Arc 3From USJ to the Sports Festival

After the USJ attack, Jilan Jiyu helped the police understand the Nomu, supported Diduo Chengjie, and returned to U.A. He became entangled in a Student Council dispute over Sports Festival preparations, then realized Erina Nakiri’s assignments were fair.

  • Jilan Jiyu helped All Might and Inspector Tsukauchi discover that the Nomu could only respond to remote commands, and he defended Diduo Chengjie’s role in helping the students during the invasion.
  • Jilan visited Shota Aizawa and Thirteen in the hospital, then rented a secluded house from Ibara Shiozaki to receive deliveries and keep his tenancy secret.
  • Jilan returned to Class A, where Aizawa punished him for being late and announced the U.A. Sports Festival.
  • Jilan paid Ibara at school, then chased a floating eyeball and discovered that Tsukimi Machi and Ueno had been spying on him at the Student Council secretary’s request.
  • Erina Nakiri criticized the girls for being caught and planned to use footage against Jilan, while Jilan warned Momo Yaoyorozu that Nakiri might target the Hero Course at the Sports Festival meeting.
  • Jilan and Yaoyorozu attended the meeting, where the representatives’ plan to burden the Hero Course was disrupted by Jilan’s refusal to leave and Yaoyorozu’s warning about a possible spy.
  • Nakiri assigned fair preparation tasks across the courses, and Jilan realized he had misjudged her intentions.
Chapters 51–76 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Text Messages

After the attack on U.A. High School, Jilan Jiyu checked messages from worried friends, reassured Inasa Yoarashi that he was safe, and returned to the infirmary. He spotted a strange flying eyeball outside the school but did not pursue it, then settled in for the night with Tsuyu Asui.

  • Jilan Jiyu opened his locker, read worried messages from his friends, and texted Inasa Yoarashi that he was fine.
  • Inasa Yoarashi called Jilan Jiyu, who said he was staying at school and would go home the next day.
  • Jilan Jiyu read messages from Midoriya, Camie Utsushimi, Toru Hagakure, and other classmates as he walked through the school.
  • Jilan Jiyu sensed someone watching him and found a flaming, floating eyeball that fled when he approached.
  • Jilan Jiyu returned to the infirmary, where Tsuyu Asui was still awake, and went to bed without further conversation.

Ch. 52Inspector Tsukauchi

After questioning Jilan Jiyu about the attack on U.A. High School, Inspector Tsukauchi let him go and All Might praised his actions during the crisis. All Might then invited Jilan to visit the silent villain Nomu at the detention center.

  • Inspector Tsukauchi finished questioning Jilan Jiyu and said his report could help the police track down the League of Villains.
  • All Might praised Jilan for helping his classmates during the attack and promised to find the villains.
  • Inspector Tsukauchi told All Might that Nomu had refused to speak or eat, and All Might invited Jilan to see him.
  • Sancha escorted All Might and Jilan to the detention center after revealing that he was a devoted fan of All Might.

Ch. 53Hypothesis

All Might and Jilan Jiyu questioned the unresponsive Nomu and tested how it reacted to being struck. Jilan suspected the Nomu could only obey commands and otherwise acted like a sandbag, then raised his hand to test the theory.

  • All Might entered the interrogation room with Jilan Jiyu to question the Nomu, who showed almost no response.
  • Jilan Jiyu punched the Nomu, and it turned its head before returning to its blank stare.
  • All Might struck the Nomu several times to demonstrate his combat technique, and the Nomu slowly got back up.
  • Jilan Jiyu proposed that the Nomu could not act independently and only responded to commands, then raised his hand to test the hypothesis.

Ch. 54Experiment

Jilan Jiyu used Hamon to investigate the Nomu and discovered that it had no self-awareness and could be controlled through its exposed brain. He explained the findings to the officers, while Officer Tsukauchi let Officer Sancha’s unauthorized access go.

