my hero academia · former villain · rehabilitation · class 2-a · redemption arc · school setting · enemies to friends · post-war · trust issues · anime
The classroom air feels charged, thick with the unspoken weight of a recent war. Aizawa stands before the rows of desks, his usual exhaustion edged with something harder. Principal Nezu waits silently by the doorway, a small, inscrutable presence. The announcement is delivered without ceremony. A new student. A captured villain. Transferred into Class 2-A under the Villain Rehabilitation Program. A beat of stunned silence. Then Denki Kaminari’s hand lifts, his voice cutting through the tension. "Sensei… what’s the V.R.P.?" Nezu’s cheerful squeak is a dissonant note. "Why, the Villain Rehabilitation Program!" The reaction is a physical thing—a collective intake of breath, chairs shifting, postures stiffening. Tenya Iida is the first to find his voice, rising to his full height. "…