Many questions just how this new and extraordinary age of heroes and villains came about. This world a simple blue planet third closest to its star. That sits in the right place at the right time and is in many ways a harmonic convergence of the many multifold mysteries of the multiverse be sheer coincidence.
But to understand the new era and what is to come. It has proven practical that instead of looking forwards, one might need to look back. So as we take a look into the history of the world whose moniker is simple Earth. Many key turning points arise and perhaps of those points one of the recent in the grand scheme of things may stand out to you. That is the second great conflict of its kind with a very similar name.
The Second World War or as its more commonly known World War II. During this time great warriors and great horrors which had not been seen for some time re-emerged. Great artifacts and the artists who made them were brought to light in a way that had never been seen so widely before. A perhaps for the first time in the world's history so many individuals were aware of such great events.
During World War Two the Earth went through a fundamental change. Before this point the world was seemingly mundane to the everyday people. The mystical, the magical, and the divine were all hidden from plane sight. But now things had changed the man had been revealed by the chaos of war. From the hidden but ancient strength of the mutants to the new found power behind science. From superior weaponry to superior soldiers with super serums running through their bodies. Too secret societies and scientific groups coming into prominence like never before. Even some opportunistic capitalist companies tried to take advantage of the new super power arms race.
Each new day showed a new wave of war unlike any other. But when it all came to an end a certain area of the world began to experience this change more than others. That place being both the continent of Asia and the island nation of Japan. During this time of massive reconstruction a new breed said man was born. At first their presence was unknown and many even believed that they were something else simply more mutants ,but no the world soon found out as more and more of them were born that they were in fact not the same.
And all started with a young boy, this child would soon be known as The Luminescent Baby. Born crying in Qing Qing City, China, the child was assumed to be a mutant and was tested by the government. However when tests came back negative new tests were run. The child was then tested for being a meta human but once again the tests came back negative. This posed a prominent issue until finally new methods were discovered. It was found that this young child had a new form of meta ability.
As time passed these abilities became more and more common. As the population of people with these unique powers grew so did what would later be called the Vigilantes Era. The age of vigilantes became increasingly widespread and seemed to be happening on every continent in most 1st and 2nd world countries. But uniquely this new form of ability become most common in Japan. People with powers were facing more and more discrimination including in Japan.
However At some point, a woman gave birth to a son named Chikara Yotsubashi. As Chikara grew up, he faced a lot of discrimination and abuse for having a Meta Ability. His mother supported him, stating that her son's Meta Ability is "just a Quirk of his".
Although at the time, her message was scorned and even led to her murder, decades later, "Quirk" became the most common term for such Meta Abilities, and she retroactively became known as The Mother of Quirks.
Soon after not only did people with quirks become common in Japan but they even became the majority. In fact the nation is considered the superpower capital of the world with the United States of America trailing right behind. Meanwhile in America one company which had already been trying to market superheroes to the public. Finally Vought-American which started in Rhode Island, USA quickly moved to New York City, New York
United States and became the first government recognized and approved hero office/agency. Although many other countries were slow or even refused to follow such an approach and many Vigilantes rejected joining hero agencies especially in America. Japan quickly adopted the practice and soon hero agencies spread all over Japan. However even with this all the years of chaos had caused major damage to the nation along side the after effects of the Second World War. This resulted in the destruction and creation of several new cities named for simple English letters thanks to the American army and government that were heavily involved in Japan after WW2. Soon this led to the Hero Public Safety Commission being formed in the new city named A-City.
The Hero Public Safety Commission was headed by a committee of non-Heroes, to improve the balance of influence between Heroes and regular members of society. One member was a multi-millionaire named Agoni. The Commission was amongst other things a criminal investigative organization and responsible for many Hero-related matters, including the Provisional Hero License Exam, which is administered on a biannual basis in June and September. Hero Licenses are awarded by the Commission to those who pass the licensing exam. The Commission worked closely with the Police Force to coordinate Hero teams.
