Arc 10Voyager’s Shadowed Voyage

Jilan confronted Shigaraki, refused the League of Villains, and arranged to attend the I-Island Expo with Ibara Shiozaki aboard the Voyager. On the cruise, he clashed with Ueno and the head chef, then entered the casino in disguise and tried a slot machine with Hamon.

  • Jilan watched the U.A. exam results, then saw Midoriya and Bakugo struggle against All Might before escaping through Bakugo’s plan.
  • Fang Ping adjusted to his rebirth and tried to make sense of a changed world as his classmates discussed martial arts and Grandmaster Ma.
  • Jilan accepted Shadow’s invitation to a Voyager launch, met Shigaraki after Shigaraki confronted Midoriya, and refused to join the League of Villains after overpowering him.
  • Jilan secured I-Island invitations and boarded the Voyager in disguise with Ibara Shiozaki, where they encountered Erina Nakiri, Ueno, and other passengers.
  • Jilan warned Kaminari and Minoru Mineta about harassing passengers, then jumped into the sea with Ueno and rescued her after her gravity suit malfunctioned.
  • Jilan stood up to the head chef when he threatened Kaminari and Minoru Mineta, and Nakiri helped have the chef demoted for insulting U.A. and serving poor food.
  • Jilan went to the casino disguised as Joseph Joestar, received four free chips, and used Silver Hamon Overdrive on a slot machine.
Chapters 229–253 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 229Each Group's Performance

Jilan watched several teams take on U.A. teachers in their practical exam and saw Yaoyorozu and Todoroki, then Tokoyami and Ojiro, achieve victory. As the other battles neared their end, Uraraka anxiously watched Midoriya and Bakugo face All Might.

  • Jilan reasoned that Thirteen's bulky combat suit might also restrict his Quirk, then watched the exam footage.
  • Yaoyorozu and Todoroki used a flash, imitation capture bandages, and heat to bind Aizawa and handcuff him, meeting the victory condition.
  • Tokoyami and Ojiro landed on Power Loader's mech, broke into its cover, and took control of the console, prompting him to surrender.
  • Recovery Girl told Jilan that Nezu's past human experimentation had left him with a contradictory personality, though he loved humans.
  • Jilan noticed Uraraka watching Midoriya and Bakugo's battle against All Might with worry.

Ch. 230Overwhelming Strength

Kirishima and Aoyama failed their exam against Cementoss, while Bakugo and Midoriya’s fight against All Might left them pinned before they could reach the exit. The chapter ends with Bakugo trapped beneath All Might as Midoriya is used to knock him down.

  • Kirishima and Aoyama failed to defeat Cementoss, and Asui explained how they could have used their Quirks to ruin his building materials.
  • Kaminari described how he and Ashido had been overwhelmed by the principal’s exam, and Kirishima asked Bakugo how he had fared against All Might.
  • Bakugo attacked Midoriya for trying to run, then faced All Might’s overwhelming strength as All Might seized him and knocked Midoriya away.
  • Midoriya rescued Bakugo, but Bakugo pushed him off and argued with him until Midoriya demanded that he think strategically and learn from Jilan.
  • Bakugo ordered Midoriya to follow his plan, and Midoriya blasted All Might at close range with Bakugo’s gauntlet so they could run for the exit.
  • All Might caught up, knocked Bakugo into a building, then swung Midoriya into him and pinned Bakugo beneath his foot.

Ch. 231The Final Exam Ends

Fang Ping realized he had been reborn in 2008, but his classmates’ talk of costly martial arts exams and powerful grandmasters showed that this world was not the one he remembered. He was left bewildered by a news report about Grandmaster Ma and the Penguin Group challenging Google’s Taimu.

  • Fang Ping accepted that he had been reborn and began imagining ways to use his knowledge of the future.
  • Yang Jian asked Fang Ping and Chen Fan whether they would register for the martial arts exam, and Chen Fan said the fee was too expensive.
  • Chen Fan and Yang Jian’s deskmate discussed their hopes of pursuing martial arts or humanities studies, leaving Fang Ping confused about the registration.
  • Zhang Hao announced that Grandmaster Ma had reached the Eighth Rank and that the Penguin Group had challenged Taimu, Google’s Asia-Pacific president.
  • The class excitedly debated Grandmaster Ma’s prospects, while Fang Ping struggled to understand how his familiar world had changed.

Ch. 232Product Launch Invitation

After the exams, Jilan received an invitation from Shadow to attend a product launch at The Voyager, and he hoped the product might help him control his dangerous fixation on his opponent. He also remembered his promise to go shopping with Toru Hagakure and the others for supplies for forest training camp.

