Chapter Summaries

Uraraka Shige escaped the thugs and hid in Granny Songju’s apartment courtyard, but she stopped him and insisted on accompanying him to rescue Ochaco. They set off together, with Shige still unnerved by Granny Songju’s strange strength and attention.

• Uraraka Shige used his Quirk to evade the thugs and vault into an apartment courtyard while worrying about Ochaco.
• Granny Songju introduced herself as the building’s owner and caretaker, then stopped Shige from leaving with her crutch.
• Shige explained that thugs had taken Ochaco and asked Granny Songju to let him go rescue her.
• Granny Songju refused to let Shige go alone and followed him as he hurried toward Ochaco.

After Ochaco was rescued from the thugs, Shige escorted her home and realized he had neglected developing new techniques while focusing on his foundations. A granny-gray-haired thug then approached him from an alley, offering to help him get revenge.

• Shige discovered that Granny Songju had slipped away, then comforted Ochaco after she was rescued by Pro Heroes.
• Shige decided he would eventually confront the thugs who had chased him and Ochaco, but first focused on getting his sister home safely.
• On the way home, Shige concluded that his training had strengthened his foundations while leaving him with too few new techniques for immediate combat.
• A granny-gray-haired thug stepped out of an alley and offered to help Shige get back at the thugs who had attacked him.

After Granny Gray warned Uraraka Shige to be careful and said he would meet him again, Shige wondered whether the thugs would attack him and Ochaco again and resolved to prepare. As Shige considered how to improve his Quirk and skills, Ochaco reflected on her helplessness and found another reason to become a Hero.

• Granny Gray offered to help Uraraka Shige and Ochaco get revenge on the thugs, but Shige refused and took Ochaco inside.
• Granny Gray said he would come find Shige next time, leaving Shige suspicious that the thugs might attack them again.
• Shige resolved to prepare by developing new Quirk techniques and learning martial arts, while wondering why Granny Gray had approached him.
• Shige set aside his questions to heat dinner while Ochaco struggled to focus on her schoolwork.
• Ochaco felt guilty that Shige had protected and comforted her, and she gained another reason to become a Hero.

After the police released five members of the Gray Rat Society, Uraraka Shige followed them and ambushed them in a quiet alley. He knocked them down but they were still able to get back up and fight.

• Uraraka Shige made little progress developing his Quirk over three days, though he improved slightly at basic body and Quirk control.
• The police released the five thugs after holding them for three days because they could not charge them with a serious offense.
• Uraraka Shige waited near the police station, then secretly followed the five thugs when no one from the Gray Rat Society came to meet them.
• Uraraka Shige used Heavy Burden to disrupt the thugs' steps, shouted to distract them, and swept all five off their feet.
• Uraraka Shige mocked the thugs as weak, but they were not badly hurt and could still continue fighting.

Uraraka Shige fought five Quirkless thugs in an alley and defeated them using physical skill and strength. The thugs were left unable to continue fighting.

• Uraraka Shige followed up the surprise attack by kicking one thug in the elbow and striking another in the lower back.
• Uraraka Shige hit two thugs in the groin, then headbutted one and punched him in the solar plexus.
• Uraraka Shige grabbed a thug’s leg and forced him into a split after his teammate’s kick struck him.
• Uraraka Shige dodged the last thug’s stomp, swept his legs, and kicked him down, leaving all five thugs unable to fight.

Uraraka Shige defeated five Gray Rat Society thugs and questioned them about why they had targeted him and Ochaco. After learning that an employer had hired them, he went to train and considered how to deal with the boss, the employer, and the job.

• Uraraka Shige told the five defeated Gray Rat Society thugs that they were weak, and they silently accepted the loss.
• Shige asked why the thugs had come after him and Ochaco, and they quickly told him what they knew.
• Shige questioned the five in different ways until he was satisfied that their story was true or would not change.
• Shige left the alley for his usual training spot and thought about the boss, the employer, and the job.

Uraraka Shige woke in a warehouse after being attacked and began assessing his injuries, surroundings, and chances of escape. As he cautiously explored, he heard a man tell his boss that another boy was being brought in.

• Uraraka Shige woke on a bed in a warehouse and realized he had been attacked after exercising.
• Uraraka Shige examined the painful mark on the back of his neck and considered why his attacker had brought him there.
• Uraraka Shige got out of bed and quietly explored the warehouse despite his neck injury.
• Uraraka Shige hid when he heard a rolling shutter and overheard a man tell his boss that he had caught one kid and sent his men to bring another.

