Ochaco Uraraka/Synopsis

History
Ochaco's parents own a construction business, but none of them have the Quirks compatible for the job, which caused them to have considerably economic problems for years, even after having a child.

As a result, Ochaco wanted to help with her family's business since her early childhood. However, her father refused her help, replying that even though he and her mother were happy that she wanted to help, they would be happier if she made her own dreams come true instead.

During her teenage years, Ochaco decided to get a Hero's license in order to give a more comfortable life to her parents. Despite her financial outcome compared to her classmates, after she entered to U.A, Ochaco managed to get her own apartment to assist school.

Entrance Exam Arc
Ochaco attends the U.A. Highschool Entrance Exams. She notices Izuku Midoriya tripping and uses her Quirk to float his body, preventing him from falling over. She apologizes for using her Quirk on Izuku without permission. She nervously admits to him her concerns about the test and departs by wishing him good luck.

During the practical portion of the exam, Ochaco scores twenty-eight points by using her Quirk on the villain-bots. A gigantic villain bot appears and tears apart the testing arena. Ochaco gets caught under debris as the robot approaches, putting her in danger of being crushed. Izuku puts his safety aside and rushes to her aid. It what was a complete shock to Ochaco, he defeats the massive robot with one powerful blow. However, Izuku breaks both his legs and his right arm in the process and begins to free fall. Ochaco frees herself from the debris in time to safe Izuku from falling from the great height. She smacks him just in time and uses her powers to float him as he's about to crash. The exams end shortly after.

Ochaco returns to U.A. after the exams and asks Present Mic if she can transfer some of the points she'd earned onto Izuku. She tells Present Mic that Izuku had a zero score and that she needed to repay him for saving her. Present Mic thanks Ochaco for stopping by, but Izuku earned enough rescue points to pass. Ochaco also earned forty-five rescue points. Combined with her villain points, this places Ochaco third in the exam.

Quirk Apprehension Test Arc
Ochaco is the last person to arrive in Class 1-A on the first day of school. She happens upon Izuku and Tenya talking at the door. Izuku is clearly embarrassed, but this doesn't stop Ochaco from telling him how awesome his punch from the exam was. A man clad in a sleeping bag, lying on the ground appears behind the trio. They are frightened when he tells them that they're taking up too much time chatting.

This man introduces himself as Shota Aizawa: their homeroom teacher. He immediately tells the class to dress in their P.E. attire and go to the training grounds. Ochaco is concerned that they will miss orientation, but Shota claims there isn't any time for formalities. Class 1-A follows Shota outside, where he announces that they will undergo quirk apprehension tests to determine their standing in the class. The person who places last will be immediately expelled. Ochaco expresses that she feels this is unfair to the students. Shota replies that many of the world's disasters are unfair and that the students will need to "Go Beyond" that.

In the fifty meter-dash, Ochaco uses her Quirk: "Zero Gravity" to negate the gravitational pull on her clothes and shoes. The added speed allows her to finish in 7.15 seconds, which is faster than her previous score from junior high. On the pitch test, Ochaco achieves an infinite score by floating the ball into the atmosphere. Izuku goes next, but Shota erases his Quirk to stop him from breaking his arm. Izuku recognizes him as the Pro-Hero Eraserhead, but Ochaco and other students don't recognize that name. Then Izuku throws the ball over seven hundred meters by breaking his finger and Ochaco cheers him on.

Following the physical tests, Shota reveals the student's scores. Ochaco places tenth out of the class while Izuku comes in last. Just when Izuku believes he's been expelled, Shota reveals that no one is going home and that threat was just a logical deception. Ochaco and most of the students are shocked by this revelation.

Afterward, Ochaco catches up with Izuku and Tenya to ask them if they want to walk to the station together. She recognizes Tenya by his name but accidentally calls Izuku by Deku. Izuku explains that Deku is a nickname that Katsuki uses to bully him. Ochaco likes the name Deku. She says it would make a great hero name and that it's cute. Ochaco and her new friends Tenya and Deku walk home together.

Battle Trial Arc
Ochaco eats lunch with Izuku and Tenya the next day. That afternoon, they attend Hero Basic Training class taught by All Might. All Might announces their first lesson will be combat training. Ochaco and her peers dress in their new costumes and meet their teacher at training ground beta. She tells Izuku she likes how simple his costume is, but dislikes how her own costume is too tight on her. All Might begins to explain the Battle Trial the students will undertake but gets interrupted when Ochaco and others keep asking questions. The students are paired up into teams of two and will fight mach-battles inside buildings. One team will be designated as the heroes while the other will be the villains. The objective of the heroes is to capture the villains or recover the payload the villains protect.

