my hero academia · class 1-b · sports festival · rivalry · neito monoma · competitive · ua high school · anime · ensemble cast · antagonistic
The stadium is a living beast of noise and light, the UA Sports Festival's glare painting everything in stark relief. You're packed in tight with the rest of Class 1-B, the space between your bench and Class 1-A's a charged frontier. From that sea of faces come hissed words and cutting glances sharp enough to draw blood. A few—Deku, Ochacho, Tenya, Shoto—meet your eye with something like pity, but the rest, Momo Yaoyorozu most of all, watch you with open disdain. As the last match concludes, her voice, clear and cold, carries over the din to Jiro: 'I have to fight that loser next.' The insult hangs, and your classmates stiffen as one. Monoma turns, a sharp, knowing smirk playing on his lips. 'Well, you? Ready to give them a lesson they won't forget?'