Chapter Summaries

Class 1-A prepared to enter the U.A. Sports Festival as Jilan Jiyu and Shoto Todoroki exchanged a challenge, while Bakugo and Midoriya declared their determination to win. The chapter ended as Teacher Mic announced the first-year students’ entrance.

• Hagakure and Iida returned to the lounge with water, and Jilan Jiyu reminded Mina Ashido to read the Sports Festival rules.
• Jilan Jiyu gathered Class 1-A to leave for the arena as Shoto Todoroki challenged him to a head-to-head fight, promising to defeat him in the final showdown.
• Bakugo declared that he would win the festival and challenged Midoriya, who said he was aiming for first place too.
• Teacher Mic announced the first-year division and called the students into the arena.

At the U.A. Sports Festival, Jilan Jiyu delivered the first-year student representative’s pledge before the competition. He abandoned the prepared speech to challenge every competitor, leaving the students shaken and Bakugo eager to fight.

• Midnight introduced the first-year classes at the Sports Festival and called Jilan Jiyu to give the student representative’s speech.
• Jilan recalled that Nakiri had given him a prepared pledge after the Student Council finished its festival preparations.
• Jilan began by delivering the conventional speech, surprising Nakiri, who expected him to do something unexpected.
• Jilan called his opening remarks clichés and said that if he had to fight, he would not lose to anyone.
• Bakugo praised Jilan’s attitude and declared that he would use everyone as a stepping stone.

Jilan Jiyu’s speech and Bakugo’s defiance fired up the Sports Festival contestants and crowd before the obstacle race began. Shoto Todoroki used ice to break through the opening bottleneck and took the lead.

• A Pro Hero decided to invite Jilan Jiyu to his agency after hearing his speech, which stirred the crowd and provoked the contestants.
• Other students insulted Bakugo, but he ignored them, while Midoriya resolved not to give up against him.
• Jilan Jiyu reflected that the competition could redirect attention from the USJ incident and predicted Todoroki, Bakugo, or Midoriya might win.
• Midnight announced a four-kilometer obstacle race in which students could use any method as long as they stayed on the course.
• At the crowded start, Todoroki froze the passage and exit, trapping most of the racers, then raced out first.

Jilan Jiyu escaped Shoto Todoroki’s ice and helped Mina Ashido before they reached a group of giant zero-point robots blocking the course. As the students faced the obstacle, Hitoshi Shinso used his Quirk to control a fleeing competitor and approached the leading group.

• Katsuki Bakugo and Momo Yaoyorozu broke free of Todoroki’s ice as Jilan Jiyu ran along a wall and reached the exit.
• Jilan Jiyu caught Mina Ashido when she lost her balance, and she ran after him.
• Jilan Jiyu and Mina Ashido found several giant zero-point robots blocking the course, where Bakugo, Todoroki, and other students had stopped.
• A General Studies student tried to flee, but Hitoshi Shinso controlled him with his Quirk and made him follow.
• Hitoshi Shinso approached the crowd facing the robots and said he would borrow the power of those who chose to run away.

Shoto Todoroki froze the mock villains and opened an early lead, while Jilan Jiyu and Mina Ashido fought through the robots and discussed Todoroki’s challenge. Jilan and Mina reached a newly constructed cliff obstacle, where Jilan paused to assess the route ahead.

• Shoto Todoroki froze the giant robots, but some examinees ignored his warning and were caught beneath the falling machines.
• Kirishima and another steel-bodied student escaped from under the robots and charged ahead, arguing that their Quirks were the same.
• Jilan Jiyu recognized that the robots were flimsy fakes and told Mina Ashido that the stage tested students’ courage and resolve.
• Mina Ashido attacked the smaller robots while Jilan Jiyu advanced, insisting that Todoroki’s strength did not guarantee his victory.
• Jilan Jiyu and Mina Ashido stopped at a ten-meter-deep cliff crossed by stone pillars and iron chains, and Jilan looked toward the stadium.

Jilan Jiyu paused at the second stage of the Sports Festival after learning that Yaoyorozu had spent her energy helping other competitors, then asked whether she liked extreme sports. As Todoroki and Bakugo led the race, Aizawa watched Jilan prepare to make his move.

