E17 - Strategy, Strategy, Strategy

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    The world has become a superhuman society,
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    and about 80% of the world's population
    now has some kind of special trait.
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    In this world swirling with chaos,
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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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    Heroes of justice fighting villains
    and saving people from distress.
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    Yes, this is the story of
    how I became the greatest hero.
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    The U.A. sports festival is drawing near.
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    Joining a famous hero agency will
    get you more experience and popularity.
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    The U.A. sports festival
    is something pro heroes--
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    no, the whole country--is
    watching closely. A big event!
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    That is what I brought
    you here to talk about!
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    The next All Might...
    the fledgling Symbol of Peace...
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    Izuku Midoriya.
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    I want you to tell the world "I am here!"
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    The sports festival
    first-year stage qualifier,
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    an obstacle course race!
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    Who could've predicted the developments
    at the beginning or this conclusion?
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    Right now, the first person back
    in the stadium is that man...
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    Izuku Midoriya's made a huge splash!
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    The second round of the U.A.
    sports festival first-year stage is...
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    A cavalry battle with
    the top 42 from the qualifier!
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    Those at the top will suffer more.
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    You'll hear this many
    times as you attend U.A.
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    This is what "Plus Ultra" means!
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    Izuku Midoriya, who placed first in
    the qualifier, is worth ten million points!
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    What the hell can you do?
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    You're Quirkless!
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    The eyes around me are
    different from junior high...
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    The top spot I got for
    an instant because of luck...
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    Even so...
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    You're quick to understand, huh, young man?
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    Even so,
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    is it really this heavy, All Might?
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    "Strategy, Strategy, Strategy "
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    Now then, I will explain
    the rules of the cavalry battle.
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    The time limit is fifteen minutes.
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    Each team is worth the
    total of its members' points,
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    and the riders will wear a headband
    with that number on their foreheads.
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    Teams will try to grab each other's
    headbands until time runs out,
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    and try to keep as many points as they can.
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    "Velcro"
    "Made to be taken off easily"
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    Stolen headbands must be
    worn from the neck up.
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    So the more you steal,
    the harder it'll be to manage them!
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    And the most important thing is
    that even if your headband gets stolen,
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    or if your team falls, you're not out!
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    Which means...
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    ...since there are 42 people, there will be
    ten or twelve teams
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    on the field the whole time?
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    That's tough.
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    One strategy could be to let someone
    take your points first so you'll be more free.
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    It's hard to say without seeing how all
    the points end up getting split up, Mina.
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    During the game, it'll be a cruel
    fight where you can use your Quirks.
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    But it is still a cavalry battle.
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    You'll get a red card for attacks that
    are trying to make people fall on purpose!
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    You'll be removed immediately!
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    Damn.
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    Now, you have fifteen minutes
    to build your teams. Start!
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    Fifteen minutes?
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    --Points don't really matter in my case.
    --Hey, be on my team.
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    --Points don't really matter in my case.
    --Someone in the top ten, pick me.
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    The people I want on my team are...
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    ...that person, and that person!
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    The U.A. sports festival is more about
    simulating the competition they'll face as heroes
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    than seeing how prepared
    they are to be heroes.
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    Huh? What are you talking about?
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    In a world crowded with hero agencies,
    in order to put food on the table,
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    there are times when you have to
    kick down others in order to show your stuff.
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    That was what the obstacle
    course race in the qualifier was, right?
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    Doesn't that just pain your heart?
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    You little--
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    You did that quite gleefully, remember?
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    On the other hand,
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    even if you're business rivals, there are
    many cases where you have to work together.
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    Oh, that's just like the cavalry battle!
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    If you win, your teammates also win.
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    You have to think about compatibility
    and other people's Quirks...
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    It's a give-and-take situation...
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    Coordinating with your sidekick,
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    and joint Quirk training
    with other agencies...
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    The kids are doing stuff now that will be
    their way of life after they become pros.
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    They've got it rough.
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    Team up with me!
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    What? Bakugo, team up with me!
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    Don't you want to team up with me?
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    I don't know what Quirks you all have!
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    What?!
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    I can understand not knowing Class B's, but--
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    He doesn't pay attention
    to what's around him at all, huh?
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    Even though his personality's like that, he
    still came in third and has two hundred points.
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    Considering the all-purpose use of his Quirk,
    it makes sense that he's popular.
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    Hey! Todoroki chose his team already!
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    Bakugo, team up with me!
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    Weird Hair.
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    I'm Kirishima! At least try to remember!
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    My hair's not that different from yours!