Three years prior to the Hero Public Safety Commission or HPSC being created Agoni's grandchild was saved from a mysterious being by a passerby. Resulting in him founding The Hero Association or HA which was then the first to rank heroes which established the National Hero Registry or NHR. This system was later adopted by the HPSC and The Hero Billboard Chart JP is crated. The Hero Billboard Chart JP or HBCJP is both a building and an event that presents the official rankings of Japanese Pro Heroes from the NHR. Although the ranks are no secret and are always changing it's at this event that the Hero Billboard Chart also takes the liberty to announce sudden changes in the rankings and the several factors taken into account.
These are mainly the level of strength they have displayed, the number of cases they have resolved, their general popularity, and their overall contribution to society. The HPSC reviews the activity of all the Heroes in the country over the past year and uses a formula to organize and review all the aforementioned factors. The results are presented as the new Hero rankings.
There is an emphasis on the number of resolved incidents. Heroes that manage to resolve large incidents receive a great boost in popularity. Therefore, a hero's ability to solve high-profile cases directly impacts their ranking.
The Association also uses a hierarchical class system to organize its heroes, with four classes and individually numbered ranks within respective classes (classes C, B, A, and S). It also uses ranks for villains and monsters. The ranks are Wolf: Any potential threat that poses a danger to an unknown degree. Tiger: Any threat to a large number of people. Demon: Any threat to a city and its people. Dragon: Any threat to multiple cities. God: A threat endangering the survival of humanity in general.
Eventually all this Japanese hero fever as well as quirked people and heroes occurring world wide led to the HA becoming the World Heroes Association or WHA. In part thanks to the endorsement from the Strategic, Homeland, Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, better known by its acronym S.H.I.E.L.D.
This was seen as the true birth of the new age of heroes. However all was not well and good in Japan. Even before the new era and before the age of vigilantes or even the world wars Japan had threats to mankind. In ancient times three main threats to humanity emerged in Japan that still exist today.
First and most mysterious that being malevolent spirits of multiple kinds. The foremost common amongst them being cursed spirits. Cursed Spirits (呪じゅ霊れい, Jurei), or simply Curses(呪のろい, Noroi) are a race of spiritual beings invisible to humans, incarnated from the cursed energy that leaks out of humans over time due to their negative emotions. They are all ranked the same as cursed sorcerers from weakest to strongest is grades 4, 3, 2, 1, and special grade.
Cursed Energy is a form of spiritual energy that leaks from humans as a result of their negative emotions, makes up the bodies of cursed spirits, and is utilized by sorcerers and cursed spirits alike to fuel their jujutsu. Cursed spirits haunt and bring harm to humanity and are consequently the primary targets of jujutsu sorcerers and their exorcist work not to be confused with the exorcists of the Catholic Church faction.
The origin of curses and jujutsu is largely unknown. However, it can be surmised that because cursed energy comes from negative emotion, curses have always existed alongside humanity. During the Heian Era, the golden age of jujutsu, the sorcerer Ryomen Sukuna was recognized as the undisputed King of Curses. His influence has lived on to greatly affect the current age.
In the modern-day, the number of unexplained deaths and disappearances in Japan exceeds ten thousand annually. These statistics are a direct result of multiple factors but curses have a major effect on them and normal society as a whole.
Curses are created when cursed energy leaks from non-sorcerer humans as a result of their harboring of negative emotions. Cursed energy thus gathers in one spot, building up like sediment until a cursed spirit takes form. Populated locations such as schools and hospitals are hotspots for bearing curses because many negative emotions are associated with memories of those places. This same concept applies humanity's collective fear and hatred. An image of fear shared by the masses can create a powerful curse even if the subject is not real, such as famous monsters or ghosts. It is the negative emotions that humanity directed at this image that causes it to manifest as a curse. Longstanding negative feelings, such as humanity's collective relationship with plagues and natural disasters, results in a collection of cursed energy so massive the cursed spirits manifested from them have a consciousness related to those feelings.
Cursed spirits bodies are entirely made up of cursed energy. Their metaphysical existence makes it impossible for non-sorcerers to perceive or touch them. Living non-sorcerers who have been cursed can only tell they have strange symptoms without realizing a cursed spirit is behind it; however, it is possible to gain the ability to see a curse in a life-or-death situation due to the overwhelming negative emotion the person experiences and consequently high cursed energy they emit.
