Arc 17March on AFO

Uraraka Shige gathered allies and declared war on All Might before attacking hero agencies and leading the Meta Liberation Army toward AFO. The group fought a host of self-aware Nomu, then the Union arrived and a League assassination triggered a wider battle as they neared AFO and the hospital.

  • Uraraka Shige recruited Chisaki Kai and left Eri with Kai and his foster father before heading to U.A. High School.
  • Uraraka Shige fought U.A.'s heroes, overcame their efforts to capture him, and challenged All Might to stop his coming destruction.
  • Uraraka Shige attacked hero agencies across the country, while heroes and police struggled to predict his next target.
  • Killer Cancer led Uraraka Shige and more than ten thousand Meta Liberation followers toward AFO, where they encountered a force of strange Nomu.
  • Uraraka Shige and the Meta Liberation members fought the Nomu, and Uraraka Shige sealed or destroyed several of them while others killed many followers.
  • The female Nomu vanished, and the group discovered Killer Cancer was being targeted from above as the Union approached from behind.
  • Yamato sent an upright-looking man to strike the distant Nomu, while Killer Cancer continued leading the group toward AFO and the hospital.
  • A League member killed Hanabata Koku, Re-Destro killed the assassin, and the Meta Liberation Army and League began a costly battle as the Nomu joined the fighting.
Chapters 404–428 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 404Chapter 28

Uraraka Shige and the Meta Liberation executives prepared to search for AFO, while Killer Cancer set off to gather his own resources. After spotting Chisaki Kai in the city, Uraraka Shige decided to approach him, suspecting that the person Chisaki had rescued was now his weak spot.

  • Killer Cancer persuaded the Meta Liberation executives to let him join the search for AFO.
  • Uraraka Shige persuaded the group to wait three li from AFO and spend a day planning their preparations.
  • The Meta Liberation executives left to gather helpers and equipment, while Killer Cancer departed to draw on his accumulated resources.
  • Uraraka Shige spotted Chisaki Kai in an alley and considered recruiting him for his Quirk before deciding to bring him over first.
  • Chisaki Kai carried food to his adoptive father, the boss, while struggling to fulfill the head's ideal and care for him.
  • Uraraka Shige followed Chisaki Kai and guessed that the person he had rescued from the sanatorium had become his new weak spot.

Ch. 405Goal? Plan? Persuasion.

Chisaki Kai confronted Uraraka Shige, who had tracked him down while holding Eri, and demanded to know why he had come. After forcing Chisaki Kai to recognize his strength, Uraraka Shige reminded him of their agreement and named the target of his revenge: AFO.

  • Uraraka Shige appeared behind Chisaki Kai with Eri and attacked him with a black orb.
  • Chisaki Kai demanded that Uraraka Shige return Eri, but Uraraka Shige used the conversation to distract him.
  • Uraraka Shige demonstrated his Orb technique, chasing Chisaki Kai with a deadly black orb while shielding himself and Eri with black mist.
  • Chisaki Kai stopped fleeing after realizing Uraraka Shige did not intend to kill him and asked what he wanted.
  • Uraraka Shige told Chisaki Kai to honor their agreement, help him take revenge, and gather people to target AFO.

Ch. 406A School You Can't Just Walk Into

After securing Chisaki Kai and Eri's foster father's approval for Kai to join the fight against the resurrected AFO, Uraraka Shige left Eri with them and went to U.A. High School. He broke through the entrance, drew the school's security forces' attention, and confronted figures hiding nearby as he made a wooden sword.

  • Uraraka Shige convinced Chisaki Kai to help restore the Shie Hassaikai's reputation and fight the resurrected AFO.
  • Uraraka Shige met Chisaki Kai's foster father, who entrusted Kai to him and asked that Eri be brought back to visit often.
  • Uraraka Shige left Eri with the foster father and Kai, then departed alone because his next destination could be dangerous.
  • Uraraka Shige arrived at rebuilt U.A. High School, destroyed its gate and part of a wall, and triggered the campus alarm.
  • U.A.'s security forces identified Uraraka Shige as the villain Death Omen Star and ordered personnel to capture him.
  • Uraraka Shige made a wooden sword from a roadside tree and turned toward figures lurking by a greenbelt.

