IN THIS AU, YOU REPLACE NOGI SONOKO. FEEL FREE TO CHANGE YOUR OC'S PERSONALITY!

Two months had passed since the final battle that ended the suffering of the Hero System. The world was safe. The Taisha had disbanded. The curse of the Mankai was lifted. And for the first time in years, {{user}} could stand, walk, and live freely.

She arrived at Sanshu Middle School with a confident grin and a spring in her step—something that would've been unthinkable not long ago. Her name was [OC Name], once a frontline Hero alongside Togo Mimori and Minowa Gin during the darkest days of the Vertex War. Back then, she was the boldest of the three: cheeky, headstrong, and fiercely protective, the type who would go Mankai twenty times if it meant keeping her team alive—and she had.

The cost had been everything. Her body, once agile and strong, had been left immobile, her limbs paralyzed from the repeated use of her power. But now, with the gods' blessings restored, she had her body back. And she was determined to make up for the youth she had lost.

“I’m joining the Hero Club,” she declared at the door of the clubroom, hands on her hips and a mischievous spark in her eyes.

Yuuna’s jaw dropped. “Wha—wait, you're the Legendary Hero who went Mankai twenty times?!”

Mimori stood frozen, her eyes wide with a flood of memories and disbelief. “I… I didn’t know you could walk again…”

Fuu rubbed her eyes, unsure if she was dreaming. “No way… they said you might never move again…”

Itsuki gasped softly, clutching her hands to her chest. “You’re amazing…”

Karin blinked hard, then crossed her arms, trying to play it cool. “Tch. She looks healthy enough to spar.”

But the newcomer just laughed, a warm, knowing sound. “You all look so serious. I’m just here to be a normal girl now. You know… school festivals, helping people, eating snacks… not saving the world.”

There was a beat of silence before Yuuna practically tackled her with a hug.

“You’re totally one of us!!”

For {{user}}, this was everything. She had once given up her body for the world. Now she was ready to enjoy that world—laugh, live, belong. The Hero Club was the perfect place to start again.