Q. A. B.

QAB gets noticed

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

Tweety Bird @hawks_unofficial · 4h

@SirNightEye lolol get a load of this guy quirkanalysisblog.com/posts/versatil···
is he wrong tho

replies, 7011 retweets, 502k likes, 1.1M

The majority posts on the virtually unknown and largely unpopular personal blog titled "Quirk Analysis Blog for the Future" are lengthy, rambling, nonsensical, and largely impartial dissertations on various quirks. Some of these dissertations are obviously based off of popular heroes of the last decade. Others are seemingly observed from first hand experience. The write-ups, while not poorly written, are rather dry and ill-organized. Some interesting points are made. Some illogical conclusions are drawn. The posts date back almost three years.

An unverified Twitter user claiming to not be the Pro Hero, Hawks (largely believed by the user base and the independent media sources to be the Pro Hero, Hawks) shares the most recent of these posts on an otherwise uneventful Sunday afternoon, a few hours after its initial posting.

[quirkanalysisblog.com/posts/versatility-vs-strength]

Versatility VS Strength
by Shuttai on June 02, 20X4

Was anyone else watching the late-night interview with the interns from Nighteye's agency because can you even BELIEVE that Lemillion guy??

"My quirk isn't strong, I am!", bull S#!T.

You think you'd get as far as you have if you had mutation quirk that discolored your fingernails?? NO. YOU FREAKING WOULDN'T HAVE. GOD. I hope no impressionable children were watching your interview, because that sort of mindset is contagious and DAMAGING AF.

As you can likely already tell, this post will be a departure from my usual format. We will be discussing the difference between "versatility" and "strength" and why they're the SAME FREAKING THING.

(IF I EVER SEE YOU IRL: LEMILLION, I WILL PUNCH YOU IN YOUR GOSH DARNED PERFECT PACMAN FACE.)

[...]

[Twitter DM box belonging to Tweety Bird @hawks_unofficial]

Messages

M gon' give it to ya @RabbitHero-Mirko 2m
You sent a photo: why yes i did, thanks 😏

Sir Nighteye (✓) @SirNighteye 5h
Sent you two messages.

Tatami @turtleneckturtleheart 1d
Sent you @endeavor_official's Tweet

Fukuoka PD (✓) @FukuokaPD 1d
lolol you did WHAT

‹-Sir Nighteye (✓) @ SirNighteye

Hawks, I must ask to speak with you concerning the blog post you shared publicly this afternoon. Please call my office at your earliest convenience. Yesterday, 20:08 Alternatively, if you could be bothered to answer your phone, that would serve my purposes just as well. Thank you. Yesterday, 22:09

2 unread messages

idk who u think i am but this isn't hawks 2:43 ✓ Hawks, please. You and I both know that it is. 2:48 who is this "hawks" person never heard of them also y nt jst respond publicly dude do u nt know how the internet works 2:50 ✓ I am painfully aware of how data transfer and storage works on services owned by third-parties, so while I would very much appreciate you answering your phone, if I have no other choice then at least I do not wish to have this conversation in front of the obvious public. 2:51 don't get out much do u uuuggghhh how are u STILL typing i dont wanna read ur essay 2:53 ✓ I don't think you understand the potential gravity of this kind of publicly facing information. The blog post in question publicly disclosed concerningly viable ways of bypassing the quirk belonging to my intern, Lemillion, to accomplish the goal of "punching him in the face". It was phased lightly as if a joke, but the methods are quite possibly sound. I will require more investigation to know for sure.

Though the content contained on this blog would appear to the untrained eye to be harmless speculation, in the hands someone who would wish harm upon a given hero, these speculations could be weaponized.

It is possible the author of these posts realizes the potential ramifications of his actions. However, without further proof as to the author's intent, I have no grounds with which to pursue his identity or to enforce that he remove the article on Lemillion. So I ask again; 2:57 what makes u thnk i know anythg i just thought it was funny 2:58 ✓ You tweeted a direct link to the post not three hours after it was posted. From the average fan base of the site BEFORE 24 hours ago, you were one among the tens of people following this person's blog before you caused them to "go viral", as they say. 2:58 as who say, "the kids"?? "as the kids say"?? 2:58 ✓ Hawks, please. 2:59 no nighteye YOU please. pls i need this im dying 2:59 ✓ Are you willing and able to assist me in tracking down the owner of this blog? It would appear that there were several posts of a more personal nature that were available to the public previous to this incident. I have only been able to retrieve but a handful. 3:00 no &no 3:00 ✓ Very well, then. I'll be taking this up with the hero commission. 3:03 nO WAIT PLS DONT DO THAT 3:04 ✓ Will you help me? 3:04 hhnnn ...ssss still no 3:06 ✓ Then I have no choice. 3:06 bro y u do me like ths im nt even hawks :'( 3:10 ✓

crawler
@TheRealCrawler

i like how the first quirkanalysisblog.com post is unironically done on All Might. All Might fanboys unite!!

15:22 · Yesterday · Twitter for Android

3 Retweets and comments15 Likes

The Idol Hero @PoppingStarStep · Yesterday
Replying to @TheRealCrawler
Lol, NERD
|
crawler @TheRealCrawler · 2h
you can't be a nerd for liking All Might, it's a fundamental trait that all humans share!!

[Discord server, "·̩̩̥͙＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚Hawks˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊·̩̩̥͙: #1 in our Hearts"]

# troll-debate

hawks' #1 wife Today at 12:24
Have you read any of the posts? sure the one he linked to with his twitter account was a pretty fun read, but the older stuff is BO-RING

Nata Today at 12:24
not to mention scattered, you'd think the guy had never written a technical paper in his life lol

Ahhhh! Raptor! Today at 12:24
:rofl:

hawksXmirko4life <3 Today at 12:25
No way hawks actually likes it, he's just trolling

Red Today at 12:25
Time's up! Vote with your emojis! :clown: for "troll" and :heart: for "sincere"!
:clown: 54 :heart: 12 :shrug: 32

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Uhhh...
June 04, 20X4 - 4003 Comments

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[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Tamaki Amajiki.]

The Tres Amigos (3)

Tue, Jun 6

.
.
.

05:30

Nejire Hey hey Mirio, didja see that article about you?? :o 05:30 Mirio I did indeed! Sir night eye was kind enough to forward it along. 05:41 Nejire and?? what did you think!! are you mad? do you know him? do you think he has a personal vendetta!? 05:43 Mirio It was clearly a very well thought out rebuke of my actions! 05:48 Nejire I didn't really get it!! XD 05:50 Nejire are you scared? do you think he's gonna come and punch you in the face? have you ever been punched in the face before? 05:50 Mirio Sir Nighteye did have some concerns but I think it's fine! I'm taking it for what it is. A really good criticism of the current way I use my quirk, and a warning to be more careful with my words! 05:58 Nejire aren't you mad? 05:59 Mirio I'm a little disappointed in myself, honestly. I never realized that my words could cause much upset for another individual. But it's nothing that I can't fix! 06:05

screw that dude Read 2
06:08 Mirio Wow, this is really early for you, Tamaki! I hope we didn't wake you 06:10 Nejire :ooo sleeping beauty's awake!! 06:10

oh um don't worry about it i just wanted to say that that blog guy is wrong and he doesnt know anything and that i know how hard you've worked to get here and yea thats all hope you're not feeling bad about it um I'm going back to sleep now night Read 2
06:15 Mirio Thank you very much Tamaki! 06:16 np... Read 2
06:16 Nejire lololol goodnight Amajiki-kun!! 06:16

Chapter End Notes

name of the file this fic lives in is "THIS IS NOT A CULT, GO HOME, midoriya screams into the abyss, convincing no one", just thought u should know
i am... incredibly sorry for the incoming wall of text.

technical notes/taken liberties:
- the intelligent members of the fandom commonly agree that bnha does NOT take place in the year 20XX, and mathematically, likely takes place in 22XX or 23XX. HOWEVER; the anime makes several references to 20XX, so uh that's what i went with. also the anime makes references to "yahoo news" (and no way yahoo is gonna be around that long) so i feel justified in just saying bnha is set in a parallel modern day universe. therein also lies my justification of the abuse of modern day social media sites.
- the reason i used 20X4 is bc bnha released in 2014 and im afraid i may need to increase the year counter at some point. (the first draft just used 20XX, but that was before things got ~out of hand~.)
- "shuttai" is an alternate reading of the kanji used for "izuku" (well... sort of. don't think about it too hard)
- ive decided to include japanese honorifics for. reasons? (i think i had a real reason at one point but i cant remember now so im just going to trust past!me on this one.)
- - i have spent several hours watching random bnha clips youtube and hulu in the original japanese to figure out what everyone uses for honorifics bc they sure do localize bnha, dont they :/ i had to guess on a few.
- in japanese, when you're talking to (or about) someone on the internet, you generally use '-san'. im going to be taking a looot of liberties here and mixing and matching the way engish speakers and japanese speakers talk to each other online, partially for convenience, partially for flow. (you probably wont notice, but ive lost sleep over it.)
- we're using military time bc thats the staple in japan.
- after mirio comes to terms with midoriya's blog post, he changes his online handle(s) to "pacman". i have yet to smuggle this in anywhere and am incredibly sad.
warnings:
- i have NOT figured out the theoretical days of the week for this theoretical year bc my brand of crazy only takes me so far.
- im pulling from the bnha:illegals crew. just know they exist i guess? (koichi, kazuho, and iwao.)
- i have several ideas for how this fic will go, but rn im only promising you "part 1". part 1 will be standalone. part 1 is complete sans editing and sans a metric buttload of html.
- i do not know html. i've spent the last two weekends learning (/suffering) and being forced to create my own workskins bc ao3 hates spaces.
- i played around with a lot of different types of formatting before settling on what i hope comes across as "minimalistic but still recognizable and nice to look at". if i did not succeed, i only want to know if it's a small, fixable thing; otherwise, i prefer to live in semi-satisfied ignorance. thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
- i am still not happy with the spacing between lines during texting rants but i am also very, very tired. i might circle back.
- i am still not happy with how i've got sort-of-but-not-really right-aligned text working, but this is likely NOT changing bc ive spent the last 8h just getting it to this point.
- i have not quite decided how to handle transitions and am liable to change it. suggestions welcome, i guess?
final notes:
- if you notice any weird errors (particularly in the html) please, please let me know!
- google now thinks im a robot and i have to keep clicking the 'im not a robot' captcha. apparently googling html terms is suspicious??
- ive never had to make such a detailed timeline in my life and i dont care for it at all and now that we're live im just praying i dont have to go back and change the timeline and all the date/timestamps AGAIN
- ao3, why u no support flexbox :(

(update: PoppinBoppin made a website like a total madlad, just thought y'all should know (does contain spoilers tho! if you're new to the series and care about that.))

the minor stalking of midoriya izuku

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

[Gmail application on the phone belonging to Midoriya Izuku.]

A fan of your blog, and a concerned citizen Inbox

Yesterday Haimawari Koichi
to Midoriya

From Haimawari Koichi • [email protected]
To Midoriya Izuku • [email protected]
Date June 6, 20X4, 11:31PM
Standard encryption (TLS).
View security details

Hello, Shuttai-san.

I feel kind of weird sending this email, but I just thought you should know that the whois for your blog domain has this Gmail account? It also seems to have your real name, possibly? Don't worry, I didn't look you up or anything! I just thought you might like to know, and also to remove that information before you get any more popular and more people start looking at that sort of stuff.

My deepest apologies for um, stalking you,
Haimawari Koichi

7:32 AM Midoriya Izuku
to Haimawari Koichi

What is a whois?? how did you get this email?? Are you saying other people can get this email and my real name??

Show quoted text

10:45 AMHaimawari Koichi
to me

Yes, that is unfortunately what I'm saying. Do you remember setting up the domain for your blog? When you register a domain, you also have to provide contact information for that domain. It's not uncommon for people to use their real information for this contact information, but it is accessible to anyone who knows where to look.

This is probably going to sound really creepy, but is xxx-xxx-xxx still your number? That's also included on the whois for your domain.

Show quoted text

12:02 PMMidoriya Izuku
to Haimawari Koichi

I'm sorry I really don't mean to be rude I'm just freaking out because why do you have my mom's cellphone number

Show quoted text

12:15 PMHaimawari Koichi
to me

This might not make you feel better, but I promise, I'm just a normal college student. I do computers as a hobby, and follow Hawks' Twitter. I swear I didn't look you up, but if you're underage that makes this all the more important.

If you call me, I can help you take this information offline.

My number:
+81 xxx-xxx-xxx

Show quoted text

Incoming call

Midoriya Izuku
[SMART] +81 xxx-xxx-xxx

[email protected]:/home/crwlr

[email protected]:~$ whois quirkanalysisblog.com
% IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object

[...]

# whois.verisign-grs.com

Domain Name: QUIRKANALYSISBLOG.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1666802697_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.discount-domain.com
Registrar URL: http://gmo.jp
Updated Date: 20X4-06-07T05:53:46Z
Creation Date: 20X0-01-14T00:31:03Z
Registry Expiry Date: 20X5-01-14T00:31:03Z
Registrar: GMO Internet, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com
Registrar IANA ID: 49
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +81.337709199
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: NS-1036.AWSDNS-01.ORG
Name Server: NS-1875.AWSDNS-42.CO.UK
Name Server: NS-188.AWSDNS-23.COM
Name Server: NS-728.AWSDNS-27.NET
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form:
Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 20X4-06-07T18:35:57Z <<<

# whois.namecheap.com

Domain name: QUIRKANALYSISBLOG.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1666802697_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.discount-domain.com
Registrar URL: http://www.onamae.com
Updated Date: 20X4-06-07T05:53:46.94Z
Creation Date: 20X1-07-14T00:31:03.00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 20X5-01-14T00:31:03.00Z
Registrar: GMO INTERNET, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 49
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +81.337709199
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant State/Province: Panama
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Registrant Country: Panama
Registrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
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Registrant Email: [email protected]
Registry Admin ID:
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Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
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Tech Email: [email protected]
Name Server: ns1507.websitewelcome.com
Name Server: ns1508.websitewelcome.com
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 20X4-06-07T18:35:57Z <<<

[Post on nighteyeallday.tumblr.com]

nighteyeallday

anonymous asked

have you seen Q.A.B. 10 and 13?

