Recaps

Over several weeks, Uraraka Shige grew comfortable with Terumi Genga, who kept appearing to bring him snacks and watch him train. When Terumi mentioned a new aquarium, their coach kept Shige training, while Terumi and Ochaco continued competing for his attention.

• Terumi Genga repeatedly brought snacks to Uraraka Shige during his supervised training at his family's fitness center.
• Uraraka Shige realized Terumi's sudden appearances no longer made him nervous and accepted him as a friend and little follower.
• Terumi told Uraraka Shige about a nearby aquarium and looked eager to visit with him.
• The coach told Ochaco to rest but ordered Uraraka Shige to keep training, prompting Terumi to glare at him.
• Ochaco drank a bottle from Terumi's snacks, and Terumi complained that she should get her own drink.

Uraraka Shige, Ochaco, and Terumi Genga grew stronger during several months of training and school life. When a suspected molester abducted Terumi and threatened Ochaco, Shige confronted him in an alley.

• Shige and his friends enjoyed a day at the new aquarium, then settled into an uneventful routine over the following months.
• Shige grew stronger and learned to manipulate multiple gravity lines at once, while Ochaco improved her slingshot attacks and Genga became more confident.
• Several neighborhood notices warned that a molester was still at large.
• On the way home from school, a ragged-looking man abducted Genga from an alley, and Shige and Ochaco chased after them.
• The man stopped in the alley and held Genga hostage, then leered at Ochaco and threatened the children.
• Shige recognized the man as the suspected molester and vowed to punish him for abducting Genga and staring at Ochaco.

More than a year after the pervert’s arrest, Uraraka Shige had grown stronger and learned to control five Quirk threads. The police then asked him to serve as bait for a fugitive villain seeking revenge, with Endeavor assigned to protect him, and Shige weighed whether to cooperate.

• Police arrested the pervert, and Terumi Genga became a devoted fan of Uraraka Shige while growing closer to Ochaco.
• Uraraka Shige recovered from his injuries and continued training, eventually learning to manipulate five threads at once.
• Over a year passed peacefully as Uraraka Shige, Ochaco, and Terumi Genga grew older and improved their abilities.
• A young police officer told Uraraka Shige and his parents that a fugitive villain had returned and was believed to be targeting him for revenge.
• The officer asked Uraraka Shige to take quiet routes home as bait, with Endeavor protecting him, and Uraraka Shige considered the request.

Uraraka Shige agreed to serve as bait for the fugitive villain and spent three days acting normally while waiting for the revenge attack. The attack began on his walk home with Ochaco and Terumi Genga, leaving the identity of the figure behind the blasted wall unknown.

• Uraraka Shige agreed to Endeavor's bait plan, though he privately resented being treated as a tool.
• He reflected on his weakness and worried about surviving the fugitive villain's revenge and helping All Might in the future.
• For three days, Uraraka Shige kept to his routine and told Ochaco and Terumi Genga nothing about the danger.
• A Quirk blasted a hole through a house wall beside Uraraka Shige, Ochaco, and Terumi Genga, sending them flying amid rubble and dust.
• A person watched by four police personnel opened his azure eyes and declared that the moth had fallen into the spiderweb.

Uraraka Shige faced the fugitive villain who had come to take revenge, while Ochaco and Terumi Genga tried to escape. As the villain attacked Shige with a homemade explosive and an unidentified Quirk, Endeavor arrived with a blast of flame.

• Uraraka Shige recognized the approaching man as the fugitive villain and told Ochaco and Terumi Genga to leave him behind.
• The villain ignited and threw a homemade explosive toward Ochaco and Terumi Genga, but Uraraka Shige used his Quirk to send it back.
• The villain detonated the explosive in midair and then pointed at Uraraka Shige, triggering a strong sense of danger.
• Uraraka Shige split his gravity Quirk between accelerating his fall and moving left to evade the villain's aim.
• Endeavor fired a surging blast of flame from a nearby alley toward the villain.

Uraraka Shige escaped a mysterious villain’s attack and watched Endeavor’s flames fail to harm the villain. Endeavor revealed he had only used low heat as a warning, leaving Uraraka Shige confused about what he had witnessed.

• Uraraka Shige dodged a searing air attack that nearly struck his groin and fled toward a nearby alley.
• Uraraka Shige saw that the villain appeared unharmed inside Endeavor’s flames and guessed Endeavor had kept their temperature low.
• Endeavor emerged and said he had used low-temperature flames as a warning, but the villain showed no damage.
• Uraraka Shige felt bewildered because Endeavor’s explanation did not match what he had seen.

