05x25 - (S) The High, Deep Blue Sky

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" month earlier"

From this moment on,

the Liberation Army recognizes Tomura Shigaraki as the grand commander

and with that, its second coming!

Anyway...

We'll do what we want.

Yeah!

I'm too late!

That's why it was so easy...

What happened in Deika City?

It was you guys, right?

If the League had only been caught sooner, then the citizens might not've died.

Whether or not this is real, this means you k*lled someone.

With soldiers being led under a single will,

Feel Good Inc.'s control over the network,

Detnerat and their deep involvement in the hero industry,

and the other High End Nomus that are likely still around,

they can do whatever they want...

In this superhuman society overflowing with heroes,

Shigaraki has the same or more power than heroes.

Let's do our best at liberation!

I can't believe Hawks is here!

Hey, what are you doing, Number Two?

You look happy.

Yeah! Introduce me to everyone.

Not yet. There's still a backer behind the scenes...

I need to get the full picture

and then tell Endeavor and the others as soon as possible!

Now, Hawks, if you're too slow, it'll be the end of Japan.

Your Quirk blossomed in the previous fight.

Now, you can destroy not just what you touch,

but also whatever is connected.

You have become the embodiment of destruction.

Let me ask you, why do you still wish for more power?

Well, if you say you'll give it to me, then I'll take it.

It's true that I don't need to use cheap tricks anymore.

But look at my arm.

This is what happened after using it just once.

How many people do you think they have?

I won't underestimate heroes anymore.

I will use all the power I can get to turn what All Might left behind to dust.

I'll make the next time the last time.

You're putting all your strength into what your opponent hates?

Like master, like student, huh?

I was originally conducting this research for All For One.

As the generations went on, Quirks mixed,

grew more complex, more ambiguous, and stronger.

As the pace memory expands increases,

the hardware can't evolve fast enough to keep up,

resulting in eventual loss of control.

I called that concept "Quirk singularity."

No one took me seriously except All For One.

If the hardware isn't made suitable for the amount of memory,

then people won't be able to keep up.

Signs of that already started showing up from the fourth generation.

Since he could use multiple Quirks,

he knew the problem with capacity was serious.

Is this going to take long?

You're like a kid waiting for Christmas!

Yeah, I'm overflowing with dreams and hope.

Starting now, for four months, you will feel hellish pain.

Once you get through it, you will have everything in the palm of your hand.

Even One For All.

One For All?

Of everything All For One wanted,

it was the only power that didn't go the way he wanted.

"The present"

Die, humans.

We are the Skynet of this world.

Navel Saber!

A new move! Lucky, you've got a sword!

All right! Okay, Aoyama!

It curved!

That's really satisfying to see.

I can take light and bend it!

"Yuga Aoyama - Quirk: Navel Laser" "Toru Hagakure - Quirk: Invisibility"

Come and get us! It's Judgment Day!

Max viscosity!

Acidman!

Humans... scary...

"Mina Ashido - Quirk: Acid"

It's like this!

"Pro Hero - All Might - Quirk: One For All"

Wonderful!

You all had your work study with Equipped Hero: Yoroi Musha, right?

There were a lot of plans that integrated offense and defense,

so we had to come up with new combos and moves to keep up.

Hey, you know for "Acidman"?

I actually got the idea for that from Unbreakable!

Nice!

Keep showing us what you learned during your work studies!

Yeah!

Using lots of moves...

...and reading ahead!

"Rikido Sato - Quirk: Sugar Rush" "Mashirao Ojiro - Quirk: Tail"

Ojiro and Sato.

"Shishido"

Work study with Lion Hero: Shishido!

"Shishido" "Chart No. "

Chart No. .

Improving search skills!

"Mezo Shoji - Quirk: Dupli-Arms" "Kyoka Jiro - Quirk: Earphone Jack"

Jiro and Shoji.

"g*ng Orca"

Work study with k*ller Whale Hero: g*ng Orca!

"g*ng Orca" "Chart No. "

Chart No. .

Grape Rush!

Quick and efficient teamwork!

Kaminari and Sero and Mineta.

"Minoru Mineta - Quirk: Pop Off" "Denki Kaminari - Quirk: Electrification" "Hanta Sero - Quirk: Tape"

"Kamui Woods" "Edge Shot" "Mt. Lady"

Work study with Mineyama Hero: Mt. Lady!

Part of Team Lurkers!

Chart No. .

"Kamui Woods" "Edge Shot" "Mt. Lady" "Chart No. "

Recipro Extend!

"Tenya Iida - Quirk: Engine"

Manners!

Ida.

"Manual"

Work study with Normal Hero: Manual!

Chart No. .

"Manual" "Chart No. "

How to communicate effectively!

"Koji Koda - Quirk: Anivoice"

Koda.

