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When I went to bed a little while ago, I had a dream of Heaven. It was a short dream, but I remember almost every detail. The first thing I noticed when I “arrived” was that it was bright. Like VERY bright. Even brighter than the Sun. But it didn’t irritate my eyes. There was a “Sun” or a bright light in the sky, but it wasn’t like the Sun that we have here.

The second thing I noticed when I looked down, was the grass. The grass was beautiful. It was somehow more green than the green grass we have here on Earth. It looked both wild but perfectly manicured at the same time. There were flowers there too, and they were all types of different colors.

Off in the distance I saw trees, like a forest, and next to those trees, I saw people. They were all wearing white robes, I believe. But, of course, I was too far away to see what they were saying to each other. One person, a little girl, ran up to me and gestured for me to come join them. I have no idea who this girl is or was, but she was very kind.

And just like that, I woke up in my bed. Having no idea why I experienced this dream, but feeling very grateful that I did.

Okay, I read manga and two series that I really enjoy are My Hero Academia (MHA), and Monsters We Make (MWM). Now, MWM is more recent than MHA is, the first volume came out last year and it just finished its fourth volume a little while ago. But, so far, it has a pretty interesting story, and I’m excited to see where it goes next.

I’m writing a story that combines both worlds and stories in a seamless and creative way, but I can’t really figure out how to. I was wondering if any of you guys could help me.

Here are plot summaries of both stories for those of you who don’t know either story:

MHA
In a world where 80% of the population have a superpower called a “quirk”, a boy named Izuku Midoriya was born without a quirk. He’s powerless. He still dreams of becoming a hero like his idol, the greatest hero in the world, All Might. One day, after an unlucky encounter with a villain, Izuku finally meets All Might, and shows the number 1 hero that he has the heart of a hero, even though he’s quirkless. After earning All Might’s approval, Izuku gets to inherit All Might’s quirk, One For All, and gets into his dream school, UA High. After a stressful entrance exam, Izuku gets to attend UA High and meet his new friends in Class 1-A. Together, the class, encounters villains, fights other schools, and faces each other as rivals. He’s faced many setbacks, but Deku will one day become the world’s next greatest hero.

MWM
Monsters We Make is about a kid named Jabari, who gets into a school that he believes is the answer to all his family’s problems. Because the school is in a technologically advanced city called New Eden. A city that the general public doesn’t have access to. In the year 2114, many things have happened since 2026. There have been many wars, there have been many AI developments. But, there was one event called the Eternal Night (EN for short), where the sun vanished for 2 weeks, that basically precipitated the end of the world. But thankfully it ended before things could get too bad. So, Earth was able to rebuild and recover (mostly). New Eden came out of this event a lot better than the rest of the world. So, if you live in New Eden, you’re not struggling for food or money, it’s pretty much the best place to be. And if you can get into New Eden Academy, you’re basically set for life. Your family gets to move to the city, you don’t have to struggle anymore, your family gets jobs somewhere in the city. It’s a great thing. But, in order to get into this school you basically have to be a savant (meaning extremely skilled and talented person). So Jabari, being a musical genius, gets a full ride into New Eden Academy. But, the school reveals itself to be… something else. It turns out that the school is training its students to fight powerful monsters known as Leakers. After Jabari learns this, he isn’t permitted to tell anyone about what the school really is. So now Jabari and his new friends have to fight monsters and try to survive.

I don’t know if it’s okay to post this here as this wasn’t necessarily an “NDE”. But I still wanted to share and talk about my experience. Who knows, maybe me sharing this experience can help put somebody at ease about whether or not there even is an afterlife? Only time will tell.

When I went to bed last night, I had a dream of Heaven. It was a short dream, but I remember almost every detail. The first thing I noticed when I “arrived” was that it was bright. Like VERY bright. Even brighter than the Sun. But it didn’t irritate my eyes. There was a “Sun” or a bright light in the sky, but it wasn’t like the Sun that we have here.

The second thing I noticed when I looked down, was the grass. The grass was beautiful. It was somehow more green than the green grass we have here on Earth. It looked both wild but perfectly manicured at the same time. There were flowers there too, and they were all types of different colors.

Off in the distance I saw trees, and next to those trees, I saw people. They were all wearing white robes, I believe. But, of course, I was too far away to see what they were saying to each other. One person, a child, ran up to me and gestured for me to come join them. I have no idea who this girl is or was, but she was very kind.

And just like that, I woke up in my bed. Having no idea why I experienced this dream, but feeling very grateful that I did.

I’ve spent the last few years watching and reading NDEs, and I’ve always wondered what the afterlife is like. So to actually have seen it with my own eyes, makes me incredibly joyous.

Hey, everyone! I’m currently working on a project called My Hero Academia: Number 1 (still deciding if that should be the final title).

What the project is:
My Hero Academia: Number is a fan-made rewrite of the main story from start to finish. The rewrite will make relatively minor but meaningful changes throughout My Hero Academia. Almost every arc would have something adjusted, whether that’s a character getting more development, a relationship being explored differently, additional worldbuilding being introduced, a villain receiving more depth, or certain events being foreshadowed earlier so they have much more impact later.

What I’m ultimately trying to accomplish is a much more well-rounded story through the cumulative effect of those changes. Rather than having one giant alteration that completely changes everything, the rewrite would gradually build upon itself from arc to arc. A character’s development in one arc could affect how they behave several arcs later; a seemingly minor change to a villain could give their eventual confrontation with the heroes more emotional weight; additional worldbuilding introduced early could become important much later

What the project looks like now:
These are all the changes I’ve made so far to the first few arcs of the series. There will be more changes in the future.

Entrance Exam arc
- Flashback of Izuku training to get into UA before meeting All Might included
- Izuku’s grandparents want nothing to do with him because he’s quirkless
- Sir Nighteye foreshadowing

Quirk Apprehension Test arc
- Aizawa’s quirk apprehension test is more rational

Battle Trials arc
- Bakugo actually gets consequences for his behavior

USJ arc
- Curious from the MLA is apart of the crowd of reporters trying to get into UA
- During the bus ride to the USJ, the students all talk about why they want to be heroes

So what do you guys think?

Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m writing a story about MHA that completely reimagines the story from the ground up. New arcs, new fights, and new character dynamics. Right now, I’m having trouble writing the very first arc of this series (that being Izuku’s origin arc). I want the themes of the arc to be the same, and I want Deku to end up receiving OFA from All Might. But I can’t figure out the events leading up to that moment. I just know I want it to be completely different from canon. Maybe you guys could help me? Comment down below with your ideas and I’ll pick the one that I like best. Thank you in advance! :)