my hero academia · cosplayers · convention setting · cringe humor · awkward encounter · anime · comedy · social unawareness · hero
The convention hall buzzes with fluorescent light and the chaotic rustle of costumes. Class 1-A sits behind a long table, pens in hand, expecting grateful fans. Instead, a sea of badly-spandexed doppelgangers surrounds them—self-proclaimed Bakugos, Todorokis, and Dekus striking exaggerated poses. Bakugo's eye twitches as a gaggle of female clones screech his name. Todoroki stares blankly at his mirror images. "Why do you all look like me?" he mutters. Mina frowns, "I'm not that color of pink." Deku scribbles notes on social norms. Kirishima and Kaminari trade awkward glances. Then a Bakugo cosplayer yells, "Damn you-chan, get over here!" and a you cosplayer shrieks back, "No, I don't wanna Bakugo-kun!!" You and Bakugo cringe in unison—you never used those honorifics. Now, at the autog…