The prestigious school that turned out many heroes, U.A. High School.
Enrolled in their hero course, I continue to run toward my dream,
standing up to any difficulties and saving people with a smile...
...in order to become the greatest hero!
I know what I have to do now
It's my life one and only
Even if I wipe my tears thousands of times, they won't stop
I never expected my days to be easy
Follow my way, take me to frustration
Follow my way, I'll aim for beyond that
I want to celebrate deep emotion rather than the mundane when I dream
I know what I have to do now
In the midst of all these possible lives
I've found the correct one
Make my story
Because I'm the only me
I want to always live my life with feelings like promise and resolve
I'm sure days will come when I'll feel like crying
I want to make a path that'll let me move forward when I look back on times like that
Young Midoriya, I...
...am effectively retired.
My body cannot fight anymore.
The last embers of One For All have gone out,
and I can't really keep my muscle form anymore.
But even so, every single time, you rush out no matter what I tell you!
No matter how many times I tell you, you keep destroying your body!
That's why, this time...!
...when you got out of a predicament for the first time without getting injured,
I was so happy.
From here on out, I will devote myself to raising you.
Let's keep... working hard together.
All... All Might, I...
All Might...!
Huh...? This...
Oh yeah, I'm not at home...
Morning.
After being attacked twice by the League of Villains,
U.A. High School thought to protect its students by switching to an all-dorm system.
A five-minute walk from U.A. school grounds,
on the third day after moving into the student dorm, Heights Alliance,
our new lives begin as we devote our days to becoming heroes.
I will definitely become one.
Since I inherited from All Might...
...his will and One For All!
"Create Those Ultimate Moves"
I believe I mentioned this yesterday, but for now,
Class 1-A of the hero course will be focusing on getting their provisional licenses.
Yes, sir!
A hero license brings with it the great responsibility of human life.
Of course, the exam to receive one is very difficult.
Even the provisional license has only a 50% passing rate each year.
Just the provisional license is that hard?
That's why today, we will have each of you come up with at least two...
...ultimate moves.
Ultimate moves?!
It's like a real school thing and yet--
It's like a super normal hero thing!
"Ultimate"! This means that this move will give you a sure win!
A move so ingrained into your body that others cannot copy it.
Battle means seeing how much you can force what you're good at on your opponent.
Your moves will represent you.
These days, pro heroes without ultimate moves are an endangered species.
We will tell you more as we go along. We want to proceed logically.
Change into your costumes and meet in Gym Gamma.
"Gym Gamma"
Gym Gamma, also known as the "Training Dining Land," or TDL.
"Training Dining Land"
Using "TDL" might make a certain mouse mad at us...!
I came up with the idea for these facilities.
Terrain and other things can be prepared specifically for each student.
That's what the "dining" part refers to.
I see...
Please allow me to ask a question!
Why must we have ultimate moves for our provisional licensing exam?
Please tell me your reasoning!
I'll tell you everything in order.
Calm down.
The job of a hero is to save people from danger, like during crimes, accidents,
natural disasters, and man-made disasters.
The exam to become one naturally looks at how well you are able to do that.
Your ability to gather information, make decisions, move, and fight,
in addition to your ability to communicate, draw people to you, and lead--
Every year, a different test is used to look at how well you are able to do those things.
Of those, your ability to fight is especially important to your futures as heroes.
If you are prepared, you won't have to worry.
Whether or not you have an ultimate move will greatly affect whether or not you pass.
Not being influenced by circumstances and being able to act consistently
will make you a great asset on the front lines.
Your ultimate moves do not necessarily need to be of the attacking type.
For example, take Iida's Reciproburst--
The temporary burst of speed is enough of a threat to be worth calling an ultimate move.
So that's good enough to be called an ultimate move?
I see... So we need to find something that allows us to feel like
"As long as I do this, I have the advantage. I can win."
Exactly!
Kamui Woods, who played a big part in the fight the other day,
has a move called Lacquered Chain Prison that is the perfect example of an ultimate move.
It restrains his opponents before they can do anything.
The training camp was cancelled, but the training you did to develop your Quirks
was part of the process to create your ultimate moves.
In other words,
until the beginning of the next semester,
for the ten days or so until the end of summer vacation,
you'll be working out your ultimate moves as you develop your Quirks.
You'll be doing intensive training!
In addition, you should think about how you can improve your costumes
to work better with your developing Quirks.
Get through this with a "Plus Ultra" mentality.
Are you ready?
Yes, sir!
I'm getting excited!
What should I do?
Your movements say, "I move like this because I have a tail."
Let's reexamine the fundamentals of how you move.
Yes, sir!
In other words, I'm too normal, huh?
Ultimate move--
Shooting acid from my hands like this!
How is it?
If you're going to take that route, then make a nozzle with your fingers and squeeze it out.
That's it.
Wow, I can shoot further now!
Shall we have you focus your acid to develop your Quirk further?
Create two things at the same time.
You can start with something simple.
Yes, sir!
Everyone's moving forward.
What are you staring off into space for?
Oh, um--
About the ultimate moves...