  • Jilan deleted a spam email offering summer work in Syria and reflected on his theory that DIO's Arrow had caused Quirks to emerge around the world.
  • Jilan opened an animated invitation from Shadow, whose werewolf owner announced that its new model was ready and invited him to the product launch.
  • Jilan accepted the invitation because he hoped the product would help control feelings that might return and make him a danger to others.
  • The werewolf said Jilan's invitation would arrive with his latest order and revealed the venue was The Voyager.
  • Toru Hagakure called Jilan to remind him to join the group shopping trip the next day for forest training camp supplies.

Ch. 233Shopping

Jilan went shopping at the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall with his classmates and paired up with Toru Hagakure. From an upper-floor railing, he spotted Midoriya sitting beside a hooded person who had a hand on him.

  • Jilan and the U.A. students arrived at the mall, split up, and agreed to meet again at four.
  • Toru Hagakure asked Jilan to shop with her, and he went along while buying a swim outfit and other necessities.
  • Hagakure tried on a swimsuit and asked Jilan for his opinion, but his remarks embarrassed and angered her.
  • Jilan looked down from the second-floor railing and saw Midoriya sitting beside a hooded person with a hand on him.

Ch. 234Shigaraki's Conviction

Tomura Shigaraki confronted Midoriya in a mall and, after discussing the Hero Killer and All Might, discovered his own conviction: to create a world without All Might and expose justice as fragile. As Shigaraki left, he encountered Jilan Jiyu, whom he recognized with hostility.

  • Shigaraki wandered through the city, frustrated that people admired the Hero Killer and wondering what distinguished their motives.
  • Shigaraki seized Midoriya by the neck and forced him to sit and talk, threatening to kill bystanders if Midoriya resisted.
  • Midoriya explained that the Hero Killer pursued ideals rather than destruction, and Shigaraki concluded that All Might was the source of his anger toward both the Hero Killer and heroes.
  • Uraraka interrupted, and Shigaraki released Midoriya and left; Midoriya urged her to call the police and asked Shigaraki about All For One's goal.
  • Shigaraki declared that his conviction was to create a world without All Might and make people see how fragile justice was.
  • Shigaraki encountered Jilan Jiyu in an empty street and reacted with surprise and hostility.

Ch. 235Shigaraki's Invitation

After Shigaraki approached Midoriya, Jilan Jiyu met him on a deserted rooftop and heard his invitation to join the League of Villains. Shigaraki attacked when Jilan refused, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

  • Midoriya reassured his classmates that Shigaraki had not hurt him, and the students learned Jilan had left because he felt sick.
  • Officer Sancha arrived, took Midoriya’s account, and began searching for Jilan after Asui warned that he might still be nearby.
  • Jilan told Asui he was safe and revealed that he had already left, while privately meeting Shigaraki on a deserted rooftop.
  • Shigaraki accused Jilan of hiding his involvement in the Hosu City incident and called him a born villain.
  • Shigaraki invited Jilan to join the League of Villains, but Jilan refused, prompting Shigaraki to charge at him.

Ch. 236The Interrupted Battle

Jilan defeated Shigaraki, who had come to recruit him into the League of Villains, but Kurogiri intervened before Jilan could capture or kill him. Shigaraki and Kurogiri returned to the League, leaving Jilan unwilling to join and uncertain whether he could call himself a hero.

  • Jilan used Hamon to overpower Shigaraki, whose Decay could not affect him.
  • Jilan considered capturing Shigaraki, but Kurogiri appeared through a Warp Gate and asked him to spare Shigaraki.
  • Kurogiri reprimanded Shigaraki for leaving the hideout, while Shigaraki said he would use the Hero Killer's legacy and the U.A. students to advance his plans.
  • Shigaraki and Kurogiri invited Jilan to join the League of Villains and meet their Master, DIO, but Jilan declined.
  • Kurogiri took Shigaraki away, and Jilan said he did not want to become a bad person.

Ch. 237The Tickets

After the League of Villains escaped with Shigaraki, Tsukauchi urged the Symbol of Peace to consider his safety and leaving U.A. Meanwhile, Minoru Mineta and Kaminari secured jobs aboard the Voyager, and Jilan received tickets to the cruise and a presentation connected to Shadow before the upcoming I-Expo.