  • Jilan Jiyu used Hamon Overdrive on the Nomu’s brain, causing it to stand and obey his commands.
  • Jilan Jiyu concluded that the Nomu could not think for itself and explained the limits of his ability to control others to All Might.
  • Jilan Jiyu proposed that the Nomu was a biological weapon controlled remotely by Tomura Shigaraki and became motionless when it lost the signal.
  • Officer Sancha realized why the Nomu had never answered questions and became excited by the discovery.
  • Officer Tsukauchi said he would overlook Officer Sancha’s false report in his name, and Sancha admired All Might without realizing Jilan Jiyu had made the discovery.

Ch. 55Kyoka Makoto

Jilan Jiyu warned the police that the Nomu might be controlled remotely, then learned that Kyoka Makoto was trying to free his band’s guitarist, Diduo Chengjie, who had been arrested after the U.A. attack. Jilan claimed Diduo was not a criminal and had once helped him.

  • Jilan Jiyu advised the detention center officers to isolate the Nomu from signals and locate its receiver.
  • Officer Tsukauchi praised Jilan’s analysis and asked if he would consider consulting for the police, but All Might said Jilan was destined to become a hero.
  • Jilan asked All Might for a ride to the hospital to visit Mr. Aizawa and Thirteen.
  • Kyoka Makoto arrived at the police station and demanded that Tsukauchi release his friend Xiaojie, whom Tsukauchi identified as Diduo Chengjie, a U.A. attack criminal.
  • Jilan stopped Kyoka as he was leaving, recognized that Diduo was the guitarist in Kyoka’s band, and told Tsukauchi that Diduo had helped him and might not be a criminal.

Ch. 56Point for Point

Kyoka Makoto came to the police station to find Diduo Chengjie and argued that his younger brother had been misled into joining the attack on U.A. High School. After Diduo accepted that he should be punished, Inspector Tsukauchi asked Jilan Jiyu whether Diduo’s help during the invasion should count against his charges.

  • Kyoka Makoto explained that Diduo Chengjie had vanished after leaving their band and that he had learned of his detention from the news.
  • Kyoka Makoto admitted knowing about the plot against All Might, while Inspector Tsukauchi and All Might challenged his contempt for the police and Pro Heroes.
  • Officer Sancha declared that he would fight evil like All Might, easing the agitation Yoshikage Kira had stirred in Jilan Jiyu.
  • Diduo Chengjie was brought in, and Kyoka Makoto tried to take him away before the police had decided what charges he faced.
  • Kyoka Makoto argued that Diduo had been deceived, but Diduo pulled free and said he was ready to be punished.
  • Inspector Tsukauchi asked Jilan Jiyu whether Diduo’s assistance during the invasion could offset his charges.

Ch. 57Visiting

Jilan Jiyu helped secure Diduo Chengjie's release, and Diduo left determined to perform onstage again. Kyoka Makoto warned Jilan that All Might was no longer a safe haven for him, and Jilan went to the hospital to visit Aizawa and Thirteen, where he learned a female student was already visiting them.

  • Jilan Jiyu told Officer Tsukauchi that Diduo Chengjie's report from the fire zone had helped him contact the other students, and Tsukauchi released Diduo on the condition that he remain reachable.
  • All Might left the police station after saying goodbye to Jilan Jiyu and Kyoka Makoto, while Makoto held Diduo back from speaking to him.
  • Diduo Chengjie confronted Jilan at the subway entrance, and Jilan said he wanted to hear Diduo perform; Diduo then invited him to attend his next show and ran into the crowd.
  • Kyoka Makoto thanked Jilan for helping Diduo regain his confidence and warned him to leave U.A. High School because All Might was no longer a safe haven.
  • Jilan Jiyu arrived at a private hero hospital to visit Shota Aizawa and Thirteen, and the receptionist told him a female student was already visiting them.

Ch. 58In the Hospital Room

Jilan Jiyu visited the injured Shota Aizawa in the hospital, where Momo Yaoyorozu thanked him for arranging Ojiro’s rescue. Yaoyorozu recounted what happened after the attack, and Thirteen arrived recovering and announced that rescue training would continue at USJ.

