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Provisional Hero License Exam Arc
All of Class 1-A gets permission from their guardians to move on campus into U.A. High's Heights Alliance dormitory. On the day everyone moves in, Shota tells his students they will resume training to get their Provisional Hero Licenses. He also tells the entire class that Shoto, Momo, Izuku, Eijiro, and Tenya went to save Katsuki from the villains. Everyone in the class would have been expelled as a result of this if it weren't for All Might's retirement.

The students get a tour of their new living quarters and are given the day to move in. The girls in the class decide to hold a room presentation contest called the "Room King". Many of the of Shoto's fellow boys are embarrassed by their presentation, but Shoto remains aloof and expresses how tired he is. Mezo's room appears to be completely empty and Shoto tells Mezo he never realized his friend was a minimalist.

When the class reaches Shoto's room, he's quick to open his door because he's tired and wants to get it over with. Much to everyone's surprise, Shoto has a Japanese style room that looks very different from everyone else's choice in style. He explains that he has tatami flooring at home so he can't relax without having it in his living space. Denki and Minoru ask how Shoto managed to do such an intense remodel in just one day. Shoto surprises everyone again by simply replying that he worked hard.

After the contest ends, Shoto asks if he can finally go to bed. Tenya tells him to make sure he brushes his teeth and then he walks off. Ochaco stops Shoto and brings him outside along with Tenya, Izuku, Momo, and Eijiro. Tsuyu waits for them outside the building and tells them that the trust between the class has been shaken because of all of their actions during the Kamino Incident. She explains that she thought she had stopped her peers from attempting to break the rules back at the hospital and was shocked to learn from their teacher that her friends had forgone her warning.

Ochaco explains that many students in the class feel uneasy about what happened and used the Room King competition to have fun. Shoto and everyone else apologizes to Tsuyu for making her sad and they all resolve to bring Class 1-A closer again. In the days remaining before the upcoming Provisional Hero License Exam, Class 1-A must train to hone their own Ultimate Moves. Ectoplasm, Midnight, and Cementoss take the students to Gym Gamma to continue their Quirk training so they can develop their own special techniques to use in the licensing exam.

Shoto hones his skills during Ultimate Move Training by practicing the simultaneous release of the left and right sides of his Quirk. He also upgrades his costume with improved snow boots and two new wrist guards made to help him regulate the temperatures of his Quirk. Class 1-A trains for ten days until the day of the provisional licensing exam arrives.

Class 1-A arrives at National Dagobah Stadium and Eijiro tries to start a Plus Ultra chant after Shota's words of encouragement. A familiar Shiketsu student crashes the chant and yells Plus Ultra himself. Shoto notices him right away but doesn't fully recognize him. After Inasa leaves, Shota reveals to the class that he was the top student among those admitted with recommendations. Izuku is surprised to hear that Inasa's skills are supposedly above Shoto's.

Ms. Joke's class from Ketsubutsu Academy High School greets Class 1-A as well. Tatami Nakagame compliments Shoto on looking cool at the sports festival and asks for his autograph. Shota tells his students to change into their costumes and head to orientation. Yokumiru Mera explains the rules of the first phase of the exam to the thousands of students in attendance. Students must eliminate two people by hitting their targets with orange projectiles in order to move on to the second phase. Shoto is surprised when the orientation room opens up and the entire arena is exposed.

Each class of students moves as a group to different areas of the arena. Izuku suggests Class 1-A stick together because all of their Quirks were exposed during the sports festival. However, Shoto is uncomfortable using his Quirk in a big group and decides to go off on his own. Shoto goes to the factory-like district of the arena and feels tremors set off by Ketsubutsu Academy's Yo Shindo. He hides by himself and tries to wait it out until he can take advantage of big teams fighting one another. However, the exam has been moving quickly and over half of the remaining slots have been filled by students who've already passed.

Shoto realizes he can't just wait around and moves from his hiding spot. He's immediately confronted by ten students from Seijin High School. The ninja-clad students are impressed by Shoto's reaction as the U.A. standout scorches their first projectile. They call him crazy for acting alone and ambush him with a barrage using the orange balls. Shoto protects himself with an ice shield and then effortlessly freezes his opponents in place.

The leader of the pack uses a Quirk that enlarges objects and throws a giant metal nut at Shoto. The U.A. student blocks it with his ice defense but it crumbles under the weight of many enlarged nuts, bolts, and nails. Shoto decides not to go all out in case there are other people nearby. He tries to melt a giant incoming projectile using his fire, but he's forced to dodge at the last moment.

The lead Seijin student explains his tools are made from a material resistant to extreme temperatures. He frees his fellow students from the ice and tells Shoto that acting alone shows that he's too overconfident. Shoto attacks with his flames but two of the students counter using their water Quirks. The students break through Shoto's ice defenses using physical objects. He flees the area after creating a smoke screen and surmises that the Hero Public Safety Commission designed the many areas of the arena to be used to the student's advantage.

Shoto pierces an oil tank using his ice and leads his opponents into a trap using a fake fire signal. He defeats the Seijin students by detonating the tank by blasting its puncture with his fire. Shoto freezes them all in place before eliminating two of them to pass the first phase of the exam. He walks away and thinks about practicing using both sides of his Quirk because it slows him down. The targets on his body light up and tell him to head to the anteroom until the first phase concludes.

Shoto arrives in the anteroom and sits down before meeting Inasa's cold glare from across the room. He wonders why he didn't meet Inasa at the entrance exams since he applied through recommendations. Momo, Tsuyu, Mezo, and Kyoka arrive in the anteroom just as Shoto begins to worry about his classmates. He asks how they got separated if they were all working together and Momo explains the tremors from earlier were used to split Class 1-A up. Izuku, Hanta, Ochaco, Katsuki, Denki, and Eijiro join them, later on, to make 11 members off Class 1-A that have passed. The remaining students make an inspirational comeback in the climax of the first test to take the last nine spots for the first phase.

During the intermission between phases, Shiketsu students confront Katsuki to apologize for Seiji Shishikura's behavior. They wish to maintain a good relationship with U.A. but Shoto questions that because of Inasa's earlier glare. He confronts Inasa and the first year Shiketsu students reveal that he hates both Endeavor and his son. He says that Shoto has changed since the entrance exams, but his eyes are still the same as his fathers.

For the second and final phase of the licensing exam, students are tasked with conducting rescue operations. The arena is destroyed to simulate a villain attack and students are scored based on rescue tactics. Class 1-A sticks together initially, but Shoto goes with Tsuyu and Toru to rescue civilians from H.U.C. by the river. Shoto's group takes notice when the test reaches its climatic point when Gang Orca and his group of villains invades the arena. Students must now juggle rescue operations on top of suppressing the villainous threat.

Tsuyu says that although there are still many more people to rescue, their group can't simply ignore the villains attacking the rescue station. Shoto rushes to the front lines and keeps Gang Orca away from the rescue station using a freezing attack. This gives his peers an opening to evacuate injured civilians away from the villain attack. Shoto freezes Gang Orca's sidekicks and keeps up an ice barrage that the makeshift villain counters using ultrasonic waves. He commends the No. 10 hero's ability and then notices Inasa arriving on the battlefield and attacking using his wind.

