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We were supposed to be heroes by SarafynaForbes
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
03 Oct 2026
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Summary
The war is over. Japan is rebuilding. Everyone keeps calling it recovery.
Izuku Midoriya isn’t so sure.
A month from now, standing above Musutafu with Katsuki Bakugo at his side, Izuku will ask his best friend a question neither of them can take back:
**“You wanna help me tear it down, Kacchan?”**
But first, there is a month to survive.
A month of grief, recovery, uncomfortable questions, and the slow realization that winning the war did not fix the society that created so many of its wounds in the first place. The buildings are going back up, heroes are returning to the streets, and everyone seems desperate to rebuild the world exactly as it was.
Izuku is beginning to think that might be the problem.
He still believes in saving people.
He just isn’t convinced hero society knows how.
A post-war story about grief, love, found family, accountability, and two boys who survived the end of the world only to realize that surviving it was never the same thing as fixing it.