Curses come in all kinds of grotesque shapes and sizes. They tend to linger around their point of origin and instinctively curse humans. Other than that, a curse's habits vary a great deal from spirit to spirit. Curses are most stable while possessing an item, and some curses can possess inanimate objects to become cursed corpses.
Special grade cursed spirits with high intelligence tend to be bipedal creatures with structure comparable to humans. They are capable of holding a normal conversation and working together as an organized group. It must be noted, however, that intelligence is not exclusive to special grade cursed spirits; even a curse as low as Grade 3 or 4 can possess intelligence.
Certain curses, such as shikigami, obey humans after they're forced into submission by their master. Others have the ability to mark a human and haunt them, making them capable of attacking a human even if they're located away from their point of origin.
With bodies composed of cursed energy, cursed spirits cannot be harmed by conventional means. They can be hit by a physical attack but it will deal no damage regardless of how powerful it is. The general rule of jujutsu is that a curse must be exorcised using another curse, which means curses can only be exorcised using cursed energy.[18] A fatal attack using cursed energy will cause the cursed spirit to disappear completely. This does not apply to curses who have been incarnated using a flesh and blood human vessel.
Their existence has been kept secret from non-sorcerers, as they are invisible to them. Jujutsu sorcerers act in secret to repel the threat of curses. However the government itself was aware of them and has been using the emergence of heroes as a cover to bring them more into the light.
There are also Vengeful Cursed Spirit (過か呪じゅ怨霊おんりょう, Kaju Onryō): A cursed spirit created when humans become a curse after death. Those whose deaths are cursed have the possibility of having their spirit corrupted and transformed into a vengeful spirit. Sorcerers have an increased chance of turning into a curse after death, but this can be prevented by killing them with jujutsu. Imaginary Vengeful Cursed Spirit (仮想かそう呪じゅ怨霊おんりょう,Kasō-ju Onryō): A cursed spirit manifested from the cumulative fear of the masses. When many people share an image of fear, such as famous yokai or ghost stories like the Nine Tailed Fox, an Imaginary Vengeful Spirit can form. They are widely feared by sorcerers and classified as such to distinguish them from other curses.
Sukuna, who lived over a thousand years ago, is famous for the legend of the Imaginary Demon God (仮想かそうの鬼神きしん, Kasō no Kishin) with two faces and four arms despite actually being a human. The curse manipulator, possessed two different Imaginary Vengeful Spirits: Kuchisake-Onna, a famous urban yokai legend, and Tamamo-no-Mae Incarnate, another figure in Japanese mythology. Disease Cursed Spirit (疾しっ病ぺい呪じゅ霊れい, Shippei Jurei): Plague and general sickness are concepts constantly cursed by humanity, resulting in powerful disease curses. These type of cursed spirits can use cursed techniques to infect humans with their respective diseases to curse and kill them.
As jujutsu is essentially the manipulation of the energy which curses embody, it's only natural for them to be able to use it. Like sorcerers, they are capable of using a multitude of curse-related abilities, most of which are cursed techniques unique to the specific curse.
Weaker spirits use their presence to curse humans or attack them with their metaphysical features (i.e. teeth, claws). They often act on animalistic instinct to attack in packs but can be frightened by superior cursed energy. Phasing through solid surfaces is an ability that can only be used by low-grade cursed spirits.
The more powerful curses possess immense levels of cursed energy and uncanny cursed techniques. In some cases, special grade cursed spirits can even produce their own domains. In the current age, curses far outweigh sorcerers in terms of strength.
