Several days prior to the war
We have to strike at Shigaraki at the Coffin in the Sky.
On the U.A. campus.
Team Stop Tomura Shigaraki
If he reaches the ground, our plan unravels at the seams.
Forever with the jeans talk.
Because, like back at Jaku, we'd be at an overwhelming disadvantage on the ground?
I keep hearing about that.
No, it's a matter of unified purpose.
As in, what are we protecting?
We're thoroughly evacuating that whole area.
You mean we'll be protecting buildings?
We're past the point of worrying about damage to structures.
That was true the moment we picked Kamino Ward for Dabi's battle.
Our top priority will be safeguarding peoples' lives and the future.
Enough with the intro!
The problem is the chaos in Shigaraki's personality.
It'd be better if he stuck to the All For One persona
because a ruler must have subjects in order to rule.
If he's the Shigaraki persona, he'll be that much more destructive.
That's right. Now that Shigaraki's power and hatred are brewing,
there's a chance his thirst for destruction may be directed at the Earth itself.
We have to consider what happens after we win this battle.
Even if we stand our ground and overcome this,
we still must have a foundation on which to rebuild.
What we're going to protect is...
Shiketsu High School Emergency Evacuation Zone
Izuku...
I aim my Decay at the depths, not at the surface.
That way, a part of Shizuoka is gone in a mere moment.
This country is about 378,000 square kilometers in area.
At this point, I could sink that beneath the waves in a week's time.
That's what it would mean to destroy everything, leaving no hope of recovery!
If I use Gearshift, Fa Jin, and Danger Sense at the same time,
then unlike earlier, I can go on the offensive!
I have to hurry and find some clue to stopping him!
Master is dead.
Hell, all because I didn't break that one completely.
But you know, I'm grateful in a way.
He made me stronger!
Enough that I can get used to this guy's speed!
You were still quick enough to hack off my fingers.
But...
Kid, Shinomori's been...
Danger Sense has been...
How long... can you last?
History's Greatest Villain
About a dozen seconds ago
But things keep getting worse, bit by bit!
Every time he's attacked, he regenerates.
We've got to find a way to break through that wall!
Shinomori?
Look after Ninth!
Kid, Shinomori's been...
Danger Sense has been stolen!
The power that's been repeatedly inherited.
The power that gave Master so much trouble.
Well, I'm not obsessed with it,
but I'll take it if it lets me break you.
Shinomori's chair!
It all happened so abruptly!
He forced his way right in here.
Just like that, he surpassed our combined will!
Blackwhip.
Fa Jin, plus...
Gearshift.
Blackchain!
Wow, no wonder you lasted so long against me!
He's using Danger Sense against me!
You're my biggest obstacle.
I'll destroy you first!
Are you still treating me like I'm human?
"I won't pretend that I didn't see you crying"?
Is that still where your head's at, Midoriya?
Take a good look!
I'm no longer there!
If I wrap Blackwhip around me multiple times and focus on defense,
I can still avoid fatal wounds.
The mask All Might brought back to me.
You only just started wearing it, so you could keep breathing in those surging waves.
And look where you are now.
Mt. Fuji.
It's so close.
Gearshift could run out at any time.
All you had taken from you was a Quirk.
Looks like it didn't affect your physical boost.
Your strength itself is stockpiled by One For All, not the individual factors.
You'll just have to endure until you recover.
With that little strength,
isn't he better off running for it while he can?
En?
Back there, we were spared because we had Danger Sense.
If Ninth gets touched again, even for an instant...
none of us may be able to escape next time!
If we all get taken, it's over!
I can see you, ghost.
Were you discussing how to get away?
You guys have escaped and gotten stronger before,
so I'll destroy you on the spot.
I'll also destroy anywhere you might run to.
Because that horizon I'm going to make?
Spinner was looking forward to seeing it.
And after I break that thing...
I'll sink it.
Kid!
This guy sent you here on purpose!
If Decay reaches the mountain, it's gonna erupt!
Yoichi, that guy's no successor of All For One.
He enjoys destroying things.
He's the embodiment of ruin!
It's still all connected somehow.
Somewhere inside you!
I don't know what is common sense for her.
Are you still treating me like I'm human?
You're a person.
A person.
Inside me...
While I was immobilized, focusing everything on defense,
I kept forcing my muscles to flex using Blackwhip.
So I could store up strength to the limit,
and use Fa Jin to release blasts of air!
Delaware Smash!
You're in top form, Midoriya!
He blew away both me and enough of the ground to interrupt Decay.
By removing the medium of transmission,
he can infinitely weaken the advance of my Decay.
But it's just a stopgap measure!
I'll touch it again and again!
The dust cloud isn't scattering.
I get it!
I applied Gearshift's Low Gear to Smokescreen.
I'll make it accumulate.
Obscure his field of vision, and deploy Blackwhip!
Keep on setting off Shigaraki's Danger Sense!
And while that's happening...
I learned the risks of relying on Danger Sense while fighting Lady Nagant!
You'd go this far just to store up power?
But... Ninth.
Shigaraki can locate you using Search!
I'm not blind, you know.
To your location or your weaknesses.
You can't even catch your breath!
Gearshift has worn off! Recoil time!
And you can't keep on randomly launching those stored-up attacks.
You're reinforcing your tendons and muscles directly from within.
It's written all over that stuff beneath your skin.
