#chapter 029

Groups first in order of points

TEAM MIDORIYA, RIDER: Midoriya Izuku 10.000.000 + Tokoyami Fumikage 180 + Uraraka Ochako 135 + Hatsume Mei 10 TOTAL = 10.000.325

TEAM TETSUTETSU, RIDER: Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu 165 + Shiozaki Ibara 195 + Honenuki Jūzō 190 + Awase Yōsetsu 155 TOTAL = 705

TEAM BAKUGŌ, RIDER: Bakugō Katsuki 200 + Sero Hanta 175 + Kirishima Eijirō 170 + Ashido Mina 120 TOTAL = 665

TEAM TODOROKI, RIDER: Todoroki Shōto 205 + Īda Tenya 185 + Yaoyorozu Momo 130 + Kaminari Denki 95 TOTAL = 615

TEAM MINETA, RIDER: Mineta Minoru 125 + Asui Tsuyu 150 + Shōji Mezō 145 TOTAL = 420

TEAM HAGAKURE, RIDER: Hagakure Tōru 25 + Satō Rikidō 140 + Kōda Kōji 115 + Jirō Kyōka 110 TOTAL = 390

TEAM MONOMA, RIDER: Monoma Neito 35 + Kaibara Sen105 + Tsuburaba Kōsei 100 + Kuroiro Shihai 65 TOTAL = 305

TEAM SHINSŌ, RIDER: Shinsō Hitoshi 80 + Ojiro Mashirao 160 + Shōda Nirengeki 50 + Aoyama Yūga 5 TOTAL = 295

TEAM KENDŌ, RIDER: Kendō Itsuka 75 + Yanagi Reiko 85 + Tokage Setsuna 20 + Komori Kinoko 45 TOTAL = 225

TEAM KODAI, RIDER: Kodai Yui 60 + Bondo Kojirō 90 + Fukidashi Manga 5 TOTAL = 165

TEAM RIN, RIDER: Rin Hiryū 55 + Shishida Jūrōta 70 TOTAL = 125

TEAM TSUNOTORI, RIDER: Kamakiri Togaru 40 + Tsunotori Pony 30 TOTAL = 70

FIRST UPDATE

TEAM MIDORIYA (10.000.325) keeps its points

TEAM MONOMA (305) steals Team Hagakure’s (390) and Team Bakugō’s (665) headbands, reaching 1.360

TEAM TETSUTETSU (705) steals Team Mineta’s (420) headband, reaching 1.125

TEAM KENDŌ (225) steals Team Shinsō’s (295) and Team Kodai’s (165) headbands, reaching 685

TEAM TODOROKI (615) keeps its points

TEAM RIN (125) steals Team Tsunotori’s (70) headbands, reaching 195

TEAM BAKUGŌ (665) lost its headband reaching 0

TEAM KODAI (165) lost its headband reaching 0

TEAM TSUNOTORI (70) lost its headband reaching 0

TEAM MINETA (420) lost its headband reaching 0

TEAM SHINSŌ (295) lost its headband reaching 0

TEAM HAGAKURE (390) lost its headband reaching 0

SECOND UPDATE

TEAM TODOROKI (615) steals from Team Rin Team Tsunotori’s (70) headband, from Team Kendō Team Kodai’s (165) headband and Team Midoriya’s (10.000.325) headband, reaching 10.001.175

TEAM MONOMA (305+390+665= 1.360) keeps its points

TEAM TETSUTETSU (705+420= 1.125) keeps its points

TEAM KENDŌ (225+295+165= 685) loses Team Kodai’s (165) headband reaching 520

TEAM RIN (125+70= 195) loses Team Tsunotori’s (70) headband reaching 125

TEAM MIDORIYA (10.000.325) lost its headband reaching 0

TEAM BAKUGŌ (665-665= 0) keeps its points

TEAM KODAI (165-165= 0) keeps its points

TEAM TSUNOTORI (70-70= 0) keeps its points

TEAM MINETA (420-420= 0) keeps its points

TEAM SHINSŌ (295-295= 0) keeps its points

TEAM HAGAKURE (390-390= 0) keeps its points

THIRD UPDATE

TEAM TODOROKI (615+70+165+10.000.325= 10.001.175) keeps its points

TEAM TETSUTETSU (705+420= 1.125) keeps its points

TEAM BAKUGŌ (665-665= 0) steals from Team Monoma its headband (305) and, always from them, Team Hagakure’s (390) headband, reaching 695

