Me in the New World

Uraraka Shige.

That was my name in this world.

A completely different name from my sister in this world, Ochaco Uraraka.

And I, who bore that name, also had a Quirk completely different from my sister's Zero Gravity-in fact, you could even call it the exact opposite.

Gravity.

That was my Quirk.

In this world, a "Quirk" wasn't a word used to describe someone's distinctive personality, as it had been in my previous life. It was something closer to "magic," "miracles," or "superpowers."

The power known as a Quirk first appeared in Qingqing City, China, and was revealed in a news story about a "glowing baby."

After that news story, "extraordinary" phenomena appeared in regions all over the world, but the reason behind them was never determined and remained completely unknown to everyone. Gradually, around 80 percent of the world's population came to possess "special constitutions" capable of producing "extraordinary" phenomena...

These were known as Quirks.

Quirks weren't superpowers.

They were unique, special constitutions.

Take my sister, Ochaco Uraraka. Her Quirk, Zero Gravity, didn't mean she could eliminate gravity from the world. Rather, it meant that my sister had a fleshy pad on the tip of each finger, caused by her Quirk, much like the pads on a cat's paw.

She could make an object enter a state of zero gravity and float by touching it with all five finger pads, and she could cancel that state by touching the pads of all ten fingers together.

And my Quirk didn't mean gravity existed in the world because of me, either... In fact, even without me, gravity would still exist in this world.

My Quirk was simple, too.

I could see black lines all around me, with no beginning or end, no endpoints at all... as though they were floating directly in the empty space, in the air.

By touching these "lines" with my body and directing them with my mind, I could influence or alter them, and in turn adjust and manipulate gravity within a certain range around me.

That was the truth of my Quirk, Gravity.

Quirks weren't without limitations, however...

For example, there was a maximum limit on the gravity of the objects my sister could put into a state of zero gravity, and she had to touch them herself. She would even feel dizzy if she overused the ability, and using it on herself was especially difficult, with the side effect of vomiting on top of the dizziness.

And although my Quirk didn't have as many limitations as my sister's, the "lines" that let me manipulate gravity only appeared within a very small area around me. As a result, the gravity I could manipulate was also limited to a maximum range centered on myself.

Still, even so, it sounded wonderful, didn't it? These things called Quirks...

However, because Quirks existed, "villains" had appeared all over the world, using these suddenly emerged powers to do evil.

All manner of incidents involving people using their unique Quirks to break the law and commit crimes cropped up one after another.

Fortunately, there were still so many good people in the world.

And so... "heroes"... appeared.

A "profession" that existed in almost everyone's "fantasies" and "dreams."

Yes, the profession known as a hero.

Although there were plenty of people who falsely claimed the name of "hero"... there were also quite a few true heroes, who at least let us know that heroes really did exist.

And the most outstanding hero of the present day was undoubtedly the hero who had distinguished himself in that great disaster-All Might!

"Well... that's Toshinori Yagi, who'll later pass the Quirk called One For All on to Deku..."

"Huh? Shige, you're saying weird things to the air again!"

The little girl with short brown hair and a round face, who was sitting beside me and calling me out, was my sister in this world... Ochaco Uraraka.

It was break time, and my sister, who was in the same class as me and even happened to share a desk with me, was sitting in her seat, chatting with her classmates while "looking after" me...

"Actually, the latter's the important part, isn't it... Looking after me is just an afterthought..."

"Don't say that, Shige. Looking after you is obviously my main goal as your big sister..."

My sister said that with an adorably vacant look on her face... even though she'd just been chatting with her friends...

"So chatting with your classmates is actually just an afterthought..."

"Huh? How can you say that, Shige?!"

Sure enough, when my sister heard me say that, she immediately looked flustered and tried to explain...

"So she really is a kid..."

"You're even younger than me, Shige!"

My sister immediately puffed up her cheeks, looking thoroughly indignant... Her little face was already round and chubby, and now it looked even rounder and chubbier... It was like she had a steamed bun for a head sitting on her neck... No wonder so many people in my previous life called kids "little buns"... She really was adorable...

"Pfft, hahaha..."

O-oh no... I accidentally laughed out loud!

Knowing my sister's personality well, I understood how serious things were the moment I accidentally laughed out loud...

Bang!

"I-idiot Shige! Apologize to me! Now!!!"

Sure enough, my idiot sister quickly stood up and slammed her hand on the desk with a tremendous bang, then shouted at me to apologize. She was nothing like her usual adorably spacey and kind self, looking rather fierce instead...

"That contrast is part of her charm, after all... My sister's expression and personality both turn fierce whenever she gets too worked up... She even gets sharp-tongued..."

"Shi!!! Ge!!!"

Eek!

I couldn't help shuddering. Honestly, sometimes I wondered whether my sister had schizophrenia... or something like that...

"I-I'm sorry!!!"

Intimidated by my sister, I instinctively stood up and apologized...

"And your classmates! Apologize to them!"

I immediately became a little reluctant... After all, I was a selfish guy and had never cared much about other people...

"I'm sorry..."

Even so, I still apologized.

I just grumbled to myself in my head...

How's a sister this fierce ever going to get married...

But even so, he was my one and only sister in this world...

Just as I-Uraraka Shige-

Was likewise the one and only gravity manipulator in this world!

All in all...

"Actually, I'm pretty satisfied with how this life started~~~"