A direct hit might have spelled trouble, even for me.
It must be tough having so much to protect, Midoriya.
That doesn't mean...
I'm going to give up on that crying boy!
People try to interpret the world based on their tiny, limited view of it.
To make life easier, they make up reasons for the things they can't understand.
You just want to pigeonhole me into your own narrow worldview.
You can see, can't you?
Just like I can see those ghosts.
You see inside me, using One For All.
That's why you were able to find me in this smoke.
Look closely.
I overcame that crying boy long ago.
He expanded his worldview as much as possible, and became me!
And I've got nothing holding me back!
I want to save that kid.
Give it up.
Some people are beyond saving, Izuku.
This guy is the highest wall your hero philosophy could run up against.
A wall you needn't climb over.
You have to strike hard enough to destroy him without a trace!
Grin and bear it, Izuku!
Store up even more than before!
No.
If so, why did he hang on to that heartbreaking past in his heart?
All he did was put a lid on it.
"You pretended you couldn't see those you couldn't protect,
and covered up those you hurt."
Until that lid breaks... I won't stop punching!
That's why I was against it.
Are we now supposed to leave it to some crazy illusion
who says he wants to save our archenemy?
I found the idea to be arrogant—born of a naïve time of peace.
But I've watched from inside long enough to know.
That it's what this boy relies on.
That even loathsome people, even Quirkless people...
Deep down, they have a heart just like everyone else.
I want to believe that.
It just might be worth a shot.
Do what I'm about to tell you.
I'm going to take a gamble on you, Ninth.
Let go of One For All.
Second?
What do you...?
All Might.
All Might!
Fall asleep and you die! Stay conscious!
Without comms, we don't know what's happening,
but chances are Midoriya is still fighting.
A dream?
No, this feeling...
is the same as that time.
It's supposedly far away from me,
but I feel One For All.
Its will comes flowing to me.
That power we put together over time
is coming apart.
What was that?
Why did that cross my mind?
I thought you were completely destroyed.
As long as people help each other,
someone who inherits the spirit of a hero...
Destroyed, yet apparently still smoldering!
You can become a hero.
What are you talking about?
What do you mean, let go of One For All, Second?
Keep your mind calm.
Or he'll hear you.
That dark lead-like clump inside Shigaraki?
That's all the little bits of anger,
discontent, and memory he had inside.
They were all pulled together, then amassed into one.
You could say, it's his determination itself.
His mind, hardened together by hatred.
But Yagi found an opening.
It's probably a wound left behind from his battle with Star and Stripe.
Even his regeneration Quirk can't fully heal it.
A wound to his mind, not his body.
What does that have to do with One For All?
Shigaraki became too strong when he engulfed All For One.
If this contest of strength continues, there's no way we'll win.
That's why we'll attack from within.
Crash One For All into the wound by transferring it to him.
Pry open the wound, and strike his mind directly.
"Transfer"? "Crash"?
Wait! I'm not sure what you're saying!
If it's handed to him, he'll just be able to use it!
We'll just be at his disposal, like Shinomori!
Broaden your take on the word "transfer."
Don't you get it?
Let a visual do the talking?
Okay, then, here's something easy to understand.
How does that childhood friend of yours pass things to you?
Take this and die!
Unbelievable.
Depending on how one does it, someone might get hurt,
or the object itself might break.
That's what we'll do with One For All.
But, there's no guarantee.
So we'll test it with me first.
Huh?
Earlier, Shinomori was the only one taken.
So, there must be some system for just a partial transfer.
We're Quirk factors that were taken into One For All.
We're each part of One For All.
And, we're special factors that were strengthened each time we were linked together.
If you hand me over with crushing force,
I'll be able to attack without giving him my power.
You want to test it?
Then use Smokescreen!
I'm the least useful right now!
No, I'll go first.
But Gearshift is pivotal to this fight!
If this fails, Shigaraki will...
If Ninth can't move now, he's dead.
If he parts with me, he can also part with the recoil.
And on the off chance Shigaraki does use me,
it will put him straight into this same recoil state.
Leader, I've always followed your orders.
But this time the risk is too great.
That's why it's a gamble.
We lived through some harsh times.
We made a lot of coldhearted decisions because we had to.
Nothing could be harsher than this current situation.
Even then, this boy's spirit refuses to break.
I want to believe he's in the right.
You did all this for me, All Might...
I'm too blessed...
Even at this point, he's not covetous of his power, and he doesn't fear death.
No matter how overwhelming a task he faces...
Toshinori, even after all this time,
to him, One For All is...
Take this to heart.
This is power that you earned because of your own effort.
a treasure given to him by the hero he admires most.
What's all the babbling about?
Banjo, stick as close to the kid as you can.
He can't afford to lose Blackwhip.
Take it from here.
That just leaves you. What'll it be, Izuku Midoriya?
I'll do it.
I will crush you all!
Whoa, whoa.
You don't...
look very heroic now.
Preview
Here's the preview.
I transfer One For All to Shigaraki
in order to strike his mind directly.
That's the only means of winning we have left.
Reach Shigaraki's memories, his past, and the depths of his consciousness.
And then learn of his origin.
Next time, "Wrench It Open, Izuku Midoriya!"
The door before you is thick and heavy.
Next time: Wrench It Open, Izuku Midoriya!
Go beyond!
Plus Ultra!