Chapter Summaries

After the Sports Festival, Aizawa encouraged Class A to accept the public’s support before assigning them a self-analysis as punishment for Kaminari’s complaints. That night, Jilan enjoyed the attention of a young fan and then followed a tipsy woman, watching her hands.

• Aizawa told the Hero Course students they had earned the privilege of not cleaning and reminded them that civilians were the people they would protect.
• Vlad King congratulated Aizawa, and Aizawa ordered Class A to write a thousand-character self-analysis before they could go home.
• Midoriya worried about Iida after learning that Ingenium had been gravely injured while pursuing the Hero Killer.
• Kaminari mistook Jilan for someone who had only just woken up, and Midoriya asked about the medal All Might had given him.
• A little girl recognized Jilan from television, hugged and kissed him, and encouraged him to become a hero.
• Jilan said he would become a hero, then silently followed a tipsy woman while admiring her hands.

After the U.A. High School Sports Festival, Satomi Ishihara walked home alone and was pursued by a sharp-mouthed man with powerful legs. She activated her distress transmitter, but when Vibration Hero Shin Shindo announced his response, the attacker realized she had called for help and charged at her.

• Satomi Ishihara left a celebratory meal and declined a taxi, choosing to walk home.
• Satomi Ishihara noticed a man matching her pace, ran toward a nearby police box, and threw off her high heels.
• The sharp-mouthed man used his powerful legs to leap ahead of Satomi Ishihara and block her escape.
• Satomi Ishihara offered him her money and warned that heroes attending the Sports Festival could catch him.
• The sharp-mouthed man dumped out her handbag, found her transmitter, and accidentally activated it.
• Vibration Hero Shin Shindo announced that he had accepted the distress call, and the sharp-mouthed man charged at Satomi Ishihara, threatening to kill her.

Jilan Jiyu saved Satomi Ishihara from a robbery and kept the sausage-mouthed man from attacking her while they waited for the Vibration Hero, Shin Shindo. The robber tried to escape, but his kick knocked a deathly pale hand from Jilan’s clothes, leaving Ishihara staring at it in shock.

• Satomi Ishihara feared the sausage-mouthed man would kill her until Jilan Jiyu grabbed her collar and struck the attacker.
• Jilan blocked the man’s attempts to reach Ishihara while she stayed behind and the Vibration Hero, Shin Shindo, announced his arrival.
• Ishihara warned Jilan that the robber had her wallet, and Jilan asked the man to leave it behind if he wanted to flee.
• The sausage-mouthed man used his Nine Heavens Thunder Double Kick to strike Jilan from behind and leap onto a wall.
• The kick sent a deathly pale hand flying from Jilan’s clothes, and it landed at Ishihara’s feet.

Jilan Jiyu was mistaken for a killer after Satomi Ishihara saw the severed-hand specimen he carried, but he reassured her and escaped her suspicions. The chapter left him poised to retaliate against the sausage-lipped man who had caused the hand to fall out.

• Shin Shindo used his Vibrate Quirk to knock the sausage-lipped man off a wall and chased him away from Jilan Jiyu and Satomi Ishihara.
• Satomi Ishihara questioned Jilan about the hand he had tucked into his clothes, and he considered killing her to keep her quiet.
• Ishihara embraced Jilan and offered herself as his final victim, moving him to abandon his obsession with hands.
• Jilan showed Ishihara that the hand was a silicone specimen borrowed for studying his Quirk, and she apologized for mistaking him for a killer.
• Jilan raised his right thumb and pressed it down, preparing to make the sausage-lipped man pay.

Endeavor stopped the sausage-lipped robber, but the man’s body suddenly exploded without harming his clothes. Endeavor and Shin Shindo investigated the scene and learned that a boy in a U.A. High School uniform had stood between the robber and his victim.

• The sausage-lipped man fled through an alley, hoping to escape into the crowd, but Endeavor blocked the exit.
• The robber attacked Endeavor with a spinning kick, and Endeavor knocked him back into the alley with a flaming punch.
• The robber surrendered, but his body swelled and began to tremble as Endeavor kept watch.
• Endeavor tackled Shin Shindo out of the way just before the robber exploded in a flash of light without a sound.
• Endeavor found the victim’s wallet and phone among the robber’s undamaged clothes, and Shin Shindo recalled seeing a boy in a U.A. High School uniform protecting her.

Jilan Jiyu accompanied Satomi Ishihara to the police station after helping her during a robbery, where Endeavor questioned him about the encounter and the criminal’s death. After the police returned Ishihara’s stolen belongings, Officer Tsukauchi offered to drive them home, and Ishihara blushed as Jilan showed concern for her.