Uraraka Shige realized that his presence had already changed the original story, while Endeavor confronted the escaping villain. The villain broke free of Endeavor’s fire tornado and fled into a sewer.

• Uraraka Shige panicked after realizing that Endeavor’s encounter with the villain had diverged from the original story.
• Uraraka Shige concluded that he had begun changing the world simply by being born into Ochaco’s family.
• The villain briefly panicked at Endeavor’s arrival, then regained his confidence and taunted him.
• Endeavor trapped the villain in a spinning fire tornado, hoping to suffocate him without exceeding the limits of his Quirk.
• The villain blasted apart the flames, opened a hole in a nearby sewer entrance, and escaped underground.

After Endeavor left, Shige reassured Ochaco and Genga and explained the bait plan while police escorted them home. The escaped enemy had secretly followed them and appeared beside their residence, ready to attack Shige.

• Endeavor returned to the alley and left Shige behind, while Shige realized the confrontation seemed to be over.
• Ochaco and Genga checked that Shige was safe, then pressed him to explain the bait plan and the enemy’s attack.
• Police officers interrupted Shige and escorted him, Ochaco, and Genga toward home as Shige explained the plan along the way.
• The enemy overheard the explanation from behind a residential wall and realized the heroes had deliberately leaked the bait information to him.
• The enemy appeared on the courtyard wall, incapacitated the male officer, and aimed at Shige while declaring that he would kill him.

Uraraka Shige struggled to flee while a policewoman risked her life holding off the dangerous villain. After she was killed, he escaped with Terumi Genga, who suggested they run in separate directions.

• The policewoman aimed her pistol at the villain and told Uraraka Shige, Ochaco, and Terumi Genga to run while she held him off.
• Uraraka Shige led Ochaco and Terumi Genga through a narrow passage and urged them to seek help, but hesitated to leave the policewoman behind.
• The villain pierced the policewoman's heart after she fired three shots, killing her as Uraraka Shige watched.
• Uraraka Shige fled through the passage and found Terumi Genga waiting for him on the other side.
• Terumi Genga asked Uraraka Shige about the policewoman and villain, then suggested they run in separate directions.

After a policewoman died protecting him, Uraraka Shige fell into a dazed state and agreed to Terumi Genga’s plan to split up. Genga lured the villain away by disguising himself as Shige, and Shige realized what he had done and raced back toward them.

• Uraraka Shige struggled to process the policewoman’s death and agreed when Terumi Genga suggested they split up.
• Terumi Genga disguised himself as Uraraka Shige and ran in the opposite direction to draw the villain after him.
• As Uraraka Shige regained his composure, he noticed the villain was not following him and realized Genga had gone missing.
• Uraraka Shige remembered Genga’s Quirk and the plan he had proposed, then turned around and raced back.
• Terumi Genga knew he could not outrun the villain and prepared to use his Quirk to disappear from view.

Terumi Genga was cornered and shot through the back by the villain before Uraraka Shige reached them. The villain then turned his aim on Uraraka Shige, who dodged the first attack and faced the villain's promise to kill him quickly.

• Terumi Genga found no way to escape the villain in the narrow street and hoped Uraraka Shige would save him.
• The villain caught up with Terumi Genga and fired a heat blast through his back, leaving him badly wounded on the ground.
• Uraraka Shige arrived behind the villain, saw Genga fall, and cried out his name.
• The villain mistook Uraraka Shige for another disguised child and fired at him, but Uraraka Shige activated his Quirk and dodged.
• The villain recognized Uraraka Shige as the real one and prepared to attack him seriously.

Uraraka Shige confronted a dangerous enemy who had incapacitated Terumi Genga, using his Quirk to evade ranged attacks and close the distance. The chapter ended with Shige and the enemy locked in close combat as Shige launched a punch toward the enemy’s lower abdomen.

• Uraraka Shige focused his rage on the enemy instead of trying to escape.
• Uraraka Shige used “Thread! Fall!” to distract the enemy, dodge his silent attacks, and descend toward the ground.
• Uraraka Shige switched to “Rise! Level!” to land safely and charge at the enemy.
• The enemy unleashed more attacks, but Uraraka Shige changed his course with his Quirk and avoided them.
• The enemy charged into close combat, where Uraraka Shige struggled to dodge his dangerous punches and kicks.
• Uraraka Shige dodged another punch, clenched his left fist, and drove it toward the enemy’s lower abdomen.

Uraraka Shige and the enemy fought desperately, each trying to kill the other before help arrived. Both were left gravely injured and unconscious when police and heroes reached them.