I hadn't, thanks for bringing this to my attention, anon! I can sort of see where people are coming from with #10 but after looking it over I just don't think the theory "QAB #13 is Bubble Girl" holds any water.
Posted 22 minutes ago ☆ June 9, 20X4 ☆ 65 notes

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Recall on Fish Wontons Due to Undeclared Allergen
1 day ago · Daily via Yap News

Sakama Foods is recalling roughly 500 kilos of pre-cooked fish wantons due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen. MAFF claims the product may contain fish that are not declared on the product label. ...

r/chemistry

Posted by u/nuclearjack 4 days ago

Is this guy just talking out his ass or is he onto something? Sort of wishing I'd paid attention during college chem class, now.

Photo

m.imgur.com/XXXXXXX

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aminocow 40 points · 3 days ago
He's not accounting for the kilojoules lost during the exothermic part of the reaction, but the idea is solid. I'd assume he over-simplified it for his readers, seems legit to me.

soho2025 10 points · 3 days ago
seconding this.

nuclearjack 2 points · 3 days ago
My respect for this guy just keeps going up.

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Approximately one month after hawks_unofficial initial viral post, the blog titled "Quirk Analysis Blog for the Future" (otherwise known as "Q. A. B.") has gone from an average of 10 views per post to an average of 20,000 views per post.

Midoriya Izuku does not know how to view the impressions analytics for his suddenly popular blog, and only notices that sometimes, people actually comment on his posts now. Even the older posts he wrote, quote, "[...] all the way back in middle school!"

He thinks this is, quote, "Pretty neat!" and "Kinda exciting!" but that "[...] nah, I don't think it's something I could see myself doing long-term, I still wanna be a doctor, y'know? It's just for fun until I'm too busy!"

He says these things to his mother over dinner. He does not google himself or his moniker, "Shuttai" (an alternate reading of the name "Izuku" that Izuku discovered when he was 10), and thus does not see the rise in online articles and speculation. He is unaware that the "kyuu-ei-bee" he begins to hear about in passing refers to his own blog. He does not have a Twitter account.

At the time, Midoriya Izuku is 15 years old.

Chapter End Notes

tl;dr authors notes:
- uh, dont worry about the stuff kouichi did? its legit and makes midoriya much harder to find/track
- fun fact, yap!news is bnha canon
- haha yeah so how about that stain guy

gratuitously unnecessary authors notes:
- blockquotes are so cute?? like omg time to update all my summaries bc ~ b l o c k q u o t e s ~
- layering blockquotes is :( not allowed :(
- thusly, (multiple) vertical lines are hell
- i invented a college for kouichi. i thought about it long and hard and felt very clever. i thought it was important that u know i suffered over a fake email address that shows up exactly once and may never be used again. am i stupid.
- i forged a whois report. i forged. an entire whois report. why did i do that. why am i like this.
- i need you to believe me the whois report is incredibly accurate.
- i also need you to know that it's actually like three times as long and was in the original draft and on some readthrough a while back i was all, "wait, w. why did you include this entire thing." and the answer was "because i doctored the entire thing and it was hard" but that wasnt enough reason to make the final cut.
- so one time i ordered this sketchy thing from a kickstarter and it never showed up. no tracking number, no emails. i emailed the help email but a week went by with no response. i called the listed help number but it was an automated voice with no actual help to offer. so i ran whois against the website for the inventor guy and snagged his phone number and called him up, all "hey uh, sorry to bother you but can you help me get my thing, i dont think it shipped" and he was all *"who is this, how did you get this number"*. it was his personal cell. he did help me out tho.
- moral of this story is *BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU SET UP A WEBSITE*.
- yap!news is used in actual bnha but i cant find it on the wiki/reddit/anywhere? i promise its a thing, i was watching the anime and remember laughing at it and writing it down. it's obviously a play on yahoo!news, which i might not have realized except that it's the End All Be All news source for like. japan. i dont make the rules and am just as confused as you are.
- at one point during the html testing process, i angered the html gods and had to take a very long break: https://imgur.com/a/cFonEc3
- i think im almost done with examples for every kind of media i include in season 1. this is very exciting bc i can maybe stop dying in html every weekend and get back to actual writing.
- on the other hand, im not sure if ao3 will let me put three vertical lines next to each other, and idk how nesting divs works? so im currently living in the happy world of not knowing and thinking, logically, it'll be fine. but having spent so much time with ao3 trying to "help me out" and html being the worst thing ever invented, i think im going to be spending a lot of time crying in the near future.
- (sorry html i didnt mean it i love u)
- but like at that point do i alter the actual text/story vs letting the formatting suffer? how am i suppose to make that choice because i KNOW i'll choose the formatting and i also know that's very much not what i should do.
- re: vertical lines are HELL
- ch3 is a lil more exciting, but ch 4 is where it's AT (as in, where hawks is at bc he shows up again briefly and i just love him okay)

QAB gains unexpected traction

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

Mount Lady @mtlady_official · 5h

Can someone tell me what QAB is? I keep getting DMs asking me if "the third post was about me". I don't know what this means!

replies, 612 retweets, 1.4k likes, 101k

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Why would you think I was joking about the quirk jesus thing?? Guys, please,,, [...]

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I feel like this is abusing my power, but could someone tell me if anywhere near Tsukuba that still serves curry at this hour? I got caught up visiting a friend at their college and I'm [...]

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[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Kazuho Haneyama.]

Koichi

.

.

.

Sun, Jun 25

you know QAB, right? 13:18 DUH. Read
13:33 do you think knuckleduster read the latest post? 13:37 What makes you think the old man even knows what the internet is Read
13:38 he's not THAT old :/ 13:38 Last week he asked me if Suiran was a type of foreign pasta. SUIRAN!! Read
13:39 yes okay, but he knows what the internet is, pop. are you sure he doesn't know what qab is? i think he'd be really into it, dude talks a lot about quirk equality and self-empowerment 13:40 Are you trying to start something Read
13:40 No??? 13:41 OK assuming he even knows what the internet is, why do you think he would use it for anything other than the news Read
13:42 qab is covered by the news!! 13:42 Do you even mainstream. Read
13:42 why are you doing this, I know you read it 13:42 I didn't, actually Read
13:43 really?? uhh, okay 13:46 it's about 13:46 um 13:46 quirkless people in society and job placement 13:46 ...ouch Read
13:47 and i just thought since, you know 13:47 Yeeaahhh Read
13:47 look all I'm saying is, do you think he'd like it, and if so, should I like, print it off for him or something? 13:48 Yes, print it off Read
13:48 Why do you even own a printer Read
13:48 i dont?? 13:48 Then how are you printing it off, stupid?? Read
13:49 uhh, the LIBRARY? 13:49 NERD Read
13:50

r/OutOfTheLoop

Posted by u/Lanky_Bob 15 hours ago

What is QAB and why is everyone suddenly obsessed with it?
! Answered

I mean, I remember that one blog post circulating about a month ago, but people have started talking about it like it's more than that. Did I miss something? Am I mistaking the blog for a new cult with the same acronym?

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bumps-in-space 1.2k points · 10 hours ago
question: Do you think that, by just talking about this, we're lending more power to a force that seems to be in opposition to the government? Not trying to troll, just curious from a sociological point of view.

ajisai497 800 points · 8h ago
this is my thought as well. I've been telling everyone to stay away, the founder of QAB is basically a Stain clone.

infinitetails 700 points · 6h ago
But quirk jesus is love; quirk jesus is life?

martian-sim 40 points · 6h ago
ONE OF US, ONE OF US

nuclearjack 35 points · 6h ago
ONE OF US, ONE OF US

ajisai497 32 points · 6h ago
This is what I'm talking about. This cultish mind-set is blinding people to the harm QAB is doing to hero society.

5w4nn 3.1k points · 10 hours ago · edited 8 hours ago
Answer: (tl;dr: QAB posted an article that Endeavor took offence to and issued a lawsuit. The internet (ie., Twitter) has proceeded to take sides flip its s#!t.)

QAB is short for "Quirk Analysis Blog for the Future", the long-winded title of a personal blog hosted by it's sole writer, "Shuttai".

QAB has been around for a few years, but started seeing popularity when few verified hero accounts on Twitter started publicly debating the content. Around the same time, QAB started to change the way it presented content; it's now publishing current event articles and has also started up a "quirk consultation" series. This seems to have done two things: made QAB controversial, and cement a die hard fanbase. (As an aside, the quirk consultations are incredibly well done and worth a read, especially for anyone interested in pursuing a career in quirk analysis. The fanbase votes on a list of submitted quirks, and then QAB posts detailed dissertations on the most popular ones. He's an amateur (as in, not classically trained/no accreditation), but the series has been garnering a lot of attention.)

Earlier this week QAB posted a more political piece about media coverage in heroics. It talks about how heroics is turning into a "popularity contest", and turning some heros into "dangerously unstable megalomaniacs [...] like Endeavor." Endeavor's agency very quickly tried to sue on the basis of defamation or libel, but 1, suing an anonymous internet user is no joke, 2, the post isn't against the terms of service for the service provider he uses, and 3, as far as anyone can tell, Endeavor wasn't actually slandered. (Not by the legal definition, anyway.)

There's rumors that a SECOND lawsuit was filed against QAB for how the fanbase reacted to the first lawsuit, but I haven't seen any solid proof of that.

Now it's a full-blown Twitter war. Even some of my IRL coworkers have strong opinions about what is ultimately one anonymous guy on the internet publicly publishing his political views... just like everyone on Twitter is doing already. Someone with more of a sociology background might be able to tell you why the article has been so polarizing.

edit: a word

1shadow1 4.5k points · 4h ago
God I'm glad I don't have a twitter

Mayhap_Mishap 2.1k points · 4h ago
> "sue on the basis of defamation or slander"
QAB is being sued for libel, not slander. Slander is oral, libel is written. (But otherwise, 10/10)

HVCmelody 822 points · 4h ago
TIL. Thanks!

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ANMBR 2.2k points · 3h ago
Endeavor's people have been really aggressive about getting in front of any potential bad press ever since he failed to bring down Stain back in May. I think that's part of the reason things got so out of control.

noburo 1.9k points · 2h ago
I think people got worked up because ANN keeps running stories about how similar Stain and Shuttai (founder of QAB) are. They do seem to have some similar thoughts on the current state of hero society, but Stain is out on the streets stabbing people and Shuttai is giving away free quirk consultations.

fullofsinewaves 1.5k points · 4h ago
hawks_unofficial also made a series of tweets that seem to be in direct response to this.

ItsudemoDoutei 1.2k points · 4h ago
Hawks is the embodiment of a troll tho

5w4nn 944 points · 4h ago
Hawks response was really enlightening, from the perspective of someone outside of the heroics industry. He seemed to sort of (respectfully) disagree with Shuttai? Considering how much he helped push QAB to where it is today, I would have expected Hawks to either back Shuttai or disavow him entirely.

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Concerning the Lawsuit
by Shuttai on July 05, 20X4

Hey everyone! I apologize that this isn't the quirk analysis you were probably expecting. Instead, I wanted to address the recent rumors and drama.

Did Endeavor sue you?
Endeavor's publicity team tried to threaten me with a lawsuit. This was done in an effort to intimidate me into removing an article I posted early last week. They believed the article did not "frame Endeavor in an accurate or publicly respectable manner", which I think was their way of accusing me of defamation. (If you're reading this, you've probably read the offending post already. If you haven't, here it is.)

It is my suspicion that Endeavor's publicity team did not, in fact, read the article they tried to sue me over, as the lines they took issue with were taken out of context. The lawsuit threat (threat) has subsequently been dropped.

Do you have a personal grudge against Endeavor?
Endeavor has done a lot for Japan, and many grateful people owe him their lives. Again, if you've read the original post, I think you'll see that my criticisms are against the current structure of the hero industry; NOT against Endeavor.

Regarding Hawks
Hawks and I are not fighting, and we don't hate each other. I don't even know Hawks! To be honest, I'd be embarrassed to try to talk to him even over the internet. He's so famous?? He's?? So cool?? I'm pretty sure the one time he allegedly read my blog was just a fluke or something, I'm sure he's too busy for the ramblings of an amature quirk enthusiast.

In the off chance his recent tweet WAS in response to this blog, then I am honored he read my post and I respect his opinion! He's given me a lot to think about. My perspective is that from the outside looking in, and having to live in a world where every decision the Hero Public Safety Commission makes can affect my daily life and well-being, not that of a professional in the hero industry.

And on the topic of other's opinions, please keep in mind that everyone is entitled to their own!
We're all walking through life using a different lens of upbringing and experience. We all have different opinions and ideas on what we think is the right way to change the world for the better; and I think in the end, the melding of those ideas is what will ultimately give us the power to remake the world the way we want to see it.

Shoe Size Revealed?! Mt. Lady Fans in an Uproar!
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3 Month Anniversary of Hero Thirteen's Death
July 10 · Hero★NEWS via Yap News

Japan is still shaken at the loss of one of the most iconic rescue heroes of her time. In 20X1 I had the chance to interview Space Hero: Thirteen. That article was her last major interview before she retired from active duty and turned to a career in teaching young hero hopefuls at ...

Mighty Bank Preparing for Grand-Reopening
July 11 · Japan Digital via Yap News

Mighty Bank Preparing for Grand-Reopening
Following the February attack on several Kanagawa branch offices, Mighty Bank was forced to close it's doors. However, thanks to the significant efforts of Bigshot Agency, Kanagawa residents will once again be able to ...