  • Tsukauchi told the blond Symbol of Peace that Shigaraki had likely escaped with Kurogiri and that the League's base might be near Shibuya, then urged him to leave U.A. and focus on his safety.
  • The blond man insisted he would keep saving people and agreed with Tsukauchi that they had to catch All For One.
  • Minoru Mineta showed Kaminari their accepted applications for temporary work aboard the Voyager, and the two celebrated the chance to see girls in swimsuits.
  • Jilan opened a package and found two bearer tickets for the Voyager and a presentation ticket issued to Mr. JoJo.
  • Jilan considered whether to attend Shadow's presentation but decided the free cruise tickets made it hard to refuse, as the I-Expo on I-Island approached.

Ch. 238The Invitation

Jilan invited Ibara to accompany him to I-Island, and she agreed after learning the expo would feature unusual plants and ancient plant fossils. He then met Camie to get an invitation, but told her he needed tickets for two people.

  • Ibara declined Jilan's invitation to I-Island until he mentioned the expo's plants and fossils, then agreed to go.
  • Jilan told Ibara to research the expo and buy presentable clothes before the ship sailed on July fourth.
  • Ibara asked Jilan to come clothes shopping, but he said he had to take care of the invitation.
  • Jilan contacted Camie, who offered to take him to I-Island on a private jet after he asked for an invitation.
  • Jilan told Camie he needed tickets for two people.

Ch. 239Heading to I-Island (End of Volume Three)

Jilan secured Camie Utsushimi’s I-Island invitation after she learned he planned to travel with another girl, and Camie admitted she wanted to be with him. On I-Island, a doctor arranged to have something removed from the island and concealed his plan from his daughter, who prepared a mystery gift for him.

  • Jilan asked Camie Utsushimi to sell him her I-Island invitation, but she objected when she learned he planned to take another girl.
  • Jilan called Inasa Yoarashi about an invitation, prompting Camie Utsushimi to interrupt the call and offer her own invitation instead.
  • Camie Utsushimi gave Jilan her invitation and confessed that she wanted to be with him, while Jilan declined her request to travel together.
  • A doctor arranged with a group of men to take something off I-Island and promised to help them escape, then hid a photograph when his daughter arrived.
  • The doctor’s daughter urged him to rest and revealed that she had prepared a mystery gift for him.

Ch. 240Boarding the Ship

Jilan and Ibara Shiozaki boarded the Voyager in disguise and settled into their shared cabin for a three-day voyage to I-Island. Jilan discovered Shadow had supplied bedroom products and wondered whether the company had another purpose for sponsoring the cruise, then invited Shiozaki to dinner.

  • Jilan and Ibara Shiozaki disguised themselves and boarded the Voyager without being recognized.
  • An attendant escorted Jilan and Shiozaki to their balcony cabin on the ship’s twelfth deck and explained the onboard services.
  • Shiozaki placed her potted plant on the balcony to get sunlight and accepted sharing the cabin’s bed with Jilan.
  • Jilan found Shadow-branded bedroom products in the bedside drawer and suspected the company might have an ulterior motive for funding the voyage.
  • Jilan put the toy back and invited Shiozaki to go eat.

Ch. 241A Trio

Jilan and Ibara Shiozaki went to the cruise ship’s buffet, where Ueno, Tsukimi Machi, and Erina Nakiri were also eating. The chapter ended when Erina rushed toward Jilan, hit a table, and plunged face-first into a cake.

  • Jilan chose vegetarian food and oranges for Ibara Shiozaki, who waited in a booth.
  • Ueno and Erina argued over the buffet food until Tsukimi Machi persuaded them to stop fighting.
  • The chapter explained how Erina, Hisako, Ueno, and Tsukimi Machi had decided to travel to I-Island by cruise ship.
  • Ueno recognized the disguised Ibara Shiozaki and went over with Tsukimi Machi.
  • Erina approached Jilan at the buffet, collided with a table, and fell face-first into a cream-covered cake.

Ch. 242Cream

Jilan encountered Erina Nakiri aboard the cruise ship to the I-Island expo, where she teased him about keeping his travel plans from Yaoyorozu. He left her to join Ibara Shiozaki and confronted Ueno and her companion, who had been talking to Shiozaki.

  • Jilan pulled Erina Nakiri out of a cake and gave her a towel.
  • Nakiri recognized Jilan and said she had heard from Yaoyorozu that he was taking a cruise to the I-Island expo.
  • Jilan brushed off Nakiri's teasing and left with plates of food.
  • Nakiri offered to pay for the cake, but the waiter told her the buffet was free and refused payment.
  • Jilan joined Ibara Shiozaki, gave her a vegetarian sandwich, and recognized Ueno and her companion at the table.

Ch. 243Filth

Jilan clashed with Ueno aboard the ship and shared dinner with Nakiri and Ibara Shiozaki before a discovery in Nakiri’s suite sparked an awkward conversation. The chapter ended with Jilan and Nakiri exchanging room numbers as their companions returned to the restaurant.

