Chapter Summaries

The League of Villains attacked the forest during the students’ test of courage, with events mostly following the original course despite Uraraka Shige’s presence. Shige separated Toga from Ochaco and confronted his sister, leaving their fight about to begin.

• The villains split up to attack, while Dabi and Twice started a fire and sent a copy to scout the heroes’ building.
• Mustard’s poisonous gas and Dabi’s flames spread through the forest, alerting the heroes and students; Midoriya went after Kota and encountered Muscular.
• Spinner and Big Sis Mag attacked the test-of-courage route and knocked out Tsuchikawa Ryuko, while Todoroki’s ice helped stop Moonfish and the extra before Tokoyami defeated them.
• Uraraka Shige stopped Toga from ambushing Ochaco and Asui, then assigned Ochaco to himself and Asui to Toga.
• Shige charged Ochaco with his wooden sword, forcing Asui to retreat and striking away her probing tongue.
• Shige invited Ochaco to fight while privately anticipating a test of how much his dear sister had improved.

Uraraka Shige sparred with Ochaco while pretending to be a villain, testing her combat skills without revealing his identity or seriously hurting her. He avoided her relentless attacks by climbing into a tree and taunted her from a branch.

• Uraraka Shige reflected on how his experience and strength let him convincingly act like a villain while holding back against Ochaco.
• Ochaco attacked with improved speed and close-quarters skills, and Uraraka Shige deflected her hand with his wooden sword.
• Uraraka Shige dodged Ochaco's spinning kick aimed at his waist and retreated from her continued assault.
• Uraraka Shige avoided using his Quirk, redirected his momentum onto a tree, and crouched on a branch.
• Uraraka Shige taunted Ochaco for fighting recklessly and failing to use her surroundings.

Uraraka Shige tried to keep Ochaco from helping Asui, but Ochaco used the dirt he pretended to get in his eyes as cover to reach Toga and take her down. With Asui freed, Uraraka Shige approached the two girls and declared that they were both his opponents.

• Uraraka Shige tripped Ochaco with a stone, and she fell with a cramp in her foot as he taunted her.
• Asui called out to Ochaco, giving Toga a chance to stab her with a syringe and pin her down.
• Ochaco threw sand into Uraraka Shige's face, and he pretended it had blinded him while she staggered toward Asui.
• Toga attacked Ochaco with a knife, but Ochaco used Gunhead Martial Arts to throw Toga to the ground.
• Asui freed herself and joined Ochaco, while Uraraka Shige rubbed his eyes and then approached them with his wooden sword.

Uraraka Shige and Toga withdrew after the Vanguard Action Squad secured Bakugo, while Ochaco and Asui pursued them toward the test-of-courage entrance. The chase converged with Midoriya and the others as they followed Atsuhiro Sako.

• Atsuhiro Sako announced over the communicator that the target had been secured and ordered the Vanguard Action Squad to reach the retrieval point within five minutes.
• Uraraka Shige revealed that Bakugo had been retrieved, then struck and weakened a nearby tree before kicking it toward Ochaco, Asui, and Toga.
• Ochaco stopped the falling tree with her Quirk, giving Toga time to escape her and Asui's control.
• Uraraka Shige told Toga to head for the retrieval point, and Toga cheerfully waved goodbye to Ochaco and Asui as they left.
• Ochaco and Asui pursued Uraraka Shige and Toga, then saw Atsuhiro Sako leap through the treetops ahead of them.
• Midoriya and the others caught up while chasing Atsuhiro Sako and saw Ochaco and Asui running toward the test-of-courage entrance.

Uraraka Shige, Toga, Dabi, and Twice gathered at the pickup point, where Toga revealed she had collected only one person’s blood. Midoriya, Mezo, Shoto Todoroki, and Atsuhiro Sako crashed into the clearing, and Dabi attacked the students with blue flames while Uraraka Shige considered how Dabi’s Quirk worked.

• Uraraka Shige noticed that only four members had arrived at the pickup point, and Dabi asked Toga how much blood she had obtained.
• Toga said she had taken blood from only one person, Asui, and blamed Uraraka Shige for taking one of her two opponents.
• Twice criticized Uraraka Shige for stealing a girl’s opponent, while Dabi held back from responding.
• Midoriya, Mezo, Shoto Todoroki, and Atsuhiro Sako crashed into the clearing, and Dabi warned Atsuhiro to move.
• Atsuhiro compressed himself into a bead at the bottom of the crater, and Dabi swept blue flames over Midoriya and Mezo while Shoto dodged.
• Uraraka Shige watched Dabi’s flames and wondered whether Dabi’s arm movements helped control his Quirk.

