The gray area in between
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Podfic of only a matter of time by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
12 May 2024
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- Part 1 of The gray area in between
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Podfic of standing at the edge of the fire by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
26 May 2024
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Izuku sprints for the gate as soon as Present Mic’s given the go ahead and he almost immediately runs headlong into a one-pointer. He has no weapon but his hands and his wits. That’s okay. Izuku’s good at thinking on the fly. Lips curling into a feral grin, Izuku leaps forward, arms curling around the robot’s ‘head’ in a mockery of a chokehold and pulling, while his legs press the robot into ground. Izuku can feel his palms catching on sharp machinery as he finally tears the head free.
That’s something he’ll take care of properly later. Right now, it’s not what matters ———
Or: welcome to UA's Heroics Entrance Exam. Midoriya Izuku awaits desperately for a letter that will determine his future. Midoriya Inko hopes desperately it says everything her son wishes it doesn't, and she's not silent about it.
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- Part 2 of The gray area in between
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Podfic of. versus pebble (katsuki's interlude) by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
02 Jun 2024
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Katsuki shouts in rage, but Deku only walks away, assured in his victory... and the truth is, this time he did win.
Because sure, Katsuki can chase him down and beat that smug smile off his face. Katsuki could destroy him, ruin him, but none of it would change the fact that Katsuki was not the only one from this shitty reject school getting into UA. His perfect origin story was ruined.
Deku had played him like a fool.
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- Part 3 of The gray area in between
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Podfic of knotted up suit ties by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
09 Jun 2024
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Welcome to your first day, listeners!” Present Mic crows cheerfully to their class. “I’ll be your homeroom teacher, Present Mic, can I get a yeah?”
No one cheers. Izuku would like to, but he knows better than to draw attention to himself and his stupid knotted tie he couldn’t figure out no matter how many HeroTube guides he watched. And anyway, he’s tired from last night. He should probably shorten his patrols... but who is he kidding? Midoriya Izuku has always been an overachiever.
And besides... when running through databases last night he’d found a lot of interesting leads last night. He knew was about to stick his nose into something he really, really shouldn’t, but Izuku always had been a curious one. He’d always had that urge to help. He never could stop himself. And rumors of Trigger on the street was never a good thing. If he could find out about the source and deliver the info to the right authorities... it was only a good thing.
He just had to avoid getting caught by said authorities, avoid getting caught by the perpetrators, avoid getting caught by his mother, and well, literally anyone.
Easier said than done, but when has anything ever been easy for Izuku?
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- Part 4 of The gray area in between
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Podfic of counting stars by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
07 Jul 2024
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"So usually the first round is a free-for-all that relies out getting out as many people as possible, then the second round is usually a team round that thins out the numbers further before the one-on-one battles, so of course we can’t really work together for the first round, and for the second round, I would say we should play that by ear — with your Quirk, you could potentially get a full team of heavy hitters.” Izuku explains all in one breath, then takes a bite of rice.
Hitoshi shakes his head. “There’s no way I’m ditching you for some asshole with a perfect Quirk and a silver spoon. I’d way rather have my favorite person. Double the chances of getting one of us into the hero course.”
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Or, Izuku and Hitoshi discuss their plans for the Sports Festival.
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- Part 5 of The gray area in between
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- English
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- 13
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 20
- Hits:
- 630
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Podfic of kickback by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
18 Aug 2024
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His shoes are full of dirty little secrets at this point. He’s got two pairs — one for his perfectly legal — because no one can prove anything, thank you very much — late night excursions that he dunked in black RIT dye before he modified them, and his bright red day pair with the same modifications. He could have tried to disguise what they were, but UA and his teachers and his peers and his neighbors all already knew that he was quirkless, he was Deku, and there was no point in trying to play games with them. It was better to fit in with others like him, just in case.
It was so, so satisfying, to modify them into weapons like this, Izuku had to admit.
The sign of the quirkless, a sign of weakness, and Izuku had turned them into something that would pass for support gear.
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- Part 6 of The gray area in between
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Podfic of breaking, breaking by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
24 Aug 2024
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FORUM: QUIRK-FREE
Tagline: Quirkless? Need a safe place to speak?
In order to post outside of this area or read the full forum, you must verify your account with an admin. A quirkless ID is required. IDs are not saved. Do NOT attempt to post any personal info.
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Posted March X, XXXX, 4:32PM by UAsFirst (Verified Acct.)
I did it! I got into UA!
