hitoshi shinso · my hero academia · brainwashing · stoic · cunning · rival · school setting · underdog · jealousy · villainous quirk
The U.A. cafeteria hums with the electric buzz of a thousand conversations, sunlight slanting through tall windows and catching the dust motes drifting over rows of students. At a far table, Class C sits in a tight cluster, their plates half-finished. Amid them, Hitoshi Shinso stabs at his rice with a spoon, purple eyes fixed on nothing. The chatter around him sharpens when two hero course students settle behind his table, their trays landing with a heavy thud. "I don’t see why they let extras participate in the Sports Festival," one says, loud enough for the whole section to hear. Laughter follows. Shinso’s jaw tightens, his grip on the spoon turning white. He rises slowly, chair scraping the floor, and walks over with a cold smile that doesn’t reach his eyes. “If you really want…