• Uraraka Shige worried about Terumi Genga while the enemy feared the missing third brat would bring help.
• Uraraka Shige punched the enemy in the abdomen and activated his Quirk, twisting and destroying the enemy’s internal organs.
• The enemy released heat and impact from his abdomen, breaking Uraraka Shige’s hand and badly burning and injuring him.
• Uraraka Shige and the enemy both lost consciousness, unable to move.
• Police personnel and several heroes arrived and found both combatants gravely injured.

Uraraka Shige woke in the hospital, haunted by the policewoman’s death and his inability to repay her for saving him. After his family and Ochaco came to visit, a rugged man entered the room while suited people restrained police officers in the hallway.

• Uraraka Shige woke alone in a hospital room and wondered about Terumi Genga, Ochaco, and the villain he had killed.
• Shige regretted that the policewoman had died protecting him, though he recognized that her injury to the villain had helped him win.
• A nurse and a doctor discovered Shige was awake, and he later fell asleep again.
• Shige woke the next day to find his parents and Ochaco beside his bed.
• A casually dressed person brought a rugged man into the room while people in black suits restrained police officers in the hallway.

Bi'an, impersonating Terumi Genga’s father, falsely told Shige that Genga was dead to test Shige’s concern for him. Shige fainted after reopening his wounds, and Genga’s real father summoned Ikyu to save him.

• Bi'an introduced himself as the fourth head of the Terumi Family and Genga’s father, then asked Shige how he felt about Genga.
• Shige urgently asked about Genga, and Bi'an falsely claimed that Genga was dead.
• Shige sat up in shock, reopened his burned wounds, and passed out as his bandages became soaked with blood.
• Bi'an revealed that Genga was alive and in a hospital in another city, but Shige fainted before he could react.
• Genga’s real father entered, exposed the impersonation, and called Ikyu to treat Shige.

After Terumi Genga’s family left Uraraka Shige with a ten-year challenge to prove himself worthy of Genga’s friendship, Shige reflected on his slow progress and recognized a new way to develop his Quirk. He left the chapter determined to explore using his Quirk in close combat.

• Terumi Genga’s sister told Uraraka Shige that Genga was recovering but would be punished, and that Shige had ten years to prove he deserved to be Genga’s friend.
• The sister left, and police officers arrived and scolded Shige while his parents worried over his reckless actions.
• Alone in the monitoring room, Shige wished Genga well and resolved to grow stronger so he could repay All Might.
• Shige reconsidered his one-sided Quirk training and realized he could incorporate his Quirk into punches and kicks, building on how he had used it against the villain.

After Uraraka Shige recovered and left the hospital, his family celebrated with a meal out, where he and Ochaco learned that their parents' construction company had landed profitable projects. Ochaco accepted her father's refusal to let her work for the company, and Shige's teasing question about embezzlement restored the family's cheerful mood.

• Uraraka Shige was discharged after several days of observation, and his parents and Ochaco took him out to celebrate.
• Uraraka Shige and Ochaco asked their parents why the family could afford better meals, clothes, and toys.
• Their father explained that the construction company had won several sizable projects and could now cover Shige's hospital bills and improve their living conditions.
• Ochaco offered to work for the family company when she grew up, but her father told her to pursue her own dreams instead.
• Uraraka Shige joked that his father might have embezzled company funds, and his teasing brought the family back to a warm, cheerful mood.

Half a month after leaving the hospital, Uraraka Shige moved his Quirk training from the Terumi Family fitness center to a small park because he could no longer afford the fees. He practiced controlling gravity by slapping trees and spinning water in balloons, hoping to refine his dangerous technique and improve his precision.

• Uraraka Shige kept the scars from his burns as reminders, while his family’s meals became more plentiful after their circumstances improved slightly.
• Uraraka Shige began training in a small park after the Terumi Family fitness center started charging him to use its private training room.
• Uraraka Shige slapped trees to practice confining the gravity of his powerful finishing move, which currently affected him as well as his target.
• Uraraka Shige tried using gravity to form a ball by spinning water inside balloons, but found that the balloons spun along with the water.
• Uraraka Shige kept practicing with water balloons because it helped him refine the range and precision of his gravity control when tree training made him feel unwell.

Uraraka Shige watched his classmates bicker and bully one another through a gloomy school day, while the class representative’s empty seat troubled him. He left school with an ominous feeling after noticing the representative had been absent all day.

• Uraraka Shige watched a bully trick a classmate who had fallen from his chair, and predicted the humiliated child would seek revenge.
• Uraraka Shige complained about being stuck among children, while Ochaco continued talking with their classmates.
• The teacher arrived and struggled to control the noisy class, and Uraraka Shige noticed the class representative’s empty seat.
• After school, Uraraka Shige took the two umbrellas he had brought and looked back at the classroom with a foreboding feeling about the absent class representative.

