So with this chapter I've decided to do something a bit different than I normally do. This chapter is one with a specific theme. Specifically with all of the interactions in this chapter being with a specific character.
That being a 'Premium Alternate Skin' with their own character interactions, akin to the Injustice 2 Reverse Flash, Power Girl, or Black Lightning. This one being a bit of fun of the infamous 'Afro Luffy' of Long Ring Long Arc and filler arcs since. Curious to see how 'theme' chapters like this go.
May do more character focus stuff if this goes well, if not I'll stick to the more variety themed chapters.
1: Monkey D. Luffy (Afro) versus Izuku Midoriya
A young man was ready for battle, but he was no ordinary young man. His bare chest had a green painted skull over a center skull, and in place of his common straw hat was an Afro. His fists were adorned in boxing gloves and into the sky he had this to yell.
"YEAHHH!"
The other young man he was to battle today was a hero student in dark green who was already tense and ready to battle: green lightning sparking from him as he approached. However upon seeing his opponent...
"Whoa! Is that an Afro!? It...it..."
The dumbfounded excitement of the young man was met with a self-fist bump by the afro pirate and a wicked grin.
"...Yeah, it is an Afro."
The young hero's body was suddenly engulfed in a burst of intense green light as he smiled in an almost mad manner at it.
"It is so awesome my soul feels like it is on fire!"
2: Shoto Todoroki versus Monkey D. Luffy (Afro)
An ice slide allowed a young man to descend onto the field: a man whose hair was half red and half white. He kneeled down to touch his ice, which began to rapidly melt away into heated steam. All the while though his mismatched eyes watched his approaching opponent.
One did have to be worried about dangerous pirates with Afros instead of straw hats after all.
"My soul's on fire today. You can't beat me!"
He stood up and stared right at the determined pirate, unfazed at all by his Afro.
"I'll snuff out that fire with my ice."
The pirate boxer in an Afro slammed his glove-clad fists together, creating a small shockwave as he grinned back.
"No one can snuff out my soul's fire that easily! Bring it onnnnn!"
3: Monkey D. Luffy (Afro) versus Tomura Shigaraki
A young man was ready for battle, but he was no ordinary young man. His bare chest had a green painted skull over a center skull, and in place of his common straw hat was an afro. His fists were adorned in boxing gloves and into the sky he had this to yell.
"YEAHHH!"
This was rather annoying to the shambling pale man with hands all over him, whose annoyed glare could be seen through the one over his face, seeking to burn a hole through the Afro.
"Kurogiri, warp this idiot out of my face."
The exasperated groan of the villain was met with a self-fist bump by the Afro pirate and a wicked grin.
"Too late for that, I already beat him up today. It's just you against me. Yeahhh!"
The villain behind the hands groaned in annoyance before holding up both of his hands up in a threatening manner.
"Well then I'll guess I'll get rid of you myself then. You and your stupid Afro."
4: Himiko Toga versus Monkey D. Luffy (Afro)
A girl skipped onto the battle field, grinning as she did so. She'd look like a typical girl in an overly large sweater, if she wasn't also twiddling knives between her fingers as she did so.
Knives were dangerous to many, but perhaps not quite to an infamous pirate with an amazing Afro on his head.
"Your quirk won't give you an Afro like this."
Such a fact seemed to put out the crazy teenage villainess, but a crazy grin eventually came over her as she regained her spirit.
"Ah don't worry about it. I'll just take your Afro from your dead body!"
The pirate boxer in an Afro slammed his glove-clad fists together, creating a small shockwave as he grinned back.
"That's easier said than done. A Man and his Afro won't die that easily!"
5: Monkey D. Luffy (Afro) verus Ochaco Uraraka
A young man was ready for battle, but he was no ordinary young man. His bare chest had a green painted skull over a center skull, and in place of his common straw hat was an Afro. His fists were adorned in boxing gloves and into the sky he had this to yell.
"YEAHHH!"
This briefly surprised the young girl with brown hair in a hero outfit of her own who was already present: one with an almost astronaut feel to it that clung to her body. This surprise didn't last long however before she entered a combat stance.
"That Afro is like something out of a Hero Drama. I didn't realize such a thing really existed."
The heroine's astonishment was met with a self-fist bump by the Afro pirate and a wicked grin.
"An Afro has the power to make fiction into reality. Think you can beat that power?"
Determination came over the heroine's face at once, and she clutched her fingers together with a pink flash and a great grin.
"I won't know until I try. I'll fight you and your Afro to the end!"
6: Tomura Shigaraki versus Monkey D. Luffy (Afro)
Emerging from a purple mist came a most horrifying figure: a pale and gaunt man whose wild eyes were covered only by a single severed hand that covered his face. Other hands were stuck to him in random places and he gave the villain a sense of being both dangerous and unstable.
This did not strike fear into the heart of the pirate who approached him, an Afro proudly atop his head.
"You think you can destroy me that easily?"
The villain glared back, a wicked look in his eyes visible even through his hand-covered face.
"When my Quirk takes you out, your Afro will fall. And with their fall so too shall this corrupt society."
The pirate boxer in an Afro slammed his glove-clad fists together, creating a small shockwave as he grinned back.
"This Man and this Afro won't die that easily. Bring it onnnnn!"
