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[AIZAWA] Morning. Now that Midoriya is back,

we'll go into more detail

about what the work studies entail.

Go ahead and come in.

[AIZAWA] I'll have people who've experienced them

firsthand explain.

I suggest you listen carefully as they point out

how work studies differ from internships.

[gasps]

[AIZAWA] These three are third years at UA.

They rank at the very top of our student body.

You may know them as the Big Three.

The Big Three. And it's him.

[SERO] The best of the hero course.

[KIRISHIMA] The Big Three.

Oh, wow!

Of all the talented students here,

they're the ones at the top.

They're on a different level.

Still in school, but practically pro heroes.

If they're as good as I hear,

then they're the students we should be chasing after.

They don't look all that special to me.

Except, the girl-- she's pretty hot.

[MINETA] Target acquired. Zoom and enhance.

[MINETA] Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom...

The guy from outside. I can't believe it.

I could only see his face then,

so I didn't recognize him.

But I know who he is.

He was in the sports festival I watched from home last year.

[gasps]

[IZUKU] He didn't do very well, but he, uh,

definitely left a strong impression.

If I remember correctly, the other two

didn't take any medals home, either.

And, yet... They're UA's Big Three.

[IZUKU gulps]

[IZUKU] I wonder how they got that title.

[AIZAWA] Get to it. Introduce yourselves briefly.

Let's start with Amajiki.

[STUDENTS gasp]

[KIRISHIMA] What's with that look?

[TENYA] So much intensity in a single glance!

[TENYA screams]

[AMAJIKI] It's no good.

You two go. I just can't.

Even if I try to imagine them as potatoes,

I can see their human bodies.

I know that they're still people.

No words are coming out.

My mind's blank and my mouth is dry.

[TSUYU, TENYA, OCHACO] Uh...

I can't say anything. I wanna... go home.

[OJIRO, KAMINARI, ASHIDO gasp]

Okay. So, um.

Are you really one of UA's top heroes?

[laughs] Come on, Amajiki!

You need to have the heart of a lion, not a kitten.

You know, even though you're human.

Get what I mean?

This is our kitten, Tamaki Amajiki.

And, hi, my name is Nejire Hado.

I'm supposed to talk about work studies.

You first years have a really exciting time ahead of you.

Hey, wait, hold on.

Why are you wearing a mask? Is it cuz you're feeling sick?

Or just... Trying to look cool?

[SHOJI] Uh. Well...

Oh, whoa!

And you must be Todoroki, am I right?

Yeah! How'd you get that big burn on your face?

That's none of your--

And, Ashido, if your horns break off,

you think you'll grow new ones? Oh, and can you wiggle them?

Mineta, are those balls your hair, or what? I don't get it.

[MINETA] My... balls?

[HADO] Oh, oh, Asui, you're a tree frog.

Not a gross toad, right?

Oh, my goodness!

There's so much I wanna know about every one of you.

Let's have a Q and A!

Aw! She's a total airhead. Even cuter!

All those questions make her sound so young.

She wants to know everything about my balls!

I'll spill my secrets.

Come get up close and personal.

Calm down.

Hey, Ojiro, can you support your entire body weight

with that tail of yours?

Um, well, ya see--

[HADO] Come on, tell me, I really wanna know.

This is completely irrational.

Oh, there's no need for you to worry, Eraser Head.

I'm up next, and I'll get the audience refocused.

The future's gonna be...?

[KAMINARI] Gonna be what?

Awful! That's your part, guys!

Oh, crap. My call and response was a total fail.

These guys seem like complete weirdos.

Is this some kinda joke? What's the deal?

Their strangeness is palpable.

Okay, you guys look like you have no idea

what's going on.

I guess we are third years who just showed up

in your classroom to explain a program

that's completely voluntary.

I can see how you'd be confused by that.

Hm. You guys got your provisional licenses

as first years, right? Huh!

This batch of new students has proven

to be pretty darn energetic.

So the problem is,

you must not have a sense of humor.

That's why my joke didn't land.

[gasps]

Don't do it.

Heads up, the rad new plan is all you first-years

fight me at once.

[STUDENTS] Huh? Huh?!

[KIRISHIMA] You wanna fight us?

[SERO] What, like, now?

Well, if you want them to experience our experience,

this is a pretty rational way of doing it then.

Right, Eraser Head? Rational.

Do whatever you want.

Is he... for real?

[MIRIO] Oh, yeah, totes real.

