Episode 62

A Season for Encounters (出会いの季節) is the sixty-second episode of the My Hero Academia anime and the twenty-fourth episode of the third season.

Synopsis
A man stands in front of the window of a messy bedroom, smoking a cigarette. He begins a self-monologue, saying that it is important to know yourself well. As he comments on passersby, noting their normalcy and good spirits, a distant voice begins to argue with him about what their normal lives entail. The man describes that he is simply doing what he does every day - starting it off with a cigarette and people watching.

Still staring out his window, the man recounts All Might's victory in the Kamino Incident. He listens to Daikaku Miyagi discuss the future of Heroes' role in society, and expresses his approval of the newscaster, to which the voice disagrees. The man talks about the general unease surrounding All Might's successor, Endeavor, describing him as "rough", and thus having issues with his image as a result - a view shared by Miyagi. He stubs his cigarette out, puts on a shirt, and leaves his abode, with the voice continuing to argue with him.

As the man walks down a street, he recalls All Might's catchphrase, saying that while it brought reassurance to those living normal lives, it was a curse for those who did not. As he walks by a shop, a villain bursts through the glass, carrying a countertop with a till attached to it. The villain runs down the road as the man looks on alongside other bystanders. A shop worker runs out of the broken window and calls on a Hero for help. A Hero arrives on the scene, but is hit on the back of the head by another villain with a metal bar. With the Hero knocked out, the two villains alongside two others introduce themselves as Team Reservoir Dogs and escape in a small truck.

In an alley, the man answers a call from Giran. He asks Giran how he is doing, but Giran interrupts by asking the man how he is doing instead. The man replies that he is not sure how he is doing, and tells Giran to answer his question. Giran happily replies that he has been very busy because there is an increasing demand for black market items such as illegal suits. The man responds positively, but the voice starts disagreeing again, causing the man distress. Giran tells him that he can't get a hold of Dabi, and that Shigaraki wants to meet. The man and the voice continue to argue, and Giran ends the phone call.

The man describes that the League of Villains has dispersed to get away from the investigation and also to scout out new recruits. Elsewhere, Dabi encounters a group of villains in an alley and, after evaluating that they are of no use, cremates them. The man begins to panic, becoming overcome by the voice in his head. He pulls out a mask, revealing himself to be Twice. Twice goes on to describe his backstory and his Quirk. Some time ago, Twice used his Quirk to make duplicates of himself. He forced his copies to perform chores for him, with himself as "king". However, the Twice copies were not happy with this arrangement and eventually started to argue and fight, causing enough damage to each other to disappear. After the chaos, Twice was left alone, unsure if he was a copy or the real Twice.

Twice explains his involvement in the League - he claims that heroes only save good people, and that by helping the League, who has already accepted him as he is, he can accept that he is okay as he is too. As he turns a corner, he witnesses a disturbing scene: the gang of villains from earlier has been attacked and fused to various objects, such as a tyre and their now burning truck. Another group of people stand in front of the flames, discussing the villains' actions. The leader dismisses their actions as not grand enough, and calls them sick. One of the group suggests for them to leave with the money from the till, referring to the leader as Overhaul. Twice looks on, describing how the villains and Heroes are undergoing change, and that crazy people have started to find their place. He once more mentions that it is important to know who you are well.

Back at U.A. High School, Izuku lifts some weights in his room, noticing he is not feeling any pain in the arm injured during his fight with Muscular. Tenya organizes Class 1-A into a single file to walk towards the sports ground. On the way there, the class encounters Neito, who mocks how two students in 1-A failed the Provisional Hero License Exam, whereas everyone in Class 1-B passed. Shoto apologizes, but Eijiro says that 1-B are turning it into a fake competition. Pony Tsunotori tells Class 1-A that Vlad King told them that they will have classes together. Neito takes advantage of Pony's inarticulate Japanese to trick her into taunting Class 1-A. Hitoshi appears, asking for the bickering classes to move out of his class' way. Hanta and Kyoka comment on Hitoshi's improved physique since the U.A. Sports Festival.

On the sports ground, Nezu addresses the student body. He discusses the importance of sleeping to one's fur and hair quality, and that disturbances in lifestyle are not healthy. He then discusses disturbances in people's lifestyle over the summer, and the increasing threat of chaos in society. With this in mind, he stresses the importance of U.A. students' future place in society, and the importance of internships for the students in the Hero program. All Might recounts a meeting with Nezu about finding a successor for One For All at U.A., at the same time that Nezu offered him a teaching position at the school.

Sekijiro introduces Hound Dog, who proceeds to growl and scream incoherently into the microphone. Sekijiro returns to the microphone to remind the students to live a life of moderation, mentioning a fight between two students the night before. On the way back to the classrooms, a blue-haired student taps on the back of her classmate, asking him if he knows who the two fighting students were.

In the classroom, Shota tells his class that they must switch gears back into being students. Mina whispers to Tsuyu that Shota isn't talking about the internships Nezu mentioned. Shota catches her whispering, but Tsuyu directly asks him to tell the class more about the internships. Shota obliges, describing the internships as hero activities outside of school, closer to the real thing than the Workplace Training after the Sports Festival. Ochaco expresses frustration at needing to work so hard to be recruited after the Sports Festival if they were to do internships anyway, but Shota explains further differences between the two activities. Shota says they will learn more details later, and introduces Hizashi Yamada to teach the first period, English.

Back in Heights Alliance, Hanta and Minoru mock Katsuki by pointing out dust on a windowsill, and Katsuki proceeds to scold Izuku for not dusting properly. Izuku listens as his classmates describe their first day back in class, feeling left behind due to his house arrest punishment. Izuku tries to ask Tenya about the internship, but Tenya refuses to give any information, stating that the class was told to not tell Izuku or Katsuki anything.

Izuku takes out the trash, and while walking encounters a face sticking out of the wall. The face starts talking, giving Izuku instructions on where to put the trash, and then recedes into the wall. The face then appears in the ground, surprising Izuku again. Izuku asks the face what it is, to which the face expresses its own indecisiveness. The face tells Izuku that he will find out who he is soon, and falls into the ground before he can finish his sentence.

After three days, Izuku hands in his written apology to Shota and resumes class. Izuku arrives, angrily apologizing to the whole class for his delinquency and to Tenya for disappointing him. Izuku tells him that he will catch up with everything, much to Eijiro's approval. Shota arrives, and says that they will now go into more detail about the internships. He brings in three students who have experience with internships, introducing them as the top three students in the Hero program - The Big 3.

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