Special grade curse spirits, all of whom possess great levels of cursed energy, can manipulate their cursed energy much more naturally than a sorcerer. Unlike sorcerers, strong curses can reinforce their bodies to heal wounds without using a reverse cursed technique; this is again owed to curses' curse energy-based bodies, which require only cursed energy to heal wounds rather than positive energy from a reverse cursed technique. In fact, reverse cursed technique is fatal to most curses; positive energy can completely compromise the cursed energy that makes up curses' bodies and destroy them from the inside out, even in the case of a special grade curse. Finger Bearers, special grade curses born from Sukuna's fingers, can release their cursed energy with explosive force and utilize it as a weapon in the form of explosions, spears of energy, blasts and much more.
The second threat that Youkai (妖怪, Yōkai) are a group of various species of supernatural beings native to Asia mainly Japan and China, considered to be demons and monsters as mentioned in multiple legends although they are technically not but the fear of them resulted in the creation of many cursed spirits. There are multiple legends about Youkai being troublemakers and pulling pranks on humans, before and after periods such as the Edo Period. Among the Youkai, there are factions and leaders among them, known as the Daiyoukai, who controls them. In the past, three powerful Daiyoukai: Shuten Douji, Otakemaru, and Tamamo-no-Mae powerful enough to destroy Japan was defeated and sealed in the Uji Treasure House, that are managed by the Five Principal Clan.
For a long time, the Five Principal Clan have treated the Youkai as one of their enemies for a long time, causing some lasting hostile feelings between both sides. Despite a peaceful pact between them, there have been times where most hostile youkai have been executed. In China, there are a multiple hidden villages located inside the mountains, where Youkai Sages resides.
Lastly the Depending on their specific species, Youkai have a plethora of shapes and forms, most of which being inhuman appearance different from beings such as Devils, Angels, and Fallen Angels. Most of them ranges from one-eyed and large-faced monsters, lanterns, and human wheels. However they are mostly connected to the Shinto faction over any other faction in the world.
Similar to most supernatural beings, it is common that Youkai have enhanced physical abilities compared to that of normal humans, more so depending on their particular species. Although, each species have their own unique abilities different from others, however, all Youkai are able to manipulate their own youki, in the form of Youjutsu, granting them a wider range of different abilities outside of their inherit ones. Among the Youkai, there are certain ones who has animals features added onto their natural human look able to either shapeshift into full animals or hide them to appear human to others.
The third and most sinister type of threat that Japan has faced throughout its history is a specific subspecies native of Ghouls. Ghouls (喰種グール, gūru, translates approximately to eater species) are a carnivorous and cannibalistic humanoid species that are only able to feed on the flesh of humans and other ghouls. They normally share and display the same attributes as Humans; being similar in physical appearance and intelligence as a human, with the main exceptions being their inner biology, mentality, and diet.
A ghoul can only feed on humans and other ghouls. They are unable to digest any other type of food due to a particular enzyme their bodies produce. The structure of their tongues is also different from humans', making other foods taste disgusting and uncomfortable. If ghouls attempt to eat normal food, they will be struck by a powerful urge to vomit. When forced or forcing themselves to digest such food, their physical condition will deteriorate. While ghouls cannot eat normal food, they are however able to drink coffee (and eat the beans) , as well as regular drinking water.
Ghouls do not need to eat regularly like humans do. They can survive for one or two months on just one body. However, some ghouls eat merely for pleasure.[1]
When a ghoul enters an extreme state of hunger, they will suffer very painful headaches and their mental ability will be impaired, causing them to become driven by instinct alone. They will feed on any available source of human meat to end this state, even that of close friends. This state of near-starvation as, hell for any ghoul.
However it's not just their diet that makes ghouls dangerous. Ghouls possess extreme physical capabilities, and are four to seven times stronger than the average human; they are able to send the average human flying if struck with enough force, and can penetrate a human's body with their bare hands.
Ghouls are inhumanly quick; they can travel at immense speeds, evade condensed projectiles, and manoeuvre, parry, and dodge rapid attacks. They are also capable of jumping to heights not achievable by a regular human. Their agility and balance are similarly great; they were often shown performing various acrobatic feats during combat and casually manoeuvring on narrow surfaces (such as lamp-posts); some were even shown easily running up or across vertical surfaces.