Shoto is annoyed by Inasa's presence because he sees him as a distraction. He tells his archrival to help with the rescue efforts instead. Inasa refuses and tries to blow away the villains with a whirlwind at the same time as Shoto's flame blast. They cause each other to miss and this sparks an argument between them. Inasa claims the son of Endeavor is trying to hog the glory just like his father would. This irritates Shoto and he leaves himself open to getting shot by one of the sidekick's cement guns while trying to argue his father has nothing to do with him.

Inasa says that he knew Shoto was Endeavor's son at the entrance exam because they both have the same cold, angry, and hate-filled eyes. Shoto refutes this and writes Inasa off as an Endeavor hater. He tries to focus and foolishly uses his flames at the same time as Inasa's wind again. Only this time they endanger Yo Shindo, who is injured nearby. Izuku pulls Yo away from the flames and yells at Shoto to think about his reckless actions.

Shoto finally recalls Inasa from the entrance exam and realizes he never really looked at him during that time. Shoto's bad attitude was a result of him trying to reject his father and now his negative actions are catching up with him. Shoto realizes this situation is a chain reaction from his past actions and knows he can no longer try to bury his feelings about his father. Gang Orca approaches Shoto to distract Inasa before blasting him with hypersonic waves. Shoto tries to help but the villain grabs him by the neck and reminds him that you reap what you sew before blasting him with more hypersonic waves.

Gang Orca drops Shoto's paralyzed body to the ground as the student mulls over his mistakes and decides he has to make up for them. Shoto and Inasa both know that as long as they remain incompatible that they'll never defeat a top Pro Hero. The former hopes that the latter feels the same as him and ignites his flames so that Inasa's wind can scoop them up. Shoto adds the heat from his fire to Inasa's whirlwind to create a spiraling flame prison that traps Gang Orca.

Gang Orca's sidekicks try to shoot Shoto to stop his flames from drying their Captain out. Shoto creates ice to block himself by managing to dual-wield both his elements since his body can't move regardless.

Gang Orca admits the duo managed to pull out an impressive unison move but he adds that they need to have a backup plan for when a villain doesn't concede. He uses a water bottle to rehydrate himself and then breaks out of the hot wind prison. Shoto and Inasa are on the edge of defeat but Izuku comes to their rescue before Gang Orca finishes them off. Shoto comments that Izuku is always there to help and then the test suddenly ends.

Students change back into their uniforms and gather around Yokumiru Mera. He presents a list of names of the students who passed the exam and explains students were graded on a demerit system based on scoring how few mistakes were made.

Shoto doesn't find his name on the list and isn't surprised to learn that he failed the exam. Inasa approaches Shoto and apologizes for being petty and causing him to fail. Shoto replies that his failure was a result of his own actions. His peers are shocked to learn he wasn't able to gain a provisional license. Minoru claims the hierarchy of Class 1-A is collapsing and Tenya gets him away from Shoto.

Yokumiru addresses the students who failed the exam and reveals there is a three-month remedial course for them to take in order to get their licenses. Shoto is pleasantly surprised by this revelation and tells his friends that he will catch up with them soon.

Shie Hassaikai Arc
Summer break ends and U.A. students attend the orientation for the second term. On their way to orientation, Class 1-A gets heckled by Neito Monoma. Neito reveals that all of Class 1-B passed the exam. Shoto was one of the two people to fail. Ashamed, Shoto apologizes to his classmates and Eijiro assures him it's not a competition. Principal Nezu leads orientation and mentions Hero Work-Studies during his speech. This gains Shoto's interest because he's unsure what the Principal is talking about.

Shota explains the Hero Work-Studies the first homeroom class. He introduces Class 1-A to The Big 3 so they can explain how the Work-Studies differ from the Hero Internships. Nejire Hado gets easily distracted and asks Shoto about his scar. He doesn't even get to answer before she moves on to asking other students random questions about themselves. Mirio Togata goes last and suggests that Class 1-A fight him to get the best idea about the program.

Shoto sits out of the fight and watches Mirio annihilate his classmates one after another. Shota comments that Mirio is closer to being the No. 1 Hero than even Shoto's father. Shoto is shocked that Mirio is stronger than Pro Heroes and Shota asks why he's not fighting. Shoto says he failed to get his hero license and Shota is surprised by how much Shoto's attitude has changed.

Mirio defeats all of Class 1-A (save for Shoto and Katsuki) and explains that experience made him powerful. The experience he gained from the Hero Work-Studies transformed him from a failure into U.A.'s top student. Shoto's classmates are inspired by the speech but he realizes that he's going to fall behind everyone.

Shoto and Katsuki attend provisional license training that weekend. The training is physical enough to give Shoto and Katsuki injuries to showcase to their peers the next class. The girls are heartbroken that Shoto's pretty-boy face has been ruined.

During lunch a few days later, Shoto and Tenya notice Izuku is stressed out from his new job. Tenya reminds Izuku that he can always talk to his friends and the latter tears up. Izuku wipes away his tears and claims heroes don't cry. Shoto argues the opposite and offers his friend some of his soba.

Izuku, Eijiro, Tsuyu, and Ochaco are involved in a villain incident on their jobs with different hero offices. Shoto and the others greet them at Heights Alliance when they all return from the hospital. He gets a reminder on his phone and apologizes to his classmates before going to bed. Shoto and Katsuki both go to bed early because they have provisional license training in the morning.

Remedial Course Arc
Shoto and Katsuki leave for training first thing in the morning. They're greeted by All Might and Present Mic who claim they're late. Endeavor messaged his son the night before to announce that he'll be at the training. Shoto hopes that his father doesn't run into All Might. Inasa and Camie arrive at the training facility at the same time and Shoto isn't exactly happy to see them. Gang Orca and Yokumiru confront the remedial course group to tell them it's time to step it up.

The students change into their hero costume and walk toward the main gym. Inasa walks with Shoto and asks him about his favorite food. Shoto likes cold soba but Inasa likes the warm kind. Inasa tries to seek out similarities between them but Shoto believes it would be best not to force themselves to be friends. All eleven students arrive in the gymnasium and Endeavor yells at Shoto from the stands that he doesn't belong in a remedial course.

Gang Orca confronts the students and belittles them for failing the original licensing exam. He yells at Shoto and questions how he could ever save people. Shoto gives a literal response and then the No. 10 hero comically knocks him across the room. Gang Orca says Shoto, Katsuki, and Inasa are plenty strong in a fight but they all lack the true heart of a hero. Heroes must always save others even when they're being rejected. The students are assigned a trial where they must save troubled children using their hearts.

Children with powerful Quirks from Masegaki Primary School fill the gym. Some of the students grab the capsules on Shoto's belt and call them "pee-pees", giving Shoto the nickname "Five pee pee man". Shoto tries to explain they're for first aid treatment but the kids find that boring and jump on him.

Katsuki gets his Grenadier Bracers stolen by the kids and Shoto worries they're too dangerous to be in children's hands. Shoto surmises that his team needs to be sensitive to the children to try and win them over. Katsuki tries to intimidate the children's leader to make them fall in line but that backfires. Inasa tries to be kind to the children but they just make fun of him. Shoto tries to tell the students what kind of person he is so they'll listen to him, but they just find him boring. He apologizes and Inasa tells him that it's okay because he tried his best.