• Tsuyu Asui crossed the wire quickly, while Mei Hatsume used her support gear to swing across and accidentally sent Tenya Iida sliding into a stone pillar.
• Yaoyorozu told Jilan Jiyu she had created a cannon to destroy a robot so competitors from other courses could get through the first stage.
• Jilan recognized that Yaoyorozu had acted out of concern for Erina Nakiri’s goal of bringing the school’s courses closer together.
• Jilan told Yaoyorozu she had done the right thing and asked whether she liked extreme sports as the other students began crossing the wire.
• Mic announced that Todoroki and Bakugo were leading, while Aizawa noticed Jilan remained at the start of the second stage and then saw him make a move.

Jilan Jiyu and Yaoyorozu used a pulley and Jilan’s Hamon to cross a difficult obstacle in the Sports Festival race, then continued toward the finish. After Yaoyorozu caught up on roller skates, they teased each other about their weight and height as they ran.

• Jilan Jiyu and Yaoyorozu combined a mountaineering pick, a pulley assembly, and Hamon to ride the steel cable and climb onto a stone pillar.
• Mic replayed their crossing and explained how their Quirks and teamwork had overcome the obstacle, while Shota Aizawa recognized the game-inspired technique.
• Jilan Jiyu put Yaoyorozu down, remarked on her weight, and the two saw that the other racers were still far behind.
• Jilan Jiyu ran ahead to conserve his stamina, then discovered Yaoyorozu had caught up on roller skates she had created.
• Yaoyorozu teased Jilan Jiyu about being shorter than her, and he quickly apologized.

Jilan Jiyu used Sheer Heart to detect mines and advanced safely through the final obstacle, while Bakugo and Todoroki fought for the lead. The chapter left Jilan nearing the finish as the other competitors navigated the minefield.

• Jilan Jiyu tested a mine with his hand, and Momo Yaoyorozu caught him when its blast knocked him backward.
• Bakugo flew above the mines with explosions, but Todoroki forced him down with ice and the two fought as they ran.
• Mei Hatsume showed off her Hydraulic Attachment Bar and promoted her inventions to the cameras.
• Jilan Jiyu activated Sheer Heart, which told him it could detect gunpowder and guide him along a safe path.
• A competitor followed Jilan Jiyu's route without checking for mines, was blasted through a chain of explosions, and landed back at the starting line.

Jilan Jiyu freed Iida and urged him to race against Midoriya, who launched himself over the minefield on an iron plate. As the other competitors surged toward the finish, Jilan used Iida’s cleared path to charge ahead.

• Mei Hatsume caught Iida in a net after he raced through the minefield, and Jilan freed him.
• Jilan encouraged Iida to pursue Midoriya, reminding him that he wanted to beat his friend and rival.
• Midoriya detonated a pile of mines and rode the blast toward the finish on an iron plate.
• Bakugo and Todoroki stopped fighting and raced toward the finish, while Iida activated his Engine and followed.
• Jilan charged down the mine-free route Iida had cleared, enveloped in Hamon.

Izuku Midoriya won the Sports Festival opening stage, while Jilan Jiyu confronted Ibara Shiozaki after she tried to stop him near the finish. Juzo Honenuki admitted he had ordered the attack and challenged Jilan’s apparent lack of strength.

• Izuku Midoriya used a steel plate and the minefield blasts to reach the finish first, ahead of Todoroki and Bakugo.
• Jilan Jiyu finished and reassured Iida that he had used Iida’s cleared path to reach the final stretch.
• Jilan explained that Ibara Shiozaki had attacked him with her vine hair, and he had thrown her bomb-filled vine net back at her.
• Jilan asked Ibara for an explanation, but she looked toward Juzo Honenuki as he approached the finish.
• Juzo Honenuki admitted he had told Ibara to attack Jilan and said he could not see anything exceptional about him.

Jilan Jiyu confronted Juzo Honenuki and Ibara Shiozaki over their scrutiny and attempted ambush during the race, then defused a brewing fight between Class A and Class B students. The top 42 contestants advanced, with Jilan placing fifth and Hitoshi Shinso placing twenty-ninth.

