Chapter Summaries

Uraraka Shige demanded his stolen money back from Momotani Hanawa, who unexpectedly returned what remained and gave him the food she had bought with it. While Shige wondered about her sudden change of heart, Hanawa quietly left, and he began eating.

• Uraraka Shige confronted Momotani Hanawa and demanded that she return his money.
• Momotani Hanawa refused, claiming she had earned the loot through her own abilities and had left him some spare change.
• After hearing Shige's stomach growl, Hanawa returned the remaining money and gave him the bread and drink she had bought with it.
• Shige wondered why Hanawa had changed her attitude and whether she was a tsundere, while Hanawa watched him silently.
• Momotani Hanawa left without Shige noticing, and he began eating the food.

After eating, Uraraka Shige returned to the small park to find somewhere to sleep and investigate All Might the next day. There he encountered the same woman for the third time, and she accused him of following her.

• Uraraka Shige decided to spend the night in the small park because he could not afford an inn or safely seek private lodging.
• Uraraka Shige walked through the dark alley and found a hidden gap in the bushes leading into the park.
• Uraraka Shige spotted a slender figure on a bench, and the woman sprang up and demanded to know why he had come there.
• Uraraka Shige told the woman he had spent the day in the park and had returned because he had nowhere else to go.

Uraraka Shige and Momotani Hanawa sat in a quiet park, where Hanawa’s hunger and Shige’s laughter fueled her suspicions. She secretly tried to restrain him with her Quirk, but his gravity-altering ability made her rope difficult to control, alerting him to its movement.

• Uraraka Shige and Momotani Hanawa sat in silence until Hanawa’s stomach growled.
• Uraraka Shige realized Hanawa had gone hungry after returning the food she had bought with his stolen money.
• Hanawa imagined Shige was laughing at her, grew angry, and decided to knock him out or gag him.
• Hanawa activated her Quirk and sent ropes creeping toward Uraraka Shige.
• Uraraka Shige’s Heavy Shackles technique made the rope hard to control, and he noticed it wobble against him.

Uraraka Shige caught Momotani Hanawa trying to control a rope near him and confronted her over her attempted theft and the scrape on his hand. Their hunger and irritation escalated the argument into a standoff, with both preparing to fight.

• Uraraka Shige grabbed Momotani Hanawa's rope and recognized it as the tool she had used to take his money.
• Momotani Hanawa yanked the rope from Uraraka Shige's hand with her Quirk, scraping his palm.
• Uraraka Shige accused Momotani Hanawa of escalating from theft to robbery and killing, and she angrily demanded an apology.
• Momotani Hanawa released dozens of ropes, setting traps and forming a protective circle around herself.
• Uraraka Shige released his Heavy Shackles and activated his Quirk at full power as dust and leaves rose around him.

Uraraka Shige endured Momotani Hanawa’s relentless rope attacks to study her fighting style and suspected her Quirk made her stationary. He charged toward her, only to meet a sudden counterattack from the ropes protecting her.

• Momotani Hanawa stayed in place and used ropes to bombard Uraraka Shige from multiple directions.
• Uraraka Shige chose to take two lashes so he could look around and learn more about her tactics.
• After noticing that Momotani Hanawa had not moved, Uraraka Shige guessed that using her Quirk left her vulnerable while stationary.
• Uraraka Shige used Level to charge toward Momotani Hanawa, making her ropes harder to control.
• As Uraraka Shige reached the edge of her protective ring, Momotani Hanawa sent ropes toward his feet, arms, and face.

Uraraka Shige fought Momotani Hanawa but could not get past her ropes and traps, so he eventually surrendered. He paid for the ropes he tore up and realized she might help him develop his Quirk.

• Uraraka Shige dodged Momotani Hanawa's ropes, but they repeatedly whipped him and kept him from reaching her.
• Uraraka Shige used Chaos to disrupt the ropes and reach Momotani Hanawa, but hidden traps forced him to retreat.
• Uraraka Shige grabbed several ropes and tore them apart with Chaos before sighing and surrendering.
• Momotani Hanawa asked Uraraka Shige what his Quirk was and demanded compensation for the broken ropes.
• Uraraka Shige handed Momotani Hanawa the money he had scavenged, hoping to preserve a relationship that might help him develop his Quirk.

Momotani Hanawa told Uraraka Shige about her troubled past and took him to stay at Granny Songju’s apartment. After Uraraka revealed his Gravity Quirk, Hanawa explained how she had read his tactics in their fight and why he lost the initiative.

• Momotani Hanawa recounted how criminals took her parents, how she survived and escaped using her Rope Limbs Quirk, and how a kind old woman later helped her.
• Momotani Hanawa said she was taking Uraraka Shige to Granny Songju’s apartment, where they could stay the night.
• Uraraka Shige asked why Hanawa was so strong, and she asked him to reveal his Quirk in exchange for her thoughts on their fight.
• Uraraka Shige told Hanawa that his Quirk was Gravity, which had made her controlled ropes sluggish.
• Momotani Hanawa said Uraraka had spotted her weakness but lost the fight because her defenses countered his approach and kept him from using his own fighting style.

