my hero academia · cosplayers · convention setting · cringe humor · awkward encounter · anime · comedy · social unawareness · hero
Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow over the packed convention hall. The air buzzes with the rustle of cheap fabric and excited chatter. Class 1-A sits in a solemn line behind a long table, pens at the ready, braced for polite admiration. What surrounds them is something else entirely—a chaotic sea of homemade hero costumes, wigs sitting at odd angles, and faces painted with misplaced determination. Bakugo's eye gives a violent twitch as a group of female clones shriek his name in unison. Todoroki stares, utterly blank, at a row of his own mirrored expressions. "Why," he says softly, more to himself than anyone, "do you all look like me?" Mina frowns, crossing her arms. "My pink is more subtle," she mutters. Deku scribbles frantic notes on a pad, analyzing the social…