Class 1-A draws lots to choose their partner and Ochaco ends up with Izuku as her partner. All Might chooses their opponent at random as well. Ochaco and Izuku are chosen to be the hero team up against Katsuki and Tenya. They wait outside the building for five minutes after their opponents enter.

Ochaco tells Izuku that she's excited to be able to see All Might up close. Her enthusiasm is interrupted when she realizes Izuku is so nervous that he's sweating through his costume. Izuku admits that he's afraid to face Katsuki because of how powerful he is. He goes on to say that he must do better and that he won't lose in the Battle Trial. Ochaco says it's a fated battle between rivals and that they will win as a team.

They enter the building and Ochaco follows Izuku around the narrow corridors until Katsuki surprise attacks them. Izuku grabs Ochaco in time for both of them to evade Katsuki's explosion. Katsuki attacks again, but Izuku catches his arm and uses a shoulder toss to counter and slam Katsuki onto the ground. Ochaco cheers as she watches Izuku tell Katsuki that "Deku" is the name of a hero.

Katsuki recovers and kicks Izuku. Izuku tells Ochaco to go ahead without him while he fights Katsuki. Ochaco reaches Tenya and the fake bomb on the floors above. She walks in on Tenya getting himself into the villainous mindset. Ochaco finds this funny and lets her guard down by laughing out loud. Tenya notices her and reveals that he's removed anything for Ochaco to float from the room. As he monologues over his plan, Ochaco contacts Izuku and tells him she found the payload in the middle of the fifth floor.

Katsuki uses a giant explosion to attack Izuku that shakes the entire building. In the chaos, Ochaco floats herself and makes a jump for the weapon. However, Tenya is too fast for her and uses his Quirk to keep it out of her reach.

Izuku and Ochaco come up with a plan where the former uses his Quirk to break up the higher floors of the building. This gives Ochaco the opening and the tools to use her Quirk effectively. She swings a large pillar to send stones flying at Tenya, nicknaming the technique Home Run Comet. While Tenya avoids the attack, Ochaco jumps onto the payload and wins the Battle Trial.

Following their battle trial, Ochaco, Tenya, and Katsuki are critiqued in the monitoring room. All Might declares Tenya the MVP of the trial and asks the class why he chose Tenya. Momo answers his question. She says Ochaco dropped her guard mid-battle and she took advantage of the trial by using an imprecise special move. Izuku returns to class later on. Ochaco walks in with Denki soon after and immediately runs over to Izuku. She's concerned about his wounds but he tells her that he's fine. He asks where Katsuki went. She tells him Katsuki left and Izuku goes after him.

Unforeseen Simulation Joint Arc
Ochaco gets questioned by reporters on her way to school the next day. They ask what All Might is like in person. Ochaco can't quite describe him, but she does call him very muscular. Class 1-A votes for their Class President during homeroom. Tenya suggests the class vote for it. Ochaco quietly uses her vote on Izuku so Katsuki doesn't notice. Izuku and Momo are voted in as class representatives.

At lunch, Ochaco eats and talks to Izuku and Tenya about the class president. Tenya tells Izuku he voted for him as well. Ochaco mentions that Tenya looked the part of being class president. Tenya accidentally mentions his families hero agency, prompting Ochaco to ask if his family is wealthy. Tenya admits that he comes from a family of pro-heroes and that the hero Ingenium is his elder brother.

Suddenly the school's alarms go off and the students begin to evacuate in a panic. Ochaco and the others get caught in the mob created by the panic. She calls for Tenya's help and he reaches his hand out to her. He requests that she help him float above everyone else. Using his Quirk, Tenya moves over the corridor and dispells the panic by informing everyone it's just the media trespassing on campus grounds.

Later on, Shota announces to the Class that they will partake in rescue training at an outside facility. Ochaco gets dressed in her costume save for her helmet. She notices Izuku wearing his P.E. uniform rather than his costume. He explains it got wrecked during combat training. Class 1-A boards the bus and Katsuki eventually starts fighting with his peers. Momo complains that their conversation is too vulgar, but Ochaco says that it's fun to hear them argue. Class 1-A reaches the Unforeseen Simulation Joint and are met by the Space Hero: Thirteen. Thirteen speaks to them about the importance of using their Quirks to help others. The teacher's speech is interrupted when villains suddenly enter the facility through a warp gate.

