Episode 95

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

Summary
In the aftermath of Round 2, Kinoko offers Fumikage a cough drop for his sore throat. Fumikage refuses help, and the girl tells him to go see Recovery Girl at the very least. Itsuka is walking with Momo, who is unconscious and being carried on a chair by two robots. The rest of the match members are sitting by the cage. At the viewing area, Shinso notices that the damage is much worse compared to the previous match. Eraser Head tells him that this what he should expect from the hero course, though the Pro Hero admits that this is a little overboard. Vlad King tells Manga and Itsuka over the microphone to keep damage to a minimum, followed by a nervous apology from both students. Due to Kinoko's mushrooms having another two hours until they disappear, Shota tells Vlad King that everyone should take a break for now.

Neito takes advantage of the victory to show off and boast about Class B to Izuku's team, which ends with Itsuka hitting him to shut him up, apologizing to Izuku and his teammates as she dragged Neito away. Both Mineta and Mina wonder why Neito always behaves like this if he knows that she is going to hit him. Except for this unpleasant moment, the students are relaxing and complimenting others for their improvements during the break. Izuku updates his Hero notebook, commenting on how everyone's mental growth has made their Quirks stronger as well. Ochaco tells him that he has improved too, and Izuku hopes so.

All Might approaches them and asks Izuku to accompany him for a moment, as he must talk to him. As they walk away, Mina and Minoru comment that they have been spending a lot of time together lately, and Ochaco says it's because All Might has been helping Izuku with his Quirk. Mina teases Ochaco that she knows many deets about Midoriya, which makes Ochaco nervous and accidentally causes Mina to float in the air by touching her with her Zero Gravity Quirk activated.

In a quieter corner, All Might asks Izuku if he has felt something strange with One For All again, to which he replies that he hasn't. All Might comments that his master Nana had never mentioned to him that the Quirk could be activated spontaneously, so he has thought about calling Gran Torino to ask if he knows anything about it. He also asks Izuku to be careful in the 5th match because he will face Hitoshi, who triggered the vestiges during their battle at the U.A. Sports Festival.

Suddenly, Katsuki appears behind Izuku, scaring him. Katsuki scolds them because even though they must keep the OFA a secret, they behave in such an obvious way that someone will end up suspecting that they are hiding something. Then Katsuki asks them if something happens to the OFA and Izuku tells him that it activated on it's own in the early morning. Katsuki doesn't know if that means Izuku improves or worsens in his control over the Quirk, but demands that he master it. Izuku assures him with what he is doing. All Might wonders if Katsuki is being considerate on his own way, but seeing him aggressively yelling at Izuku he thinks he could be wrong.

All Might ponders the matter, and thinks the fact that Izuku saw the vestiges again and that he is going to face Hitoshi, the one who triggered that, must be connected in some way. He wonders what the previous users are trying to do.

In the infirmary, Recovery Girl tells Momo that she will soon recover after having used her Quirk on her, while in Ground Gamma, Vlad King informs there is already another arena ready for the third match. Izuku comments that Tenya's team is balanced, and Minoru is sure that they will get an easy victory since Shoto is a powerhouse. As the 1-A team heads out into the arena, Fumikage stops Shoto to to apologize for his poor performance in the previous, and the rest is up to him. Shoto is confused and asks why him, and Fumikage comments because they carry the weight of Endeavor and Hawks, the No. 1 and No. 2 heroes.

This makes Shoto to remember the harsh training session from his childhood, when his father trained him very hard to learn a new technique, to the point of making him cry. Enji yelled at a young Shoto to get up and stop pretending to be weak. Enji mentions that Shoto's brother, Toya, possessed a firepower greater than his own, unfortunately he inherited the weak constitution of his mother Rei, so he was not suitable for learning his techniques it, but he tells Shoto that he is, and he will fulfill his ambitions.

Tenya calls out to Shoto as he thinks of this, asking if there is something wrong, as he looks puzzled. Shoto thanks him for caring and ensures him that everything is okay. Mashirao is a bit surprised that Tenya was able to notice something in Shoto, considering his face expressions rarely changes. Tenya says that as Class 1-A rep, he must help his classmate when they are troubled. Mezo notices he is feeling more upbeat than usual, which Tenya attributes to his brother Tensei is making progress in his recovery. He then gets ready to show his team what he is made of, both as the class president of 1-A and as Ingenium's successor.

Locations

 * Musutafu, Japan
 * Todoroki Abode
 * U.A. High School
 * Ground Gamma
 * Fukuoka

Battles & Events

 * Enji Todoroki & Keigo Takami vs. Hood
 * Joint Training Battle
 * Round Three

Anime & Manga Differences

 * The anime slightly extends the banter among Izuku's team.
 * Mina makes a dig at Minoru's height.
 * Mina teases Ochaco over why she knows so much about Izuku's relationship with All Might. Ochaco gets nervous and accidentally causes Mina to float, to Minoru's annoyance.
 * Mina teases Minoru for hypocritically looking down on Class 1-B.
 * In the manga, the scene of Endeavor talking about interview requests with his sidekicks while tries to reach out to Shoto over a messaging app takes places in his hero office. In the anime, this scene takes place in the street, being preceded by a original scene of him pursuing and apprehending a villain.
 * The anime adds additional commentary from the students.