• Kamui Woods escorted Jilan Jiyu and Satomi Ishihara to the police station and accepted Ishihara’s apology for her earlier report about Mount Lady.
• Endeavor arrived and questioned Jilan about why he had been out late and how he had fought the criminal, while Officer Tsukauchi confirmed Jilan’s account with Shiozaki.
• Jilan explained that he had focused on defending Ishihara and counterattacking, and Endeavor left without revealing his suspicions about the criminal’s sudden explosion.
• Officer Tsukauchi returned Ishihara’s stolen wallet and phone, and she thanked Endeavor as he left.
• Tsukauchi offered to drive Jilan and Ishihara home, and Jilan suggested taking Ishihara first; when her face reddened, he worried she had a fever.

After helping Satomi Ishihara, Jilan Jiyu left her with the police and tried to keep the incident quiet. He then entered an arcade hoping to win a ticket to the Soul Band’s concert, where he encountered a familiar high school girl who had won thirty Tekken matches in a row.

• Officer Tsukauchi asked Satomi Ishihara and Jilan Jiyu to keep her attack confidential, and Ishihara agreed before going home.
• Jilan asked Tsukauchi to protect Ishihara, then told him he had applied to U.A. High School to help people rather than pursue fame as a Pro Hero.
• After Tsukauchi drove away, Jilan let the severed hand in his possession turn to ash.
• Jilan noticed an arcade contest offering Soul Band concert tickets and entered the arcade to compete.
• A high school girl won her thirtieth consecutive Tekken match, spotted Jilan, and called out to him.

Camie Utsushimi took Jilan Jiyu to a bar to meet Diduo Chengjie, who had a concert ticket for him and wanted to see him again. Jilan learned that Diduo and Kyoka Makoto were members of Soul, and the chapter ended when they came out from the room where they had been practicing.

• Camie Utsushimi persuaded Jilan Jiyu to buy her a meal, then led him to a bar, saying she would give him a ticket and introduce him to someone whose life he had saved.
• Camie introduced Jilan to Hitomi Mishima, a young bartender who had left home and worked to support herself.
• Camie revealed that Diduo Chengjie had wanted to see Jilan and give him a concert ticket himself.
• Jilan deduced that Diduo Chengjie and Kyoka Makoto were members of Soul, while Camie kept quiet about how she knew Diduo.
• Hitomi made drinks for Jilan and Camie, and a little over ten minutes later Kyoka Makoto and Diduo Chengjie emerged from the back room.
• Kyoka looked anxious when he saw Jilan, while Diduo brightened and greeted him.

Jilan Jiyu accepted an invitation to the Soul Band’s concert after Diduo Chengjie thanked him for helping him return to music. As the band prepared to rehearse and Camie Utsushimi revealed she was their manager, she ended the night by asking Jilan if they should get a room.

• Camie Utsushimi gave Diduo Chengjie a concert ticket to offer Jilan Jiyu, who accepted it and agreed to attend.
• Diduo Chengjie introduced Jilan to Soul Band members Jiancao Erren and Dave, while Kyoka Makoto and the others reassured Diduo that he belonged in the band.
• Kyoka Makoto recalled how Diduo had left the group after a dispute and recognized that Jilan had helped bring him back.
• Diduo Chengjie invited Jilan to watch the band rehearse, and Camie Utsushimi revealed that she had become the Soul Band’s manager.
• Kyoka Makoto sent Camie Utsushimi and Hitomi Mishima home for the night, leaving Camie and Jilan alone at the bar.
• Camie Utsushimi asked Jilan whether they should go get a room.

After Jilan Jiyu spent the night at a hotel with Camie Utsushimi, Inasa Yoarashi mistook their photos for evidence that he had been abandoned and went home heartbroken. Jilan and Camie then visited Kyoka Hi’s bar, where they heard music coming from the basement and went to investigate.

• Inasa Yoarashi watched Jilan Jiyu defeat Shoto Todoroki at the Sports Festival, then waited outside Jilan’s house through the night.
• Camie Utsushimi sent Inasa photos showing Jilan leaving a hotel, and Inasa went home convinced he had been betrayed.
• Jilan Jiyu and Camie Utsushimi arrived at Kyoka Hi’s bar, where Camie scolded Kyoka Hi for overworking Hitomi.
• Kyoka Hi directed Jilan and Camie to the basement, where they heard a guitar, drums, and singing behind an iron door.
• Jilan and Camie opened the basement door to investigate.