Shota fends off the villains on his own and leaves Thirteen to evacuate with the class. They prepare to escape, but they are cut off by the villain Kurogiri. He explains he and his allies are the League of Villains. They came to the U.S.J to kill All Might, but he isn't there. Katsuki and Eijiro attack the mist villain. Kurogiri is able to avoid their attack and counterattacks by warping the class across the facility. Tenya grabs Ochaco and Rikido and evades the warp gate.

Only Ochaco, Tenya, Rikido, Mezo, Mina, and Hanta remain on the entrance platform with Thirteen. Thirteen instructs Tenya to run back to the main campus to get help. He's reluctant at first, but Ochaco and the others encourage him to save the day. Kurogiri overhears their plan and attacks. Thirteen counters with their Black Hole Quirk to vacuum in Kurogiri's mist. Kurogiri turns Black Hole's power against Thirteen by opening a gate behind them. Thirteen is nearly torn in half and is ultimately defeated by the villain.

Ochaco and Mina to rush to Thirteen's side as Tenya makes a break for the door. As Kurogiri chases Tenya, Ochaco notices his neck armor and grabs it. She uses her Quirk to float Kurogiri's real body. He tries to recover, but Hanta and Rikido use their Quirks to throw him farther away. Thanks to all of their help, Tenya makes it out of the U.S.J. to run back to the school.

All Might appears at the U.S.J and rescues Shota from the villains. Ochaco finds Tsuyu and Minoru carrying Shota back and offers to help them. She cheers All Might on during his fight with the villain Nomu. Ochaco is overjoyed when Tenya eventually returns to the fight with reinforcements to save everyone from the League of Villains. In the aftermath of the attack, Class 1-A are debriefed by Detective Tsukauchi. Ochaco and Tenya ask abou Izuku's wellbeing. The police officer confirms Izuku will be fine. Ochaco and all her other peers return to U.A. High uninjured.

Sports Festival Arc
Two days after the attack on the U.S.J., Ochaco and her classmates return to school discuss the attack. Shota returns to class and the students get lectured about the importance of the upcoming U.A. Sports Festival. At lunchtime, Ochaco puts her game face on and emphatically and repeatedly expresses to everyone that she's going to do her best in the festival. Shortly after, Izuku and Tenya ask Ochaco why she wants to become a hero.

Embarrassed, Ochaco explains that she wants to become a hero to make money. This surprises Izuku and Ochaco apologizes for appearing to be greedy. Tenya says that it's perfectly fine to strive to support her own wellbeing. Ochaco explains that her families business hasn't been getting work and that they're poor. Izuku and Tenya state that Ochaco could float the equipment, to which she agrees. She expressed this idea to her father years ago, but he told her that she should achieve her own dreams to make them happy. Now Ochaco strives to become a pro-hero to make enough money to give her parents an easy life.

All Might suddenly appears and takes Izuku out for lunch. Ochaco finds this adorable and excuses Izuku. She joins Tenya for lunch and asks what All Might could want with Izuku. Tenya points out that Izuku helped All Might at the U.S.J and that they both have similar Quirks.

Later on after class, Class 1-A's doorway is blocked by a mob of students. Katsuki points out that they're rival students scouting out the competition and demands that the "extras" move out of the way. A student from the general studies course confronts Katsuki and declares war on Class 1-A. This shocks Ochaco and her peers, who don't know who this student is. Then a student from Class 1-B appears and yells at Katsuki. Ochaco and the others fear everyone hates their class thanks to Katsuki.

Ochaco trains for the next two weeks prior to the festival. On the day of the U.A. Sports Festival, Ochaco gets ready with her classmates in the waiting room. Shoto confronts Izuku and quietly earns Ochaco and everyone else's attention. He declares that he will defeat Izuku, to which Izuku responds that he will aim for the top. Class 1-A is called out onto the festival arena, where Katsuki gives the pledge. Ochaco and the others aren't surprised when all he says is that he will win.

The first round of the festival is an Obstacle Course four kilometers around the outside of the stadium. Ochaco makes it through the doorway despite Shoto's ice attack but is stopped by the "Robo Inferno" blockade of villain bots. Ochaco uses her Skill Release technique to destroy the robots her in path. She eventually makes it to the second leg of the race: "The Fall".

Ochaco and Mina watch Tsuyu effortless traverse the pitfall laced with pillars connected by tightropes. Ochaco questions when the school had time to build this obstacle. Then a student from the support course appears and loudly introducers her gadgets. Ochaco and Mina ask her why she can use those tools. The girl explains students from support can use any tools they develop themselves. She uses her gadgets to cross The Fall, all while wildly announcing it all. Ochaco watches in awe before pumping herself up to continue on.

