History Fanfic / TurningANewLeaf

** 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. The Chairwoman, Kannazuki Shizuka, has a parental relationship with Hawks and Lady Nagant, and is also looking to bring down Endeavor for his misdeeds.
** [[spoiler:Tsutsumi Kaina, also known as Lady Nagant, is on the same boat as Hawks, considering the Chairwoman her mother.]]

** 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. The Chairwoman, Kannazuki Shizuka, has a parental relationship with Hawks, and is also looking to bring down Endeavor for his misdeeds.

* AdaptationalHeroism: 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. The Chairwoman, Kannazuki Shizuka, has a parental relationship with Hawks, and is also looking to bring down Endeavor for his misdeeds.

''Turning A New Leaf'' is an ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic by [=Mad_Nimrod=] that can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36122227/chapters/90043951 here]].

** The Olympus Hero hospital from prior stories makes an appearance in this story

* InSpiteOfANail: Tenya is allowed to intern at Hosu with Manual in spite of Nedzu spotting the red flag that he's where his brother was attacked by Stain because of Aizawa's reasoning that Tenya would ''never'' break the rules. Nedzu does warn Aizawa that if there ''is'' an incident with Tenya, Aizawa would be punished alongside him.

* NotSoSimilar: Aizawa sees a bit of himself in Hitoshi, but Nedzu points out the similarities are only on the surface level. During their respective entrance exams, Aizawa managed to get a few Villain points with {{Improvised Weapon}}s, Hitoshi just plain gave up. Aizawa was genuinely beaten down because of his Quirk, Hitoshi's claims of bullying are an overreaction from a few people saying he would make a scary Villain if he decided to be one. Finally, Aizawa has good motivations for being a hero. Hitoshi only has spite.

*** Nedzu calls out Nighteye for being a control freak who can't understand that All Might's Quirk is ''All Might's Quirk'', not ''Sir Nighteye's'', and that it is his choice and ''his choice alone'' to decide who becomes the next bearer of One for All.

* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: [[spoiler:Eri was saved from Overhaul much earlier than in canon.]]

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

** Nighteye thinks Ochako is All Might's chosen successor because she managed to get to second place in the Sport Festival, but it's actually Kaibara.

* 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.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of being a Quirkless kid who gains "One For All", Izuku instead manifests his own quirk that gives him {{Tanuki}} characteristics.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Izuku point out to Stain that all the reasons he killed heroes applies to the one hero that Stain holds in high regard, All Might, and asks him why it's okay when All Might does it and not the other heroes? Stain's struggles to answer results in Izuku calling him out as a murderer who tried to hide his vile actions behind noble-sounding reasons.

** Aizawa: half-paid suspension until the Finals. Which 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).

** Mad_Nimorod's Olympus Hero hospital makes an appearance on this story

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Overhaul got himself a bullet through the skull at least a few

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

* DeathByAdaptation: Overhaul was killed by Nagant at some point in the years prior to the start of the story.

* 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.
** Because the HPSC is overall more heroic, the circumstances that led to Nagant being imprisoned don't happen and in the present, she's a free woman.

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:For his failings as a teacher and a hero for not meeting the standards Nedzu and the HPSC set, Aizawa is suspended from both teaching and being a hero, and when his suspension is lifted in time for the end-of-term exams, he is expected to fight his assigned student without intel in line with the unreasonable expectations he places on his own students]].

* NoSell: Izuku completely ignores Shinso's Quirk when in animal form. Notably, he answers Shinso's taunt with an animal's bellow rather than human language.

* 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.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Nighteye keeps dragging himself down on his wrong assumption that Ochako has One for All, to the point he [[spolier: tries to kidnap her and try to force her to hand over a quirk she doesn't even have]] even after getting reported by Miriko, Ochako's mentor on the experience week, getting into even more problems.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Nighteye keeps dragging himself down on his wrong assumption that Ochako has One for All, to the point he [[spolier: tries to kidnap her and try to force her to hand a quirk she doesn't have]] even after getting reported by Miriko, Ochako's mentor on the experience week.

* 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 send an offer as well or that Izuku would accept it.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Miruko was willing to let Nighteye's week-long stalking of her intern slide, but when he breaks into her apartment to kidnap Ochako, Miruko decides enough is enough and calls the authorities on him.

* MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld: Kaibara is upset he couldn't make it past the second round of the Sports Festival after promising All Might he'd show the world he was here, but All Might assures him that it's not his fault and that even ''he'' fell for tricks in the past. Besides, Nighteye is still being an ass about his choice of successor and if he ''had'' made it to the third round and showed off One for All, Nighteye would know who All Might picked and start harassing Kaibara. Nighteye stalking Ochako on the wrong assumption that All Might picked her as his successor validates this belief.

* MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld: Kaibara is upset he couldn't make it past the second round of the Sports Festival after promising All Might he'd show the world he was here, but All Might assures him that it's not his fault and that even ''he'' fell for tricks in the past. Besides, Nighteye is still being an ass about his choice of successor and if he ''had'' made it to the third round and showed off One for All, Nighteye would know who All Might picked and start harassing Kaibara.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler:When Izuku (disguised as someone else) meets Yotsubashi Rikiya, he quickly realizes he's a member of the Meta Liberation Army due to his comments about Quirkless people - which were the same as the ones his teachers at Aldera made before he became a tanuki.]]
* 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: In Chapter 36, we learn that this is because, rather than gaining a Quirk, Izuku has somehow transformed into a youkai, and is using a different set of supernatural powers entirely.]]

** Izuku disguised as All Might calls Stain out as a blood-thirsty murderer instead of an ally of justice, pointing out to him that he is killing heroes who did the same things as All Might, so why is it okay when All Might does it but not when other people try to copy him?