History Fanfic / RiseFromTheAshes

*** Shouto and [[spoiler:Shirakumo Oboro]]

* DemotedToExtra: As it stands, Midoriya Inko has been written out of any major plot involvement [[spoiler:following Izuku's death in a traffic accident. In an example of AdaptationalAngstUpgrade, following her son's empty casket funeral, as his body mysteriously disappeared before the coroner could conduct an autopsy, she isolates herself entirely and is found by a neighbour wasted away and near death. She is immediately rushed to the hospital, and is last seen being warded in the psychiatric unit on long-term stay.]]

* FlatWhat: Hitoshi seems to be the main source of this trope. So far, this is his exact response to Izuku telling him that his quirk manifested only after he [[spoiler: got hit by a bus and died]], and when [[spoiler: Inasa very loudly and unexpectedly asked him for Izuku's phone number.]]

** Hitoshi takes part in the recommendation entrance exam, rather than the regular one. [[spoiler: Chapter 13 confirms that ]] Aizawa is the one who recommended him.

** Hitoshi takes part in the recommendation entrance exam, rather than the regular one. Presumably, Aizawa is the one who recommended him.
** Unlike his canon counterpart, Inasa doesn't go to Shiketsu, as he is dissuaded from forfeiting the recommendation exam by Nezu. Although he still harbours negative perceptions about Todoroki Shouto, based on the story tags, Inasa will still be a U.A. student.

''Rise From The Ashes'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic by [=RarepairKai22=] that can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/42210540/chapters/105976923 here]].

In early 2024, the author confirmed that he had discontinued the fic due to the impact it had on his mental health. He has since started a revamped version titled '''Rise Of The Garuda''', which takes inspiration from the original story and can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/52828087/chapters/133621411 here]].

** Likewise, Aizawa also goes for the alcohol after being told about Keigo's backstory and the hero commission's criminal activities. He later proceeds to down an entire bottle of tequila after he learns that [[spoiler: Izuku can control his flames down to whether or not they burn at all.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Never mind that [[spoiler: Sekoto Peak is literally ''on fire'' and the firefighters are struggling to get the conflagration under control, All Might rushes right into the burning hill, all because he hears a roar coming from within that fills him with an unknown feeling of fear that reminds him too much of his fight against All For One.]]

* FantasticRacism: At first, Izuku used to be bullied and ostracised for being functionally quirkless despite having a quirk factor. But even when his quirk manifested, the fact that he no longer looks completely human means that he is still subjected to some sort of discriminatory and prejudiced behaviour. The first instance is when a police officer uses a derogatory slur when hauling him up for an interrogation, and the second instance takes place during the entrance exam, where several candidates accuse him of "stealing" their points when all he did was save them from dangerous situations, with some even calling him more derogatory slurs. Even a girl ''slaps'' him, when he literally rescued her from a ''collapsing'' building. Talk about UngratefulBastard.

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite having a quirk factor, Izuku was effectively quirkless prior to [[spoiler:his death and rebirth]], subjecting him to the abuses and bullying by a prejudiced and biassed society obsessed with quirks.

** Hitoshi is introduced during Izuku's training by Aizawa, at the behest of Nezu to help Izuku improve his social skills and ability to make friends with peers his age, when his canon counterpart would only debut in the run-up to the Sports Festival.

** Izuku and Hitoshi didn't start off on great terms in the canon series, but here, they bond over shared trauma and become fast friends.

In early 2024, the author has confirmed that he has discontinued the fic due to the impact it has on his mental health. He has since started a revamped version titled '''Rise Of The Garuda''', which takes inspiration from the original story, and can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/52828087/chapters/133621411 here]].

!!This fanfic and it's side stories contains examples of:

--> In Yokohama, Dabi finds himself in a similar situation. Barely able to put his shot glass down, he rapidly descends into manic laughter of his own. He falls off the bar stool he was on, and also rolls around the floor like an insane lunatic, his laughter taking on a higher, crazier pitch from the sheer rapture of hearing someone destroy his greatest nemesis so easily.