Ochaco finishes the race in sixteenth place, qualifying her for the second event: the Cavalry Battle. She congratulates Izuku on getting first place. Midnight explains the Cavalry Battle rules. Ochaco points out that each team will have a different point value based on its members placement in the first event. Midnight yells at Ochaco and Mina to be quiet and allow her to finish explaining.

Ochaco chooses to team up with Izuku, wanting to team up with people she is friends with, which moves the boy to tears. She is sad to see that Tenya will not be joining their team. Ochaco is then seen in formation along with her other teammates, Fumikage and Mei.

The event begins and Ochaco along with her teammates are about to be assaulted by Tetsutetsu's team and Toru's team. Ochaco and her team try to escape, but they find themselves stuck in Juzo's Quirk. Izuku tells Ochaco and Mei to look away and uses the jetpack that Mei gave to him earlier, allowing them to escape into the air. Kyoka attacks the group, but Fumikage uses his Dark Shadow to defend his team.

Ochaco uses her Quirk along with equipment attached to her legs to land safely. Then, Ochaco and her teammates are attacked by Tetsutetsu's team again, but Fumikage uses his Dark Shadow to block them. Suddenly, Mezo and his team attack them. Under pressure, Izuku decides to escape by flying into the air, but they are suddenly attacked by Katsuki. Fumikage then uses his Dark Shadow to block Katsuki's Explosion. After landing again, Ochaco and her team are confronted by Shoto's team.

Ochaco's team battles Shoto's team, managing to hold their ground. However, Tenya uses his new move, Reciprocating Burst, which allows Shoto to snatch Izuku's 10 million point headband in an instant, shocking Ochaco. As Izuku orders his team to after them, Fumikage advises that they go after another team, but Izuku replies that he doesn't know the point distribution of the other teams. Ochaco pushes her team forward and encourages Izuku to get back the 10 million point headband. Ochaco and her team then face off in one final clash.

Thinking it is the ten million point one, Izuku manages to take Shoto's headband. However, Izuku is shocked to see that the headband he took is instead a seventy-point headband. For the last ten seconds, Ochaco and her team try to attack Shoto's team again, with Fumikage using his Dark Shadow to protect his team from Denki's electricity, but soon the ten seconds are up and the Human Cavalry Battle ends. Izuku apologizes to his team, but Fumikage reveals that he was able to take a headband from Shoto. Ochaco and her team place fourth, allowing them to advance and participate in the final event. After the lunch break begins, Ochaco talks to Tenya, saying that the move he used was sneaky, but Tenya denies it. She then wonders where Izuku went. After Denki and Minoru state that the girls must do the cheering battle as per orders from their homeroom teacher, Ochaco and the other girls of Class 1-A walk out in cheerleading outfits. However, they realize that they have been tricked, and Ochaco comforts a frustrated Momo. The final event is revealed to be a tournament, and Ochaco's opponent is Katsuki Bakugo in the first round, much to her shock. During the recreational events, Ochaco cheerleads, in an attempt to ease her worries about her upcoming match.

After Ibara defeats Denki, Ochaco sees that Izuku is writing down counter strategies. He explains to her that it is a hobby of his, and that the event is a great chance to observe the Quirks of everyone outside their class, since he already has information on everyone on class A. Ochaco comments that Izuku has been incredible since they first met, but the festival has brought him to another level. After Tenya wins his match, Ochaco tells Izuku that she is going to the waiting room and will be back later.

Ochaco, in the waiting room, meets Tenya. He notices that she is nervous, and she admits that she is indeed scared. Izuku then also enters the room and describes what happened in the other matches. Ochaco notes that it will soon be her time to battle. Tenya says that even Katsuki could go easy against a female opponent, but Izuku disagrees, since they're all fighting to be number one. Izuku, wanting to help calm Ochaco as well as thank her for the many times she saved him, offers her notes on a strategy against Katsuki based on her Quirk. Ochaco thanks Izuku for the offer but politely declines, not wanting to count on him to pull through again just like in the Human Cavalry Battle event. She admits that she grew a little ashamed of herself to be relying on Izuku. As she leaves for her match, Ochaco then says that they will meet up in the finals.

Ochaco walks to the ring to face her opponent, Katsuki, in her first round match. Before the match begins, Katsuki tells Ochaco that if she is going to withdraw, she should do it now. The match begins and Ochaco runs toward Katsuki in an attempt to strike him first, saying that she doesn't have the option to withdraw. Ochaco is hit directly by Katsuki's explosion.

