#kamiisb

How do I tell my classmates I only show up to uni to gain experience for a college AU fanfic?

Believe me when I tell you I was am so excited for this fic. Over the summer, I planned out and storyboarded each chapter, and even started on the SMAU snippets! But... college started, and things got real busy real quick.

I knew this would happen tbh. Growing up, reading @sugiwa's fics (yes, my protagonist is partially based on Izumi and Ume) was my go-to coping mechanism. Her writing was so comforting, engaging, and icl much better than most renowned authors I've read. And when I was in high school, I found out that she was GETTING A WHOLE ASS LAW DEGREE WHILE WRITING THESE MASTERPIECES??? To say I was in awe would be a major understatement. She's RIDICULOUSLY cool.

So I thought... if Sugiwa can write multiple 500k word fanfics while pursuing LAW, I could handle college and writing a small SMAU for fun on the side... right?

...right?

Turns out, it wasn't as easy as I expected--balancing academics, extracurriculars and hobbies is much harder than I thought it'd be.

With that being said, I'll update when I can. Like I said, I already have everything planned out and even got started on a couple of chapters. I'm holding off on it though, because I only want to put out work that I'm proud of. Not half-baked writing.

So yeah, stay tuned! There's more on the way :)

UNDERTOW 🫧

a bnha smau + prose hybrid fic

In which rising heroes are sent not to the battlefield, but to a hero university—where law, media, and image mean everything, and survival requires more than strength. This story follows a new perspective—one that’s never been seen before in the My Hero Academia universe.

💙 pairing: bakugo katsuki x oc

💙 genres: coming of age, drama, canon divergence

💙 sub-genres: slow-burn romance, found family, soft angst/comfort

💙 status: ongoing

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Series Masterlist

mood boards + character profiles + series extras

🌀 Prologue: Ask Me Anything

🌀 Chapter 1: Move-In Mayhem

🌀 Chapter 2: Disorientation

🌀 Chapter 3: Crash Course

🌀 Chapter 4: Splash Zone

🌀 Chapter 5: Sink or Swim

🌀 Chapter 6: Surface Tension

🌀 Chapter 7: Open House

🌀 Chapter 8: Suiren, Reporting for Duty

🌀 Chapter 9: Murky Waters

🌀 Chapter 10: Not Everything That Shines

🌀 Chapter 11: No Lifeguard on Duty

🌀 Chapter 12: Undertow

🌀 Chapter 13: This is What We're Fighting For

🌀 Chapter 14: Still Breathing

🌀 Epilogue: The Calm After the Storm

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The Connections That Matter

UNDERTOW - character profiles

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izumi kamisaki

2. camie utsushimi

3. inasa yoarashi

4. katsuki bakugo

5. eijiro kirishima

6. denki kaminari

7. hanta sero

8. mina ashido

9. kyoka jiro

10. hitoshi shinso

11. fumikage tokoyami

12. izuku midoriya

13. shoto todoroki

14. tenya Iida

15. ochaco uraraka

16. tsuyu asui

17. momo yaoyorozu

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Extras

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a/n: please note that some of the fake tweets have been taken from twitter/X!!

Meet the Kamisakis

UNDERTOW - oc mood boards

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Ryuji Kamisaki (カミザキ ライウジ)

quirk: none (quirkless)

ethnicity: japanese

occupation: ceo of hisakata productions, a kyoto-based support tech empire.

backstory: he was denied entry into hero high schools in japan due to being quirkless. he moved to korea at 15 after getting accepted into a korean support course program. he met hana at 16.

fun fact: he's actually really soft-hearted. he cried when he saw izumi's first hero uniform prototype and added a support brace to the costume because the knee angle was a few degrees off. also his company's built completely from scratch. he started off with nothing and worked his way up. he worked hard to earn sponsors, and his hard work's paid off!

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Hana Kamisaki (カミザキ ハンナ)

quirk: dew — the ability to increase the amount of moisture particles in the air within a limited radius.

ethnicity: korean

occupation: florist and small business owner (kyoto-based boutique)

backstory: she attended a regular high school and university with supportive parents who encouraged her art. she met ryuji when she was 15!

fun fact: when izumi announced that she got into shiketsu on a scholarship, hana hugged her so tight she couldn't breathe. she always makes bento boxes with the cutest doodles and notes inside for her kids. she's really warm and intuitive; she can read her kids (and husband) like a book. also she smells like fresh rain.

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Izumi Kamisaki (カミザキ イザミ)

quirk: hydrokinetic conductivity — the ability to control existing water, including vapor, ice, and trace water in living matter.

hero alias: "suiren"

ethnicity: japanese-korean (mixed)

status: 18 years old, recent shiketsu high grad, now attending WHTU.

track: hero course with a focus on stealth and rescue ops.

fun fact: she inherited her mother’s adventurous spirit and her father’s precision-engineering mind… plus stubbornness from both sides.

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Kaito Kamisaki (カミザキ ケート)

quirk: rupture — can manipulate blood cells to clot, repair, or (in rare cases) burst under extreme pressure. it's not like bloodbending; it involves controlling the fluids within the blood cells (not the blood itself!).

ethnicity: japanese-korean (mixed)

status: 14 years old, aspiring neurosurgeon.

backstory: he's terrified of hurting others with his quirk, so he's chosen to heal instead. he wants to change the world with science—not combat.

fun fact: he texts “ur cringe but ily” to izumi after watching her combat compilations on youtube (he's secretly her biggest fan).

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a/n: i'm so sorry if the names are spelled wrong in katakana! i'm still pretty new to japanese haha

also izumi and kaito aren't the only mixed kids we'll see in this series! half-hispanic sero, anyone? 👀

here's my entry for the #kooleendtiys24 challenge on instagram! thought i'd share it here, too.