7: Monkey D. Luffy (Afro) versus Katsuki Bakugo
A young man was ready for battle, but he was no ordinary young man. His bare chest had a green painted skull over a center skull, and in place of his common straw hat was an Afro. His fists were adorned in boxing gloves and into the sky he had this to yell.
"YEAHHH!"
His shouting drowned out even the explosion that heralded his opponent's arrival. The explosion came from hands engulfed in gauntlets that resembled green grenades. The hero outfit that the newcomer wore was a mixture of greens, blacks, and reds that resembled military and explosive themes, and the look in the newcomers eyes was just as explosive.
"Can you not shout like a total jackass you dumbass!"
The mutual yelling was met with a self-fist bump by the Afro pirate and a wicked grin.
"A battle without shouting isn't a battle you want to be having."
The armed hero scoffed loudly before pointing his gauntlet arms his way.
"I am not going to be given philosophy by a stupid pirate with a stupid Afro!"
8: All Might versus Monkey D. Luffy (Afro)
Walking towards the battle was a gangly blonde man. His features were strange and twisted, and he didn't look all that healthy, and his costume hung on him like a draped poncho. However upon seeing who he was walking to, a fire lit in his eyes.
"Plus…Ultra!"
This only seemed to inflame the passions in the heart of the pirate who approached him, an Afro proudly atop his head.
"You want some lessons for fighting Foxy at his all game. Well here's your crash course!"
The great hero nodded, though he seemed a bit annoyed.
"Someone's got to bail out Aizawa. He looks dumb in that headgear they all wear."
The pirate boxer in an Afro slammed his glove-clad fists together, creating a small shockwave as he grinned back.
"Beat him one on one just like this, and he'll be free in no time flat!"
9: Monkey D. Luffy (Afro) versus Izuku Midoriya
A young man was ready for battle, but he was no ordinary young man. His bare chest had a green painted skull over a center skull, and in place of his common straw hat was an Afro. His fists were adorned in boxing gloves and into the sky he had this to yell.
"YEAHHH!"
The other young man he was to battle today was a hero student in dark green who was already tense and ready to battle: green lightning sparking from him as he approached. However upon seeing his opponent...
"I've just got an inspiration for a new attack. The Madison Square Smash!"
The dumbfounded excitement of the young man was met with a self-fist bump by the Afro pirate and a wicked grin.
"Good name, but is good in a fight?"
The young hero's body was suddenly engulfed in a burst of intense green light as he smiled in an almost mad manner at it.
"I won't know, and this is the best place to try it out! Feel my Madison Square Smash!"
10: Tenya Iida versus Monkey D. Luffy (Afro)
An armored figure sped onto the field: his features masked behind well-made armor. He was propelled into battle with legs with exhaust pipes sticking out of them, and at a precise point he began to slow down and stopped with precision and practice.
Such a showing impressed the pirate who approached him, an Afro proudly atop his head.
"Those are some nice moves you've got, your soul must be burning with fire!"
The armored figure looked utterly aghast at the questioner and less so the question.
"That skull, that Afro...you're madness in human form!"
The pirate boxer in an Afro slammed his glove-clad fists together, creating a small shockwave as he grinned back.
"This madness you say, is what it means to be a man! Now let's get ready to fight! Yeahhhh!"
And a special, 'it had to be done' moment!
11: Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo versus Monkey D. Luffy (Afro)
A man stood, his arms crossed. What was normal about him was his blue shirt. His giant golden Afro, shades, and the massive nosehairs dancing out of his nostrils like sentient whips were not normal.
Approaching this man was a pirate with an Afro proudly atop his head. He cocked his neck, before grinning to the odd man.
"You wanted this fight so I'm giving it all I've got."
The other man, indescribable but in his Afro, uncrossed his arms in preparation for conflict.
"Should our Afros collide, we may destroy universes in the crossfire. We must be cautious of that."
The pirate boxer in an Afro slammed his glove-clad fists together, creating a small shockwave as he grinned back.
"That's a risk all men have to take when we do battle. Now let's fight Man to Man and Afro to Afro! Yeahh!"
Honestly a lot of these ideas don't have a ton of 'deep observation thoughts' to them like others. I can say that I actually considered having Kirishima debut in this chapter with his own 'premium alternate skin' or 'echo fighter'. I'm sure you can guess who that was going to be...
I will say that the first Luffy and Shigaraki ones were originally creations of T.V tropes, and on TV tropes the only other alt costume that has stuff present is 'Tequilla Joseph'. Now...personally I find jokes about crossdressing to be kind of iffy for a few reasons (mostly as I have no idea where the line of funny and offensive on them are) so such a chapter is fairly unlikely.
This is also the first time a fully non MHA interaction is present. Such things are possible and I have a lot of stuff I can do with them. Though as readers you shouldn't expect them to ever make up half a chapter.
Anyway with this done I'm happy to announce that soon I'll be planning out the first 'DLC' chapter featuring a guest fighter from outside of Jump. Got a few ideas for DLC characters, and I'll be dropping a few hints as to who I have in mind. Those hints for the guest fighters being three who are definitely going to show up.
A Red Bird in the eye.
A Welsh Dragon in the arm.
A Sword's Scabbard in a friend.
Also a few hints of potential candidates for the role.
A Scythe that Talks.
A Fist of Flames.
A Tiger whose a Dad
Also I'm not entirely against having two characters from far away from the anime world show up. One for being very on theme with MHA, the other because he has his own intro series and could be a lazy addition if I really wanted oti.
Enjoy.