Ochaco removes her jacket so that it can act as a decoy and throws it onto the floor to distract Katsuki. Katsuki takes the bait by grabbing her jacket, allowing Ochaco to successfully sneak behind Katsuki without him noticing. Ochaco prepares to make her opponent float, but Katsuki's reflexes allow him to see her and he counters by hitting her with an explosion, blowing her away and damaging her in the process. Ochaco gets up and prepares to attack again. However, Katsuki is quicker than Ochaco and he hits her with an explosion. Ochaco, still standing, tries to attack, but Katsuki once again hits her with another explosion. Ochaco proves to be quite resilient, refusing to waver so easily and is hit by Katsuki's explosion again. After being hit by another one of his explosions, Ochaco, tired and battered from Katsuki's explosion assault, she thanks Katsuki for not letting his guard down as in doing so it allowed her to prepare her final plan; to create a meteor shower from all of the rubble utilizing the effects of her Quirk to hit Katsuki. Ochaco had been trying to attack Katsuki, which would distract long enough so that he would not realize what she was doing. Ochaco fires the meteor shower of rubble at Katsuki, planning to use the meteor shower of rubble as a distraction so that she can attack him directly with her Quirk. However, Katsuki creates a huge explosion which not only destroys the meteor shower of rubble but blows Ochaco away as well. Ochaco is shocked and horrified that Katsuki manages to destroy all the rubble in one hit. Ochaco, drained of her stamina from using her Quirk on a large scale as well as badly injured from Katsuki's explosions, makes one final attempt to attack Katsuki. However, her severe injuries and stamina drain finally take its toll on Ochaco and she collapses onto the ground, unable to move her body. Midnight goes to check on her and declares that she is unable to move, thus causing her to lose and to be eliminated from the tournament. Ochaco is taken to Recovery Girl to have her severe injuries attended to. After having most of her injuries healed, Ochaco is seen in the waiting room and Izuku arrives to see her. Ochaco cheerfully tells him that she lost, saying that she got carried away trying to win. When Izuku asks about her injuries, she tells him that her severe injuries are healed and that she only has minor bruises. Ochaco says that she was beat pretty badly by Katsuki and has to step up her game. As Izuku tries to asks if she is okay, Ochaco admits that she is feeling surprisingly fine. She tells Izuku that he always looks straight ahead and because she lost she cannot afford to lose again.

The first second round match is stated to begin shortly, causing Ochaco to apologize to him for taking up his time which he could have used to prepare, going on to say that she will be watching him and tells him to do his best. Izuku leaves the waiting room and Ochaco calls her father on her phone. Her father tells Ochaco that she was incredible during her match to which Ochaco replies that she wasn't that great. As Ochaco goes on to say that she couldn't show off her skills enough to get scouted, her father tells Ochaco that it is fine and that there is no rush, saying that he knows that his sweet, kind Ochaco will without a doubt become a great heroine. Ochaco breaks down in tears and begins to cry, as she is one step behind in her goal in helping her parents.

Ochaco then goes to watch the next match which is Izuku versus Shoto. As she goes to sit down, Tenya comments on her eyes, telling her to go to Recovery Girl, to which Ochaco replies that the condition of her eyes were from something else and proceeds to rub her eyes to make them better. Ochaco sits down and agrees with Fumikage's comment on taking inspiration from one's battles. Ochaco then wonders how Izuku is going to deal with Shoto's ice. After Shoto defeats Izuku, Ochaco along with Tenya, Tsuyu and Minoru go to Kango's office to see Izuku. However, Ochaco is forced to leave as Kango states that Izuku is going to undergo surgery.

Ochaco cheers for Tenya during his battle against Shoto. Ochaco, along with Izuku and Tenya, watch the match between Fumikage and Katsuki. Ochaco notes that Fumikage is at a disadvantage due to the light coming from Katsuki's Explosions. Ochaco agrees with Izuku about Fumikage having a better advantage if Katsuki didn't know about Fumikage's weakness. Ochaco notes that Izuku looks much better.

After Fumikage surrenders, Ochaco says that it must have been frustrating for Fumikage to force himself to give up. Ochaco and Izuku agree with Tenya's comment about watching the final match for revenge later. Ochaco watches the final match between Katsuki and Shoto along with Izuku.