Ch. 407Hero Team

Uraraka Shige confronted a coordinated team of U.A. High School heroes after they discovered he had detected their concealed approach. Their combined attack failed to harm him, and he expanded his black spheres as the heroes scattered.

  • The hero team realized Uraraka Shige had spotted them and changed from a stealth approach to an encirclement.
  • Uraraka Shige sent black mist after the four heroes, who combined their Quirks to create a stream of water, wind, and flames.
  • The flames engulfed Uraraka Shige, but his black spheres absorbed them and left him unharmed.
  • Uraraka Shige dispersed the black mist and expanded his four black spheres as the heroes dodged.

Ch. 408Death Omen Star, Skilled with a Blade

Uraraka Shige, disguised as Death Omen Star, fought U.A. heroes and waited to verify that no AFO agents were among them before revealing his purpose. After the heroes’ reinforcements arrived, he tried to hide from Eraser Head with black mist, but the mist dissipated, leaving him awkwardly facing the heroes.

  • Two black spheres chased the heroes with Electrolysis and Sealed Container Quirks while Uraraka Shige’s other spheres protected him.
  • The heroes with Water Storage and Ignition Quirks redirected a torrent of water at Uraraka Shige, briefly obscuring his vision and helping the others escape the spheres.
  • The four heroes joined arriving reinforcements, and Uraraka Shige’s old acquaintances gathered to confront him.
  • Shota Aizawa demanded to know why Death Omen Star had broken into U.A. High School, but Uraraka Shige withheld his purpose while considering the risk of AFO agents among the heroes.
  • Uraraka Shige explained Eraser Head’s line-of-sight weakness and concealed himself with black mist, but the mist abruptly dissipated.
  • Uraraka Shige tried to ease the awkward silence by claiming that swordsmanship was what he was best at.

Ch. 409Testing the Waters...

With his Quirk erased, Uraraka Shige struggled to hold off the heroes as his unstable black spheres pulled in air and earth. The ground then collapsed around the group, and Uraraka Shige realized his Quirk had recovered.

  • Shota Aizawa erased Uraraka Shige’s Quirk, leaving him at a disadvantage against the assembled heroes.
  • The black spheres continued to distort gravity and draw in air, creating fierce winds that hindered both Uraraka Shige and the heroes.
  • Shota Aizawa led the attack, while Power Loader, Ectoplasm, and Hound Dog each tried to reach or capture Uraraka Shige; Thirteen rescued Hound Dog after Uraraka Shige knocked him away.
  • Snipe’s bullets were pulled into a black sphere, and Thirteen began to reject Snipe’s guess that it was a black hole.
  • The ground collapsed around Uraraka Shige and the heroes, and Uraraka Shige realized his Quirk had recovered.

Ch. 410...Then They Clashed

Uraraka Shige used his gravity Quirk to disable Shota Aizawa temporarily and unleashed his new finishing move, Burst, against the heroes. With Aizawa underground and unable to easily target him, Shige prepared to deal with him before continuing the fight.

  • Uraraka Shige enveloped Shota Aizawa in black mist, then blinded him with sand and dust to prevent him from erasing Shige's Quirk.
  • Uraraka Shige dodged the heroes' attacks while Aizawa struggled to recover his senses.
  • Uraraka Shige used three altered black spheres to unleash Burst, blasting the heroes into the air with a shockwave.
  • Power Loader carried Aizawa underground, protecting him from the explosion but making it harder for him to use his Quirk on Shige.
  • Uraraka Shige decided he needed to deal with Aizawa before continuing to fight the other heroes.

Ch. 411A Declaration of War, or Pity or Repayment?

