Chapter Summaries

Jilan Jiyu took part in Makihara Middle School’s staged hero performance and watched the school win first place. After seeing the closing ceremony, he told Inasa Yoarashi that he wanted to become a hero like All Might.

• Jilan Jiyu remained calm as a hostage during the staged performance, while Inasa Yoarashi played All Might and rescued him from the criminal.
• Inasa Yoarashi struck the student playing the criminal, and the crowd joined the cast in shouting “Plus Ultra!”
• Makihara Middle School students used their Quirks to repair the stage and pack away the props after the show.
• A staff member announced that Makihara Middle School’s performance had won first place, and the students celebrated.
• Inasa Yoarashi found Jilan Jiyu watching the closing ceremony, where Jilan Jiyu said he wanted to become a hero who could save people with a smile.

Jilan Jiyu reflected on his past life, his dangerous Quirk, and how Inasa Yoarashi became his friend. As entrance exams approached, Inasa offered Jilan his recommendation for U.A. High School, but Jilan refused it.

• Jilan recalled dying in his former world and being reborn in a society where most people had Quirks and heroes were real.
• Inasa said he planned to attend U.A. High School because All Might would soon work there.
• Jilan wondered why Inasa wanted to give him the school's sole U.A. recommendation, which Inasa had earned through his grades and performance at the hero festival.
• Inasa insisted that Jilan accept the recommendation because they were best friends, but Jilan rejected the offer.
• Jilan remembered using his Hamon to save a young Inasa from bullies, after which Inasa insisted they become friends.
• Jilan revealed that his concealed Quirk was Killer Queen, which let him turn anything he touched into a bomb.

Jilan Jiyu worked at a movie theater while worrying that his real Quirk, Killer Queen, would make others fear him if he tried to become a hero. During his shift, he spoke with Camie Utsushimi about hero society as a Pro Hero escorted a subdued criminal into the theater.

• Jilan Jiyu read Inasa Yoarashi's confident message about taking U.A. High School's recommendation entrance exam and reflected on hiding his Killer Queen Quirk.
• Jilan Jiyu recommended a movie to a rhinoceros-like father and his son, who thanked him and promised to leave a five-star review.
• When screams erupted in the theater lobby, Jilan Jiyu let his junior coworker investigate and continued working.
• Jilan Jiyu introduced himself to Camie Utsushimi and explained why aspiring heroes should not interfere in public incidents without authority.
• A man who looked like living jeans entered with a criminal following him, one of the criminal's hands held motionless in the air.

Jilan Jiyu learned why Camie Utsushimi had been waiting at the cinema when Inasa Yoarashi arrived, having withdrawn from U.A. High School’s entrance exam after a confrontation with Endeavor’s son. Inasa condemned Endeavor as a violent power worshipper, leaving Jilan to consider whether his judgment was true.

• Best Jeanist restrained a raging man at the cinema, and Camie Utsushimi learned that Pro Heroes closely patrolled the area.
• Jilan Jiyu questioned why Camie remained at the cinema, but Inasa Yoarashi arrived before he could send her away.
• Camie invited Jilan and Inasa to a café, where Inasa asked whether Shiketsu High School would let him take its entrance exam.
• Inasa explained that he had withdrawn from U.A. High School’s exam after Endeavor’s son ignored him, then contacted Shiketsu through his principal.
• Inasa denounced Endeavor as a power worshipper who used violence to vent his frustration, and Jilan wondered whether that accusation was true.

Camie told Inasa about Shiketsu High School’s open recommendation spot and revealed that she had invited Jilan because she admired his courage during a bank robbery. Jilan remembered secretly planting a bomb on one of the robbers and worried that Camie knew too much about the incident.

• Camie explained that Shiketsu’s recommendation spot had opened after Endeavor sent Shoto Todoroki to U.A. High School, and Inasa decided to pursue it despite his resentment of Endeavor.
• Camie said Inasa would have to pass a test several times harder than U.A.’s recommendation entrance exam, and he accepted the challenge confidently.
• Camie revealed that she had wanted to meet Jilan because he had faced armed robbers during a bank robbery a year earlier.
• Jilan recalled that All Might had rescued him and that he had secretly planted a bomb on the robber who threatened him.
• Camie quoted Jilan’s warning to the robbers and said she had been standing behind him, leaving Jilan anxious about what she knew.

Jilan Jiyu headed to U.A. High School’s entrance exam, where he stopped Katsuki Bakugo from hitting Izuku Midoriya and then witnessed a girl use her Quirk to keep Midoriya from falling. He entered the exam venue while Midoriya remained behind, flustered by the girl’s kindness.