TEAM MONOMA (305+390+665= 1360) loses their own headband (305) and Team Hagakure’s (390) headband reaching 665

TEAM KENDŌ (225+295= 520) keeps its points

TEAM RIN (125) keeps its points

TEAM MIDORIYA (10.000.325-10.000.325= 0) keeps its points

TEAM KODAI (165-165= 0) keeps its points

TEAM TSUNOTORI (70-70= 0) keeps its points

TEAM MINETA (420-420= 0) keeps its points

TEAM SHINSŌ (295-295= 0) keeps its points

TEAM HAGAKURE (390-390= 0) keeps its points

FORTH UPDATE

TEAM TODOROKI (615+70+165+10.000.325= 10.001.175) loses Team Tsunotori’s (70) headband, reaching 10.001.105

TEAM BAKUGŌ (665-665+305+390= 695) recovers from Team Monoma its own headband (665), reaching 1.360

TEAM TETSUTETSU (705+420= 1.125) keeps its points

TEAM KENDŌ (225+295= 520) keeps its points

TEAM RIN (125) keeps its points

TEAM MIDORIYA (10.000.325-10.000.325= 0) steals from Team Todoroki Team Tsunotori’s (70) headband, reaching 70

TEAM MONOMA (305-305+665= 665) loses Team Bakugō’s (665) headband reaching 0

TEAM KODAI (165-165= 0) keeps its points

TEAM TSUNOTORI (70-70= 0) keeps its points

TEAM MINETA (420-420= 0) keeps its points

TEAM SHINSŌ (295-295= 0) keeps its points

TEAM HAGAKURE (390-390= 0) keeps its points

FINAL RESULTS

TEAM TODOROKI (615+165+10.000.325= 10.001.105) loses its own headband (615) headband, reaching 10.000.490

TEAM BAKUGŌ (665-665+305+390= 695) recovers from Team Monoma its own headband (665), reaching 1.360

TEAM SHINSŌ (295-295= 0) steals from Team Tetsutetsu its headband (705) and, always from them, Team Mineta’s (420) headband, reaching 1.125

TEAM MIDORIYA (10.000.325-10.000.325+70= 70) steals from Team Todoroki its headband (615), reaching 685

TEAM KENDŌ (225+295= 520) keeps its points

TEAM RIN (125) keeps its points

TEAM TETSUTETSU (705+420= 1.125) loses its own headband (705) and Team Mineta’s (420) headband reaching 0

TEAM MONOMA (305-305+665= 665) loses Team Bakugō’s (665) headband reaching 0

TEAM KODAI (165-165= 0) keeps its points

TEAM TSUNOTORI (70-70= 0) keeps its points

TEAM MINETA (420-420= 0) keeps its points

TEAM HAGAKURE (390-390= 0) keeps its points

IN THE END

The members of the first 4 teams advance to the next event.

They are:

For Team Todoroki: Todoroki Shōto, Īda Tenya, Yaoyorozu Momo, Kaminari Denki

For Team Bakugō: Bakugō Katsuki, Sero Hanta, Kirishima Eijirō, Ashido Mina

For Team Shinsō: Shinsō Hitoshi, Ojiro Mashirao, Shōda Nirengeki, Aoyama Yūga

For Team Midoriya: Midoriya Izuku, Tokoyami Fumikage, Uraraka Ochako, Hatsume Mei

Midoriya Izuku ‘Jikan wa mō hanbun! Ashi tomenaide ne! Shikakete kuru no wa...’ 緑谷出久「時間はもう半分！足止めないでね！仕掛けてくるのは...」 Midoriya Izuku “The time is already halfed! Don't stop! We're going to set something up...”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Īda, zenshin!’ 轟焦凍「飯田、前進！」 Todoroki Shōto “Īda, advance!”