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    You're gonna be the rider, right?
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    Then who'll be a front horse
    that can take your blasts?
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    "Here"
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    Someone with guts.
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    Not really, but yeah!
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    Me, with my Hardening!
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    I'll be a horse that'll never waver!
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    You're gonna get it, right? The ten million?
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    Shoji... Shoji...!
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    I wanted to team up with
    a girl, but it's no good!
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    Please team up with me!
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    I'm tiny, so I can't be a horse!
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    But no one'll be my horse if I'm the rider!
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    With your huge body and tentacles,
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    you could cover my whole body, can't you?
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    Right? Right?
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    That's a great idea, Mineta.
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    As expected, people are teaming up
    with their classmates, huh?
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    Since no one has a good grasp of what
    Quirks those in the other classes have.
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    I need to do something quick, too....
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    "Isolated"
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    ...about the current state
    where everyone's totally avoiding me!
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    Um, Ojiro...?
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    Sorry...
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    As I thought, no one wants to try
    to keep the points for the whole game.
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    It'd be a better strategy to try
    to steal the points at the end.
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    And unlike Todoroki or Kacchan,
    I didn't use my Quirk,
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    "confidence confidence confidence confidence"
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    so no one has any confidence in me...
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    Deku!
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    Let's be a team!
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    Uraraka!
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    I-Is it really okay?
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    Everyone'll probably be after me
    because of my ten million points!
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    If we run away the whole time,
    then you'll win, right?
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    I-I think you're overestimating
    me, Uraraka...
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    Like I would!
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    Anyway, it's better to team up
    with people you get along with!
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    "Heart-squeeze"
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    What's the matter? You look ugly, you know.
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    Oh, nothing... It's just that you're so bright
    that I can't look straight at you...
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    Actually, I wanted to
    team up with you, too. Thanks!
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    "Urine...?"
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    For teams, it's best to be with people
    you can communicate with smoothly, right?
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    Yup, yup!
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    Actually, with your Quirk
    and one other person...
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    ...I thought of a plan!
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    Iida.
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    The three of us would be
    horses with Iida in the front!
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    And then, if we use Uraraka's Quirk
    to make Iida and me lighter,
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    we'd be able to maneuver easily.
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    I see!
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    It's better to have someone
    physically strong as the rider,
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    but I haven't decided who...
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    Anyway, this is all I could think of
    to keep running away until the end...
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    I expected no less, Midoriya...
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    But I am afraid I have to refuse.
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    Ever since the entrance exam,
    I just keep losing to you.
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    You are a wonderful friend,
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    but that's why, if I just keep
    following you, I will never grow.
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    Bakugo and Todoroki aren't
    the only ones who see you as a rival.
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    I will challenge you.
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    Iida...
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    It's already begun.
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    Everyone's an enemy.
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    That's right. I'm at the top right now.
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    I can't just play at being friends.
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    As I thought, this is great.
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    You stand out!
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    Team up with me, person in first place!
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    Ahh, so close! Who're you?!
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    I am Mei Hatsume, from the support course!
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    Oh, that weird person from back then.
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    I don't know you, but let
    me use your position!
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    She's honest!
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    If I team up with you,
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    then I'll inevitably become part of
    the team everyone's watching most, right?
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    If that happens, then my super cute babies
    will inevitably be seen
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    by the big companies.
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    That means, in other words,
    that those big companies will see my babies!
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    W-Wait a minute.
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    Babies and big companies? What are you--
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    --And, I think you guys will also benefit.
    --Oh, she's not interested in me...
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    The support course develops equipment
    that helps heroes deal with their Quirks.
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    I have a ton of babies, so I'm sure
    you'll be able to find one that you like!
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    Oh, has this one caught your eye?
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    I made this based on a certain hero's backpack,
    adding my own original twist to it.
[11:28] ---
    Could you be talking
    about the Buster Hero, Air Jet?
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    I like him, too!
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    Really?
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    Yeah, his agency's close,
    so I went to tour it before.
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    --I see. They're already getting along.
    --By the way, my Quirk is...
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    Not being able to team
    up with Iida was a blow,
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    but with Hatsume and Uraraka...
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    I just need one more person.
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    It looks like everyone's pretty set
    on their teams already, huh?
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    No, that's fine.
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    The power our team's missing...
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    The one who can fill that spot is...
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    Deku?
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    ...you!
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    Almost everyone here
    has their eyes on Class A.
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    Why is that?
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    And like Tetsutetsu said,
    Class A is full of themselves about it...