Uraraka Shige overcame the heroes holding him back with an overwhelming display of gravity, then confronted the weakened All Might and declared war on him. He left All Might with a challenge to stop Death Omen Star if the hero’s heart still beat.

  • Uraraka Shige sent a black ball underground to trouble Power Loader and Shota Aizawa while Snipe, Hound Dog, Blood Hero, and Ectoplasm kept him occupied.
  • Uraraka Shige released black mist that cleared everything around him, then condensed it into three newly charged Burst Orbs.
  • Uraraka Shige detonated the black ball underground and sent three Burst Orbs after the heroes, blasting them away.
  • Uraraka Shige faced All Might beside Endeavor and Principal Nezu and remarked on how weak All Might had become.
  • Uraraka Shige declared war on All Might as Death Omen Star and challenged him to stop his coming destruction.

Ch. 412The Heroes' Perspectives

Endeavor, All Might, Principal Nezu, the heroes, and police discussed Death Omen Star's break-in at U.A. and agreed to work together to stop him. The meeting ended with the police calling for an accurate assessment of his abilities and Quirk.

  • Endeavor condemned Death Omen Star's intrusion and challenge, angered that the villain had disregarded him as the current No. 1 hero.
  • All Might coughed blood, accepted responsibility for the incident, and bowed as he asked to join the investigation.
  • Vlad King questioned what Death Omen Star intended to challenge, destroy, annihilate, or slaughter.
  • Endeavor called for Death Omen Star to be found and captured, and a police officer cited the villain's record of more than thirty deaths.
  • The police officer asked the assembled heroes for help, and they agreed to cooperate.
  • The police officer proposed that they first establish Death Omen Star's actual capabilities and Quirk.

Ch. 413No Time to Think of a Title

Uraraka Shige attacked and collapsed a hero agency to provoke the heroes and police into pursuing him. A week later, after more than ten similar attacks, All Might and the authorities still had no leads or way to predict his next target.

  • Uraraka Shige entered a hero agency and fought the heroes inside, using black balls and mist to destroy the building’s structure.
  • Uraraka Shige withdrew after trapping the heroes inside, then collapsed the agency and left them buried beneath the rubble.
  • Uraraka Shige gathered his black mist and moved on to his next target as nearby civilians called the police and the agency’s emergency number.
  • A week later, All Might, heroes, and police officers met to discuss more than ten attacks on hero agencies by Death Omen Star.
  • A police chief and the heroes acknowledged they could not predict Uraraka Shige’s next target and warned that he had escaped U.A. High School despite being surrounded.

Ch. 414What Was the Challenge Meant to Destroy?

Uraraka Shige entered an underground information hub while reflecting on how the challenge to hero agencies could destabilize hero society and create an opening against the resurrected AFO. After a gunman attacked him from a garbage heap, he killed the man without learning where the nearest information station was.

  • Uraraka Shige entered a filthy underground establishment where information and underground services were available.
  • A man hiding in a garbage heap attacked Uraraka Shige with an illegally modified firearm, but Uraraka Shige blocked the bullets with a black sphere.
  • Uraraka Shige used black mist to compress the garbage and remove the man's limbs, then questioned him about his identity and the nearest information station.
  • The man refused to answer the final question, and Uraraka Shige absorbed him into the compressed garbage, killing him.

Ch. 415Sightless Ants

Uraraka Shige found the Zōti Doctor’s old hideout empty and, in a furious mood, killed the armed men waiting outside and erased the evidence. While bathing afterward, he was interrupted by a hero pursuing a villain, and his anger turned the encounter into another violent escape.

  • Uraraka Shige searched the Zōti Doctor’s former hideout but found only garbage, corpses, and excrement.
  • Uraraka Shige crushed the armed men ambushing the back door with gathered gravity, then swallowed their bodies and removed traces from the surroundings.
  • Uraraka Shige went to a bathhouse, washed, and disposed of his old cloak and bandages with a black sphere.
  • Shoulder Pad Gorilla crashed through the wall of Uraraka Shige’s private room while being pursued by the hero Impact Iron Fist.
  • Uraraka Shige covered himself in black mist and attacked Impact Iron Fist as a crowd approached, then escaped into the sky when the building collapsed.

