Chapter Summaries

A masked man abducted Denki Kaminari while Izuku Midoriya rescued Asui from a collapsed house. Midoriya then learned over the loudspeakers that Kaminari had been captured and fell to his knees, blaming himself.

• A masked man grabbed Denki Kaminari and led him away while Kaminari remained dazed.
• Izuku Midoriya found Asui trapped beneath a collapsed house and pulled her out with a rope.
• Midoriya apologized to Asui for flinging her to safety, and she agreed to join him in rescuing others.
• A voice over the loudspeakers announced that it had captured Kaminari and addressed Midoriya by name.
• Midoriya hurried back to where he had left Kaminari, heard Kaminari scream through the loudspeakers, and sank to his knees blaming himself.

During a rescue exercise, Yaoyorozu and Aoyama found Ashido stranded on the third floor and helped her down, though Ashido’s teasing left Yaoyorozu embarrassed and Aoyama alarmed. A voice then called out over communications, asking whether everyone could hear it.

• Aoyama asked Yaoyorozu whether she liked Class Rep Jilan, making her blush before he called out that he had found a survivor.
• Aoyama and Yaoyorozu found Ashido stranded by a third-floor window, and Ashido explained that she had accidentally destroyed the stairs with her acid.
• Yaoyorozu created an air cushion, and Ashido jumped down with an elaborate dive and landed on it.
• Ashido staggered into Yaoyorozu and fell on top of her, then jokingly called her Lord Ximen.
• Aoyama realized the Water Margin joke cast him in an embarrassing role, and a voice suddenly asked over communications whether everyone could hear it.

Minoru Mineta and Tenya Iida searched the earthquake zone together, with Iida giving Mineta another ride on his back. Shoto Todoroki waited in a hidden basement until a masked remnant of the League of Villains appeared and attacked him.

• Minoru Mineta persuaded Tenya Iida to carry him at high speed while Iida surveyed their assigned area.
• Tenya Iida identified a section of ruins as a likely hiding place, and Minoru Mineta eagerly joined him for another ride.
• Shoto Todoroki waited in a basement, worried that the rescue team had not found him after eight minutes.
• A masked, towering man emerged from another room and said he had been hiding for four days and was ready to rampage.
• Shoto Todoroki recognized the man as a possible remnant of the League of Villains and attacked with ice, but the man appeared behind him and swung a massive fist.

Uraraka and Jiro found each other, but a powerful enemy appeared carrying the unconscious Todoroki and attacked the group. Bakugo and the others confronted him while Iida was urged to go find Midoriya, and the enemy looked toward the high ground to identify his next attackers.

• Uraraka found Jiro beneath a pile of cars, and they heard a broadcast announcing that Kaminari had been captured.
• Iida arrived with Mineta and tackled Uraraka and Jiro to shelter them from a gale unleashed by an enemy carrying the unconscious Todoroki.
• Iida recalled encountering the enemy while searching with Mineta, and learned that Todoroki had become the enemy's hostage.
• Bakugo attacked the enemy, blasted his mask, then ordered Iida to hurry off and find Midoriya.
• Mineta and another classmate attacked with a bomb and a blue beam, but the enemy slipped and dodged the beam before looking toward the high ground.

Midoriya agreed to help the unidentified villain escape in exchange for Kaminari, but a second villain’s attack forced him to send Asui to investigate while he went to save Kaminari. Meanwhile, Yaoyorozu’s group and other classmates gathered to fight the broad-shouldered villain, and Iida set out with Uraraka, Jiro, and Mineta to find Midoriya.

• Midoriya learned through Kaminari’s headset that the unidentified villain wanted help escaping U.A. High School and had captured Kaminari as leverage.
• A powerful gust and explosions erupted nearby, and the villain revealed that his partner had captured another classmate.
• Midoriya asked Asui to investigate the disturbance while he went to rescue Kaminari.
• Ashido, Aoyama, Yaoyorozu, Tokoyami, and Kirishima confronted the broad-shouldered villain, who attacked them with a flying rock that Tokoyami and Kirishima stopped.
• Bakugo told Iida to find Midoriya, and Uraraka, Jiro, and Mineta joined Iida as he prepared to leave.

