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• Despondency (But Not All Hope Is Lost) by 12vibing21

  Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  02 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Inko
  • Midoriya Inko & Tsukauchi Naomasa
  • Midoriya Inko & Midoriya Izuku
  • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
  • Midoriya Inko & Yoshino Amaya | Siren
  • Midoriya Izuku
  • Midoriya Inko
  • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
  • Tsukauchi Naomasa
  • Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
  • Yoshino Amaya | Siren (Despondency)
  • Arona | Villain (Despondecy)
  • Yagi Toshinori | All Might
  • Sasaki Mirai | Sir Nighteye
  • Pre-Canon
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Alternate Universe
  • Vigilante Midoriya Inko
  • Sick Midoriya Inko
  • Angst
  • Kid Midoriya Izuku
  • In act 1
  • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
  • Blood and Injury
  • Blood and Violence
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Midoriya Inko-centric
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Vigilante Midoriya Izuku
  • In act 2
  • Attempted Kidnapping
  • Sensei | All For One is Not Midoriya Hisashi
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • eventually
  • hurt first I don't make the rules
  • Injury
  • does not contain sexual content
  • Violence
  • More Than Canon-Typical Violence
  • in later chapters eventually
  • POV Multiple
  • Mostly Midoriya Inko's
  • Hurt Midoriya Inko
  • Good Parent Midoriya Inko
  • She just wants the best for Izuku
  • Quirk Effects
  • so fun
  • there's definitely a lot worse out there
  • Stay Safe Guys
  • Slow Updates
  • Secret Identity
  • Aged-Up Aizawa Shouta
  • Slightly - Freeform
  • like by 5 years
  • for the plot
  • doesn't affect it that much
  • had to note it
  • Swearing
  • Additional Warnings In Author's Note
  • supporting oc characters - Freeform
  • Married Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
  • possibly inaccurate medical practises
  • I tried ok I did some research but obvi I'm not a doctor idk shi
  • gets the point across

  Summary

  despondency
  /dɪˈspɒnd(ə)nsi/
  noun
  low spirits from loss of hope or courage; dejection.
  "an air of despondency"

   

  Juggling her secret identities as both Izuku's mother, Inko Midoriya, and the vigilante Juniper, as Inko tries to uncover the mystery of her husband's death she has to decide her fate before it catches up to her first.

  Working on the side, Shota Aizawa is assigned to investigate a series of disappearances whilst keeping an eye on the previously presumed dead vigilante after hearing of her return seven years later.

  OR

  Inko Midoriya is a vigilante, Shota Aizawa bumps into said vigilante, and the mystery unravels.

   

  Do not re-upload this fic anywhere else. Only posted under this account on AO3.

  - Tags will be updated as the story continues -

  Series

  • Part 1 of Despondency

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  61,239

  Chapters:

  18/20

  Comments:

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