Īda Tenya ‘AA!’ 飯田天哉「ああ！」 Īda Tenya “Ahh!”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Yaoyorozu, GUARD to dendō o junbi.’ 轟焦凍「八百万、ガードと伝導を準備。」 Todoroki Shōto “Yaoyorozu, prepare guard and insulator.”

Yaoyorozu Momo ‘Ē!’ 八百万百「ええ！」 Yaoyorozu Momo “Eh!”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Kaminari wa...’ 轟焦凍「上鳴は...」 Todoroki Shōto “Kaminari, you...”

Kaminari Denki ‘ī yo wakatteru! ! Shikkari fusageyo...’ 上鳴電気「いいよわかってる！！しっかり塞げよ...」 Kaminari Denki “Okay, I know! Block it properly...”

Midoriya Izuku ‘ichi-kumi dake janai!’ 緑谷出久「一組だけじゃない！」 Midoriya Izuku “Not just one group!”

Kaminari Denki ‘Musabetsu hōden 130-man V!’ 上鳴電気「無差別放電130万V！」 Kaminari Denki “Indiscriminate discharge of 1.3 million volts!”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Nokori 6-bunjaku, ato wa hikanē. Warui ga, gaman shiro.’ 轟焦凍「残り6分弱、後は引かねえ。悪いが、我慢しろ。」 Todoroki Shōto “Less than six minutes left. I'm not backing down. Sorry, but please hold on.”

PRESENT MIC ‘Nanda nani shita! ? Muragaru kiba so Todoroki isshū!’ プレゼント・マイク「何だ何した！？群がる騎馬そ轟一蹴！」 Present Mic “What the hell did he do?! Todoroki defeated the swarm of horsemen in one go!”

Aizawa Shōta ‘Kaminari no hōden de kakujitsu ni ugoki o tomete kara kōra seta... Sasuga to iu ka... shōgaibutsukyōsō de kekkō na kazu ni yoke rareta no o kaerimi teru na.’ 相澤消太「上鳴の放電で確実に動きを止めてから凍らせた...さすがというか...障害物競争で結構な数に避けられたのを省みてるな。」 Aizawa Shōta “He used Kaminari's electric current to make sure to stop their movement and then froze them. That's impressive... considering how many of them avoided him in the obstacle course.”

PRESENT MIC ‘NICE kaisetsu!’ プレゼント・マイク「ナイス解説！」 Present Mic “Nice explanation!”

Kendō Itsuka ‘A ─ ─ Hachimaki ! Kussōo.’ 拳 (けん) 藤 (どう) 一 (いつ) 佳「あ──ハチマキ！くっそおお！」 Kendō Itsuka “Ah—headband! Damn it!”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Ichiō , Morattoku.’ 轟焦凍「一応、貰っとく。」 Todoroki Shōto “I'll take it, just in case.”

Midoriya Izuku ‘BACKPACK ga ika reta!?’ 緑谷出久「バックパクがいかれた！？」 Midoriya Izuku “The backpack is gone haywire!?”

Hatsune Mei ‘BABYY! Kaizen no yochi ARI!’ 発目明「ベイビー！改善の余地アリ！」 Hatsune Mei “Babyy! There's room for improvement!”

Uraraka Ochako ‘Tsuyo sugiru yo! Nigekirehen!’ 麗日お茶子「強すぎるよ！逃げ切れへん！」 Uraraka Ochako “Too strong! We can't escape!”

Tokoyami Fumikage ‘Kensei suru!’ 常闇踏陰「牽制する！」 Tokoyami Fumikage “I'll keep him in check!”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Yaoyorozu!’ 轟焦凍「八百万！」 Todoroki Shōto “Yaoyorozu!”

Tokoyami Fumikage ‘...!!’ 常闇踏陰「…！！」 Tokoyami Fumikage “...!!”

Midoriya Izuku ‘“Sōzō”…! Yakkai sugiru!’ 緑谷出久「〝創造〟…！厄介過ぎる！」 Midoriya Izuku “‘Creation’...! Too troublesome!”