  • Jilan Jiyu entered Room 505 and found Momo Yaoyorozu visiting Shota Aizawa.
  • Yaoyorozu thanked Jilan Jiyu for arranging for Ojiro to rescue her group, and Aizawa thanked him as well.
  • Yaoyorozu told Jilan Jiyu that Iida had gone to alert the school and described what happened after the attack.
  • Jilan Jiyu asked about Thirteen, and Aizawa explained that Thirteen was undergoing an examination while keeping his spacesuit on around students.
  • Thirteen arrived in a wheelchair, praised Jilan Jiyu, and said USJ would soon host rescue training again.

Ch. 59Hizashi Yamada

Jilan Jiyu accompanied the bandaged Shota Aizawa through the hospital, where they encountered Pro Hero Hizashi Yamada, who mocked Aizawa and harassed Jilan. In the garden, Aizawa spoke about heroes who abused hospital privileges, then avoided Jilan’s question about keeping his injury secret by suggesting they move to the pavilion.

  • Momo Yaoyorozu left, and Thirteen went downstairs to visit an old friend, leaving Jilan Jiyu with Shota Aizawa.
  • Jilan borrowed a wheelchair and took Aizawa downstairs, where Hizashi Yamada mocked Aizawa and tried to touch Jilan.
  • Jilan slapped Yamada’s hand away, and Aizawa warned Yamada that they were no longer the same before the elevator doors closed.
  • Jilan pushed Aizawa into the hospital garden, where Aizawa described Pro Heroes who feigned injuries to avoid their duties.
  • Jilan asked whether Aizawa was content to keep his injury from the outside world, but Aizawa suggested they move to the pavilion.

Ch. 60An Old Flame

After visiting Shota Aizawa in the hospital, Jilan Jiyu encountered Aizawa’s flirtatious old acquaintance and then went to a rundown house to collect his delivered belongings. He opened a bare room containing a coffin-like box with something sealed inside.

  • Jilan Jiyu shared lunch with Shota Aizawa and saw Hizashi Yamada avoid them in the hospital cafeteria.
  • A woman recognized Shota Aizawa, teased him about marrying her, and warned Jilan Jiyu not to bully him.
  • After Jilan Jiyu and Aizawa left, the woman examined a piece of Aizawa’s bandage and blamed the League of Villains for a bold act.
  • Jilan Jiyu followed a message to a rundown rental house, where a green-haired girl said his belongings had arrived.
  • Jilan Jiyu entered a bare room and found a person-length coffin-like box containing something sealed inside.

Ch. 61Ibara Shiozaki

Jilan Jiyu inspected a humanoid object sold by Ibara Shiozaki and removed two of its detachable parts before declaring himself satisfied. He left the object with Ibara and promised to pay her at U.A. High School the next day.

  • Jilan Jiyu unpacked the humanoid object and removed one of its hands, which he rubbed against his face before putting it in his pocket.
  • Jilan Jiyu removed another part, repackaged the object, and told Ibara Shiozaki that it was in perfect condition.
  • Jilan Jiyu said he could not pay Ibara immediately because he had just returned from the hospital without enough money.
  • Ibara Shiozaki threatened to attack Jilan Jiyu until he identified himself as a Class A Hero Course student at U.A. High School and showed her his student ID.
  • Ibara Shiozaki agreed to let Jilan Jiyu pay the next day, and he promised to bring her the money at school.

Ch. 62First Meeting (Part One)

Jilan Jiyu searched for a secluded rental address and met Ibara Shiozaki, the landlord of a house surrounded by unusual plants. After bargaining over the rent, he began persuading her to remodel the property.

  • Jilan Jiyu sought a cheap, secluded rental to receive deliveries without exposing his real home.
  • He found the house hidden at the end of an alley and tried to back away without stepping on its flowers.
  • Ibara Shiozaki stopped him with a wall formed from her vine-like hair and introduced herself as the landlord.
  • Jilan Jiyu toured the room and negotiated with Ibara Shiozaki over her sixty-thousand-yen rent.
  • Jilan Jiyu argued that the plants and remote location made the price excessive, then began explaining his remodeling plan to Ibara Shiozaki.

