After receiving a request for help,
America's number one hero, Star and Stripe,
arrived in Japan.
Tomura Shigaraki attacked her right away.
Star used her Quirk, New Order, which allowed her
to apply rules to nature.
She cornered Shigaraki,
but Shigaraki defeated her by the skin of his teeth.
But it was revealed later on
that Star used the last moments
of her life
to cause extensive damage to Shigaraki's Quirks.
Shigaraki will be immobile
for at least a week.
It's the gift of time that Star and Stripe left behind for us.
In order to protect yourselves
and everything you consider dear,
I want you all to use this time we've been given to power up.
ORIGINAL STORY BY KOHEI HORIKOSHI
It's okay, my other self.
No worries.
The factors within you are in a melee, causing you to break down.
Give it some time, and you'll be able to use your Quirks again.
I'll kill them. I'm going to kill them!
I hate them!
As long as even one person remembers All Might's face,
this anger will not dissipate!
Our minds are fusing together.
I can feel it...
His boiling anger.
I can feel Tomura's hatred now.
Don't worry.
You're doing good.
We couldn't get New Order,
but we also got rid of a very big obstacle.
So we can relax a little.
Clinging on to one particular plan is not a good thing.
I know you've been preparing, so I'm sorry to have to say this,
but stay put for a little longer.
No way. I've reached my limit. My dad is flying around as we speak.
I can't stand it.
Toya.
You and I are alike, but we have one major difference.
Listen up.
I devise many, many possible routes in advance
to reach the goal I have in mind.
Strictly speaking, I plan out numerous possible routes,
years and dozens of years in advance,
and I choose the best route among them to reach my goal.
That's right.
There are countless routes.
The completion of the perfect body has been put on pause,
and Izuku Midoriya has returned to the security of the UA,
but unlike you, Toya,
I have lots of friends.
Go, my birds!
I'll get you!
Black Abyss.
Come at me!
Octoblow!
Tornado Tail Dance.
- Chargebolt! - Here it goes!
Take this!
One more time!
- Froppy! - Uravity!
- Meteor... - Fafrotskies!
Blackwhip!
Eat this!
I got him!
Take this!
I learned from Endeavor about building up and releasing.
Instead of using it in one blast,
I'll change it into beads of sweat and use it in simultaneous blasts.
That's my new skill, Cluster.
All of my techniques will be more powerful,
although it does take time to warm up my body.
That's why you're bundled up.
The heat drains me of stamina, but I have to choose one or the other.
Todoroki
seems a little different too.
I've barely gotten the hang of it.
But I think I'm able to control my left side as well as my right.
I can't let Dabi burn me alive.
My left side and right side make one body.
All Might said that it'll become an all-out battle.
Yeah?
But the top two villains are in a vulnerable state, right?
Gigantomachia has been detained and sedated, right?
If we can find the top two villains, we'd be able to end things, no?
There are three reasons why you're wrong.
What? Three?
First of all, we probably won't be able to find them.
So far, we found the Nomu hangar,
Shigaraki's hideout, and the research facility,
but we haven't been able to track down the boss after his defeat by All Might.
No one's better than him when it comes to hiding,
that nut head.
Don't talk dirty.
Secondly,
during the last battle with Shigaraki,
his body was not complete.
And when considering the enormous decline in our forces,
we are, at best, 50% of the size we used to be.
True that.
And thirdly,
they're the ones who'll choose when to begin the battle.
The Search Quirk,
which allows Quirks to be detected from afar, was stolen from Ragdoll.
Even if that Quirk disappeared during the fight against the US,
their next attack is inevitable.
That's why we're trying to gather as much manpower as we can.
But we can choose how to enter this battle,
to lure Shigaraki in a way that's advantageous to us. I'll go search too...
"We'll go search," right?
That's right, Midoriya!
Yeah.
Oh, that reminds me,
I can walk around, right?
To a certain degree.
After Uraraka's speech,
the tension between the Hero Class and the evacuees has been reduced.