** Detective Tsukauchi Naomasa is also introduced much earlier, when he would only appear in the aftermath of the USJ attack in the canon series.

** Yoarashi Inasa is introduced as a candidate taking part in the U.A. entrance exam, when he would only be formally introduced as a Shiketsu student taking part in the Provisional Licensing Exam.
** Shinsou Hitoshi and Monoma Neito are also introduced as candidates participating in the practical component of the U.A. entrance exam, when they would only be formally introduced prior and during the Sports Festival respectively.
** Shirakumo Oboro is introduced at the end of the USJ attack, when he would only make his formal main-story manga introduction during the Paranormal Liberation War arc.
** The older Todoroki siblings are introduced during the climactic match between Izuku and Shouto, when all three would only make their formal appearances after the Hero Killer arc.
** [[spoiler: Both Eri and Overhaul appear shortly after the conclusion of the Sports Festival when Izuku and Inasa are out on a date]], far earlier than their canon counterparts.
** [[spoiler: Sir Nighteye makes an appearance in Chapter 42 in the aftermath of Izuku accidentally killing Overhaul]], when he would only appear in-person at the beginning of the Shie Hassaikai arc.

* AdaptationalModesty: Hagakure Tooru does actually wear a bodysuit as part of her hero costume, made from her DNA which allows it to be invisible like her. Evidently, she likes a good joke every now and then, as she admits to Izuku that she enjoys freaking people out by not correcting their assumptions that she is naked, when she is actually not.

** Fumikage reveals himself to be aro-ace in this fic, when his sexuality is unknown in the canon universe.

* BrokenPedestal: Izuku loses all respect for his former idol, All Might, after dying and being resurrected with phoenix-like powers as a result of the man ripping his dream to shreds. Those who learn of this incident also very quickly lose respect for the Symbol of Peace.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Inasa is the poor victim of this trope, when he becomes distracted by Izuku working out topless while the Rooftop Gang are preparing for the Sports Festival. Inasa is so turned on by Izuku's physique that he suffers the classic {{Nosebleed}} each time.

* EntertaininglyWrong: [[spoiler: Inasa is apparently jealous that Fumikage appears to be getting in between him and Izuku, and does anything he can, albeit subtly, to keep Izuku close to him. Readers would know that Inasa is barking up the wrong tree, because if there is anyone whom Inasa should be worried about, it's Oboro.]]

* ForWantOfANail:
** Izuku does indeed have a quirk, but because it required him to die before it could manifest, he is effectively quirkless throughout his childhood and adolescent years, subjecting him to horrific discrimination, abuse and torment by peers and society as a whole.

** Instead of All Might being his mentor that spearheads his training for the U.A. entrance exam, Izuku has Keigo, Aizawa and Nezu act as his mentors, working alongside him to build up his new quirk and his strengths.

** As Katsuki was arrested for his part in the systemic abuse and torment done to Izuku, the explosive blonde is put on trial for his crimes. Izuku is called upon as the primary witness, and manages to convince the court to be lenient to his former childhood friend, stating that Katsuki is as much a victim as he was, a result of a toxic environment where his faults were never called out and constantly praised and idolised. Katsuki is subsequently sentenced to seven years of rehabilitative detention. While such a sentence will not leave a criminal record, Katsuki will be too old to enrol in any heroics school upon his release. Effectively, his dreams of becoming a hero are well and truly over.

** Izuku easily breezes through Aizawa’s quirk apprehension tests, earning himself second place behind Yaoyorozu Momo, when he would have been dead-last in the canon series.
** Aizawa’s logical ruse is played seriously here where he would have expelled Hagakure Tooru, who came last in the rankings, but ultimately decided to give her and the rest of the students a second chance since they put in their best effort during the tests.
** The battle trial pairings have changed from those in the canon series, since Katsuki and Mineta are absent. Notably, Izuku is paired up with Fumikage, and is pitted against Tooru and Tenya.
*** Ochako is paired up with Kirishima Eijirou, and is pitted against Yuuga and Momo.