Jilan Jiyu and Camie Utsushimi visited the Soul Band as they practiced Queen songs, which delighted Jilan because the music had been banned and nearly forgotten. When he questioned the band’s understanding of Queen and suggested Kyoka Makoto move his body while singing, Kyoka dismissed him and asked Camie to take him away.

• Jilan Jiyu and Camie Utsushimi entered the basement and watched the Soul Band perform Queen’s “I Will Rock You.”
• Camie Utsushimi explained that the Soul Band’s concert was dedicated to Queen and that banned classical songs had survived through underground collections.
• Jilan Jiyu told Camie Utsushimi that he liked figures and then approached the Soul Band as they discussed what was missing from Kyoka Makoto’s singing.
• Jilan Jiyu suggested that Kyoka Makoto move his body while singing, but Kyoka told him to listen quietly as an audience member.
• Jilan Jiyu questioned the band’s knowledge of Queen, and Kyoka Makoto asked Camie Utsushimi to take him away.

Jilan Jiyu demonstrated Queen’s “Radio Ga Ga” with the Soul Band and explained that Queen’s members all shared the spotlight as lead singers. Kyoka Makoto invited Jilan to front Soul, but Jilan declined and offered to advise them on their stage presentation instead.

• Jilan Jiyu sang “Radio Ga Ga” with Diduo Chengjie, Jiancao Erren, and Dave, impressing Camie Utsushimi and Kyoka Makoto.
• Jilan told Kyoka that his singing lacked the passion of a Queen performance and explained that every Queen member was a lead singer.
• Kyoka asked Jilan how he knew about Queen’s performances, but Jilan did not reveal his source.
• Kyoka invited Jilan to become Soul’s lead singer, prompting Diduo Chengjie to object before Kyoka explained the band needed to complete its performance.
• Jilan refused to join because it was Kyoka’s band and offered to advise Soul on its stage presentation; Kyoka slowly nodded.

After the Sports Festival, Todoroki decided to visit his mother to seek answers about his fire Quirk, while Iida learned that his injured brother would never work as a Pro Hero again. Meanwhile, Class A’s girls celebrated together, traded stories about the festival, and made plans to attend Jiro’s concert.

• Todoroki’s sister asked whether he would visit their mother, and he decided to go to the hospital and face his painful memories.
• Iida learned that his brother would survive but would never be able to fight as a Pro Hero again.
• Class A’s girls toasted their Sports Festival success, and Hagakure admitted that she and Jilan’s Class B teammate had taken Asui and Mineta’s headband.
• Hagakure told the girls that Jilan had given money to a green-haired girl from Class B, prompting Yaoyorozu to stop Ashido from speculating about it.
• Ashido teased Yaoyorozu and Hagakure until the gathering became rowdy, while Uraraka invited Jiro, Asui, and Yaoyorozu to join her at Soul’s concert.

Bakugo spent a quiet day at home until his mother’s advice pushed him to call Kirishima over. Meanwhile, Nezu showed an unnamed rabbit-headed man footage of Jilan Jiyu, but the man rejected him and revealed that he had come to U.A. for a concert.

• Mitsuki Bakugo teased Katsuki Bakugo for moping about the Sports Festival and urged him to settle the score another time.
• Mitsuki told Bakugo she was going to a concert with her former biker friends, and Bakugo refused to join her.
• Bakugo called Eijiro Kirishima and ordered him to come over, so Kirishima left the gym and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu’s workout.
• Nezu showed a rabbit-headed man edited Sports Festival footage of Jilan Jiyu, but the man criticized Jiyu for lacking ambition and refused to take him.
• The rabbit-headed man told Nezu he had come to U.A. for a concert.

Uraraka, Jiro, Asui, and Yaoyorozu traveled to Seaside Park for an underground band concert, drawing attention because of Yaoyorozu’s formal kimono and the unusual crowd gathering there. On the bus, they overheard a biker gang leader complain about her son, the U.A. Sports Festival champion.

• Uraraka and Jiro waited for Asui and Yaoyorozu, and Jiro explained how her parents’ musical background inspired her interest in the band.
• Asui arrived after settling her younger siblings, and Yaoyorozu joined them in a patterned kimono and wooden clogs.
• Uraraka led the group toward Seaside Park, where they attracted attention as U.A. students and encountered a crowd of people dressed in striking subculture styles.
• Jiro showed the group’s concert tickets to reassure the crowd that they were attending independently, then explained why many people were waiting for their own companions.
• On the bus, the girls overheard a middle-aged woman say her son had won the Sports Festival and complain that he had become arrogant after entering U.A. High School.