Camie suggests that they try to win the kids over by showing off their Quirks. The children activate their Quirks in response and announce that they believe their generation is stronger than the previous one. Katsuki leads the team and tells the troubled brats to bring it on. The kids attack using their potent Quirks. The team simply endures their attacks before repelling them. Katsuki is surprised kids would attack unprovoked and Shoto replies that they likely believe the Hero prospects don't mind what is done to them.

The students are surprised that the heroes in training aren't afraid of their Quirks. They get aggressive again but Camie creates an illusion of Shoto to calm the little girls down. Katsuki finds the illusion hilarious but Shoto doesn't see what is so funny about it. Inasa follows up by lifting kids into the air with his Quirk and then Shoto works together with him to create a beautiful slide made of ice. Shoto says he used all their splendid Quirks as a template to make the slide because he can't form special shapes with his ice. The kids are taken back and amazed by what the heroes in training can do with their Quirks. He tells them to line up so Inasa can lift them to the top of the slide.

Shoto, Inasa, and Katsuki planned to win over the kids by using their Quirks to make them look cool. However, they understood they shouldn't make the students feel bad by defeating them, instead, they should try to broaden their perspectives. By deepening their interactions without breaking the children's spirits, the heroes in training win the students over. Inasa even promises to build a rollercoaster but Shoto doesn't believe it to be possible. Shoto warms up the children using his fire and smiles as his father and All Might look on and comment that Quirks were made to help others.

Having accomplished their mission, the heroes in training clean up the gym with the kids. One of them asks Shoto if his Binging Ball Quirk can be used to clean up the ice. Shoto encourages him to use his Quirk to rescue others in the future. The team bids farewell to the precious brats and officially pass the provisional training course. They change back into their student uniforms and exit the gym. Inasa says that his Quirk is actually very compatible with Shoto's and the latter agrees.

Endeavor approaches Shoto outside and says it's been a long time since they last saw each other. He reaches out to his son and says he's changed a lot but Shoto smacks his hand away. Despite Shoto's rejection, Endeavor says he's proud of his son and he wants to become a hero his son can be proud of as well. Shoto awkwardly tells Endeavor to do what he wants. Endeavor leaves and Shoto looks on with a smile.

U.A. School Festival Arc
U.A.'s School Festival approaches and Class 1-A gets instructed to prepare any kind of themed spectacle to be presented. The class tries to vote on one theme but isn't even able to narrow down a long list of possible presentations. The students talk about it again later at the dorms. Tenya decides the class should focus on something that helps the crowd enjoy themselves.

Shoto agrees with Mina that they should try to get the crowd to dance and have fun. He looks up a video of a musical performance and suggests the class emulate that. Everyone can't believe this party style idea came from their aloof classmate. Shoto credits his idea to his experience with the provisional licensing training. The class decides on a musical performance for the festival.

Class 1-A starts planning for the festival one month in advance. Jiro is put front and center and the class wants Katsuki to back her up on the drums. He refuses because students from other departments don't deserve to be pleased. Shoto tells him not to belittle the class if he refuses to participate. Katsuki reveals that he'll participate by killing the other classes with his sound.

Mina explains to Shoto and the others that they need staging to create an entertaining atmosphere. She plans to create snowflakes by having Eijiro use his hardened body to chip away at Shoto's ice. They're assigned to the staging team with Hanta, Koji, and Yuga.

During the following days, like their band team and dance team mates, the Stage Team practiced for the musical to make the special effects the most spectacular in order to cheer up the audience. The day of the festival arrives, and the Musical Performance is a complete success. During the same, Shoto collaborates with Sero to create garlands of ice, and with Eijiro to create ice dust.

After the performance, Shoto enjoys the rest of the festival together with Tenya Ida, Fumikage Tokoyami and Koji Koda.

Pro Hero Arc
Following Endeavor's rise in rank to the No. 1 Hero, he's attacked by an intelligent Nomu called Hood. The incident is broadcasted on television as the powerful monster destroys the city. Endeavor and Hawks fight it back, but it counters all of the No 1. Hero's flame moves. High-End manages to injure Endeavor's head and knocks him down. Seemingly defeated, Endeavor lies beneath the beast as Shoto watches in shock.

Endeavor gets back up and continues fighting. Shoto's classmates and Aizawa check up on him while he watches his father lose ground in the battle. He's surprised to hear as a citizen stands up for Endeavor to the media. He tells the reporters to raise up Endeavor as the hero who's giving his all for them.

Endeavor makes a last stand against the violent monster and Shoto passionately yells that he's watching his father. He watches nervously as Endeavor burns High-End to death with a Plus Ultra Prominence Burn. Endeavor stands up victorious and Shoto collapses to his knees, relieved his father is still alive. .

Shoto's worries quickly return when Dabi appears and surrounds Endeavor and Hawks with blue flames. Shoto recognizes Dabi from the training camp attack. Dabi confronts Endeavor but retreats after Mirko arrives.

Shoto gets permission to leave school grounds and returns home. He reunites with his siblings Fuyumi and Natsuo over lunch. Their father enters the house and Shoto makes a clever remark about his new scar. Fuyumi's upset that neither of her brothers greets him properly. Natsuo storms out after claiming that their dad will never change and he doesn't deserve forgiveness.

Shoto says he's never seen Natsuo so emotional. The three of them listen to the television broadcast the public opinion on Endeavor. Shoto says Endeavor the Hero is amazing, but he still hasn't forgiven his father. He's willing to see how his father can change because Shoto knows how one influence can change someone.

Joint Training Arc
Class 1-A and Class 1-B engage in their first joint training exercise together. Everyone changes into their hero costumes and meets at ground beta. Eraser Head and Vlad King explain that Class 1-A and Class 1-B will battle over five sets with randomized teams of four. The teams are to treat each other as villains and can attain victory by capturing four of the opposing team's members. Hitoshi Shinso joins the exercise and some students compare his attitude to "Earlyroki".

The students draw lots and Shoto is on a team with Tenya, Mezo, and Mashirao. They're to face off with a team comprised of Tetsutetsu, Juzo, Sen, and Pony. Shoto watches his classmates win the first match and Momo's battle with Class 1-B.

Itsuka Kendo manages to corner Momo alone and Tetsutetsu claims she made the situation advantageous for herself. Shoto argues that getting Momo alone probably wasn't the best course of action. Shoto says if Itsuka was trying to be cautious about Momo, then she should have had her team ambush her together. Momo's team is eventually defeated and Shoto hopes her confidence isn't dashed by the loss.

Shoto's team is up next for the third battle. Fumikage confronts Shoto and asks him to represent their mentors better than he did in the previous fight. They must represent the No. 1 and No. 2 hero who fought valiantly against High-End. This reminds Shoto of a time during his childhood where Endeavor tried to teach him to use his fire at its full power. Tenya breaks Shoto out of his flashback and the match begins. Class 1-B comes charging straight for them and Shoto comments that they must want to turn this battle into a head to head slugfest.