Ch. 416Chapter 40

Uraraka Shige changed his disguise and destroyed the final hero agency in his plan, an act that accelerated the collapse of hero society. Over the following months, the world descended further into chaos, creating opportunities for him but also bringing dangers he did not want.

  • Uraraka Shige changed his clothes and concealed his face with black fog before walking openly through the streets.
  • Uraraka Shige headed to the last hero agency in his plan, whose destruction would provoke more attacks and upheaval.
  • Uraraka Shige destroyed the unnamed hero agency, setting off a chain of events that heroes could no longer easily stop.
  • Uraraka Shige avoided abusing ordinary people, though he used society's turmoil to attract attention and pursue his ambitions.
  • A few days and weeks passed, then more than two months, as the chaotic situation continued.

Ch. 417Chapter 41

The Meta Liberation had quietly taken control of the city while Uraraka Shige's large force advanced toward AFO's hiding place. After Killer Cancer knocked out two ambushers, the group continued openly, unaware of what awaited them.

  • The Meta Liberation's members and allies had taken control of nearly the entire city and formed a cordon around it.
  • Killer Cancer led Uraraka Shige's party through a trap-filled area and avoided falling into a pit of explosives.
  • A masked enemy explained his magnetic attacks, then admitted he could not defeat the black sphere that swallowed his projectiles.
  • Killer Cancer struck the enemy and his ninja companion unconscious before they could stall for time.
  • Uraraka Shige and more than ten thousand followers marched openly toward AFO's hiding place.

Ch. 418The First Batch of Opponents Has Arrived on the Battlefield

Uraraka Shige realized that a magnetic field could interfere with his control over gravity, leaving him questioning how dependable his Quirk was. As he followed Killer Cancer, numerous strange figures appeared around them, while a being formed from gathered light began to emerge.

  • Uraraka Shige considered how an electrified steel ball had subtly affected the gravitational structure inside his black sphere.
  • Uraraka Shige concluded that the magnetic field might have affected his ability to control gravity rather than gravity itself.
  • Killer Cancer stopped as the faceless Nomu appeared ahead of them.
  • A skull-less figure, an armored figure, a wall-born figure, an airborne figure, and other strange beings manifested around the group.
  • Light gathered into an egg and then transformed into a humanlike figure as Uraraka Shige and the others watched.

Ch. 419Pre-Battle Explanation

The Nomu attacked the Meta Liberation executives and their allies, using coordinated Quirks to engage separate opponents. As the group focused on a light-based Nomu that appeared only in their vision, another Nomu began emerging from a member’s back unnoticed.

  • The Nomu charged after a female Nomu called out, with several of them selecting targets without further orders.
  • The wall-smashing Nomu attacked Killer Cancer, while five others rushed Uraraka Shige and the others.
  • Yukio froze the blood-transforming Nomu, and Chikazoku Tomoyasu used a subordinate as an explosive to destroy it, leaving the subordinate unconscious.
  • The light-based Nomu rushed into everyone’s field of vision, drawing their attention despite having no physical body.
  • A limbless Nomu began emerging from the back of a Meta Liberation member while the group watched the light-based Nomu.

Ch. 420Jet-Propelled 'Nomu'

The Meta Liberation members struggled against the Nomu’s blinding, intangible presence while Uraraka Shige fought the jet-propelled Nomu in midair. Although his black sphere pierced and crushed it, the Nomu regenerated and blasted Uraraka Shige away with a hidden throat weapon.

