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Remedial Course Arc
During the Remedial Course for the students who failed the Provisional Hero License Training Exam, Endeavor furiously enters, thanking All Might for looking after Shoto. He then demands to have a proper chat with All Might. Endeavor, along with All Might and Present Mic, enter the room where the training was being held, and Endeavor shouts Shoto's name to encourage him and gains the attention of everyone there. Everyone in the room were merely curious as to why he was there, but they grew ecstatic upon noticing All Might with him.

Endeavor asks the former Number One Hero what the Symbol Of Peace is, telling him about how he became the Number Two Hero at the young age of 20 but immediately knew he would never beat All Might, which is why he entrusted everything to Shoto. In response, All Might states that he always believed that the country needed a symbol to be their beacon of light, and in doing so he ignored the people around him, such as his former sidekick. All Might tells Endeavor that he knows his struggle of filling in his spot as the Number One Hero and tells him he does not need to follow in his footsteps to become the same symbol but find his own way of doing things instead.

Endeaver later congratulates Shoto after finishing for the day, and tries to pat his son on the head, though Shoto gives him the cold shoulder. Undeterred by this rejection, Endeavor simply tells his son that he would try to be a better hero and man that Shoto could be proud of. Seeing Endeavor's change of heart, Inasa wills himself to approach the hero and tells Endeavor that he will be cheering him on; Endeavor thanks Inasa for his support.

Pro Hero Arc
It is time for the broadcast of the Hero Billboard Chart JP; this announcement is being held at Kamino for its importance and is special for the fact that All Might will not be on the chart for the first time as well as the top ten Heroes themselves appearing on stage for the presentation of their rankings. The new Number One Hero is revealed to be the same Hero who temporarily received the ranking; it is none other than the Flame Hero Endeavor who is wearing a new Hero costume.

While speaking, the new Number Two Hero, Hawks, asks Endeavor what it is like to be the Number One Hero, but receives a glare from the Flame Hero. Remembering what All Might advised him, Endeavor says one thing; to just watch him. This surprises the Heroes in the stadium as Hawks claps.

Back stage, an angry Endeavor confronts Hawks and is not too pleased with his behavior. Hawks convinces Endeavor that he was simply trying to make an impact so that Endeavor could look better. Hawks reveals that he was never an All Might fan and never wanted to be like him but his retirement was a big shock to him. Hawks believes that society does not need an icon Hero like All Might but a leader with a mental fortitude to support them all, believing that Endeavor has such a quality and is impressed by him.

Although he is not able to tell if Hawks is being truthful, sarcastic, or mocking him, Endeavor wonders why Hawks does not become this leader, to which Hawks admits that he would rather be lower in the rankings so that he would have more freedom. Unimpressed with Hawks' immaturity, Endeavor bluntly states his displeasure for Hawks and ends their conversation, telling him to apologize to everyone else.

As Endeavor walks away, Hawks tells Endeavor the reason he wanted to talk to him; in his area the number of concerning sightings has been making him worry and he would like to team up with the Number 1 Hero. These sightings have to do with Nomus, which catches Endeavor's attention.

While walking the streets of Fukuoka, a villain is struck down by Hawks' red feathers. As he strikes down the villain, Hawks tells Endeavor about a restaurant they can eat at so that they can discuss business. A dog is almost run over by a truck but Hawks' red feathers carry the dog to safety, all the while Hawks is busy occupied with his talk with Endeavor. Soon, the public takes note of Hawks' rare appearance and some of them take photos with him while Endeavor nonchalantly stands by.

The people take notice of Endeavor but are reluctant to make contact with him; one boy bets his friend to ask for Endeavor's autograph. Seeing this, Endeavor welcomes this and allows the boy to approach him. However, the boy is taken aback by Endeavor's new attitude and believes that him being a gruff and angry Hero suited him better and shies away as his friend apologizes for him, while the event leaves Endeavor confused.