Shoto's team splits up and Mezo gets their enemies location. Shoto freezes the area with a giant ice attack that doesn't impede his team's vision which shows improvement. Tenya goes in to arrest the enemy but Juzo counterattacks by softening all the ice with his Quirk. He tells Shoto that he should've attacked with his flames instead. Pony uses her horns to send Mezo away and isolate Shoto. Her horns boost Tetsutetsu through Shoto's ice and the iron fighter takes him on alone. Tetsutetsu takes Shoto and throws him to the ground while telling him he stands no chance in a hand to hand fight.

Shoto tries to fight back with an ice wave but Tetsutetsu breaks through it with his Steel Fist. Shoto recovers and tries a wall of flames instead. He tells Mezo to go after Pony and hopes Tetsutetsu retreats. Tetsutetsu walks through the flames and reveals that Half-Cold Half-Hot won't work on his iron body. Tetsutetsu grabs Shoto and hits him, planning to beat him unconscious. Memories of Enji training Shoto as a child fill Shoto's head. Enji told Shoto that within him is the greatest power in the world. Shoto raises his hand to protects himself and prepares to go beyond.

Since his attacks haven't worked thus far, Shoto turns up the heat and draws out the full potential of his flames. Tetsutetsu backs off as Shoto warns him to or else he'll melt. Shoto burns through his limits to achieve his dreams of becoming a great hero. He stands before Tetsutetsu clad in flames powerful enough to set the entire training field ablaze.

Tetsutetsu doesn't back down from Shoto's Endeavor level flames. He engages in a battle of endurance and Shoto warns him of the possible repercussions. Tetsutetsu claims heroes must be ready to put their lives on the line and Shoto replies he's too loud. The flames are so hot that it's raising Shoto's body temperature and makes him dizzy. He needs to get some distance so he can cool himself with ice

Shoto prepares to counterattack but Juzo interrupts and sinks Shoto into the ground. A softened pipe lands on Shoto's head and he falls unconscious. Tenya saves him from being captured but their both caught in a last ditch effort from Tetsutetsu and Juzo. The match ends in a draw and Shoto is taken to the infirmary. He abruptly wakes up next to Tenya.

Tetsutetsu is leaving the room and he commends Shoto's flames for defeating him. Tenya apologizes for not being fast enough to save Shoto. Shoto vaguely remembers Tenya saving him and argues that he was the one that was too slow. Shoto knows that he's gotten into a bad habit of favoring his ice and has become predictable. He remembers watching All Might and says he needs to become a more reliable hero.

Juzo opens the curtain next to them and admits that flames and Recipro are hard for him to deal with. He asks for a rematch sometime and the two boys from Class 1-A agree.

At the dorms, Shoto approaches Izuku, stating he was looking for him and asks if he also has two Quirks and if he was still hiding his power when he asked Shoto to come at him with all he had, to which Izuku hurriedly replies that the black tendrils might be an extension of his original Quirk, and he wasn't holding back against him. Shoto believes his explanation and Izuku compliments Shoto on how much flame he was able to generate in the battle, but Shoto denies this, saying that he hasn't changed at all compared to Izuku. It is revealed that he requested that his father, Endeavor, teach him about one of his fire moves “Flashfire”.

Meta Liberation Army Arc
During the early morning of December, Shoto and Katsuki left for the final lesson of the provisional license course. He is seen eager to obtain his license when Gang Orca and his sidekicks prepare to carry out the final lesson for those present, stating that if they succeed.

Eventually, they pass the exams and obtain their licenses. While out on the streets with All Might, chaos breaks out in the city because of villains stealing from the public. Shoto and Katsuki were eager to intervene, while All Might tells them to analyze the situation before leaping into action. The students tell him they can handle it. All Might tries to dissuade them since they’ve only just earned their provisional licenses, but they pay no heed and attack the villains nonetheless, making use of their new privileges.

Shoto opens with his signature Giant Ice Wall attack, but the Seltzer Villain can manipulate carbonation inside water. The villains break out of the icy prison but Katsuki acts quickly and knocks most of them out. The leader nearly turns the tables on Katsuki with water gauntlets. Before things spiral out of control, Shoto puts down the criminal with his Ultimate Move; Flashfreeze Heatwave.

Katsuki asks if that's the same move he used against Izuku in the Sports Festival and Shoto confirms it was a watered-down version. All Might returns to the scene with Pro Hero Slide n' Go. They're impressed with the results, as the boys defeated the villains and took back the stolen items. All Might tells his young champions that he's proud of them, garnering warm gratitude from Shoto.

In the anime, Shoto and Katsuki went back to the dorms and found out that the dorms are dark. Then they got a huge surprise from Class 1A, congratulating them for getting their licenses.

My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising
During fall, the Hero Public Safety Commission devises the Hero Work Recommendation Project to help train the next generation of Heroes after All Might's retirement. Weeks pass by, and shortly after winter begins, after the Hero Interview Training, Class 1-A is sent to Nabu Island, a remote place in southern Japan. The Pro Heroes who protected the island are about to retire, so the students will take care of the place, performing duties as real heroes acting like their own "Hero Office", until the arrival of new Pro Heroes.

Because Nabu Island is quite isolated from the rest of the country, and therefore far from any villain activity, there has been no notable incident since the last thirty years. For this reason, their work on the island basically involve mostly minor deeds. Shoto is seen helping monitor the tourist beach area.

However, Nabu Island is abruptly attacked by the villain Nine and his crew, who have destroyed the island harbor and communication towers, effectively isolating the island from outer help. After splitting up the class to deal with separate threats, Tenya decides that he, Shoto, Hanta, Rikido and Fumikage will intercept the villain at the beach. They save Mezo just in time before he could be crushed by Chimera, but the villain proves to be very powerful, easily smashing Shoto's ice and repelling his flames.

Chimera retreats after seeing Slice's flare in the sky. Shoto tries to go after him, but is stopped by Tenya, who reminds him that it may be a trap and that the priority is making sure the residents are safe. Class 1-A regroups and holds out in a factory with all the civilians, providing humanitarian help to the residents. Shoto, who was providing ice for the medical staff, updates Ochaco that Izuku and Katsuki have yet to regain consciousness after their encounter with Nine. Shoto, Ochaco, and Mezo see Katsuma Shimano and his sister, Mahoro, who want to help. Katsuma uses his Cell Activation Quirk to heal Izuku and Katsuki.

Class 1-A has a meeting on how to deal with the villains. Some of the students suggest helping Katsuma escape, but Shoto advises against it as the villains could just kill the inhabitants in retaliation. As Katsuma offers to surrender himself to the villains, Izuku and Katsuki walk into the room, surprising his classmates. Izuku and Katsuki tells everyone to help the islanders and defeat the villains, and Class 1-A unanimously agree to save Nabu Island.

Izuku devises a plan: They will relocate the civilians to a cave in Mount Shiroyama so that there is only one route for the villains to reach Katsuma. The students will then split the villains apart and engage them by taking advantage of their respective terrain. After the first phase completed, Tsuyu and Shoto ambushed Chimera in the waterfall area, freezing him in the water. Chimera breaks out of the ice, but he is attacked by a series of punches and kicks by Eijiro and Tenya, along with Shoto's fire and ice attacks. Eventually, Chimera feels paralyzed, and learns that Tsuyu's toxin mucus was used. Chimera, however, enlarges himself to nullify the toxin's effect and blasts a massive fire at them, scorching the forest area. Shoto buys themselves enough time by creating an ice wall, and hide to devise a plan.