PRESENT MIC ‘Nokori jikan yaku 1-bun!! Todoroki FIELD o SASHI shiyō ni shi... soshite atchiyuu ma ni 1000-man dasshu!!! Toka omotteta yo, 5-bunmae made wa! Midoriya nanto kono semai kūkan o 5-funkan nigekitte iru!!’ プレゼント・マイク「残り時間約1分！！轟フィールドをサシ仕様にし...そしてあっちゅー間に1000万奪取！！！とか思ってたよ、5分前までは！緑谷なんとこの狭い空間を5分間逃げ切っている！！」 Present Mic “There's about one minute left!! Todoroki made his field for one-on-one combat... and steal 10 million in the blink of an eye!! Or so I thought, five minutes ago! Midoriya managed to escape in this small space for five minutes!!”

Midoriya Izuku ‘KEEP!!’ 緑谷出久「キープ！！」 Midoriya Izuku “Keep away!!”

Todoroki Enji ‘Tsukarete njanai ka… Aho me.’ 轟炎司「突かれてんじゃないか…阿呆め。」 Todoroki Enji “You have been pinned/stuck… what a complete fool.”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Tsuneni kyori o oite hidari-gawa ni… yoku mite ya garu. Kore ja saitan de tōketsu sa se yō ni mo Īda ga hikkakaru. Kō ugoka recha muyamina tōketsu wa jibun no kubi wo shimeru. Kaminari no hōden mo Tokoyami ni fusega reru... Nokori 1-bun...! Kono yarō--…!’ 轟焦凍「（常に距離をおいて左側に…よく見てやがる。これじゃ最短で凍結させようにも飯田が引っかかる。こう動かれちゃ無闇な凍結は自分の首を絞める。上鳴の放電も常闇に防がれる...残り1分...！この野郎──…！)」 Todoroki Shōto “(He always keeps his distance and stays to the left... he's watching closely. At this rate, even if I try to freeze him as quickly as possible, Īda will get caught. If he moves like this, reckless freezing will only put me in a bind. Kaminari's discharge is also blocked by Tokoyami... one minute left...! This guy/bastard...!)”

Īda Tenya ‘Minna, nokori 1-bunjaku... kono ato ore wa tsukaenaku naru! Tanonda zo!!’ 飯田天哉「皆、残り1分弱...この後俺は使えなくなる！頼んだぞ！」 Īda Tenya “Everyone, there's less than a minute left... I'll be useless after this! I'm counting on you!”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Īda?’ 轟焦凍「（飯田？)」 Todoroki Shōto “(Īda?)”

Īda Tenya ‘Shikkari tsukamatte iro! Toreyo, Todoroki-kun! TORQUE OVER! RECIPRO BURST!’ 飯田天哉「しっかり掴まっていろ！ 奪れよ、轟くん！トルクオーバー！レシプロバースト！」 Īda Tenya “Hold on tight! Take it, Todoroki-kun! Torque overload! Recipro burst!”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Īda! Nanda… ima no…’ 轟焦凍「飯田！何だ…今の…」 Todoroki Shōto “(Īda! What was that just now?)”

Observation notes:

So, this shows the first part of the fight between Shōto and Midoriya.

By the way, this wasn’t clearly visible before but now we can see that to better take afvantage of Īda’s speed, Kaminari and Yaoyorozu wear skates (that Yaoyorozu likely created). That’s smart.

But okay, actually before the two could start fighting other groups try to attack them. Shōto has Kaminari give them an electric shock that stops them in their track but that can’t affect Midoriya’s group because Dark Shadow somehow repels it.

I have mentioned how the side effects of Shōto using his ice (iceburns, frostbites or worse) start being conveniently ignored in the story from the beginning of the sport festival.

The same happens to Kaminari’s Quirk side effects, which I will also mention this time and then procede to neglect because that is what the story does.

Skipping the whole thing about 1.3 million volts that doesn’t tell us much because what is effectively dangerous is the amperage, I will compare the effect of Kaminari’s Quirk to a taser (which by the way has a maximum of 50.000 volts at the start but lowers them as it proceedes to zap people and can reach 5 milliamps but generally run lower).