[AMAJIKI] Mirio. You're impossible.

Uh.

It would have been simple enough for us to just tell them.

"This is what it's like, here's what we learned from it."

Not everyone has your level of drive.

Plus, think about it.

What if some of them can't recover after fighting you?

No one wants to spend the next few years

in a hospital bed.

[MINETA] Huh?

I bet he's just trying to psych us out.

[HADO] Hey, listen up. It's story time.

Long ago, a student got frustrated in class

and quit being a hero, and it was terrible for everyone.

Did you know that?

So, Togata, I know our job is tough.

But, you better make sure you know what you're doing.

Be careful, okay?

[ASHIDO] Please stop touching those.

[TOKOYAMI] Let's think about this.

You're obviously much further ahead than us.

But we've fought pros before.

Not to mention, we took down some legitimate villains.

I don't think you need to worry about hurting us.

We're not a buncha wannabes.

[MIRIO] Mm! Heard, but you're gonna have to show me

that's the truth. Now, who's gonna start this party?

I've got this.

No. I'm first.

You stole my thunder!

[gasps]

[IZUKU] I'll catch up with everything I fell behind on

these past three days!

[OCHACO] You can do it.

Heads up, he's fast. This'll be a good lesson.

Oh, the problem child!

Yes, this is perfect, I've heard you got plenty-a fire in ya.

[IZUKU] The top student at UA.

If I'm gonna spar with someone,

he's the best opponent I could ask for.

[IZUKU] How will I fair against him at my level?

How much distance is between us?

The close combat team should surround him first thing!

Let's do it.

We've got ourselves a new mentor.

Thanks for the opportunity, man.

The opportunity to kick your butt.

[gasps]

[screams]

Why did your clothes just fall off?

[MIRIO] Oopsy! My Quirk's kinda tricky.

[IZUKU] Bad move. You're open!

[IZUKU] So, that's it!

His Quirk lets things pass through him.

It's an amazing power. What should I do?

Went for the face, huh?

What's this?

[TENYA] Where'd he go?

I think I'll start by taking out the long-distance fighters.

[JIRO screams]

[SHOJI] He warped?

His power isn't just slipping through things.

How'd he luck out with such a good Quirk?

[AMAJIKI] You're wrong.

Mirio's Quirk isn't what you should be jealous of.

[AMAJIKI] You should be envying his skills.

That's what sets him apart, first-years.

[AMAJIKI] Mirio did a work study with a hero

but didn't stop there. He kept building himself up.

[SHOJI, YAOYOROZU, JIRO groan]

[STUDENTS groan]

Power!

Mirio Togata.

In my opinion,

he's the person who's closest to taking the spot

of number-one hero.

That's including the pros.

[STUDENTS groaning]

[TODOROKI] He got more than half of them in an instant.

A student.

But closer to being number one than most heroes.

You're not gonna fight?

You must be interested in taking the top spot yourself.

I didn't even get my provisional license, though.

[AIZAWA] Well, he's certainly calmed down.

Think that's it for the long-distance fighters.

All that's left are the ones who specialize

in close-quarters combat.

I have no idea how he just did that.

It's one thing to be able to phase through stuff,

but warping, too?

He's unrivaled. Do we stand a chance?

Hold the flattery.

[AMAJIKI] "Unrivaled"?

Just that one word, and I can tell what level you're all at.

Like how an ordinary person might think

a pro's impressive, but lack the ability to figure out why.

If you can't tell how much hard work Mirio

has put in, then you'll never be able to match him.

[IZUKU] There's more to his Quirk than we're seeing.

Whether his true power is slipping through matter,

or whether he's somehow warping himself through space...

Either way, he's still landing his attacks directly.

We should be able to counter him,

in the moment he's about to make contact.

Even if we can't tell what he's doing,

we should theorize with what we do know

and use that knowledge to find a way to beat him.

Yeah. You said it.

House arrest didn't put a dent in your fightin' spirit.

Then see if you can figure out how to win.

[SATO] He went under!

[IZUKU] I bet he'll probably come up...

There!

[MIRIO] He wasn't surprised?

[MIRIO] He predicted this is where I'd be!

Pretty smart.

Watch this. An ultimate move!

Blinder Touch Eyeball Crush!

[IZUKU groans]

I've discovered that most people try to launch

a counterattack just like you did.

So, naturally, I've trained to work around such moves.

Nice try, though!

