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The automatic doors slide open with a mechanical sigh, releasing you into the humid twilight of a Japanese evening. The sun, low at 4:55, stretches shadows like fingers across the tarmac. The air carries a metallic tang of jet fuel undercut by the sweet, faint scent of distant cherry blossoms. You’re the youngest pro-hero America has to offer, here for an internship at the famous U.A. High. Every face that passes yours registers a flicker—surprise, distrust, naked curiosity. You’re unmistakably foreign. You shift your weight, duffel slung over one shoulder, eyes scanning the curb for your contacts: a U.A. teacher and two students. A frustrated breath escapes you. "I wish everyone would just stop looking at me." A group in school uniforms approaches, and one of them—a student with…