The primary effect of a Taser is neuromuscular incapacitation, which involves extreme pain and involuntary muscle contractions, loss of balance and uncontrolled falls, skin trauma at the site of probe contact, including minor puncture wounds from the barbs, redness, swelling, and small burns dazed feeling, temporary tingling, and weakness in the limbs that may last for several minutes and muscle soreness similar to that experienced after strenuous exercise, which can last for a few days. In case of health problems there can be more severe consequences but all the kids at U.A. high are healthy so I will discount them.

So anyway what the people hit by Kaminari’s Quirk are suffering isn’t really fun and they should have fallen and dropped their riders (and, by the way, it was said it was forbidden to cause someone to drop his rider).

In the manga though, it only seems they got frozen on the spot before Shōto freeze their feet on the ground.

Once the others are forced to stop in their track Shōto has Yaoyorozu create a wand of some sort and hand it to him. Placing it on the ground Shōto can spread his ice through it to the ground and reach and froze his rivals (except Midoriya’s group which probably jumped since afterward Midoriya complains his backpark is starting to have troubles).

Somehow he also manages not to freeze the members of his group. I should probably praise Shōto for his unbelievably accurate ice control, as he can exercise it through a wand while moving. He also stole some headbands before moving closer to Midoriya’s group. Tokoyami tries to attack them but, while Shōto protect his own headbands, Yaoyorozu, on Shōto’s order, stops Dark Shadow, with an object created by her.

Tokoyami remembers Midoriya the true problem is Kaminari against which Dark Shadow is weak, but Midoriya still decides they will use Dark Shadow to fight because Shōto’s group doesn’t know.

The visual seems to imply that Midoriya knows Shōto could also use his left to create light but, either he is betting he won’t or has figured he won’t.

We jump forward of 6 minutes and Dark Shadow has managed to repel all the attacks even though it is implied they also used Kaminari’s Quirk and still didn’t notice it lowers Dark Shadow’s power. Anyway Midoriya’s group has managed to evade Shōto’s group attacks.

Enji, who is watching the battle, has figured that Midoriya has figured Shōto’s isn’t going to use is left and is keeping him in check, which makes of Shōto a fool.

Shōto figues that if Midoriya is keeping on his left that is because he knows if Shōto were to try to use his ice against him while he is in that position he would risk to freeze Īda.

As only 1 minute is missing before the end Īda tells them he is basically going to use an ultimate move no one knew he had, but that said move will render him useless afterward so Shōto has to absolutely use it to steal Midoriya’s headband. It works.

At this Midoriya decides to charge them because they have no more time to go after someone else and charge, Midoriya attemtping to use One for All against Shōto who, out of sense of preservation, tries to defend himself by using his left even if he said he wouldn’t do it in battle.

Translation notes:

Enji calls Shōto ‘Aho-me’ (阿呆め). 'Aho’ (阿呆/あは/アホ) is generally used with the meaning of “fool”, “simpleton”. However Enji adds to it ‘me’ (め) which adds a annoyed/frustrated tone to the word.

Shōto is angry at Midoriya and so he calls him ‘kono yarō’ (この野郎 “this guy/bastard”). As said in the past ’yarō’ (野郎) litterally means “son of the field” but unless you’re familiar with that person and in that case you can translate it as just “guy”, it comes out as rude so it’s often translated as “bastard”. Here Shōto is clearly aiming to be rude. This is made even more marked by how he places ‘kono’ (この “this”) in front of it. ‘Kono’ is used to talk about someone/something near to the speaker but also it is used to add emphasis. So yes, Shōto is definitely trying to be rude here.

Weirdness notes:

So Kaminari manages to use his attack without shocking his teammates whom he was touching but whatever, let’s assume they had insulation also where Kaminari was touching them.

For some reasons Dark Shadow apparently manages to stop Kaminari’s attack even though Dark Shadow is weak against it and... Shōto, or anyone in his group for the matter, doesn’t notice even though they were running straight toward Midoriya and will never try to use Kaminari to attack them even though it wasn’t that hard to guess that a Quirk called Dark Shadow might be affected by light.

