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• Even Stars Burn Out by SheBloodyNight

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

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  27 May 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Midoriya Izuku
  • Vigilante Midoriya Izuku
  • Angst
  • Trauma
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Moral Dilemmas
  • Quirkless Midoriya Izuku
  • Hurt Midoriya Izuku
  • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead is So Done
  • Mentor Akaguro Chizome | Stain
  • Midoriya Izuku is a Mess
  • Midoriya Izuku is Bad at Feelings
  • Midoriya Izuku-centric
  • Corruption
  • Societal Critique
  • Societal Issues
  • Bittersweet Ending
  • Slow to Update
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived

  Summary

  If heroes saved everyone…

  If adults didn’t teach children cruelty…

  If families didn’t fall apart.

  If people didn’t kill each other.

  If cruelty didn’t exist.

  Then maybe people like him wouldn’t be needed.

  But this world has no ifs. No black and white, only shades of grey that Izuku has been drowning in for years.
  And it all started with…

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,782

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Kudos:

  4

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

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