Chapter End Notes

so anyway:
- first and foremost, you CAN nest vertical lines, it just makes you want to tear your hair and eyeballs out
- but DID YOU SEE? NESTED VERTICAL LINES. BOOYAH.
- chapter count has been upped bc i split a chapter in half.
- it'll likely go up again bc 1, im bad at math and 2, 10 is a better number than 9.
- 'suiran' is a reference to 'arashi', a (Very) popular jpop boys band. they use the same kanji, bc i like to make dumb obscure kanji jokes. (翠嵐 - suiran; 嵐 - arashi)
- i dont think ive ever heard an arashi song so idk if they're any good?
- kouichi doesnt know what/who suiran is, but he knows it would make Kazuho mad if she found out. im hoping to smuggle that in at some point, but if i dont manage it, at least now you know.
- thanks to Mayhap_Mishap for the libel/slander fix
- i had to rewrite the timeline again and it ate my whole weekend :( but i shouldnt have to do it again for arc1. (im trying not to think about arc2.)
- i made some formatting edits to previous chapters and will likely do so again but im tired rn
- "no one will notice" i say out loud; "you cannot unknow your own sins" my brain whispers
- i have come to the realization that this is the most ambitious writing project ive ever attempted and have started to sweat.

QAB gets a discord server

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Tatami @turtleneckturtleheart · Jul 7
Replying to @endeavor_official
w o w, not a good look for Endeavor

NinjaSpirit @nkmrkei · Jul 7
Is this about the QAB lawsuit or Kamui Woods one?

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Koichi Haimawari.]

Midoriya-kun

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Today

have you considered starting a discord? qab is getting pretty big Read
02:30 Good morning, Koichi-san! You were up pretty late. I hope everything's okay? 06:49

lol, yeah, im good, you know me, practically nocturnal Read
07:01 discord? Read
07:01 Um, I mean, I haven't really thought about it, I guess. I don't know if I'd really have time for it? I've been pretty busy between my double enrollment and writing all these extra blog posts. 07:05 nah it's cool, dont sweat it Read
07:06 are you OPPOSED to the idea of a discord server? i think it'd be a lot of fun. i could set it up, and i know a couple of people who would be willing to help mod it Read
07:06 Wow!! are you sure?? That would be amazing, but I don't want you to go to have to go to all that trouble... 07:15 literally zero trouble, i make discord servers all the time, i have a template and everything it'd be up before you know it Read
07:15 you dont even have to be involved, but i dont want to make it if it'd make you uncomfortable Read
07:27 no no not at all! I think it would be really fun!! 07:42 kk give me five minutes Read
07:43 Five MINUTES?! 07:43

As of July 8th, Midoriya Izuku still believes that the discord server will comprise of himself, his new friend Koichi, and a handful of the regular commenters on his blog. Upon its inception, the channels on the Quirk Analysis Blog Discord server (Q.A.B.D.) are as follows:

About
# announcements
# rules
# gate
# faq
# introductions

General
# freechat
# ideals-chat
# post-discussion
# memes
# polls

Help
# curry
# ask-a-mod

Admin
# mod-chat
# SHUTTAI-READ-THIS

Sparky Sparky Boom Man
@chargebolt

I think QAB#12 is about a dude in my class?? if so he'd be one of the earliest non-professional hero quirk analysis entry that we know of

8h · Twitter for Android

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The Amazing Mei @inventorextrodinaire · 5h
Replying to @chargebolt
That exploding kid, right? I was thinking the same thing!!

[Signal messaging application on one of the phones belonging to "Dabi".]

‹- Birdbrain

That weirdo you're obsessed with made a discord server.
02:10 ✓✓ he did wHAT WHERE Y WAS I NOT INVITED
02:11 What do you think I'm doing right now?? asshole
https://discord.gg/wda7JfHtpu
02:11 ✓✓ OMG UR THE BEST ILY
02:11 What
02:11 ✓✓ UUHhhh
02:12 u know, like, "ily dad" no wait that's worse
how about we agree t
omg hes online omg omg omg
02:15

????
02:16 ✓ Which one of us needs a therapist again
02:28 ✓

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Iida Tensei.]

Crawler-kun

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hey um, i know i havent seen you in a while, i hope you're doing well after, well, you know
and i know this isn't why you gave me your contact info, but 14:21 how do you feel about QAB? 14:22 Crawler-kun! It's good to hear from you. Staying out of trouble, I hope? Read
16:09 As for QAB, I must admit, it's been a guilty pleasure of mine to pass the time while I'm stuck back in the hospital. Read
16:09 oh okay, cool! i mean, not cool that you're in the hospital but cool that you know what QAB is and um 16:21 sorry im really bad at this 16:21 Nonsense! You're doing wonderfully. What is it you wanted to ask me about QAB? Read
16:23 do you have a discord account, and would you be interested in helping mod a QAB server? 16:28 hawks is here and im losing my mind, please help me 16:29

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Thanks sandsalot, for your submission! Sandsalot, if a more useful quirk is really important to you, oftentimes you can push your own limitations through hard work and repetition. Sometimes there are elements of your own quirk you might not know you have. Sometimes that's not the case. And that's okay. I know it [...]
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July 12, 20X4 - 311 Comments

I've gotten a lot of comments asking me if "QABD" is a legitimate server, if I created it, and if I enforce it. Yes, No, Yes. Crawler-san owns the server, and set it up on my behalf. I don't currently have time to run a server, but I do plan to be in the server from [...]
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Thanks Lizabeth, for your submission!
Lizabeth has double eyelids. Think of the potential for areas with high wind and sand! You could also ride a motorbike at high speeds without goggles (which I wouldn't recommend) but [...]
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July 8, 20X4 - 467 Comments

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[Q.A.B. "official" Discord server, Q.A.B.D.]

# curry | Ask for help!

bluenoise Today at 14:01
That sounds about right

XCFV Today at 14:02
KK

✧༺✦✮✦༻∞ Blood Love ∞༺✦✮✦༻✧ Today at 14:23
heyo!! :wave:
I need help, and someone said I should ask here? :thinking: :thinking:

雷人(Rai) Today at 14:23
Hime-chan!!

✧༺✦✮✦༻∞ Blood Love ∞༺✦✮✦༻✧ Today at 14:23
Rai-kun!!!! :heart: :heart:

雷人(Rai) Today at 14:23
:sparkling_heart: :heart2: :sparkling_heart:
Why do you need help?? did something happen???

EngineMan Today at 14:24
@✧༺✦✮✦༻∞ Blood Love ∞༺✦✮✦༻✧ You're at the right place! If it is within our ability to help you, we will do so (within reason, of course.)

雷人(Rai) Today at 14:24
I've been here since the beginning and I still don't know why it's called curry

EngineMan Today at 14:24
Common requests are for food recommendations, or if any other members are near a particular establishment and can check for lost items. We've also helped get a cat down from a tree, retrieved a child's balloon, and turned a groper into the police!

bluenoise Today at 14:24
curry is a reference to that one QAB post https://quirkanalysisblog.com/posts/late-night-curry

雷人(Rai) Today at 14:25
OH RIGHT, LOOOOL
no but srsly tho @✧༺✦✮✦༻∞ Blood Love ∞༺✦✮✦༻✧, are you OK?

✧༺✦✮✦༻∞ Blood Love ∞༺✦✮✦༻✧ Today at 14:25
@雷人(Rai) I'm OK!!! I just lost something :disappointed: :disappointed:
I was at a cafe with some friends but when we left I think I forgot my bag :sweat: :sweat_smile:
I'm headed back there now, but I'm still an hour away :cry:

bluenoise Today at 14:26
did you call the cafe?

✧༺✦✮✦༻∞ Blood Love ∞༺✦✮✦༻✧ Today at 14:26
Yeah but I got sent to voicemail :cry::cry:

EngineMan Today at 14:27
What area is the cafe in?

✧༺✦✮✦༻∞ Blood Love ∞༺✦✮✦༻✧ Today at 14:27
Harajuku :white_flower:

EngineMan Today at 14:28
@shibuya-ku, anyone near Harajuku?

Lia Today at 14:29
:raised_hand: Me
I have a break coming up
@✧༺✦✮✦༻∞ Blood Love ∞༺✦✮✦༻✧ If you DM me the cafe name and a description of the bag, I can swing by and check

✧༺✦✮✦༻∞ Blood Love ∞༺✦✮✦༻✧ Today at 14:30
OK I will, thank you so much!! :heart: :heart: :star: :star2:

Sine Waves Fractal
@sineful

All Might is a teacher at UA but he doesn't have a twitter... this is a longshot, but @PresentMic, do you think you could ask him what he thinks about QAB??

17:53 · Jul 19, 20X4 · Twitter Web App

3.1k Retweets and comments4.5k Likes

Blue Noise @BLUENO1SE · Jul 19
Replying to @sineful
omg this is brilliant, please, I need to know

Present Mic (✓) @PresentMic · Jul 20
Replying to @sineful
I doubt he knows what QAB is yet, he's not on the internet much! But I can introduce him!!
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Sine Waves Fractal @sineful · Jul 20
that would be AMAZING, thank you so much!! PLUS ULTRA!

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July 14 · DCC via Yap News

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Unknown July 15 20X4, 20:25
no1 understand u Liek i do And if you see you be great revolution

i think of u every day and ur butifl mind want to be Part of you're Legasy wont you Tell me were you Are you biutiful boy
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Shuttai July 17 20X4, 06:11
Um, I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean, but thanks? I think.

Also sorry, I'm not comfortable sharing my location, but thank you for reading!

Reply

Chapter End Notes

ch4 notes:
- semi-major, not at all important, retroactively updated formatting in previous chapters. i keep figuring out how to do things i'd given up on.
- (updates are mostly ch1 and a little of ch3. i was too tired for ch2, maybe later.)
- i was split between "chi-chan" and "hime-chan" (chi being blood and hime being princess) so lemme know if you've got a preference. they're both dumb enough to be funny to me
- i turned on discord light to check how things were formatted against a white background and i still feel unsettled from looking at it
- have i finally gone too far with the colored background squares?? i thought about not putting them in but. they're so pretty.
- i was gonna have some people use actual text/sms in this chapter, but i couldnt in good faith do it. no one uses sms in japan, it's all line all the time. (and some messenger, but ugh no thanks)
- "ku" means. uh. ward? it's like an area of a prefecture.
- (you can skip this next part if you dont care about physical location details)
- japan's split up weird, but lets talk about tokyo.
-- tokyo is a prefecture. tokyo is split into 23 "wards".
-- in japanese, 'ward' is 'ku'. so harajuku is in 'shinjuku-ku'. i am physically incapable of using the word ward, it confuses me. when i was hearing kamino spoilers through the grapevine and everyone kept saying 'kamino ward' i was 100% sure the kamino arc took place in a hospital.
-- basically, if you see "-ku", it's an area in tokyo.
- osaka is way south west of tokyo
- UA (and midoriya) are in shizuoka (south of Tokyo) but i feel like the majority of crimes would happen in tokyo. (lots of hero agencies seem to be in tokyo, including best jeanist and all might's agencies.) so uh. QAB messes around in tokyo a lot, dont worry about it
- this fic is starting to feel like 'today i learned html could do X, and then tried to make it do my bidding. come, listen to the agonized screaming of my soul' but if y'all r still here, then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Interlude: todoroki shouto joins the internet

Chapter Notes

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[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Kirishima Eiji.]

Mina-chan

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Hey Kiri-chan 19:02 hey mina! 19:05 This is kind of left field but could I get you to talk to Denki for me? 19:07 what about? 19:08 So like, I'm friends with Tooru and Tooru's friends with Jirou and Jirou hangs out with Tsuyuu and Tsuyuu and Uraraka are BFFs and Uraraka and Iida are tight you know? 19:15 uhh, read; 19:16 sure? read; 19:16 so I'm not exactly suppose to know this, but um Iida did his internship in Hosu and like okay Kiri-chan, I need you to swear to secrecy because I am NOT suppose to know this, like, AT ALL 19:18 should you even be telling me this?? read; 19:18 I think I have to so you understand how important this is 19:18

okay, I swear read; 19:18 So Iida was there when Native died 19:19 oh SHIT seriously?? oh my god, why didn't anyone say anything?? oh my god I feel so BAD, I mean I knew he was acting off but I never even AKSED him, is he okay?? I mean I know Native was months ago but I still have nightmares about USJ read; 19:21 Kiri-chan CALM DOWN I don't know all the details, there were a lot of other factors and things were super weird back in May We were all... you know Anyway, don't go blaming yourself But back to Native, you know how the cause of death was never publicly released? 19:22 he "died in the line of duty" right? I figured a robbery with a minor villain or something went bad 19:23 You're right about the went bad and the villain part, but Urakara is like 99% sure it was Stain Like, never gotten Iida to outright admit it, but pretty damn sure 19:23 Oh my god, Stain was involved?? 19:23 Yes so LISTEN I need you to talk to Denki and get him to NOT talk about Stain, possibly at all, but DEFINITELY not while Iida is in the room and you CAN'T tell him why 19:23 why tell me if you can't tell him?? That doesn't seem fair 19:24 I know it isn't fair but I need you to think this through I love Denki but that boy can't keep a secret to save his life 19:24 ...okay. fair. 19:25 I don't like it, but I see where you're coming from 19:25 I'll do what I can 19:25 I knew I could count on you 19:25 You're the best, Kiri-chan <3 19:25 <3 19:25

Todoroki Shouto discovers QAB while attending classes at UA in early July. For several days in a row, every time Shouto enters a room, everyone inside goes quiet. At first he doesn't care; but when Shouto notices the awkward, suspicious silence extends to even the staff members of UA, he becomes annoyed.

If he's done something wrong, someone should just tell him.

Almost another week of this passes before Shouto decides he's done waiting for whatever this is to blow over and takes matters into his own hands. This started with his peers, and that's where Shouto plans to end it.

The lunch bell rings. The teacher leaves first, the students following suit in stages. Shouto corners one of the stragglers.

"What is everyone talking about?" he asks plainly.

