History Recap / MyHeroAcademiaHeroLicenseExamArc

* WhatTheHellHero: Izuku calls out Inasa and Shoto for stopping in the middle of an attack against a ''dangerous villain'' (actually Gang Orca, the #10 pro hero), just because Inasa had a grudge against Shoto for snubbing him in the UA exam.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Midoriya's mother almost pulls him out of U.A. because of the recent threats to her son's life. She is convinced by a passionate plea by All Might, but her fears are completely understandable.
** All Might, finally having more time to invest in teaching and promising to be a better mentor to Midoriya, has done what anyone would do at that point: instead of trying to go in blind and get practical experience, he started by reading a handbook about teaching.
** Todoroki and Inasa, at the end of the exam, come around, work together and with Midoriya, are able to bring Gang Orca to his knees. Regardless, they failed because, at that point, they had more than proven that they were too unstable to work professionally and caused more harm than good.
** [[Recap/MyHeroAcademiaHeroKillerArc Best Jeanist previously choose to have Bakugo intern under him]] specifically because he wanted to address Bakugo's HairTriggerTemper issue. He called him out on it saying that a hero's image is just as important as his or her combat prowess. Bakugo didn't take that advice to heart and it's ultimately what causes him to fail the exam.
** The staff of the exam give those who fail a break by allowing them to retake it after a remedial course. With an increase of villain activity following All Might's retirement, as well as Stain's influence that spark a villain's surge, Japan needs heroes now more than ever.

* ArcVillain: [[CreepyGood Gang Orca]] is the "official" villain of the Exam (he's playing the role of the leader of a villain group), but the closest thing to an actual antagonist is Inasa.

* RealityEnsues:

** The staff of the exam give those who fail a break by allowing them to retake it after a remedial course. With an increase of villain activity following All Might's retirement, as well as Stain's influence that spark a villain's surge, Japan needs more a lot more heroes than ever.

** The staff of the exam give those who fail a break by allowing them to retake it after a remedial course. The an increase of villain activity following All Might's retirement, as well as Stain's influence that spark a villain's surge, Japan needs more heroes than ever.

Following the events of the Hideout Raid, All Might is now officially retired, and promises to focus on training his students, and especially his pupil Midoriya. Due to the recent events, U.A. High is now a BoardingSchool, taking in the students to keep a better watch on them. Aizawa and All Might go to the student's families one by one and eventually manage to convince everyone, though Midoriya's mother needs some convincing from All Might. Bakugou seems to have caught on on Midoriya and All Might's relationship.

On the dorms, Aizawa gives everyone a harsh scolding for their actions in the previous arc, knowing that Midoriya and the others planned to invade the pros plan and save Bakugou, he almost expels everyone that was involved, but opts out, since due to All Might's retirement, society needs more heroes than ever. As everyone settles down, a competition to see who has the best dorm starts, ending up with Satou as the winner.

All other students focus on Class 1-A, except Todoroki and Bakugo (who left because they wanted to work alone) since their quirks were shown nationwide by the Sports Festival, but Class 1-A has since evolved and they manage to fight back, though they are separated when Shindou You, a student capable of creating earthquakes from another school, destroys the ground of the exam.

In the anime, Yaoyorozu, Shouji, Tsuyu and Jiro team up against an all-girls class and their hyper-inteligent leader, Saiko Intelli, and they all pass the exam after defeating them.

The second stage revolves around rescuing people from a disaster, while being attacked by villains, played by the Tenth ranked hero, Gang Orca, and his sidekicks. The rescuees are professionals that will thoroughly critique their techniques in saving victims, keeping calm under a disaster, and treating each individual situation. Yaoyorozu leads class 1-A in their rescue efforts, while Bakugou cusses out potential victims and leaves to find the villains.

Following the exam, the results are out. Everyone in Class 1-A passed, with the exception of Todoroki and Bakugou. Todoroki because he put his argument with Inasa over protecting his teammates or defeating the villains (Inasa also fails because of this), and Bakugou because the rescuees didn't like [[HeroWithAnFInGood his attitude]] and failure to reassure the civilians. These two will take a remedial course, and can get their licenses at the end of that.

Back in the dorms, Bakugou calls Midoriya at night and tells him to meet him in the area where they had their first fight in U.A., Ground Beta. See, Bakugou is hot-tempered, but he isn't ''stupid''. He's put two and two together about Midoriya's Quirk, figuring out the true nature of One for All. He wants to fight Midoriya, both to prove himself and to express his HiddenDepths. Bakugou blames himself for All Might's retirement, because his loss of power happened saving Bakugou (which in turn happened because of his bad attitude). Midoriya is able to draw out 8% of One for All during the fight, but is still defeated by Bakugou. However, the battle-therapy has had a calming effect on Bakugou, allowing the two to break out of their toxic relationship and Bakugou to begin respecting Midoriya as an equal. This does not impress Aizawa, who puts them in dorm arrest/suspension for fighting.

