Fire Force is a recommendation I've been throwing out recently, figured I'd share the recommendation to you all.
Only real problem is the Fan Service that tried to be a plot point but it doesn't really ruin the show/manga for me, I'd go check it out especially if you're a manga reader and know free sites/apps.
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3rd POV
The sound of rain hitting against puddles resonates like an orchestra of angels, the only sound in the city filled with an everlasting darkness, the only light coming from the burning sun like eye gazing like an omnipotent god. The streets flooding with water an inch high reflecting purple and black reflective gaze, the light color and reflection of stars alongside it.
Slowly bubbles arise from a crossroad before a body arises as if drowning beneath the water, the sounds of panting and couching almost being deafened by the rain.
"W-where am I?" Glancing around the purple eyed student slowly attempt to get up, his hand slipping on the slowly receding water, the sound of rain slowly disappearing.
Looking around he finds himself in an almost familiar place, the same 'sun', the same atmosphere, and the same gazing feeling as in his dreams. The only difference being that this place isn't somewhere he recognizes.
'These buildings, they look like medieval buildings. Am I sleeping right now, or is this someone's quirk, but then the sun shouldn't look like that, I must be sleeping then, right?'
Standing up properly he starts walking around, the buildings, made of wood and stone, doors with old styled locks, weird markings covering signs and doorframes.
Eventually he finds an inn styled building at what looks like the edge of the town, or simply the end of it as past the inn is an enormous lake with trees surrounding it, the water reflecting as if the moon was hitting it, or rather....
'The water, the giant eye looks like a moon instead? Is this water special?'
Walking closer he sits himself down by the body of water, taking a moment to just sit and enjoy the atmosphere.
'It's oddly warm here, after I got near this lake it's like everything warmed up, why?.... I should get away from this lake.'
Standing up as if trying to leave his gaze missing the small particles flowing throughout the air, like water droplets, carrying a golden glow. An almost creeping feelings along with them, similar to what's been felt before, but also very different.
"Running again? You've made a bad habit of doing that, it's getting really annoying," an annoyed voice takes his attention, standing in the middle of the street is someone dressed in a familiar hero outfit.
'Who is he? Why is he wearing my outfit? Those markings, those eyes, is he?....'
"Wow you figured that out quite fast, so how the hell are you so dumb? God you're no better than the Stalking Idiot, you're a fucking hypocrite, I was originally gonna try talking but I'm in a real aggravated mood today, so I'm gonna speed things up instead," immediately appearing in front of his 'opposite' a kick sends him flying into a nearby building, the tavern/inn like building.
*POV Switch*
'Fast! I just barely managed to block that, he's suppose to be a manifested will of sorts, plus he's tied to me, he probably knows all my moves too and has stronger versions if he's getting Tainted Corruptions buff with those markings, though his personality is far different so his fighting style is too, probably, hopefully. Why the hell is he even fighting me in the first place? He-'
Before my thought process can be continued an attack is sent at me, quickly I pull one of the tables nearby using it as a shield, the table being completely destroyed as Will of Chaos in front me takes a couple steps back, shaking his foot and dropping shards of wood onto the floor.
"Hiding behind a table and running? You're just trying to piss me off aren't you, how do you expect to do better if you can only run like a little child," a table flies at me as I'm forced to dodge, my self using gravity to throw chairs at him, all of which shatter before they can touch him.
'His gravity is stronger, I won't be able to win in a clash, so I have to win in a close quarters fight,' kneeling down I Bo-Bup twice, my first step planting me onto a flying piece of wood and my second planting me behind him as I throw a kick towards his head.
"That doesn't really work on me all to well," grabbing my foot my body is quickly overtaken with gravity as I'm thrown into the inn desk.
'Thankfully I wasn't trying to make it work,' a pulse of gravity slams into the place where I had kicked knocking him off balance, using gravity I dash across the room upside-down and slamming my knee into his face before standing back up properly, his body being sent flying outside.