Tenya uses his Recipro Turbo to distract Chimera while Eijiro and Shoto sneak from behind using the same method they used to same Katsuki back in Kamino. Eijiro activates his Red Riot Unbreakable to block Chimera's flames before passing out, giving Shoto the opportunity to strike. He manages to get on top of the villain with Tsuyu restraining his hands and Tenya his tail. Chimera smashes Tsuyu and Tenya on each other, knocking them out, but Shoto defeats the villain by activating his Quirk to reach sub-zero temperatures and freeze him from the inside before passing out himself.

After Nine and the villains were defeated, a large number of heroes and the military arrived on Nabu Island to provide aid to Class 1-A and the civilians. Shoto was found and hugged by his father, who turned away and scowled in embarrassment. Class 1-A recovers and continues to stay on Nabu Island to help repair the damage done by Nine and his villains until the Public Safety Commission suspends the program and orders them to be sent home. With the island being repaired by the military and the heroes, Class 1-A boards a ferry to leave.

Endeavor Agency Arc
Thirty minutes later, Shoto and Katsuki are being interviewed by the press for the third time back at Heights Alliance. Shoto appears to have accepted Katsuki as a friend and says that they get along great. The interview ends an hour later and the two go about their day along with the rest of the students.

The next day, in class, Mt. Lady visits as a guest lecturer to organize a practical lesson about confronting the media by conducting practice interviews. Shoto goes first and is completely clueless about Mt Lady's questions and figurative language, only being able to be his serious self. When asked about his Ultimate Moves, Shoto demonstrates his Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall and mentions his Flashfreeze Heatwave. Toru chimes in with Flashfire Fist, but Shoto says that is Endeavor's technique, not his. He says his current abilities still don't even come close to his father's. Mt Lady tells Shoto that he should smile and that it would make the girls drop dead, to which Shoto gets worried that his smile would kill them.

Over the next several days, the Hero Work Recommendation Project takes place. Shortly after returning from Nabu Island, Class 1-A holds a Christmas party at Heights Alliance. After the party, Shoto approaches Izuku and Katsuki and invites them to join him as interns of Endeavor.

Sometime after, Shoto, Izuku, and Katsuki meet with Endeavor atop an overpass in the city. Endeavor expresses his discontent that he isn't able to intern Shoto alone. Shoto tells him that he has already accepted them and therefore to stop complaining, prompting a "Shoto!" from Endeavor. Katsuki tells Endeavor that ever since the training course he saw the Pro-hero was a jerk and that he would put up with him since he was the number 1 Hero, and Endeavor tells Shoto he was supposed to choose his friends wisely.

The three follow Endeavor was he walks through the city. Suddenly, Endeavor jumps off the overpass and flies towards the source of a scream, telling the students to stand back and watch. As he flew, Endeavor looks behind him to see the three students following right behind him. As the three students chased him, Endeavor suddenly gained a burst of speed, rocketing far ahead of them. Shoto recognizes this as Endeavor's Flashfire technique.

Endeavor stops Starservant's Enlightened Fallen King and chases after him. Starservant leads Endeavor through an alley where there were three minions ready to ambush Endeavor. Shoto uses his ice while Izuku and Katsuki use their superior speed to reach the minions in order to prevent them from ambushing Endeavor but Hawks swoops in and takes all three minions out himself. Shoto arrives as Izuku and Katsuki recover, and Hawks playfully asks him if he thought Endeavor was in any trouble just now.

As the police take Starservant and his minions away, Shoto watches Endeavor talk with the police. Meanwhile, Hawks makes casual conversation with Izuku and Katsuki before Endeavor asks him what he was doing here. Hawks deflects the question and promotes the Paranormal Liberation Front's book, telling him how popular it is and how relevant it is to today's society.

During the following days, the three students try to surpass Endeavor's test, but the veteran hero always manages to catch the villains before them. Endeavor does not hesitate to criticize them, telling them in what facets they need to improve. During a break, Endeavor tells Shoto that in terms of the aim of focusing his powers he's already halfway there, as he's already mastered shaping his ice. All that was left was for him to do to the same with his left side.

A week later, Endeavor brings Shoto, Izuku, and Katsuki over to his house for dinner per his daughter's suggestion. Dinner starts well, with Izuku praising the food Fuyumi cooked, but ended up being quite awkward, due to the complicated relationship between Endeavor and his children, and specifically due to Natsuo's resentment towards his father, and after he finishes, he quickly leaves, unable to sit near his father. While Fuyumi and Shoto are alone, Fuyumi admits to Shoto that despite still harboring some feelings of resentment towards Endeavor too, she can look past it if it can give them a chance to be a normal family. Shoto tells Fuyumi that he's always seen the burn scar on his left side as something their father gave him, as it was his abuse of their mother Rei that ultimately pushed her to hurt him. Shoto explains that he can't forgive him so easily for what he did to her, but acknowledges that his mother is trying to move on from it, and so he isn't sure what to think of him. Izuku and Katsuki overhear them, and Izuku tells Shoto that he feels Shoto is preparing himself to forgive Endeavor, as he feels that if he truly hated him, he would have told him so by now. Izuku voices his belief that due to Shoto being a very kind person, he's waiting for the right moment to do it.

Fuyumi and Shoto tell Izuku and Katsuki about their older bother Toya, and how close he was to Natsuo, to the point he blames Endeavor for Toya's death. Fuyumi then says that an incident occurred after their mother was hospitalized, which only made things worse. Although family relationships have improved a lot, there are still many wounds to heal. Endeavor then comes in and tells the three of them that he'll be taking them to U.A. High School. As the three of them thank Fuyumi for the meal, Fuyumi thanks Izuku for being Shoto's friend.

While Endeavor's chauffeur drives them back to the U.A, Endeavor tells the boys that they will have to keep going to his Agency to continue the training on weekdays and weekends if their schedule allows. Just then a villain appears in the middle of the road, holding Natsuo as a hostage and calls out Endeavor to come to face him. Endeavor leaps out the car to save his son. The villain, introducing himself as Ending, is obsessed with Endeavor and wants the hero to kill him.

Ending takes a step back when he sees the interns, giving Endeavor an opportunity to attack the off-balance villain. However, when he sees Natsuo being held in front of Ending, Endeavor slows down, not wanting to endanger him, and allowing the three students to past him in order to rescue Natsuo and defeat the villain. Disappointed, Ending threats to increase the death toll if the Flame Hero doesn't kill him, sending several incoming cars into the air. He also puts Natsuo directly in the path of a car but Katsuki rescues him in an instant.

Ending attacks Shoto with his White Line quirk, but Shoto destroys the lines by focusing his fire into a shield in front of him. After Izuku had caught the cars that Ending had flung into the air and saved the citizens, Shoto finishes Ending off with a fire-powered punch and then freezes him in place to capture him.

As Natsuo thanks the three of them, he asks Katsuki what his Hero Name is. When Izuku questions if it's just 'Bakugo', Katsuki denies it, revealing that he's picked a Hero Name for himself. Izuku and Shoto ask what it is but Katsuki refuses, instead wanting to tell someone else first.