** When the press infiltrates into the school and triggers the alarm, it is Izuku, not Tenya, that stops the ensuing stampede in the cafeteria by transforming into his phoenix form and using his amplified voice to quell the chaos.
** As Nezu shares his concerns about a malicious entity disabling the gates to let the press in with Izuku, the redhead has the foresight to deduce that something bad will happen to his class when they go for their rescue simulation training at the USJ facility the next day. He contacts Keigo and his friends about the possibility of an attack, and mobilises everyone to prepare, just in case. The plan is for Keigo to fly to Musutafu once Izuku sends him a message calling for his help, and for Izuku and his friends to get the class out of the attack.
*** Izuku’s worst fears are confirmed when the League of Villains invade the facility. As per the plan, he and his friends try and get the class to flee the facility, but ultimately fail when their classmates foolishly stand around and don’t listen to his orders. They are subsequently trapped by Kurogiri and warped to the different disaster zones, just like in canon events.

*** While Aizawa is grievously injured by the Noumu like in canon events, Izuku’s timely intervention and healing tears reverses all of the damage and keeps Aizawa away from death’s door.

** In a bid to prevent any widening of rifts between 1-A and their 1-B counterparts, Izuku advised Nezu and Present Mic, the latter whom is emceeing the Sports Festival, to have 1-A and 1-B introduced together as a united heroics programme. This is in stark contrast to canon events, where 1-A is given special attention, while all of the other classes are effectively sidelined.

*** [[spoiler: The chapters that cover the internship week have confirmed that Stain has gone missing, a development noticed by the hero ranks. Subsequently, Chapter 46 ends on a {{Cliffhanger}} note with Keigo telling Izuku, Inasa and Fumikage that instead of patrolling Fukuoka city, they will be travelling to Hosu in search of Stain.]]

** Instead of forfeiting her first match like what her canon counterpart did, Mei used a myriad of support equipment to breeze her way through the final round. She is only defeated by Inasa in the semi-finals, and subsequently wins the second runner-up position by defeating Ochako in the third-place match, becoming the first Support student to win a position on the podium.