Toga and Twice fought Midoriya, Mezo, and Shoto Todoroki while Dabi and Uraraka Shige watched. After Atsuhiro Sako returned from his bead form, Uraraka Shige saw through his apparent search for Bakugo and called out his trick.

• Twice distracted Shoto Todoroki with evasive moves and taunts as Todoroki attacked him with ice.
• Toga targeted Midoriya, tackled him, and raised a knife, but Mezo kicked her away before she could strike.
• Uraraka Shige declined to join the fight and suggested Dabi take on Shoto Todoroki, but Dabi ignored him.
• Atsuhiro Sako returned to human form and approached Dabi and Uraraka Shige, prompting Dabi to ask where Bakugo was.
• Atsuhiro Sako searched his pocket while steering the fighters' attention, but Uraraka Shige identified the act as a magician's trick and challenged his choice of hiding place.

Atsuhiro Sako nearly escaped with the compressed marbles, but Yuga Aoyama’s attack gave the villains a chance to recover them. The League of Villains brought back Katsuki Bakugo and Fumikage Tokoyami, then decided to wait three days before trying to recruit them.

• Yuga Aoyama fired his laser at Atsuhiro Sako, breaking his mask and making him spit out the two compressed marbles.
• Uraraka Shige used gravity to pull the marbles away from Mezo and Shoto Todoroki and recovered them for the villains.
• Uraraka Shige and the others returned to the bar hideout, where Shigaraki asked whether they had recovered the target.
• Atsuhiro Sako released the marbles, revealing Katsuki Bakugo and Fumikage Tokoyami, and explained that he had brought Tokoyami as an unexpected bonus.
• Shigaraki ordered Kurogiri and Compress to keep the two students asleep and wait three days before trying to recruit them.
• Uraraka Shige stepped through a portal, and three days passed.

Shigaraki tried to recruit Bakugo and Tokoyami by presenting the League of Villains’ cause as a fight over heroism and justice. Dabi and Twice clashed over Shigaraki’s order to free the captives, and Twice reluctantly moved to obey while avoiding taking sides.

• Shigaraki turned off the report about U.A. High School’s apology press conference and tried to persuade the bound Bakugo and Tokoyami to join the League of Villains.
• Spinner repeated Stain’s ideas about heroes, and Shigaraki framed the League’s fight as a question about heroes, justice, and society.
• Shigaraki ordered Dabi to undo Bakugo and Tokoyami’s restraints, but Dabi refused, warning that they would cause trouble.
• Shigaraki insisted the captives should be treated as equals, then challenged Bakugo about whether he could win by making a scene.
• Dabi ordered Twice to free the captives; Twice verbally refused but walked over to undo their restraints while signaling that he did not want to take sides.

Uraraka Shige stopped Shigaraki from attacking Bakugo and considered how the coming battle could free his faction from AFO’s control. A Pizza-La delivery distracted the League of Villains just before All Might and Kamui Woods burst into the hideout.

• Bakugo blasted the severed hand off Shigaraki’s face, enraging Shigaraki and prompting him to attack.
• Uraraka Shige weakened the floor beneath Shigaraki, letting Kurogiri stop the attack before Shigaraki could reach Bakugo.
• Uraraka Shige imagined using the coming battle to defeat AFO and secure freedom for himself and his faction.
• A Pizza-La delivery arrived at the hideout, and Spinner moved toward the door.
• All Might blasted through the wall, and Kamui Woods followed by activating his lacquered chain prison.

Uraraka Shige and the others were teleported to AFO’s Nomu factory, where All Might arrived and began fighting AFO. As the battle intensified and Uraraka Shige doubted his plan, several groups converged on the factory.

• AFO’s Nomu overwhelmed the police officers and heroes, and Uraraka Shige and the others were teleported to the Nomu factory.
• Shigaraki knelt before AFO, who rebuked him for failing again.
• All Might arrived and attacked AFO, but AFO countered with a combination of Quirks and blasted him through several buildings.
• Uraraka Shige watched AFO activate Kurogiri’s Quirk and worried that his plan might fail.
• All Might charged back toward AFO as people emerged from the ruins, a swordsman approached, reporters and onlookers breached the police cordon, and three helicopters carrying elderly people flew toward the scene.