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
The World Heroes Association has organized a global operation involving heroes from around the world, and wants to recruit some of Endeavor’s interns to boost their numbers for a secret black-ops mission in case of a growing international threat. For this reason, the Flaming Hero takes his three Work-Study trainees to a facility to test them and check if they are ready to participate.

In order to pass the test, they must all land an attack on Endeavor within a time limit of 3 minutes. Shoto was hesitant because he is still no match for his father, but nonetheless, he decides to do it to test his abilities. The test begins and the three students attack Endeavor. Shoto uses his ice, but Endeavor just melts it all with his Hellflame Quirk, knowing that his ice would be dealt with so easily, but it gave Izuku the opportunity to strike. However, Endeavor repels Izuku anyway.

He, Izuku, and Katsuki then try to attack him at the same time, but Endeavor just blasts them all away. The examiners ask the hero to go easy on the students, but Endeavor replies to them not to underestimate his trainees. The three students get up, and after trying again, they each throw in an attack. After Katsuki manages to attack Endeavor, Shoto blast him with his fire, leading to a compliment from his father. Then, Izuku lands a smash on him. The three of them pass, with Shoto lamenting on how he still has much to learn to surpass him.

Due to the nature of the mission they are going to participate in, they are taken to a room where they can design stealth-oriented suits. Shoto opts to upgrade his arms cover. He is also impressed seeing how Katsuki was so detailed with the design of his costume.

Several days later, Endeavor and his team travel to the country of Otheon to participate in the mission for the World Heroes Association. There it is explained to them that Flect Turn, leader of Humarise, had destroyed a city with a device called a Trigger Bomb, which releases a gas that causes the Quirks to power up and become completely out of control, causing the death of thousand peoples.

In response to the act of terrorism, the WHA mobilizes the largest anti-terror joint task force to attack the 25 branches that Humarise has in different countries, with Endeavor as the leader of Otheon’s. Jumping from the planes, the Otheon team assault the branch that Humarise has in the country.

Endeavor himself leads the first team with Clair Voyance to locate the bombs, while a second team, in which the trainees are in, is charged with apprehending the members and their leader. Due to the majority of members being Quirkless, Shoto freezes them to immobilize their movement and advises a word of caution to Katsuki, who is annoyed. The first team fails to locate the Trigger Bomb and the secondary team fails in locating Flect Turn.

The same goes for the teams from the other countries, they arrested many Humarise members but couldn't find any of the bombs. With no exact information on the bombs or the leader, the director of the WHA orders all teams to remain in their respective countries on standby. Otheon's team decides to use a hotel as a temporary base, and sends Shoto, Izuku, and Katsuki on some errands. When they come back from a grocery store, Katsuki feels annoyed that they use them as errands boys. Shoto replies that the three of them are the lowest ranking members of the team, a response that Katsuki doesn’t like.

They discuss about Humarise and their fanatical paranoia about the Quirk Singularity Theory when a jewel robbery is being commenced nearby. Izuku, Shoto, and Katsuki spot the robbery and respond quickly. The villains see them and split up with Katsuki going after the Bomb Villain while Izuku and Shoto chase the Gale Villain, who is the one carrying the briefcase with the stolen jewelry.

Izuku stays behind to help the passersby that the villain throws out of his way with his Gale Gale Quirk as he escapes, while Shoto continues the chase. He chases him down an alley where he sets a trap for him, burning fire at him which he deflects with his Quirk, before being caught off guard by the ice Shoto placed in front of him. After capturing him, Shoto notices that the Gale Villain doesn't have the briefcase until Izuku calls out saying that there is a third robber, running away with the briefcase.

He follows Izuku searching for the third thief until they spot a car crash at the interstate bridge. Shoto tells Izuku that he will take care of the accident of it so he can go after the robber. Shoto rides his ice all the way to the bridge and freezes the car, preventing it from exploding. He then notices that the car has large holes on it, deducing that it is not a mere car accident.

After the robbery fiasco, Shoto and Katsuki return to the hotel, where Endeavor reprimands them for disobeying direct orders to standby and instead chase after a petty robbery. Shoto replies that, as heroes, they must help those in trouble, and Katsuki doesn't care Endeavor's complaints. The flaming hero doesn't like being contradicted and demands to know where Izuku is. Shoto explains that he was chasing after the third robber, but still haven't been able to contact him.

Right on cue, Izuku gets in contact with Shoto. He tells him that he was attacked by the police and a villain, forcing him to run away with the thief that he was chasing, and that in the briefcase he was carrying he did not have the stolen jewels. Then, Clair Voyance brings the three of them to the television, where the news agency publicly announces to the world that Izuku is accused of a mass murder of twelve people.

Shoto, Katsuki, and Endeavor are shocked by this. Shoto tells Izuku what he just saw on television, leaving him also shocked. Since the Otheon team cannot help him officially, Shoto advises him to hide and remove the battery and the GPS on his phone once they are done talking.

Shoto remains at the hotel investigating the case when Clair Voyance arrives to inform him the car that crashed near where Izuku was chasing the thief was attacked by a Quirk, and that the driver was a deserter from Humarise. Unfortunately he is in a coma in the hospital, so by now they cannot interrogate him. She also informs him that the briefcase with the stolen jewelry was found in an alley near the accident. Shoto then receives a text from Izuku, which he realizes is a coded message, informing him that he is heading towards Klayd. Shoto more or less deduces what is happening and takes Katsuki with him.

As soon as they leave the hotel, several policemen attempt to trail them, but both manage to give him the slip and board a train to the Otheon-Klayd border. During the trip, the two talk about the situation and the latest clues, coming to the conclusion that during the chase, Izuku and the thief mistakenly exchanged briefcases, taking the one related to Humarise. They also suspect that the reason the police are after them is because criminal organization has allies within the force.

Shoto and Katsuki eventually arrive at the border to find Izuku and the thief, Rody Soul, being attacked by Humarise agents Beros and Sidero. Shoto saves Rody's life and defeats Sidero, while Katsuki fights Beros. After telling Izuku that his encrypted messages are still tricky to understand, the trapped Sidero is willing to spell the beans to Shoto but Beros shoots him for his betrayal, before continuing his air combat with Katsuki, until she ends up cornered and decides to sacrifice herself so as not to betray the organization.

Once the battle is over, Izuku reunites with Shoto and Katsuki, introducing Rody to them, as they catch up on the situation. Izuku realizes that the battle caused a secret compartment in the briefcase to open, concealing a small puzzle-box. With the help of Rody, they solve the puzzle and open the box, uncovering inside a strange card and a microSD. The four decide to cross the border to Klayd and investigate the information it contains.

The four of them discover a message from Alan Kay, the Humarise deserter. He explains Flect Turn's true goal: he plans to detonate all the Trigger Bombs hidden in the 25 cities where the Humarise branches used to be, in order to kill almost all the Heroes and bring the society into chaos, allowing Humarise to rise up and take over the world. To prevent such an atrocity, Alan reveals that his colleague, Eddie Soul, created a device that will shut down the bombs for good, an act that cost him his life.

