MHA/BNHA react to For The Want of A Nail by Clouds part 1

V:TGG 1 Technicalities

He clicked on the link and it took him to a thread on one of the hero forums. A user a few years ago had asked, "I just took the exams for several different hero courses and didn't get in. Being a hero was all I ever wanted to do, so what should I do now that it isn't an option?"

Mina: Look at that, an actually useful internet search.

Tetsutetsu: Didn't know those existed!

Well, Izuku hadn't quite gotten to the point of actually taking the UA entrance exam, but the rest applied pretty well. He scrolled through the various answers. A lot of them just offered condolences and told the asker to talk to the career counselor at their school. Izuku didn't think that'd help him much though, considering that when he'd met with his school counselor last year, the woman had told him to consider being a garbage man. Not that that wasn't a completely valid career, but he knew she only suggested it because he was quirkless.

Momo(annoyed): Some people...

Izuku wanted a job where he could actually help people. Hmmm, a few people suggested being a doctor, but Izuku didn't think he was smart enough for that. His classmates were always telling him that he was a stupid deku, after all. Policeman might be a good option, but then again, Kaachan was probably right. If he didn't have what it took to be a hero, why would he have what it took to be a cop? He was just about to close the browser and go to bed when a comment with a large thread caught his eye.

Well, if you didn't get into the hero course, you can always be a vigilante.

All Might: Oh no no no...

Cementoss: Don't you dare.

Aizawa: I can already feel a headache...

Most of the replies to that were exactly what Izuku suspected they'd be, basically bullying the commentator for suggesting something so obviously illegal. Izuku shouldn't even be thinking about this, he was in enough trouble for running into the situation earlier but...wait? Wasn't that vigilantism too? They probably let him off easily because he's a kid and it was obviously the first time he'd done something like that. But that thrill of almost dying to save someone else...

Izuku opened another tab. It wouldn't hurt to do some more research on vigilantes, right? The more he learned, the more he'd understand that this was a completely stupid idea that he absolutely should not do . It was obviously stupidly dangerous and had a very good chance of killing him!

Iida: Yes, vigilantism is a terrible idea. (he noticed Tsukauchi, Endeavor, Gran Torino, Todoroki, and Midoriya looking at him pointedly and Iida quickly looked back to the screen.)

Right?

There wasn't a whole lot of information on particular vigilantes, at least not as much as there was on the legal heroes. Heroism was often based on fame, but apparently most vigilantes didn't get very popular. But popularity wasn't very important to Izuku; he didn't really need to be popular to be happy. Fame was for people like Kacchan who deserved it.

Compress: Considering he's a bully in that world I don't think he deserves it.

Toga: Take away the word 'think' and we'll talk.

Then, around midnight, Izuku read a research paper about a group a few years ago called the Nuruhata Vigilantes. It was by a college student who apparently hadn't gone on to do any more serious research, but it did give a decent overview of vigilantism in general and how illegal heroes were seen by the general population.

Tsukauchi: Makoto wrote that, didn't she?

All Might: It appears so.

Shoda: Who's Makoto?

Tsukauchi: My little sister.

According to the Japanese government, vigilantism is defined as using one's quirk in an unauthorized act of heroism. The vigilantes of Nuruhata definitely fit the bill, but do people see them as evil, like the government proclaims or as good....

Izuku read the first sentence a total of five times before looking up the actual law. At least according to the government, quirkless people couldn't technically be vigilantes... wait, he couldn't be a vigilante!

(everyone paused and then looked at the nearest grown-up who wasn't a villain)

Mitsuki: Is that actually how the law is written?

Tsukauchi: ...Yes. (everyone looked at each other)

Tsuburaba: That's a pretty big loophole.

Nezu: Villainy is defined the same way. Usage of quirks to commit crimes.

Dabi: So that Mastermind guy technically isn't a villain.

Kamui(instinctively moving a little closer to Mt. Lady, who's a bit in shock at actually dying in another world): I don't care about technicalities. He killed my friend.

Izuku didn't end up getting any sleep that night, since by the time he'd finished reading all the various laws on self defense and quirk usage, the sun was already rising. He should still probably find some way to conceal his identity, since he didn't want to make his mother worry, but... well, there was no law preventing him from risking his life to help people.

Ectoplasm: Great he's actually becoming a vigilante...

Nezu: A technically legal vigilante. Well, this should be interesting to watch.

UA staff: Of course you would say that.

Jana: Anyway, this story is called Viridian: The Green Guide. Now let's go to the fourth one.