Their bodies are extremely tough and resistant to injury. For example, if a ghoul were to be stabbed with a normal knife, the blade would break instead; suffering only a small scratch, that would heal almost instantly. However, higher kinetic forces, such as a fall from a great height, can and will harm them.
Ghoul's senses are also considerably sharper than those of humans; they have a heightened sense of hearing that allows some ghouls to discern individual footsteps from far away, they can also smell people or meat from afar, and tell humans and ghouls apart by their scent.
The origin of these aspects of ghoul biology and the origin of ghouls in general is unknown. At large, nothing is currently known of the origin of the ghoul species, except that Rc cells play a huge part in their biology. Rc (Red Children) cells (Rc細胞, Rc saibō) are certain cells that exist only in humans and ghouls in varying amounts. They flow like blood but can become as solid as teeth, and could be called "liquid muscles". Typically, a ghoul stocks Rc cells by eating people. Within the body, the Rc cells are concentrated and stored in a kakuhou. The kagune is formed by Rc cells that have been released from a kakuhou and have pierced through the skin.
A kakuhou (赫包, kakuhō, approximately red wrap) is a sac-like organ that is only present in ghouls. The purpose of the kakuhou is to store Rc cells. The nutrition contained in the Rc cells are absorbed by the ghoul. These cells are transported to the kakuhou in the blood and stored inside. The Rc cells can be released from the kakuhou piercing the skin either consciously or due to excitement. These released cells form the kagune. A damaged Kakuhou cannot form a kagune until it has healed. A ghoul can have more than one kakuhou. In some cases, it seems that the stronger a ghoul becomes, their body develops more kakuhou. The kagune (赫子, red child) is a ghoul's predatory organ and functions as their weapon and claws. It is usually as red as blood but the colors are varied however red is most common or part of almost all of them.
They are flexible like the flow of water, but firm and sturdy at the same time. When released, a ghoul's physique is strengthened, they are more resilient, and their mobility heightens. A kagune is composed of Rc cells, piercing the skin, and the released Rc cells form the kagune. The kagune are voluntary muscles as ghouls can control them whenever they want and repeatedly harden and soften them at will. Kagune size depends on the Rc cells' quality and quantity while the shape depends on the creativity and intellect of the user.
Although a ghoul's healing ability is high, the healing of wounds tends to be delayed if the wounds are inflicted by a kagune. It is also evident that in order to counter a kagune in battle, one must also have a kagune. Hence, ghoul investigators use kagune-based quinque as a tactical means to battle against ghouls. The kagune's appearance and the place of emergence on the body depend on the Rc type of the ghoul.
There are four different Rc types: ukaku, koukaku, rinkaku, and bikaku. As a guideline, each type can characteristically subdue another type, although it may be different for two specific opponents. There are also hybrid types and each type is in a different position along the spine. Each Rc type has a set of strengths and weaknesses, each one unique to its type. These are exploited by the CCG in the creation of the quinque and Q bullets.
Q bullets are bullets with a melted down kagune coating; however, because the material can only be acquired from ghouls, the coating itself is moderately thin. There is a bullet type for each respective kagune. They are adequate when used against a ghoul whose kagune type adversely corresponds with that of the bullets'. While Q bullets are effective in their own right, this effectiveness only extends so far when compared to a quinque.
Lastly a Kagune has an evolved form called a Kakuja (赫者, red one, kakuja) is a kind of ghoul with a transformed kagune that clads the ghoul's body. Though it is rare, it can occur through repeated cannibalism. When a ward has a higher ghoul to human ratio, cannibalism is more common due to turf wars and limited food supply.
Sometimes, the transformation is incomplete, and such individuals are called half-kakujas (半赫者, han kakuja). It is said that through cannibalism, a ghoul absorbs Rc cells, and this increases the concentration of Rc cells within a ghoul's body. If the concentration becomes high enough, it may trigger a mutation and lead to the formation of a new kagune.
A kakuja can further evolve by continuing to cannibalize their kind. Apart from the predatory kagune ghouls commonly possess, a kakuja has a special kagune that clads the ghoul's body and functions like an armor. The kagune amplifies the kakuja's strength or diversifies their abilities, which makes fighting one of them especially hard.