Just then, they watch on TV that Flect Turn has put their plan into motion, with only two hours remaining before the Trigger Bombs explode. Shoto wants to send the information to the WHA to order for the heroes to retreat from the targeted cities, but his teammates tell him it won't be worth it. Even if the heroes know that it’s a trap to kill them, the heroes will remain to help the people and find the bombs. With the heroes out of the picture, the four come to the conclusion that it is up to them to defuse the bombs. After figuring out the exact location of Humarise's true home base, and with Rody flying them there on a plane, they head out to shut down the bombs. During the flight, Shoto informs the World Heroes Association of their discovery and their plan.

The three heroes gear up in their original costumes and launch a direct assault at the heavily guarded Humarise base. Shoto leads Izuku further inside of the base while Katsuki deals with the Humarise defenders at the entrance. Once they have advanced far enough, Shoto stays behind to hold off the inner defenders, allowing Izuku to head to the control room to insert the deactivation key.

Shoto faces Leviathan, one of Humarise's most powerful warriors. Shoto attacks him with his fire and ice powers, but the enemy is able to withstand any of his blows, and overwhelms him with his Helical Scythe Quirk. During the confrontation, they both end up in an underground river where Leviathan uses his powers to control the stream and drown Shoto.

Shoto is about to lose consciousness due to lack of air, when he notices the river leads them to a waterfall outside. Just as they begin to fall, Shoto manages to freeze the villain along with the entire waterfall, and attack Leviathan with a Flashfreeze Heatwave.

The behemoth withstands Shoto's fiery attacks and uses his Quirk to control the flames and use them against Shoto, engulfing him in a torrent of fire. Despite the burning pain, Shoto concentrates all the power of his flames at their highest possible point, and defeats Leviathan with his Flashfire Fist: Jet Kindling. With the villain defeated, they both fall over the waterfall.

Shoto is left unconscious for the rest of the battle, but Izuku is able to defeat Flect Turn, Katsuki beats the Serpenters, and Rody stops the countdown of the Trigger Bombs, preventing a mass genocide on a global scale. After the catastrophe was averted, Shoto, Izuku, Katsuki, and Rody are rescued and brought to a hospital for medical treatment, with Recovery Girl also showing up to help them heal. With the mission in Otheon complete, the team leaves the country, watching Izuku say his goodbyes to Rody.

The students of Class 1-A return back to U.A., for relief and celebration at saving the world.

Paranormal Liberation War Arc
Winter break ends and students return from their Hero Work-Studies to show their progress with their Quirks and skills. When the students arrives at Ground Alpha, they meet with All Might, who is replacing Shota Aizawa because he had an emergency to attend to. One by one, the students battle Villain Bots to show off the new skills and Ultimate Moves they have developed. Izuku, Katsuki and Shoto show off what they learned working for the No. 1 Pro Hero, Endeavor at his agency, with Shoto in particular displaying his newfound speed. Toru compliments Shoto on his new improvements, saying that he's finally a hunk who's also quick, but Shoto insists he still can't keep up with his father Endeavor.

During this time, Shoto accompanies is his trainees on the mission to Otheon to stop Humarise.

The months go by until they arrive at the end of March. Thanks to the police investigation and its spy Hawks, the Hero Public Safety Commission had uncovered the plans of the Paranormal Liberation Front and its allies. With this information the Commission organized a large force of Pro Heroes to take down the villain organization.

A team of heroes has the mission of storming the Gunga Mountain Villa, the main headquarters of the Paranormal Liberation Front, while another team lead by Endeavor will do the same at the Jaku General Hospital, where the Nomu are created, and also because Tomura Shigaraki is located there, undergone an operation to become more powerful.

Finally, a third team, made up mainly of students and lead by Burnin, will be in charge of evacuating the residents of a city near the hospital and taking them to a safe place. Shoto, with an upgraded costume, is part of this team. When everything is ready, Endeavor orders to start the operation, and Burnin signals the students to start evacuating the citizens.

As Shoto and the students evacuate the citizens, Endeavor and his squad arrive at the secret laboratories below the hospital after defeating all the Nomus that Dr. Garaki releases in an attempt to stop them. However, when the heroes think they have already won, at that moment Tomura Shigaraki wakes up. When Izuku brings everyone's attention towards Jaku Hospital, the building suddenly crumbles to dust. Then, the disintegration begins to spread rapidly, reaching in a short time the city itself. Izuku charges up 45% of One For All and unleashes a St. Louis Smash Air Force at the spreading disintegration to push it back, and Shoto attempts to use a Heaven Piercing Ice Wall to freeze it in place, but both attempts to halt the spread of decay are ultimately fruitless and so they're forced to evacuate the citizens as quickly as possible.

The students manage to get everyone to safety before the Decay finally stops after destroying much of the city. While fleeing, Burnin tried to contact the Hospital Raid team without success, until shortly after they managed to escape, she radios Endeavor, which is facing Tomura. Apparently Tomura is going after something he calls "One For All". Neither Endeavor nor Burnin know what he's talking about, but Izuku, who overhears her, knows what it's going on. Izuku knows that Tomura is going after him and his Quirk, and in order not to put anyone in danger, he decides to get away from there as soon as possible, to lead Tomura away from the civilians.

Katsuki decides to follow him, since he also knows what is happening. Shoto calls out to them, and Izuku claims he forgot something as he and Katsuki start heading in the other direction. But Shoto, not believing them, begins following them shortly afterwards to bring them back.

Shoto reaches the battle between Tomura and the heroes just in time to save Eraser Head from Tomura, knocking the villain away with a pillar of ice. He then goes over to Endeavor, who by now is severely overheated, and uses his ice to cool him off. Just as Tomura has the chance to unleash another wave of Decay, Izuku suddenly activates Float while using Blackwhip to carry all of the Heroes out of range and haul Tomura into the air where he can't use his Quirk to full effect.

Endeavor orders Shoto to apply first aid to the injured Heroes while Izuku clashes with Tomura in the air. Katsuki explains that Izuku is using multiple Quirks and everything he's learned up until that point to even keep Tomura airborne, but it takes too much of a toll on him to keep it up, especially against someone who can regenerate. And so to try and finish off Tomura before he overwhelms Deku, Katsuki devises a plan to fly Endeavor up to the battle himself to conserve his firepower, while Shoto uses his ice to cool Endeavor right up until the last possible moment. Shoto asks Rock Lock to take care of Eraser Head and the others, and he takes off with Katsuki and Endeavor, using his fire to ascend while cooling down Endeavor. Once they reach an altitude with Izuku and Tomura, Endeavor jets forward and grabs Tomura right as Izuku's about to attack again, and then uses Prominence Burn at point blank range. However, the threat to Tomura's life gives All For One the chance to temporarily take over his body, and Shoto shouts out to Endeavor as his father is impaled on All For One's Rivet Stab tendrils.

Shortly after, when Katsuki is impaled trying to saving Izuku from All For One's assault, Shoto flies to catch him from falling to his death, having already caught Endeavor who had also fallen unconscious. Needing to descend back to the ground to tend to them, Shoto cries out to Izuku as Tomura finally manages to make contact with him and attempts to take One For All.