My arms are like ticking time bombs now, and I can't really use them too much...
Honestly, I can't really visualize how an ultimate move would work in my case...
Hmm... It's true that your Quirk is the furthest from being able to be called consistent.
If you still don't have a fixed style yet,
then today, focus on developing your Quirk.
Yes, sir...
Everyone's working hard, huh?
All Might...
I am...
...here even though I wasn't asked to be because I didn't have anything else to do today!
Well, please focus on your recuperation.
To prepare for the next semester.
Hey, hey, don't act so cold.
This is the class for ultimate moves, right?
There's no way I want to miss this.
I am a teacher, too, you know.
It looks like he's having trouble.
Take that!
It's been a while since I've been able to go wild! It feels good!
Ectoplasm! Mine died! Give me another!
He's amazing.
Yes. He'll definitely get even stronger.
Oooh! Bakugo's really into it!
That guy's already got a lot of different ideas for his ultimate move, huh?
He had a name from the entrance exam!
Whoops!
Focus!
Y-Yes, sir!
I've got a move I've been working on since I was a kid called Grape Rush, you know.
I mean, everyone's thought about it before, right?
I thought about doing a lightning sword or something.
I'm getting excited just thinking about being able to do it for real in a place like this.
What kind of ultimate move can I create with these arms...?
Hey.
Oh, All Might!
Here's some advice.
You're still trying to imitate me.
Huh?
What do you mean by that...?
Hey, Young Kirishima!
All Might!
I'm going over to give you some advice.
With your Hardening, rather than trying for small tricks,
you should try to bulldoze your way through.
Yes, sir!
I can't call it teaching if I just tell you the answer.
Think, young man!
Whether you're right or wrong isn't important.
What's important is for you to think it over and realize it for yourself.
Young Jiro! I have advice for you!
What are you doing, all of a sudden?
"Even Dummies Can Be Teachers! Easy Education Theory"
Huh?
Regarding the improvements to your costumes,
it won't do any good to think about things outside your specialty.
If there's something you want to change,
go to the development studio on the school grounds
and ask an expert.
You're still trying to imitate me.
I still don't really understand what All Might meant by that,
but anyway, it'd be bad if my arms stopped working.
If there was some sort of brace that could support the movement of my arms...
I need to work out my body to increase the upper limit of how much One For All I can use...
From the conception to the completion of my ultimate move...
To keep from falling behind everyone...
No, that's not it! I need to be at the top!
I see! You're focusing on making your own body float?
Yeah! If I add more mobility,
then I can use the martial arts I learned at my internship even more!
What about you, Iida?
I want to reduce the demerits of my Recipro.
I'm planning on asking the development studio to improve my radiator.
Oh, it's Deku!
I was just wondering where he was!
Don't run in the hallway!
Deku, are you here for costume improvements, too?
Oh, Uraraka--
Oww...
You know, you really shouldn't just put everything you think of together!
"Failure is the mother of invention," Mr. Power Loader,
as Thomas Edison once said.
Even if what I made doesn't work the way I planned,
that doesn't mean it was a waste of time--
This isn't the time for that!
Will you listen to me for once, Hatsume?
Oh? When did you get here?
B-B-B...
...oobs!
Sorry about the sudden explosion!
It's been a while, huh? Hero course students, um...
"Support Course First Year - Mei Hatsume" It's been a while, huh? Hero course students, um...
"Support Course First Year - Mei Hatsume"
I've forgotten all of your names.
"Support Course First Year - Mei Hatsume"
I-I'm Izu-Izuku M-Midoriya...
I'm Tenya Iida!
I'm the man you used as an advertising tower during the sports festival tournament!
I see!
Well, I'm busy developing my babies, so...!
Um, wait, I wanted to ask Mr. Power Loader about improving my costume...
Improving your costume?
Sounds interesting!
Hatsume.
It's fine for you to come in and out of the studio now that the dorm system is in place,
"Excavation Hero - Power Loader" It's fine for you to come in and out of the studio now that the dorm system is in place,
"Excavation Hero - Power Loader"
but if you go wild in here any more, I'm going to banish you!
U-Um...
I've already heard from Eraser Head.
You're here about changing your costumes as you develop your ultimate moves, right?
Come in.
It's like a secret hideout!
Now, show me the instructions for your costume.
They're in the case with your costume, right?
I have a license to make costumes, so I'll tinker with what I can using those.
For small changes and repairs, I can just report what I changed to the design company,
and they'll do the paperwork for it,
but for major changes, we'll have to fill out an application
and ask the design company to do it.
Then, the government will check the new costume, and once it's approved,
it'll come back here.
Anyway, the agencies we work with are the best,
so we usually get them back in about three days.
Um, I was thinking about how I could lessen the strain on the ligaments in my arms...
Is something like that possible?
Um, Midoriya, you... fight with your fists and fingers, right?
If that's the case, then it'd be possible to do it pretty fast with just a little tinkering.
Isn't that great, Deku?
Yeah!
Yes, yes, I see.
H-Hatsume, what are you...?
I'm touching his body.
Yes, yes, much more solid than he looks.
Very well, you can use...
