tortoise. It's been implied Daven can easily lift the curse, but he will only do so if Bakugou gives his approval and as of Chapter 24 Bakugou has said no, still not trusting the heroes who were planning on destroying his sidekicks' world.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Daven's magical affinity is Dark Magic and is describe to have black hair and fur, not to mention was a former spy and assassin. However, despite this, he is a moral and decent person - unlike the rest of the corrupt Siltvelt government, the nobles associated with them like his father and stepmother. He wants to help people (demi-humans and humans alike) and only kills monsters and people who are truly evil themselves and deserve it.

* DreadedKidsPartyEntertainerJob: When they finally get to Cal Mira, Motoyasu and Itsuki struggle to find any good work to earn money since Ren and Bakugou took all the good quests since getting to the island chain a couple days before them. The only job they could get was an entertainer job for a noble's kid's birthday party. And according to the two it was a miserable experience, Motoyasu had to do an awful flaming juggling ball balance act and Itsuki was basically turned into a Piñata with the kids hitting him with sticks.

* TheExile: Neia Varon had been exiled and banished by her own family and people, the water elves. The reason why it's not known yet is that Neia's not willing to talk about it to anyone, including Bakugo, out of shame and embarrassment from it. Whatever the reason was, Neia was basically given nothing but the clothes on her back and some of her people's currency, which is completely worthless to the rest of the world.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: After Bakugou activates and goes on a rampage in Siltvelt Castle after unlocking the Wrath Curse series he specifically goes after King Janio of Siltvelt over his torture of him. Once Bakugou catches up to Janio he beats the living crap out of the king, and during the beat down he first rips his tail off, then he rips one of Janio's whole arms off and started beating him with it. Despite the Shield penalizing him for technically using the severed limb as weapon with his menu also spamming messages of the same warning of Cardinal hero not permitted to use weapon but there own message over and over again, Bakugou ignored them along with the painful electric penalty until he bashes Janio through a wall and finally blows up the arm.

* InterruptedSuicide: After being kicked out of the Bow Heroes party and a big fight erupting between him and the other Cardinal heroes and there teams, Rishia felt utterly sad and depressed and decided to ran off to commit suicide with the Sword and Shield hero groups following to stop her. She finally finds a high ledge to jump off, but before she could could completely fall to the ground Daven pops in just below the ledge with his teleporting magic and grabs the girl by her leg as she began falling. He teleports the both of them back into the hallway safely, though Rishia still upset tries to run back, but this time she gets blocked off from one of Bakugou's airstrike shield. Neia finally just electrifies her and knock Rishia out, thankfully after she wakes back up in another room with them Rishia finally calmed down.

* MegatonPunch: This is a result when Bakugou combines a punch with his explosion quirk. Larc was sent flying by one when he shook the hand of a pissed-off Bakugou.
* MistakenForDisease: Whilie in Glass's world, Neia gets odd looks from everyone due to her blue skin. They assume she's one of the Grass people, the closest thing to elves in Glass's world who all had normal human skin tones. They think Neia either has some sort of mutation or she had a skin disease that makes her unnaturally blue like that.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Rino is given a last name here, amking her full name "Rino Lidera."
* NeverMyFault: Can all be applied to Motoyasu, Itsuki, Malty, Aultcray, and most of the spear and bow heroes companions, made especially apparent at the trials, usually with them trying to say everything was all Bakugou and Ren's faults. Motoyasu refuses to believe his teammates are just taking advantage of him and did terrible things behind his back, he'll believe them over anyone else in spite of logic and clear evidence against them. Itsuki is to prideful to admit he was ever in the wrong and always believes he's in the right of everything while enacting "justice". Malty is a pathological liar trying all she can to get out of punishment for her evil deeds, even under a slave crest. Aultcray is also to prideful to admit he was wrong especially anything to do with the shield hero and Demi-humans, though in the trials he did admit he made the mistake of trusting Pope Balmus to easily that lead to his attempted to murder him and the heroes, but tries to make the excuse that Bakugou had "clouded his mind" to see Balmus through, but no one including Mirelia buys it. And the Spear and Bow companions follow there leaders leads making up whatever excuse they can to get out of trouble, Rishia is the only one of them willing to admit that they were in the wrong.