The brown haired mousy girl whose name Shouto doesn't know looks taken aback. She says, "T-talking about? Todoroki-kun, we were just about to go down to the cafeteria. We weren't talking about anything."

Shouto narrows his eyes at her, and the girl's own eyes go wide and nervous.

"No, before that," he explains, "Everyone's been talking behind my back. I want to know what about."

"Oh!" Her hands fly up to cover her mouth. "I didn't realize—well of course—oh, Todoroki-kun, I'm so sorry, I'll let everyone know right away and we'll stop, I'm sure it must be uncomfortable for you."

"No," says Shouto, impatient now, "That's not what I asked. I want to know what everyone thinks they can't say around me."

"Um," says the girl, visibly sweating. She doesn't continue. Shouto silently stares her down, prepared to outwait her.

Another classmate interrupts the stand-off.

"Todoroki-kun, did you see that article about Endeavor last week?" the second girl croaks.

Shouto breaks his staring contest with the brown-haired girl to face the new speaker. "My father? There's always articles being written about him. I don't make a habit of reading them." What does this have to do with Endeavor?

The brown haired girl's hand falls away from her mouth and Shouto glances over to see her expression turn to shock.

"Well," says the second girl, "There was an unflattering article about Endeavor that was really popular. A lot of people have been talking a lot about it. Maybe they didn't want to bring it up in front of you."

She writes the name of the blog and the article on a piece of paper for him. He takes it to Yaoyorozu and gets her to teach him how to use the browser feature on his phone.

Shouto reads the allegedly offending article. A strange, bubbling feeling wells up in his chest. He reads the follow-up articles. That night, he forgoes sleep and reads every publicly available post Shuttai has ever written. He reads all of the comments and replies, peruses Twitter posts, absorbs fan theories on Tumblr, discovers fan blogs, and consumes all of the information he can find.

It's not enough.

[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to Kaminari Denki.]

Unknown

Today · 16:02

You're a Stain sympathizer, right? Who's saying that, who told you that Are you going to turn me into the HPSC?? being able to see things from another point of view isn't a CRIME Pls dont arrest me, I'm too young to go to prison That is correct. Given your age, if arrested you would not go to prison. You would likely go to a juvenile detention center. What can you tell me about QAB? Wait, what?? Now you're sending me to JUVIE?? Please tell me about "QAB" and "shuttai". Who IS this?? Todoroki Shouto. We're classmates. I sit in the back row. ??? Todoroki??? why do you have my number????? I asked for help on yesterday's math homework and while Aizawa-sensei was distracted I took pictures of the student records in his desk. omg omg, what I asked for help on yesterday's math homework and while Aizawa-sensei was distracted I took pictures of the student records in his desk. yeah okay, this could literally not be anyone else, hi todoroki

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Hello. so, you're into QAB, huh? never woulda guessed Yes. um. okay i can probably get you an invite to the discord if you want? The "discord"? of course you don't know what discord is.

@ Shouto

SHOUTO
This is the beginning of your direct message history with @Shouto.

Jul 23, 20X4

Shouto Today at 15:27
I have been told to contact you to prove I am "not a hater" and receive an invite to the "discord"

crawler Today at 15:46
why are you talking like that, gtl?

Shouto Today at 15:57
I don't understand
How else would I talk
And what's gtlds
gtl

crawler Today at 15:59
...ookkaaayyy
yes im the guy to talk to, we've been getting some real weirdos and after taking all that time to weed them out we're not just gonna let them crawl back in
like, we've got IP based blocking but some of these crazies are using VPNs like who does that, this is japan
s been a flippin madhouse my dude
q1, have you been part of qabd in the past?

Shouto Today at 16:01
I don't understand the question

crawler Today at 16:02
oh jeez uhh, okay
You are trying to gain access to the QAB Discord server?

Shouto Today at 16:02
I believe that is correct

crawler Today at 16:03
Okay.
Have you used Discord before?

Shouto Today at 16:03
No

crawler Today at 16:03
How did you find out about QAB?

Shouto Today at 16:04
The recent defamation of Endeavor

crawler Today at 16:04
lol not an endhead, huh

Shouto Today at 16:04
What?

crawler Today at 16:04
Final question:
Where did you get my Discord username?

Shouto Today at 16:04
A classmate

crawler Today at 16:04
Are they a member of the Discord group already?
Do you have a Discord user ID you could send? That way I can verify their identity.

Shouto Today at 16:05
I'll ask

crawler Today at 16:05
k

Shouto Today at 16:05
"K"?

@ 雷人(Rai)

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Jul 23, 20X4

crawler Today at 16:15
wait, it's YOU

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:16
?? it's ME

crawler Today at 16:16
YOU'RE the reason i have this weirdo in my dms?

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:16
I wish I could say I don't know what you're talking about, but unfortunately. yes.

crawler Today at 16:16
where the hell did you even find this guy, are you sure he's human
is he even japanese

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:17
I know him irl, we're in the same class, I'm p sure he's cool but not sure he's not a robot
Lmao yes he's japanese

crawler Today at 16:17
he SOUNDS like a robot

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:17
We use to think he was "too cool to talk to us plebs" but now I think he just doesn't get out much

crawler Today at 16:18
l o l
checks out
ill let him into the server

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:18
Thanks!! also, could you kinda watch out for him? he's, uh. well. I'm sure you noticed

crawler Today at 16:19
ugh, why me

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:19
YOU'RE the mod, not me

crawler Today at 16:20
ugh okay, fine, ill be your rude robot friends fairy godmother

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:20
:D thanks bro, you're the best!!

crawler Today at 16:20
im going to regret this

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:21
yeah. probably
better you than me :)))

crawler Today at 16:22
:middle_finger:

Chapter End Notes

n o t e s :
- i didnt mean to write an interlude, it just happened. i was looking at ~1k of consecutive, todoroki-centric content, and screamed at myself "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS." my brain screamed back, "AN INTERLUDE, IDK, JUST RUN WITH IT"
- increased ch count to 10 just like i threatened. im actually p pleased bc 10 is such a good number.
- next chapter: get ready for a useless info dump on japanese ssns and the borderline irresponsible mixing of japanese and american ssn history/lore, id be more excited if i hadnt made it so much work for myself, why did i do this
c o m p l a i n t s :
- i crafted a whole second discord layout bc i figured kouichi would be using the desktop version of discord during this chapter, but i couldn't get it to look okay on both desktop and mobile versions of ao3 so a scrapped it and i am just super sad okay, i really wanted to use that format
- there's a known issue wherein on some devices (ie, only one device that i know of and it isn't mine), right aligned text appears inexplicably smaller than all other text. im hoping this is an extremely isolated incident bc i dont think there's anything i can do about it, i tried really hard, i promise :(
- (this has been a known issue from the start but i only recently took a serious stab at trying to fix it so idr if i mentioned it before or not.)
from this point on im just going to complain about html gratuitously, u can leave if u want. this is the abbreviated version, can u believe:
- i didnt want to bore you with too many of the details but BOY OH BOY WAS THERE SUFFERING IN THIS HOUSE
- the problem is, its not even anything that matters. ive just been trying for the last two weeks (not like, straight, but there were a few all-nighters) to get things to like, fade out? bc i. i needed it. i learned it existed and was all "yeah we need that right now immediately"
- lowkey i think my brain just wants to make ch1 the most beautiful mock-up known to man, who knows
- btw uh. i updated the formatting on ch1 again.
- so anyway i did it after much blood and tears and screaming and y'all are lucky my computer was out of commission this week (y'all being the operative term for "you unfortunate saps on apple devices"). this is because if it hadn't been, i never would have in a thousand years touched safari and found out transparent doesnt work the same
- whys this you ask? BECAUSE APPLE HATES CONFORMING AND LIKES TO MAKE UP DUMB ARBITRARY RULES TO MAKE THE REST OF US SUFFER is all i can come up with
- had to hit up my art degree sister and be all "what is rgba" and she was all "what do u mean u dont know what rgba is, how is this possible, have u never used an art program" and im still a little iffy on the 'a'
- anyway imma add a fade out thing to the next chapter (that was the whole point of this madness) and probably add it in to previous chapters where it makes sense to do so (ie. basically everywhere i can shove it bc i spent literal days of my life figuring out how to 1, do the thing, 2, do the thing on apple products)
- screw you, apple. >:(

QAB solidifies

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

Juzo News

Altruism on the Rise?
by Tokuda Taneo
Updated July 18, 2X04

Thursday evening, a group of Naruhata University students helped reunite lost 5 year old child with her mother. One of the students possessed a locating quirk and used it to help the little girl find her mother. Some public concerns were raised over the illegal quirk usage, and when we reached out to the Ikebukuro city police station, the police chief issued the following statement:

"The students [...] did use their quirks but the quirk usage was not publicly visible nor did the illegal usage lead to additional crimes. There are no charges being pressed at this time. However, we did call their parents."

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[Signal messaging application on the phone belonging to Pro Hero Hawks.]

‹- Scarface

coudl u do me a solid n tlk stain out of murdering me
13:21 ✓✓ What did you do
14:56 eXIST?? how th hell shld i kw s nt like he's hard to lose but he jst KEEPS COMING its been days dabi, i nede to slp i thot u tld him abt me??
15:25 ✓✓ Well like Not your NAME
15:37 dabi for the love of all might call off your goddamn boss
15:42 ✓✓ You could try sucking less
15:59 ????
16:01 ✓✓ prove to stain you're a real hero worthy of your position as #3 and he'll leave you alone
16:03 ??????? r u HIGH dabi PLEASE dabi this insane man is tryn to KILL ME i take a 5min break 4 lunch n he pops out of the bushes all "a real hero wouldn't walk away from the job" >i fall aslp on a park bench n suddenly there he is screaming "a real hero NEVER SLEEPS" HE CANNOT BE REASONED WITH IF I DIE I WILL HAUNT YOU
16:10 ✓✓ DABI
16:21 ✓✓ Okay okay, Jesus, I'll see what I can do you big baby
16:24 >:(
16:25 ✓✓

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Kazuho Haneyama.]

Koichi

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Today

some guy is sending nudes to shuttai's blog's email 02:01 wait hold up you're in SHUTTAI'S EMAIL Read
02:33 Literally how, that is a level of skill I did not think you were capable of Read
02:33 Why are you using your newfound powers of evil to look at another dude's junk Read
02:33 no like, can you help me nuke him from orbit 02:42

they're unsolicited 02:42

also i didn't hack shuttai he gave me the account credentials a while back and i um 02:42

changed the password when the creepy pictures started coming in so he didn't see them, and i havent told him bc i dont want him to freak out, but i assume he hasn't tried to log-in otherwise he'd be asking me whats up 02:42 Wait wait woah back up WHAT Read
02:45 WHAT Read
02:45 HOW Read
02:45 okay so this might be a good time to tell you that im sort of friends with shuttai i guess? 02:46 SINCE WHEN. Read
02:46 since uhh, shortly after he got popular, i um 02:47 you know what it doesn't matter, i helped him out with a thing, he let me set up his discord server, it is a symbiotic relationship between two dudes who have never met irl, dont worry about it 02:47 also dont tell anyone 02:47 LITERALLY, WHO WOULD I TELL Read
02:48 WHY WOULDN'T YOU TELL ME, GOD, YOU'RE SUCH A DOUCHE KOICHI Read
02:48 pls calm down and help me destroy this pedo 02:48 well pedoS, i think 02:48 I'm sorry WHAT Read
02:49 yeah i only briefly glanced at them but there are at least two distinctly different dongs, so 02:49 THE OTHER THING, KOICHI Read
02:49 what other thing? 02:49 HHNNNGGGGG Read
02:50 OH 02:53 uh, yeah 02:53 pls dont tell anyone i told you this, but 02:53 shuttai is a minor 02:53 KOICHI Read
02:54

[qab.com/posts/who-doesnt-like-all-might#comments]

Yagi123 July 22, 20X4, 13:25
This article certainly has garnered a lot of attention! And for good reason. It's beautifully written, and I know All Might himself would shed a tear at the way you portray him.

Given how many comments there are already I'm unsure if you'll see this. But in the case that you do, I wanted to let you know that I found this to be an incredibly thoughtful take on hero society as a whole. You've given me a lot to consider. As a veteran of the industry, it gives me hope that there are young people like you ready to take the reigns.
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Shuttai July 23, 20X4, 16:12
Oh my gosh, thank you so much!! I cried reading this. I'm always so worried that as an outsider in heroics, I'll end up misunderstanding or misrepresenting things, so it really means a lot to me to hear you say that.

Thank you for your service, and I'm so glad you took the time to reach out!

Reply

[Q.A.B. "official" Discord server, Q.A.B.D.]

# freechat

亀 (キン) Today at 16:55
hello everyone!! i'm new and SUPER EXCITED TO BE HER!!!
:wave: 25

亀 (キン) Today at 16:56
*here :facepalm:

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:56
Hello and welcome!

bluenoise Today at 16:56
glad you could join us~
wow this server is getting big FAST!

亀 (キン) Today at 16:57
THANKS! so okay, I have had a super urgent burning question for EVER! how are we pronouncing the fandom name?

crawler Today at 16:57
lol, its a fandom now. this is great, wait until shuttai finds out

bluenoise Today at 16:57
ohhh that is a good question

EngineMan Today at 16:57
I have wondered this myself! How is everyone else pronouncing QAB? I've been saying each individual letter.

crawler Today at 16:58
honestly, ive never said it out loud

Soho2 Today at 16:58
My friend pronounces it like a 2yo who can't pronounce the R in crab
:thinking: 3

crawler Today at 16:58
that sounds super dumb, i like it

bluenoise Today at 16:58
:rofl: :rofl:

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:59
No one else is just saying Cab??
you know, like beep beep, here comes the cab??

bluenoise Today at 16:59
:eyes:

Soho2 Today at 16:59

beep beep

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

EngineMan Today at 16:59
........

crawler Today at 16:59
LOL
RAIJIN
ARE YOU HIGH RIGHT NOW

雷人(Rai) Today at 16:59
No???

crawler Today at 17:00
then thats EVEN WORSE, I CAN'T BREATHE
:this: 7 :eyes: 2

crawler
@TheRealCrawler

official announcement: QAB is pronounced cab.
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22:22 · Yesterday · Twitter for Android

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Sparky Sparky Boom Man @chargebolt · 4h
Replying to @TheRealCrawler
Why would you share my shame to the world

r/QAB

Posted by u/HumanRose 20 hours ago

Quirkless treatment in society?

