All Might’s Offer

  • All Might tells Midoriya he is worthy to inherit his power.
  • He presses Midoriya to decide whether to accept his power.
  • He reveals his Quirk was passed to him like a torch.
  • He names his Quirk “One For All.”
  • He explains One For All’s nature — cultivated and passed between people.
  • He states he chose Midoriya as his successor because of Midoriya’s heroic actions.

Acceptance and Training

  • Midoriya accepts All Might’s offer.
  • All Might explains Midoriya’s body is not yet a proper vessel for One For All.
  • He warns Midoriya’s limbs could come off and body could explode without preparation.
  • He assigns Midoriya to clean up the beach as physical training.

Preparing for U.A.

  • All Might presents his training plan, “Aim to Pass: American Dream Plan,” covering ten months until the U.A. entrance exam.
  • Midoriya commits to working harder than anyone else.
  • Midoriya calculates he has 294 days left and roughly 490 hours of real training time.

Challenges and Adjustments

  • Classmates mock Midoriya in the street, implying his encounter with the villain made him crazy.
  • All Might catches Midoriya overdoing the plan and scolds him.
  • Midoriya tells All Might he wants to become the greatest hero like him.
  • All Might agrees to adjust Midoriya’s training plan.

The Entrance Exam

  • On February 26, the morning of the entrance exam, All Might discovers Midoriya cleaned beyond the assigned area and finished at the last minute.
  • All Might shows Midoriya a photo of himself from ten months ago.
  • He declares Midoriya a suitable vessel.
  • All Might gives Midoriya a strand of his hair to eat so Midoriya receives his DNA and One For All.

Final Moments

  • Midoriya is shocked by the mundane delivery method.
  • All Might rushes Midoriya off because he’ll be late for the exam.
  • Midoriya arrives at U.A. High School for the entrance exam at 8:40 a.m.
  • Midoriya reflects he never got to test One For All.
  • Bakugo shoves past Midoriya.
  • Midoriya greets Bakugo and Bakugo ignores him.
  • Midoriya notes Bakugo has not bullied him since the sludge villain incident.
  • Ochaco Uraraka uses her Quirk to levitate Midoriya, preventing him from falling.

Exam Orientation

  • Uraraka wishes Midoriya luck and leaves.
  • Present Mic hosts the exam orientation and greets the examinees.
  • Present Mic announces the practical exam consists of ten-minute mock urban battles.
  • Midoriya notices he and Bakugo have consecutive numbers but are assigned to different battle centers.

Exam Challenges

  • Tenya Iida, a tall, glasses-wearing examinee, stands and challenges the exam handout, calling out an apparent fourth villain type as a possible misprint, and calls out Midoriya for muttering.
  • Midoriya apologizes.
  • Present Mic explains the fourth villain type is worth zero points and acts as an obstacle to avoid.
  • Present Mic closes orientation by quoting the school motto.

Stepping Up

  • Midoriya steels himself at the entrance to Battle Center B.

Ending: Midoriya prepares to give everything he’s learned in his training with All Might.

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