"Wash"

Work study with Laundry Hero: Wash!

Chart No. .

"Wash" "Chart No. "

Overall improvement!

"Fumikage Tokoyami - Quirk: Dark Shadow"

Black Abyss: Sabbath!

Tokoyami.

"Hawks"

Work study with Wing Hero: Hawks!

Chart No. .

"Hawks" "Chart No. "

Currently absent from his agency.

How to quickly make my opponent lose the will to fight!

"Eijiro Kirishima - Quirk: Hardening"

Kirishima.

"Fatgum"

Work study with BMI Hero: Fatgum!

Chart No. .

"Fatgum" "Chart No. "

Teamwork and...

...decisiveness!

"Ochaco Uraraka - Quirk: Zero Gravity" "Tsuyu Asui - Quirk: Frog"

Uraraka and Asui.

"Ryukyu"

Work study with Dragoon Hero: Ryukyu!

"Ryukyu" "Chart No. "

Chart No. .

Prediction and efficiency!

"Momo Yaoyorozu - Quirk: Creation"

Yaoyorozu.

"Majestic"

Work study with Magic Hero: Majestic!

Leveling up my abilities!

"Katsuki Bakugo - Quirk: expl*si*n"

Bakugo.

Increasing my speed.

"Shoto Todoroki - Quirk: Half-Cold Half-Hot"

Todoroki.

Work study with Flame Hero: Endeavor!

"Endeavor"

Chart No. !

"Endeavor" "Chart No. "

"Izuku Midoriya - Quirk: One For All"

One For All...

...Full Cowling!

If you two are going to become top heroes,

then don't miss this chance!

This is power that you earned because of your own effort.

It feels like that was so long ago.

You don't look back at me anymore, huh?

Getting more experience!

You don't have to look back.

Go, young man!

"The High, Deep Blue Sky"

Hey, Bakugo, you good with winter now?

No way, idiot! They were condensed shots!

Todoroki, you're now fast and hot, huh?

No... I can't catch up to Endeavor yet.

Midoriya, you can use the black stuff now!

Yeah, sorry for all the trouble I caused!

Good job!

Man, you're gonna make my Quirk obsolete.

Uraraka!

Hm?

I can use it properly now.

Yeah!

Thank you so much for what you did back then!

That was so long ago!

You know, I put these wires in because of that.

I can't use them like Sero,

but I made that experience into something useful a long time ago.

So we both improved!

I jumped out without thinking,

so I think I need to be more calm.

Thanks.

What will you do?

Something easy to digest would be nice, like udon.

Listen.

With the work studies and everything, the safety commission knows something.

Yeah.

"Pro Hero - Shota Aizawa - Quirk: Erasure"

If you find out who's making the Nomus, what will you do?

I'll fly over there and have a karaoke contest.

"Pro Hero - Present Mic - Quirk: Voice"

I'll boil their guts and make offal soup!

What about you?

--I-- --Mr. Aizawa!

"Tamaki Amajiki - Quirk: Manifest" "Mirio Togata - Quirk: Permeation"

Sorry to bother you during your break.

Eraser, it's Eri.

What happened?

"Nejire Hado - Quirk: Surge" "Eri"

Mr. Aizawa...

My horn... it feels itchy...

It's all right.

You're at U.A. High School.

"Nap Room"

Congrats on getting Blackwhip under control.

Thank you very much.

Young Bakugo, you, too.

I feel like there's no limit to how far you'll go.

What the hell?

In the end, I couldn't figure out all of them.

But you need to move forward...

"Previous Successor Quirks" "Notes for Young Midoriya"

...to the next step.

"Affiliation: U.A. High School Hero Class -A" "Birthday: /" "Height: cm" "Blood Type: O" "Likes: Pork Cutlet Bowl"

"Izuku Midoriya" "Quirk: One For All" "Smashes villains with a super power passed down from one generation to the next."

"Previous Successor Quirks" "Notes for Young Midoriya"

One For All.

I collected as many details about the previous successors as possible.

Unfortunately, I couldn't even find a hint about the second or third users.

With the time period and the nature of One For All,

it's impossible to figure it out from the records.

If they had known about their Quirks,

they might've tried to leave some sign of it themselves, though...

Who cares about that? Get on with it.

I don't want to waste my precious time on you guys.

With Blackwhip, I can only maintain it for about a second,

so I can't control it like Sero or Mr. Aizawa,

but as a support ability, I think it's already a really powerful Quirk.

You haven't had any contact with the past users since that time, right?

No.

Fifth user, Lariat. Real name: Daigoro Banjo.

Quirk: Blackwhip.

With the energy threads released from his body,

he excelled at capture and midair maneuvers.

It goes for this guy, too, but none of them started out with strong Quirks.

They're all guys I've never heard of.

Huh? They're all really amazing Quirks!