Ochaco along with her class watches the closing ceremony of U.A.'s Sports Festival. The next day, Ochaco is walking home after picking up some groceries. She opens the door, surprised to see it's unlocked. Ochaco is shocked to see her parents in her apartment. Her parents tell her that because she did so well in the Sports Festival, they decided to come see her and throw a nice get-together for her efforts. Ochaco cries in happiness.

Vs. Hero Killer Arc
Two days after the Sports Festival, Ochaco is in class. During the Hero Informatics period, Shota shows the Pro Hero nominations which shows that Ochaco received 20 Pro Hero nominations. Afterwards, Class 1-A has to decide on Hero names. Ochaco writes down and shows her classmates her hero name. Ochaco's reveals her Hero name to be Uravity. Midnight commends Ochaco on the sleek and classiness of her Hero name. After Izuku revealed that his Hero name will be Deku as well as his reason why he chose it, Ochaco smiles.

After Class 1-A is finished formulating their Hero names, Ochaco is given her personalized work place list in order to choose a work place that she wants to train at. Ochaco tells Izuku that she plans to train at Battle Hero Gunhead's Office with Izuku noting that it is an office specializing in combat and thought that she wanted to specialize in life-saving like Thirteen. Ochaco replies, telling Izuku that life saving is her end goal but after her battle with Katsuki, she has realized that she can gain more opportunities if she is stronger with combat training, allowing her to become more efficient at life saving and that sticking in her comfort zone would limit her opportunities. She then notes that Izuku is shaking to which he replies that he is doing an isometric exercise. On the day of the workplace training, Ochaco is at the train station with her class so that she can travel to the workplace of her choice by train. As Tenya walks to his train, Izuku tells Tenya that if he needs someone to talk to he can talk to him and Ochaco (with her nodding in agreement) as they are his friends.

Ochaco arrives at the workplace of her choice which is Gunhead's hero office. Gunhead explains to Ochaco that his hero office specializes in clamping down on crime with most of their requests include backing up the police and that they earn money on commission.

After Stain's defeat is published, Ochaco phones Izuku, asking him if he is alright to which Izuku replies that he, Tenya and Shoto are fine. Ochaco is relieved to hear the news. Ochaco tells him to get rest and that they will talk at U.A.. Ochaco ends the call and prepares to train with Gunhead.

The workplace training comes to an end and Ochaco returns to U.A.. In Class 1-A, Mina, Tsuyu, and Kyoka ask Ochaco how her workplace training was, to which she replies that it was fruitful. During Foundational Hero Studies, Ochaco notes that while Tenya is injured, she thinks that he can still win the race. Ochaco watches the race and is surprised by Izuku's new control of his quirk which permits him to make speedy and athletic movements, which she notes that are like Katsuki's.

After Foundational Hero Studies is finished, Ochaco is in the girls' locker room changing into her school uniform. After school is finished, Ochaco is seen walking home with Izuku and Tenya.

Final Exams Arc
One week before the end of term test, in the lunchroom, Izuku, Tenya, Shoto, Ochaco, Tsuyu and Toru eat at a table, discussing how they will perform on the end of term test; they have high hopes about the written tests but not about the exercise test since they do not know what it is. In class when Katsuki confronts Izuku, Ochaco wonders if Katsuki is referring to Izuku's movements during the Foundational Hero Studies. On the day of the exercise test, Mr. Principal reveals that Class 1-A will be fighting against U.A.'s teachers for their exercise test. Ochaco is paired with Yuga and they must face Thirteen in their test exercise. Ochaco, Yuga and Thirteen arrive in an uninhabited city where Class 1-A's test exercise will take place. In the city, Thirteen explains the 30-minute test; Ochaco and Yuga must either handcuff him or one of them must escape the battlefield within 30 minutes in order to win and pass the test. The test begins.

Ochaco and Yuga reach the escape gate but before they can go through it, Thirteen creates a Black Hole, causing the duo to hold onto a guardrail to prevent themselves from being sucked in. Yuga fires his Navel Laser from his knees (thanks to his Hero Costume) at Thirteen but the attempt fails as Thirteen easily sucks away the lasers. Ochaco tries to think of a plan, causing Yuga to surmise that Ochaco is thinking about what Izuku would do; Yuga then asks Ochaco if she loves Izuku, which shocks Ochaco and makes her heavily blush, causing her to let go of the guardrail out of embarrassment. As a result, Ochaco gets drawn towards Thirteen who is surprised by this. Facing Thirteen directly, Ochaco instinctively uses her combat skills she learned from Gunhead and manages to handcuff Thirteen, allowing her and Yuga to pass the practical test.