Iida, Uraraka, and Jiro learned that Midoriya had gone alone to the Flood Zone and set out with Asui to find him. Meanwhile, Kaminari remained captive aboard a cruise ship as his masked captor watched the battle and prepared to broadcast his scream.

• Jiro and Uraraka traveled with Iida, who carried Mineta, until Asui stopped them from crashing into a wall with her tongue.
• Asui told Iida that Midoriya had gone alone toward the Flood Zone after the enemy asked to speak with him privately.
• Iida, Uraraka, Jiro, and Asui headed toward the Flood Zone to find Midoriya and Kaminari.
• A masked man watched the students confronting the enemy at the central crater on monitors while Kaminari sat bound and gagged nearby.
• The masked man removed Kaminari's tape, provoking a scream, and recorded it to broadcast throughout USJ.

Midoriya followed instructions to a cruise ship, where he found Amadeus Mask watching the students and holding Kaminari captive. Mask announced the start of a performance as Bakugo fought a villain at the earthquake zone, and Bakugo was sent flying from the smoke.

• Midoriya swam to the cruise ship and entered a room filled with surveillance screens showing his classmates.
• Amadeus Mask introduced himself and revealed Kaminari restrained in a chair, then warned that Kaminari might soon be in danger.
• Mask used a remote to show the pit in the earthquake zone and declared that the performance would begin.
• Bakugo attacked a villain alone, using an explosion to counter the villain's knee strike.
• Bakugo flew out of the smoke while Kirishima and the others watched.

Izuku Midoriya tried to stop Amadeus Mask from spying on his classmates, but Mask used Denki Kaminari as a hostage to keep him under control. As Midoriya began to suspect the attack was a U.A. High School test, Mask prepared to prove otherwise.

• After Bakugo warned that surveillance devices were on the students, Izuku Midoriya realized Mask could monitor their conversations and lunged at him.
• Amadeus Mask threw Midoriya to the floor and shocked Denki Kaminari with a remote to punish Midoriya for attacking.
• Mask explained that he would use any means to protect himself, then restrained Midoriya from fighting while they watched Bakugo face the enemy.
• Midoriya asked whether Mask was the enemy's companion, and Mask admitted that his companion's lack of secrecy worried him.
• Midoriya suspected U.A. High School had arranged a test, but Mask pressed another button to show him what the supposed tester did.

Bakugo and Yaoyorozu struggled to rescue Todoroki from the masked enemy during a combat exercise when a building suddenly collapsed. The enemy was All Might in disguise, and Aizawa realized that an unknown teammate monitoring the exercise might have caused the unexpected destruction.

• Bakugo and Yaoyorozu agreed that the students needed to work together to take Todoroki from the masked enemy.
• An explosion brought down a nearby apartment building, leaving the students and teachers shocked and coughing in the dust.
• Shoji noticed that the masked enemy had also been surprised by the collapse and saw Todoroki move slightly.
• Aizawa and Thirteen discussed how All Might had organized the exercise to prepare Class A for future dangers.
• Aizawa spotted a surveillance camera and recognized that All Might's undisclosed teammate was monitoring the scene.
• All Might recalled that Todoroki had agreed to pretend to lose, and wondered why his teammate had destroyed a building.

Midoriya realized the masked man claiming to be an enemy might be dangerous and spotted Uraraka and the others heading toward the Flood Zone. Iida chose to seek help rather than charge into a fight he was ill-equipped for, while the others continued toward the ship.

• The masked man threatened to trigger more bombs, and Midoriya accepted that he might be a real enemy.
• Midoriya recognized Iida, Uraraka, Asui, Jiro, and Mineta on the monitors as they approached the Flood Zone.
• Asui identified the damaged ship as the likely place where Midoriya had gone.
• Iida asked Jiro to contact the school for help, but then reconsidered his plan to fight on the ship.
• Iida ran after Jiro to go call for help, leaving Uraraka, Asui, and Mineta behind.

Uraraka, Asui, Jiro, and Minoru Mineta searched the ship and found Midoriya and Kaminari in a room. Midoriya warned them to leave, and a man's voice knocked at the door, asking to join them.