I'd never thought about it before this week's article, but do quirkless people have it worse than people with useless cosmetic quirks? Functionally they're about the same, so I've always thought society also treated them the same.

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ghosting-517 500 points · 18 hours ago
I would kill for an eye color changing quirk or maybe one that made my breath smell like roses. At least then I could find a job.

noburo Score hidden · 3 hours ago
I didn't wake up this morning expecting to get sucker punched...

Seriously though, ouch. I feel your pain. Have you tried Hello Work? It sucks that none of it is permanent, but I make enough to pay rent.

ghosting-517 Score hidden · 1 hour ago
I have, but they keep telling me I don't have "an applicable skill set". Do you have any tips for getting accepted, or maybe a recommendation for a certification I could get?

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SaffronLief Score hidden · 4 hours ago
The treatment not the same at all, but not for the reasons you might think. The problem isn't quirkless discrimination; it's quirk discrimination.

It use to be leagues more difficult to get a job with a "villainous" quirk than with no quirk at all. Up until (relatively) recently, that was still very much the case. And then, about 30 years back, the government changed the way Kojin Bangou^[1] were assigned to counter rampant identity fraud.

In the last 5-10 years as the people with the fraud-proof Kojin Bangou started to enter the workforce, the unfortunate trend of "quirk fronting" emerged. In direct response to this, an overwhelming number of individuals with "villainous" quirks started identifying as quirkless. Under the old Kojin Bangou system, (or even before the Medical Privacy act,) quirkless status was easy to verify. Under the new governance, verification can take up to three months. And that's not even taking into account the new fees and restrictions with Kojin Bangou related requests.

What it boils down to is that employers don't want to hire someone with a "villainous" quirk, and if you say you're quirkless they assume you're lying. There's a much higher population of people with "villainous" quirks than people who are "quirkless", and to this day there's still a lot of quirk fraud happening.

edit: For those of you looking for more info, look up the Sugihara vs Softbank case. The ruling on that case has made it near impossible to hold employers accountable for quirk/quirkless discrimination.

soho2025 Score hidden · 1 hour ago
You can inversely lie about having a quirk/fake a different quirk, but that's grounds for immediate termination and a fine. Sometimes it's worth it, though (speaking from personal experience.)

CloudedThoughts Score hidden · 1 hour ago
I don't know where you're located, but not in Tokyo it's not. If you're caught, you get entered into an internal database all major companies in Japan (and the majority of companies in Tokyo/Osaka) pull from. On the other hand, if you're working for a small, privately owned business, it's real easy to get away with saying you have something that's harder to verify, like an analysis quirk. Wonder how long it'll take them to catch on to that trend and the analytical quirked people are pulled down to our level...

5w4nn Score hidden · 2 hours ago
There's no way an employer can legally force you to show your quirk during an interview, but I lost a job opportunity because I wasn't willing to show off my quirk and the guy after me was. The system is wack.

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infinitetails Score hidden · 3 hours ago
I have a cousin with a "villainous quirk" and now I'm wondering if I shouldn't ask her if she wants to get an apartment together for college. If you guys are right, she's going to have a hell of a time getting a landlord to let her sign a lease.

Kouseikoukousei Score hidden · 1 hour ago
If that's an option, absolutely do it. I ended up couch surfing for a year after high school for this very reason.

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# curry | Ask for help!

saffron Today at 20:52
I'm in Ueno and there's a guy getting mugged, what do I do
I think he just pulled a knife

bluenoise Today at 20:52
no heroes around??
have you tried calling the police??

Shuttai Today at 20:52
Agreed, call police first
We can see if we have any helpers in the area, but we shouldn't forget about official channels

saffron Today at 20:52
No heroes, calling 110^[2] now

Soho2 Today at 20:52
Police response time on average is 20min in that area, and police don't have weapons

Shuttai Today at 20:52
Assembling passive taskforce @helpers @taito-ku @ueno @okachimachi @toudai @yushima
We can't just ignore someone in front of us who needs help. If we can get someone over there now, we can help
@saffron, get us a pin of your location

bluenoise Today at 20:52
um, should we really be doing this?

Soho2 Today at 20:52
Y'all got caught last week because you used quirks.

Shuttai Today at 20:52
Soho2-san is right.
We don't need to fight or use quirks or do anything illegal, we just need to make a show of force large enough that the perpetrators rethink what they're doing

Z-e-D Today at 20:52
I'm at Karaoke-kan, got about 10 people and we're headed downstairs now
:thumbsup: 21

♥Shurui♥ Today at 20:52
Just leaving the museum in Ueno park, where is this happening? We can run over too.
:thumbsup: 21

saffron Today at 20:52

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:thumbsup: 21

Ria Today at 20:52
I'm at the station mall a few blocks from there, dragging my friends now
:thumbsup: 21

Shuttai Today at 20:52
Activated helpers, don't wait for each other, but do wait until you have a group of at least three. Don't get too close, just let the mugger know he's being watched.
:salute: 7 :gl: 106

Soho2 Today at 20:52
Heckle from afar

Shuttai Today at 20:52
^ That.

Chapter End Notes

[1] "My Number" is japan's version of citizen identification. (so like SSN for america or SIN in canada.) it is also known as "Kojin Bangou", which is what i've used here bc "my number" is ~~a terrible name~~ confusing to english speakers. (click to go back)
[2] 110 and 119 are japans emergency services numbers, like america's 911; that was not a typo. (110 is for police/crime, 119 is for other emergencies (as i understand it)) (click to go back)

retroactive updates/formatting blah:
- YEAH HI GUESS WHAT SOMEONE ONLY JUST NOW TOLD ME IVE BEEN GETTING KOICHI'S HERO/SCREEN NAME WRONG HALF THE TIME
- idk why but my brain thinks his name is charger when it is absolutely crawler and has been this whole time
- so @the person who finally told me, thanks!! but how could i have let this happen
-- previous chapters have been fixed, future chapters not so much. i will do my best.
- i was messing w the spacing between dms, now that i finally figued out how to do it, but ao3 just. refuses. i use the exact same code in two places and the space. is different. i dont feel like screaming any more tonight, so im just gonna. come back later.
- added minute changes to previous chapters not worth specifing but i feel like there were lots and i just stopped paying attention
- the reddit 'see more' button was a step too far, i keep trying to click on it and i wrote it
that reddit post:
- HOO BOY HOW ABOUT THAT NONSENSE I JUST SPOUTED ABOUT KOUJIN BANGOU AND QUIRKLESS POLITICS, HUH.
- (i am mixing the way the american SSN and japanese "My Number"/Koujin Bangou functions bc this is the ~future~ and japan seems to take a lot of cues on how to do things based on western society.)
- the irl issue im drawing from is american SSNs and the fact that, when banks check to see if they can give you a loan but your birthday is past a certian date, they just dont even validate your identity bc it would cost them money.
- get this: SSNs are insecure. gov makes them more complicated/secure, and in doing so, harder to access. (which is the whole point.) but this means that it takes longer to get results and it's a more complicated process and requires more overhead (ie, they have to pay more people to handle this process.) banks/loan officers/etc say, wait, its gonna take how long? you're gonna *charge us*? ...nah, we don't need it, it's fine. #yolo
- this is a REAL THING that i am likely misremembering details of and couldnt find references for; dont worry about it (i tell myself, while worrying about it). this is fiction, yo.
misc:
- people are legit referring to me as 'format god' for some reason and i think this is hilarous and am half convinced i should put it on a business card
- HEY I REMEMBERED WHY I GAVE KOICHI A WHOLE EMAIL ADDRESS it's bc i reused his fake university in this chapter. (when did i do that?? good job, past me)
- i couldn't tell you why but this is my favorite chapter
-- okay i lied, i know why, it's hawks

the major stalking of midoriya izuku

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

[Twitter DM box belonging to Tweety Bird @hawks_unofficial]

Messages

crawler @TheRealCrawler 2h
Sent you @PresentMic's Tweet

M gon' give it to ya @RabbitHero-Mirko 1d
TELL ME WHO IT IS

Sir Nighteye (✓) @SirNighteye 1d
Sent you a link.

♥Mt. Lady♥ (✓) @OfficialMountLady 1d
ヽ(●ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ●)ﾉﾟ

‹- Sir Nighteye (✓) @ SirNighteye

Vigilantly Flash Mob in
Down Town Tokyo
yap.news

Was this Q.A.B.'s doing?

Yesterday, 13:14

1 unread message

what?

why would i know that??

1:03 ✓

Please just answer the question, Hawks.
5:42

1, im not hawks
2, if i WERE ydu think id have time 2 read news articles
7:47 ✓

Hawks, stop being obtuse.

7:47

3, hbu do ur GD JOB URSELF
7:47 ✓

As there was no confirmed quirk usage involved, there are no legal grounds for my agency to get involved.
However, if we were to receive outside information, such as a tip, from a reliable source, such as a Pro Hero...
I think you see where I'm going with this.
7:49

ur legit the most annoying person i know, and thats including the stalker who tried to murder me all week
consider: getting a life
7:55 ✓

If you think your little ignorance act will save you or can somehow ease the culpability you bear, you are sorely mistaken.

8:21

On the afternoon of July 23, Inko Midoriya received a total of 20 images containing unsolicited naked images of a certain man. After noticing the first 5 images, she blocked the number. The next 5 came from a new number, which she also blocked. At the third new number sending her inappropriate images, she replied with the following text message.

I don't know who you think this is, but I don't appreciate receiving these pictures. Please stop sending them.

The response to this was immediate, and contained another inappropriate image.

She received 7 additional images while talking to NTT support about getting her number changed. Over dinner, she told her son that the telephone company accidentally gave her number to someone else and sent him a text containing her new number.

A week later, her son takes notice of a suspicious man as he's headed home from his college night classes.

[Q.A.B. "official" Discord server, Q.A.B.D.]

# curry | Ask for help!

NotJesus Today at 22:14
Hey everyone, um, not to bother you but I think I'm being followed?

雷人(Rai) Today at 22:14
OMG, YOU'RE REAL, IN THE ENTIRE MONTH IVE BEEN HERE I'VE NEVER BEEN ONLINE AS THE SAME TIME AS YOU, AAAHH

crawler Today at 22:15
"followed", can't be followed if you don't have a twitter

NotJesus Today at 22:15
No, I mean like, right now? In person? There's this guy

crawler Today at 22:16
are you being serious right now? where are you
wait don't answer that, shit, you could um,

bluenoise Today at 22:16
Call the police??

NotJesus Today at 22:17
That's the thing, he hasn't really done anything yet? And I don't want to make him uncomfortable just because I think he's acting, um. A little creepy.

NotHawks Today at 22:17
creepy how?
wld u be comfy dming me r crawler ur loc? crawlers rite, dt say anythn 2 revealing n public cht

crawler Today at 22:17
i can't take this right now, i am so sorry, im dealing with a bit of a situation myself
hawks, you got this?

NotHawks Today at 22:18
:thumbsup:
@NotJesus, u stil there?

NotJesus Today at 22:20
Yeah, I'm still here, I'm just
Embarrassed I guess, I feel like I'm over-reacting.

NotHawks Today at 22:20
dt evn wry abt it can i dm u?

NotJesus Today at 22:20
Of course, I'll, add you?

@ Shuttai

SHUTTAI
This is the beginning of your direct message history with @Shuttai.

Jul 31, 20X4

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:21
hi shuttai
are you safe right now?

Shuttai Today at 22:23
Yeah, I'm fine, really, you don't need to worry about me. I don't even see him anymore, I feel really silly. I'm sorry for wasting your time!

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:23
it's not a waste at all pls dont wry about it. it's pretty late right now are you in a public place?

Shuttai Today at 22:23
not really, I guess? I'm walking to the station, the street is pretty empty.

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:23
is there a 24h conbini nearby?
maybe a net cafe? anything you could duck into to be seen by other people

Shuttai Today at 22:27
I don't see one, but I don't want to miss the last train.
I was probably just freaking out over nothing.

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:27
when our instincts tell us we're unsafe there's a REASON we feel unsafe
dont feel bad about your brain telling you there's something wrong
i'd rather you miss the last train and be safe than... not that
i can come pick you up, or pay for a cab or smth if thats a problem

Shuttai Today at 22:30
I mean, yeah, I just
I worry a lot anyway? It's kind of a problem. I have meds. I'm sure it was nothing?

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:30
is there even 1% of you that still feels like you're in danger?

Shuttai Today at 22:30
Sort of. I guess. But I don't want to cause anyone any trouble.

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:30
can you use your phone's gps to find the closest conbini?

Shuttai Today at 22:30
Yeah, I'll
Yeah okay

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:30
keep walking as you look. don't speed up

Shuttai Today at 22:33
Okay
There's a 24/7 7-11 a few blocks from here
I can sta
Someone's behind me

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:34
calm down breathe try not to act any differently
i need you to send me your location
if it sounds like he's getting any closer i need you to run
can you do that for me?
shuttai?
shuttai are you still there?
i cant help you if i dont know where you are
please respond
shuttai

Shuttai Today at 22:40

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[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to the villain known as "Kurogiri".]

Dabi's Bird Boy

Today · 22:35

hi this is a friend of dabi's and i need a favor

its urgent

pls be awake

i'll owe you one

Color me intrigued. What kind of favor?
22:46 · SMS

22:54
Tuesday, July 31

PHONEnow

Mom
Missed call

MESSAGES 6m ago

Mom
Where are you? Please call me back.

PHONE10m ago

Mom
Missed call

PHONE30m ago

Mom
Missed call

MESSAGES 1h ago

Mom
Do you want me to pick up some gyoza?