Back in class, Ochaco learns that she has passed the written test and will be going to the forest lodge along with her classmates. The next day, most of Class 1-A (except Katsuki and Shoto) go to the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall, a shopping center that caters for all needs. Most of Class 1-A split up to go and buy their specific needs, leaving Ochaco and Izuku alone. Izuku asks Ochaco what she plans on buying and tells her that he plans on buying heavy wrist weights. Ochaco says that she requires bug repellent; however, she begins blushing as she remembers what Yuga said about Izuku. The blushing and flustered Ochaco then runs off on her own, finding it hard to believe that she actually has a crush on Izuku who is confused by her behavior.

Ochaco soon stopped running, feeling guilty about running away from Izuku and making him confused. Ochaco decides to go back and apologize to Izuku, internally noting that her close friendship with Izuku isn't becoming love.

Ochaco manages to find Izuku and wonders who Izuku is talking to. Izuku tries to tell Ochaco to run. However, Tomura lets go of Izuku and apologizes for interrupting their shopping. Tomura begins leaving and warns Izuku to not give chase. However, Izuku asks Tomura what All For One's ultimate goal is. Tomura gives Izuku his answer; that he doesn't know and doesn't care but warns Izuku that he might kill him. Disappearing into the crowd, Tomura tells Izuku to take care of himself because the next time they meet, he will kill him. Ochaco calls the Police.

School Trip Arc
The Police Force arrive due to Ochaco's call and temporarily close down the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall to investigate the whereabouts of Tomura.

The next day after the shopping trip at U.A., Shota informs Class 1-A that the destination for their lodge trip has been changed and the new destination will only be announced on the day of the event. The first semester has come to a close and summer break has begun. On the day of the event, Class 1-A boards a bus that will take them to the forest lodge destination. An hour later, Class 1-A’s bus stops for a restroom break. However, Class 1-A notes that Class 1-B isn’t at the rest stop. Suddenly, two females wearing cat-like costumes and a small boy appear; the females excitedly introduce themselves as the professional Hero Team, The Pussycats.

The black haired female explains to Class 1-A that they will be staying at the base of a mountain which is a part of their domain; they have three hours to reach the base of the mountain using their Quirks as they please and those who don’t arrive there by 12:30 pm won’t be served lunch. Soon, Class 1-A realize that they have already arrived at their destination and their training camp has already begun with the Pussycats being their supervisors.

Some of Class 1-A try to leave, but Pixiebob uses her Quirk to create a landslide of dirt that causes Class 1-A to fall into a forest called Forest of Magic Beasts, which they must traverse to reach their destination. Suddenly, Class 1-A are confronted by a beast; Kouji tries using his Quirk to control the beast but it does not work due to the beast being made out of dirt. Izuku, Shoto, Tenya and Katsuki mobilize and use their Quirks to destroy the dirt beast.

After Izuku, Tenya, Shoto and Katsuki destroy the dirt beast, Class 1-A begins traversing the Forest of Magic Beasts. However, the journey through the forest to the Cabin takes around about 8 hours. Class 1-A arrive at the facility, battered and tired. It is now 5:20 pm in the evening. Pixiebob admits that she thought they would take longer to get to the facility.

Class 1-A fetch their luggage from the bus and put it in their rooms. They go to the dining hall to have dinner. After finishing eating dinner, Class 1-A go to the hot springs.

The next day at 5:30 AM, Class 1-A are outside the training camp cabin. Shota greets his students and tells them that they will undergo reinforcement training to strengthen and upgrade their Quirks which will allow Class 1-A to obtain their temporary licenses.

During the night of the third day, Ochaco and Tsuyu are paired together for the test of courage. A few minutes later, the Vanguard Action Squad attacks; Himiko attacks Ochaco and Tsuyu in which Ochaco's arm was slightly wounded due to the ambush.

A few moments earlier before the Bakugo Escort Squad was formed, Tsuyu and Ochaco are fighting Himiko Toga who managed to slightly wound Ochaco’s arm. Himiko notes that her Quirk requires her to make big wounds in order to suck her targets’ blood. However, thanks to her machine, her Quirk’s weakness is compensated by the machine’s ability to drain blood from tiny wounds. Himiko begins to attack, to which Tsuyu responds to by flinging Ochaco away with her tongue. Tsuyu tells Ochaco to run back to the facility and call for help and says that she also plans on retreating with her. Suddenly, Himiko manages to wound Tsuyu’s tongue with her knife. Tsuyu tries running away, only for Himiko to pin her hair to a tree with her machine.