Okay, first of all, yes, I used to be SmallMight (and for a short time, fuckrealistic), and yes, I changed my username. Let’s just say don’t meet your idols and leave it at that. I don’t want to talk about that again right now!
I earned THIS username so Kacchan can suck it. (If you’ve read some of my previous posted you’ll know ALL about Kacchan...)Series
- Part 7 of The gray area in between
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Podfic of double-crossed by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
31 Aug 2024
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The door to the viewing room had been left cracked open. Izuku had not meant to stop. He had not meant to peek. He honestly hadn’t, but then he’d heard Kacchan’s explosions and he’d gotten curious. His hand comes up to his mouth as he tries to figure out what exactly is going on, clutching his notebook to his check with his other arm. Kacchan seems to be facing someone with a Quirk that’s —
“—seems to be a reflective-type Quirk of some sort, a great match up against Kacchan. It’s too bad Kacchan’s not more of a team player; he might be in real trouble again Shield Girl and Floaty Nice Girl... they seem to have some sort of plan.” One of Kacchan’s explosions rockets off of Shield Girl’s Quirk. “Wow! It’s almost like a mirror; it seems to strengthen the explosions a bit! But Shield Girl seems to be getting tired, and Kacchan’s Quirk gets stronger the longer he goes on, the more he gets to build up his nitroglycerin sweat. So Shield Girl must have a limit, and it seems like she’s... not... aware...”
And Izuku’s suddenly very aware of his audience.
All Might’s watching him with greedy, greedy eyes. The rest of the class seems vaguely unsettled.
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- Part 8 of The gray area in between
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Podfic of asking for it (talk too much) by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
17 Nov 2024
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Hizashi arrives at home around 6 PM to Shouta, his brilliant, perfect husband setting up the table for a dinner for four, ladling out curry and rice from containers from that place that he likes, a platter of chicken katsu in the middle of the table and a nice assortment of sides. There’s shopping bags on the counter containing Nemuri’s wine and Tensei’s beer and grapefruit juice and two bottles of the vodka that both of them like that mixes good with pretty much everything with melon sodas and strawberry sodas for Hizashi to mix it in and gross cranberry juice for Shouta.
He throws his arms around Shouta as soon as his lovely husband’s set down the food.
“Ahh, Shouta, you know just how to treat a man at the end of a long day!” Hizashi coos, pressing a wet kiss to Shouta’s cheek.
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Or, Hizashi, Shouta, and Nemuri complain about Yagi's bad teaching over dinner. Tensei comes out to support his best friends.
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- Part 9 of The gray area in between
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Podfic of (in)sincerity by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
02 Apr 2025
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All Might stood outside Izuku’s homeroom door, and though he was smiling like always, it was not a smile of joy — he looked ashamed, embarrassed. Izuku knew that look because it was one he was often forced to wear at Aldera, or at home, while his mother scolded him. Yes, Izuku could recognize embarrassment from a mile away, knew shame the same way one knew an old lover.
“Present Mic, could I steal Young Midoriya away for a moment?” All Might requests.
The room ignites in whispers, because of course it does — what could All Might possibly want with the Quirkless Gen Ed boy? Izuku sighs, resigned. He doesn’t know what All Might wants, but whatever it is doesn’t matter — either Izuku will find a way to twist it to his benefit or not, but he can’t say no, and the gossip mill will turn no matter what Izuku does.
“No, you can’t just ‘steal’ any of my students; I’ll come with you. Let me get Kayama-sensei to cover real quick; she’s got a free period right now.” Yamada-sensei replies, and he’s actually scowling at All Might.
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- Part 10 of The gray area in between
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Podfic of the power of networking (yaoyorozu's interlude) by loot1991
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
20 Apr 2025
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Sent From: [email protected]
Sent To: [email protected]
Subject Line: ApologyGood Morning, Midoriya!
I wanted to apologize on behalf of my class for what happened during the battle trials. I knew that analysis was a lot of work and money and the fact that All Might was asking it of you without offering anything in return was inappropriate, but I hesitated because he was the Number One hero, and that was wrong. I feel especially responsible, as I suspected that something was off, but I did not speak up. I want to assure you that I have learned from this, and in the future I will trust myself more.
I also want to apologize for the inappropriate remarks made about your Quirk status by my classmate, Mineta. As Class Representative, I want to assure you that I, and many others in Class 1-A, do not feel the same. You are very intelligent and it’s clear that you definitely belong in the halls of UA. Your analysis, what I heard of it, was incredibly insightful. Please do not take his words to heart. He says many things he shouldn’t, unfortunately.
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- Part 11 of The gray area in between