Chapter End Notes

my rough draft notes had "[ending chapter here would build TENSION]" and who was i to disagree
pre-finished chapter7:
- me, posting chapter 1: i think its pretty good! i think i did a good job! i will give this level of effort and i will go no further and i will be satisfied
- me, 7 rewrites of ch1 later: maybe i should just do it, maybe i should just make text boxes for twitter and signal and sms and line and they will all be different and you will have to rewrite every single chapter but maybe it's worth it
post-finished chapter7:
- yeah
- yeah that
- sure was some stuff i learned how to do this week
- remember when i was worried if i was taking things too far? this is it. this is what too far looks like. we've arrived.
- still retroactive fixing of chapters going on, ch2 is lookin pretty swanky
- i have not fixed ch1 to look like this chapter, i am tired, let me rest
- i found out today that a majority of my html problems are self-inflicted and im a little mad about it. like, its not surprising, we started this journey with 10k of chat-fic, a poorly thought out plan, and our best friend google; but im still mad
- sib called me sexy over the html coding of this chapter ;) which i think is grossly inaccurate and a misuse of the phrase, but ;)

QAB enters a hiatus

Chapter Notes

this is NOT a chapter announcing a hiatus of this series. W H O O P S.
named this chapter literally months ago and didn't even think about it, sorry for the heart attacks

See the end of the chapter for more notes

FUKUOKA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION

TRANSCRIPT

NS Fukuoka PD, what's your emergency.

HK Hey this is Hawks (clears throat) like for real Hawks this time, not some drunk dude calling in pretending to be Hawks as a prank and not for real Hawks calling in as a prank either, I swear.

NS I believe we requested that you not call us anymore. Formally.

HK Yeah, I know, but

NS There was paperwork.

HK Look,

NS I believe you signed an affidavit.

HK Yes but see your number is the one I have saved on my phone and it's a bit of a time sensitive issue, so

NS I am also informed you have a perfectly functioning smart phone, the same device I assume you are using right now to

HK So here's the thing, could I just get you to patch me to Chiba PD?

NS Why Chiba?

HK Yeah so I'm in Chiba.

NS What? Why? That's definitely not your jurisdiction.

HK I would have an incredibly difficult time explaining that, it was kind of an emergency but listen, all I need is to get Chiba PD involved so they can escort this extremely not nice man to jail. Also if it uh wouldn't be too much trouble could you maybe check for other heroes in the area who could come babysit the perp? I can't stick around.

NS Hawks, I have told you before and I will tell you again, this is not my job. In fact, it sounds an awful lot like yours so pray tell, why aren't you doing your job?

HK I thought we just established that Chiba wasn't my jurisdiction?

NS Oh my god.

HK And anyway I am doing my job, I'm escorting the target home. He missed the last train and I promised.

NS Hawks are you serious right now?

HK I promised! Besides, lying to the public sets a bad precedent. C'mon pretty please?

NS (sigh) Fine. Let me check.

HK (mumbled agreement)

NS It looks like (pause) BoulderDash is about 2 minutes out from your location. Sending a request, and (pause) Okay, it's done. He's enroute. You owe me, Hawks.

HK You're the best!

NS For someone I've never met in person, you sure owe me a lot of beer.

HK I will absolutely deliver on that beer, I am a man of honor an (inaudible) (pause) Oh! (static) (speaker becomes distant; likely angled phone away from face) You're breathing again! (inaudible) Great! You alright, kid? Didn't hit your head or (inaudible)

NS I do not get paid enough for this.

HK (inaudible) Good to hear. Ready to go home?

UM (distant screeching, unofficially attributed to UM)

HK Uh, Shuttai?

UM (inaudible) Yuh yuh yuh you said yuh you wuh wuh weren't (inaudible)

HK (laughs)

[Signal messaging application on the phone belonging to Pro Hero Hawks.]

‹- textbook daddy issues

dabi hes a baby im crying
01:03 ✓✓ Whos a baby, why do you have a baby
01:05 hes so small my heart cant take it
01:05 ✓✓ Why would anyone let you have a baby, where are you
01:05 chiba
01:05 ✓✓ Why are you in Chiba??
01:05 baby had a stalker i thought i'd swoop in and impress my new celebrity crush but my new celebrity crush is a b ABY dabi i cant hes so soft
01:07 ✓✓ Is this about shuttai again
01:07 yes
01:07 ✓✓ Im muting you
01:07

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Midoriya Izuku.]

Koichi-san

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.

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Today

NOTHAWKS IS HAWKS Read
2:31 izuku i am so sorry, i was tied up, are you okay, what happened 2:35 oh, yes, I'm fine, it's just I can' Read
2:35 i va Read
2:35 i can't Read
2:35 HAWKS Read
2:35 yes, did you not 2:35 did you not know? 2:36 why else would you think i'd let him go after you?? 2:36 HAWKS Read
2:36 ADFLKJSDAJLDSF Read
2:36

The Amazing Mei @inventorextrodinaire · August 5, 20X4

I haven't seen QAB update all week. Anyone know what's up with that?

replies, 15 retweets, 54 likes, 30

r/QAB

Posted by u/gotscratchedbybearpaws13 · 1 day ago

Where's the weekly quirk analysis?

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6 Comments sorted by Best

RevEngineManRev 230 points · 16 hours ago
This has already been answered on the weekly sticky, here.

CloudedThoughts 21 points · 20 hours ago
Duplicate post

[deleted] -5 points · 14 hours ago
[deleted]

3 more replies

@ crawler

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Aug 5, 20X4

crawler Today at 20:24
i looked into that guy like you asked
i dont think hes the only one, and i dont think he was the ring leader

hawks_unofficial Today at 20:51
:///

crawler Today at 21:10
i DO think i just managed to get an accurate geolocation data based on their IP and uh some other stuff

hawks_unofficial Today at 21:15
oh??

crawler Today at 21:17
id rather not go into it

hawks_unofficial Today at 21:19
lolo no idc abt that, i want names
n if u cant get me names i want locations

crawler Today at 21:25
that, i can do
give me an hour

hawks_unofficial Today at 21:26
:thumbsup:

crawler Today at 22:13

chiba-case.zip - 2.4MB

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:27
hey do u want a job

crawler Today at 22:30
uhh??
ill take it under consideration after ive graduated?
if you're being serious
and the offer still stands

hawks_unofficial Today at 22:34
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Excerpt from the transcription of an interview preformed by Indie-Pendants on August 9, 20X4]

"—and in light of the recent hiatus taken by Shuttai, we've decided to take another look at the origins of QAB. To that end, we've—"

[muffled offscreen voice]

"Oh-em-gee there he is."

[microphone distortion]

"Cementoss-san! Excuse us, Cementoss-san—Do you have a moment to talk to us?"

"Who are you? If this is about the USJ incident again, I'd like to remind you—"

"No no, we're an independent media outlet, we try to cover things not currently being observed by the mainstream media."

"I don't know what you think that means."

"Are you aware of the 'Quirk Analysis Blog' run by Shuttai?"

"Is that the individual who published 'An open letter to Stain'?"

"Yes, that's the one."

"Then yes, I'm aware."

"Are you also aware that before QAB's big boom he published a series of dissertations on different quirks?"

"I'll admit, I'm a bit behind on pop culture, and I don't follow the blog myself."

"Oh, uh. Um, would you mind if we read that article to you? There's a lot of interest in who the original subjects were, especially for the first six months of the blog's existence back in 20X0. It is strongly suspected that you were one of the targets of these early works."

"How long is this going to take? I do have a class to teach, you know."

/r/anxiety

Posted by u/throwaway20X40803 · 3 days ago

Looking for tips to deal with elevated anxiety

I had a close call with a villain just over a week ago. In the end it was fine, nothing really happened. The hero even escorted me home. I was fine the first day, but ever since then I can't stop thinking about "what if". I should have known it was coming, I should have reacted faster, been less stupid, but I wasn't and it turned out fine anyway. But what if it hadn't? What if that hero hadn't been there? I've always been a kind of anxious person, but never like this. I can't eat, I can't sleep, My chest hurts, and I feel like I'm constantly on the verge of a panic attack. Is there anything I can do to stop feeling like this? None of my normal coping techniques are working.

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__Maroon__ 6 points · 2 days ago
If you don't mind me asking, it might help to get some more context on the incident?

Don't at all feel like you have to answer this, though. Villains do bad things all the time, and you can't blame yourself for what you can't control.

throwaway20X40803 2 points · 1 day ago
I maybe should have put more info in my original post, but I didn't know how to put it into words and not feel pathetic. I have a bit of an (anonymous) online presence, but I guess I wasn't so careful after all because the guy who came after me figured out who I was in real life and he had been following me around for at least a few days. I kept seeing him hanging out in front of my school, but I didn't think anything of it even when he gave me the creeps.

Mousegirl27 5 points · 1 day ago
Hey, sorry to hijack, but I went through something very similar a few years back. I was stalked for almost 6 months and spend most of that time telling myself it was all in my head. Some really bad things happened because of it, and I spent a long time thinking that if only I had noticed or behaved differently or talked to someone sooner, I could have prevented it. I felt like it was it was my fault. It wasn't. This isn't your fault.

The best thing I could do for myself was accept that it happened, that it sucked, try to learn from the experience, and to move on. Don't feel bad if you can't move on right away, it took me over a year to get past the worst of it.

remyschnitzel 6 points · 2 days ago
Hey, sorry you're going through this. I find “box breathing” to be particularly helpful when nothing else seems to calm me down.

Slowly inhale on a count to four (I find through the nose most effective but breathing through the mouth will do you no harm - just keep it slow).
Hold the breath for a count to 4
Exhale for a count to 4
Hold the empty lungs for a count to 4.

Repeat until your anxiety eases or your breathing resumes a normal rhythm.

MoMoDragon 1 point · 2 days ago
It takes a few minutes, but this helps me as well.

Towel_Dowel 3 points · 2 days ago
If it's an option, I really suggest looking into getting a therapist. Don't be embarrassed about getting help.

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Hero★NEWS

Stain Still at Large! Public Faith in the Hero Commission on the Decline?!
Updated August 10, 2X04

Last Sunday, the feared Hero Killer: Stain attacked a top ranking hero in broad daylight. Witnesses say it was a harrowing experience, but we talked to the hero in question in an EXCLUSIVE interview. The Wing Hero: Hawks, famous for his unbeatable speeds and his spotless rescue record, says the encounter wasn't "[...] that big of a deal.

"I wouldn't really say I was in fear for my life," Hawks told us after the murder attempt, "But man! That Stain fellow is a slippery guy, huh?"

While we're glad Hawks seems to be doing well following this harrowing experience, the same cannot be said for Onemu Shinya, who lost an arm in her recent encounter with Stain. Public outcry demanding Stain be taken into custody has reached an all-time peak, and

Read More

[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to Himiko Toga.]

🔥 Dabi 🔥

Today · 14:13

Are you really okay with this?

I mean, I'll get to see Ochako-chan again, so yeah!!

This isn't the sort of thing Stain would want us to be doing

But what about what Shigaraki said, about "stopping the problem at the source"?

Most heroes are bad, but not all
With all might teaching these brats, don't you think there's a better chance for them to turn out good? Shouldn't we give them that chance?

I can't really follow you when you get all philosophical, sorry :/
Maybe talk to Spinner??

Ugh
Ok

You both like Stain so much I don't understand why you don't get along better!!

u
g
h

Chapter End Notes

wow ch8:
- i wanted to get this one out (bc cliffhanger) but i need to rewrite ch9 again so it might be a few weeks before you see me again.
- i stole from r/anxiety and do i regret it? no.
- i. gave cccredit? does it count as credit if i just stole their usernames too
- i rewrote that entire first section bc i realized we never learn the name of hawks' agency and i didnt wanna make one up. that is a real thing that i did.
- if html were a class, this chapter would be my final
- it has... all the things. i can showcase everything ive learned using this one chapter. its. a little ridiculous.
- but look at how pretty! :D
- reddit remains my least favorite thing to format, but that's ao3s fault for the way it handles newlines. i dont want to talk about it. just know ao3 has done me wrong *yet again*.
- and on that note ao3, why? would you accept a display: grid?? and then??? not display: grid???? for real tho, what is WRONG with you, i honestly want to know. i spent hours formatting that box thing at the top of the chapter, got it just right, and then ao3 said, 'lol, oh u thought?'
- so yes. i took a picture of it. and threw it in there as an image. yes i did.

QAB advertently thwarts a kidnapping

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to Todoroki Shouto.]

Kaminari Denki

Friday, Jul 16 • 18:21

Todoroki You passed Finals, right ? Yes. ? I humbly request that you assist me in my studies for the remedial exam. 🙏 🙏 No. PLEASE.

Saturday, Jul 17 • 9:45

PLEASE. 🙏

No.

Sunday, Jul 18 • 12:29

PLEASE 🙏 🙏 🙏

Monday, Jul 19 • 7:02

Tuesday, Jul 20 • 15:40

please 😭

Wednesday, Jul 21 • 7:12

Does this Saturday work :DDDDD

Saturday, Jul 24 • 12:00

Where are you. Jumped on a curry case on the way over, should wrap up soon Okay.

Wednesday, Jul 28 • 18:55

Did Mina talk to you?

Who?

Figures 🙄

Sunday, Aug 7 • 8:14

Do you know what's going on with the QAB hiatus? Yeah, Crawler told me Shuttai is in the middle of moving and is busy with irl stuff WAIT OH CRAP I WASN'T SUPPOSE TO TELL ANYONE THAT Oh god how do I delete messages I won't tell anyone else, but you should be more careful with other people's secrets. None the less, thank you for informing me. I was becoming worried for Shuttai-san's health. Okay whew, crisis averted, texts deleted You do know that deleting a text message doesn't delete it from my phone, right. Are you lying to me right now??