** [[spoiler: As mentioned above in AdaptationalNameChange, Izuku decides on a different hero name than 'Deku'.]]
** [[spoiler: Instead of interning with Gran Torino, Izuku has already made the decision to intern with Keigo, along with Fumikage. Inasa, apparently unable to tolerate the idea of his boyfriend spending a week with a potential rival, immediately declares that he will intern with the winged hero too.]]
* GroinAttack: Izuku kicks Endeavour where the sun doesn't shine upon when the hero tries to punch Izuku's face in for denouncing him as a villain who abused his family. We first get a clue of the resulting injuries via the audible cracking of bone, and later on, the full extent of Endeavour's injuries is revealed - not only are both his testicles ruptured, with no guarantee that he will be able to regain full use of them in the future; the kick was strong enough to fracture Endeavour's pelvic bone.
* HeadDesk: [[spoiler: Detective Tsukauchi slams his head into his desk after receiving a call from a distressed Inasa that Izuku had accidentally killed a villain while out on their date.]]
* HeroicBSOD:
** Keigo is the first to experience this when he fails to save Izuku after the teen falls to his death. His tried-and-tested method of hurling a feather to pluck a falling person from the air fails by the barest of millimetres, forcing Keigo to witness Izuku hitting the pavement below in gory fashion. So broken and horrified by his failure, Keigo breaks down spectacularly and wails for the young life lost while cradling Izuku's pulverised body.
** Present Mic descends into a panicked frenzy when at the end of the USJ attack, an alive and breathing Oboro is brought to him. He throttles Izuku back and forth in his mania, forcing Keigo to intervene before his fledgling is hurt.
** Aizawa suffers this when he comes face-to-face with Oboro in the infirmary. Unlike Present Mic, his response is far more drastic. Because he believes that someone had impersonated his supposedly dead friend, Aizawa flies into a rage and attacks Oboro to the point of strangulation. It takes Keigo ripping Aizawa away from Oboro and Izuku giving him a BitchSlap to snap Aizawa out of his murderous frenzy.
** Izuku's friends are understandably horrified when they learn that Izuku died multiple times while they slept around him during their sleepover (Look at MarshmallowHell for context). However, Inasa is hit especially hard, to the point that he begins to lose control of his quirk and Izuku is forced to intervene before the situation spirals out of control.
** Oboro simply can't catch a break. First, he is left traumatised after he realises he first died, and then was resurrected to become a villain with the intent to kill. Then, just when it seems that he is on the road to recovery, it is revealed that when Nezu tried to contact his parents and tell them that their son is alive, it is discovered that Oboro's father killed himself following his first death, and his mother was subjected to numerous pranks by truly despicable individuals who pretended to be Oboro and led her into the false belief that he was alive. So traumatised by having her heart shattered over and over, Oboro's mother refused to believe Nezu and blocks all communication channels from U.A. and changes her phone number. Oboro is left so broken that whatever healing he has accomplished thus far goes up in smoke.
** [[spoiler: Izuku is understandably left horribly traumatised after his date goes off the rails when he murders Overhaul. Yes, the yakuza boss' death was accidental, but seeing the horrific and gory aftermath is enough to send Izuku into severe shock. Things are not helped by Inasa having to return home because of a family emergency, leaving Izuku to face the trauma all by himself. Thankfully, Oboro is there to provide some much-needed respite and support.]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Aizawa has developed an alcoholism problem because of Izuku's propensity to do and/or be involved in outrageous things. In the latest example, Aizawa downs an entire bottle of vodka after Izuku accepts Inasa's very public romantic proposal of becoming boyfriends, which was broadcasted live to the entire nation, and effectively shattered the Internet.
* InSpiteOfANail:
** Izuku is still bullied and tormented by his peers for being effectively quirkless, and he is still suicide-baited by Katsuki.
** Izuku is still attacked by the Slime Villain.
** All Might does rescue Izuku from the villain, and their subsequent interactions follow canon events. All Might also still destroys Izuku’s dream when he asks if he could be a hero.
** Izuku still cleans Dagobah beach as part of his training.
** Izuku still rescues Ochako from the zero-pointer robot, although the means of doing so are different, and he has help from others.
** Aizawa still puts 1-A through the quirk apprehension test.
** All Might still conducts battle trials as part of the foundational heroics class.
** The press descends upon U.A. like in canon events, and they also trespass into the grounds, triggering the alarm and causing a stampede in the cafeteria.
** The League of Villains still attack the USJ facility. Izuku and Tsuyu are warped to the Shipwreck Zone, and Aizawa is grievously injured by Shigaraki and the Noumu.
** Tenya manages to escape the USJ facility and brings the U.A. staff in as back-up.
** Ochako's reason for wanting to become a hero is the same as in the canon series.
** Just like his canon counterpart, Shouto issues his declaration of war to Izuku just before the Sports Festival starts. Eijirou too tries to diffuse the tension, just like he did in-canon.
** While the second round of laser tag is different from its canon counterpart, which is a cavalry battle, there is a still a points system that is determined by the first round. And just like his canon counterpart, Izuku is tagged with 10 million points, which makes him the target of the other 41 students who made it into the second round.
** Shouto asks Izuku if he is a love-child, but unlike in the canon series, Shouto asks if Izuku is the love-child between Keigo and Shouto's parents.
** Shouto also reveals his backstory to Izuku, albeit it happens off-screen.
** In the third and final round of the Sports Festival, Shouto curb-stomps Hanta during their match, just like in the canon series.
*** Additionally, Fumikage battles Momo like in-canon. However, in a deviation from canon events, the match ends much faster than in the series. Although Momo still loses, her performance was arguably perceived much more positively by spectating pro-heroes. One commentator argued that since Momo was unable to properly create anything that could be used against her opponent before losing, any spectating pro-heroes would see the outcome as a result of an unavoidable drawback of her quirk, which can still be worked with. This is contrast with the canon match, which lasted 15 seconds, which should have given Momo ample time to create something that can be used against Dark Shadow. The commentator argued that canon!Momo messed up badly by losing a match that she was expected to win, which resulted in her getting far fewer internship offers than what she deserves. However, in this story, since Momo lost almost instantaneously, the spectating pro-heroes will be more willing to give her the benefit of doubt. The commentator predicts that Momo will receive more internship offers in this version as a result. This later becomes true when Momo receives 300 internship offers, far more than what her canon counterpart received.
** Ochako decides to intern at Gunhead's agency, just like she did in the canon series.
* MarshmallowHell: Zigzagged between PlayedForLaughs, sweet fluff and PlayedForDrama. At first, this trope acts more of a humorous RunningGag, where Inasa has a propensity to squish Izuku’s face into his voluptuous pectorals every time he hugs him. However, this running gag later becomes deadly when Inasa accidentally kills Izuku over and over by asphyxiation during a sleepover by squishing Izuku’s face into his pectorals, depriving him of oxygen. It is only because Izuku’s quirk constantly resurrects him which keeps Izuku from staying permanently dead. Later, during the Sports Festival, Inasa subjects Izuku to a more extreme version of this trope in order to prove conclusively that he is very much a top. And not to mention all of the other little moments where Izuku willingly plants his face into Inasa's chest for whatever reason.
* MeaningfulName: WordOfGod has coined Izuku and his friends as the Rooftop Gang, primarily ever since Oboro joined the group and they started having their lunches on U.A.'s roof, just like Oboro did with Aizawa and Present Mic when the trio were students.