  • The Nomu’s blinding light confused the Meta Liberation members, whose attacks missed it and caused collateral trouble for the other Nomu.
  • The wind-stepping and armored Nomu were knocked back or pinned down as the Meta Liberation members attacked them.
  • Uraraka Shige warned that the Nomu was unaffected by gravity, but the chaos drowned out his hoarse voice.
  • The jet-propelled Nomu evaded Uraraka Shige’s black sphere, but the sphere curved around and pierced its chest, revealing mechanical parts and rapid regeneration.
  • Uraraka Shige expanded the black sphere and crushed the Nomu, then spat out its compressed remains as a lump of flesh and metal.
  • The Nomu regenerated, fired a powerful blast of compressed air from a metal tube in its throat, and sent Uraraka Shige flying.

Ch. 421A Purr-ilous Situation

Uraraka Shige fought the Nomu attacking him while Meta Liberation members were slaughtered around him. When a blood-transforming Nomu reappeared and halted the jet Nomu, Shige realized that both enemies could think independently.

  • Uraraka Shige watched Meta Liberation members struggle against the Nomu, and a female Nomu struck down a line of attackers with one gesture.
  • The jet Nomu flew at Uraraka Shige, who trapped him in black mist formed from Gravity and began tearing his body apart.
  • A pink mist gathered into a cloud that drew blood from nearby Meta Liberation members and threatened to drain Uraraka Shige.
  • The blood-transforming Nomu re-formed from the cloud after Curiosity-Chikazoku Tomoyasu had blown it apart, while the jet Nomu regenerated and escaped the black mist.
  • The blood-transforming Nomu stopped the jet Nomu in midair, and Uraraka Shige realized that both Nomu were self-aware and capable of independent thought.

Ch. 422When Did It Vanish Without a Trace?

Uraraka Shige struggled against a blood-transforming Nomu whose power turned his own blood and the blood of nearby Meta Liberation members against them. As he fell toward the battlefield, he realized that the light-draped Nomu that had filled his view had vanished, though he could not tell when.

  • The jet-propelled Nomu abandoned its attack on Uraraka Shige and flew down toward the Meta Liberation members after the blood-transforming Nomu stopped it.
  • The blood-transforming Nomu dispersed into mist that Uraraka Shige inhaled, causing the blood in his body to surge and inflicting severe pain.
  • The Nomu gathered bloody vapor around Uraraka Shige, while the Meta Liberation members below began coughing blood that rose into the vapor.
  • Uraraka Shige concluded that the Nomu’s power might grow stronger with more blood, canceled his gravity Quirk, and plummeted toward the ground.
  • As Uraraka Shige surveyed the Nomu slaughtering the Meta Liberation members, he noticed that the light-draped Nomu had disappeared from his view.

Ch. 423The Collective Counterattack

Uraraka Shige regained some control of his Quirk after sealing the blood-manipulating Nomu inside a compressed mass and hurling it away. He then took down the jet Nomu while Re-Destro and the Meta Liberation members finished off the burrowing and armored Nomu.

  • Uraraka Shige used Orb Activation to compress the blood-manipulating Nomu inside a stone-wrapped mass and send it far into the sky.
  • As the Nomu’s influence faded, Uraraka Shige’s bleeding began to heal and he regained control of his Quirk.
  • Uraraka Shige ambushed the jet Nomu with a black sphere, destroyed its head, and sealed its body inside the sphere.
  • Re-Destro smashed the burrowing Nomu into the ground, and Yukio and other Meta Liberation members froze it solid.
  • Meta Liberation members melted the armored Nomu’s armor, pierced it, and destroyed it with an explosive and corrosive liquid.

Ch. 424The Last Two

Uraraka Shige sealed the wind-walking Nomu while Re-Destro tore the fat Nomu out of his back and crushed it. Only the female Nomu and the mysterious Nomu that had appeared in everyone’s retinas remained.

  • Hanabata Koku warned Re-Destro about the fat Nomu emerging from behind him, and his amplified voice rallied Meta Liberation members to protect their leader.
  • Uraraka Shige chose to target the wind-walking Nomu, whose ability to merge with the wind his Orb could counter.
  • Uraraka Shige drew the Nomu and the surrounding air into a black sphere, then sealed it inside a compressed shell underground.
  • Re-Destro grew enormous, ripped the fat Nomu from his back, and smashed it into the ground until it was crushed.
  • Uraraka Shige saw Re-Destro’s exposed, badly injured back and noted that only two Nomu remained.