Uraraka Shige overheard two men discussing their plans for Ochaco and decided to ambush them before they discovered he was awake. He attacked as they approached the bed, leaving the outcome of the strike unresolved.

• Shige hid among the crates and quietly moved toward the warehouse exit as the men approached the bed.
• Shige heard the men reveal that they had captured a boy while their boss wanted the girl, and that the boss intended to abuse her.
• Shige decided to attack before the men could find him or become more alert.
• Shige used his Quirk to rush the men from behind and struck at both of their necks with his fists.

Uraraka Shige fought the gang’s fat boss in the warehouse and knocked him unconscious with a Quirk-enhanced uppercut. He continued deeper into the warehouse, wondering whether he was simply too strong, while still worried about Ochaco.

• Uraraka Shige found the gang leader unconscious and faced the fat Mr. Penguin, who threatened him after surviving Shige’s sneak attack.
• Shige taunted Mr. Penguin, provoking him to charge and attempt to grab Shige.
• Shige climbed a pile of crates, dodged behind Mr. Penguin, and knocked him out with an uppercut to the crotch.
• Shige left the two unconscious men behind and ran farther into the warehouse, muttering about their weakness and his concern for Ochaco.

Uraraka Shige left the warehouse and reasoned that a mysterious boss might have arranged the attack on his family and the kidnapping attempt. As he headed home, he heard Ochaco calling for help and raced toward her, despite her warning that many bad guys were with her.

• Uraraka Shige considered whether his family's business rival and a hidden boss had sent the thugs who attacked him and targeted Ochaco.
• Uraraka Shige decided to revisit his training spot for clues and worried briefly about whether Ochaco had eaten lunch.
• Uraraka Shige heard Ochaco's faint cry and recognized that she was in trouble.
• Uraraka Shige sprinted toward Ochaco and shouted for her, using his Quirk to move faster.
• Ochaco warned Uraraka Shige that many bad guys were there and told him not to come, but he shouted that he was coming.

Uraraka Shige reached Ochaco as the thugs tried to abduct her and fought his way through their group to protect her. After declaring himself her brother, he unleashed his Quirk, Chaos, on the attackers, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Uraraka Shige found Ochaco surrounded by thugs holding her down and pressing an ether-soaked handkerchief over her face.
• Uraraka Shige rushed the group and quickly knocked down six thugs before reaching the unconscious Ochaco.
• Uraraka Shige shielded Ochaco from the fifteen remaining thugs and worried that they might harm her.
• Uraraka Shige called Ochaco his dear sister and challenged the thugs to attack him.
• Uraraka Shige activated Chaos, mangling the thugs’ arms and crushing their internal organs, with their survival left uncertain.

After killing most of the thugs who had attacked Ochaco, Uraraka Shige sat at home in shock and struggled to understand why he had acted so decisively. As his awareness returned, he agreed to go with the police for questioning.

• Uraraka Shige brought Ochaco home after killing most of the thugs and let the survivors escape.
• Uraraka Shige reflected on his past kills and wondered why he had lost his pity for the thugs.
• Uraraka Shige connected his actions to advice he had remembered and to his fear and anger over Ochaco being attacked.
• Ochaco noticed Uraraka Shige’s eyes regain their color and realized he had come back to himself.
• Mother argued with the police officers, but Uraraka Shige told her he would go with them.

Nine-and-a-half-year-old Uraraka Shige was questioned and held by police after killing several men, while his mother worried about him and was urged to go home. A silver-gray-haired man warned Shige that his arrest would leave his family vulnerable, and the next day brought news of another victim and Shige’s verdict.

• A middle-aged policeman questioned Uraraka Shige and said the dead men had been selling children, while a young officer criticized Shige for using his Quirk to kill them.
• A female officer urged Mother to go home and rest, and Shige comforted her and asked her to stay with Ochaco.
• Mother left the police station, and officers carried Uraraka Shige to an empty holding cell.
• At midnight, a silver-gray-haired man was brought to a cell opposite Shige’s and warned him that his arrest could expose his family to retaliation.
• The following day, police learned of another victim, and the final judgment on Shige’s actions was decided.

Uraraka Shige was sentenced to eighteen years in juvenile prison, but on the way there he decided he had to protect his family and repay All Might before accepting his punishment. He used his Quirk to escape from the police vehicle, prepared to break the law if necessary.