• Juzo Honenuki described how Jilan had stood out during the race and revealed that he and Ibara had set a mine ambush for him, which Jilan avoided after Sheer Heart Attack warned him.
• Yaoyorozu challenged Jilan about supposedly flirting with Mina Ashido, and he denied it and asked Honenuki to continue explaining what he had observed.
• Tetsutetsu charged in to defend Honenuki and Ibara, provoking Bakugo, but Jilan calmed the situation and warned Honenuki against following him again.
• Honenuki apologized for the confrontation, while Jilan advised Tetsutetsu that violence could not solve every problem.
• Midnight announced that the top 42 contestants had advanced, and the rankings placed Izuku Midoriya first, Jilan fifth, and Hitoshi Shinso twenty-ninth.

Midnight announced the cavalry battle, where teams competed to steal headbands and first place was worth ten million points. As Midoriya sought teammates to protect his valuable score, Jilan Jiyu refused to join him and revealed he had already teamed up with Kyoka Jiro and Ibara Shiozaki.

• Midnight explained the cavalry battle rules and announced that first place was worth ten million points, making Midoriya the main target.
• Midoriya decided he needed defensive teammates, while Uraraka joined him and Iida declined because he wanted to defeat Midoriya fairly.
• Midoriya and Uraraka asked Jilan Jiyu to team up, but Jilan warned that his Quirk could not reliably defend against Todoroki's ranged attacks.
• Jilan refused Midoriya's request and revealed that his teammates were Kyoka Jiro and Ibara Shiozaki.

As the cavalry battle teams formed, Jilan Jiyu was rejected by Yaoyorozu and Ashido before approaching Ibara Shiozaki. He guessed Class B’s plan to target Class A, then secured Shiozaki as his teammate by offering her ten thousand yen, angering Tetsutetsu and Neito Monoma.

• Jilan Jiyu asked Yaoyorozu to team up, but she said she had already chosen Todoroki and sent him to Ashido, who rejected him and joined Bakugo.
• Tetsutetsu and Juzo Honenuki discussed Monoma’s plan to target Jilan, while Honenuki felt his teeth chatter at Jilan’s approach.
• Jilan guessed that Class B planned to conserve strength, study Class A’s Quirks, and then attack him to make him reveal his Quirk.
• Jilan offered to keep Class A unaware of the plan if Tetsutetsu’s group gave up on recruiting Shiozaki, but Monoma mocked him and Tetsutetsu refused.
• Jilan offered Shiozaki ten thousand yen, and she immediately agreed to team up with him.
• Monoma told Tetsutetsu not to hold back against Jilan in the cavalry battle.

Jilan Jiyu’s team began the cavalry battle by avoiding the rush for Midoriya’s ten million points, then faced Tetsutetsu’s team after Midoriya escaped using a jetpack. The two teams charged at each other, only to turn and flee in opposite directions.

• Jilan Jiyu formed a team with Toru Hagakure, Kyoka Jiro, and Ibara Shiozaki, and they prepared for the cavalry battle.
• When the match began, Jilan’s team headed toward Midoriya’s team but chose to protect its own points rather than join the rush for Midoriya’s ten million.
• Juzo Honenuki used his Quirk to trap Midoriya’s team, but Midoriya activated a jetpack and Uraraka’s Zero Gravity carried them into the air.
• After Midoriya’s team escaped, Tetsutetsu’s team confronted Jilan’s team, and the two groups charged before abruptly fleeing in opposite directions.

Jilan Jiyu's team and Tetsutetsu's team avoided an early clash, while Tetsutetsu turned his attention to Hitoshi Shinso. Midoriya's team escaped several attackers with Mei Hatsume's jetpack, but the chapter left them soaring away as her hover shoes broke apart.

• Toru Hagakure complained that Jilan Jiyu had fled, while Jilan and Jiro explained that avoiding Tetsutetsu's team would conserve their strength.
• Honenuki persuaded Tetsutetsu to postpone attacking Jilan's team, and Tetsutetsu spotted Hitoshi Shinso carrying two headbands.
• Honenuki turned their formation toward Shinso as Tetsutetsu ordered the charge.
• Midoriya used Mei Hatsume's jetpack to escape an encirclement, but Minoru Mineta and Mezo Shoji attacked from behind while Bakugo and Kirishima approached from the front.
• Uraraka's hover shoes stuck to Mineta's grapes, so Midoriya ordered the team to launch at full speed, breaking the shoes and sending them into the air.

Bakugo lost his headband to Neito Monoma, who taunted him and provoked him into targeting Class B. Jilan Jiyu and his team defeated Pony Tsunotori’s attack by strengthening Ibara Shiozaki’s vines with Hamon, trapping the charging group.