Shige watched two classmates fall into a puddle and enjoyed their misfortune before going home with Ochaco. Meanwhile, investigators examined a third corpse in a nearby park and concluded that a killer they thought had returned was responsible.

• Shige noticed a boy secretly following the classmate who had embarrassed him earlier and anticipated a prank.
• The boy tripped the classmate into a puddle, then fell himself, and Shige laughed as the two ended up covered in mud.
• Ochaco and her friends gave Shige disapproving looks, while a teacher summoned the two boys to face punishment after the other students left.
• Shige left school with Ochaco, unaware that investigators were examining a corpse in the park where he trained.
• A burn-scarred investigator reported that the victim had died from seven knife wounds and said the case resembled two earlier murders by a killer who had returned.

Over half a year, Shige and Ochaco grew stronger while their former class representative changed into a gloomy, isolated boy whom they barely noticed. The chapter left the former representative increasingly forgotten and Shige continuing to prioritize strength despite regretting his short stature.

• Shige learned that his former class representative had been injured in a park incident and hospitalized, but the boy returned to school after only a week.
• Over the next two months, the representative’s appearance and personality changed drastically, and he grew cold toward everyone.
• By the time another half year had passed, the former representative was isolated, no longer class representative, and prone to accidentally injuring people at school.
• Shige remained indifferent to the former representative, while Ochaco focused on her own friends.
• Shige grew considerably stronger through daily Heavy Shackles training, though he regretted being shorter than Ochaco.
• Ochaco improved her Quirk and developed combat skills with Shige’s help, while Terumi Genga remained out of contact.

Uraraka Shige noticed that his family’s construction company had fallen on hard times again, while his parents tried to keep the problem from him and Ochaco. He planned to investigate after school, but he was also curious about why the former class monitor had been watching him and then disappeared.

• Uraraka Shige noticed that his parents had become busy and worried again, and that the family’s food had worsened as the construction company’s business declined.
• Uraraka Shige questioned his parents about the situation, but they reassured him and Ochaco without explaining the problem.
• Uraraka Shige decided to quietly ask around and look for a way to help, though he planned to wait until school ended and Ochaco was safe.
• Uraraka Shige noticed the former class monitor watching him during class and became suspicious of the sudden change in his behavior.
• The former class monitor disappeared during the break and had not returned by the middle of class, so Uraraka Shige postponed asking him about it.

After dinner, Shige waited while Ochaco worked on her homework, but he became lost in thought and unintentionally made her feel ignored. He explained himself and apologized, leaving the two siblings to resolve the misunderstanding.

• Shige finished his homework and offered to go for a walk with Ochaco, then decided to wait while she finished hers.
• While Ochaco worked, Shige stared vaguely in her direction and failed to respond when she asked for help with a problem.
• Ochaco looked up and saw Shige staring past her, but he snapped out of his daze and asked whether she had finished her homework.
• Ochaco accused Shige of staring at her, and his uncertain reply convinced her that he had ignored her.
• Shige realized Ochaco had misunderstood and explained that he had been spacing out, then apologized to her.

Uraraka Shige and Ochaco went to their parents’ construction company to find out why they had been so busy, but a gang of thugs outside the building made them turn back. As they tried to leave, one of the thugs called them over.

• Uraraka Shige finished helping Ochaco with her homework and asked her to go for a walk with him.
• Uraraka Shige told Ochaco he wanted to visit their parents’ construction company, and she agreed to go with him.
• After the siblings left, a small, dwarf-like figure came out of an alley, entered their home, and locked the door.
• Uraraka Shige and Ochaco arrived near the company and saw a group of teenage thugs loitering outside with clubs and cigarettes.
• Uraraka Shige decided to take Ochaco home rather than risk approaching the thugs.
• One of the thugs spotted the siblings, pointed at them, and called them over.

Shige and Ochaco faced the Gray Rat Society thugs outside Shige’s family construction company, and Shige used his Quirk to defeat them. After Chaos left the thugs incapacitated, Ochaco also began vomiting.

• A thug collapsed after Shige struck him, prompting the Gray Rat Society thugs to approach Shige and Ochaco.
• Shige told Ochaco to use her Quirk on herself and waited for the thugs to enter his Quirk’s range.
• The gray-haired leader questioned the children, then ordered his men to take them to the Gray Rat Society base without hurting them.
• Shige activated Chaos, disorienting the nearby thugs until they fell down and began dry-heaving.
• Shige stopped using Chaos and had Ochaco cancel her Quirk, after which she bent over and vomited.