Episode 96

Match 3 Conclusion (３試合) is the ninety sixth episode of the My Hero Academia anime and the eighth episode of the fifth season.

Summary
With his Recipro Turbo technique activated, Tenya blitzes across the ice-encrusted battlefield with blinding speed. Tenya says that this will continue for ten minutes, but he has a hard time controlling his movements. Juzo, realizing he's no match for Tenya, sinks into the slushed ice and swims through the mud underneath. He decides to dedicate the rest of the match to backing up the rest of his teammates. Tenya stops and notices the ice is solidifying again.

Back at the viewing area, Izuku notices that Tenya's new move is even faster than Gran Torino's Jet Quirk. Minoru thinks Tenya improved his speed as a competitive response to Izuku's Shoot Style, which used Tenya's fighting style as a base. Mina tells them to pay attention to Mashirao, who is currently brawling with Sen. Kyoka remarks how plain Mashirao's fighting style is, somehow causing the boy to get a twinge in his chest from the out-of-earshot insult. Sen continues his assault, with his spiraling limbs repelling Mashirao's attacks and chipping away at his guard. Sen punches and loosens a pipe Mashirao was clinging to with his tail, and prepares to pierce the 1-A student in the back. Suddenly, from the depths of the pipe maze, Tenya rushes through and grabs Sen, sayign he'll take the 1-B student to jail. Mashirao thanks him, and notices Tenya's increase in physical speed also sped up his speech. Sen tries to spin free, but to no avail as Tenya sends him to jail.

Meanwhile, Tetsutetsu and Shoto are brawling on the ice. Shoto launches a wave of ice at his opponent, but Tetsutetsu easily shatters it and lands a blow on Shoto's stomach with his Steel Fist. Now realizing that ice isn't going to work, Shoto lights up his fire and sends a Wall of Flames towards Tetsutetsu. Pony runs away from the fire, and Shoto asks Mezo to pursue her. To his bewilderment, Tetsutetsu walks through the fire, with his steel skin absorbing the heat, a skill he developed by using his Quirk while in a heated stove. Tetsutetsu starts beating Shoto with his red-hot fists, and mocks Shoto for his Quirk being useless in this situation. Shoto, suddenly thinks back to the brutal training his father subjected him to as a child, where Enji angrily tells him to raise the temperature of his fire to the absolute limit. To his dismay, Shoto realizes he has to do just that in his fight in order to win, as he did with his previous fight with Midoriya. Shoto increases his firepower exponentially, burning his skin, melting the surrounding ice, and causing some of the security cameras to explode.

At this point, most of Ground Gamma is engulfed in a sea of fire.

Quirks

 * Engine
 * Recipro Turbo
 * Softening
 * Tail
 * Gyrate
 * Steel
 * Steel Fist
 * Half-Cold Half-Hot
 * Wall of Flames
 * Hellflame
 * Flashfire Fist

Anime & Manga Differences

 * In the anime, Mashirao is shown getting caught and put in the makeshift prison by Pony before Tenya, Shoto, Juzo, and Tetsutetsu are knocked out.
 * In the anime, Recovery Girl offers Shoto a regular calorie bar instead of a Snickers bar, most likely for copyright reasons.