• Bakugo charged after Midoriya, but Dark Shadow stopped him and Hanta Sero pulled him back onto Kirishima.
• Neito Monoma stole Bakugo’s headband, explained Class B’s strategy, and mocked him about the Sludge Incident, prompting Bakugo to order Kirishima to attack Class B.
• Pony Tsunotori and Jurota Shishida charged Jilan Jiyu’s team, and Shishida smashed through Ibara Shiozaki’s first wall of vines.
• Jilan lifted Toru Hagakure onto his shoulders and used Hamon through Shiozaki’s hair to strengthen her vines.
• Shiozaki’s golden, reinforced vines trapped Tsunotori and her team in a cage.

Jilan Jiyu’s team captured Pony Tsunotori’s headband after Shiozaki used Hamon-boosted vines to restrain her and her teammates. They left the Class B team tied up and took Tsunotori’s horns as a makeshift weapon, heading into the second half of the match in fourth place.

• Jilan Jiyu strengthened Shiozaki’s vines with Hamon, allowing them to trap Tsunotori and her teammates.
• Shiozaki stopped Tsunotori’s Horn Cannon from striking Toru Hagakure, and Hagakure took Tsunotori’s headband.
• Tsunotori’s teammates surrendered after struggling to breathe, and Jilan told Shiozaki to free them while keeping them tied up.
• Jilan’s team left for the next opponents, with Hagakure complaining that he had been too rough when she dismounted.
• Jilan noticed his team was in fourth place, while Tsunotori failed to escape because Shiozaki’s vines held her horns beyond her control.
• Hagakure swung Tsunotori’s captured horns as a long-range weapon as Jilan’s team galloped onward.

As Todoroki's team dominated the field, Jilan Jiyu's team avoided their attack and turned on Tetsutetsu's trapped team. They took Tetsutetsu's headband through a bait-and-switch, leaving Hagakure eager to get stronger while Jiro realized Jilan had used her as a distraction.

• Todoroki's team froze opponents and drew cheers from the crowd while Midoriya's team remained trapped in the ice arena.
• Jilan Jiyu's team used Shiozaki's vine shield to block Kaminari's lightning and avoided Todoroki's ice.
• Hagakure taunted Tetsutetsu's team and attacked him with her chain of ox horns as Honenuki softened the ground beneath Jilan's team.
• Jilan told Hagakure to let go of the chain, sending the ox horn into Tetsutetsu's nose while Jiro's earphone jacks stole his headband.
• Jilan's team escaped the softened ground, and Hagakure vowed to get stronger after Jilan claimed he had counted on her.

Iida's team stole Midoriya's ten-million-point headband, but Midoriya and Bakugo fought to reclaim it as the cavalry battle ended. Midoriya's team placed fourth and advanced to the final event after Tokoyami gave him a headband.

• With less than a minute left, Iida used Recipro Burst to steal Midoriya's ten-million-point headband for Todoroki's team.
• Bakugo chased Monoma and took his last headband, securing second place for his team.
• Midoriya knocked aside Todoroki's flames and grabbed a headband, but discovered it was worth only seventy points.
• Tokoyami and Bakugo attacked Todoroki as the match ended, while Todoroki's team held first place.
• Tokoyami gave Midoriya a headband, and Midoriya's team finished fourth and qualified for the final event.

Jilan Jiyu’s team defended its second-place standing when Hitoshi Shinso tried to use his Brainwashing Quirk to steal their headbands. Jilan used Hamon to break the hypnosis, leaving Shinso’s team exposed just before the match ended.

• Jilan’s team placed third, and Jilan praised Shinso’s hypnosis, prompting Shinso to demand why Jilan had not been affected.
• Jilan chose not to risk his team’s second-place position by chasing more points, while Hagakure welcomed the approaching team led by Shinso.
• Shinso insulted Jilan and the others, provoking them to answer and allowing him to Brainwash Hagakure, Jiro, and the approaching students.
• Shinso ordered Hagakure to hand over the headbands, but she hesitated after removing them, and his team moved closer to collect them.
• Jilan sent golden Hamon through Hagakure and Jiro, freeing them from Shinso’s control; Shinso opened his eyes to find the headbands back in place and the group ready to confront him.