Himiko prepares to drain Tsuyu’s blood, however, Ochaco arrives to Tsuyu’s aid, which causes Himiko to turn her attention to Ochaco. Himiko attacks with her knife, only for Ochaco to dodge. Ochaco then uses the martial arts skills she learned from Gunhead to apprehend Himiko. With Himiko on the ground and apprehended, Ochaco tells Tsuyu to restrain her arms. However, Himiko begins talking to Ochaco, calling her spectacular while noting that they are similar, as they are in love with someone. She tells Ochaco that she knows how she feels because they are girls; and begins talking about people who are in love strive to be like the ones they love, which enrages Ochaco. Himiko notes that love stories are fun and uses her machine to stab Ochaco’s leg to drain her blood, who was unable to stop her due to being caught off guard with Himiko’s talking.

Suddenly, the Bakugo Escort Team arrives and sees Ochaco. Himiko stops draining Ochaco’s blood and pushes Ochaco aside, not wanting to engage a large group of enemies and not wanting to die. Before retreating, Himiko sees Izuku and blushes. Himiko retreats with Ochaco wanting to follow her, butTsuyu stops her due to Himiko’s Quirk being largely unknown. After seeing that Ochaco and Tsuyu are alright, Izuku asks them to join the escort. However, Ochaco and Tsuyu wonder why Katsuki isn’t with them. Mezo, Shoto and Izuku turn around only to find that Fumikage and Katsuki are missing.

Suddenly, a masked villain appears on a tree branch and reveals that he used his “magic” to take Katsuki by turning him into a marble. The masked magician-like villain states that the Heroes don’t deserve someone of Katsuki’s caliber and notes that Katsuki will shine even brighter on the villains’ side. Izuku demands that he give Katsuki back.

Izuku hatches a plan to allow them to save Katsuki and asks Ochaco to make them weightless so that Tsuyu can throw them towards Mr. Compress. Ochaco and Shoto are unsure about letting Izuku help with the rescue, but after Izuku convinces them, Ochaco makes them weightless while Tsuyu flings them. Before Tsuyu flings them, Ochaco bandages Izuku's arms and wishes them good luck.

After the three young Heroes are sent flying towards Mr. Compress, Ochaco and Tsuyu run after them. They reach them but find out that they were too late to save Katsuki.

Hideout Raid Arc
Two days later, Ochaco visits Izuku in a hospital near the training camp. Eijiro states a plan to rescue Katsuki, but most of Class 1-A are against the idea with Ochaco saying that Katsuki needing rescuing would disgrace and humiliate him.

Ochaco watches the broadcast of the battle between All Might and Sensei.

Hero License Exam Arc
While waiting fir the Second Exam to start, Ochaco overhears Hanta Sero tells Denki Kaminari and Minoru Mineta that Izuku saw Camie's naked body, which leaves her silent. After Camie walks away while Ochaco's heart starts pounding and she is not able to suppress her feelings and tries to speak with Izuku but the exam starts.

A rescue scenario is being broadcast to the examinees; large-scale destruction of buildings have resulted in large numbers of victims. The damage to the roads are severe and the emergency unit will be considerably late. Until the emergency unit arrives, all rescue activities will be left to the heroes and they must save every life they can. The waiting room door opens up and the one hundred examinees rush out to the disaster site to carry out their rescue operations. Ochaco, Izuku, Tenya, Minoru, and Mina Ashido head to the nearest affected urban zone.

Ochaco watches as Izuku tends to an injured child who gives him a hard time at first until Izuku's kind words reassure him. Izuku tells Ochaco and Tenya that he will take the child to the first-aid station but will return for them. As she watches him leave, Ochaco berates herself as she realizes she does have feelings for Izuku but realizes in order to focus on her dream, she must shut off her feelings for Izuku. The reason Ochaco found Izuku to be cool in the first place was because he does everything he can without giving up for the sole purpose of achieving his objective and found Izuku's determination admirable. Ochaco decides to do her best as and decides to shut off her feelings for Izuku will aid her in doing so. Ochaco becomes focused and determined and springs into action.

Internship Arc
Ochaco is revealed to be doing a internship with Ryukyu along with Tsuyu, thanks to Nejire, recommended them by telling that both heroines-in-training who were turned down by the field training teachers.

One day, they defeat a villain together and use a new combo move called Meteor Fafrotskies. Ryukyu then tells them that the internship will help with their fighting skills and that they might help with "The Case", which is to team up with Nighteye's hero office for an investigation.