Chapter Summaries

Death Omen Star's introduction described his Gravity Quirk, its developing abilities, and his founding of the Wandering Protector. His background traced his imprisonment for childhood killings, his escape in adolescence, and his growth into a young adult while evading pursuit.

• Death Omen Star killed invading "villains" with his Quirk to protect his family.
• Death Omen Star killed shareholders of his parents' company's biggest rival because he believed they had caused his parents' company losses through dirty means.
• Death Omen Star was imprisoned rather than sentenced to death because he was too young.
• Death Omen Star escaped in adolescence after deciding prison could no longer help strengthen his Quirk and formally became a "villain."
• Death Omen Star continued evading pursuit as he grew into a young adult.

Uraraka Shige explained his Gravity Quirk and the world of Quirks, heroes, and villains while reflecting on his new life as Ochaco Uraraka’s younger brother. The chapter ended with Shige feeling satisfied with his life, despite getting scolded by his sister at school.

• Shige described how Quirks emerged and explained that his Gravity Quirk let him manipulate gravity by touching and directing black lines visible around him.
• Shige recalled that Ochaco’s Zero Gravity Quirk had limits and that overusing it caused dizziness and vomiting.
• Shige identified All Might as the leading hero and remarked that Toshinori Yagi would later pass One For All to Deku.
• Ochaco scolded Shige for laughing at her, made him apologize to her and their classmates, and insisted that looking after him was her main goal.
• Shige reflected that Ochaco was his only sister and that he was the world’s only gravity manipulator, then said he was satisfied with his new life.

Seven-year-old Uraraka Shige disrupted class, was sent into the hallway, and slipped away to the rooftop. He relaxed in the breeze and fell asleep there, leaving the lesson behind.

• Uraraka Shige ignored his lesson while his sister, Ochaco Uraraka, reminded him to pay attention and corrected his English.
• The teacher ordered Uraraka Shige to stand in the hallway after he disturbed class.
• Uraraka Shige ignored his classmates' gossip, climbed to the rooftop, and shut the door behind him.
• Uraraka Shige used his Quirk to reach a platform above the rooftop door, removed the weight strengthening his body, and fell asleep in the breeze.

Uraraka Shige heard explosions and saw smoke and flames in the distance, realized a villain might be attacking, and hurried toward the scene to watch a hero fight. He used his gravity-manipulating Quirk to leap from the school rooftop and accelerate along the street, leaving him racing toward the battle.

• Uraraka Shige woke on the school rooftop after a distant boom and saw smoke, flames, and explosions.
• Uraraka Shige suspected a villain was causing the destruction and decided to go see the hero who would arrive.
• Uraraka Shige used his Quirk to clear the rooftop fence and descend toward the street.
• Uraraka Shige redirected gravity to move horizontally toward the incident, then used 'rise' to land safely.
• Uraraka Shige paused to ease cramps in his calves as the explosions grew more frequent.
• Uraraka Shige used 'level' again and sped toward the battle.

Uraraka Shige watched a battle between three heroes and a coordinated villain group and studied how the villains worked together. He identified the member supplying explosives as the group’s key support, while a bystander challenged him to act on his insight.

• Uraraka Shige reached a rooftop overlooking a ruined battlefield, where three injured heroes defended evacuating police against five explosive-using villains.
• Uraraka Shige complained that the heroes were only defending and criticized the police’s slow evacuation, and a bystander with keen hearing scolded him.
• Uraraka Shige snapped back at the bystander, then turned his attention to the villains and recognized that they were coordinating as a villain group.
• Uraraka Shige identified the villain who distributed explosives as the group’s logistical support and reasoned that taking him out would disrupt their attacks.
• The bystander overheard Uraraka Shige’s plan and challenged him to go fight the villains himself.

Uraraka Shige overcame his doubts and used his gravity Quirk and a half-brick to ambush an enemy while the battle worsened for the heroes. He knocked the enemy unconscious, becoming the first person to take an enemy out of the fight.

• Uraraka Shige headed to a half-collapsed building overlooking the battlefield, determined to interfere.
• A disguised explosive injured the dwarf-like hero, and another hero was knocked unconscious and carried away by police.
• Uraraka Shige spotted the enemy responsible for storing explosives moving beneath his building and waited for an opening.
• Uraraka Shige dropped from the rooftop, struck the enemy’s nose with a half-brick, and used a powered kick to knock him unconscious.

Uraraka Shige used stealth and improvised traps to take three members of the enemy group out of action. The two remaining enemies hid in the heavily trapped area prepared by their vigilant teammate, leaving victory seemingly assured.