** To eliminate Aultcray's supporters as part of his church's plot to take over the kingdom, Pope Balmus has them all gathered up in Idol Rabier's castle and then unleashes a massive beam that vaporizes the castle and all the people onside. However, this also ends up freeing Rabier's slaves, who even after being freed from enslavement following his death, were still trapped in their cages and were unable to leave: when the Pope's attack vaporized the castle, it ends up damaging the cages and prison cells in the cellar below, allowing the ex-slaves to finally escape.

* OfficialCouple: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]; unlike Raphtalia, Neia is not in love with the Shield Hero, but simply has respect for him as a Hero. Also codified by the fact that Bakugo is singularly focused on heroism to the point of aromanticism, as in canon. Not to mention, she admits that Katsuki's not her type.

* ProducePelting: After her trial in chapter 19 and receiving all her punishments, former Princess Malty (now called "Bitchwhore") was kicked out to the streets in front of a mob of mad looking citizens who are now aware of her true self and what she and her father did, which included trying to start a major war in the middle of the wave crisis, just to get a chance to kill her little sister and claim the throne for herself while basically leaving them to die from the waves. They weren't amused about all of that along with her other crimes and started throwing rosary's of the now heretical 3 heroes church and eventually rotten fruit at her.

** After Bakugou's victory in his duel with Motoyasu after the first wave they encountered, Neia gives Malty, Motoyasu, and King Aultcray a serious roasting for all the horrible acts they did; Malty for tricking and manipulating her to frame Neia for a crime she didn't commit, Motoyasu for not questioning Malty and going along with her sentence of enslavement and dueling Bakugou over it, and Aultcray for sentencing her with little evidence or hear her side of the story and turning a blind eye to his daughter's blatant manipulations.

** The foreign king Itsuki kills in the light novel survives here [[spoiler:thanks to Bakugou's efforts in stopping Itsuki's assassination attempt.]]

** [[spoiler: Ren's original teammate's all survive the battle against the Spirit Tortoise. Welt, Bakta, and Tersia though ended losing some of their limbs so they were forced to retire from adventuring, but hold no ill will against Ren for it and are thankful to him for allowing them the opportunity to all be heroes that helped saved the world. Farrie though still has all her limbs and continues to remain a part of Ren's party.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: In chapter 23 after Bakugou and his team kill the Spirit Tortoise, Kyo was mildly annoyed that his enslaved pet was killed, but was satisfied enough that he at least gotten himself thousands of souls in hands he plans to later experiment with.Before he could escape though Kyo gets stabbed in the back by Daven, and Bakugou crushes the vial containing the souls freeing them. After that Kyo completely loses his smug arrogance and composure and starts to loudly cry and whine like a toddler when months of planning got instantly ruined. When Bakugou finally mocks him for it, that whining turns into rage with Kyo yelling and threatening to make Bakugou suffer for what he did, but before he could do anything Neia stabs Kyo in the back and then beheads him.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Bakugou's first and default outfit he wears all the time is Barbarian armor which is pretty much his fantasy au outfit that he gets from Erhard. It leaves him constantly shirtless and with an exposed chest. But despite his exposed chest the cape he is always wearing with the outfit provides special protection magic that acts like invisible armor, protecting his whole torse even when it looks like he is wearing nothing.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Just like in the original story Ren is deathly afraid of going into the water, having a panic attack when he is thrown in 4 feet of water he could've stood up from. Bakugou wasn't going to let him avoid the Cal Mira wave because of it and forced him to do swimming lessons with his sidekick Neia. They barely helped break Ren's phobia, though the lessons did help him be more active in the Cal Mira wave than his canon counterpart, though being near or around water still stressed him out, and was extremely exhausted after the wave was over because of it.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: After unlocking the Wrath Shield, Bakugou goes on a corrupted anger induced rampage, however after he severely injured his sidekick Neia as well as seeing the harm he's done with the rest of his sidekicks and Ren, he kneels in utter despair thinking that he now has become exactly what those in Melromarc and back in his homeworld thought of him, a devil, a villain, and a monster. However Ren, then Bakugou's sidekicks including injured Neia all started to talk what they truly think of him, reminding Bakugou of all he accomplished since coming to this world, beating the odds with his shield weapon, saving many lives, defeating evil people, and many other heroic accomplishments. To them he was a true hero and nothing would change it. Hearing all of that finally cheered Bakugou up, giving him the willpower to overcome the Wrath shield's corrupting influence.