• Jilan Jiyu dressed for the exam and reflected on his dangerous urge to make things disappear, which he believed came from his Stand.
• Jilan Jiyu stopped Katsuki Bakugo from striking Izuku Midoriya outside U.A. and warned them not to fight near the school.
• Katsuki Bakugo introduced himself to Jilan Jiyu and threatened to knock his teeth out next time.
• Izuku Midoriya thanked Jilan Jiyu and defended Bakugo, saying they had been classmates since childhood and Bakugo cared about him.
• Midoriya tripped, but a girl used her Quirk to make him float and set him safely on the ground before saying goodbye.
• Jilan Jiyu entered the Hero Course exam venue while Midoriya stood behind, blushing.

Jilan Jiyu attended the U.A. entrance exam briefing, learned that examinees would earn points by defeating mock villains, and began the practical test in Area D. He destroyed a robot with a Hamon-powered kick and suspected the exam’s real challenge still lay ahead.

• Present Mic explained the ten-minute mock-villain test, its point system, and the zero-point obstacle robot.
• A bespectacled examinee questioned the four villain illustrations and scolded Midoriya for muttering before Mic clarified the extra robot was worth no points.
• Jilan Jiyu found that his exam would take place in Area D and observed the unusual abilities of the other examinees gathered there.
• Present Mic started the exam without a countdown, prompting the examinees to rush into the testing area.
• Jilan Jiyu used Hamon to smash a robot and concluded that the basic opponents were only an easy opening to the exam’s real test.

During the U.A. entrance exam, Jilan Jiyu befriended Mina Ashido after stealing a robot she had been targeting, then led her away when a giant zero-point robot appeared. With less than three minutes left, Jilan Jiyu began forming a bold plan as the examinees gathered near the exit.

• Jilan Jiyu destroyed a robot Mina Ashido had been approaching and explained that he had already paid for it with his exam points.
• Mina Ashido introduced herself, praised Jilan Jiyu’s move, and said she had nearly run out of slime.
• A giant zero-point robot appeared, crushed a building, and sent the examinees fleeing.
• Jilan Jiyu grabbed Mina Ashido and ran with her toward the gathering crowd near the town’s exit.
• Jilan Jiyu noticed the giant robot was steering the examinees toward the exit and began devising a plan with less than three minutes remaining.

Jilan Jiyu approached the giant robot, believing that rescuing a hidden examinee might be a bonus task, while other examinees gathered courage to fight it. After his attack failed to damage the robot, he searched for the person it was hunting and followed the sound of crows toward an office building.

• Jilan Jiyu reasoned that a missing examinee might still be in danger and approached the giant robot, which swung at him.
• Jilan Jiyu dodged the robot and ran up its arm, inspiring an examinee to charge in, but the robot pinned him beneath its hand.
• Tetsutetsu hardened his body, threw off the robot’s hand, and called for the crowd to help fight it.
• The examinees rushed the robot, while Mina Ashido decided to retreat because she was running low on digestive fluid.
• Jilan Jiyu climbed onto the robot’s head and struck its glowing eye, but the attack failed to damage it.
• Jilan Jiyu listened for the hidden examinee, heard crows, and leaped toward a second-floor window where they were circling.

Koji Koda recalled his loneliness and entered the U.A. High School exam hoping to become a hero, but panicked when he encountered the giant robot. After another examinee helped him escape, Koda overcame his fear and joined the rescue efforts when the robot caused a building to collapse.

• Koji Koda used birds to find and destroy one-point robots during the entrance exam, then fled when a giant robot pursued him.
• A boy Koji Koda recognized from the movie theater arrived, used Koji Koda's animal-control Quirk to command two crows, and told him someone was holding the robot back.
• Koji Koda reached the town's main gate and blamed himself for running instead of fighting as Teacher Mic announced that two minutes remained.
• The giant robot chopped through a building, causing debris to fall and injuring people as other examinees rushed to rescue them.
• Koji Koda called nearby animals to search for injured people and used his strength to help evacuate them.

During U.A. High School’s entrance exam, Jilan Jiyu used his Quirk, Killer Queen, to destroy the rampaging robot at site D. The exam ended with rescuers helping the injured examinees, while Jilan Jiyu’s actions drew the attention of the school’s staff.