However, using a kakuja kagune is nearly impossible because most users tend to lose their minds while fighting with it.[2] It is unknown why some ghouls are able to remain sane and others are not. One reason may be that all unstable/insane ghouls using kakuja are half/incomplete as full kakuja are not observed to have any problems maintaining control. It appears that a kakuja kagune can form a mask over the user's face if need be. But both kagune and kakuja can be turned into quinque mainly because of the kakuhou.
The kakuhou of a ghoul is the main part used to build quinque. The quinque is a weapon manufactured from a ghoul's kakuhou used by CCG ghoul investigators. The CCG is The Commission of Counter Ghoul (喰種対策局 Gūru Taisaku Kyoku, literally "Ghoul Countermeasures Bureau"), usually abbreviated as C C Gシーシージー (Shīshījī), was a federal agency in Japan. that serves as a criminal investigative body in cases connected to ghouls.
The Ghoul Countermeasures Law was the legal foundation for the CCG's prosecution of ghouls. The ghouls commonly call the ghoul investigators Doves (白鳩ハト, Hato), a nickname originating from the CCG's seal. And also the fact that they mostly ware only the color white.
Quinques were I nvented by Adam Gehner and Yoshiu Washuu, the quinque emits electrical signals that stimulate the kakuhou to release and control it. They can be made into some type of melee or ranged weapon, but most retain a few characteristics from the original kagune. In contrast to kagune, quinque cannot change shape nor store or absorb Rc cells other than what was harvested from the ghoul it was made from. Preceding the quinque, the CCG had been using firearms to combat ghouls and needing a more efficient tool, they began intensive research that resulted in its creation.
Made solely to exterminate ghouls, quinque were considered the new generation of technology, promptly and effectively raising the extermination rate. Ghoul investigators transport them in bags or suitcases to store the kakuhou. Some investigators are known to collect quinque and others aspire to master their use. To attain a quinque, an investigator must first confirm their target's Rc type before exterminating them. Afterwards, it is common to name the quinque from the ghoul's name or alias.
However all relationships between humans and ghouls aren't necessarily hostile. In fact if certain rare conditions are met, ghouls and humans may even be able to have offspring called one-eyed ghoul or half-humans, and through a successful kakuhou transplant surgery, an artificial hybrid can be created. It is theorized that the ghoul race came to be hundreds of years in the past after an unknown individual first underwent an explosive reproduction of RC cells and experienced a transformation, releasing spores that mutated a number of humans into ghouls through ROS. Rc cell over-secretion disease (abbreviation ROS, Rc細胞過剰分泌症, Rc saibō kageki bunpi shō) is a rare chronic disease that affects humans with a morbidity rate of one in every 1-3 million people. ROS occurs when the minuscule amount of Rc cells already in the human body begin to excessively secrete out of control. In other words they begin to be overproduced and discharged from the body at an alarming rate. It is unknown if ROS is a hereditary or an acquired disease, including if it is terminal or not.
Although Japan has became a land of many dangers the sheer number of heroes and advances in technology due to the sheer number and variety of quirks it's not so bad of a place to live.
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Hey guys I'm back I decided that I wanted to write an interlude chapter so here it is. I do feel like I did go overboard on the lore dumping though so I'll try to lessen that if I do this next time. Anyway I'm happy to be back although not sure if I'll be fully off hiatus. I'd like to focus on this fic for a little while because I tried to get back to my Batman story but the writers block hit me super hard. anyway glad to finally post again and have something I'm at least moderately proud of be put out. Also if it wasn't already obvious this fic is going to contain way more universes than just DC and Marvel. I was even thinking that if I get bored or tired of writing certain parts I might do some side stories but I will label them side stories so they won't effect the plot too heavily.
Also I haven't decided yet but quick question how do we all feel about other transmigrators and reincarnators showing up? After all there is almost no way our main character will be able to experience every story I could tell with this setting.
Anyway hope you all enjoyed my needless ranting and will leave a couple of powerstones for a brother or at least a recommendation on another fic you like.
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