my very first shift to my mha dr ⋆.˚༄
hi everyone! so as some of you may already know, i have successfully shifted to my MHA DR! this was super recent and i only stayed for a day, but i wanted to share my very first experience with you all! to keep track of my own shifts, and hopefully motivate you too!
(do note: i won’t be sharing every single detail bc my DR involves other people and i respect their privacy. also, long post ahead lol.) ⊹₊ ˚‧︵‿₊୨୧₊‿︵‧ ˚ ₊⊹
background info ── ⟢ ・⸝⸝
i am starting UA about a month later than the rest of 1-A. reason? because i love the sports festival, it’s one of my favourite arcs and quite frankly, i don’t want to wait. so yes, this means i completely missed the whole USJ arc, which i’m okay with.
however, i still took the entrance exam at the same time as everyone else. i just scripted that i got admitted later due to administrative reasons and didn’t elaborate in full detail.
in my DR, UA is a boarding school, so everyone already lives in the dorms.
my hometown, where my older sister and i live, is a few hours away from musutafu. i got my admittance letter on friday, and she drove me to UA on sunday evening.
aizawa fetched me from the school gates and brought me in. he briefly explained some school administrative things, then left me to unpack on my own. i also scripted that before leaving, he told me i could arrive to class slightly later than everyone else since i reached UA so late (lol shifter privileges).
i scripted that i will wake up in my dorm on monday morning for my first day of school. the sports festival happens that same weekend.
waking up ── ⟢ ・⸝⸝
honestly, i didn’t even notice at first. i heard my alarm and woke up around 7:45am. i was really tired and groggy since i’d slept late the night before, busy unpacking my essentials. i only realised i had shifted when i stepped into my toilet and looked in the mirror.
i gasped super loud, and my heart started racing. i don’t know if you guys have experienced this before, but you know that déjà vu feeling? like when you randomly feel like you’re in a dream and everything feels unreal? i remember feeling exactly that. for a second i wondered if i was dreaming, but i quickly snapped out of it because it felt too real. i just knew i had shifted.
i didn’t cry or freak out (in my DR at least). i just felt so happy, pacing around and chanting in my head like, “i shifted, i shifted, omg i shifted.” and i finally understood what other shifters meant when they said how natural it feels. i had all my memories from the night before, and they didn’t feel distant or foggy at all. it was exactly like recalling what you did yesterday.
and yes, my DR looks exactly like the anime but in 3D. i didn’t even notice it was different from my CR at first because i had lived there my whole life as my DR self, so it just looked normal. one thing that stood out though: we had lips. before shifting i always wondered: how to kiss if no lip? but yeah, question answered. they’re not the same as in this reality obviously, more like a pale outline.
i paced around like that for a solid 10 minutes before remembering i had to get ready for school. that whole process felt like a blur, i was on autopilot, still reeling from the shock. one thing i noticed while getting ready was how not anxious i felt. in this reality, i’m an overthinker with insane first-day jitters, but in my DR, i felt totally calm. which makes sense since i had scripted confidence and no anxiety. honestly, it felt surreal to move through my morning with that kind of ease. can’t believe people in this reality just live like that all the time.
in school ── ⟢ ・⸝⸝
after getting ready i walked to school. it’s supposed to be a 5 minute walk, but i lowkey got lost a little so it took me about 10 minutes. also because i was busy enjoying the scenery and watching all my fellow students streaming into school. the school is so pretty. it felt so surreal and yet so normal at the same time, such a strange feeling.
i’m assuming aizawa already told the class about my arrival because they didn’t seem surprised at all to see me. they were more excited and intrigued, like when a new student joins a class (because that’s exactly what happened lol). aizawa let me introduce myself, literally just my name, because everyone immediately started asking me questions about my quirk (so cute honestly). aizawa was having NONE of it, so he told them to pipe down and ask later since first period was about to start. love him btw, and he smells faintly of cigarettes in my DR.
after that, he pulled me aside to give me my laptop and quickly go over some administrative stuff like school fees and whatnot. i honestly can’t really remember much because he said to come by his office the next day to discuss fully, and i haven’t shifted back yet to have that convo. oh yes, he also gave me my school-assigned laptop (i scripted everything to be online because i’m not dealing with physical textbooks in this digital era).
then i went to my seat, which i didn’t script, but i’m sitting next to todoroki. i did script, however, that we’d be seated in pairs.
i didn’t really get to talk to or interact with every single person on my first day. if you want me to talk about someone specific just comment, but please don’t expect me to know ashido’s mother’s cousin’s dog’s name. also, i feel super weird calling them by their first names since i’m not close to them yet, so i’ll be using last names for now.
so for todoroki, he is the most nonchalant person in the world. he did not give a flying fuck about me. i kept looking at him, trying to make eye contact so i could properly introduce myself since i wasn’t supposed to know his name, but he never looked my way. if he did notice my constant glances, then he hid it really well. so okay, message received, i let him have his emo moment and left him alone.
now bakugou, i sit right in front of him, and i was genuinely tweaking out in my seat because for some reason i was scared he’d spit in the back of my neck or something FML. he’s like a ticking time bomb. i was so wary of saying the wrong thing and setting him off. weird thing is, i wasn’t anxious or scared like i’d be if he existed in this reality, just…wary and cautious. it's so interesting how i reacted similarly to how i would in this reality, but the responses feel different because i'm aware of a completely different body. it's like the electricity is the same, but the output changed.
honestly, school was freakishly normal, at least the academic part. math, science, regular lessons. being seated next to todoroki and in front of bakugou gave me this surge of competitiveness. i knew they were good, and i felt the need to prove myself too. normally i’m not this competitive, but in my DR? i wanted to be better than everyone (in a healthy, non-toxic way lol), and i knew i could do it. i was so sure of myself, and i wanted to show them my capability both academically and hero-wise.