Uraraka Shige reflected on his past battles and realized his lack of combat experience had left him without a reliable fighting style. He recognized how he could have used his Quirk more effectively against Momotani Hanawa, but the chapter left him unsure how to gain the experience he needed.

• Uraraka Shige reviewed his earlier encounters and recognized that luck, hesitation, and emotional outbursts had shaped his fights rather than any consistent style.
• He considered adapting his previous approach of using his Quirk for support while relying mainly on physical abilities and fighting techniques.
• Uraraka Shige realized Momotani Hanawa had controlled the fight partly because he had not focused his Quirk on the ropes attacking him.
• He concluded that Heavy Shackles might have helped him break through her rope control, though Momotani Hanawa could still have defeated him at close range.
• Uraraka Shige identified his lack of combat experience as his greatest shortcoming but remained unsure how to remedy it.

Momotani Hanawa brought Uraraka Shige to Granny Songju’s apartment building and asked if he could stay the night. After Hanawa went to bed, Granny Songju teased Shige about leaving something behind, then joked that he could stay instead.

• Momotani Hanawa brought Uraraka Shige to Granny Songju’s back door and asked if he could stay the night.
• Uraraka Shige greeted Granny Songju and thanked her for helping him before, and she remembered how she had gone with him to look for his sister.
• Momotani Hanawa told Granny Songju that she and Uraraka Shige had fought, explained that neither was hurt, and said she had won.
• Granny Songju let Momotani Hanawa choose an empty room and go to bed, then stayed to talk with Uraraka Shige.
• Granny Songju teased Uraraka Shige about leaving her some little treasures, then joked that he could leave himself there instead.

Uraraka Shige woke at Granny Songju’s apartment and asked whether she knew All Might. Granny Songju revealed that she knew of him but that he did not know her.

• Uraraka Shige woke in the room he had chosen and wondered whether Granny Songju knew All Might.
• Uraraka Shige searched the courtyard for Granny Songju, who startled him by appearing behind him.
• Uraraka Shige asked Granny Songju whether she knew All Might, and she praised his Quirk, character, and heroism.
• Uraraka Shige asked whether All Might knew Granny Songju, and she admitted that he did not.

Uraraka Shige agreed to stay with Granny Songju for a few days while he figured out how to learn about All Might's schedule. When he asked her to help develop his Quirk and combat skills, she refused and gave him a chore instead.

• Uraraka Shige ate breakfast with the adolescents staying in Granny Songju's building, while Momotani Hanawa left early without joining them.
• Granny Songju told Uraraka Shige that Momotani Hanawa had described their fight and asked whether he had been on the back foot; he admitted it.
• Granny Songju invited Uraraka Shige to stay for a few days and offered to teach him some things, and he agreed because he had no good way to find out All Might's schedule.
• Uraraka Shige asked Granny Songju to help develop his Quirk and combat experience, but she refused and told him to wash the breakfast bowls and chopsticks without breaking them.

Uraraka Shige trained his Quirk at Granny Songju's apartment until Granny Gray arrived and told him that his family had come under attack. As Uraraka Shige reacted with anger, Granny Songju appeared behind Granny Gray and interrupted him.

• Uraraka Shige began using his Quirk to clear dishes and do housework as part of Granny Songju's training.
• Uraraka Shige spent the next two days training his Quirk and body in Granny Songju's apartment.
• Granny Gray visited and told Uraraka Shige that the families of the punks had caused trouble at his home and that competitors had attacked his family's construction company.
• Granny Gray added that Uraraka Shige's sister was being ostracized at school, and Uraraka Shige's anger turned cold as he began to answer.
• Granny Songju appeared behind Granny Gray and jokingly asked whether he had come looking for a companion.

Yamanaka Koichi visited Granny Songju to confirm Uraraka Shige was staying with her, but did not reveal Shige’s fugitive status. After Koichi left, Shige thanked Granny Songju and decided to say goodbye so his troubles would not cause her inconvenience.

• Granny Songju recognized Yamanaka Koichi as a former Gray Rat Society punk she had once disciplined.
• Yamanaka Koichi said he had come to find Uraraka Shige and stressed that Shige’s past and present identities were unusual.
• Yamanaka Koichi confirmed Shige was with Granny Songju, withheld the rest of what he knew, and left.
• Uraraka Shige and Granny Songju stood together in silence after Yamanaka Koichi departed.
• Uraraka Shige thanked Granny Songju for caring for him and said he had decided to leave so his situation would not inconvenience her.

