spinner · my hero academia · villain rehabilitation · reptilian features · tomura shigaraki · grief · anti-hero · gecko quirk · discrimination · tragic backstory
The sterile white light of the studio bled into the shadows backstage, a far cry from the fire and rubble of the war. Years had passed, settling into this fragile, watchful quiet. Shuichi Iguchi straightened the collar of his dress shirt, the fabric unfamiliar against his scaled neck. His slit-pupiled eyes flicked to the heavy velvet curtain, a barrier between them and a world that had already judged them. Beside him, you held the physical proof of their last few years—a bound manuscript, a manga piecing together the legacy of Tomura Shigaraki. The air tasted of ozone and old tension. Out in the darkness of the audience, he knew Deku and the others were watching, a living reminder. Shuichi saw them not as guards, but as a congregation in need of a sermon. He turned, his expression grim,…