• Uraraka Shige tied up and gagged the enemy he had knocked unconscious, then hung him in a fifth-floor hallway.
• The enemy who could amplify explosions conserved his explosives, while the vigilant enemy used his Quirk to create decoys and layer traps around his position.
• Uraraka Shige observed the battlefield and chose to target enemies who had not noticed their teammate was down.
• Uraraka Shige dropped a concrete block onto another enemy, breaking his legs and leaving him unable to move.
• Uraraka Shige used a rope noose to capture an enemy who came to investigate the injured teammate, then tied him up and hung him in midair.
• With three enemies incapacitated, the two remaining enemies stayed hidden in the vigilant enemy's trapped area.

Uraraka Shige was taken hostage by the middle-aged man who had treated the survivors, only to learn that he was the leader of the villain group. The man blasted off Shige’s left arm and threatened the police and heroes, and Shige lost consciousness.

• The heroes captured the two villains Shige had helped locate, while the police scolded Shige for using his Quirk illegally.
• The middle-aged man who had treated the survivors seized Shige and held him hostage against the police and heroes.
• The man revealed that he was the villain group’s leader and that his Quirk absorbed and released damage caused by explosions.
• The leader blasted off Shige’s left arm and demanded that the police release his five subordinates.
• Shige realized what had happened and passed out from the injury.

Uraraka Shige woke from a coma in the hospital and reunited with his worried family. His father questioned why he had gone to a disaster scene, and Shige was shocked to learn All Might had saved him and that his left arm was missing.

• Uraraka Shige awoke in a hospital bed and reassured his parents and Ochaco Uraraka that he was feeling better.
• Uraraka Shige asked for ice cream and plain congee, and his mother left with Ochaco Uraraka to get them.
• Uraraka Shige's father questioned why he had left school to observe a disaster and play the hero.
• Uraraka Shige explained that he had hoped to study the heroes and think of ways to turn the fight around.
• Uraraka Shige's father said a villain had taken him hostage and badly injured him, and that All Might had arrived in time to save his life.
• Uraraka Shige tried to push himself up, but his left arm gave way, leaving him staring at it in shock.

Uraraka Shige reflected on his mistaken belief that he was the protagonist and resolved to repay All Might for saving his life. He realized All Might’s fateful battle with All For One had not happened yet and left determined to train for the next three years so he could help.

• Uraraka Shige reconsidered his assumptions about All Might and recognized that his confidence in being the protagonist had led him to get caught in danger.
• Uraraka Shige acknowledged that All Might had saved him and that he wanted to repay the debt, though he initially saw no way to help.
• Uraraka Shige remembered that All Might’s battle with All For One had happened about five years before the main story and concluded it had not happened yet.
• Uraraka Shige estimated he had about three years to grow strong enough to help All Might and find where the battle would take place.
• Uraraka Shige resolved to try, declaring that he was serious despite his injured left arm.

Uraraka Shige realized that reaching his goal of protecting All Might in three years required a concrete training plan. He decided to strengthen his body and expand his gravity Quirk by drawing on ideas from works of imagination, then began training in his hospital bed.

• Uraraka Shige set his goal as becoming strong enough to prevent All Might from suffering grave injuries in the battle against All For One three years later.
• Uraraka Shige decided to improve his physical abilities and strengthen his Quirk, continuing the Heavy Shackles training he had used since discovering it.
• Uraraka Shige realized his gravity techniques were limited by his lack of imagination and knowledge about the Quirk’s potential.
• Uraraka Shige resolved to use ideas from works from his previous life and this one to develop new applications for his gravity Quirk.
• Uraraka Shige began using Heavy Burden to train his body despite his injured arm while practicing control over the Quirk’s visible lines, planning to continue for roughly a year.

Uraraka Shige returned home after being discharged from the hospital and spent time with his sister Ochaco. After playing shogi and arguing over who would wash their hands first, they went to the bathroom together.

• Uraraka Shige was discharged from the hospital and returned home with his mother.
• Ochaco asked Shige to play shogi, and their mother allowed it after Shige promised not to overdo it.
• Shige and Ochaco played three shogi games, then Ochaco asked him to tell her a story.
• Their mother called them to eat, and Shige and Ochaco argued over who would wash their hands first.
• Their mother calmed them down, and Shige and Ochaco went to wash their hands together.

Uraraka Shige worried when Ochaco withdrew to her room after breakfast, unaware that his playful exchange with their mother had made her feel left out. He mistook Ochaco’s muffled refusal to talk for a sign that she was sick.

• Ochaco insisted that her mother sit between her and Uraraka Shige at breakfast because she was upset with him.
• Uraraka Shige teased his mother for laughing at their squabble, and Ochaco grew more resentful as they talked without her.
• Ochaco finished breakfast quickly and went straight to her room, which seemed unusual to Uraraka Shige.
• Uraraka Shige hurried to Ochaco’s door and asked if she felt unwell.
• Ochaco buried her head in her pillow and shouted no, but Uraraka Shige took her muffled voice as confirmation that she was sick.