Ch. 63First Meeting (Part Two)

Jilan Jiyu negotiated with Ibara Shiozaki to rent her home as a discreet place to receive packages, despite her insistence on keeping the flowers outside. After signing the contract and paying her, he left with a new arrangement and an awkward misunderstanding between them.

  • Ibara Shiozaki refused to remove her flowers and explained that she lived alone and hated the manager who threatened to uproot them over unpaid land-use fees.
  • Jilan Jiyu suggested moving the flowers indoors, but worried that the plants outside would make the house too noticeable to use as a transit hub.
  • When Jilan Jiyu tried to leave, Ibara Shiozaki grabbed his hand and used her hair to tear open the roof, creating more sunlight for the flowers and persuading him to stay.
  • Jilan Jiyu and Ibara Shiozaki signed the rental contract, and she agreed to receive his packages, let him use her account for purchases, and keep his tenancy secret.
  • Jilan Jiyu paid 180,000 yen, and Ibara Shiozaki asked whether he was keeping her; he jokingly answered that they were too young for that sort of thing.

Ch. 64The incident ends (end of volume one)

At U.A. High School, Inspector Tsukauchi briefed the staff on Tomura Shigaraki and his followers while All Might worried about the enemy leader’s intentions. The teachers agreed to reward the students based on their results at the sports festival, and All Might left confident that Class A would grow from the attack.

  • Inspector Tsukauchi reported that Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri had unregistered Quirks and that most of the 108 captured attackers belonged to the defeated Seaside Park group.
  • The principal and teachers discussed the remaining followers who shared Tomura Shigaraki’s desire to overthrow the world of heroes.
  • All Might said he was concerned that Tomura Shigaraki had disclosed the Nomu’s Quirk, while Tsukauchi reported that the Nomu would be kept under lifelong surveillance.
  • The teachers praised Jilan Jiyu and the other Class A students, and the principal said their results would determine their reward after the sports festival.
  • Vlad King reassured All Might about the students, and All Might said the attack had taught Class A about powerlessness and unity.

Ch. 66Unequal Treatment

Jilan Jiyu avoided reporters seeking details about the USJ incident and returned to U.A. High School, where his classmates welcomed him back. The chapter ended as homeroom began and the class gave Tenya Iida cold looks for letting Jilan arrive late without reprimand.

  • Satomi Ishihara recognized Jilan Jiyu outside U.A. High School and tried to interview him about the USJ incident, but he declined and headed to class.
  • Satomi Ishihara gave up on interviewing U.A. students and left with her colleagues to seek another Pro Hero to interview.
  • Jilan Jiyu entered Class A late and greeted his classmates, who stood up and excitedly welcomed him back.
  • Tenya Iida declared that he had successfully secured Jilan's rescue, and Jilan praised the class for their efforts.
  • The bell rang, Tenya Iida ordered everyone to sit for homeroom, and the class glared at him for treating Jilan's lateness differently.

Ch. 67Major event

Shota Aizawa returned to Class A despite his injuries, punished Jilan Jiyu for arriving late, and announced the upcoming U.A. Sports Festival. After serving his bucket-carrying punishment through Mic's English lesson, Jilan returned to class tired and resolved not to be late again.

  • Shota Aizawa arrived at Class A with his injuries still bandaged and assigned Jilan Jiyu to stand outside carrying two buckets for being late.
  • Aizawa explained that the students were among the best in their year, then announced the U.A. Sports Festival and its importance for aspiring heroes.
  • Aizawa left the classroom muttering about being forced out of the hospital, and Jilan pretended not to hear him.
  • Teacher Mic began the English lesson while Jilan listened from outside the classroom.
  • Jilan poured out the buckets after class, returned to his seat with numb wrists, and resolved not to arrive late again.

Ch. 68Paying Up

Jilan Jiyu went to Class B to pay Ibara Shiozaki the money he owed her, drawing the attention of her classmates. Neito Monoma mistook the payment for an attempt to bribe Class B ahead of the Sports Festival, while Ibara kept their agreement secret and hinted that Jilan should pay her extra.

