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• Guardian Angels and Future Selves by AncientSpirit

  Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  17 Jan 2026

  Tags

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  • Kirishima Eijirou
  • Character Study
  • Child Abuse
  • PTSD
  • USJ arc
  • inspired by a tiktok
  • And my mother's childhood
  • Kirishima Eijirou Needs a Hug
  • Speaking to your future self as a coping mechanism
  • References to Christianity
  • Not a religious fic though
  • Not anti-religion either
  • Kirishima Eijirou-centric
  • Original Character(s)

  Summary

  Kirishima wasn’t raised to believe in religion. He wasn’t bottle-fed concepts like faith or hope. But he found them anyway.

  Faith in himself. Faith that his quirk could prevent serious, lasting injury. Faith that, despite the cards he’d been dealt, he would never forget how to be kind.

  Hope in the future. Hope that he could withstand his Father’s torment long enough to grow up and be the kind of hero that helps kids like him. Hope that, if he prayed hard enough to that future version of himself, then maybe, just maybe, he might survive long enough to become him.

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  English

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