Bakugo and Tokoyami were surrounded by Uraraka Shige and the League of Villains, while All Might struggled against AFO and could not reach them. As their Quirks’ incompatibility left them with few options, Bakugo kept searching for a way out and proposed a compromise.

• Uraraka Shige and the other villains pressured Bakugo and Tokoyami, who dodged and blocked their attacks while Uraraka Shige held back and used a wooden sword.
• All Might repeatedly tried to break away from AFO to rescue Bakugo and Tokoyami, but AFO pinned him down and threw him through a building, adding to his injuries.
• Bakugo and Tokoyami were gradually forced back to back, where Bakugo’s Explosion threatened to weaken Tokoyami’s light-sensitive Dark Shadow.
• The chapter explained that Tokoyami could not safely unleash Dark Shadow because he might lose control and attack Bakugo, while Bakugo could not sustain large explosions for long.
• Bakugo stayed focused on finding a solution and proposed a compromise.

Bakugo and Tokoyami were surrounded by Toga and the others, and Tokoyami mistakenly believed Bakugo wanted them to alternate their Quirks because they could not coordinate them directly. As the enemies closed in, Bakugo and Tokoyami repeatedly switched positions and took turns holding them off, leaving the fight at a temporary stalemate.

• Bakugo asked Tokoyami to back him up with his Quirk, and Tokoyami interpreted the request as a plan to alternate their attacks despite their incompatible Quirks.
• Toga and the others gradually tightened their circle around Bakugo and Tokoyami while Uraraka Shige slowed the approach to buy time.
• When the enemies launched a coordinated charge, Bakugo blasted gravel beneath Toga and used explosions to evade and repel attackers.
• Tokoyami summoned his shadow to hold off enemies as Bakugo moved around him, calling out warnings and telling him when to switch.
• Bakugo and Tokoyami kept alternating their positions and Quirks, temporarily holding the enemies at bay while Uraraka Shige and the others withheld their full strength.

Bakugo and Tokoyami struggled to hold off the League of Villains as their Quirks and stamina began to fail, until three figures arrived on an iceberg and helped them escape by hang glider. All Might stopped AFO from interfering, while Uraraka Shige noticed familiar figures emerging from a nearby gully.

• Bakugo and Tokoyami repeatedly used their Quirks to repel the League of Villains, exhausting themselves and risking losing their ability to fight.
• A massive iceberg burst through a surviving wall, carrying three figures who called out to Bakugo and Tokoyami.
• Bakugo used powerful explosions to launch himself and Tokoyami toward the figures, who caught them and opened a hang glider.
• AFO tried to stop the escape, but All Might punched him and sent him flying.
• Uraraka Shige stopped preparing to use his Quirk when several familiar figures appeared from a nearby gully.

Uraraka Shige used his Quirk to crush Shigaraki into the ground while All Might fought AFO, and the League of Villains reacted to the sudden attack. As Shigaraki’s distress mounted, the soil beneath him began to crack and crumble, and Uraraka Shige’s eyes shone with an unfamiliar light.

• Midoriya and the others rescued Bakugo and Tokoyami as figures emerged from the dust.
• Uraraka Shige redirected his gravity Quirk onto Shigaraki, pinning him down and breaking his teeth before he could identify the attacker.
• Twice, Toga, Big Sis Mag, and Spinner reacted to Shigaraki’s condition, while Dabi and Atsuhiro Sako watched quietly.
• AFO noticed the attack and tried to target Uraraka Shige, but All Might struck him and sent him crashing into rubble.
• Shigaraki struggled with nausea and suffocation as memories flashed through his mind, while the soil beneath him cracked and crumbled.
• Uraraka Shige raised his head with an unfamiliar light in his eyes as the ground under Shigaraki disintegrated.

Uraraka Shige held Shigaraki down with gravity and warned the League of Villains that their destructive cause opposed Stain’s beliefs. As Shige prepared to strike Shigaraki with a wooden sword, he waited for Stain and other allies to arrive and help confront the League and AFO.