Monday, Aug 8 • 10:20

Is Aizawa-sensei making you bring your text book?? No. ???? This is SO UNFAIR You're the one who failed finals. SHUT UP

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Nemuri Kayama.]

Aizawa S.

Mon, Aug 9, 20X4

you sure you don't need me to come with you and Sekijiro-kun? I told you, I can rearrange my schedule Read
8:03 That's unnecessary. 10:24 We've taken care to hide the location, and the Pussycats will be there. 10:24 How much trouble can they get into. 10:24

[Signal messaging application on the phone belonging to Shuichi Iguchi.]

‹- Dabi

Tue, Aug 10, 20X4

Keep an eye on that Musculature asshole I don't trust him
Tue 16:15 Aye aye, squad leader sir
Tue 16:31 ✓✓ I can and WILL whoop your ass, lizard boy
Tue 16:38 (◔_◔)
Tue 16:40 ✓

[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to Bakugou Mitsuki.]

Inko

Wednesday · 17:54

Izuku and I made too much for dinner. We'll be stopping by to drop some off, if you're hungry. If not, we're always happy to just sit with you. I appreciate the thought, however, I'm not sure I'm the best company right now. That doesn't matter You're my friend and Izuku and I are both worried sick and at least we can all worry together Okay Give me 20 minutes to clean myself up

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Mina Ashido.]

☙Ochako❧

Wed, Aug 11, 20X4

I don't see you in the lounge 20:22 Are you still with Kirishima-kun? 20:22 yeah Read
20:25 The nurse wrote me down as his sister and let me stay Read
20:25 :/ They kicked me out of Ojiro-kun's room... 20:28 Iida-kun and I were going to head home for the night, do you want us to wait for you? 20:28 No, that's okay, I'm going to stay overnight if they'll let me Read
20:29 Have you eaten anything? 20:30 it's okay, I'm not hungry Read
20:30 Thanks tho! Read
20:30 You're on the third floor right? 20:33 yeah? Read
20:33 Open the window in about 20 minutes, I'll get you some snacks from the conbini 20:33 :ooo Read
20:33 <3 <3 <3 Read
20:33

[Q.A.B. "official" Discord server, Q.A.B.D.]

# curry | Ask for help!

Shouto Today at 21:00
Hello all. I apologize if this is a misuse of this chatroom but I have problem I thought I'd ask about.

Saffron Today at 21:00
no problem is too big or too small for the curry chat! lay it on us.

Shouto Today at 21:00
My classmate has been kidnapped by villains

Saffron Today at 21:00
assuming you're not trolling us, that DEFINITELY sounds like a job for pro heroes.

Shouto Today at 21:01
I believe they have discovered his location, but they're waiting because they don't have a warrant.

Shouto Today at 21:03
I was under the impression this channel was focused on helping people without relying on heroes?

gho5ting Today at 21:03
troll??

[Discord application on the phone belonging to Koichi Haimawari.]

@ 雷人(Rai)

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Aug 12, 20X4

crawler Today at 21:02
hey, is shouto serious, did your classmate for real get kidnapped

雷人(Rai) Today at 21:05
Yeah
it's pretty crazy rn, none of us are handling it very well
whyre you talking to todo about it?

crawler Today at 21:05
he brought it up in the curry chat

雷人(Rai) Today at 21:05
???
what the ACTUAL HELL
dudes a cryptid, i swear

[Q.A.B. "official" Discord server, Q.A.B.D.]

# curry | Ask for help!

Shouto Today at 21:03
I was under the impression this channel was focused on helping people without relying on heroes?

gho5ting Today at 21:03
troll??

crawler Today at 21:05
nah, this dude wouldn't know a joke if it dressed up like a piñata
@Shouto, ive confirmed the kidnapping. would you be able to give us the location

Shouto Today at 21:05
BRB, I'll ask.

gho5ting Today at 21:06
this is seriously legit??

Shouto Today at 21:12

9922314562.pdf - 2.4MB

雷人(Rai) Today at 21:12
Where did you GET THAT

crawler Today at 21:12
okay, that looks like it's in kamino ward. @kamino-ku @helpers, is there anyone near kamino ward, or anyone who knows the area well? we've got a kidnapping
@Shouto, do you know the perps?

Shouto Today at 21:13
@Rai that police officer left his computer unlocked. @crawler yes, it's the League of Villains. The same group that launched an attack against UA students in April.

gho5ting Today at 21:13
this is way out of our league

Soho2 Today at 21:13
Lol, "league"

gho5ting Today at 21:13
seriously. we can't handle this.

Saffron Today at 21:13
the whole point of curry is that we TRY to handle this. we're building the safety net that society is blind to bc heroes exist.

stereoSimple Today at 21:14
I know the place. I deliver pizza there a few times a week. creepy flaky dude, needs chapstick stat?

Shouto Today at 21:14
Yes. That sounds like Shigaraki Tomura.

stereoSimple Today at 21:14
I can let you know if they call for a pizza, but otherwise idk how much good I can do

Shuttai Today at 21:14
No, that's perfect! It means you know the area.

crawler Today at 21:14
oh thank god you're here

雷人(Rai) Today at 21:14
You are 100% GOING TO MAKE ME RELIGIOUS, DUDE

Saffron Today at 21:14
QUIRK JESUS, thank christ

Shuttai Today at 21:15
Doesn't @5w4nn have a permeability quirk?
(Seriously guys, cut out the Jesus stuff!!)

crawler Today at 21:15
ill see if i can get them

Shuttai Today at 21:15
What about @coTTon? With that transmutable invisibility quirk

coTTon Today at 21:16
OMG THATS ME
HELLO QUIRK JESUS, COTTON REPORTING FOR DUTY :salute:

Shuttai Today at 21:16
:salute:

crawler Today at 21:17
i know a "hero" in the area with a good quirk for quick getaways

Shuttai Today at 21:17
By "hero" do you mean illegal vigilante

crawler Today at 21:17
i will neither confirm nor deny your baseless accusations

Shuttai Today at 21:19
Okay that's 4, I think one more would be enough.
Someone with a quirk that's good for reconnaissance, like seeing through walls, or some sort of foresight...
Do we have anyone like that?

Shouto Today at 21:20
I have a classmate with increased hearing ability, I can see if she's willing to help

Shuttai Today at 21:20
Do that, we'll keep searching on this end.

crawler Today at 21:20
meanwhile let's move this discussion off public
:salute: 5 :gl: 34

[Gmail application on the phone belonging to Jirou Kyouka.]

Fwd: Operation: Extract explosive high school boy from villain hideout Inbox

21:20 JiKyo
to Todoroki Shouto

From JiKyo • [email protected]
To Todoroki Shouto • [email protected]
Date Aug 12, 20X4, 21:30
Standard encryption (TLS).
View security details

I THOUGHT YOU WERE JOKING

Todoroki, this is insane.

Show quoted text

21:33 Todoroki Shouto
to JiKyo

Maybe. Will you help us? Shuttai-san says our chances of success are 85% with you and 70% without.

Show quoted text

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Koichi Haimawari.]

Izuku

Today

you okay to be doing this? Read
21:17 i know you were taking a break from... everything Read
21:17 not that i like our chances without you, but we'd manage Read
21:17 I've spent enough time worrying about things. I'd rather be helping, if I can. 21:18 Plus, I 21:19 I know him. 21:19 know who, shouto? Read
21:22 No. The student who got kidnapped. We grew up together. 21:24 His name is Bakugou Katsuki. 21:24 oh sht Read
21:25 If I have the chance to do something, to make a difference, to help, wouldn't anyone take that chance? 21:25 you're a good guy, midoriya-kun. Read
21:25

[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to Todoroki Shouto.]

Kaminari Denki

Today · 21:23

I want in. I can short out the power to the building in case you guys need a distraction. Shuttai-san says that raises our chances of success to 95%. Welcome to the extraction team.

[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to Yaoyorozu Momo.]

Todoroki-kun

Today · 21:41

Could I get you to make me a few canisters of sleeping gas? Just in case. Just in case of what!?

22:02
Thursday, August 12

Swipe up to open

[Signal messaging application on one of the phones belonging to "Dabi".]

‹- Birdbrain

u use discord much? theres this 1 server w kittens i think ud rly like
22:23 Are you trying to subtly find out if i know about the qab plan to re-kidnap that UA kid God you suck at espionage
22:34 ✓✓ ok ok u caught me you planning on doing anything about it?
22:37 Kids kidnapping kids is a much better plot line than adults kidnapping kids for no good reason. Not like Stain had a part in this plan anyway Shuttai's the same age right? This is gonna piss off shigaraki so bad
22:40 ✓✓ you uh sound like ur looking forward to it?
22:40 Damn right I am this shits gonna be hilarious
22:42 ✓✓

22:48
Thursday, August 12

Swipe up to open

23:15
Thursday, August 12

MESSAGES 5m ago

Mom
Izuku, I can hear you still up. Go to bed.

Swipe up to open

23:34
Thursday, August 12

Swipe up to open

[Q.A.B. "official" Discord server, Q.A.B.D.]

# curry | Ask for help!

Shuttai Today at 23:37
does ANYONE have eyes or ears on the extraction team? they've gone dark for me

Today at 23:37
@coTTon isn't answering her phone either

Soho2 Today at 23:39
@Shuttai kamino right?

Shuttai Today at 23:39
@Soho2 yeah

Soho2 Today at 23:42
I'm in the area I can swing by and check it out
I'm sure they're fine the LOV are weakass pushovers

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Kaminari Denki.]

Group (4)

Today

23:35
todoroki shouto invited you to a group.

23:40
DiscountPikachu joined the group

todoroki shouto @DiscountPikachu Is that Stain? 23:40 WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, TEXTING ME RIGHT NOW Read 3
23:40 todoroki shouto Wanted to know if that guy was Stain 23:42 Yaoyorozu M. this is highly dangerous, please be quiet!! 23:43 JJJirou DENKI, ISTG IS THAT STAIN OR NOT 23:43 STOP YELLING AT ME, YES ITS STAIN Read 3
23:44 PROBABLY Read 3
23:44 Yaoyorozu M. "probably"??? 23:45 Yaoyorozu M. Denki-kun, that is not very reassuring 23:45 IM TOO SCARED TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT HIM OKAY Read 1
23:47

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Haneyama Kazuho.]

Koichi

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Today

okay so i need ur help, im running a rescue op for shuttai 23:45 You're doing WHAT Read
23:45 and effin STENDHAL SHOWED UP 23:45 Doesn't he go by Stain n Read
23:45 WAIT, WHAT Read
23:45 KOICHI, WHAT Read
23:45 we're holed up in this abandoned apartment building but half of us are paralized, smth to do with his quirk sending you coods now 23:45 I'm headed your way Knuckleduster is closer, eta 10m Read
23:47 👍 23:50 btw have you seen stendhal's new haircut?? 23:50

[ 20X40812_234902.jpg ]

oh my GOD what is he DOING 23:52 Does he think homeless is a look?? 23:52

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Todoroki Shouto.]

"PROBABLY" HE SAYS (4)

JJJirou DENKI WHO THE HELL IS THAT 23:56 DiscountPikachu HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO KNOW?? 23:58 Stains father? Read 3
23:59 Yaoyorozu M. Um, that's very unlikely 23:59

Today

...estranged lover? Read 3
0:00 DiscountPikachu DEFINITELY not. Todoroki, what?? 0:02 DiscountPikachu "it's thanks to you that I found my path", what is he talking about?? 0:05 JJJirou what is happening 0:07 Stain's martial arts instructor? Read 2
0:07 Yaoyorozu M. Stop moving!! He's looking in your direction!!! 0:09

[Signal messaging application on the phone belonging to Pro Hero Hawks.]

‹- the man behind the slaughter?? 🤔

Who tf is knuckle duster
0:12 ?? uh idk
0:15 ✓✓ Then what good are you
0:15 O U C H i can look him up??
0:15 ✓✓ Nah I'll figure it out
0:15 uh ok gl ig
0:15 ✓

[Q.A.B. "official" Discord server, Q.A.B.D.]

# curry | Ask for help!

Shuttai Today at 0:15
ANYthing???

bluenoise Today at 0:15
nothing, sorry

Shuttai Today at 0:15
@Soho2 I know I told you not to go but did you find anything out??

Saffron Today at 0:19
Hope he's not dead

gho5ting Today at 0:21
does anyone even know him that well? could he just be faking for the attention?
:thumbsdown: 31

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Kaminari Denki.]

"PROBABLY" HE SAYS (4)

JJJirou oh god is that the fire dude from the training camp 0:16 JJJirou the one who took bakugou 0:16 we're DEAD Read 3
0:16 we're ALL DEAD Read 3
0:16

0:16
DiscountPikachu changed the group's name to "RIP except no pieces".

todoroki shouto
I think I can take him.
0:18

Yaoyorozu M.
Todoroki NO
0:20

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Haneyama Kazuho.]

Koichi

Yesterday

Knuckleduster stopped answering his texts, I'm assuming he arrived Read
23:59

Today

yeah hes here

0:20

??? are you in a position where you should be texting right now???
Read
0:21

things just got

0:21
really weird

0:21

Weird how??
Read
0:21

so stendhal remembers KD

0:21
but KD does NOT remember stendhal

0:21
and stain is having some sort of religious experience over it??

0:21

???
Read
0:21

and theres this other dude

0:22
thought he was here to kill us but hes legit trying to talk stain down

0:22
wait nvm KD pissed him off again shit gtg

0:22

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Todoroki Shouto.]

RIP except no pieces (4)

JJJirou the hell is that noise 0:25 Yaoyorozu M. Bakugou's waking up!! 0:25 DiscountPikachu Well UNwake him up!! 0:25 Just let him go after Stain, if he manages it, we win Read 2
0:25 If he doesn't and Stain paralyzes him, we still win Read 2
0:25 Yaoyorozu M. TODOROKI, NO. 0:25

0:31
Friday, August 13

MESSAGES 1m ago

88888
PublicAlerts: Police activity near north Kamino ward. Stay indoors. To report anything unusual call 110. Reply with YES to confirm receipt.

