Yet Another Concept Idea... DOn't Hurt Me! (Patreon)

Now, I know all of you are shouting "wait another idea!!!", or, "didn’t he say he didn’t have a lot of time this past month?" 

Yeah, I did, but I also installed Dragon Naturally speaking (Home version 15 would not recommend, they dumbed it down too damn much) on my new laptop (thank you all!!!) and was playing with it while driving… and that just means I talk into it with the laptop closed, no more dangerous than just talking to the connected phone, don't worry. Anyway, that, coupled with the need to wait until my sleeping pills kicked in last night, let me write this out. And let me tell you, I was not pleased with how many corrections I had to make...

Regardless of my disdain for DNS 15 Home, this is partly a response to two questions and Novus’ comment in the latest question thread when he said that I don’t have a lot of non-Ranma or HP crossovers (two, just... two). And unfortunately, as much as myself and people like Hiryo might say otherwise, the Ranma fandom is dying out. Well of good stories anyway. While fanfiction is as popular as ever, probably more so, considering the dumpster fires shared by various media outlets lately.

And yes, this is a shot fired. Not that it needs any more shots. Burn, RoP burn!  And the marvel show that shall not be named can join it.

But regardless, My Hero Academia has far more stories than Ranma. And I can kind of see why. Mind you, I really don’t approve of how spineless the main character is in a lot of ways, and I certainly don’t like much of what has happened since Eri was rescued.  I understand why some of it has happened, but really, you don’t have to force your main character to always be the underdog. At some point in a story like this, the tide needs to turn.

I also had two questions recently put to me. One was about what kind of fandom I would use if I wanted to create a story with a more cerebral male lead. The second was which fandom I would use to create a truly over-the-top harem. Mind you, I don’t think massive harems are really a good thing, but hey. But hopefully this exercise will show my take on a anime/world where a massive harem is sort of automatic, and Izuku as a cerebral male lead.

So this is an idea I wanted to share with you all as a kind of apology since I haven’t really embraced the discord thing since primordial vortex invited me.  Sorry all, but most of the time when I have free time, I am using it to write, and well, ADHD does not need help in distracting me. Anyway, this is based off two questions and a point one of my patreons brought up, a request for a non Ranma/HP story concept, a MASS harem fic, and a cerebral hero. So of course, I thought of this guy

My Heroic Fleet! (or My Naval Heroics)

The vast majority of people in the world of 2XXX have begun to be born with quirks, superpowers tied into the individual’s genetics much like old comics said mutant powers were supposed to be. So many people have been born with this power that the whole world has changed, some for the better, but not all. A world of shining heroes, deep shadows and violence between the two. This is the world that young Izuku Midoriya is born into. And unfortunately for him, he is born powerless. Quirkless in a society that revers quirks that can be used flashily for heroics and looks down on those who do not measure up. Truly, the nail that sticks out still gets hammered.

Izuku was always belittled, always put down by everyone around him. But not even his worst detractors could say that wasn’t intelligent. Indeed, Izuku’s ability to analyze things was so well known, even a few local street-level heroes asked him for advice… online anyway.

But for some reason, something odd has been happening, both within Izuku and in the world. Ships have been going missing the world over. Cargo ships, private yachts, even cruise vessels and a few military vessels, although few of those are still around. These disappearances have been going on for years, but it has gotten to the point where people are really wondering what is going on. Some new villain? A team of pirates with incredibly good combat/escape Quirks? No one knows, but more and more Heroes are being asked to switch to sea-faring operations than ever before.

At the same time, Izuku has been having strange dreams. Dreams of ships, walking the passages of warships, warships from the ancient World War II, which occurred centuries before the Dawn of quirks, so far in the past that few people even care to know about it at all, let alone be taught. And here Izuku is, dreaming in such detail of ships from that time. So much so, he has to question what is going on his head. Hoping for help, he talks to his mother about that ancient war, and she comes up with a shocking statement: that at one point, her great-freat-grandfather’s family name was Yamamoto.