Uraraka and her classmates rode to the Soul Band concert at Seaside Park, where a strange rabbit-like passenger startled everyone before joining them. As the band prepared to perform, Jiro recognized the underground radio DJ and forced him to stop making lewd remarks.

• Uraraka and the others met Mitsuki Bakugo on the bus and realized she was Bakugo's mother.
• A rabbit-like man punched through the bus window, steadied the vehicle, and asked the driver for a ride before appearing inside at astonishing speed.
• The students arrived at Seaside Park and learned that the Soul Band concert had drawn a large crowd and was being broadcast live by an underground radio station.
• The DJ played Queen's 'Get Down, Make Love' and made increasingly provocative comments, prompting Jiro to call and threaten him.
• The DJ stopped his remarks, announced the Soul Band's entrance, and nervously realized Jiro was at the concert.

The Soul Band surprised the audience with a hidden stage and performed several Queen songs, with Kyoka Makoto using his Resonance Quirk to heighten the crowd’s excitement. As Kyoka Makoto sang “Somebody to Love,” Jilan Jiyu waited backstage in his suit, expecting his turn onstage soon.

• The Soul Band revealed a stage hidden inside the truck trailer and began its performance as the audience quieted.
• Kyoka Makoto led the crowd in clapping and singing “We Will Rock You,” while Jiancao Erren and Dave played the opening rhythm.
• Kyoka Makoto danced around the band during “Radio Ga Ga,” following the moves Jilan Jiyu had taught him.
• The Soul Band performed “I Want to Break Free,” and Kyoka Makoto’s singing stirred strong feelings among women in the audience.
• Kyoka Makoto sat at the piano to sing “Somebody to Love” while Hitomi Mishima handled the microphone stand, and Jilan Jiyu prepared backstage for his turn.

Jilan Jiyu joined Soul Band onstage for “Killer Queen,” surprising the audience and his U.A. classmates. After the song, the DJ identified Jilan as David Bowie, and Jilan prepared to perform the next song, hoping to fulfill a longtime music fan’s wish.

• Jilan learned that Dave’s Quirk, Rage, changed his voice and musical ability when he became excited, while Diduo Chengjie explained his Weapon Mastery Quirk.
• Hitomi Mishima encouraged Jilan before he waited in the dark as Kyoka Makoto began playing “Killer Queen” on the piano.
• Kyoka Makoto and Jilan performed the song together, with Jilan appearing onstage as the Killer Queen’s admirer.
• Mitsuki Bakugo, Yaoyorozu, Asui, Uraraka, and Kyoka Jiro recognized Jilan and reacted with surprise to his performance.
• The DJ introduced Jilan as a U.A. High School Hero Course student portraying David Bowie, and Jilan snapped his fingers as he prepared for the next song.

During the concert, Jilan Jiyu and Kyoka Makoto performed “Under Pressure” before the band continued its set with theatrical stage effects. Jilan left the stage after spotting Killer Queen in the audience and searched for the pink cat, ending with a theory that it was hiding inside someone’s eye.

• Jilan Jiyu and Kyoka Makoto performed “Under Pressure,” with Kyoka’s shirtless entrance thrilling the audience.
• Jilan and the band performed “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Sheer Heart Attack,” then hid backstage during the layered-guitar interlude of “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
• Jiancao Erren’s cardboard cutouts shattered under the stage lights, and Kyoka Makoto, Diduo, and Dave resumed the performance as the crowd erupted.
• Yaoyorozu noticed Jilan had disappeared, while he slipped through the audience after spotting Killer Queen watching him from the crowd.
• Jilan searched for Killer Queen without finding it and wondered whether the cat was hiding inside an audience member’s eye.

Jilan attended the UL Band’s concert while searching the crowd for evidence that Killer Queen had been there. After the show, he met Asui alone on the beach, where she waited in a dress and straw hat.

• Asui spotted Jilan in the crowd, kept his presence secret, and asked him by message to spend time alone with her after the concert.
• Jilan checked his messages, agreed to meet Asui, and continued searching the crowd for proof that Killer Queen had been there.
• Jilan declined to speak onstage, telling Camie Utsushimi that his wish had already come true.
• Kyoka Makoto thanked the audience as the concert ended, and the band and staff left in their van while Jilan stayed behind.
• Jilan messaged Asui and found her waiting barefoot by the sea in a dress and straw hat.