  • After class, Jilan Jiyu went to Class B and told Vlad King he was looking for Ibara Shiozaki.
  • Jilan told Ibara he had come to keep their promise, and she asked whether he was there to give her money.
  • Jilan handed Ibara tens of thousands of yen, prompting her classmates to speculate about why he was paying her.
  • Neito Monoma accused Jilan of trying to bribe Ibara before the Sports Festival, but Ibara told him to mind his own business.
  • Ibara tugged Jilan's sleeve and hinted that he should pay her extra for keeping their agreement secret.

Ch. 69Itsuka Kendo

Jilan Jiyu’s visit to Class B led to a confrontation with Monoma and Tetsutetsu, which Itsuka Kendo stopped before she learned why he had come to see Ibara Shiozaki. He left without revealing their secret, then encountered a mysterious eyeball after buying a snack.

  • Monoma and Tetsutetsu challenged Jilan Jiyu over the entrance exam and the upcoming Sports Festival, then began arguing with each other.
  • Itsuka Kendo enlarged her fists and knocked Monoma and Tetsutetsu apart, then introduced herself to Jilan Jiyu as Class B’s representative.
  • Kendo asked why Jilan Jiyu had come to see Ibara Shiozaki, but Ibara said it was a secret between them.
  • Jilan Jiyu kept quiet about renting Ibara’s house and left Class B while Kendo warned Ibara not to spend too much time with him.
  • Jilan Jiyu bought melon bread and oolong tea, then turned around and found himself face-to-face with an eyeball.

Ch. 70Eyeball

Jilan Jiyu chased a flying eyeball through the Management Course building and used Sheer Heart Attack’s infrared vision to find its controller. He discovered a petite second-year student in the Social Experiment Research Club and pressed her to explain why she had been following him.

  • Jilan Jiyu spotted the floating eyeball again, threw an oolong tea can at it, and chased it into the Management Course building.
  • Jilan Jiyu summoned Sheer Heart Attack and used its infrared vision to locate a heat source on the fourth floor.
  • Jilan Jiyu followed Sheer Heart Attack to the Social Experiment Research Club and entered after receiving no answer to his knock.
  • Jilan Jiyu found a petite girl hiding beneath the teacher’s desk, and she admitted by nodding that she controlled the eyeball.
  • Jilan Jiyu returned Sheer Heart Attack to his watch and demanded that the second-year student explain why she had been following him.

Ch. 71Komachi and Ueno

Jilan Jiyu questioned Tsukimi Machi about why she had been spying on him and learned about her Quirk and her partner Ueno. After Ueno attacked him, Jilan restrained both girls and demanded a proper conversation.

  • Jilan Jiyu asked Tsukimi Machi her name and about her Quirk, which let her make objects weighing no more than five kilograms float by bearing their weight himself.
  • Tsukimi Machi explained that her glasses let her control the eyeball, but refused to reveal its power source because it involved Ueno's Quirk.
  • Tsukimi Machi mistook Jilan Jiyu for someone arresting Ueno and insisted she had committed the crime alone.
  • Ueno rushed into the classroom, saw Tsukimi Machi clinging to Jilan Jiyu, and attacked him with her twin tails.
  • Jilan Jiyu wrapped Ueno's twin tails around his hand, lifted her off the ground, and pulled Tsukimi Machi off his arm.
  • Jilan Jiyu held both girls suspended and asked them to have a proper talk with him.

Ch. 72The Mastermind

Jilan Jiyu caught Ueno and Tsukimi Machi spying on him and learned that Erina Nakiri had ordered them to gather information about his private life. He realized they knew nothing about the USJ attack’s casualties and left after warning them not to film him again.

  • Jilan Jiyu caught the two girls, and Ueno accused him of disrespecting her while Tsukimi Machi clarified that she had hugged him.
  • Ueno admitted that she and Tsukimi Machi had been spying on Jilan Jiyu at the student council secretary’s request.
  • Jilan Jiyu learned that Erina Nakiri had arranged for the Hero Course to fall under student council authority and resented him for his Hero Course standing.
  • Ueno said the pair had started following Jilan Jiyu after the USJ attack and regretted not getting their surveillance eyeball working sooner.
  • Jilan Jiyu realized Ueno and Tsukimi Machi did not know about the teachers injured in the attack, then warned them not to film him again.