Confusion abounds as with that name, Izuku starts to unlock still further memories, memories not just of ships, but of past battles, of strategies in naval warfare. None of which helped him much in his drive to be a hero, but which certainly mystify Izuku and Inko. And at least these strange dreams convince Izuku he needs to exercise and get into shape. After all, if Quirkless soldiers could be in shape, doesn’t that mean he should be too?

As Izuku starts to get into shape, his life continues to be a mix of utter crap and bullying, while the news grow darker. Now not just ships but heroes out at sea have begun to disappear. Odd fog has been seen throughout the world, radar starts to only work intermittently, and underwater cables are being cut across the world. And suddenly, Japan is faced with problems it has never faced since the dawn of Quirks, that of food and other supplies.

While this is going on, Izuku and his mother go on a day trip to one of the few remaining museums from that age, the ancient battleship {}, which has been kept in one piece for centuries even as quirks came into being. There, to Inko’s delight, Izuku makes a new friend in a rather elegant young woman, by the name of Yaoyorozu Momo. Surprisingly she has a interest in old warships, as her ancestor was a well-known captain during the ancient war.

However, during their exploration of the ancient ship old flagship, the port comes under attack. Not an attack by a villain, or at least not from the kind of villain that that Izuku has grown up analyzing. No, these villains comes from the depths and appear in the form of giant, vile looking cyborg creatures or mutated young women. Women and creatures with guns, cannons, torpedoes and a true Villain’s disdain for civilian casualties.

As the group on the {} watch, a battle occurs in the center of the port, with not even All Might proving enough to turn the tide. Bombs and cannon rounds land throughout the port and city of Tokyo. In the midst of this carnage, Izuku saves Momo’s life, is wounded in turn, and then… a miracle happens.

Strange devices, guns and bits of clothing appear on Momo without her using her Quirk. And somehow with their appearance, Momo gains the knowledge necessary to use them. With that and Izuku’s blood still splattered all over her, a furious Momo decides to fight back with very very big guns.

With that, Izuku’s fate and that of the world starts to change, because it turns out that Izuku has had Quirk all along. A Quirk to create ship girls, which is just the kind of Quirk that Japan needs. Now, if only Japan, the public safety commission, and villains throughout Japan would realize that too…

I know this is both a bit choppy and covers a large timeframe, but it gives you an idea of where the story would be going.

Regardless, things this story would contain:

(Should I ever get around to creating it. Probably an impossibility. Come on folks, I’ve got so many other stories to write!)

1. Noncombatant Izuku. Izuku will not be up front noncombatant, no matter how much he tries. And he will try several times, this is Izuku were talking about, the boy with such an amazing lack of self-worth to go with his heroic spirit that even Harry Potter would probably go, “I say, hold on there!” When Shirou of all people would see you as a kindred spirit it’s bad, Izuku.

a. Dream come true… sorta. Thanks to his new quirk, and with government backing to see if he can identify other girls with the Ship Girl gene, Izuku will go to UA. He will take classes in both heroics courses and support courses, along with Momo, his dutiful secretary ship/best friend as they learn more about her abilities. And of course, Bakuho will still be there.

b. Izuku does have a Quirk! As stated above, his Quirk is to awaken the shipgirls genome within other people. Girls, very obviously. This will be somewhat random, And will entail both chance, little flock on his side of things. Regardless, there will be some changes to the various characters.

c. Injured Izuku. Izuku will injure himself. Quite often, at least at first, until his first few shipgirls sit him down and smack Izuku upside the head enough times to get it through his very, very thick head, that the frontline is no place for an admiral, and they would rather he not hurt himself.

d. Extremely intelligent Izuku. The worst thing about the original (beyond Bakubrat and everything that’s happened since the end of the Save Eri arc) is the fact that Izuku doesn’t use his analysis ability consistently. At first you had this kid that was so intelligent and analytical he had whol notebooks full of information, then it was gone. Cast aside in favor of punching people. Izuku had to be reminded he had legs, for goodness sake!!! This will not be the case here. Izuku will continue to figure things out, to analyze, to plan his way through problems, and will learn that this power is its own Quirk.