At the Umai Building, Hawks tells Endeavor that after U.A's Sports Festival he sent an offer to his son Shoto. However, Hawks is happy that Fumikage was the one who ended up coming since Shoto failed the Provisional Hero License Exam and having that would have ruined his image, much to Endeavor's anger who finds it strange that Hawks has knowledge of that despite not being a U.A. graduate. Having had enough of the useless talk, Endeavor wants to know about the rumors Hawks has been hearing.

Hawks knows that the League of Villains puppets, the modified humans called Nomus, were stored in a facility in Kamino Ward but after they were captured along with All For One they have rarely appeared. However, Hawks isn't able to confirm that the rumors are true, which infuriates Endeavor who tries to leave. Hawks informs Endeavor that the rumors aren't just in his area but the entire country as he has heard it from wives gossiping or school children chatting on the way home.

Hawks secretly launched an investigation with the Police Force but they came up dry and after investigating himself by flying throughout the country, all he heard of was rumors. Although never managing to find proof, Hawks, after hearing that everyone knows about Nomus, believes that someone is going around spreading these rumors to strike panic into the public and knows this to be true because the villain they encountered on the way was influenced by a reprinting of Destro's autobiography. Hawks desires for Endeavor to become a leader that can lay these rumors to rest and tell the populace to take it easy. Hawks wants to live in an ideal world where all Heroes can take leisure in their work without ever stressing out, wanting Heroes to have more free time.

Suddenly, Hawks and Endeavor notice that something is flying to them; it is the intelligent Nomu, Hood, who is flying towards them. The waitress comes in as Hawks protects her and Endeavor tells the Number Two Hero to evacuate the building. The High-End Nomu smashes in and asks which of them is the strongest. Endeavor notes that the rumors were true and is glad that this was well timed.

Hood prepares to attack but Endeavor takes the initiative first by attacking with Flashfire Fist - Jet Burn, a blast of fire that sends Hood out of the building and damages it. Endeavor takes flight by propelling himself in the air with his fire. Endeavor plans to show the Nomu what it means to be the Number One Hero.

Endeavor continues to face off against Hood while Hawks is surprised that Endeavor can fly to which Endeavor responds that he considers it "not falling" and warns him to not underestimate the Nomu they are facing. When Hood starts regenerating, Endeavor sees that he possesses a regeneration Quirk similar to other black Nomus while the white Nomus don't have any special Quirks and assumes that the black Nomus are high quality Nomus with many powerful Quirks. Endeavor deduces that the Nomu to be special among the black Nomus since it can speak. Resolving to capture Nomu alive for interrogation, Endeavor uses Flashfire Fist - Hell Spider, launching five streams of fire from his finger tips.

Although two fire streams hit Hood, it doesn't stop its advance and it lunges into Endeavor, plunging Endeavor into the building with great force and sends him to the other side of it. Endeavor releases a great flare of fire that burns Hood's arm, causing it to release Endeavor from its grip. Suddenly, Hood's arm regenerates immediately and grabs hold of Endeavor once again and proceeds to smash him across the building. The High-End Nomu sends Endeavor out of the building. Endeavor gets a hold of himself and takes note of the creature prowess.

Due to Hood smashing Endeavor across the building, the top half of the building begins collapsing. Hawks uses his Quirk, Fierce Wings which allows him to control and manipulate strong and flexible feathers, to get all the injured civilians out of the building first. As Hawks' feathers begin delivering the injured down to safety, Hawks himself joins the fight and launches three feathers at Hood which successfully strikes its arm. Endeavor uses an advanced version of Flashfire Fist - Hell Spider and strikes Hood with multiple fire streams which cuts up its body. Hawks wonders if this move is Endeavor's strongest to which Endeavor comments about it not even being close. The cut up Hood begins regenerating and comments on the fight being interesting.