• Uraraka Shige received an eighteen-year prison sentence despite being under fourteen and was escorted toward juvenile prison.
• After hearing a child call out to All Might, Shige remembered his debt to the hero and worried that criminals would keep targeting his family's construction company.
• Shige decided he could not let All Might suffer the fate he remembered from the original story and resolved to protect Ochaco and his family first.
• Shige activated his Quirk, disoriented the people in the vehicle, and knocked out the driver to escape.

After escaping a crashed transport vehicle, Uraraka Shige hid in a tree and weighed how to survive as a fugitive while trying to find All Might’s whereabouts. By dusk, hunger forced him to leave his hiding place, but he refused to steal, rob, or go home and risk burdening his family.

• Uraraka Shige escaped from the crashed transport vehicle after knocking out a police officer and hid in a tree in the park where he had trained.
• Uraraka Shige decided he needed to avoid capture and find All Might before his coming fight with AFO.
• Uraraka Shige considered asking Genga’s family, a strange old woman, and a gray-haired man for information, but dismissed the first two and remained unsure about the man’s motives.
• Uraraka Shige went hungry through the day, chewed twigs, and climbed down from the tree to find food.
• Uraraka Shige refused to return home or steal and rob someone to feed himself.

Uraraka Shige left the park to find food and heard three vagrants planning to assault a captive woman in an alley. He cautiously approached, hoping to save her and earn a meal.

• Uraraka Shige spotted two police officers in the park and worried they had come to arrest him, but reasoned they probably did not know he was there.
• Uraraka Shige found a hidden path out of the grove and left the park because he was hungry and had no way to get food there.
• Uraraka Shige entered a dark alley, where he heard three vagrants discussing their plan to assault a woman they had captured.
• Uraraka Shige crept toward the vagrants, hoping to rescue the woman and receive a hearty dinner in thanks.

Uraraka Shige interrupted three homeless men as they assaulted a woman and used a feint to knock all three unconscious. The woman was free, while Shige had not yet learned whether she would reward him with a meal.

• Uraraka Shige found three homeless men restraining a woman in an alley while one tried to assault her.
• Uraraka Shige called out and pointed out that the woman was about to suffocate, making the men loosen their grips and look away.
• Uraraka Shige used his Quirk to rush in and knock two of the men unconscious with punches.
• Uraraka Shige struck the third man with a combination of blows and knocked him unconscious, leaving all three men incapacitated.

After saving a woman from three vagrants, Uraraka Shige accepted a thousand yen from her instead of the dinner he had hoped for, then took money from the unconscious men. Someone hidden in the alley revealed their presence with snake-like shadows and teased him.

• The woman thanked Uraraka Shige for saving her, but he bluntly told her to be practical.
• The woman gave Uraraka Shige a thousand yen and hurried away, leaving him disappointed that she had not treated him to dinner.
• Uraraka Shige searched the three unconscious vagrants and took 7,369 yen from them.
• Uraraka Shige heard someone snicker and shouted for them to come out.
• Several snake-like shadows writhed in the darkness as a teasing voice addressed Uraraka Shige.

Uraraka Shige confronted the girl who had been watching him and learned she wanted half the money he had taken. After he refused, she introduced herself as Momotani Hanawa, stole the money with a rope, and escaped over a wall.

• Momotani Hanawa told Uraraka Shige that she had been watching the alley and claimed he had taken her prey.
• Uraraka Shige questioned Momotani Hanawa and quietly prepared to use his Quirk while assessing the trap around them.
• Momotani Hanawa demanded half the money Uraraka Shige had taken from the three vagrants and received from the woman he had saved.
• Uraraka Shige refused and used Heavy Burden stacked with Fall, but Momotani Hanawa introduced herself instead of activating a trap.
• A rope snatched the money from Uraraka Shige, and Momotani Hanawa escaped over a nearby wall.

Uraraka Shige left the alley after Momotani Hanawa escaped with most of the money he had taken, then went looking for cheap food. At a discount supermarket, he unexpectedly ran into the same girl and accused her of stealing from him, and their argument over who owned the money remained unresolved.

• Uraraka Shige decided not to chase Momotani Hanawa and planned to use his remaining coins to buy food.
• Uraraka Shige emerged from the alley and chose a quiet discount supermarket, wary that he might be a fugitive.
• Uraraka Shige saw the girl who had swept away his money in the alley, and she noticed him through the supermarket door.
• Uraraka Shige accused the girl of stealing his money, and she accidentally revealed that she had been in the dark alley.
• The girl argued that the money had belonged to the three men Uraraka Shige robbed, while he insisted it was his loot.
• The girl claimed she had rescued the money from Uraraka Shige and refused to return it.