Chapter Summaries

Uraraka Shige returned from rooftop training and met the new transfer student, Terumi Genga, during math class. Genga introduced himself with the Quirk Illusion Manifestation, while Shige wondered why the boy looked familiar and why the teacher referred to him as “he.”

• Uraraka Shige woke from a brief nap between classes and reassured Ochaco when she worried about his recent changes.
• The math teacher announced that a transfer student had joined the class, and Shige wondered if the newcomer was a character from the original work.
• Terumi Genga introduced himself as a seven-year-old boy with the Quirk Illusion Manifestation and said he hoped to get along with everyone.
• The teacher praised Genga as an honor student, assigned him a seat in the back row, and began the math lesson.
• Uraraka Shige stayed quiet as he puzzled over Genga’s familiar appearance and the teacher’s use of “he.”

Uraraka Shige struggled to focus his gravity-manipulating Quirk, realizing his young body limited his control and that his anxiety over a dangerous fugitive was making him impatient. He discovered a rooftop door had been opened and heard an angry child shout from the stairwell.

• Uraraka Shige tried to concentrate the gravity from his Quirk to lift a sheet of paper, but could not make the force more focused.
• He explained how his Quirk manipulated pitch-black lines to alter gravity and recognized that the complex folding technique he wanted was beyond his current ability.
• Uraraka Shige blamed his seven-year-old body and his impatience for his limited control, while worrying that the fugitive villain might attack again.
• Uraraka Shige felt a cold breeze at the back of his head and noticed a crack of light beneath the rooftop door.
• A childish voice roared from the stairwell, demanding to know who had opened the door.

Uraraka Shige encountered the transfer student Terumi Genga on the rooftop stairwell and discovered that Genga could appear without being noticed. After Genga apologized and accepted Shige’s invitation to the rooftop, the two began to connect.

• Terumi Genga shyly apologized to Uraraka Shige, who became alarmed when he realized someone had approached without his noticing.
• Genga apologized again, and Shige’s suspicion gave way to guilt and reassurance that Genga would not hurt him.
• Genga appeared beside Shige and explained that he had been frightened by Shige’s anger.
• Shige recognized Genga as the transfer student and invited him to come up to the rooftop.
• Genga accepted the invitation and thanked Shige, secretly thinking of him as his knight.

Uraraka Shige asked Terumi Genga how he had approached without being noticed, and Terumi explained that his Quirk, Illusion Manifestation, let him distort light and create illusions. Terumi revealed that he had transferred to the school because he admired Uraraka Shige for saving people during the disaster and wanted to help him in return.

• Uraraka Shige asked Terumi Genga how he had appeared beside him without being noticed.
• Terumi confirmed that his Quirk was Illusion Manifestation, and Uraraka Shige guessed that it involved photography and illusions.
• Terumi accidentally called Uraraka Shige “Sir Knight” and became flustered when Uraraka questioned him about the title.
• Terumi said he had seen Uraraka rescue people during the enemy attack while trapped beneath rubble.
• Terumi revealed that he had transferred to the school because he wanted to help Uraraka as Uraraka had helped others.

Uraraka Shige awkwardly asked the transfer student Terumi Genga whether he was a boy or a girl, then tried to move past the embarrassment. The two headed to the playground, where Uraraka explained that their next class was P.E.

• Terumi Genga tearfully misread Uraraka Shige’s reaction as rejection after recounting an embarrassing moment he had witnessed.
• Uraraka asked Terumi whether he was a boy or a girl, and Terumi shyly confirmed that he was male.
• Uraraka apologized, but made the awkwardness worse by remarking that Terumi really was a boy.
• The class bell rang, and Uraraka and Terumi walked toward the playground in silence.
• Terumi told Uraraka he understood why people might mistake his appearance and said he could not blame him.
• Uraraka changed the subject by explaining the class schedule and telling Terumi their next class was P.E.

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.