[TENYA] Midoriya!

[KIRISHIMA] Damn!

[KIRISHIMA groans]

[gasps]

Power!

[laughs] Hey, check out Togata, huh--

he's gotten super powerful lately.

Are you even watching?

Mirio's been strong ever since we were little kids.

Problem is...

He needs to learn how to hold back.

[MIRIO] I tried to make it so you wouldn't see my willy.

Sorry if you got a peek.

But, anyway.

That's a taste of what it's like to fight me.

We all just got punched in the stomach

without ever knowing what was going on.

Right, so, whaddaya think?

Isn't my Quirk strong?

Yeah, it's too strong!

[HAGAKURE] That's not fair!

Mine's nothing in comparison.

How can you slip through things and warp?

Do you have two powers like Todoroki does?

Nope. Just the one.

Just one.

Ooh. I know!

I'll tell you what his Quirk is.

Hey, hey, can I say it? Permeation!

Cool, right?

[AMAJIKI] Hado. Let Mirio explain his own power.

Yup! I've got a sweet Quirk that's called Permeation.

What you guys thought of as a warp was, you guessed it,

simply an alternative application of that power.

Oh, sorry, Hado.

So, how exactly do you warp, huh?

I activate my Quirk in my entire body.

Then, I can pass through anything I want, no sweat.

Everything! That includes solid ground.

[gasps] So, that was you

falling through the floor of the gym?

That's right, I went deep underground.

And then, whenever I release my Quirk while I'm falling,

something super strange happens.

Apparently, things with mass can't overlap.

That's called physics! So, I get repelled upward!

Think of it this way.

The ground spits me out, and I fly up into the air.

That's how my warp works.

By adjusting the direction I'm facing or the pose I'm holding,

I can change the angle I come out at,

so I can aim at different spots.

That sounds like a buggy video game.

[laughs] Hey, that's pretty funny!

You're able to avoid any attacks.

And you can move where you want in an instant.

Aw! You were born with a really strong Quirk.

Not true.

My power's only strong because I made it that way.

While my Quirk is activated, my lungs can't take in oxygen.

Even if I breathe in, the air'll just pass through.

In the same way, my eardrums don't work.

And light can't go through my retinas.

I can pass through everything.

But that means I can't feel anything when I'm in that state.

Even though I have a body, I can't stop falling.

I could probably keep going down forever.

Does that make sense?

That's why, if I wanna go through something like,

say, a wall. I have concentrate really hard.

I'll activate everything except one leg.

Then I release the other leg and land on it.

And then the first leg is the last one to go through.

Even for a simple action like that,

there are a bunch of little steps involved.

Oh, man, if I were in a hurry,

I would mess that up every single time.

Seriously, if you can't feel anything,

how are you supposed to move?

[MIRIO] Growing up.

I was always behind, as you might expect.

In no time, I'd dropped to dead last.

I dropped my pants a lot, too.

In order to get to the top with this Quirk,

I couldn't just hope that things would get better.

I had to think!

I learned to make combat decisions!

And picked up a few new tricks.

But above all, I learned to predict what would happen next.

And what made those predictions possible

in the first place was experience.

I based my predictions on what I'd learned.

[MIRIO] This was kind of a roundabout way

to get the point across, but that's why I wanted to fight.

To show you through experience rather than words.

In our work studies, we're not treated as guests

like in our internships.

We're regarded as one of the sidekicks, or even as a pro!

That can be super scary. Pros can get hurt.

And sometimes they end up watching people die.

But every scary and painful thing you go through

is an important experience that you can't get

inside a classroom, even at UA.

I transformed the experience I got

in my work study into power.

That's how I got to the top spot!

And... it's why I think they're worth it,

even if you're scared. Y'with me, first years?

[IZUKU] Turn experience into power.

He even gives pep talks like a pro.

I can't believe he went through all this for us,

even though he could've just explained it.

So, these really are different.

I did kinda feel like I missed out on stuff in my internship.

Yeah, they tried not to let us do anything too dangerous.

Guess it won't be that way during work studies.

Now that we've got our licenses, we'll be treated

like pros once we're on the scene.

We gotta prepare ourselves for that.

It's just what I wanted.

[HAGAKURE] Yeah, this is great!

All of us came to UA because we wanna be pro heroes, right?

[SHOJI] That's true.

C'est la vie.

We have to keep climbing.

And be Plus Ultra!

[TODOROKI] I need to get my provisional license soon.

