Chapter Summaries

All Might returned to the battlefield after AFO’s transformed attacker struck him, then fought through another explosive meat-shield attack. He steadied himself and used Carolina Smash to close the distance toward AFO.

• AFO’s transformed villain punched All Might into the ruins, then collapsed as its body broke down.
• All Might burst out of the rubble and returned to the center of the battlefield.
• All Might charged AFO with Texas Smash, but AFO turned a nearby villain into an explosive shield that blasted him backward.
• AFO taunted All Might about killing his enemy, and All Might calmed himself while searching for a way through the villains.
• All Might vanished from his position and launched Carolina Smash.

All Might discovered how AFO’s position-swapping Quirk worked and landed several heavy blows, turning the battle in favor of the heroes, Union members, and police. AFO then fused nearly a hundred of his followers into a huge monster and used it to attack; as All Might struggled to protect everyone and reach AFO, Uraraka Shige and the hero who had brought him to safety arrived.

• AFO swapped places with one of his followers to make All Might’s attack hit the subordinate, then taunted All Might for injuring him.
• All Might watched AFO’s movements, worked out the conditions for his swapping Quirk, and struck AFO twice, hurling him into a building.
• All Might knocked down more enemies, allowing the heroes, Union members, and police to gain the upper hand.
• AFO fused nearly a hundred conscious non-executive enemies into a giant monster and took control of it.
• All Might kept the monster at bay while helping others retreat and looking for a way to attack AFO without causing more damage.
• Uraraka Shige and the hero who had taken All Might to the safe zone arrived nearby.

Gran Torino and the other heroes focused on rescuing people while Uraraka Shige froze in fear at the edge of the battlefield. AFO grew bored of prolonging the fight and sent his flesh monster toward the people who had not evacuated, forcing All Might to protect them.

• Gran Torino rushed into the battlefield and rescued two police officers from the monster’s attacks.
• A hero urged the others to focus on rescue, and Uraraka Shige used his words to justify his own fear and desire to retreat.
• All Might held back from using a finishing move because people remained too close to the battlefield.
• AFO decided to end the fight and directed the monster toward the heroes, police, union members, and villains still nearby, using them as hostages to force All Might into a direct clash.

All Might defeated the giant monster AFO had made from fused villains, but AFO wounded him in a surprise attack and escaped. As All Might pursued him despite his grievous injury, Uraraka Shige wondered whether he had changed the outcome at all.

• All Might fought the giant fused monster while AFO taunted him and drove it toward the people still in its path.
• Gran Torino reported that nearly everyone had evacuated, and All Might knocked the monster down, splitting it back into its unconscious victims.
• All Might struck AFO and restrained him, but AFO distracted him by claiming that people had died from the fight.
• AFO stabbed All Might in the lower abdomen with a blade made from stolen Quirks, then escaped into the air while suffering injuries from All Might's counterattack.
• All Might pursued AFO despite his severe wound, while Gran Torino stayed behind to fight AFO's loyalists.
• Uraraka Shige saw All Might chase AFO and blamed himself for failing to change the outcome.

Uraraka Shige was moved from solitary confinement into a shared cell after months of detention and good behavior. He reflected on his family and his renewed plan to protect All Might in five years, then heard the guard warn his new cellmates not to provoke him.

• Uraraka Shige recalled turning himself in after losing control of his Quirk and killing Gray Rat Society thugs, then being sent to a correctional prison for minors.
• After spending a month and a half in solitary, Uraraka Shige was released into a shared cell for further observation.
• Uraraka Shige resolved to protect All Might in his second battle with AFO and help him retain the embers of One For All.
• Uraraka Shige reflected on how his Quirk had advanced, allowing him to form four stronger Threads and develop the ranged technique Star/Fragment.
• A guard brought Uraraka Shige's new cellmates to the door and warned them not to cause trouble.

Uraraka Shige adjusted to the shared-cell routine after a peaceful first night, finding prison life far better than solitary confinement. When a burly inmate shoved him out of the lunch line, Shige confronted him and demanded his place back and an apology.

• Uraraka Shige woke early to his five cellmates arguing about him, and they fell silent when they noticed he was awake.
• Uraraka Shige stayed quiet as his cellmates left for breakfast, then a guard showed him the shared prison routine.
• Uraraka Shige washed up, exercised, ate breakfast, and spent the morning attending reformation activities and daily checks.
• Uraraka Shige lined up for lunch while thinking about developing his Quirk, but a burly inmate shoved him out of line.
• Uraraka Shige warned the inmate to return his place in line and apologize.

Uraraka Shige knocked out an inmate who mocked him and shoved him out of the food line, then was taken to the disciplinary room after other inmates falsely accused him of cutting in. The guards found that a group had obscured the cafeteria cameras to conceal the truth, revealing that the incident was a test of the newcomer’s strength and background.

• A brute mocked Uraraka Shige and claimed the place in line, so Uraraka Shige punched him in the nose and knocked him unconscious.
• The surrounding inmates called over the guards and falsely reported that Uraraka Shige had cut in line.
• The guards took Uraraka Shige to the disciplinary room, where they learned he had recently been released from a single room and began investigating the accusation.
• The guards reviewed the cafeteria footage but could not see the dispute because a group of inmates had blocked the cameras.
• The guards realized that the group had staged the incident to assess Uraraka Shige and teach him the prison’s rules.