After it fails, Izuku begins to fall from the sky but is caught by Shoto with his back. They land roughly, but relatively safely. Shoto checks on Izuku, Katsuki, and Endeavor, and is relieved to find that they're still alive. But before he can tend to their injuries, Tomura begins acting again, having used his Rivet Stab tendrils to prevent himself from hitting the ground. Just then, Nejire Hado enters the field with Tenya and uses her Surge blasts to destroy some of the tendrils. Tenya warns Shoto and the others that a giant villain was approaching the battlefield, so Shoto asks Tenya to take Izuku and the other injured heroes and evacuate the area. However, Izuku insists that he must stick to Tomura as he's still after him, and to only take Katsuki and Endeavor. Shoto notices that Tomura's regeneration had gotten slower and so he must be severely weakened, and calls upon Nejire to help him in engaging Tomura. Not long after, however, Gigantomachia finally makes it to the battlefield, with Shoto looking on in panic.

Shoto deduces that it would be way too much to try and fight both Tomura and Gigantomachia, and so focuses on trying to finish off Tomura as he was on his last legs. Shoto unleashes a Jet Kindling attack in conjunction with Nejire's Nejire Flood at 100% output, and while their attacks do connect, Gigantomachia saves Tomura from the blasts with one of his claws, with the resulting force knocking Shoto away. While Machia asks for orders from an unresponsive Tomura, Dabi takes the opportunity to greet Shoto and Endeavor from atop Machia's back. When Endeavor calls out Dabi's name, Dabi uses a liquid to remove the black dye from his hair and officially greets them by his true name: Toya Todoroki. Shoto and Endeavor are stunned into silence at the revelation, and can only look on dumbfounded while Toya expresses his disappointment that neither of them could recognize him despite being family.

They look on and listen, completely mute, as Toya tells them that he's been closely watching Endeavor from the shadows, and that he was currently broadcasting a pre-recording of his life story and the truth about Endeavor's past nationwide. Toya reveals that since "that day", he had been thinking of ways to best destroy Endeavor, with his original plan of action being to wait until Shoto had grown into the hero that Endeavor always wanted him to be, and then kill him. But after Endeavor became the top hero in Japan, he devised an alternative plan - to build up Endeavor's public image by sending Hood, Starservant and Ending to him as adversaries to defeat, and then destroying that public image by exposing his abusive past. Shoto and Endeavor look on in increasing horror as reality dawns on them, and Toya goes on to tell Endeavor that he can't become a better man looking towards the future, as the past never dies. He then invites his father to dance with him in the hell they've created.

While Endeavor refuses to believe the truth, Dabi asserts him that he is indeed Toya, even offering to give them his blood or some skin to confirm through a DNA test. Shoto grimaces with horror as his older brother sadistically smiles and jumps down, thanking Endeavor for staying strong while preparing to deliver the final blow. Shoto ignites his flames and tells his father to help his friends to safety while he and Nejire handle Dabi. Seeing that his father is too shocked to move, he pleads with Endeavor to protect them and to worry about the rest later while tears begin to form in his eyes. But before Dabi can unleash his Prominence Burn, he is trapped by wires falling from the sky, revealed to have come from Best Jeanist.

Dabi promptly burns himself out of the fibers and begins to face Shoto in battle, with him begging Dabi to stop. As Shoto fights his brother, he tells Dabi that one of the villains he sent to Endeavor almost killed Natsuo, to whom Dabi casually claimed that it was a shame Natsuo didn't die because then Endeavor would have suffered more. An incredulous Shoto asks Dabi if he is insane to which Dabi replies that he doesn't have feelings anymore. Dabi then starts to push Shoto back, excited to finally kill Shoto.

After Mirio Togata arrives at the battle, Dabi mentions in the midst of his fight with Shoto that the other heroes seemed to be having fun, and embraces Shoto while covered in flames, sarcastically lamenting that Shoto would only be getting pain instead. Shoto notes that Dabi is burning himself in the process, but Dabi assures him that he's happy as he gets to watch his father's face as his so-called "failure" kills his "masterpiece". At that point, Izuku uses Blackwhip from his mouth to separate Dabi from Shoto before Dabi can burn him any more. Dabi tells Izuku not to interfere in family affairs, but Izuku insists that he will, because Shoto's his dear friend and Endeavor is his mentor. Izuku acknowledges that the past never dies, which is why he was keeping an eye on Endeavor as he tried to be a better person, but asserts that Dabi is not Endeavor no matter how much Dabi tried to pin his actions on his father.

Dabi laughs Izuku off for stating the obvious, and reminds him that he may not be Endeavor but he's the product of Endeavor's actions, and so deserves a bit of sympathy. Dabi proclaims that the future where heroes can only offer lip service will be blown away by the chaos just as Machia begins breaking out of Best Jeanist's bondage. But before he can fully break free, Endeavor uses the last of his strength to deliver a blow to Machia's jaw, which alongside the sedative administered to him earlier by the U.A. students, helps knock him out.

With Endeavor unconscious, Dabi can no longer find any reason to continue fighting Shoto as he wants their father to watch as he kills his youngest brother. Before Shoto can unleash another attack, Dabi apologizes for the change of plans before blasting Shoto with a Jet Burn and leaving him to fall from the sky, and retreats back to Mr. Compress who stores him in a marble. Shoto manages to land safely, albeit severely burnt from Dabi's last attack, and tries to chase down Tomura and his brother who were retreating on a pack of Near High Ends. Unfortunately they manage to retreat successfully, leaving Shoto and the others to deal with the aftermath of the battle.

Two days after the war, Shoto was recovering from his injuries at Central Hospital. He was accompanied by Eijiro, Momo, Mina, and Mezo, who encouraged him not to let the media swarming the hospital get to him, and that even knowing the situation everything would be okay. Shoto thinks back on Starservant, who spoke of Endeavor being the light that would beckon the darkness and precipitate the demise of everyone. He thinks on how Toya's flames were stronger than his father's, and realizes that they were fueled by his hatred. Shoto reflects on how Toya has destroyed his body and ruined people's lives with disregard in his pursuit to disgrace his father, and comes to see his old self in his eldest brother, as he was also ruled by his hatred for Endeavor up until the Sports Festival. Shoto comes to the conclusion that Endeavor could not be the one to deal with Toya, and that it was his responsibility to handle his brother personally.

The rest of his family then comes to visit Shoto, and the four of them go up to Enji's room. When Shoto opens the door, he's shocked to see his father crying about what he has done, and closes the door to let the others know that Enji is sobbing. Shoto stands silently as Enji and Rei talk about the past, how their family fell apart, and how Toya became the villain Dabi. After each family member takes responsibility for Toya, Rei exclaims that Shoto has suffered much more than any of them, has called her "mom" despite having every reason to hate her, and has made new friends at U.A. High, stating that he is the family's hero. Shoto explains to his father that he'd initially planned to fight Toya alone, but after talking with Rei, he realized this wasn't his fight alone. He then extends his hand to his father, who is sobbing uncontrollably, offering to help him up once he finishes grieving so they can all go together to stop Toya.

Hawks and Best Jeanist enter the room, revealing that they were eavesdropping on their conversation. Hawks puts his elbow on Shoto's shoulder and asks him if Endeavor was the one who gave Shoto his burn, though Shoto is put off by the hero being so close. Rei corrects Hawks and says she was responsible for his burn. Hawks respects Shoto for choosing to not abandon his parents despite the trauma they caused him, and calls him a class act, much to Shoto's confusion. The Heroes both offer up their assistance to help the Todoroki family deal with Dabi.