# E13.5 - Hero Notebook

Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDQ8WKWY/hero-notebook)  
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 Heroes. They are what I admired when  
 I was young, and what I dreamed of being.  
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 It started with an old video.  
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 He's laughing!  
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 It's fine now. Why?  
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 Because I am here.  
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 Ever since I saw that one hero in the video,  
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 I started writing every day in these notebooks.  
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 "Hero Notebook"  
 "Izuku Midoriya"  
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 "Hero Research"  
 "Izuku Midoriya"  
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 "Hero Analysis for the Future"  
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 In order for me to become  
 a hero like him one day.  
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 "Hero Notebook"  
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 In a world where about 80% of the population  
 has some kind of superpower called a "Quirk,"  
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 "Superpower = Quirk"  
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 the profession that everyone  
 once dreamed about and admired  
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 came into the limelight.  
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 In order to deal with the  
 explosive increase in crime and accidents  
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 "What are villains?"  
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 that came with the appearance of Quirks,  
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 "Uncontrolled Quirk Led to Crime!?"  
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 people with courage stood up to take action--  
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 Heroes.  
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 They police the superpowers  
 and defend against evil.  
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 They protect us from the villains  
 who threaten our daily lives.  
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 "After All Might! Working  
 Pro Heroes interviewed"  
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 And...  
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 I am here!  
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 His name is All Might.  
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 "All Might's Super Popular!"  
 "All Might Gum"  
 "All Might's Adventure"  
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 He lives up to his title of "Number One Hero."  
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 He is the Symbol of Peace  
 that everyone recognizes.  
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 "All Might Curry"  
 "Movie in the works!"  
 "All Might Chips"  
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 No matter the situation, he will always  
 save people with a smile on his face.  
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 I admired him from the bottom of my heart.  
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 I am Izuku Midoriya.  
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 "Izuku Midoriya"  
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 "Izuku Midoriya"  
 "(Deku)"  
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 Right now, I am working  
 hard every day to become a hero.  
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 That's why what I am about  
 to tell you is not a sad story.  
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 But...  
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 You should probably give it up.  
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 It's unusual to see that these days,  
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 but that means he has no Quirk.  
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 That was the harsh reality that was  
 thrust before me at the age of four.  
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 I was Quirkless, and it dashed  
 my dreams of becoming a hero.  
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 "Quirkless"  
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 Deku doesn't have a Quirk.  
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 It's called being "Quirkless."  
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 That's so lame.  
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 Izuku, you really can't do anything, can you?  
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 "Izuku (Deku) Midoriya"  
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 You can read the characters  
 for "Izuku" as "Deku," you know.  
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 And "Deku" means someone  
 who can't do anything!  
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 Really?  
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 Stop that...  
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 Yes, yes, you all have wonderful Quirks!  
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 You're all...  
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 ...pretty much planning  
 to go into the hero course, right?  
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 Oh yeah, Midoriya wanted  
 to go to U.A., too, right?  
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 Huh? Midoriya? No way!  
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 You can't get into the  
 hero course just by studying!  
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 Hey, Deku!  
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 You're below the rejects! You're Quirkless!  
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 How can you even stand  
 in the same ring as me?  
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 "Hero Analysis for the Future"  
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 That's mean...  
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 What?!  
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 Even so, I could not give up.  
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 "Hero Analysis for the Future"  
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 In this world, sometimes  
 unexpected things happen.  
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 All... Migh...  
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 Sorry 'bout getting you  
 caught up in my villain fighting.  
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 H-He's the real thing...  
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 He looks completely different in person!  
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 Um...  
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 Even if I don't have a Quirk,  
 can I become a hero?  
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 Can even someone without a Quirk be like you?  
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 Y-Y-You're deflating...!  
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 I am All Might...  
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 No way!  
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 It's an injury I got from  
 an enemy's attack five years ago.  
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 Right now, I can only work as  
 a hero for about three hours a day.  
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 Pros are always risking their lives.  
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 It's not bad to dream.  
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 But you also have to consider  
 what's realistic, young man.  
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 Why aren't the heroes doing anything?  
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 They can't. Apparently the villain  
 caught a junior high schooler.  
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 It's been like that for a while.  
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 Pathetic...  
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 Idiot! Stop!  
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 Stop!  
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 Why did I run out?  
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 What am I doing?  
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 Why?!  
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 Die in an explosion!  
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 What do I do? What do I do at a time like this?  
***SIGN*** "Pre-emptive Binding Lacquered Chain Prison" "Quickly stretch out arms (vines) to make the opponent flinch back, and then use that opening to restrain them"   
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 Page 25!  
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 Take that!  
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 Kacchan!  
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 Why are *you* here?!  
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 My legs moved on their own!  
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 I don't know why, though!  
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 I think there were various reasons.  
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\--You should probably give it up.  
\--I'll do my best!  
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\--It's my fault...  
\--How can you even stand  
 in the same ring as me?  
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\--Kacchan!  
\--Unless I try...  
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 He's so cool!  
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\--But you also have to consider what's realistic...  
\--He saves everyone with a smile...  