* AdaptationExpansion: The nation whose king was assassinated by Itsuki gets a lot more attention and detail, with Bakugou personally meeting said king (and saving him from being killed), and spending a whole chapter in the nation.

* CorruptChurch: The Three Heroes Church. Just like canon, it's a human-supremacist and racist religious organization under the control of the power-hungry and fanatical Pope Balmus, who continuously demonizes the Shield Hero and intends to maintain Melromarc's current status quo, no matter what it takes. This includes attempting to kill the Crown Princess, encouraging a major war, [[spoiler:convincing Aultcray to try to enslave the Sword Hero for their own benefit]], and [[spoiler:killing off all the nobles that support Aultcray]].

*** This is inverted in Siltvelt, while the Shield Hero is worshiped as a God there with the Grand Shield Hero Church, while the bow, sword, and spear heroes are all seen as evil demon lords from hell that seek to conquer and take over the mortal world. [[spoiler:Ren learns about this the hard way when he revealed himself and his identity in Siltvelt.]]

* DePower: More or less happens to Bakugou in chapter 15 when Siltvelt's Prime Minister Trinock traps him and his party in a freezing below zero room. Bakugou was no longer able to produce his explosive sweat or it just freezes up on him preventing the shield hero from making use of his explosion quirk. He had to rely on the sweat he had stored up in his gauntlets for a bit, but once he ran out he was pretty much quirkless and powerless other then his defensive shield abilities. Afterward Trinock kept this up by keeping most of Bakugou's body frozen to keep him pretty much powerless.

* FantasticRacism: Just like the original story, Melromarc is a human supremacist nation with bigotry against demi-humans prevalent throughout the country, and most Demi-humans being slaves.

* FugitiveArc: Ren is forced to go through one after he refused to get involved in Aultcray's planned war with Siltvelt. The King orders Itsuki and Motoyasu to force Ren to join his war and if he still refuses, they along with Myne will capture Ren as a prisoner and then enslave him. After fighting off the Bow and Spear Heroes along with the small armies that were with them, Ren, along with Scarlet, manage to escape their grasp, but the rest of Ren's team gets captured and taken prisoners after sacrificing themselves to allow the Sword Hero to escape. Ren is now wanted by the current law of Melromarc with the King's forces actively searching and hunting him down to still try to capture and enslave him. Ren and Scarlet are forced to stay away from civilization to find the Queen to help rescue his team and stop Aultcray and Malty's tyrannies for good.

* GoldDigger: Daven's father Allen was one, seducing Loria Serita at a young age so he could marry her and become a nobleman through marriage. After several years and a son, he found that it wasn't enough for him, and decided to advance further in society, considering Loria to be a dead end. He then allied with Mellia, so he could gain a high position among Siltvelt's elite through Mellia's family connections and her race being of the council races, which would allow him to take pretty much everything from Loria in the divorce, including all of her land, money, titles, and their own son.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Happens in the beginning with Bakugou after Myne accused him of sexually assaulting her on the second night he and the others arrived, with his general Bakugou attitude not helping matters either. While he manages to make people like Ren doubt the accusation after pointing out the holes in Myne's testimony, Aultcray still continues to smear his name while on the throne. This dramatically changes over time though as Bakugou's heroic actions made the public view him more and more like a true hero despite the crowns best efforts to do the opposite.

