Headcanon that even though Toshinori is weak, heās fast. That razor sharp gaze never slowed, his reflexes havenāt dulled with age or illness.
Everyone forgets this, of course. How could they not? Heās a different person nowadays, even though he really, actually isnāt. people know that heās All Might, but they look at him and honestly see a completely unrelated person. Heās separate. Heās not the same.
So itās only natural that sometimes they kind of, sorta, almost forget. Forget that he was the strongest hero of his time, that he could and did change the weather with only a swing of his powerful fist. That his mere existence kept crime and violence at a historical low, ushering in the longest era of peace since quirks dawned.
Oh sometimes though, sometimes, theyāll get a reminder. Bakugou will throw a pen at the back of his head in class when the man is turned around lecturing and Toshinori, without pausing for breath, without even a hitch in his perfect script, will snatch it out of the air and have it hurdling back even faster and so, so much harder before they know what happened. The class notices, and takes turns testing it on occasion. They forget the least of all, and Midoriya, he never does.
Heās sturdy, too. Toshinori may pay a higher tribute to a willow tree than his own youth nowadays, but he doesnāt get knocked on the ground. Itās something in his unbreakable stance, how he still holds himself like a 300 lb immovable object, like he forgets that his body has changed. The other teachers see this and realize that in his prime, All Might wasnāt always standing due to strength, but sheer insurmountable skill.
I like to think that rarely, during administrative meetings, Toshinori will begin speaking in his thundering voice like a leader again, slipping into that persona when he needs to be firm, and the other pros will go cold with the reminder. Subconsciously they will bend their opinions under that voice, instinctually following it like they did in times past.
Kind hearted, cold blooded Toshinori Yagi.
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