Larry
Your resident on-and-off bibliomaniac!
Humanity was not ready for the onset of Quirks. The onset of these fascinating abilities captured the imagination of those born, or with these mutations, but also served as a trigger for societal collapse as the proliferation of these powers increased. As is ever the case with humanity, these powers encouraged the more licentious among the population to gain for themselves great wealth or power through illegal means, in essence becoming the first of the super villains. With the police force recalcitrant to enlist within their ranks those who possessed these now-designated 'Quirks', men and women with a strong sense of justice arose to combat those embracing of criminal actions and they were the vigilantes. These people, unbeknownst to themselves, were to serve as the prototype for a new breed of crime-fighters, one whose prerogative laid within the confines of the law: their legal successors would be known as heroes. The first instance of the new hero structure took place in the United States with the passing of the 'Rhodes Island New State Statute' which, to many at the time, designated only 7 out of a possible 189 candidates for official designation of new heroes.This Quirky world now had its protectors, but what of the threats tomorrow?
In Japan, this question was put to the forefront of the Cabinet's agenda with the establishment of the 'Committee for the Education of Quirk-Empowered Individuals'. The main motion was to the manner of how those children as they develop their unique Quirks, as is seen in recent years, where to be educated, whether the curriculum was suitable in its current or whether it needed emendation or should a completely different type of academic institution be innovatively-established for the education of these students. The prevailing view was that the current academic institutions of pre-school, primary school and secondary school systems be amended slightly with infusions of Quirk-based activities and subjects in certain years, alongside the invention of what has now come to be designated as 'hero schools'. However, a recommendation was also inserted into the findings of EQEI Committee that dealt with a need for 'specialist schools that deal with hero-formation from an early age as opposed to the traditional schooling system as outlined in the report'. This idea was pushed forward by a former soldier, Yuudai Kita, at the time a Special Advisor to the Minister of Defence, who was chairperson of the committee.
Resigning from his position with the express approval of the Minister, Kita returned to his native Hokkaido to establish his burgeoning academy. A keen admirer of military history, Yuudai in his quandaries found the ideal model for his curriculum, the military education of Sparta. Introduced by the legendary lawgiver Lycurgus, the agoge transformed the miserly Dorian city-state into the foremost military power in Greece, if not the whole world for centuries. Taking this historical precedent, Kita went about communicating with former contacts from his army days and conversed with them about the idea, especially seeing as they now had children who were beginning to develop Quirks of their own. Thus, the Agoge was established to become a military camp for producing the next generation of heroes who were to eclipse the likes of any other in Japan.
The question is, do you have what it takes to be a Hero?
Hey there lads and ladies, I thank you very much for taking a gawk at this little idea of mine! I've taken a keen interest in the history of ancient Greece, especially the Spartans and their unique way of more or less breeding soldiers than training them. So if you feel interested in this idea of mine, please do let me know and if there's piquing, I'll see what I can do about getting the whole show on the road! Given the nature of this particular 'academy', if you could call it that, I can imagine the cast would be quite small, so it would be a case of first come, first served.
