Hero association

The Hero Association is an organization founded by the multi-millionaire Agoni that manages all of the cities' heroes on Earth. It operates independently of the government. Agoni also established the National Hero Registry the database that embraces every recognized hero. The Hero Association uses a hierarchical class system to organize its heroes, with four classes and individually numbered ranks within respective classes (classes C, B, A, and S). Three years before the current storyline, the Hero Association was founded by multi-millionaire Agoni, whose grandchild was saved from a mysterious being by a passerby. After hearing about the incident, Agoni came up with the idea for the National Superhero Registry and founded the Hero Association using private funds of businesses and donations from the public.

When it was founded, the Hero Association was initially divided from C to A-Class, and a similar system was used for monsters. For example, the disaster level Demon was not called "Demon," but simply "Mysterious Being that could only be defeated by a group of A-Class heroes."

The creation of the S-Class only came about as the Hero Association staff recognized that certain heroes were able to consistently defeat monsters that other top-ranked heroes failed to defeat. To prevent rare talents from being hidden, they formed a special class. This new class specializes in combat ability and is treated on the same level as an emergency army division. This new class came to be known as the S-Class. Departments: Disaster Countermeasures Department Promotional Department Land Redevelopment Department Arms Department Unknown Division Junior Hero Strengthening Section Sales Department Planning & Design Division Unknown Department Hero Disciplinary Supervision Division. The National Hero Registry is a database that contains the names of every officially registered hero. Any person not registered in the National Hero Registry is not recognized as a hero and, as such, is always looked upon as a delusional weirdo, regardless of how many times they saved the world. Hero Entrance Exam To become an official hero of the Hero Association, a candidate must pass an entrance exam. The entrance exam consists of two parts:

Fitness Test - The fitness portion of the exam tests the physical capabilities of the candidate, such as agility, reflexes, and physical strength. The known components of this portion of the exam include side-to-side jumps (for 30 seconds), a 1500 meter run, weight-lifting, and squat jumps.The anime version of the fitness portion adds shot put, whack-a-mole, and punching machine components. Written Test - The actual content of the written test is currently unknown, but Genos referred to both the Fitness and Written Tests as a "walk in the park." Genos also remarked that the written exam was "too easy to be called a test..." The written test is designed to assess the candidate's "sense of justice"; one staff member of the Association mentioned that it had an essay section. Passing the Entrance Exam has the following actions:

A hero is officially recognized by the Hero Association. A hero is entitled to monetary compensation in proportion to the amount of hero work he or she does. An "ability" rank will be assigned based on the results of the exam (see "Classes" section below). A hero will be eligible to be voted upon by the public in the hero popularity ranking. Upon reaching the A-Class:

Every A-Class hero needs to conduct a teacher seminar after new heroes are registered.

Based on various criteria, heroes are categorized into four different classes. The C-Class is associated as composing of the weakest heroes, while the S-Class is recognized as composing of the strongest heroes. To proceed to the next class up, a hero must be ranked number 1 in their current class, at which point they can choose to stay at the top of their class, or move up and start at the bottom of the next class up.

In some cases, a hero can be placed directly into a higher class if their score on the entrance exam is high enough. And in a few rare cases, like King and Genos, a hero can be placed directly into S-Class, should they have a previous record of dealing with dangerous threats. To rise in the ranks, points are allocated based on the heroes' achievements. The exact criteria for how the system works is largely unknown, but it comprises multiple factors, several of which are combat strength, monster & criminal suppression, contribution to the public, public image, and more. Dealing with higher disaster level threats nets the hero more points to rank up. The Hero Association evaluation staff deliberates and assigns how many points each hero is rewarded with for such achievements, with Sweet Mask being one of those members. Furthermore, if a Class C hero remains inactive for one week, their name will be removed from the Hero Registry.