The ESPer Hero

Even in the days preceding the emergence of quirks, certain individuals possessed abilities others did not: moving objects with only a thought, maneuvering oneself through air to achieve flight, even gazing past the veil of time into the future.

Such individuals were known simply as 'ESPers'. Although they were few in number, they always did their part to protect society from evils natural and unnatural, and when they died doing their duty, their children would assume the mantel and ready their children to do the same. Those were the stories Izuku Midoriya grew up hearing from his mother Inko and, as a descendant of a long and powerful line of ESPers whose mantle he aspires to carry.

A hidden evil thrusts him and the world from peace into crisis. The potential to match and even surpass the valiant peacekeepers that fancy themselves superheroes lies within all human beings. True danger originates not just from quirks and genetics, but from obsession and instability. A fact Izuku became aware of when he was just a little boy. Through a violent and unexpected tragedy, he learns to adopt pragmatism over blind optimism. Through his seasoned grandparents, he learns how far his abilities, both as a human and as an ESPer can take him. And through focus and conviction, those abilities can be realized.