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    It's strange, isn't it?
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    The only difference between us
    and them is that they fought villains.
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    Why were those of us in Class B happy
    with being in the middle of the pack?
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    Let's let that arrogant Class A know, guys.
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    Now then, it's about time to get started!
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    Come on, wake up, Eraser!
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    After fifteen minutes
    to form teams and talk strategy,
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    twelve cavalry teams are
    lined up on the field!
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    There are some interesting teams out there.
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    Now, raise those battle cries!
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    It's time for U.A.'s bloody battle!
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    Light the signal fire!
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    Yes!
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    Uraraka.
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    Yes!
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    Hatsume.
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    Tokoyami.
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    Yeah.
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    I'm counting on you!
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    I chose you three because I thought
    it would be the most stable formation.
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    Kaminari, you'll be the left wing,
    keeping the enemy away with your electricity.
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    Yaoyorozu, you'll be the right wing.
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    You are in charge of insulation and
    assisting with defense and movement.
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    Iida, you'll be in front as the main source
    of mobility and physical defense.
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    So you will attack and create diversions
    with ice and fire, then, Todoroki?
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    No.
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    In battle...
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    ...I will never use my left.
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    "My heart's pounding!!"
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    All right! You've made your teams, right?
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    I'm not gonna ask if you're ready or not!
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    Tetsutetsu.
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    No hard feelings, okay?
[14:23] ---
    Yeah!
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    Now, let's go!
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    Counting down to the brutal battle royal!
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    Three!
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    We're aiming for...
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    Two!
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    ...one thing.
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    One!
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    Start!
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    It's basically a battle
    for the ten million points!
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    Midoriya, I'll take that!
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    An attack without delay, huh...
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    The fate of the pursued...
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    Fate...
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    Make your choice, Midoriya!
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    Choice...!
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    Of course, our move is to run away!
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    I won't let you!
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    What is this?
[15:05] ---
    We're sinking?!
[15:07] ---
    That person's Quirk, huh?
[15:09] ---
    All right!
[15:10] ---
    It's no good... I can't get out!
[15:12] ---
    Uraraka! Hatsume! Turn your faces away!
[15:23] ---
    He flew?
[15:24] ---
    Thanks to the support course, huh?
[15:25] ---
    Follow them!
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    Jiro!
[15:28] ---
    I know!
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    Tokoyami!
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    Good!
[15:35] ---
    Dark Shadow, keep watch over our blind spots!
[15:38] ---
    Got it!
[15:39] ---
    Wow, that's so cool!
[15:41] ---
    The defense that we were lacking...
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    You're more than making up for it
    with your omnidirectional mid-range defense!
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    That's amazing, Tokoyami!
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    You're the one who chose me.
[15:52] ---
    We're landing.
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    Making everyone other
    than Uraraka weightless,
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    so our weight is just Uraraka
    plus the equipment and clothes.
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    What do you think of my babies?
[16:06] ---
    Aren't they cute?
[16:07] ---
    Cuteness can be made, you know.
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    Excellent mobility!
    The babies are amazing, Hatsume!
[16:13] ---
    Right?
[16:15] ---
    It's because I'm making them float...
[16:17] ---
    We're going after them, too!
[16:18] ---
    Come on, Jiro, time to get revenge!
[16:20] ---
    Hey, wait, Hagakure! Your headband's gone!
[16:25] ---
    When did that happen?!
[16:28] ---
    Profiting while others fight.
[16:29] ---
    Now then, even though barely two
    minutes have passed since we've started,
[16:33] ---
    It's already turned into a free-for-all!
[16:35] ---
    Fights over the headbands
    breaking out all over!
[16:37] ---
    Ignoring the ten million points and going
    for second to fourth places isn't bad, either!
[16:45] ---
    Fighting?
[16:46] ---
    No, this is...
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    ...a one-sided pillage!
[16:51] ---
    Shoji?
[16:52] ---
    What? By himself?
[16:53] ---
    But it's a team battle!
[16:55] ---
    Let's put some space between us for now.
[16:56] ---
    We can't be caught standing
    still against multiple opponents!
[17:01] ---
    What?
[17:01] ---
    What's wrong, Uraraka?
[17:03] ---
    I'm stuck!
[17:05] ---
    That's Mineta's...
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    Where'd it come from?
[17:09] ---
    From here... Midoriya...
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    What? Is that allowed?
[17:15] ---
    It is!
[17:21] ---
    I didn't expect any less from you, Midoriya.
[17:22] ---
    Asui, too?