Uraraka Shige left Granny Songju’s apartment building and tried to avoid the Granny Gray-haired fellow, who told him that a Pro Hero had targeted him. Shige continued toward home without responding, while the fellow was pleased that his words had affected him.

• Uraraka Shige said goodbye to Granny Songju, stayed for lunch, and washed the dishes before leaving.
• The Granny Gray-haired fellow stopped Uraraka Shige outside the apartment building, but Shige tried to walk past him without listening.
• The Granny Gray-haired fellow said that a hero had made a move against Uraraka Shige, causing Shige to pause briefly before heading toward home.
• The Granny Gray-haired fellow explained that the hero was a Pro Hero and warned Shige to be careful.
• Uraraka Shige ignored the fellow’s words and kept walking, while the fellow smiled, satisfied that he had influenced him.

Uraraka Shige attacked a lean man he found watching his home, then fled when the man dodged his blows and pursued him. After both ran out of strength, they tried to identify each other and voiced opposite guesses about who the other was.

• Uraraka Shige found a lean man watching his home from a rooftop and assumed he was targeting his family.
• Uraraka Shige attacked the man with a Quirk-enhanced punch and kick, but the man dodged both.
• Uraraka Shige used his Quirk to disrupt gravity and ran, while the lean man pursued him.
• Uraraka Shige and the lean man stopped to recover and questioned each other while stalling for time.
• Uraraka Shige guessed the man was a hero sent to catch him, while the man guessed Uraraka Shige was the child who escaped from the police.

Uraraka Shige learned that the lean man was a Hero who had come to protect his family, not arrest him. The Hero asked him to return to the agency, but Shige refused because he still had something important to do, and the man left after warning him not to become a Villain.

• Uraraka Shige worried that the lean man was a Pro Hero sent to arrest him and concluded he would be outmatched if they fought.
• The lean man explained that he had come to protect Shige's family and that no Heroes were planning to arrest him.
• The lean man asked Shige to come back to the agency voluntarily, but Shige refused because he still had something important to do.
• The lean man accepted Shige's refusal, warned him never to become a Villain, and headed back the way he had come.
• Uraraka Shige watched the Hero leave and remarked that not all Heroes were like Endeavor.

Uraraka Shige struggled to find a way to learn All Might’s schedule and locate his future fight with AFO. A conversation between two women gave him a new approach: instead of tracking All Might, he could investigate AFO.

• Uraraka Shige left after reflecting on the heroes protecting his family and resolved to repay All Might and find a powerful backer.
• Uraraka Shige worried that he could not learn All Might’s schedule or discover where All Might and AFO would fight.
• Uraraka Shige overheard one young woman console her friend, who could not find a sold-out birthday gift, by suggesting other solutions.
• Uraraka Shige realized he might achieve his goal without learning All Might’s schedule and considered starting by gathering information on AFO.

Uraraka Shige crossed the mountains to relocate and gather information, hoping to reach Hosu City without drawing attention. He encountered a wild boar, but it lost interest and walked away.

• Uraraka Shige decided to seek information about AFO and relocate to another city rather than risk following AFO or traveling by vehicle.
• Uraraka Shige set out across the mountains, aiming for Hosu City despite not knowing whether the route would take him there.
• Uraraka Shige spotted a wild boar rooting behind a bush and carefully backed away without removing his Heavy Shackles.
• Uraraka Shige snapped a branch underfoot, alerting the boar, which turned to look at him before deciding to leave.

Uraraka Shige returned to the city after turning back from the mountains and asked Granny Gray about All For One. Granny Gray initially knew nothing by that name, but recognized the description of a powerful villain who stole and bestowed Quirks, leaving Uraraka Shige astonished by AFO’s fearsome reputation.

• Uraraka Shige abandoned his plan to cross the mountains and decided to seek information about AFO in the city.
• Uraraka Shige encountered Granny Gray and asked whether he knew about All For One.
• Granny Gray said he had never heard of All For One and asked where Uraraka Shige had learned the name.
• Uraraka Shige asked whether Granny Gray knew of someone who stole Quirks and gave them to others.
• Granny Gray identified the person as a tyrant and the country’s strongest villain, astonishing Uraraka Shige.

Uraraka Shige learned that this version of All For One openly relied on his strength and had not suffered a major defeat. After Granny Gray said he knew no recent news, Shige left to seek information elsewhere and considered visiting the Genga Family, wondering how Genga was doing.

• Granny Gray explained All For One’s reputation and history to Uraraka Shige, who realized this AFO differed from the one in the original story.
• Granny Gray asked where Shige had heard the name All For One, but Shige stayed silent rather than explain.
• Shige asked Granny Gray for recent news about AFO, and Granny Gray warned him not to seek AFO out before admitting he knew nothing more.
• Shige left to ask around elsewhere and considered visiting Granny Songju or the Genga Family, then wondered how Genga was doing.
• Granny Gray resumed walking and angrily blamed the commission, client, and Shige for his hardships.