• Asui helped Uraraka, Jiro, and Minoru Mineta board the ship, then moved along its exterior while the others searched inside.
• Uraraka's group checked the ship's rooms and found Midoriya and restrained Kaminari in the final room.
• Jiro unlocked Kaminari's restraints, but his gag tightened when he tried to remove it himself.
• Midoriya shouted at Uraraka not to touch him, then calmly told the group to leave while he stayed behind.
• A man knocked at the door and asked if he could join them.

Amadeus Mask used Tsuyu Asui and threats of explosives to force Izuku Midoriya to obey, then left Midoriya trapped with a remote and a gagged Denki Kaminari. When Uraraka and the others encountered him, Uraraka offered to share Midoriya’s burden, but Amadeus Mask dismissed her.

• Amadeus Mask appeared with a dazed Tsuyu Asui and used her to pressure Midoriya, who said he had already agreed to the villain’s terms.
• Amadeus Mask showed Midoriya the classmates on a monitor and threatened to detonate bombs unless Midoriya kept hold of a remote and stayed aboard the ship.
• Amadeus Mask cut the power, threatened the monitoring room with another remote, and gagged Denki Kaminari to stop him from revealing the bombs.
• Five minutes later, Jiro and Uraraka found Asui with Amadeus Mask; Asui woke and explained that she had lost consciousness while clinging to the glass outside.
• Jiro’s sound attack had no effect on Amadeus Mask, and Uraraka asked Midoriya about his agreement and offered to share the burden.
• Amadeus Mask waved Midoriya’s remote and told Uraraka that the agreement was none of her business.

Midoriya figured out that Amadeus Mask had lied about the bombs and confronted him for his reasons, but the masked man escaped into the lake. The ship remained safe, and Midoriya returned to shore with Asui, left wondering who the man was.

• Midoriya sent his companions away and revealed that he had bet there were no bombs on the ship or throughout the earthquake zone.
• Amadeus Mask admitted he could not explain himself without breaking an agreement, then fled onto the deck.
• Midoriya attacked Amadeus Mask with a Quirk-powered smash, but the man jumped into the lake and disappeared behind a wall of water.
• The ten-minute limit passed without an explosion, and Asui rescued Midoriya from the ship.
• Uraraka and the others confirmed Kaminari was safe, while Asui recalled seeing the masked man's long fingernails as he jumped.

After the exercise ended, the students learned All Might had played the villain, and he fled before answering all their questions. Midoriya later suspected class representative Jilan Jiyu was Amadeus Mask, but Jilan denied it and left him uncertain.

• Iida learned the call to the school had been part of the exercise and panicked because Midnight had answered, while Jiro teased Kaminari about the sex toy.
• Midoriya and the others returned to find All Might captured in a net, and Bakugo scolded him for making their fight dangerous before accepting his praise.
• Toru Hagakure and the others reproached Shoto Todoroki for helping All Might, and Todoroki apologized before leaving.
• Midoriya freed All Might and asked why Amadeus Mask had singled him out; All Might explained the exercise's purpose, promised the masked man would not harm them, then ran off after spitting blood.
• At the infirmary, Jilan Jiyu treated Midoriya's injured arm and denied being Amadeus Mask, leaving Midoriya doubtful as Jilan closed the infirmary and went home.

After training, Jilan Jiyu encountered Ryan Banigel, a Support Course student and Recovery Girl’s granddaughter, after she gently rejected Tadakuni’s confession. Ryan introduced herself and joined Jilan on his way to the infirmary, leaving him unable to avoid her company.

• Jilan Jiyu overheard Tadakuni confess to Ryan Banigel, who accepted his letter but said she wanted them to remain ordinary friends.
• Hidenori and Yoshitake carried Tadakuni away to parade his rejection around the school, though Tadakuni protested that Ryan had not directly rejected him.
• Ryan told Jilan Jiyu that she was a first-year Support Course student and Recovery Girl’s granddaughter, and explained that she had inherited her grandmother’s healing Quirk.
• Ryan hinted that she might accept a confession from Jilan, but he calmly declined her romantic overture and tried to leave.
• Ryan followed Jilan toward the infirmary and walked beside him despite his silence.

Jilan Jiyu accompanied Rui En to the infirmary, where Recovery Girl explained why she relied on his healing ability and asked Rui En to help cover medical care at the first-year Sports Festival. Recovery Girl then asked Jilan to spend time with Rui En, leaving him wary but willing to try before she began explaining the arrangements.