Uraraka Shige teased Ochaco by calling her “big sister,” and she admitted that she wanted to hear him say it because he had never addressed her that way before. He happily repeated it until her embarrassment made her throw a cushion at him.

• Uraraka Shige asked Ochaco what they should do and teased her by calling her “big sister.”
• Ochaco pressed a hand to his forehead and asked what he had called her, but Uraraka Shige pretended to misunderstand her question.
• Uraraka Shige asked if she wanted to hear him call her “big sister,” and Ochaco confessed that she did.
• Uraraka Shige called Ochaco “big sister” repeatedly, making her increasingly embarrassed.
• Ochaco threw a sofa cushion at Uraraka Shige and shouted that she was very happy.

Seven-year-old Shige and Ochaco began a pillow fight, and Shige used the game to reflect on how he trained his Quirk. The chapter ended with Shige accidentally sending Ochaco’s cushion up to the ceiling.

• Shige apologized to Ochaco, then surprised her by hitting her with a cushion and inviting her to a pillow fight.
• Ochaco hurled a cushion at Shige, knocking him back onto the sofa, and hit him again when he tried to sit up.
• Shige used his Quirk to get up and retrieve a cushion, then briefly lost control of his strength after deactivating it.
• Shige reasoned that he should sometimes stop using his Quirk so he could adjust to his natural strength and allow his Quirk to develop.
• Ochaco’s cushion interrupted Shige’s thoughts, and he instinctively used his Quirk to send it against the ceiling.

Uraraka Shige considered how to help his sister develop her Zero Gravity Quirk and came up with ways she could train and fight. The chapter left him still searching for a suitable ranged weapon for Ochaco.

• Uraraka Shige reflected on Ochaco's Quirk limitations and resolved to help her become distinctive and stronger.
• Uraraka Shige realized he could use his Quirk's heavy shackles to train Ochaco while he rested, and considered how systematic training might increase her Quirk's potential.
• Uraraka Shige imagined Ochaco using heavy weapons and removing gravity from rubble to create attacks, while Ochaco grew bored and returned to her room.
• Uraraka Shige considered giving Ochaco a slingshot for ranged attacks, rejected the idea as inadequate, and decided to think about it another day.

Uraraka Shige reflected on the limits of Ochaco’s Quirk development and realized his encouragement had led her to ask their parents to work at their construction company. The chapter ended with their parents panicking over Ochaco lifting a sofa and Shige expecting to be blamed when they refused her request.

• Uraraka Shige concluded that Ochaco could not yet use heavy weapons and heavy armor together because her Quirk affected all the objects she touched.
• Ochaco demonstrated her growing Quirk by lifting a sofa and told her parents she wanted to help at their company someday.
• Ochaco’s parents panicked and told her to put the sofa down, concerned about an accident and her casual use of her Quirk.
• Uraraka Shige regretted joking with Ochaco and anticipated that their parents would refuse her request and punish him for encouraging her.

Uraraka Shige reflected on his parents’ scolding after secretly developing his and Ochaco’s Quirks, then went with his family to a nearby amusement park. At the entrance, he helped shy Ochaco ask their parents for ice cream.

• Uraraka Shige lay awake thinking about Quirks and his parents’ scolding before falling asleep.
• Uraraka Shige and his family walked to a nearby amusement park over the weekend.
• Ochaco shyly tugged at her parents while looking at an ice cream stand.
• Uraraka Shige asked their father for ice cream and suggested that Ochaco wanted some too.
• Ochaco firmly confirmed that she wanted ice cream.

Uraraka Shige found the amusement park rides boring while spending the day with Ochaco and their parents. Their outing ended with their father learning that one of the seven villains involved in an earlier incident was still at large.

• Uraraka Shige rode the merry-go-round with Ochaco and their parents, bored by the slow attraction.
• Their parents teased Shige about his lack of excitement, and Ochaco guessed that he wanted ice cream.
• Their father received a call from the police saying that one of the seven villains had not been caught.
• The officer told their father that the villain did not know his child had been involved and asked him to report any sighting.

Uraraka Shige anxiously pushed himself through intense training after learning that a villain who had severed his arm remained at large, fearing he could not protect himself or his family. He ended the chapter still determined to grow stronger, though he had not yet realized how unrealistic his expectations were for a seven-year-old who had trained for only two weeks.

• Uraraka Shige completed fifty push-ups on the school roof and lamented his limited strength.
• He recalled the police notification that one of the villains responsible for severing his arm was still at large, which fueled his fear of retaliation.
• After more than half a month of intense training, Uraraka Shige had grown stronger but remained frustrated that he could not match the power he associated with Midoriya.
• He worried that he could not protect himself, his family, or repay All Might for saving his life.
• Uraraka Shige continued exercising despite his exhaustion, while failing to recognize that his expectations ignored his young age and the short time he had trained.