** Aizawa bemoaning about how Izuku is an overpowered shounen manga protagonist whenever he does something outrageous. This later develops into an alcoholism problem.

* ShipTease: Izuku and Inasa, at first. There was even a bet between Hitoshi, Neito and Ochako on when they will become a couple. Even more so when the two acted like a couple without them actually being one officially. Izuku and Inasa officially become a couple in Chapter 37, when Inasa publicly asks Izuku to be his boyfriend in front of the entire nation, and Izuku accepts the proposal. Naturally, Ochako is demanding Hitoshi and Neito to hand over her spoils. [[spoiler: Subsequently, Oboro comes into the equation in Chapter 41 when he acts as the source of comfort and support for Izuku after the latter's date goes horribly awry, even creating a cloud for Izuku to rest on.]]

* TheBigDamnKiss: Two, actually. The first one happens at the end of Chapter 36, when after the match between Izuku and Shouto, Inasa, apparently incensed by his crush publicly hugging the student he has the most beef with, confronts Izuku and kisses him in a bid to stake his claim. The second one takes place in the next chapter, where after Izuku agrees to Inasa's public proposal to be his boyfriend, an overjoyed Inasa kisses Izuku in front of the entire country, causing all of Japan to go apeshit and breaking the Internet in the process.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: All Might bursts into the USJ in all of his glory, only to find that he is extremely late to the party, with all of the villains either dead or incapacitated. Izuku flies into an explosive rage, and rips the hero apart with one long, pearl-clutching ClusterFBomb.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Ochako is the only girl in Izuku's friend group, unless you count Dark Shadow, whom the author addresses with female pronouns.

** Played with for Izuku. He wears a pair of quirk suppressing cuffs to control his flames. While the cuffs do not actually nullify his ability to produce flames or fly, they do remove the flames’ alchemic powers, which prevents any unintentional accidents if the flames come into contact with a human.

** Detective Tsukauchi Naomasa is introduced [[spoiler: interrogating Izuku about his alleged crimes of setting fire to Sekoto Peak and assaulting All Might]], when he would only appear for the first time in the aftermath of the USJ attack.
** Principal Nezu is introduced [[spoiler: offering Izuku a compromise where he will be under probationary custody by U.A. and not criminally prosecuted for the charges laid against him]], when he would only first appear during the climax of the U.A. entrance exam.