ashido is so so so sweet. during break, she was the first to introduce herself, then kaminari, then asui and uraraka. she really is the definition of an extrovert adopting an introvert.
in my DR, the class isn’t really split into “deku squad” or “baku squad” (at least i don’t think so, i didn’t notice and didn’t script that), so everyone just kind of mingled. at lunch we all sat at one long table. i was at the far corner, next to ashido, with kaminari in front of me and kirishima beside him. everyone finally got to introduce themselves and tell me their quirks. it was adorable
this was the first moment i started to feel really emotional. when i woke up in my dorm i didn’t feel the tears much, but sitting there talking to them? ugh, if i’d been alone i probably would’ve bawled my eyes out.
btw, lunch rush’s cafeteria crowds are INSANE. the line took me like 30 minutes. but the food? SO GOOD.
hero training ── ⟢ ・⸝⸝
we get 10 minutes after our hour lunch to change into our hero costumes because the second half of the day is dedicated to hero lessons and training.
my hero costume was exactly the way i had scripted it. thank god i scripted it to be comfortable because it did not look comfortable at all. but after putting it on and training in it, i’m definitely going to be modifying it when i shift back. the initial design i chose has this flowing cape thing at my waist all the way to my ankles, and it is SO ANNOYING. i keep stepping on it and nearly tripping, so i’m definitely getting rid of it. really excited to meet mei and discuss costume alterations with her!
hero lessons were SO FUN. honestly they just felt like PE lessons but with quirks. the lessons are split into 3 blocks/periods, but sometimes they combine them for a longer session.
i’m not going to go too into detail, but we did a rescue simulation with mannequins at USJ. the mannequins have sensitivity sensors, so if something hits them, they let out this loud “beep” sound. our goal was to save them from different terrains without them getting hit (replicating real injuries). every time the impact crossed a certain threshold, we got points deducted. this was a team exercise, so it was really fun. i was with ashido, shoji, and iida. all 3 are absolute sweethearts, especially shoji, he’s so soft-spoken and SO kind. iida is so nice but lowkey annoyed me a little because he was kind of bossy, but valid, still love him loads.
later we split up to do general cardio/quirk training individually, and it made me realize the team ones are so much more fun. i honestly don’t know what else to talk about that’s significant, so please comment if you want me to share something specific!
we were sweaty as hell after training and it was so uncomfortable. we ended at 4:30pm and got about 30 minutes to cool down, change, or shower before our debrief with aizawa. we’re supposed to end at 5, but usually (according to the class) it’s like 15 minutes later because everyone takes forever cooling down. i took a quick shower because i was sweating way too much, it was so overstimulating. insane thing is, i didn’t even feel tired, just sweaty. makes sense though, since i scripted myself to be super fit with high stamina.
also, i didn’t explain much about my quirk because i’m honestly afraid of being judged for being basic. i remember a period of time on tiktok where mha shifters kept saying, “why would you copy powers from existing media instead of creating your own, isn’t that boring?” so i’m really scared of getting judged LMAO. maybe eventually i’ll talk about my quirk, if you guys are interested in finding out more.
but generally speaking, i felt really powerful. i just felt so armed. like, in this reality i feel so vulnerable as a woman because a man could easily hurt me, but in my DR i felt unstoppable. like i could hurt you so easily if you tried anything with me (hypothetically speaking). i felt so protected by myself. also, using your quirk feels very natural, it’s like muscle memory. i love love love it.
back in the dorms ── ⟢ ・⸝⸝
when we got back to the dorms, i showered fully, changed, and then took the time to talk a bit with the others i didn’t really get to before.
we all had dinner together in the dorms. i learned that they either cook and all eat together or get delivery. sometimes they go out to eat, but rarely, because they need permission and have to be back before curfew, and everyone’s just too lazy. plus, by the time we finish school, it’s peak dinner crowd at malls, and queues for restaurants get insane unless there’s a reservation.
yaoyorozu mentioned that after the whole USJ incident, everyone’s honestly afraid of going off on their own. the mood kind of dampened after she said that, i could tell they were all trying hard to avoid bringing it up. but then one of the guys changed the topic and everything went back to normal. that moment made me realize again how real my DR is, and how every single one of these people are real with their own emotions. i obviously knew this before, but it really hit me harder then. the USJ incident was so glorified in the media and yes, the class got so much attention and popularity, but it was at the expense of their mental health. the anime never really focused on how traumatic it was for them, but i got to see firsthand how much it impacted them, and it made me so sad. (i don’t want to go too into it since this post is long enough) but let this be a warning for anyone who keeps in the war arc or other encounters with the LOV. be careful, it can and will affect your mental wellbeing.
after hanging out for a while, everyone slowly retreated to their rooms one by one once the exhaustion from training hit. i went back to my room at around 11:30pm. (btw, in my DR everyone has to be back in the dorms by 10pm at the latest, but what time we actually go to sleep doesn’t matter.)
then i went to sleep, intending to shift back to my CR. i didn’t want my first shift to be too long. i wanted to take some time to process everything before the sports festival arc.
after i shifted back ── ⟢ ・⸝⸝
cried.
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thank you guys so much for reading all the way if you have. please comment down any questions you have. i know this was so long and i am so so sorry for that oh my god. i’m also so sorry if this post was everywhere, i really was just writing based on my stream of thoughts.
i just realised there hasn't really been alot of storytimes like these lately, and these type of posts are always my favourite to read in the community. i feel like i'm leaving out so many things but its honestly difficult trying to remember and write down every single detail AAA. till next time <3
xoxo