All Quirks are amazing to you, from your small fry perspective!

That's mean in a lot of ways...

What Young Bakugo said isn't wrong.

All For One was stuck on One For All.

During a time when evil had more power than you could imagine now,

All For One completely crushed all who were strong.

His unstoppable ill will and influence made that possible.

Struggling in hellish conditions, as they died,

the past users entrusted this power to the future,

spinning it together.

They weren't "chosen ones."

In a fight that kept repeating itself,

they were just "the ones who were entrusted"

and "the ones who entrusted."

No wonder.

They all died young.

Yeah... you're right.

Well?!

What're you gonna make the damn nerd learn next?

The next one to learn is Float.

My master's Quirk.

All Might's master--Nana Shimura.

A new power--

I won!

I can float with explosions!

You're gonna waste time learning something I can already do!

During that time, I'll polish my skills even more at the work study!

In other words, I'll get ahead of you!

Q.E.D.!

"Point proven"

Th-That's bad.

I'll learn it fast and catch up right away.

You'll probably just panic again and let it go out of control and die!

No, I got the hang of it with Blackwhip, so--

Die!

He's unshakeable...

What were you guys doing?

You're late, House Arrest Boys!

If you don't hurry up and help, you won't get any meat.

I-I'll be right there!

You can't take away my meat!

Are you crazy?!

Huh...?

He's like a bad guy.

If you don't like it, then help!

We can put whatever we want in it? What a wonderful dish!

You can't put tea leaves in, though!

Who cut the chives?!

It was me.

Your sister would cry if she saw this!

Damn it!

You're good at this.

You're just too bad at it! Die!

Who wants orange juice?

Class B is coming later, too, right?

Kodai said she'd bring a sofa over.

Now, for the Work Study Exchange

and Starting the Term Off with a Bang Hot Pot Party--

Let's start!

--Woo! --Yeah!

That one's not cooked yet.

You're doing that on purpose, aren't you?

Hot pot's great on cold days!

When it warms up again, we'll be second years.

Time flies, huh?

It was so chaotic.

We'll have underclassmen!

But hero course students can't join clubs,

so we won't really interact with them.

There will be promising kids coming, oh my!

Everyone, there are still about three months left.

Don't forget, we have finals waiting for us, too.

Stop it, Iida! You'll make the hot pot taste bad!

It won't change the taste.

Y-You... that's beyond being clueless.

It's sarcasm, right?

Like, "Are you panicking about the finals?"

That's advanced!

I'm on your side, Mineta.

Sometimes, I come back to my senses suddenly.

The fact that I'm here right now...

I never thought All Might would be teaching me.

I never thought I'd ever be able to talk... normally? With Kacchan.

I...

Midoriya, can you pass the ponzu?

...am too blessed.

Midoriya.

The ponzu...

Oh, sorry!

Here!

Many thanks.

There you are.

Aren't you cold? What are you doing?

Oh, not much. Something up?

Yes, I have a message from Tsukauchi.

He wants you to postpone your meeting with Stain.

Thanks.

By the way, how's Young Eri?

She's sleeping like a baby.

I'll start her training this week.

I'll help.

Thanks.

What's wrong?

I decided... to live.

Huh?

But you know, how do I put it...

This feeling of... powerlessness is welling up inside of me.

Every time I see how the students are improving,

I'm tortured by the irritation that I can't do anything for them.

You're still a workaholic.

Wor...?

You've been defending this country for decades.

It's a symptom of your addiction made clear by the sudden change.

That's harsh...

You are able to do something for them.

Huh?

By living and being here.

Just by doing that, you can spur on many people.

You should boldly sit back and put your feet up.

Just as you have been.

Thanks...

The Paranormal Liberation Front--

No, Shigaraki--still has a backer...

"Pro Hero - Hawks - Quirk: Fierce Wings"

The keyword is...

..."Hospital."

"Jaku Hospital"

Oh my, this is unusual.

Good morning, doctor.

Good morning.

Is your research going well?

Yes, all that's left...

...is to wait for the finishing touches.

Don't make a mistake about when they'll attack.

Wait for the heroes to mature...

Gather information in the meantime...

And expose everything about the Liberation w*r.

X-Day will be here soon...!

Man, even though it's spring break,

I can't believe we have work study on all our days off.

Spring break is almost over...

It says our work study this time is an expeditionary operation.

Oh, you're right.

You guys, too? Seriously?

Us, too!

We're going on an expeditionary operation that day, too!

Really? I wonder what it is...

Wait, me too.

And me.

Dai, you think you can do your best in first grade?

Yeah!

There are heroes at the foot of that mountain!

We'll be evacuating residents here in the back!

The League of Villains...

No...

The Paranormal Liberation Front. Our fight with them...

The major incident that will shake superhuman society...

...will finally begin.