• All Might watched the exams and worried about Midoriya as the robot at site D went out of control.
• Jilan Jiyu noticed the robot seemed to be under higher-level control and avoided attacking students who were helping others.
• When the robot blocked the examinees’ escape, Jilan Jiyu used two crows as bombs to destroy its wiring and stop it.
• Jilan Jiyu reflected on using Killer Queen and on his lack of guilt about killing animals, though he did not want to kill people.
• The exam ended, and firefighters, doctors, and examinees rescued those trapped beneath rubble; Tetsutetsu was found wedged but unharmed.

After helping treat the injured at U.A., Jilan Jiyu saw the battered Izuku Midoriya and learned that Midoriya had destroyed the zero-point robot with an uncontrollable power. The teachers awarded Midoriya sixty bonus points and Katsuki Bakugo none, while Jilan returned home to find Camie Utsushimi and Inasa Yoarashi waiting inside.

• Mic hired Jilan Jiyu to help treat injured students, and Jilan used Hamon to heal minor wounds and ease more serious injuries.
• Jilan found Izuku Midoriya unconscious in critical care, and Recovery Girl explained that Midoriya had injured himself while smashing the zero-point robot.
• Recovery Girl offered to train Jilan as a support-course healer, but he declined because he wanted to enter the Hero Course.
• U.A.'s teachers debated the exam footage, and Eraser Head remarked that Midoriya's Quirk seemed familiar before the teachers awarded Midoriya sixty bonus points and Katsuki Bakugo zero.
• Jilan went home after shopping and found Inasa Yoarashi and Camie Utsushimi inside; Camie had forced the door open to surprise him.

After finishing his exam, Jilan Jiyu ate with Camie Utsushimi and Inasa Yoarashi, then retreated to his room to rest. Alone, he examined the preserved hands from his silicone dolls and worried that using Killer Queen was making him more like the presence he sensed inside himself.

• Camie Utsushimi served Jilan Jiyu and Inasa Yoarashi curry rice to celebrate Jilan Jiyu finishing his exam.
• Jilan Jiyu packed away his middle-school revision materials while Camie Utsushimi and Inasa Yoarashi played Tekken.
• Jilan Jiyu trusted Inasa Yoarashi to keep Camie Utsushimi in check, then went to his room to rest.
• Jilan Jiyu uncovered a row of preserved-looking women's hands taken from silicone dolls he had bought and resold.
• Jilan Jiyu touched a hand to his cheek and reflected that using Killer Queen made him feel increasingly like the presence inside him.

After receiving his U.A. acceptance letter and learning he had placed first, Jilan Jiyu visited Seaside Park and found it cleared of trash, then overheard a gang selling a Quirk-enhancing drug to a businessman. The chapter left Jilan secretly watching the suspicious exchange as the men discussed the drug’s risks and All Might’s influence.

• Jilan Jiyu received his U.A. Hero Course acceptance letter, which showed he had placed first with 50 combat points and 30 rescue points.
• Jilan checked U.A.’s published results and saw Katsuki Bakugo in second place, Izuku Midoriya among the top ten, and Mina Ashido on the list.
• Mina Ashido credited Jilan Jiyu with giving her a chance to earn rescue points during the exam.
• Jilan walked to Seaside Park and found that someone had cleared away its heaps of garbage, which he suspected All Might had done.
• After hearing people call out All Might’s name, Jilan followed a group of tattooed men to a pavilion and watched them sell a black box of Quirk-enhancing goods to a businessman.

Jilan Jiyu discovered a deal involving a Quirk-enhancing drug and sabotaged the merchant Scab’s speedboat. Scab was arrested after All Might and the police arrived, but he destroyed the drug before they could seize it.

• Jilan Jiyu overheard the merchant say the drug could enhance a Quirk and wondered whether it could help him control his bloodlust.
• Jilan Jiyu turned a fish into a bomb and blasted a hole in the merchant’s speedboat, forcing the merchant and his subordinate into the water.
• The merchant’s subordinate used his fish-related Quirk to help the merchant reach shore with the box.
• Police surrounded and arrested Scab, while the thug boss revealed that All Might had been there.
• Scab used his Hand of Shadow Quirk to make the box explode, destroying the drug, and the police took him away.
• All Might paused to look out over the sea and smiled.

On his first day at U.A. High School, Jilan Jiyu met his invisible classmate Toru Hagakure and faced the hostility of Katsuki Bakugo. As Izuku Midoriya and a girl arrived, a mysterious voice reminded them that they were in the Hero Course.