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 But at that moment...  
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 You looked like you were asking for help...  
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 Stop it...!  
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 Pathetic...  
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 Pathetic!  
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 Just a little longer.  
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 Don't get in my way!  
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 He'll die in vain! Is he suicidal?!  
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 I really am pathetic.  
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 All Might...  
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 Even though I admonished you,  
 I wasn't putting what I said into practice!  
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 Pros are always risking their lives!  
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 All Might!  
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 Detroit Smash!  
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 Can even someone without a Quirk...  
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 ...be like you?  
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 Top heroes have stories about  
 them from their school days.  
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 Most of their stories have one thing in common:  
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 Their bodies moved before  
 they had a chance to think.  
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 That was true for you, too, wasn't it?  
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 Yeah...  
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 You can become a hero.  
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 That's right.  
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 In this world, sometimes  
 unexpected things happen.  
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 You can become a hero.  
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 You are worthy to inherit my power.  
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 My Quirk was passed  
 on to me like a sacred torch.  
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 It was passed on to you...?  
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 That's right. And next, it is your turn.  
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 I'll do it!  
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 And so began my ten months of hell.  
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 Carry that to the park entrance!  
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 Put it in the truck!  
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 Let's become athletic!  
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 Go! Go!  
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 "10 months later"  
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 He finished at the last minute!  
 More than perfectly!  
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 Oh my... Oh my...  
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 ...goodness!  
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 Take that to heart.  
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 This is power that you earned  
 because of your own effort.  
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 My dream became a reality.  
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 It was like a miracle from a comic book story.  
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 Eat this.  
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 Huh?  
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 The All Might that I admired  
 entrusted me with his Quirk.  
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 "U.A. High School Entrance Exam Location"  
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 And unbelievably, the Quirkless me,  
 the "decked and useless" Deku,  
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 "U.A. High School Hero Course"  
 "Exam Orientation"  
***SIGN*** "Exam Ticket" "Examinee No.: 2234" "Test Location: Battle Center B"   
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 took the entrance exam for the school famous  
 for training heroes, U.A. High School.  
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 Are you ready?  
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 Smash...!  
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 I want to tell the four-year-old me:  
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 "You'll be fine."  
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 You both pass.  
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 "It is your fate to have all these wonderful,  
 life-changing things happen to you."  
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 Come, Young Midoriya.  
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 This is your hero academia!  
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 And then, my life as a  
 high schooler at U.A. began.  
***SIGN*** "The famous school that turns out many pro heroes" "U.A. High School"   
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 Overcome it with all you've got.  
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 This is a high school for those  
 who want to become pro heroes.  
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 The classes are harsh and merciless,  
 and everyone goes all out--  
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 Die...!  
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 I have to work a lot harder than other people!  
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 Smash...!  
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 This kid...  
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 What is the meaning of this?  
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 Hey!  
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 Kacchan hates the very sight of me, as usual,  
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 and since I was Quirkless until recently,  
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 I have to work harder  
 than everyone else to keep up.  
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 Deku!  
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 You are...  
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 ...below me!  
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 ...Smash!  
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 That's right.  
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 We didn't come here to play at being friends.  
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 But even so...  
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 Good work!  
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 You were fired up!  
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 I made some irreplaceable friends.  
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 But "Deku" sounds like the  
 Japanese word for "You can do it!"  
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 so I kinda like it.  
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 Friends, and friendly rivals.  
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 I took notes about everyone in  
 my hero notebooks as part of my research.  
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 "Katsuki Bakugo"  
 "Quirk: Explosion"  
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 First is my childhood friend, Kacchan.  
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 He can secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat from the palms  
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 of his hand and make it explode.  
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 He has excellent combat sense,  
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 and he passed the entrance exam in first place.  
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 "Ochaco Uraraka"  
 "Quirk: Zero Gravity"  
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 Uraraka can make what she touches weightless  
 and can make herself float, as well.  
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 The only thing is,  
 if she uses her Quirk too much...  
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 That's what happens, so she needs to be careful.  
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 To put it simply, Iida is a fast runner.  
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 "Tenya iida"  
 "Quirk: Engine"  
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 Apparently, he can increase his speed in stages.  
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 His accelerated kick is super powerful.  
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 Todoroki's Quirk lets him freeze  
 with his right hand and burn with his left.  
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 "Shoto Todoroki"  
 "Quirk: Half-Cold, Half-Hot"  
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 But up until now, he has only ever  
 showed us the ice from his right hand.  
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 "Tsuyu Asui"  
 "Quirk: Frog"  
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 Asui is good at moving fast underwater,  
 jumping high, and sticking to walls.  
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 She can do pretty much anything a frog can.  
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 "Minoru MIneta"  
 "Quirk: Pop Off"  
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 The balls on Mineta's head  
 stick really tight to anything.  
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 He has to be careful not to pick off  
 too many, or he'll start bleeding.  
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 I have a lot of other  
 classmates with different Quirks,  
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 and everyone is thinking about how they can  
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 use their Quirks to the best of their ability.  