The second stage revolves around rescuing people from a disaster, while being attacked by villains, played by the Tenth ranked hero, Gang Orca, and his sidekicks. The rescuees are professionals that will thoroughly critique their techniques in saving, keeping calm under a disaster and treating each situation.

Yaoyorozu leads class 1-A in their efforts and seem to be going well. Still a loner, Bakugou refuses to help people and looks for mock villains to fight.

Midway through it, Todoroki and Inasa start fighting against each other, right in front of Gang Orca, in the fight, they almost send fire towards Shindou, but he is saved by Midoriya who forces them to cooperate. Together, they manage to bring Gang Orca down and the clock runs out in this particular exercise.

Following the exam, the results are out. Class 1-A has passed and received their licenses, with the exception of Todoroki and Bakugou, who were reproved, together with Inasa, due to their performances.

Back in the dorms, Bakugou calls Midoriya at night and tells him to meet him in the area where they had their first fight in U.A., Ground Beta.

With Bakugou at the height of his emotional turmoil, feeling guilty for being kidnapped and causing the end of All Might's career, the two brawl out their feelings, with Midoriya reaching 8% of his power, though he is defeated at the end, and Bakugou figures out that he received his quirk from All Might. All Might comes and shows that both of them can learn a lot from each other, as Bakugou needs to learn to save like Midoriya, and Midoriya needs to learn the drive to win like Bakugou. The two seem to start understanding each other better.

The two are properly scolded by Aizawa, and put under house arrest/suspension.

The first half of the exam revolves around a battle royale game where every student puts three targets in their costume and receives three balls. The first 100 students to get other two out of the game by hitting all their three targets.

All other students focus on Class 1-A, except Todoroki and Bakugo, who left because they wanted to work alone, since their quirks were shown nationwide by the Sports Festival, but Class 1-A has since evolved and they manage to fight back, though they are separated when Shindou You, a student capable of creating earthquakes from another school, destroys the ground of the exam.

* BreatherEpisode: The start of the arc acts as this following the Hideout Raid arc, with a slice-of-life mini-arc as the characters move into their dorms. This is recognized in-universe and [[InvokedTrope it's possible the characters started the mini-arc trying to disband the tension formed during the previous arc.]]

** Midoriya's mother almost pulls him out of U.A. because of the recent threats to her sons life. She is convinced by a passionate plea by All Might, but her fears are completely understandable.
** All Might finally having more time to invest in teaching and promising to be a better mentor to Midoriya, has done what anyone would do at that point: instead of trying to go in blind and get practical experience, he started by reading a handbook about teaching.

** [[Recap/MyHeroAcademiaHeroKillerArc Best Jeanist previously choose to have Bakugo intern under him]] specifically because he wanted to address Bakugo's HairTriggerTemper issue. He called him out on it saying that a hero's image is just as important as his or her's combat prowess. Bakugo didn't take that advise to heart and it's ultimately what causes him to fail the exam.

* IWorkAlone: Deconstructed. Todoroki, Bakugo, and Yoarashi attempt to do this, and it results in all of them failing the exam, with the explanation that their inability to work together is damaging to the generation of heroes focused on unity and teamwork that they attempt to create to compensate All Might's retirement. In particular, Yoarashi and Todoroki stopping to deal with their personal issues during the fight against Gang Orca almost gets Shindo [[FriendlyFire killed]].

Following the events of the Hideout Raid, All Might is now officially retired, and promises to focus on training his students, and especially his pupil Midoriya. Due to the recent events, U.A. High is now a BoardingSchool, taking in the students to keep a better watch on them. Aizawa and All Might go to the student's families one by one and eventually manage to convince everyone, though Midoriya's mother needs some convincing from All Might. Bakugou seems to have catched on on Midoriya and All Might's relationship.

On the day of the exam, Clas 1-A meets up with other hero schools that will be their rivals.

All other students focus on Class 1-A, except Tdorooki and Bakugou, who left because they wanted to work alone, since their quirks were shown nationwide by the Sports Festival, but Class 1-A has since evolved and they manage to fight back, though they are separated when Shindou You, a student capable of creating earthquakes from another school destroys the ground of the exam.

