Chapter 12 — Sinister Battlefield
All Might gets a speech from Nezu on knowing his own limits, as the Principal points out that, now that he's a teacher at U.A., he has to change his priorities, particularly since he just used up his time for the day in stopping petty crimes on the way to school.At the USJ, Tsuyu and Kaminari are dropped into the Flood Zone. Tsuyu quickly gathers her bearings and saves a panicking Kaminari from a shark-like villain. Tsuyu attempts to get Kaminari to help plan out how to escape the villains surrounding them, but when it is obvious Kaminari is nowhere close to calming down - and ready to hug Tsuyu - the girl pushes him back into the water, whereupon Kaminari unleashes his Quirk, shocking all the villains.
At the Conflagration Zone, Sato, Sero, Shoji and Todoroki are surrounded by villains, and get ready to battle as Todoroki begins to unleash his powers.
In the Ruins Zone, Kirishima and Ojiro lambast themselves for their foolhardy attack on the mist-like villain, and are bringing down the villains attacking them. As the two realize all their classmates were likely ported away as well, a large villain arrives to attack the two of them - only for Ashido and Hagakure to accidentally bring down the ceiling on him, saving her classmates. However, the fight is nowhere close to be done.
Back at the entrance, Izuku is about to shoot the villain down when Uraraka tackles him to keep him from killing the villain, giving the latter the time to escape, much to Izuku's chagrin. It is then that Uraraka notices that Izuku's foot is missing, and he asks Tae to bring him his medkit, allowing him to eat a highly-concentrated nutrient bar that allows him to regenerate his lost foot, while telling Uraraka to heal Thirteen's wounds. Once he recovers, Izuku hands his gun to Uraraka, while moving to assist Aizawa.
In the Downpour Zone, Aoyama and Tokoyami lay down a trap on the approaching villains, with the former causing several vehicle to explode, while the latter unleashes Dark Shadow on them.
In the Landslide Zone, Yaoyorozu, Jiro, Mineta and Lily are surrounded by villains, and when it becomes obvious that the villains intend to rape Yaoyorozu, Mineta suggests she let them do it, only to get struck down by a furious Jiro, and Lily manages to trap the villains' leader with her expanding foam SMG, giving an opening to the other girls to fight back.
Back at the plaza, Aizawa struggles to deal with the overwhelming number of villains, and the distraction caused by the mist villain's return lets another villain to get past Aizawa - only for said villain to get knocked out by a blast of Izuku's shotgun, and Izuku quickly informs Aizawa of what happened. Moving to assist Aizawa, Izuku and Tae help him hold off the villains while Izuku looks for Tsuyu: when he sees her coming from the Flood Zone, he rushes to her side.
Meanwhile, the villain covered in hands - Tomura Shigaraki - uses his Decay Quirk to rid the mist villain - Kurogiri - of the foam partially covering his respirator. Wondering who Tae is, Shigaraki sends the large creature - Nomu - accompanying him to attack Tae. Quickly, the monster slaps Tae away, distracting Aizawa again and allowing Shigaraki to close in on the teacher, who uses his Quirk to destroy Aizawa's arm while the creature breaks the other arm. While the Nomu continues to attack Aizawa, Shigaraki spots Tsuyu and attacks her, only for Izuku to jump in and stand between them - and, much to Shigaraki's surprise, Decay does nothing to Izuku, who promptly blasts him in the face with his shotgun. Izuku stumbles, weakened from his quick regeneration, and Shigaraki orders the Nomu to kill Izuku and Tsuyu - only for All Might to arrive just in time.
Tropes That Appear In This Chapter:
- Big Damn Heroes: Izuku saves Tsuyu from Shigaraki by jumping between them and blasting the latter in the face.
- Declaration of Protection: Momo promises to protect Lily in the Landslide Zone.
- Dirty Coward: Mineta suggests to Yaoyorozu to let the villains rape her to save his own skin. Jiro furiously knocks him out in one punch.
- Dramatic Gun Cock: Izuku does this a second before blasting Shigaraki in the face with his shotgun.
- No-Sell: Izuku's regeneration is powerful enough to offset Shigaraki's Decay. Something that shocks Shigaraki.
- Pervert Revenge Mode: When Kaminari attempts to hug her in a less-than-wholesome manner while panicking, Tsuyu first slams him on the ship's deck and then kicks him back into the water.
- Pragmatic Hero: When it is obvious Kaminari isn't going to calm down, Tsuyu kicks him into the water so he will electrocute the villains. Meanwhile, Izuku is unafraid of shooting people in their weak points with his expanding foam gun.