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 Not just for attacking and defending--  
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 There might be lots of other ways to  
 use them that I can't even begin to think of.  
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 The teachers that guide us  
 at U.A. are also pro heroes.  
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 "Shota Aizawa"  
 "Quirk: Erasure"  
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 Mr. Aizawa can erase the  
 Quirks of those he looks at.  
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 He also has strong physical abilities,  
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 and he can use the special cloth wrapped around his neck  
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 to round up all the villains at once.  
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 And then, the number one hero, All Might,  
 who became a teacher at U.A. this year.  
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 "All Might"  
 "Quirk: One For All"  
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 His Quirk is One For All,  
 which can produce overwhelming power.  
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 Texas Smash!  
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 He can pull off a number  
 of different smash attacks.  
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 His ability to jump for long distances  
 is also a powerful weapon.  
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 I became the one to inherit  
 that Quirk of All Might's.  
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 It looks like it'll take some time for me  
 to be able to use that power well, though...  
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 But I'm sure I'll become a  
 superhero like All Might one day!  
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 ...is being the "Symbol of Peace"  
 really that important?  
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 If I no longer am, then the  
 superhuman society will be seized by evil.  
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 This is the responsibility  
 of those of us with this power.  
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 Everyone has their own Quirks.  
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 What are all those strong Quirks for?  
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 Yes, why are we all studying at U.A.?  
 Why are we trying to be heroes?  
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 The real motivation behind that is--  
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 To help people.  
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 That is why we must fight villains.  
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 That was made more clear to us than we wanted.  
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 What appeared before us was  
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 an outrageous evil.  
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 Hey.  
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 What do you think'll happen...  
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 if the Symbol of Peace...  
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 ...is killed by villains?  
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 "Evil"  
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 "Shock"  
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 "Fear"  
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 This is Tomura Shigaraki.  
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 He's like the head of the group calling  
 themselves the League of Villains.  
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 "Tomura Shigaraki"  
 "Leader of the League of Villains"  
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 He has a fearsome Quirk that lets him disintegrate  
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 anything he touches in an instant.  
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 "Symbol of Peace"? Ha.  
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 You're just a device to repress violence.  
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 Nomu, Kurogiri. Get him.  
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 It's true that I barely have a minute left.  
**\[18:15\] ---**  
 My power has been  
 declining faster than I expected.  
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 Now, let's clear this and go home.  
**\[18:23\] ---**  
 But I must do this.  
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 Why? Because I am...  
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 ...the Symbol of Peace!  
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 A head-on fistfight?  
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 W-Wow...!  
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 I-I can't get near them!  
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 If your Quirk isn't shock  
 *nullification* but shock *absorption*,  
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 then there's a limit to it, right?  
**\[19:19\] ---**  
 Made to fight me?  
**\[19:21\] ---**  
 If you can withstand me at 100%...  
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 ...then I'll force you to  
 surrender from beyond that!  
**\[19:32\] ---**  
 He's bleeding while giving it his all...!  
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 He's not swinging randomly.  
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 Every single hit...  
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 is more than 100% of his power!  
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 A hero...  
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 ...can always break out of a tough spot!  
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 Hey villain, have you ever heard these words?  
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 Go beyond!  
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 Plus...  
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 Ultra...!  
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 Thanks to All Might and the other teachers  
 and students, we were able to escape.  
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 That experience made us even more resolved  
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 to gain true strength  
 that would not lose to evil.  
**\[21:06\] ---**  
 The villains did something dumb.  
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 This class is strong.  
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 They will become strong heroes.  
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 I am certain of that.  
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 And now, the big event that is  
 about to begin--the U.A. sports festival.  
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 After experiencing the fight with the villains,  
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 I'm sure everyone will be fighting even more  
 seriously than they have been until now.  
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 Of course, I will be, too.  
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 I will fight to win.  
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 What is a hero?  
**\[21:39\] ---**  
 What is justice?  
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 I still don't know for sure,  
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 but it's okay to fall.  
**\[21:47\] ---**  
 It's okay to cry.  
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 We will keep on moving forward.  
**\[21:51\] ---**  
 That's right. Go beyond!  
**\[21:54\] ---**  
 Plus Ultra!  
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 "Preview"  
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 The new My Hero Academia  
 series will finally start next time!  
**\[23:34\] ---**  
 The U.A. sports festival  
 that everyone will be watching!  
**\[23:38\] ---**  
 The student who wins this competition will have  
 doors opened on their path to being a pro hero!  
**\[23:42\] ---**  
 Because of that, everyone's giving it their all,  
**\[23:44\] ---**  
 since we all enrolled in  
 U.A. to become pro heroes!  
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 Yeah, I'm going to give it my all, too!  
**\[23:50\] ---**  
 Next time, "That's the Idea, Ochaco"!  
**\[23:53\] ---**  
 The reason Uraraka wants  
 to become a hero is revealed.  
**\[23:55\] ---**  
 "Next time: That's the Idea, Ochaco"  
**\[23:56\] ---**  
 Go beyond!  
**\[23:57\] ---**  
 Plus Ultra!  
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