2. Abyssal Warfare. I would use a mix of the Abyssals from Kancolle fame and the enemies from Azure Lane. From destroyer leader on up they will not be mindless monsters, but they will all be quite violent, and seeming here for one reason: to dominate the waves.

a. Unknown origins. The origins of the Abyssals will not be known for a very long while. Is it magical or technological? Alien or mythic? There will be cluse going in every direction here, and no one will know the answer for a long time

b. Abyssals are complex too. Some Abyssals will be much less violent than others, while a few will be psychopathic. A few will just have no desire to be around anyone. Some will be based on old WW ships, others older, some younger. Many will have no such connection to history. Lots will just be lashing out, a few working toward some unknown goal. Regardless, eventually some Abyssals (looking at Wanko and the Chibi) will turn on their fellows and join humanity.

c. Enterprise, as an abyssal. She will remember having been chopped to pieces by Americans after the war was over and have no love for any human. But the Abyss will be unable to control her either. Fueled by her victories, the dead within her, and the legends that abounded of her time in the war, the Grey Ghost will once more sail the Pacific, and woe betide any who comes close to her unless her heart be thawed once more....

3. World cut off. Eventually even satellite based communications will start to degrade, at which point, Japan and other island countries are going to have a very bad time of it.

a. Naval warfare. Eventually, Izuku and his harem/fleet will be forced to take the fight to the Abyssals or let Japan starve. This will be very tough, especially at first, and will push Izuku’s brain and the girl’s instincts, training and brawn to a massive level. But with every victory, the group will get stronger in various ways.

4. Slight UA bashing. While the little demon in charge will be able to flow sufficiently with the punches to understand the new dynamic of a world where the oceans at war against the abyssal’s, the majority of the teachers will not.

a. Aizawa bashing. Honestly, I can understand why people like him as a character and hero to a certain degree, but as an actual teacher, Aizawa is one the worst teachers in all of anime. And that is saying something. This might have changed after I stopped watching it, but up to that point, I can’t think of a single instance where Aizawa is actually teaching, certainly not when it comes to Izuku. How horrifying is that? And by teaching, I mean imparting knowledge and helping a student think his way through problems, or educating him on how to further his own intelligence or abilities. He also firmly believes in heroes needing to stand on their own, and no killing. So yeah, Aizawa gonna be bashed.

b. All Might is only Okay. He is not going to be the strongest hero on the block anymore. All Might will be one very few heroes able to fight Abyssals, but he’ll only be able to do so up close and personal. Out on the ocean, up close and personal is basically when you’re able to see the other ship with a spyglass. And while All Might will eventually get over this, Sir Creepy is not going to do so.

c. Midnight as a shipgirl. I am … uncertain which one, though I am leaning towards Ashigara the hungry wolf, but she would be one of only four Shipgirls to be awoken and not develop romantic feelings for Izuku.

i. Eri will be Hibiki. No doubt in my mind. The other two are a secret.

5. No All For One! He will have died in his duel with All Might. All Might will still have been injured, but the supervillain will have died out there. Alas, that doesn’t mean his legacy is gone…

a. Dr. Garaki, Scientist Supreme. Be it organizing the remnants of his former master’s empire or reaching out to the Abyssals, all that will matter to Garaki is his experiments to create the most powerful being possible. To horrifying results.

b. Shigaraki is still a wannabe NEET Emo. He will have been gathered in by ‘Sensei’ directly before AFO’s confrontation with All Might. Molded instead by Garaki and a few intelligent Nomu, he will still be as dangerous, but far more intelligent than in canon.

c. Cyborg Nomu. Without his master, Garaki will have been forced to go a different direction for his creations, and at first that will be robotics combined with genetics and body grafting. Later, it will include the aid of Abyssal knowledge and power, which is even worse.