Or I'll be left behind.

Let's get back to class now.

Say, "thank you."

[STUDENTS] Thank you very much!

[HADO] Hey, so, do you think we got the point across?

Maybe not?

[AMAJIKI] I'm just glad I didn't have to do anything.

Let's be grateful to Mirio.

[IZUKU] At first, his Quirk was something

that held him back.

But still. He made the most of his power.

He got as much experience as he could

and learned how to predict people's actions.

He's not standing at the top of UA

because he was born strong.

He worked incredibly hard to get to that point.

Mirio Togata, third year.

[HADO] Hey, so...

We thought you hurt some of them on accident, you know?

But no one was, injured, so I think you did a good job.

Way to go, Mirio. A-plus.

It was pretty close though, a few times.

And they saw me naked.

Yeah, but did anyone surprise you?

I wanna know. C'mon, spill.

Well, I mostly defeat people using

the element of surprise.

It's my basic strategy in a nutshell.

But that problem child analyzed my first round

of moves, and then predicted what I'd do.

I bet Sir would love to meet him!

Hey!

If you've got trash, then bring it over here, right now!

Bakugo! Thanks!

Sure!

I have some as well.

Hand it over!

--Mine, too! --And mine.

This is heavy.

[SATO] Thanks, man.

[AOYAMA] Merci!

[OJIRO] Yeah, thank you.

You bastards, it's like you've been

hoarding this for weeks!

Togata's story of how he went from last place

to the top was so killer, wasn't it?

[HAGAKURE] Yeah!

I'm really looking forward to getting

into a work study now.

I hope we get the chance.

I think they're still figuring out

what to do with us first years.

I suppose there's nothing we can do

until Mr. Aizawa gives us the go ahead.

[AIZAWA] You've learned about what a work study is

from the Big Three.

But it hasn't been decided yet whether or not

you'll be allowed to do one.

That won't be talked about until the faculty meeting.

And if we're going to approve this,

we'll have to think of how we'll handle the media.

That's all I can tell you for now.

[IZUKU] I need to take some initiative.

I can't just sit and wait.

[phone rings]

[GRAN TORINO] Yes? What can I help you with?

Huh? Work study?

Wait, who is this again?

[IZUKU] I was wondering.

Will you be taking anyone for the program, Gran Torino?

[GRAN TORINO] Oh-ho-ho.

Finally remembered who I am, huh, big shot?

Sorry, kid.

I'm working on something else right now,

so I can't help you out.

Oh, wait, I know who you are.

You're that useless successor who failed

at the sports festival.

[yelps]

[KATSUKI] You have All Might's power.

But even using his strength,

even after making it your own--

somehow you still managed to lose to me.

It's because I've been so useless

that I want to make sure I'm doing whatever I can

to get closer to being number one!

Way to make something obvious sound cool, there, sport.

But why don't you go ask your master about it

instead of calling me?

He is supposed to be devoting himself to teaching

now that he's retired, right?

[IZUKU] But...

Mr. Aizawa said we should use the connections

we got from our internships.

[GRAN TORINO] You can, sure, but that doesn't mean

you have to go that route.

Don't you think that All Might

can introduce you to a bunch of new people?

First one who comes to mind is his former sidekick.

[gasps]

Sir! I have news!

You're low key today, aren't you?

Let's hear the report, and make it quick.

Yes, sir.

One of the persons we're investigating is on the move.

Overhaul.

The head of the Shie Hassaikai.

[CHISAKI coughs] This is your base? Looks pretty unsanitary.

[TWICE] Huh? Like we'd show you where our main base is.

This one's just a meeting place.

[CHISAKI] Ridiculous.

The air's practically made of dust here.

It's gonna make me sick.

[TWICE] Join the club.

The guys inside have been sick for a while.

[SIR NIGHTEYE] And what do you think he's doing?

It appears he's made contact

with the League of Villains.

[TWICE] Hey, guys! I'm back!

And I brought that dude!

He said he wanted to talk to you, so, here we are.

He's quiet, but pretty cool.

He seems like a real creep.

[CHISAKI coughs]

[SHIGARAKI] Well, now.

You brought us a pretty big catch, huh, Twice?

[IZUKU] Just like we were one step closer

to becoming real heroes,

so, too, were the villains

moving even deeper into the darkness.

[IZUKU] The entrusted successor.

And the successor released into the wild.

[IZUKU] Soon, they would meet.