"You run so much, focusing on just beating what's in front of you, claiming to be some sort of judge. How can someone who runs away from the real problem be a judge huh? You attempt to ask these 'questions' and yet you won't understand them or try answering them, only claiming you'll do it. I mean look at what happened with Fuyumi, you basically abandoned her one request of you, how 'heroic' of you."
The Inn slowly starts creaking, a weight in the air shifting, 'He's trying to destroy the building?'
Quickly I throw my hands up using my own ability to resist against his.
"FACE IT ALREADY! Here you are trapped in a corner and instead of fighting back, looking at why it's all truly happening you instead just defend and run, sometimes you just gotta let things cave in and face it head one, see the bigger picture," the sounds of snapping rings in my ears, instead of the building caving in on itself it shatters in place and pieces of wood spear at me, piercing through my barrier as I'm cut several times over.
"Truly weak, you claim to want strength, to be a judge for humanity, to truly find out what or who you are and yet I've never actually seen you sit down and think about it. You only ever try to be a hero like you were raised to do, only trying to be a better lover, trying to be stronger as if that will answer your questions. News flash it won't! SO STOP BEING A LITTLE BITCH AND STOP RUNNING!"
"...What does he mean, this all- I don't get it.... Strength, sure yeah I want strength to fight for my ideals, yeah I wanna judge and be a better hero, yeah I wanna be a better lover so they're all happier, so how am I running?"
Slowly the destroyed floating building falls to the floor, wood shattering and pieces flying all over, the being of chaos now standing over the wreckage looking down at the kneeling figure.
'Do I gotta speed this up forcefully? I really don't wanna, it'll fuck with the activation if I do.'
"I don't get it, getting stronger to answer a question? No he's talking-." a kick slams against my face as I tumble back into a destroyed wall.
"Talking nonsense? Yet you're the one who started asking the questions and abandoning them, you did it at the lake, you did it several times when you learned you weren't normal. Each and every single time asking the question but barely trying to find A SINGLE FUCKING ANSWER! GOD YOU'RE FUCKING ANNOYING," a punch sends me to the floor, his body over top of mine.
"You try over and over again to get stronger, to become better, BUT FOR WHAT, COME ON I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT DON'T MAKE ME FORCE IT OUT OF YOU".
'God this asshole is so annoying, just answer it, it's been years, you've been doing this for years, you ran then and you're running now. Don't tell me that 'It's' making it harder for him to accept the question, I don't want to take drastic measures'.
"I-I don't, I-I," I can feel it again, those gazes, a weird feeling crawling up my back, a feeling that almost feels like it was lost to time.
"W-What are you-," my breathing slowly gets heavier, feelings crawling up my body, a heat overtaking my entire being.
'Why, why am I feeling this way, I don't get it? Why...'
"It seems your body knows, JUST COME ONE ALREADY, HOW IS IT NOT OBVIOUS. TIME AND TIME AGAIN YOU'VE QUESTIONED IT OVER AND OVER, HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU ONLY REMEMEBR ON OCCASSION? Come the fuck on, are you seriously gonna rely on Setsuna for so long".
"W-wha-"
"I'm down with this, the hard way it is," immediately a fist is slammed into my face, a set of hands grabbing the sides of my head as that feeling at the nape of my neck returns, crawling throughout my entire body.
Slowly once again I start feeling it, anger, hate, an unending rage, despite these feelings being there they don't seem chaotic, they seem controlled different thoughts and feelings returning, alterations of these feelings, anger to sadness, hate to sorrow, rage to pain, all things I've felt before but these... these are old wounds, thoughts I've felt.
"Why- WHY THE FUCK DO YOU DO IT ALL? WHY ARE YOU A HERO, WHY DO YOU WANT TO SAVE PEOPLE, WHY DO YOU WANT TO JUDGE EVERYONE, WHO ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU, WHY HAVE YOU ABANDONED THE LAST NAME YOU WERE GIVEN DESPITE IT BEING THE ONLY CONNECTION TO AN ANSWER. YOU WANT ALL THESE THINGS, ALL THESE DESIRES, AND YET THESE AREN'T EVEN THOUGHTS YOU'VE SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU JUST MADE SHITTY DECISIONS AND NEVER PROPERLY DECIDED ON ANSWERS, ONLY EVER WHAT COMES NEXT. NEWS FLASH ASS HAT, ASKING QUESTIONS AND TRULY ASKING AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTIONS IF FUCKING DIFFERENT. God, she tries so hard, everyday to help you, and you what? Question if you're doing enough for her, she doesn't want that, she wants you to better yourself for yourself. Yet you can't even define what you are. So I'll just ask you, WHO AND WHAT ARE YOU, what if your your purpose... System start Awakening process".
