[ There's a blink as Todoroki throws him what Kirishima considers to be a serious compliment, seemingly nonchalantly, before the redhead's expression opens with a grin. ]

Thanks, man!

[ It's the type of person he's always wanted to be, even if two years ago it wasn't the truth, so to have that acknowledged by someone he considers a powerful peer is just making him feel awesome. ]

And yeah, in this world, people work side by side with Pokemon - it's pretty awesome! But on the other hand, people also think it's totally cool to send kids out to live in the wild with nothing but what you've got now. At least our class had some survival training, but that Eri girl got put here too and she's not the first kid I've seen on the network.

Luckily a lot of the off-worlder adults step up when that's the case and Ururaka has Eri, but don't be surprised if you see a bunch of feral ten-year-olds wanting to Pokemon battle you on the routes.