  • Ueno accused Jilan of spying and mocked him for being a commoner, but Jilan showed her his I-Island Expo invitation.
  • Nakiri teased Ueno, then sat with Jilan and praised Ibara Shiozaki before suggesting that she and Jilan shared a bed.
  • Ibara finished her meal and left, while Hisako Arato told Nakiri she had found a sex toy in their room.
  • Jilan explained that the item was likely a standard provision, then left after telling Nakiri someone was waiting in his room.
  • Nakiri gave Jilan her room number, and he replied with his own before leaving.
  • Ueno returned and smugly assumed Jilan had fled from her, while Nakiri continued eating steak despite disliking its taste.

Ch. 244Public Pool

Minoru Mineta told Denki Kaminari that they were aboard the Voyager as backup bodyguards, though he treated their free time as a chance to flirt at the public pool. Jilan went to relax in the sun, but Mineta and Kaminari recognized him as their class representative and disturbed his quiet.

  • Minoru Mineta explained to Denki Kaminari that the two students were supposed to serve as emergency backup if trouble arose aboard the Voyager.
  • Minoru Mineta tried to apply sunscreen to a woman in a white bikini, but she told him to scram, and Kaminari laughed at him.
  • Minoru Mineta pointed out Jilan at the pool and identified him as their class representative.
  • Jilan chose to relax before Shadow's scheduled press conference, declined to bring Ibara Shiozaki along, and went to sunbathe at the public pool.
  • Jilan enjoyed the sun and sea air until Minoru Mineta and Denki Kaminari's noisy voices woke him.

Ch. 245Unspoken Rules

Jilan warned Kaminari and Minoru Mineta not to pursue passengers aboard the ship, then dealt with Ueno when she accused him of coming to the pool to ogle women. As he left after tossing her into the pool, a blonde girl with her hair in buns watched him with a blush and a grin.

  • Jilan ran into Kaminari and Minoru Mineta, who were working as waiters aboard the ship.
  • Jilan warned the two that crew members could not pursue passengers and that sexual harassment could ruin their careers.
  • Kaminari and Minoru Mineta left the pool area, shaken by Jilan’s warning.
  • Ueno accused Jilan of visiting the pool to look at girls, and Jilan lifted her by the hair and threw her into the pool.
  • A blonde girl with her hair in buns watched Jilan walk away and blushed as she grinned.

Ch. 246Barus

Jilan recognized Captain Barus as a powerful sea-based Quirk user, and Barus used the survival drill to warn dangerous passengers not to threaten anyone aboard the Voyager. As the drill continued without incident, Kaminari and Minoru Mineta spotted Jilan among the people on deck, leaving Mineta stunned.

  • Jilan recognized Barus and recalled his formidable Quirk and reputation at sea.
  • Barus warned the suspicious guests that he would punish anyone who endangered passengers.
  • Erina Nakiri realized the captain was addressing dangerous passengers, and his warning eased her fear of being watched.
  • The passengers completed the survival drill peacefully under Barus's watch.
  • Kaminari pointed out Jilan to Minoru Mineta, who turned to look and became bloodshot-eyed.

Ch. 247Black-Tech Gravity Suit

Minoru Mineta and Kaminari misread Jilan’s confrontation with Ueno as a romantic sacrifice, while the earlier events showed him responding to Nakiri’s warning and Ueno’s prank. Jilan jumped into the sea with Ueno still clinging to him, and she panicked when she could not switch off her gravity suit.

  • Minoru Mineta accused Jilan of keeping the girls for himself, and Kaminari noticed Minoru Mineta’s bloodshot eyes.
  • Nakiri warned Jilan that some passengers seemed suspicious, but he dismissed her concern and left.
  • Ueno landed on Jilan’s back with her gravity suit weighing her down and tried to force him into the sea.
  • Nakiri and Ibara Shiozaki tried to help, but Ueno refused to let go as passengers watched.
  • Jilan seized Ueno’s hands and jumped into the sea, then held onto a crossbar while she swallowed seawater.
  • Ueno panicked because Jilan was still holding her hands and she could not turn off her suit’s increased weight.

Ch. 248A Way to Deal with the Gravity Suit

After Ueno's gravity suit malfunctioned during a fall overboard, Jilan found a way to remove its weight and prepared to climb back aboard with her. Just as he set off, a column of water suddenly blasted them into the sky.