[17:24] ---
    That's amazing, Shoji!
[17:25] ---
    Call me Tsu!
[17:28] ---
    Team Mineta makes use of the overwhelming
    difference in their sizes! They're like a tank!
[17:33] ---
    Midoriya, get away!
[17:41] ---
    My baby was torn apart!
[17:44] ---
    Sorry! But we got away!
[17:52] ---
    Kacchan!
[17:55] ---
    Don't get carried away!
[17:59] ---
    Damn it!
[18:00] ---
    Tokoyami!
[18:09] ---
    --He's gotten separated from his horses!
    --What's with this guy?
[18:11] ---
    Is that okay?!
[18:13] ---
    Nice catch!
[18:14] ---
    It's a technicality, so it's okay!
[18:16] ---
    It wouldn't have been if he'd
    touched the ground, though!
[18:21] ---
    Thanks, Uraraka!
[18:23] ---
    It's hard to control with just one foot.
[18:25] ---
    Yeah, I know.
[18:28] ---
    Landing like this is inefficient...
[18:30] ---
    We can't run to the air anymore.
[18:33] ---
    We'll have to survive this with our increased
    mobility from Uraraka's Zero Gravity
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    and with Tokoyami's Dark Shadow.
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    As expected, everyone's
    after the first place team,
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    and Class A is in hot pursuit!
[18:45] ---
    Everyone's got skills!
[18:47] ---
    Those Class A guys are good.
[18:50] ---
    With all those flashy moves,
    even just watching's fun!
[18:54] ---
    There's this much difference just
    from their experience fighting villains!
[18:58] ---
    Now, let's take a look
    at each team's points...
[19:01] ---
    It's been seven minutes! Here are
    the current rankings up on the screen!
[19:08] ---
    Huh? It's kinda...
[19:11] ---
    What? Wait a minute!
[19:15] ---
    Other than Midoriya,
    Class A isn't doing so well...
[19:21] ---
    Bakugo? What?
[19:26] ---
    Class A is too simple-minded.
[19:29] ---
    He got us!
[19:30] ---
    What'd you say, bastard?
[19:31] ---
    Give that back! I'll kill you!
[19:34] ---
    Since Midnight said it was the first game,
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    it wouldn't make sense for them to cut
    a ton of people in the qualifier, right?
[19:45] ---
    Assuming they'd keep about
    forty people for the next stage,
[19:48] ---
    we just made sure we stayed
    within that number as we ran,
[19:52] ---
    observing from the back the Quirks and
    personalities of those who would be our rivals.
[19:59] ---
    There's no point in being obsessive
    over winning in the prelims, right?
[20:04] ---
    You did this as a class?
[20:06] ---
    Well, it wasn't a consensus,
    but it was a good idea, right?
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    Hey, they're coming.
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    It's better than going
    after a temporary "top"
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    like a horse with a carrot
    waving in front of its face.
[20:16] ---
    Oh, while I'm at it, you're
    famous, aren't you?
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    As the victim of the sludge incident!
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    Tell me about it sometime--
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    About how it feels to be
    attacked by villains once a year.
[20:31] ---
    Kirishima... change of plan...
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    Before we get Deku,
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    let's kill all these guys!
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    Class B had a long-term strategy
    that involved throwing the qualifier, huh?
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    It's true that they could leave a stronger
    impression by overturning the mood
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    that favored Class A before
    the sports festival started.
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    But based on their way of thinking,
    it means they won't necessarily come after me.
[21:06] ---
    Everyone, it'll be easier to run aw--
[21:17] ---
    Less than half the time is left now!
[21:26] ---
    It won't be that easy, huh?
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    The cavalry battle is about
    to enter the second half!
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    In this unexpected rise of Class B,
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    who will wear the
    ten million points in the end?!
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    I'll be taking that now.
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    "Preview"
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    I am Tenya Iida,
    the class representative of Class A,
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    and I am responsible for the preview.
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    L-Let's talk about the next episode, Iida.
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    I will challenge you!
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    That's the other extreme!
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    I will defeat your team in the cavalry battle
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    with a result that will not bring
    shame to the Tenya hero family
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    and like my older brother, Tensei,
    I will become an upstanding--
[23:38] ---
    He's talking about himself after all, huh?
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    Next time, "Cavalry Battle Finale"!
[23:42] ---
    "Vroom, vroom" sounds
    are coming from Iida's calves!
[23:45] ---
    Go beyond!
[23:46] ---
    "Next time: Cavalry Battle Finale"
[23:47] ---
    Plus Ultra!
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