Ch. 73Talk

Jilan Jiyu learned that the Student Council had summoned Hero Course class representatives to a Sports Festival preparation meeting, while Erina’s surveillance effort against him failed. Erina resolved to defeat Jilan, even after Ueno and Tsukimi Machi walked out on her.

  • Aizawa asked Jilan Jiyu to attend the Student Council’s Sports Festival preparation meeting after school and said the Student Council secretary had called it.
  • Erina watched the brief surveillance footage of Jilan Jiyu and criticized Ueno and Tsukimi Machi for being discovered.
  • Ueno argued that Jilan’s sharp observation skills had made their failure inevitable, while Erina compared him to Yuta Togashi.
  • Erina proposed using a recording to accuse Jilan of mistreating Tsukimi Machi, prompting Ueno to defend her.
  • Ueno took Tsukimi Machi and left after Erina threatened to cut the club’s funding.
  • Erina watched Jilan’s image and vowed that he would be defeated by her Totsuki Group.

Ch. 74Inviting Momo Yaoyorozu

After classes, Jilan Jiyu recruited Momo Yaoyorozu to accompany him to a Sports Festival meeting with the Student Council. He left her confident that she would handle any hostility toward the Hero Course while he avoided trouble.

  • Eijiro Kirishima got a cramp after taking a cold shower, and Fumikage Tokoyami used Dark Shadow to pull him from the bathroom and wrap him in a blanket.
  • Jilan Jiyu and Momo Yaoyorozu headed toward the General Studies Course building, prompting Uraraka to wonder whether they were going on a date.
  • Jilan Jiyu asked Yaoyorozu to wait after school and told her he wanted her to attend the Sports Festival meeting with him.
  • Jilan Jiyu warned Yaoyorozu that Student Council secretary Erina Nakiri was hostile toward the Hero Course and might target them at the meeting.
  • Yaoyorozu accepted the responsibility after Jilan Jiyu praised her, while he privately planned to avoid getting drawn into a confrontation.

Ch. 75Targeted

Jilan Jiyu and Momo Yaoyorozu challenged the other course representatives’ attempt to make the Hero Course share responsibility for organizing the Sports Festival. After Yaoyorozu invoked the recent USJ attack to justify Jilan staying, the meeting’s participants looked to Erina Nakiri to decide what to do.

  • Jilan Jiyu and Momo Yaoyorozu arrived at the Student Council meeting, where a second-year girl criticized their lateness and questioned Yaoyorozu’s presence.
  • Jilan introduced Yaoyorozu as Class A’s decision-maker, but a bespectacled representative demanded that he leave as an outsider.
  • Jilan refused to leave, saying he had to protect Yaoyorozu, and Yaoyorozu warned that a spy could be among the students after the USJ attack.
  • The other representatives realized that forcing Jilan out could make them seem suspicious and turned to Erina Nakiri, who had called the meeting.
  • The representatives had planned to target the Hero Course and make its students share responsibility for Sports Festival preparations, but Jilan and Yaoyorozu disrupted their plan.

Ch. 76Equal Distribution

Erina Nakiri coordinated the Sports Festival preparations, assigning reasonable tasks to the first-year classes and asking Hero Course students to help other courses. Jilan Jiyu realized she was treating the students equally rather than targeting him, and regretted letting Ueno's warning make him suspicious.

  • Erina Nakiri resumed the meeting and explained that Hero Course classes would help General Studies students prepare the competition venues.
  • Nakiri assigned each class specific work and arranged for Hero Course students to assist the Management Course with recording equipment.
  • Kendo and Yaoyorozu agreed to the requests after Nakiri explained the workload involved.
  • Jilan Jiyu noticed that Nakiri's assignments were fair and concluded that she meant to make students from every course feel equally responsible.
  • Jilan Jiyu reflected that he had misjudged Nakiri and had unnecessarily told Yaoyorozu to draw her attention away from him.
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Arc 3 of 18