In the end,
no matter how much we push All For One into a corner,
he continues to laugh.
Ever since that Gunga and Jaku battle ended,
you've been feeling down.
Everyone was feeling down, but...
You have no choice but to do it.
He sent another order.
It's okay. It's coded as always,
so even if it's intercepted, it'll look like messages between civilians.
The security cameras won't catch us here, right?
It's okay.
Even after Midoriya came back,
you never smiled, so that got me worried.
You did everything All For One ordered
up until the Kamino incident.
You have to do it, or we'll get killed,
Yuga!
Right after you entered this academia,
you did what he told you to do.
Even during the training camp, you leaked the location without anyone noticing!
The villains that suddenly appeared at the USJ...
Same with the Forest Training Camp...
The location was a secret,
but the villains found us.
Don't tell me...
Never even once did we do this because we wanted to!
But it's too late to back out now!
Mama. Papa.
But I...
No way! You've got to be kidding me! I can't believe it!
Aoyama is... Aoyama...
We just wanted you to be happy.
Do you want to be like everyone else, Yuga?
Yeah.
Because it's scary to be different from others.
You were born Quirkless, but we wanted you to fit in
and chase after your dreams with everyone!
That's all we wanted for you.
We would've never done it if we knew that this is how it would become.
We would've never asked All For One to give you a Quirk!
But now that
we've dealt with him,
we can never get away from All For One!
Somebody!
I need to call a teacher!
It's been so hard and painful.
I've done my part to not attract suspicion.
I was overwhelmed with guilt,
so I put on a brave face!
When All For One was captured at Kamino,
I was selfish and got the wrong idea...
that I could finally be together with everyone.
Yuga! Forgive us!
Forgive us for being such fools.
I...
wanted to protect you both, Mama and Papa.
I didn't want you two to die.
Yuga,
please help us.
Yuga!
Um... I...
heard from Hagakure...
about a traitor...
What could you be talking about? I'm sure it was a misunderstanding!
Midoriya.
Back then,
I was the only one who couldn't say anything...
while everyone spoke up to say something to you...
while everyone was desperately trying to help you...
At that moment, I was the only one who couldn't...
Aoyama, I...
Stop it!
My power
is a special power that I received from All Might.
You...
I've always wanted to be on equal footing with you.
You...
I...
noticed that you were looking really gloomy,
so I was worried about you, and that's why I came to look for you.
Yes,
I was the only one...
At the USJ and at the training camp...
Yuga!
I led the villains to our location.
Midoriya, I am...
a good-for-nothing villain.
YUGA AOYAMA
IZUKU MIDORIYA
Unlike you, Toya, I have lots of friends.
Friends, huh?
Wouldn't it be a problem if it comes to light that one of them is your friend?
Not at all.
If a 100-yen lighter stops working,
what will you do?
I'm happy when my friends succeed.
If they fail, I'll be a little disappointed
but simply move to a different route.
They're nothing but disposable tools.
If they provide any kind of excitement, then it calls for a celebration.
- Yuga! - Run!
Wait!
Both Mama and Papa
were greatly dismayed because I was Quirkless.
They were both born into wealthy families
and led privileged lives, never lacking anything.
That's why I think
the fact that I was different worried them more than it worried me.
That's why
they were probably grasping at straws,
wishing for my happiness...
So they followed the rumors of a person
who gives away Quirks.
The Quirk I received disagreed with my body, so it was tough.
SURPRISE!
But Mama and Papa experienced hardships
in order to raise me.
It's scary to be different from others.
My dream began by wanting to fit in,
but soon, it was to protect Mama and Papa the way they protected me.
There's a rumor that All Might is going to become a teacher.
Enroll him into UA High School.
Helping others...
Tell me when your class will be all alone.
To make others happy...
Tell me the location of the training camp.
To give myself for the sake of others...
Now that Izuku Midoriya is back in the UA, lure him out,
so he's alone.
When I read your letter
and found out that you were Quirkless just like me,
I...
fell into...