• Jilan Jiyu recalled hiding from Scab and worried that All Might might have seen him before he entered U.A.
• Jilan met Toru Hagakure, learned that her Quirk made her invisible, and introduced himself as the student whose Quirk was Hamon.
• Jilan and Toru entered Class A, where Tenya Iida was arguing with Katsuki Bakugo about Bakugo putting his feet on a desk.
• Bakugo challenged Jilan over taking first place in the entrance exam, but Jilan refused to compete with him.
• Izuku Midoriya arrived, and Tenya apologized for overlooking the practical exam's rescue points before a girl joined Midoriya at the door.
• A languid voice told the students to stop playing at making friends because they were in the Hero Course, leaving the doorway crowd speechless.

Shota Aizawa introduced himself as Class A’s homeroom teacher and took the students to the field for a Quirk Apprehension Test. After Bakugo demonstrated the scale of his Quirk, Aizawa warned that the lowest-ranked student would be expelled, leaving the class facing their first challenge.

• Shota Aizawa emerged from his sleeping bag, introduced himself as Class A’s homeroom teacher, and ordered the students to change into their sportswear.
• Jilan Jiyu joined his classmates on the field, where Shota Aizawa announced a Quirk Apprehension Test instead of the usual first-day ceremony and orientation.
• Shota Aizawa asked Bakugo to throw a softball using his Quirk, and Bakugo launched it 705 meters.
• Shota Aizawa declared that the student who ranked last across the eight tests would be expelled, despite Ochaco Uraraka and Tenya Iida objecting.
• Shota Aizawa told Izuku Midoriya and the rest of the class to overcome the hardships ahead and avoid elimination.

Jilan Jiyu and his classmates took the U.A. physical fitness test, using their Quirks to compete in several events. After Izuku Midoriya threw the softball for only 46 meters, Shota Aizawa revealed that he had erased Midoriya’s Quirk and warned that Midoriya could not become a hero unless he learned to control it.

• Jilan Jiyu ran the 50-meter dash in 5.48 seconds, while Tenya Iida and Katsuki Bakugo posted faster times.
• The class used their Quirks in the dash, grip-strength test, and standing long jump, with Shota Aizawa disqualifying one student’s attempt to swing across the course.
• Ochaco Uraraka made the softball travel an apparently infinite distance by removing its gravity and resistance.
• Jilan Jiyu challenged Katsuki Bakugo’s claim that Izuku Midoriya was Quirkless, recalling Midoriya’s feat during the entrance exam.
• Izuku Midoriya threw the ball 46 meters after Shota Aizawa erased his Quirk, then learned Aizawa was Eraser Head.
• Shota Aizawa criticized Midoriya’s inability to control his Quirk and told him he could not become a hero, then instructed him to continue with his second throw.

During the Quirk assessment, Izuku Midoriya used a fingertip to throw the ball 705.3 meters, injuring himself before Jilan Jiyu healed him with Hamon. Shota Aizawa revealed that expulsion had been a bluff, while Jilan noticed a disturbing thought about collecting Momo Yaoyorozu’s hands.

• Izuku Midoriya concentrated his strength in one finger and threw the ball 705.3 meters, rupturing blood vessels in his finger.
• Katsuki Bakugo charged at Midoriya for an explanation, but Shota Aizawa restrained him with his capture weapon.
• Jilan Jiyu healed Midoriya’s hand with Hamon and warned him not to injure himself again during the test.
• Shota Aizawa announced the results, with Momo Yaoyorozu in first place, Jilan Jiyu in fifth, and Izuku Midoriya in eighteenth.
• Shota Aizawa revealed that the threat of expulsion had been a lie, and Jilan introduced himself to Momo before privately considering a disturbing idea about her hands.

Jilan Jiyu settled into ordinary classes at U.A. while classmates bickered, made friends, and copied homework. He collected the class’s assignments as representative and ended the day content with his peaceful routine.

• Katsuki Bakugo pointed out Shoto Todoroki as a strong rival and criticized Jilan Jiyu for lacking ambition, while Jilan said he wanted a peaceful life.
• Denki Kaminari agreed to give Minoru Mineta his homework in exchange for two magazines, then argued with Kyoka Jiro about her appearance until Momo Yaoyorozu tried to intervene.
• Ochaco Uraraka greeted Izuku Midoriya and Tenya Iida, and Katsuki Bakugo dismissed their friendship while calling Midoriya his punching bag.
• Jilan Jiyu collected the class’s homework as representative and caught Minoru Mineta and Mina Ashido finishing their assignments at the last minute.
• Jilan Jiyu handed in the homework and returned to his seat, pleased with the calm school routine.