** The trial in Chapter 19, is nothing but this for Malty, Aultcray, Motoyasu, and Itsuki. First, Malty gets repeatedly shocked every time she lies, which is to say, almost every time she spoke. Second, for the king, he gets drilled on how his prejudice against the Shield Hero and his rash actions nearly caused the ruin of the kingdom and the lives of his family, along with other crimes he committed against the innocent demi-humans and those that tried to defend them, and when he refuses to take responsibility for his actions, the Queen repeatedly slaps him over and over again until his face is red and swollen. Lastly, for Motoyasu and Itsuki, they [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech are told straight to their faces in detail, how they were doing a bad job as Cardinal Heroes]], ranging from stuff like acting out on rumors to vigilantism. And then there are also their punishments.
*** Like in canon, there are name changes: "Bitchwhore" for Malty (and "Whorebitch" for her Myne alias), "Piece of Shit" for Aultcray, and with the addition of the Spear and Bow teams to the trials, there are "Ponytail Slut" for Motoyasu, "Bow Bitch" for Itsuki, and lastly, "Bitch" and "Bigger Bitch" for Elena and Lesty. In addition, they all get their new names branded upon their foreheads.

*** Malty is exiled from the castle, with all her items such as fancy clothes, jewelry, and money confiscated, forbidden to have any servants or slaves to help her, not even the Spear Hero party (Queen Mirellia even declares that helping her in any way will result in capital punishment), her stats reduced back to Level 1, her magic banned, forbidden from owning any property or slaves, prevented from insulting anyone or calling them by something other than their true names by her slave crest, and forced to only eat [[LethalChef Motoyasu's cooking]] all until she pays back a 10,000 gold fine, which she has to do with only a shield (an old, rusting, hunk-of-junk one courtesy of Erhard). In addition, she has all her hair removed with a curse that prevents the hair from growing back or her from covering herself with headwear.
*** Aultcray gets to stay in the castle, but he's sent to the lowest of the hierarchy as a ''maid'' complete with the uniform, forced to do whatever backbreaking and menial jobs that people order him to do, all the while being paid minimum wage and forced to sleep in a dirty jail cell in the dungeon until he pays off the same 10,000 gold fine and only having Motoyasu's cooking to eat just like his daughter. In addition, he's kept under 24/7 surveillance by guards who will electrify him if he says anything racist against demi-humans or slanders against the Shield Hero, or if he's not doing a proper job as a maid. Lastly, all his heroic accomplishments for Melromarc are completely erased, with the Staff Hero being recorded nameless to remove his association with said title, and all that remains of his name are his deeds as a mad tyrant that nearly led to the ruin of the kingdom.
*** Motoyasu [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment has his hair dyed bright pink]], is forced to give up his best items to Ren's party, forced to wear an enchanted chastity belt with itching powder applied to his crotch, and is made to pay back all the money that Malty has swindled from the royal treasury and guilds, and lastly, along with Itsuki, loses privileges like monthly funding and rewards, right to own property or slaves, animal companions, invitations to parties, and right to leave the country unless given permission; they also have to declare Katsuki the greatest hero in the world while they are weak losers and failures that don't deserve the title of heroes.
*** Itsuki gets shaven bald and can't grow it back or cover it up like Malty, has to pay for funeral costs to the families of the nobles he's killed, and has to give back to Tervein whether through monetary costs for the damages while he worked with the Red Hand or by helping to fend off Waves there under the Shield Hero's direct supervision. And of course, there are also the punishments he's sharing with Motoyasu.
*** In addition to the aforementioned name change and branding, Elena and Lesty also get the balding punishment, and the latter has her noble title stripped from her.

* LethalChef: Motoyasu is one to anyone unfortunate enough to be on his team or forced to eat his food. Malty and the other girls in his team usually throw away the food when he isn't looking and act as if they ate it to make him feel better and suck up to him, with Rino openly stating her distaste for his cooking after joining Bakugou. Itsuki and his team are extremely blunt about their opinion of Motoyasu's food when they take a single bite of his beef stew, and King Aultcray himself can't stand his food either.