• Uraraka Shige recognized that Shigaraki’s Decay had returned and explained that gravity could not be decayed because it had no physical form.
• Uraraka Shige told Toga, Spinner, and Big Sis Mag that Stain opposed the League of Villains’ destructive purpose and asked them to guard Kurogiri’s portal.
• Uraraka Shige relied on his words to make the League members hesitate while he waited for Stain and the other helpers to arrive.
• Uraraka Shige saw that Gu Yu and the others had arrived, then declared his intention to defeat Shigaraki and help All Might face AFO.
• Uraraka Shige threw his wooden sword into the air and sent it plunging toward the back of Shigaraki’s neck.

Uraraka Shige realized Shigaraki’s Decay made ordinary attacks useless and chose to remove his self-imposed Shackles, despite the risk to his own body. He transferred the released gravity onto Shigaraki, crushing him into the ground and leaving his fate uncertain only if some form of resurrection existed.

• Uraraka Shige saw his wooden sword crumble before it could reach Shigaraki and considered ways to kill him despite Decay.
• Uraraka Shige weighed the risks of using prolonged gravity or briefly removing his Shackles, which could strain his body as it readjusted.
• Uraraka Shige admitted his oversight to Shigaraki and said he had prepared thoroughly enough to ensure Shigaraki would die.
• Uraraka Shige removed his Shackles and redirected their gravity onto Shigaraki, crushing him into a deep pit.
• Shigaraki’s body broke and bled under the force, and the surrounding ground stopped decaying.

After Shigaraki's death, AFO and All Might turned their attention to Uraraka Shige, each blaming himself in a different way for what had happened. AFO unleashed a devastating attack, but All Might redirected it skyward, and Uraraka Shige's allies and other figures arrived as the battle continued.

• AFO accepted Shigaraki's death without regret and resolved to avenge his disciple and find another path to his plans.
• All Might blamed himself for failing to protect Shigaraki and admitted that his focus on AFO had left Shigaraki isolated.
• AFO enlarged his arm and unleashed a tremendous air blast toward Uraraka Shige and the others.
• All Might redirected the blast into the sky, where it tore through the clouds and sent debris and a storm across the area.
• Uraraka Shige's companions, including Qu Zhi, reached his side, while a saber-carrying figure and several elderly people approached the battlefield.

Uraraka Shige and the escaped inmates finalized a plan to make their group known and recruit like-minded allies. Qu Zhi urged them to begin immediately, and Stain arrived, ready to purge those he considered mistakes.

• Uraraka Shige gathered with Qu Zhi, Gu Yu, Rikizo, Sakinagi Shushin, and other escaped inmates to review their plan.
• The group discussed the inmates' Quirks, including abilities that enhanced recovery, intensified flames, increased the weight of liquids, and transformed their user into a shadow.
• Qu Zhi led the group in revising the plan, and they settled its details in just over twenty seconds.
• Uraraka Shige asked Qu Zhi when they should act, and Qu Zhi said they should assign tasks and begin rather than wait.
• Stain circled around the battlefield and joined Uraraka Shige's group, declaring that he had come to purge these mistakes.

Uraraka Shige and his allies regrouped with Stain and Spinner while AFO and All Might continued fighting nearby. After AFO knocked All Might into rubble and unleashed a massive wind dragon at the group, Kurasu Rikizo transformed and struck back with a powerful punch.

• Deflagration challenged Stain to fight, but Heavy Water and Qu Zhi urged him not to provoke their allies.
• Stain said that only AFO was qualified to face All Might and dismissed the escaped criminals as unworthy opponents.
• Uraraka Shige said their target was AFO and asked Spinner and the others for help.
• AFO used the group’s presence to force All Might to take an impact, then exploited the opening to blast him into rubble.
• AFO sent a huge hurricane-like attack toward Uraraka Shige’s group, and Kurasu Rikizo grew into a muscular giant and punched toward it.

Kurasu Rikizo shielded Uraraka Shige’s group from AFO’s attack and revealed he could sustain his heightened power for only a few minutes. As All Might and AFO remained locked in combat and Gran Torino arrived, Qu Zhi decided the group had to join the fight, while Dabi chose to leave.

• Kurasu Rikizo absorbed the force of AFO’s air cannon and said his transformed strength would last about five minutes.
• All Might emerged from the rubble and clashed with AFO, leaving the two locked in a stalemate.
• Qu Zhi suggested retreating until All Might and AFO weakened, but Gran Torino appeared and disrupted the group’s plans.
• Qu Zhi reasoned that reinforcements could block their retreat and concluded they should enter the battle.
• Dabi announced that he would leave rather than fight Shigaraki’s teacher and All Might.