Midoriya is targeted by a mysterious girl from Shiketsu High, Camie, who has a creepy fascination for him, but he escapes and teams up with Uraraka and Sero, managing to get the three of them past the exam. Offscreen, Todoroki is the first one of Class 1-A to pass the test, and another student from Shiketsu, Inasa Yoarashi, who passed by taking out more than a hundred students single handedly with his Gale quirk, has it out for him. [[AdaptationExpansion In the anime]], it's shown he passed the exam after taking out a group of ninja-themed students that went after him as a group.

Bakugou, teamed up with Kirishima and Kaminari because they followed him and wouldn't let him alone. The two face another Shiketsu student, Seiji Shishikura, who has a grudge against 1-A's flashiness. He takes out Kirishima and Bakugou, but Kaminari is able to knock him out with hi new equipment and the three pass the exam.

Meanwhile, with the clas scattered and time running out, Iida and Aoyama team up. Aoyama attempts a heroic sacrifice by using his laser beam as bait and to attract the other 1-A students to a single spot, but Iida doesn't accept and convinces him to keep fighting. With this, class 1-A passes the first exam.

The second stage revolves around rescuing people from a disaster, while being attacked by villains, played by the Tenth ranked hero, Gang Orca, and his sidekicks. The rescuees are professionals that will throughly critique their techniques in saving, keeping calm under a disaster and treating each situation.

With Bakugou at the height of his emotional turmoil, feeling guilty for being kidnapped and caused the end of All Might's career, the two brawl out their feelings, with Midoriya reaching 8% of his power, though he is defeated at the end, and Bakugou figures out that he . All Might comes and shows that both of them can learn a lot from each other, as Bakugou needs to learn to save like Midoriya, and Midoriya needs to learn the drive to win like Bakugou. The two seem to start understanding each other better.

** Midoriya's mother almost pulls him off of U.A. because of the recent threats to his son life. She is convinced by a passionate plea by All Might, but her fear are completely understandable.
** All Might finally having more time to invest on teaching and promising to be a better teacher to Midoriya, has done what anyone would do at that point: instead of trying to go in blind and get practical experience, he started by reading a handbook about teaching.

* {{Filler}}: The anime adaptation includes two extra fights: Todoroki's fight against a group of ninjas and Yaoyorozu, Shouji, Jirou and Tsuyu facing against an all-girls school and their super intelligent leader.
* IWorkAlone: Deconstructed. Todoroki, Bakugou and Yoarashi attempt to do this, and it results in all of them failing the exam, with the explanation that their inability to work together is damaging to the generation of heroes focused on unity and teamwork that they attempt to create to compensate All Might's retirement. In particular, Yoarashi and Todoroki stopping to deal with their personal issues during the fight against Gang Orca almost gets Shindou [[FriendlyFire killed]].

* WhatTheHellHero: Izuku calls out Inasa and Shouto for stopping in the middle of an attack against a ''dangerous villain'' (actually Gang Orca, the #10 pro hero), just because Inasa had a grudge against Shouto for snubbing him in the UA exam.

* ArcVillain: [[CreepyGood Gang Orca]] served as the main antagonist in the actual exam, but Inasa was the closest thing the arc had to an antagonist.

* {{Filler}}: The anime adaptation includes two extra fights: Todoroki's fight against a group of ninjas and Yaoyorozu, Shouji, Jirou and Tsuyu facing against an all-girls school and her super intelligent leader.

* QualityOverQuantity: During the provisional license exam, over a thousand entrants are whittle down to about one hundred in the space of the first round alone. Invoked by the proctors, who are trying to bolster the number of effective heroes against the recently surging Villain Alliance.

* IWorkAlone: Deconstructed. Todoroki, Bakugou and Yoarashi attempt to do this, and it results in all of them failing the exam, with the explanation that their inability to work together is damaging to the generation of heroes focused on unity and teamwork that they attempt to create to compensate All Might's retirement. In particular, Yoarashi and Todoroki stopping to deal with their personal issues during the fight against Gang Orca almost gets Shindou [[FriendlyFire killed]].

* DamselInDistress: Invoked by the HUC (Help Us Company), who are ''professional'' Damsels In Distress. Justified too, as their role is to judge an aspiring hero's ability to handle the situation during crises, and they have terrifying eyes for details in this case.

* BreatherEpisode: The start of the arc acts as this following the Hideout Raid arc, with a slice-of-life mini-arc as the characters move into their dorms. This is recognized in-universe and [[InvokedTrope it's possible the characters started the mini-arc trying to disband the tension formed during the previous arc.]]

* BoardingSchool: Following the events of the last two arcs, U.A. becomes this in order to better keep an eye on its students.

* ArcVillain: [[CreepyGood Gang Orca]] served as the main antagonist in the actual exam, but Inasa was the closest thing the arc had to an antagonist.

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