  • Erina Nakiri ordered Hisako and Komachi to find a life ring and alert the captain while Ibara Shiozaki said Jilan could handle the rescue himself.
  • Ueno clung to Jilan beneath the ship, but her suit's weight-control button failed after water damaged it.
  • Jilan asked Ueno to cooperate and removed her suit with a touch, leaving her weightless.
  • Jilan tied Ueno's mechanical wig to a bar, gave her his shirt, and hoisted her onto his back.
  • A column of water erupted beneath Jilan and Ueno, launching them into the sky.

Ch. 249Self-Exposure

After Jilan and Ueno were blasted onto the Voyager’s upper deck, he took her back to her room and learned she was a self-confessed pervert who feared he would expose her secrets. Jilan returned to Ibara Shiozaki as night fell, while a mysterious figure surfaced from the sea and said he smelled a rabbit.

  • Barus warned Jilan and Ueno not to cause trouble again after his water ability launched them onto the upper deck.
  • Jilan carried Ueno to her room, where she admitted she got excited imagining others seeing her exposed and offered him devices she thought he could use to blackmail her.
  • Jilan promised not to tell anyone about Ueno’s secrets, then left when she kept asking him to confirm it.
  • Jilan returned to Ibara Shiozaki, who was waiting by the sea and said she wanted to sleep.
  • A mysterious figure emerged from the water and announced that he smelled a rabbit.

Ch. 250Head chef

Jilan woke up beside Ibara Shiozaki after they had spent the night in separate halves of a divided bed, then defended Kaminari and Minoru Mineta from the head chef’s attempt to punish them. The head chef learned Jilan was their class representative and stopped in his tracks, leaving Jilan worried that Mineta had ruined his attempt to conceal their connection.

  • Jilan and Ibara Shiozaki ate breakfast together after spending the night in a room with their bed divided between them.
  • Kaminari and Minoru Mineta told Jilan the head chef had scolded them after Mineta spilled beer on him, and Kaminari recognized Ibara Shiozaki from the Sports Festival.
  • The head chef tried to have Kaminari and Mineta removed from their waiter jobs, but Jilan insisted their service was good and ordered the head chef to leave.
  • Kaminari refilled Jilan’s coffee while Minoru Mineta thanked Jilan, causing the head chef to realize Jilan was their class representative.

Ch. 251A Game of Power

Jilan confronted the buffet restaurant’s head chef after the man bullied Kaminari and Minoru Mineta, then watched Erina Nakiri and the chief punish him for his conduct and poor cooking. As the demoted chef left, Jilan reminded him that his game of power had ended badly.

  • The head chef threatened Kaminari and Minoru Mineta unless Jilan knelt, apologized, and slapped himself.
  • Jilan learned the head chef had dismissed U.A. High School as a worthless school and refused to back down.
  • Ueno and Tsukimi Machi arrived, followed by Erina Nakiri, Hisako Arato, and the chief.
  • Nakiri criticized the head chef’s steak, and the chief demoted him to kitchen assistant for disrespecting guests and food.
  • Jilan stopped the departing kitchen assistant and told him that his game of power had a lousy ending.

Ch. 252Casino

Nakiri helped resolve Kaminari and Minoru Mineta’s workplace trouble, and the supervisor offered to guide Jilan and Shiozaki around the ship. That night, Jilan went to the casino, where a waiter explained its Quirk checks and harsh penalties for cheating.

  • Nakiri explained that she had intervened because the man had insulted U.A. High School and its future Pro Heroes.
  • The supervisor offered to guide Jilan and Shiozaki and excused Kaminari and Minoru Mineta from further work while assuring them their wages would be paid.
  • That night, Jilan left Shiozaki asleep and went to the casino disguised as a man in a cowboy hat.
  • A waiter checked Jilan’s boarding card and explained how the casino identified Quirks and monitored abilities that could affect gambling.
  • The waiter warned Jilan that casino cheaters could have their hands chopped off or face even harsher consequences on the high seas.

Ch. 253Blackjack

Jilan entered the casino disguised as Joseph Joestar and explored the gaming floor before the Shadow product launch. After a blackjack player called him poor and turned to another opponent, Jilan used Silver Hamon Overdrive on a slot machine and pulled its lever.

  • An attendant identified Jilan’s Quirk as an enhancement type, gave him a boarding card and four free chips, and let him enter the casino as Joseph Joestar.
  • Jilan surveyed the casino and saw a blonde girl win a blackjack game against a man who lost all his money.
  • The girl invited Jilan to play, but dismissed him as poor when she saw he had only four chips.
  • Jilan went to the slot machines, sent Silver Hamon Overdrive into one machine, and pulled its lever.
Arc 10 of 18
Arc 10 of 18