The manga is a mess about how Shōto stole the headbands. Basically it shows Team Kendō and Team Rin having 1 headband each around their head and, apparently, none around their neck as they are zapped by Kaminari’s Quirk (nor we saw Kendō wearing headbands around the neck in the scene before this one). We'll later find out that Shōto DEFINITELY stole the headband Rin had around his head as he had the headband with 70 points... but the manga shows Kendō STILL WEARING HER HEADBAND AROUND HER HEAD despite her complaining Shōto stole their headbands.

The idea she was wearing both headbands around her head is possible, but not particularly good.

I want to remark this is a problem that the anime will notice as well so it will change things to try to fix it.

Also the fact only NOW Shōto judged having extra headbands could be useful make seem even worse how he spent the first 7 minutes doing nothing of use. Sure, it was for Doylist exigences but from a Watsonian point of view it is pretty bad.

Even if we accept that Shōto’s group didn’t know Dark Shadow was weak against Kaminari and didn’t notice it the first time Kaminari used his Quirk, it is implied Kaminari tried again to use his Quirk against Midoriya’s group only for Dark Shadow to stop it and... somehow they didn’t notice Dark Shadow was affected.

Honestly I wish Horikoshi hadn’t given this limitation to Dark Shadow since it changes nothing during the battle.

Shōto has shown an amazing control of his ice, so now it feels harder to swallow he risks of freezing Īda but whatever.

Honestly if Shōto isn’t used at using his left in battle in an emergency situation he just wouldn’t do it but try again to his his right because this is what he is used to so and his instinct would tell him to do what he knows best.

English version notes:

In the English version they had Tokoyami say he told his secret to Kuchida... but actually he told Kōda, there is not Kuchida in his class. Kuchida is another possible reading of the kanji that make Kōda’s name, however since each time there are above it hiragana telling how to read his name I don’t know how this mistake could be done.

Now, regarding the anime version...

Episode 18 - Cavalry Battle Finale (騎馬戦決着 Kibasen Ketchaku)

Added parts notes:

In addition to the usual bits that gets expanded (but not in a significant manner), the anime also adds Enji grinning when Shōto’s team steals Midoriya’s headband. I am not sure if this is good as Enji wanted Shōto to win but also wanted Shōto to be forced to use his fire and this has spared him from doing it.

Changed parts notes:

While in the manga the multiple teams seems to aim to attack both Midoriya’s team and Shōto’s team, in the anime they seem to all converge on Midoriya’s team along with Shōto’s team but be behind it. While it actually is slightly illogical they wouldn’t try to attack Shōto’s team, just Midoriya’s, but it can be explained with them haivng figured out Shōto can be a much tougher adversary than Midoriya, this allows the anime to present in a more logical way how Kaminari’s and Shōto’s attack managed to affect them and not Midoriya’s team, as they would be aimed behind them while Midoriya would be in front of them.

Kendō now has 1 headband around her head and 2 around her neck, while Rin has 1 around his head (the one with 125 points, differently from the manga where he had around his head the one with 70 points) and one around his neck. While it makes weird how Shōto didn’t steal all the headbands Kendō had around her neck, it still works much better than in the manga... pity that the anime forgot he had put the 125 headband on Rin’s head and put it on Rin’s neck when Rin realizes Shōto stole the headband he had on his head... the anime should have either left the 70 headband around his head or make him lose the one around his neck...

The anime shows better how Shōto creates his personal arena so the others can’t join his battle with Midoriya.

The anime makes clearer Midoriya’s group was flying which would have made void any attempt at freezing them as well since they weren’t touching the ground... though this doesn’t explain why Shōto didn’t try again when Midoriya’s backpack breaks.

Enji’s quote is slightly different here and makes clear he thinks Midoriya has figured Shōto won’t use his fire.

Todoroki Enji ‘Minukareten janee ka… Aho me.’ 轟炎司「見抜かれてんじゃねぇか…阿保め。」 Todoroki Enji “I guess he has seen right through you… what a complete fool.”

Enji’s expression is also different, while in the manga he was amused, here he seems angry.

Deleted parts notes: