History Fanfic / TurningANewLeaf

* DidntSeeThatComing: In the aftermath of [[spoiler:Endeavour's arrest]], Kizuki Chitose of the Meta Liberation Army expects to see the HPSC Chairwoman to flail about in an attempt to cover the seriousness of the event or protect [[spoiler:Endeavour]]. She's thrown off her balance by the Chairwoman immediately admitting that the HPSC had been investigating the crimes that led to this even.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler: Amaterasu turns out to be Fuyumi Todoroki, Shoto's sister.]] [[spoiler: Which gives a whole new dimension to Endeavor's actions...]]

** Iida: two weeks' suspension from practical Hero Course exercises. He'll have to spend that time at U.A.'s library. And he won't be allowed to do schoolwork, which is torture for one as studious as he is.

* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:Shouto learns his sister is Amaterasu, Izuku's mentor, and that she and Izuku are collaborating to bring down Endeavor in Chapter 51]].

* TakeOurWordForIt: The Momo v. Uraraka Sports Festival fight horrifies ''everyone,'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the villains,]] into StunnedSilence. During the fight Bakugou incredulously identifies something in the ring as a pipe bomb and afterwards Izuku claims the ring was so unsalvegable that Nedzu had to airlift a spare in to take its place, while the narration states that Monoma would have pissed himself at the sight had he not been unconscious. Other than Uraraka later mentioning the involvement of a Howitzer and Ectoplasm implying the involvement of explosives, no further details are given about the specifics. Shigaraki, watching on TV, declares that if All Might made one of those girls his successor, his choice was "fucking insane"... and All For One ''agrees.''

* TakeOurWordForIt: The Momo v. Uraraka Sports Festival fight ''horrifies'' everyone, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the villains,]] into StunnedSilence. During the fight Bakugou incredulously identifies something in the ring as a pipe bomb and afterwards Izuku claims the ring was so unsalvegable that Nedzu had to airlift a spare in to take its place. No further details are given about the specifics, other than that the fight was so horrifying that Monoma would have pissed his pants watching were he conscious. Shigaraki, watching on TV, declares that if All Might made one of those girls his successor, his choice was "fucking insane"... and All For One ''agrees.''

** The Hero Public Safety Commission is a much more unambiguous force for good in this story than in canon, where the organization engages in all kinds of shady moves behind the scenes. Here however:
*** The HPSC carefully monitors heroes to make sure they are behaving appropriately, and has elite agents to bring in Pros who stray from their responsibilities. In addition, they pick up the slack where teachers have failed, and provide support to the UA students to help be better heroes, while keeping their mental welfare in mind.
*** The Chairwoman, Kannazuki Shizuka, has a parental relationship with Hawks and [[spoiler:Lady Nagant]], including greatly caring for their welfare. She is also the one who freed Nedzu from captivity, and mentored him on heroism. [[spoiler:Eri is also her adoptive granddaughter.]] With Endeavour, she also makes clear her disdain of killing people, even if it is clear she is capable of pulling it off if necessary.
** While already a Pro Hero, Mt. Lady is portrayed as being more active about it here. A few comments Izuku let slip when she took him to the hospital lead her to making her own independent investigation into Aldera, and bringing her evidence to the cops. Downplayed as she did it on the same day two other sources stepped forward.

* AgeGapRomance: There is a seven-year age gap between Izuku and Amaterasu and yet both are attracted to each other, with one of Amaterasu's colleagues commenting he makes her happier that she has ever seen her before. Amaterasu for her part is worried that her mentorship might be seen as grooming if they do get together even if they wait for the age gap to not be considered an issue.

** Iida: two weeks-suspension from practical Hero Course exercises. He'll have to spend that time at U.A.'s library. And he won't be allowed to do schoolwork, which is torture for one as studious as he is.

* CurbStompBattle: Ochako vs Gorogoro. The moment he charges her, she dodges and touches him, causing to fly out of the ring because of his speed.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Endeavor sends an internship offer to Izuku, thinking that his agreement will be a done deal, and that then he will be able to learn more about Amaterasu through Izuku. He never considered the possibility that Amaterasu would also send an offer or that Izuku would accept it. In fact, Izuku never knew he even got Endeavour's application, as Nedzu already knew which one Izuku would want, so only forwarded that one; not that Izuku would have worked for Endeavour regardless.

* DirtyCop: One of the reasons why the abuse happening in Aldera went on for so long is because some of local law-enforcement are either members of [[spoiler:the Meta Liberation Army]] or were paid off to look the other way.

* DramaticIrony: In order to meet Izuku and find information about Amaterasu from him, Endeavor thinks to use his daughter Fuyumi as a HoneyTrap. The irony being, of course, [[spoiler:that Fuyumi ''is'' Amaterasu]].

* ForWantOfANail: After Izuku's Quirk manifests, he is taken to a doctor by Mt. Lady. Because of this, All Might doesn't get the chance to offer him One for All.

* TheGadfly: Due to his nature as a Tanuki, Izuku loves to cause funny events, and if they humiliate someone who really needs it, all the better. For example, when Endeavor harasses Todoroki about him finally using his fire, Izuku interrupts, takes Todoroki away while closing the door on Endeavor's face, and gets Nezu to "glitch" the fire detectors in that corridor - leaving Endeavor covered in fire-suppression foam.
* {{Gaslighting}}: The culmination of Izuku's grand prank against Aizawa [[spoiler: has a third-year management student pose as a horse in the office, instead of Izuku, throwing off Aizawa, who expected the horse to be a transformed Izuku. To further the prank, Izuku and Kaibara, who's also present, both pretend that they cannot see the horse, which makes it seem like Aizawa is hallucinating.]]

* HeelRealization: After his encounter with "All Might" (a disguised Izuku), Bakugo does some research and realizes how badly he's fallen, resolving to atone for his mistakes - beginning by blowing the whistle on Aldera. The fact that Bakugo did so despite how much he was benefiting from the toxic atmosphere of Aldera, played a large role in why his later punishment was so comparably mild. Later he realizes the truth, but continues to accept that it was the right thing to do.
* HypocriticalHumor: Aizawa, he who regularly forces his students to handle their exercises without being previously informed, and told them that life wasn't fair, mentally complains that being punished by not learning which students he'll be fighting until the day of the exams isn't fair.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Are Ochako and Momo just normal quirk users that are just really powerful or is something else going on with them? At first glance their violent fight in the Sports Festival seemed like a fun little aside but they beat their Term Exam against All Might via [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable incapacitating]] him.

* TheMole: Lady Nagant once infiltrated the Shie Hassakai and was so good at keeping her cover than even after the mission ended, they are none the wiser years later.

* MyFistForgivesYou: After he discovers that it was actually Izuku, and not All Might, that gave him the talk leading to his HeelRealization, Bakugo invokes the trope, since while he understands why Izuku did it, it still was manipulation. Izuku answers by offering OneFreeHit when they'll eventually spar in an exercise, at the condition it's without the Quirk. Said free hit is "paid" when they face during the Sports Festival.

* NotMeThisTime: Variation in Izuku's prank on Aizawa after the internships. Izuku has pranked Aizawa once or twice by transforming into a horse while in the teacher's office. When Aizawa sees a horse in his office after being suspended, he tells Izuku to stop it - but Izuku's right outside his office, and acts as if there's nothing in the office to make Aizawa think he's going mad. The horse is actually a Management Course student that can transform into a horse thanks to his Quirk.

* OhCrap: Shinso's reaction when he realizes that his brainwashing Quirk does ''not'' work on Izuku when he's transformed in an animal.

** While Izuku is running through theories why he suddenly manifested a Quirk, one of the reject theories is [[ComicBook/SpiderMan being bitten by a radioactive raccoon]].

** Some of the General Studies students that show in the Sports Festival are also characters from ''Fanfic/Type2Hero''.

* SitcomArchnemesis: Izuku and Aizawa have this relationship. Izuku retaliates against Aizawa's "logical ruses" with pranks that leave him coated with glitter and doing things like jump-scaring Aizawa by waiting in the faculty office... transformed into a horse. Aizawa retaliates by not telling Izuku he's expected to make a speech before the Sports Festival, to which Izuku retaliates during the speech by promising to have so much fun that he'll make Aizawa facepalm at least seven times before the day is over.

* StalkerWithoutACrush: Sir Nighteye stalks Uraraka as part of his plot to force her to pass One for All to Mirio - not knowing that Uraraka isn't the one that received it. [[spoiler:When he goes so far as to try to kidnap Uraraka, Miruko kicks him unconscious and calls the [=HPSC=].]]

* TooDumbToLive: The moment Aizawa walked into Principal Ozeru's office, he identifies him as a member of the Meta Liberation Army and correctly presumes that the rest of the staff is in on it. How? He had a copy of ''Meta Manifesto'' on display in his bookshelf.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Normally a person's Quirk kicks in around the age of four. Here Izuku's Quirk doesn't kick in until his early teens when he sees Bakugo being held hostage by the Sludge Villain.

* WillfullyWeak: Izuku deliberately avoids using his transformation ability to transform into heroes during the Sports Festival. However, this is not out of a desire to hold back, but instead out of an awareness that people all over the country are watching the broadcast, including ''villains'', in particular, the League of Villains. And the last thing that Izuku wants for them to realize is that the "All Might" they faced at USJ was ''not'', in fact, All Might.

--> The boy was an enigma. A mutation-type quirk forming a few years after the standard mark was almost nonexistent. A quirk of ''any'' variety manifesting a good decade after the standard mark is unheard of. He had asked contemporaries in America, China and Europe and none of them had ever heard of such a case, let alone one with such drastic results. On top of that, Kuwabara's quirk couldn't figure anything out. It was like the boy's quirk factor was a bowl of stew caught in a storm, only solid enough to know it's there but not enough to find out what sorta quirk it was.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Aizawa's Quirk Apprehension Test is presented differently in a way that comes off as fairer. Instead of saying he will expel whoever comes in last place, he instead says he will expel anyone who does not do good enough. When everybody does, he does not lie about making up his threat and instead encourages them to not slack off.

* BrokenPedestal:
** Mirio believing Nighteye was only interested in him as a potential second All Might causes a rift between him and his former mentor.

** Izuku's later interaction with All Might also makes it abundantly clear that he has lost a lot of shine for the man.

*** The Chairwoman, Kannazuki Shizuka, has a parental relationship with Hawks and [[spoiler:Lady Nagant]], including greatly caring for their welfare. She is also the one who freed Nedzu from captivity, and mentored him on heroism. [[spoiler:Eri is also her adoptive granddaughter.]]

* BrokenPedestal: Mirio believing Nighteye was only interested in him as a potential second All Might causes a rift between him and his former mentor.

** Iida: two weeks-suspension from practical Hero Course exercises. He'll have to spend that time at U.A.'s library. And he won't be allowed to do schoolwork.
** Aizawa: half-paid suspension until the Finals. This means he won't know ''who'' he's fighting in said exams - meaning he'll have the same time to prepare he's given to his students during his exercises (that is, zero).

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Endeavor sends an internship offer to Izuku, thinking that his agreement will be a done deal, and that then he will be able to learn more about Amaterasu through Izuku. He never considered the possibility that Amaterasu would also send an offer or that Izuku would accept it.

* HeelRealization: After his encounter with "All Might" (a disguised Izuku), Bakugo does some research and realizes how badly he's fallen, resolving to atone for his mistakes - beginning by blowing the whistle on Aldera.