Uraraka Shige ignored inmates who wanted to learn how he avoided punishment and tried to eat breakfast in peace. When three imposing inmates approached him, he moved to a table occupied by a single person, and their sudden fear left the reason unclear.

• Three scrawny inmates asked Uraraka Shige how he avoided punishment after being taken away from the cafeteria, but he walked off without answering.
• Uraraka Shige’s five cellmates fell silent when they saw him, then again after waking him the next morning.
• At breakfast, Uraraka Shige tried to move tables when three large inmates with Mutant-type Quirks sat around him.
• One of the three asked about Uraraka Shige’s time in a single cell, but he continued toward a table with one inmate seated there.
• The three Mutant-type inmates stiffened and pretended nothing had happened as Uraraka Shige sat across from the lone inmate.

Uraraka Shige ignored a prison inmate who called himself a big shot, but the man sent several inmates to confront him in the cafeteria. When they tried to shove Uraraka Shige off the bench, he used his Quirk, Shackles, to blunt their impact and keep his tray steady.

• A man sitting alone questioned Uraraka Shige about arriving at the prison and being treated differently by the guards, but Uraraka Shige ignored him.
• The man left angrily and went to recruit several inmates after Uraraka Shige refused to respond to him.
• The inmates moved to Uraraka Shige’s table, where a burly man accused him of offending Boss Ying.
• Two inmates tried to shove Uraraka Shige from either side, and he activated Shackles to weaken their push and stay seated without spilling his food.

Uraraka Shige spent the day in the correctional prison, thinking of ways to develop his Quirk while inmates around him considered targeting him. The chapter ended as a small group of four noticed men from Area A’s strongest group approaching Uraraka Shige and formed a bold idea.

• After Uraraka Shige stood his ground when two men crashed into him, they chose not to follow him and instead ate their food.
• Uraraka Shige returned his tray, attended morning study and other supervision sessions, then spent the break before lunch in a secluded corner.
• While Uraraka Shige considered new ways to develop Thread, Level, and Strike, four inmates nearby watched him and thought he looked easy to bully.
• As the four inmates prepared to target Uraraka Shige, they spotted men from Area A’s strongest group heading toward him and came up with a bold idea.

Uraraka Shige was approached by a prison group that was secretly testing him to assess his identity. After the group’s apparent leader stumbled through the scripted approach, a burly inmate revealed that he was responsible for the conversation and explained his blunt way of communicating.

• Several inmates planned to win favor with a powerful group by targeting Uraraka Shige, but the group approaching him actually intended only a minor disturbance and another round of probing.
• The group’s apparent leader asked Uraraka Shige whether he had joined a group and whether he wanted to join theirs.
• Uraraka Shige questioned whether the man was truly responsible for recruiting him, prompting a burly inmate to step forward.
• The burly inmate admitted that the earlier questions were a test and that someone else had prepared his words because he considered himself stupid.
• Uraraka Shige found the man easy to talk to and directly asked what he wanted to find out.

Uraraka Shige met again with Gu Yuji and the Beast Group’s representative, who invited him to join and warned that refusing could leave him exposed to rival groups. The representative watched Uraraka Shige closely as he considered the offer.

• At breakfast, Uraraka Shige deliberately sat at a table with Gu Yuji and the man who had previously sat alone.
• Uraraka Shige explained how he had realized the two men were there to meet him, then asked their names.
• Gu Yuji introduced himself, while the other man withheld his name and identified himself as the Beast Group’s representative in area A.
• The representative invited Uraraka Shige to join Beast, and Uraraka Shige asked about the group’s terms, duties, benefits, and drawbacks.
• The representative warned that without Beast’s protection, other groups might target Uraraka Shige, then studied his reaction.

Uraraka Shige questioned the Beast Group’s Area A representative about his hostile recruitment tactics, then learned the terms of joining and accepted. He became a prospective second-ranking member, but still had to earn recognition by surviving two breakfasts with the group’s divided senior members.

• Uraraka Shige questioned why the representative had threatened and pressured him instead of answering his concerns.
• The representative privately feared Uraraka Shige would take his position, but explained the benefits and duties of joining the Beast Group without revealing his motive.
• Uraraka Shige agreed to join and was assigned a position second only to the Area A representative, subject to proving his ability and earning recognition.
• Uraraka Shige learned that he had to attend two breakfasts with the other members of his rank, beginning in two days.
• The five other members occupied two rival tables, leaving Uraraka Shige to choose where to sit while risking hostility from the opposing camp.

Uraraka Shige avoided choosing between the two factions by sitting alone at an empty table, but Gu Yuji and several inmates soon joined him. Their moves left the two original tables empty and the exceptional thinker curious about why Gu Yuji had accepted Uraraka Shige so readily.