To prevent any other heroes from interrupting his fight with Endeavor, Hood spawns several minor Nomus to deal with them, while regenerating his body completely. The High-End Nomu wonders if Endeavor stopped shooting flames since he isn't able to anymore due to a limitation. Begrudgingly, Endeavor accepts Hood's intuition about his Quirk; the more flames he produces, the more heat continually builds up in his body which raises his body temperature and causes his physical abilities to deteriorate and he already knows he is inferior in power and speed to begin with. Endeavor recalls that he started a family for his Quirk's major drawback.

Hood reveals another Quirk and is excited to use it on Endeavor. While evading Hood's stretching arms, Endeavor has no choice but to end the battle quickly since he cannot maintain an elongated battle due to his Quirk's drawback. Endeavor ignites viciously and releases a powerful fire blast called Prominence Burn which incinerates Hood's body completely.

Suddenly, Endeavor sees Hood's head and neck and realizes that it tore it off to avoid completely being incinerated. While regenerating, Hood attacks the recuperating Endeavor by impaling his torso and striking him in the face, potentially destroying his left eye. The rest of the Todoroki Family watch the broadcast of the event.

Still conscious in spite of his injuries, Endeavor uses his flames to lift himself and he attempts to attack Hood. However, the High-End Nomu evades the strike and sends the pro hero flying into a building but Endeavor refuses to give in. Using his quirk once more, Endeavor projects himself after the Nomu who wonders if he has regeneration but Endeavor was aware that his body was immobile and he is only raising his flames to propel himself and needs a strategy to kill the Nomu since it was impossible to merely capture it. Hawks then uses his feathers to enhance Endeavor's speed, allowing Endeavor to be launched at the villain.

Thrust by Hawks' feathers, Endeavor uses the speed to attack Hood sending them both through the air. He takes note of the Nomu's behavior which is similar to that of a wild beast before noticing his regenerative powers were still active and screams for Hawks to give him more speed to help. After Hawks does so and says that his feathers are practically ash, Endeavor states it is more than enough and uses it to send him and the Nomu far from the city.

With nothing to stand in his way, Endeavor uses an enhanced version of Prominence Burn, dubbed "PLUS ULTRA Prominence Burn," noting he always hated his old school's motto, to destroy Hood for good. Endeavor emerges from the destruction and strikes a pose, similar to All Might's to show he is victorious. Hawks comes and the two share banter about the pose before moving to get help for Endeavor's wounds. However, they don't get very far as Dabi appears on the scene and greets Endeavor who is confused by the latter's familiarity with him.

Endeavor recognizes Dabi through his blurred vision, shouting that Dabi was the one to kill Snatch, even though Dabi does not remember who that is. After formally introducing himself, Dabi puts up a flame wall around the two heroes. Trying to muster up some strength, Endeavor is told by Hawks to rest and that he will take care of Dabi for the both of them.

However, Mirko suddenly arrives on the scene and stops Dabi, who decides to call upon an ally to fall back. As he escapes, Dabi taunts Endeavor, referring to him by his full name, Enji Todoroki and wishes to speak with him again before vanishing from the area. With the threat gone, Endeavor blacks out as an announcer shouts the Hero duo's victory.

Recovering at a hospital, a bandaged Endeavor is visited by Hawks.

Two days later, Enji is visited by Recovery Girl and Enji is able to avoid dying from his injuries through surgery as well as Recovery Girl's healing, which also saves his eye. However, he is left with a large scar on the left side of his face. Enji and Hawks leave the hospital, and Hawks apologizes to Enji for his injuries.

Enji says that his injuries are his own responsibility, and asks Hawks if their encounter with Hood was truly a coincidence. Hawks, flustered by Enji's question, attributes the attack to their high profile presence in the area. Enji leaves as Hawks tells him to get some rest.

Arriving at his home, Enji sees Fuyumi, Natsuo, and Shoto eating a meal. Fuyumi happily greets her father as he walks in, and congratulates him on his win against Hood. Shoto sarcastically compliments his father's new scar as he and Natsuo continue to be unenthusiastic around him as Fuyumi becomes frantic and Enji voices he can hear her.