Swipe up to open

[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to Todoroki Shouto.]

Yaoyorozu Momo

Today · 0:52

NEVER invite me to anything ever again. You invited yourself. You talk like I don't have your sister's number Please don't tell my sister. 🙏 Who even ARE you

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Jirou Kyouka.]

DiscountPikachu

.

.

.

Today

that was fun, we should do it again sometime Read
0:55 Haha 0:56 Yeah 0:56

[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to Kaminari Denki.]

Todoroki 🙏

Today · 0:56

Are all women INSANE That was the conclusion I drew as well.

[LINE messaging application on the phone belonging to Midoriya Izuku.]

Koichi

Koichi, I understand if you're busy right now, but please update me ASAP.
Read
22:30
I don't mean to nag, but I'm starting to get worried.
Read
23:02
Please don't make me call your mother to apologize for sending her only son to die, your mother is terrifying
Read
23:16
Okay now I'm SUPER worried, I'm trying to trust that you'll be okay but none of your group is answering anything and everyone is starting to freak out.
Read
23:40
Oh god did I just accidentally send Soho2-san to die?? I told him not to but he went dark too, Koichi I am FREAKING OUT.
Read
23:58

Today

KOICHI WHAT IS GOING ON Read
0:35 EXPLOSION IN KAMINO?? THAT'S GOT TO BE YOU GUYS. WHAT IS HAPPENING Read
0:36 I'm sorry I yelled, please be okay. Read
0:45 so im very sorry, 1:20 but stain knows who you are now 1:20 not like KNOWS YOU knows you, your life isnt in danger probably but uh. yeah. sorry 1:20

Koichi, you're my friend and I'm super glad you're not dead, but Read
1:22 That is not what you LEAD WITH when a man is waiting to hear back if his childhood friend/bully/nemesis is DEAD Read
1:22 HOW is Stain involved and is Katsuki okay Read
1:22 slightly related, im going to need you to autograph something in exchange for my life debt 1:22 the kid is fine 1:22 well, unconscious, we had to knock him out 1:22 twice 1:22 but fine 1:23

... Read
1:25

Yeah. That figures. Read
1:25 Okay, from the top; what's this about Stain?? Read
1:25

Chapter End Notes

and now, notes:
- this chapter was really tricky to write but i think i pulled it off? i think i like the end result.
- boy i hope the phone/homescreen/time sections don't look terrible on y'all's devices, boy would that suck after all that work
- html floats are LEGITIMENTLY black magic and i do not understand whats going on there or what secret properties they hold only that sometimes, if u throw a float on a thing, it breaks, and OTHER times, you throw a float on it, and it FIXES the thing, and there is no logic in this world.
- "when in doubt, clear the buffer" is my new mantra
- tbh it was always my mantra but i. forgot about it. there was a lot of suffering today bc i forgot my own mantra.
- i thought itd be fun to check how big my workskin file is, and the answer is: ~~1540~~ 1674 words.
- (i had to write ~100 lines of css to fix some weird issues this chapter)
- the spacing between centered boxes is still tragic and i dont like thinking about it. maybe next time.
- just in case anyone is unaware, the html basically doubles the word count on every chapter and this chapter is fRICKIN LONG
- i canNOT get timestamps to align to the bottom of the line message bubbles. i thought of one potential way but it would require rewriting a buuuunch of css code not to mention the html of almost every chapter, and thats assuming it even works like i want it to. so. i'll keep thinking about it, i guess.
- haha tried it, failed it, then remembered even if i managed it, ao3 doesnt respect tables, so. guess they get to be top aligned.
- dabi's new name in hawks' phone is a fnaf reference, my beta tells me it's funny
- i use the term 'beta' lightly as my beta refused to read this chapter because, and i quote, "but i want to be surprised :( i want to Experience it Organically"
- 😒

QAB Act 1 Epilogue

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

[Signal messaging application on the phone belonging to Pro Hero Hawks.]

‹- frankenstein, but hot

on a scale from 1 to ff24 has been delayed again, how mad was he
07:02 ✓✓ It was like an egg in a microwave Glorious
11:21 smtimes ur history concerns me who the hell actually puts an egg in a microwave
11:40 ✓✓ Who DOESN'T is a much better question It's a right of passage This is why you're so boring
11:42 ??? u gotta CLEAN IT UP aftreward no thx u psycho
11:42 ✓✓ Who said anything about cleaning You don't use your own microwave
11:42 ??????? u disgust me ths is y ur a wanted crimnial u literal heathen whtev ddi u get pics or not u knw thts the onyl reason im in ur dms
11:43 ✓✓ Who do you think I am?? Your boring hero coworkers??
11:43

[shigaraki-s-meltdown.mov]

HHGJDJA GOD i love you
11:45 ✓✓

Juzo News

Heroes keeping secrets!? UA Boy Returned!
by Tokuda Taneo
Updated August 16, 2X04

UA has issued a public statement that the first year student harrowingly kidnapped by villains last week. Principal Nedzu refused to answer any questions about the extraction, nor as to the current status of the kidnappers.

He did however, state "The student in question has returned to us [...] energetic and unharmed. He will, of course, be put through a two month mandatory counseling for this traumatic experience."

The mouse principal of UA has been media shy ever since May, when

Garter Song @gartersong133 · 1d

Anyone know if that pizza place in Kamino plans to rebuild? Place was never great, but it wasn't an actual hazard to life and it was the only place open when I got out of classes :/

replies, 0 retweets, 10 likes, 25

[Excerpt from interview with Yamasaki Amaya on 8/17/20X4 relating to a possible link between the "Kamino Explosion" and "Bakugou Katsuki" cases. Interviewer's comments cut for brevity.]

"That's right. Yeah, Hauler was there. You know, that vigilante kid from a while back? How far back? I dunno.

...

'Crawler'? No no, it was definitely 'Hauler'. I dunno if you could even call him a vigilante, he mostly just helped people haul things around, you know, like his name. That was his quirk, to help haul things faster.

...

What do you mean, 'that's not a quirk', of course it is, I saw it with my own two eyes! He helped me move into my apartment what was it, five years ago now? I hadn't seen him around recently so I thought he'd retired and gotten a real job.

...

He looked fine, same costume. Fit him a little less well, because that dude has been working out! He was hella tight, man, bless my eyes."

[The remainder of the interview was deemed irrelevant and unusable by the officer overseeing the case.]

Have you seen this? Inbox

09:20 Nedzu
to Aizawa

From Mr. Principal Nedzu • [email protected]
To Aizawa Shouta • [email protected]
Date Aug 17, 20X4, 09:20
Standard encryption (TLS).
View security details

quirkanalysisblog.com/articles/how-the-ua-sports-festival-led-to-the-kidnapping-of

--
Nedzu :)
UA High Principal
+81 08-XXXX-XXXX | https://ua-yuuei.jp/learn-more

11:01 Aizawa
to Nedzu

Well that's suspicious. The timing alone would be cause for concern.

--
Aizawa Shouta
UA High, 1st Year Specialist
don't call me | https://ua-yuuei.jp/learn-more

Show quoted text

11:05 Nedzu
to Aizawa

My thoughts exactly.

--
Nedzu :)
UA High Principal
+81 08-XXXX-XXXX | https://ua-yuuei.jp/learn-more

Show quoted text

Shizuoka Times

UA Student Housing Proposal Denied
by Kuwahara Chieko
August 18, 2X04

Voters in the UA Community School District rejected a ballot proposal for on-campus student housing in a special election held on Wednesday.

Votes for measure approval fell 20.5 percent short of the simple majority needed.

If approved, the students currently attending UA would be required to use the new boarding system in order to remain enrolled. The failure of this measure to pass is largely attributed to UAs overall failure to secure their own campus and assure the safety of their students and staff during off-campus activities. A second vote will be taken in December

[Text messaging application on the phone belonging to Todoroki Shouto.]

Kaminari Denki

Thurs, Aug 19 • 20:10

Do you want to train together this weekend? Sorry, I can't!! Do you know Blood? From QABD I think I've seen the username in ideals-chat before. They're very... Enthusiastic. I'm doing an offline meet-up with her on Sunday!!!! Okay. Doesn't that mean you'll be free Saturday No, I'll be too busy picking out an outfit and scoping out the venue You know this is the reason you failed finals, right Rude!! This is important, I've gotta make a good impression!!! You're already starting to talk more like her, are you sure prolonged exposure is a good idea Just for that, you're now uninvited Good. Because I'll be preparing for the licensing exam. So I don't fail it like you're going to. smh Someday you'll learn that some things are more important than grades Like prohero licensing exams? Stop trying to MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY Oh I'm sorry, I was unaware you possessed the minimum amount self awareness required to feel guilt. I never should have introduced you to the internet

r/QAB

Posted by u/redshirt_blueshirt · 10h ago

Thoughts on Prelude?

I've been looking for other blogs like QAB and ran into Prelude. Does this sub have an opinion?

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5w4nn 45 points · 5 hours ago
There's a lot of QAB clones out there, but in my opinion Prelude is next level. His takes are interesting, and his analyses are solid.

soho2025 Score hidden · 4 hours ago
If by interesting you mean psychotic, then yes

Sar8rah Score hidden · 3 hours ago
This post in particular is the best of both worlds: insanity and God tier level analysis.

See replies

january-i-do Score hidden · 1 hour ago
I think the general consensus is that nothing will ever be as good as QAB.

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[Twitter Messages on the phone belonging to Koichi Haimawari.]

‹-The Idol Hero @PoppingStarStep

Juzo News @JuzoJouhou • 1d
Miraculous save or near miss!? All Might drops a civilian!? https://tinyurl.co···

DCC @DCC-News • 1d
Mysterious smoke seen surrounding the #1 Hero; special effects or something more? Join us at 10 PM for an in-depth look at ···

Oof

21:15

3 unread messages

OOF

:((

22:01

[Discord application on the phone belonging to Midoriya Izuku.]

@ Shouto

SHOUTO
This is the beginning of your direct message history with @Shouto.

Today

Shouto Today at 12:30
Thank you for accepting my friend request.
:thumbsup: 1

Shouto Today at 12:38
I apologize for contacting you directly, but I wanted to thank you personally for your part in helping my classmate. Though he may not appreciate or acknowledge it, we may very well have saved his life. Because of the community you fostered, because you taught people to help out where they can and stand up for themselves, because you stepped up and took charge of the mission itself, we were able to remove someone from a dangerous situation. We absolutely couldn't have done it without you.
And because the student in question would be too prideful to say it, I'll say it for him.
Thank you.

Shuttai Today at 12:50
I like to think it all would have worked out somehow but I'm incredibly glad I could help!
I couldn't just ignore someone in need if there was a chance we could do something. I'm so glad it worked out and that your classmate is back home safe.

Shouto Today at 12:57
None the less
Thank you again, Shuttai-san. You're a true hero.

[Discord application on the phone belonging to Koichi Haimawari.]

@ Shuttai

Shuttai Today at 13:02
Shouto-san just called me a hero and I'm going to CRY

crawler Today at 13:13
but you are a hero??

Shuttai Today at 13:17
WHAT???
KOICHI STOP
YOU'LL MAKE ME CRY

crawler Today at 13:17
you help people every single week, and this week you literally saved a teenager from the literal clutches of literal villains

Shuttai Today at 13:17
That wasn't ME
That was all of YOU

crawler Today at 13:18
who do you think made that all possible?? do you think i could have, what, waltzed in there by myself and taken on all those villains??
not to mention i wouldn't have even known it was happening because they didnt come to me they came to YOU

Shuttai Today at 13:22
Stop
I still have class
I am NOT going to cry in chemistry again, Koichi

crawler Today at 13:23
okay, we'll talk later

[Discord application on the phone belonging to Midoriya Izuku.]

@ crawler

Shuttai Today at 13:17
That wasn't ME
That was all of YOU

Shuttai Today at 13:22
Stop
I still have class
I am NOT going to cry in chemistry again, Koichi

crawler Today at 13:23
okay, we'll talk later

NEW MESSAGES

crawler Today at 16:45
hey, izuku
you're a hero :)

Chapter End Notes

update:
thanks so much for all your comments and praise!! i was trying to get around to answering every comment for a while and then got behind and then got overwhelmed, but i do read and appreciate all of them!!

(every so often i go back and add more working links, if anyone cares to play through the shortest ARG in the world. )

FINAL NOTES :'(
- the reception to QAB has been amazing, thanks so much for reading/commenting/encouraging/commiserating and coming on this crazy ride with me!!
- idk rn if i'll write a sequel. i have some stuff plotted out, but even if i had time to work on it, it'd be several months before i'd be able to post the first chapter
- and i dont have time, bc hawks brainrot is real. warn your friends. its already too late for me.
- microwave and egg convo based loosely on real life where i told this guy i kept thinking about breaking into this empty condo to turn off the light someone had left on. he said "that's... nice of you?" but then i followed up with, "and it think about in equal measure breaking in to microwave an egg, just to watch it happen irl and not have to clean it up."
- today i found out you can style a blockquote?? you can STYLE a BLOCKQUOTE
- i have had my workskins in an open tab since literally the beginning of QAB and i'll... finally be able to close it?? w i l d
- denki and himiko are ABSOLUTELY DATING(or about to) and i never had the chance to do it justice :(( they haven't met in person yet, they just chat on discord and line and send each other a lot of memes, this relationship is not a joke to me (...even if that's how it started out. pls, they'd be so cute together)
- if you have any thoughts/conjectures/predictions for a potential act 2, i'd love to hear them!! ~~and steal them~~ (if i do write a sequel i dont want to forget anything.)

thanks so much, everybody ♡

Preface

QAB gets noticed

the minor stalking of midoriya izuku

QAB gains unexpected traction

QAB gets a discord server

Interlude: todoroki shouto joins the internet

QAB solidifies

the major stalking of midoriya izuku

QAB enters a hiatus

QAB advertently thwarts a kidnapping

QAB Act 1 Epilogue

Afterword