• Uraraka Shige decided the inmates’ test was too troublesome and sat at an empty table rather than joining either faction.
• Gu Yuji followed Uraraka Shige and sat with him because he liked him and had already accepted him.
• An inmate known for his exceptional intellect joined Uraraka Shige, surprising the others at the two tables.
• Two inmates followed the intellectual, then another joined, filling Uraraka Shige’s table with six people.
• The intellectual watched Gu Yuji and wondered why the big man had accepted Uraraka Shige so quickly.

After more than a month, Uraraka Shige’s Quirk and physical abilities had made little progress, but he had settled into his place among the Beast Group’s Area A higher-ups. The group discussed Gu Yuji’s attempted escape and a Snake Group member’s attack, leaving Gu Yuji’s situation aside for now.

• Uraraka Shige made only slight gains in his Threads and physical conditioning as he spent time with his cellmates and the Beast Group’s other Area A higher-ups.
• Uraraka Shige grew closest to the straightforward big guy, while a suspicious, shrewd higher-up carefully probed everyone around him.
• More than thirty Beast Group higher-ups met in the cafeteria after guards took Gu Yuji away the previous night and he returned looking haggard.
• The higher-ups discussed Gu Yuji’s homesickness and attempted escape, along with a Snake Group member’s attack that left a Beast Group member’s leg disabled.
• At the suggestion of the shrewd higher-up, the Beast Group set Gu Yuji’s situation aside for the time being.

At lunch, Beast Group members debated whether the Snake Group was preparing to challenge them, while Uraraka Shige left without interest in their discussion. After the midday break, he attended the prison’s study session and continued thinking about the big guy who had tried to escape because he missed home.

• A clever Beast Group member described Snake’s increasingly disrespectful behavior and warned that its attack on a Beast member could signal a broader threat.
• A subordinate questioned whether the incident was being overinterpreted, and the clever member laid out how Snake’s conduct had escalated over time.
• Uraraka Shige left the discussion after eating, more concerned about the big guy than the groups’ dispute.
• Uraraka Shige returned to his cell, wondered whether the big guy had tried to escape because he missed home, and recalled missing his own family.
• After the midday break, Uraraka Shige went to a classroom-like room for the correctional prison’s studies and training.

Beast and Snake agreed to settle their dispute in a rule-governed match, wagering their recognized status for the coming year. The officials approved the match for three days later, and Beast’s smart guy passed the group its preliminary plans.

• Beast’s management decided to leave Gu Yuji’s situation to the smart guy to investigate and applied to the officials for a match against Snake, wagering their status for the coming year.
• A Beast member explained to Uraraka Shige that matches let inmates settle disputes without breaking prison rules and provided recreation for inmates and guards.
• The smart guy told Beast’s management that Snake had expelled his spy and that Snake might have identified other planted pieces as well.
• Rumors spread through Area A that the match would be approved, while Snake gathered its members to discuss the dispute.
• The officials approved the match for the weekend three days later, and Beast’s smart guy passed its preliminary plans to the group, including Uraraka Shige.

Uraraka Shige learned which Beast members would compete in the upcoming tournament and ignored a Snake member who tried to summon him. The Snake member later approached him directly and invited him to join Snake, claiming Beast was bound to lose.

• Beast selected its spokesman, its clever strategist, Gu Yu, Uraraka Shige, and several other inmates for the individual competition.
• Uraraka Shige did not join the team stage because he lacked teamwork with Beast's other members, but he would have to participate in the regional group stage.
• During a break, an unfamiliar inmate told Uraraka Shige to follow him outside, but Uraraka Shige ignored him.
• The inmate returned after the break, apparently angry that Uraraka Shige had not followed him.
• The inmate later told Uraraka Shige that Snake had prepared thoroughly and Beast was bound to lose, then invited him to join Snake.

Uraraka Shige rejected a Snake member’s attempt to recruit him, suspecting Snake was using defections to weaken Beast before their match. On match day, several Beast members—including three higher-ups—switched sides, leaving both groups with roughly equal numbers as the individual match was announced.

• Uraraka Shige considered how Snake’s recruitment efforts might sow suspicion within Beast and rejected the Snake member’s offer.
• Snake made no further attempt to recruit Uraraka Shige, and Beast’s Area A members discussed the matter at breakfast but reached no conclusion.
• Uraraka Shige and the Beast and Snake members gathered at the prison’s central venue for their Area A match.
• A dozen or so Beast members, including three higher-ups, joined Snake before the match began, bringing the groups to roughly equal numbers.
• The commentator announced the match’s start and called for the individual contestants to draw lots.

Uraraka Shige watched the individual competition begin, as contestants raced through games and exploited loopholes in the rules. Near the end of the competition, his turn approached with a game called “Pillar Pacing.”

• The host announced the individual competition rules, including a rotating game type and bans on killing, permanent injury, excessive Quirk use, substitutes, and cheating.
• The first contestants played “River Wading,” trying to carry slippery soap through artificial rapids while interfering with one another.
• Contestants in the second and third matches used their Quirks and creative tactics to disrupt opponents and exploit ambiguities in the rules.
• More inmates found loopholes as the competition passed its halfway point, while Uraraka Shige watched and waited for his turn.
• Uraraka Shige was assigned “Pillar Pacing,” a race across foam-wrapped iron pillars.