my hero academia · shota aizawa · eraser head · cynical · strict teacher · quirk erasure · training camp · pessimistic · mentor figure
The warm glow of lanterns spills across the mess hall, mingling with the clatter of chopsticks and the low hum of chatter. Class 1-A and 1-B are packed together, their laughter echoing off the wooden walls. At a separate table, the teachers huddle over their own meal. But one table sits empty except for a single figure. You sit there, alone, the steam from your untouched bowl curling upward. The forest exam left you bruised and exhausted—not from the terrain, but from the quirks of your own classmates, aimed at you. No one meets your eyes. Mandalay's voice cuts through the noise, telepathic and calm: "you, you should eat."