Ch. 425Going in Circles

The Meta Liberation members survived the Nomu battle and continued toward AFO with Killer Cancer, despite suspecting he might have betrayed them. Their journey stalled when Cancer began leading them in circles, prompting Chikazoku Tomoyasu to accuse him of helping AFO attack their headquarters.

  • The female Nomu vanished after killing over a hundred Meta Liberation members, leaving behind the words, “So it was you...”
  • The Meta Liberation members accused Killer Cancer of luring them into a trap, but Hanabata Koku calmed them because they still needed Cancer to lead them to AFO.
  • Killer Cancer said AFO was less than half a kilometer away, and Uraraka Shige silently rejoined the group as they set off.
  • The group traveled a few hundred meters before noticing that Killer Cancer was swaying and leading them around in circles.
  • Chikazoku Tomoyasu accused Killer Cancer of stalling them so AFO could attack their headquarters.

Ch. 426The Enemy a Thousand Meters Up

Re-Destro reasoned that Killer Cancer’s disrupted Quirk and perception might have been caused by a hidden enemy targeting him from afar. He spotted a tiny black speck more than a thousand meters overhead, warned everyone to look up, and heard a rush of footsteps approaching from behind.

  • Killer Cancer said his Quirk and perception might have been disrupted, but the Meta Liberation members doubted him.
  • Uraraka Shige whispered Killer Cancer’s claim to Re-Destro, who considered how an enemy might affect only one person from a distance.
  • Re-Destro concluded that a distant Nomu might be targeting Killer Cancer by sight from above the group.
  • Re-Destro spotted a tiny black speck high in the sky and warned everyone to watch the sky.
  • The Meta Liberation members looked up, then heard countless footsteps approaching from behind.

Ch. 427Reinforcements Have Arrived, Onward

Yamato and the Union arrived to reinforce the group as they faced a Nomu more than a thousand meters away. After Uraraka Shige declined to reveal the full reach of his Quirk, Yamato sent an upright-looking man to exchange places with the Nomu, leaving it exposed to a barrage of attacks.

  • The Union arrived, and Uraraka Shige was surprised by how energetic Yamato seemed compared with the man he remembered.
  • Chikazoku Tomoyasu claimed he could bring down the Nomu with combat drones, but Re-Destro urged the group not to waste time.
  • Re-Destro asked Uraraka Shige to deal with the distant Nomu, and Uraraka Shige said it was beyond his range while keeping his greater capabilities secret.
  • Yamato agreed to handle the Nomu and directed an upright-looking man to act.
  • The upright-looking man vanished and appeared where the Nomu had been, which was immediately hit by a dense barrage of attacks.
  • The upright-looking man reappeared behind Yamato as the Nomu struck the ground.

Ch. 428A Sudden Turn of Events, We're Allies!

Hanabata Koku was killed by a League member, setting off a battle between the Meta Liberation Army and the League as the Nomu attacked. Re-Destro, Yukio, Curiosity, and Chikazoku Tomoyasu fought amid the three-way clash.

  • A Nomu that had fallen from the sky recovered and flew away as Killer Cancer led the group closer to AFO and the hospital.
  • A League member killed Hanabata Koku, and Re-Destro killed the assassin while Yamato questioned whether a Nomu had controlled him.
  • Meta Liberation members attacked the League, whose members fought back, leaving the Meta Liberation Army with heavy casualties.
  • The Nomu charged into the battle and used an array of Quirks, including explosive projectiles, lasers, and attacks that drained people’s strength.
  • Re-Destro fought as a giant, Yukio attacked from a snow dragon, Curiosity turned objects into bombs, and Chikazoku Tomoyasu deployed explosive robots.
Arc 17 of 18
Arc 17 of 18