My baby that I'd been saving, a powered suit!
Um...
This high-tech baby can read the contractions of your muscles
and support your movements!
It's baby number 49!
I'm fine with just support for my arms...
Start!
Wow, it's amazing! It's moving on its own!
Huh? Wait, it won't stop... wait...
--Ow... Ouch... my back...! --Deku!
Stop!
It looks like I made a mistake in its operational limits program.
"heh heh heh" It looks like I made a mistake in its operational limits program.
"heh heh heh"
I'm sorry!
Are you all right?!
All I asked for was a brace for my arms,
but my torso ended up almost getting twisted off...
This is fine, too. It'd probably be useful as a capture item.
Um, I would like you to strengthen the cooling device on my legs...
If that's the case, then...
There's this baby!
Hey!
This is an electric booster for super coolers that can cool things that give off heat!
It's baby number 36!
--Isn't it cute? --No, I don't need to change my booster, Hatsume!
--Booster, on! --Besides, why is it on my chest?! Hey!
Iida!
My Quirk is on my legs, though...
I know.
But you know what I think?
If you want to cool your legs, then why don't you run with your arms?
What in the world are you saying?!
Stop messing around!
You're still trying to imitate me.
Oh, it's like... oh...
Sorry about that. She's self-centered to a fault.
I know that very well.
Yeah.
But, well, if you all are aspiring to be heroes,
then you should treasure your relationship with her.
I'm sure you'll be calling on her after you become pros.
Take a look at that.
That pile of junk...
Those are all support items Hatsume has made since starting school.
Even when school's not in session, she's here tinkering with something.
I've seen many students in the support course in my career,
but Hatsume really is special.
It's been just a little over four months since we started school,
and she's already made so many...
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen," said Einstein.
She is unafraid of failure, constantly thinking of new ideas and trying them out.
Those who are innovators are not bound by existing ideas.
You're still trying to imitate me.
--Something...! Something...! --Your admiration for All Might and your sense of duty are like shackles.
--Something is... --If you want to cool your legs, then why don't you run with your arms?
...becoming clear!
Iida, can you teach me?
I-I don't know what you're talking about, but wait a minute!
You may not have noticed, but we haven't made progress on any of our costumes.
Oh, that's right!
Deku, your face suddenly cleared up.
Huh? R-Really?
Speaking of which, are you changing part of your costume?
I want to control my nausea more...
Is that right?
In that case, how about this?
What is that? Will it explode?!
If you do this to the item...
Something black came out!
Hatsume!
I'm sorry!
Our training to create ultimate moves continued...
"Suppression in Progress"
"Four Days Later"
How are things progressing, Aizawa?
You're here again? We're getting there.
Midoriya!
Did you change your costume?
Yeah! I got braces to reduce the strain on my arms.
You should've used the chance to change your whole look.
Your costume was on the boring side.
It's fine.
Congrats on getting into U.A.!
I might've jumped to conclusions, though.
I don't want to change the base too much.
Cover me, Dark Shadow!
Got it!
By covering myself with Dark Shadow,
I am able to make up for my weaknesses in physical and close combat.
I call it...
"Abyssal Black Body" I call it...
"Abyssal Black Body"
...Abyssal Black Body!
"Abyssal Black Body"
Isn't that hard to say?
It's important for your move names to be easy to say, too.
Got it!
There are those who have finally solidified their styles
and those who are already trying to create multiple moves.
Not from the whole palm of my hand,
but an explosion from a single concentrated point...
"AP Shot (Armor Piercing Shot)"
AP Shot!
"AP Shot (Armor Piercing Shot)"
I did it!
Young Bakugo's doing really well, as usual.
Yes.
Hey, look out!
Idio--
Smash...!
All Might's ultimate moves generally use fists.
Since I inherited One For All, I thought I should also do the same
and decided that without realizing it!
It's really simple!
So simple that I didn't even realize it!
If I'm worried about my arms, then I'll use my legs!
One For All: Full Cowling...
...Shoot Style!
That's right.
The more we walk, the dirtier the soles of our shoes get
In the same way, our souls develop shadows as they're worn down
In times like that, remember why you can't give up
I thought I saved you, but think I was saved instead
I thought I grabbed your hand, but you actually grabbed mine
Let there be light on all of our journeys
I can't speak of strength or weakness
Each step you took forward was a victory for your bravery
Like inhaling in order to shout, an approach is needed to jump high
In order to laugh, we cried, and that's not called defeat
Longhope Philia
"Preview"
Here's the preview!
"Preview"
Using not my arms, but my legs--
One For All: Full Cowling...
...Shoot Style!
Costume Gamma, made for me by Hatsume!
With both in hand, I take on the provisional hero licensing exam!
If I get my provisional license, then I can participate in hero work.
I can get a lot closer to my dream of becoming a hero!
Next time, "The Test"!
Shiketsu High School, Ketsubutsu Academy...
Rivals appear one after another!
"Next time: The Test" Rivals appear one after another!
"Next time: The Test"
Go beyond!
"Next time: The Test"
Plus Ultra!
"Next time: The Test"