6. What is worse Abyssals without or politics within? Unfortunately for Izuku and Japan in general the Hero Public Safety Commission will not be quite willing to move with the times. They will genuinely believe the Abyssals are simple quirk creations of some kind, and the villain behind them need to be found. Izuku will come under a lot of scrutiny having a similar Quirk to what they assume is behind the Abyssals, and the fact they all seem to fall for him will not make his time any easier, the government believing it is some kind of mind control.

a. Power plays. Izuku will be caught up in a lot of behind the scenes power struggles. While he and those he cares about will try their best, they will still need to deal with those in power.

b. Changing times. Now the the world has been reminded that Quirks aren’t everything, Izuku will, in a way become a symbol for change. Quirkless rights will start to be a thing, and people will no longer assume that just being popular means being right.  Conversely, this will lead to Ochako and a few other characters no longer needing to become heroes to use their quirks as well.

c. Enji is still an Aho. Endeavour will, while not being a villain, will still be a ultra-nationalist semi-abusive father. He will cause issues for Izuku, his son, and the fleet in general.

7. Shipgirl Harem. Come on, you knew it was coming. Here, I have only a few basic ideas of how I would take things – by which I mean how Izuku would have to unlock the Shipgirl gene in each, but I have several girls whose new powers/Shipgirl selves are kind of obvious to me.  The girls personalities will only slightly change, and at times only when they use their rigging, while their looks will change somewhat as well, in terms of becoming fitter, slightly like their Azur Lane/Kancolle selves in terms of clothing and bust size… which will be hilarious at times. There will also be a mix of different races, other shipgirls that will eventually come to Japan to get their ‘secondary quirks’ awoken by Izuku. And there will be a whole lot of lime/lemon content.

a. Momo is an obvious choice for Kancolle Yamato (although part of me is wondering if I shouldn’t play with making her more like Musashi instead…). With her powers, she should be able to create ammunition and oil and so forth so long as she gets fed enough. Although even there, her power really isn’t doing what she thinks it is, something that Izuku will be quick to realize. Momo will be the first girl, secretary ship and door warden for all other girls to enter the harem/fleet.

b. Kyoka – Azure Lane Atago. She will be very happy about some of the changes, and well, her sound-based power plus sword equals vibro-weapon.

c. Itsuka as Nagato. In fandom, Nagato is supposed to be a hard charging martial artist sort, so this makes sense to me.

d. Froppy as a submarine. Gentlemen, the most obvious of all connections. Whether or not I will have her personality change to… say, Iku, I think it would be hilarious to slowly change her attitudes to be like one of the lewdmarines

e. Nejire as Azur Lane Prinz Eugen. Just… yeah… I think that, and having Yuyu be Sharnhorst, would be hilarious. She’ll be the first to slip past the door warden into Izuku’s bed, and just won’t leave without a civil war.

f. Yui as Azur Lane Bismark. Again, this could be interesting. I don’t know why, I just think she fits a regal, stoic sort of ship.

g. Pony = Kancolle Iowa. Heck yeah, the American brings the guns.

h. Melissa Shield … uncertain. Either Azur Lane Hornet, or Kancolle Saratoga. And yes, she would be the first, and for a long time only carrier.

i. Hatsume Mei – Vestal from Azure Lane. I think her losing a lot of height and more than a bit of bust would be funny, as would her utter delight in her new abilities.

j. None of the other girls from canon will join the fleet harem. Gotta leave a few for the other guys, or else there’d be a revolt LOL.

k. It should go without saying but lots of lewding. Love, care, and everything that comes with it actually helps empower the shipgirls, so it’s a necessity, no matter how much it turns Izuku into a blushing mess.

Anyway, there you have it guys. Hope you liked this, even if it is just a thought experiment rather than any story I could see myself writing.