** Hitoshi is introduced during Izuku's training by Aizawa, on behest of Nezu to help Izuku improve his social skills and ability to make friends with peers his age, when his canon counterpart would only debut in the run-up to the Sports Festival.

*** Shouto and [[spoiler: Shirakumo Oboro]]

* BackFromTheDead: Just like in the original fic, Izuku is [[spoiler: reborn after he dies]], although the context in this version is different. Instead of [[spoiler: leaping to his death from the building that All Might left him on, Izuku is hit by a bus and killed instantly.]] Additionally, [[spoiler: it takes longer for Izuku to come back to life here, more specifically 500 days instead of mere minutes.]]

* DemotedToExtra: As it stands, Midoriya Inko has been written out of any major plot involvement [[spoiler: following Izuku's death in a traffic accident. In an example of AdaptationalAngstUpgrade, following her son's empty-casket funeral, as his body mysteriously disappeared before the coroner could conduct an autopsy, she isolates herself entirely, and is found by a neighbour wasted away and near death. She is immediately rushed to the hospital, and is last seen being warded in the psychiatric unit on long-term stay.]]

** Tsukauchi, quite understandably, breaks open the alcohol when he learns the truth about [[spoiler: Izuku's rebirth and the events leading up to Sekoto Peak being burnt to the ground.]]

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite having a quirk factor, Izuku was effectively quirkless prior to [[spoiler: his death and rebirth]], subjecting him to the abuses and bullying by a prejudiced and biassed society obsessed with quirks.
* {{Irony}}: Katsuki used to denigrate Izuku for obsessively writing hero analyses in his notebooks, but [[spoiler: after Izuku supposedly dies in a hit-and-run accident and he goes to therapy, Katsuki finds himself writing in similar notebooks, more specifically writing letters to Izuku as both a means of processing his grief and keeping track of his progress.]]

** Izuku has a quirk in this fic, but because it was dormant, he largely experiences the same discrimination, bullying and torment by his peers and society as a whole.
** An InUniverse example, and compared to the original fic, Midoriya Inko loves Izuku dearly, and is understandably devastated [[spoiler: when Izuku dies in a hit-and-run accident.]]

** Instead of All Might, Principal Nezu, Aizawa and Keigo take charge of Izuku's training.
* SacredFlames: When Izuku unexpectedly [[spoiler: invokes Vishnu, one of the principal deities of Hinduism, while trying to figure out what the scope of his quirk is, the supreme being bestows this to Izuku as a reward for never wavering in his goal of being a hero for those who need saving.]] The manifestation of this power results in [[spoiler: the house he is living in on the U.A. campus being burnt down]], and subsequently, [[spoiler: Izuku is able to determine that he has absolute control over his flames, to the point that he can will the fire to not burn anything, which he uses to successful effect against Keigo in a training spar.]]
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* SacredFlames: When Izuku unexpectedly [[spoiler: invokes Vishnu, one of the principal deities of Hinduism, while trying to figure out what the scope of his quirk is, the supreme being bestows this to Izuku as a reward for never wavering in his goal of being a hero for those who need saving.]] While it is currently unknown what is the extent of this power, it is apparently strong enough to [[spoiler: burn down the house that Nezu had him stay in while serving his probation in U.A..]]

** Likewise, Aizawa also goes for the alcohol after being told about Keigo's backstory and the hero commission's criminal activities.

* AnimalMotifs: After his quirk manifests, Izuku is reborn as an AnimalThemedSuperbeing, more specifically a humanoid avian. WordOfGod has stated that Izuku is a garuda in this fic, a divine being mentioned in Hindu and Buddhist faiths.

** Instead of inheriting One for All from All Might, Izuku's [[spoiler: death triggers his dormant quirk factor, transforming him into the physical incarnation of the garuda, from Hinduism and Buddhism mythologies.]]