- despair! - Stop it, Aoyama!
Naval...
-One For All... - Laser.
My body has the ability to refract light.
All of us could've died.
All of Japan is in a chaotic mess!
What were you thinking while you were in class with us?
How could you live with everyone in the dorm, together, like that?
Answer me, Aoyama!
- You've got it wrong! - Yuga is...
Aoyama.
Hagakure
helped you,
so you won't have to hurt anyone else.
Let's stop this.
Let's put
an end to this.
I see.
You received a Quirk from All For One, and he kept you under his control.
The Quirk was granted about ten years ago, huh?
Since he's safe and sound,
it's not like with Nagant where it will explode with an act of betrayal.
Now, I know for sure.
There's a traitor.
Who would've thought that it'd be a student.
Please
step out for now.
- Step out? - That makes no sense.
If Hagakure hadn't caught you, what were you planning to do?
Aoyama.
Aoyama, tell us that it's all a lie!
You were tricked, right?
It wasn't on purpose, right?
You used to be Quirkless too?
What a small world.
The sad truth is, we're still struggling to bring order into our lives.
So tell us everything you know about All For One.
We don't know anything.
We only do whatever he orders us to do.
If we fail, he will kill us. If we lie, he will kill us.
How do you know?
He showed us
how he disposes of people who fail or lie.
Those who went to the police were killed after they were released.
They couldn't escape him.
No matter where we go, he can find us.
He will kill us for sure.
Yuga only followed orders.
He didn't know what would happen.
He just made sure no one would ever suspect of him.
We're the ones to blame.
What were you thinking while you were in class with us?
I...
could've been responsible for everyone's death.
I laughed along with you guys, pretending to be your friend.
I found myself laughing with you guys.
When I found out that Midoriya was once
Quirkless like me but now shoulders the heavy task of fighting All For One,
I fell into despair over my own pathetic state.
Instead of worrying about him,
I was despairing over myself,
and that pushed me deeper into despair.
I'm rotten to the core.
Yuga Aoyama is a villain by nature.
Then why did you
try to save Kacchan and Tokoyami during the training camp?
And that cheese that night...
I KNOW
Did All For One tell you to do that?
If all we do is face difficulties,
we can never sparkle!
Of course not!
That was
an SOS
that I failed to notice!
I know this because
you're crying instead of making excuses,
but that's not because you failed to follow All For One's command, right?
I know of a hero who was exploited by All For One,
but she still didn't give away her all.
Her heart was crushed, that's all.
Young Midoriya.
Doing something wrong
doesn't brand you as a villain forever!
Take my hand,
- Aoyama. -I get it now, Deku!
You can still
be a hero!
Wait, Midoriya.
Sansa, cover Aoyama's mouth.
He's in custody, so no hand holding.
No matter the circumstance, it's a fact that he helped All For One.
Plus, currently, we're can only assume that he's safe,
but we're not sure if he's rigged like Nagant.
Until he gets tested at Central,
it's not wise to let him say another word.
Mr. and Mrs. Aoyama,
why didn't you report to All For One that we were going to attack Kamino?
We have no way to contact All For One.
Only when he has business with us
does he tell us how to reach him, but we lose contact after that.
So that he can't be reached even if you get caught.
- Then... - Mr. Tsukauchi!
We can't find All For One.
That's our current situation, right?
Their next attack is inevitable.
That's why we're trying to gather as much manpower as we can.
But we can choose...
how to enter this battle,
to lure Shigaraki and the rest!
That's right!
If we look at this from another perspective,
Aoyama is the only one right now
who can deceive All For One.
Aoyama, I'll repeat myself once more.
You can still
be a hero!
Preview of the next episode.
I know of a hero that was exploited by All For One,
but refused to give away her all.
Shine light onto the heart that has been stained with darkness.
Even if a person falls, they can get back up again.
Next episode, "The Story of How We All Became Heroes."
Aoyama, we're not alone.
Go Beyond. Plus Ultra!
Subtitle translation by: Lili Morita