{"Current user is unstable doing-"}
"START IT"
{The user has reached the threshold for the first stage of Awakening.}
{Awakening Stage 1: 「Search」has been partially achieved}
{The requirement for the second stage of Awakening has also been achieved.}
{Awakening Stage 2: 「Enlightenment」has been partially achieved}
{Due to only partial completion of stage 1 and partial completion of stage 2 simultaneously the user's mind will deteriorate. This is due to the requirement of dismantling ones own world and a portion of the minds not accepting the awakening. Please dismantle your own world immediately or your mind will be driven to insanity, enough mental power should proof sufficient to hold off the complete deterioration until then}
'My mental abilities and his sub-conscious should be enough for now. How long are you gonna keep running. You can't run forever, so I'm forcing you to stop, to stop running and carry the weight of your choices. So find it, find the question, 「Search」for it and then understand it, achieve your 「Enlightenment」on the meaning of your question, if you can't do this, well just hope they don't get mad you died in your sleep.'
The wind blows softly, slowly the rain comes back, hitting against the destroyed house. The nearby lake rippling as the stars jump with joy and shrink in sorrow.
'You don't realize it now, but the world you claim to live as your own is not, many rely on you and are forced walk alongside you because you're strong, and yet you can't even rely on yourself, so you annoying asshole, grow and get stronger, become better, for her, for everyone in the future, and most importantly for yourself.'
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Location - ???
'These gazes....'
Slowly awaking I turn my head, I find myself laying in my room, my eyes falling on the door, a couple set of eyes looking through them.
"Don't you all know better than to let him sleep, go on, he's got studying to do for school as do the rest of you," the eyes disappear the sound of children's giggling leaving.
Slowly the door is opened, "How are you setting into your new room, good hopefully. I brought you your breakfast as I know how important your studying is, you're going to become a strong hero after all so you have to be smart and strong."
The older lady places a plate on the nearby desk as I hop of my bed, my head reaching roughly her chest level, "I know, I was gonna start it here in a second," walking over to my stand I grab the book off of the top of it,
"Oh! I see, I'll leave you to it," she quickly leaves, closing the door behind her so no one 'disturbs' me.
'She won't even touch me head anymore, she normally leaves after ruffling my hair.... That dream was kinda weird though, I wonder what that guy was talking about, something about finding a question? Weird'.
Sitting down at the desk I go back to reading instead of studying. It sucks I can't read any non-hero styled books of studying books, not like they let me really have access to any others.
But at least I can try and understand, understand why people do what they do, maybe then... Maybe if I do good enough, if I try hard enough to be a good hero then they'll feel safe enough to talk to me, just like they would All-Might.
That would be nice... Just to talk to them.
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Did my best to write the angst, I'm trying to do better in conveying feelings in my writing, kinda hard for me but I feel like I'm getting better.
For those wondering where the "Awakening" stuff comes from, it is based off of "The World After The Fall", written by the same person who wrote Omniscient Reader Viewpoint. Though I had only intended to use the awakening stuff as a base after thinking about how I'm writing the character and the future and lesson he's supposed to learn I figured using the system they use as a whole would work narratively better, and the MC from the OG story also had a 'World' with an eye in the sky, which was way to convenient not to use.
Also the other personality isn't supposed to be nice or make much sense, he's chaotic, he does not care and can be impulsive.
Anyway Bye!
Question of the Chapter: Number one anime you recommend to new anime watchers. Personally I've got a few but Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Sword Art Online Season 1 only, and Jujutsu Kaisen are up there. I'd never recommend Attack On Titan as it's too complex for new comers and a show like MHA just isn't in taste for everyone.
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