• Jilan Jiyu walked with Rui En to the infirmary as students watched them and speculated about their relationship.
• Recovery Girl scolded Rui En for neglecting to help her and explained that Jilan Jiyu's Quirk could safely speed natural healing.
• Recovery Girl said U.A. High School depended on her and hinted that Rui En could eventually take over medical duties.
• Rui En agreed to handle medical care at the first-year Sports Festival but refused to use his Quirk.
• Recovery Girl told Jilan Jiyu that Rui En was lonely and asked him to spend more time with her, and Jilan agreed to do his best.
• Recovery Girl began telling Jilan Jiyu about the arrangements for the Sports Festival.

Hitoshi Shinso challenged Class A on behalf of the students in General Studies, while Jilan Jiyu and Bakugo answered with confidence ahead of the Sports Festival. The confrontation ended with Class A fired up to prove they would win, while Minoru Mineta stayed terrified under Jilan Jiyu’s desk.

• Minoru Mineta hid under Jilan Jiyu’s desk after a crowd gathered outside Class A’s classroom.
• Bakugo confronted the crowd, and Hitoshi Shinso exposed the General Studies class rep’s plan to provoke Class A.
• Shinso declared war on the Hero Course, explaining that the Sports Festival could give students a chance to transfer into it.
• Jilan Jiyu challenged Shinso’s confidence, and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu confronted Jilan over his past treatment of Shiozaki.
• Bakugo told the gathered students that Class A would beat them, and Jilan Jiyu echoed that Class A would never lose.
• Class A grew confident, while Minoru Mineta trembled under Jilan Jiyu’s desk.

Jilan Jiyu tried to withdraw from the Sports Festival to get Shota Aizawa to reveal what U.A. was hiding, and learned the school wanted its attacked students to attract public attention. After school, Jilan reviewed his notes on the history and development of Quirks and hero society.

• Jilan Jiyu asked Shota Aizawa to let him withdraw from the Sports Festival, but Aizawa refused.
• Jilan raised concerns that the televised event would expose the students' Quirks to villains, prompting Aizawa to explain that U.A. had become a target of public scrutiny since the USJ attack.
• Aizawa said the Sports Festival was meant to show the public that the attacked students were unharmed and thriving, and that they should stand out to attract attention.
• Jilan admitted to himself that he had never intended to withdraw and decided to repay Aizawa's trust before making a declaration of war after school.
• Jilan reviewed his notes on the history of Quirks, Pro Heroes, specialized combat technology, and popular games in the year 2099.

Class A prepared for the U.A. Sports Festival, and Bakugo trained late into the night alongside a red-haired classmate. On the festival’s opening day, reporters and school staff managed the crowds and preparations while Erina Nakiri directed operations from the commentary platform.

• Class A followed Shota Aizawa’s training plans, and Bakugo secretly trained his Quirk at night with the red-haired man joining him.
• Satomi Ishihara and her camera crew entered U.A. High School after clearing the festival’s security checks.
• Satomi Ishihara decided to focus her reporting on first-year Class A and Jilan, but her senior colleague sent her to interview spectators.
• Erina Nakiri issued orders over her walkie-talkie to manage crowding, stalls, supplies, and disruptions around the stadium.
• Mic accidentally broadcast static after bumping a button, then apologized to Erina Nakiri when she gave him a stern smile.

Mount Lady, Kamui Woods, and Death Arms patrolled the Sports Festival grounds when a disciplinary committee member accused a food stall owner of drugging his customers. Mount Lady ate his steak and then acted strangely herself, so Kamui Woods knocked her unconscious as the owner fled.

• Mount Lady got free takoyaki while Kamui Woods and Death Arms reminded her that they were on duty guarding the school.
• Kamui Woods investigated a dispute between disciplinary committee member Hisako Arato and a red-haired stall owner accused of drugging food.
• Mount Lady sampled the stall owner's steak and declared it delicious, but then became flushed and flirted with Kamui Woods.
• Kamui Woods knocked Mount Lady unconscious, and Hisako ordered the others to catch the fleeing stall owner and clear away his equipment.