Natsuo, unable to handle the tense situation, gets up to leave the room. Enji stops him and tells his son that if he has something to say, he can just say it. Stirred on by this, Natsuo unleashes his feelings onto him. Enji remains silent as Natsuo tells him that even though his mother and sister have seemingly forgiven him, he sees that he is still the same person who neglected his children and left them to listen to their mother screaming and brother crying. Natsuo then mentions their other sibling, Toya, and that just because Enji defeated a powerful villain, does not mean he has made up for what he has done. After Natsuo's rant ends, Enji calmly responds that he is going to face his past and atone for it.

These words are met with disgust and surprise by Natsuo who leaves as Fuyumi panics, recounting the events that led up this moment and frantically talking to Shoto that she was really happy at the progress she thought was being made and they might be family. A recap of witness testimonies from the battle plays on the television, with focus given to a particular boy who screamed encouragement from the crowd that watched the battle, which led to the crowd cheering Enji to win. Enji remembers the boy, and realizes that the cheering and motivation he received meant a lot to him.

Shoto catches his attention and tells him that Endeavor the hero is amazing, but while he agrees with everything Natsuo said, he still wants to see what kind of parent Enji will become. Shoto also tells him that he understands that a small amount of encouragement can completely alter someone. Hearing this, Enji recalls his brief talk with All Might after his retirement and strengthens his resolve to work towards the future of his family. He apologizes to Fuyumi and admits he used the wrong words with Natsuo just before.

Joint Training Arc
After taking down a wheeler villain and saving a group of children, Endeavor tries to contact Shoto while Onima informs him that they are received another requests for team-up. Endeavor orders him to compile to list of the request, being more interested checking his messaging app but receives no reply from his son. Only having his messages marked as read by Shoto.

Internally, Endeavor gives his thanks to Fuyumi for helping him to register Shoto's account, as he wants to tell him something about the technique he tried to teach him years ago, although his son has ignored all his messages so far despite his efforts to change from his past self.

Thinking back on how he treated Shoto when he was younger, regrets that he had ignored his son's own will. Frustrated for not getting any replies, Endeavor yells Shoto's name while engulfed in flames. Onima suggests that Shoto is probably in class at the time, while Kido expresses concern about his mental state.

Later, while handling a thug, he receives a call from Shoto, Shoto asking to learn about “Flashfire Fist”, much to his delight.

My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising
One winter night, authorities were alerted of a cargo being transported by the League of Villains, prompting Heroes to try and catch the villains.

At the end of a turn is a roadblock, where a group of Heroes and Endeavor wait for the League's armored truck to arrive. Dabi sees Endeavor and blasts off blue flames at him, and the latter uses his Flashfire Fist - Jet Burn, with both attacks colliding and canceling each other out. Shortly after, Dabi lets out a massive blast of his flames, to which Endeavor counters with his Prominence Burn. The move overpowers Dabi and engulfs the truck, causing the villains to melting, revealing them to be double created from Twice's Quirk. The truck reels of a cliff.

Endeavor descends to study the cargo that the League was supposed to deliver, finding that Hawks is already there. Endeavor blames him for not helping out, to which Hawks replies that he had just arrived. Endeavor asks about the League members, and Hawks answers that they were only copies made from Twice's Quirk. When examining the contents of the truck, they find that the life support tank is empty. Hawks suspected that the tank was carrying a new kind of Nomu, but later believes that it is something else.

In the aftermath of Nine's Invasion on Nabu Island, Endeavor goes to the island to aid Class 1-A, and embraces Shoto as he is revealed to be alright. Shoto, however, isn't pleased.

Endeavor Agency Arc
After the Hero Course's Christmas party, Shoto offers Izuku and Katsuki positions at the Endeavor Hero Agency for the internship. They accept with approval from All Might and prepare for their internship.

The students meet with Endeavor on an overpass in the city. Endeavor looks seemingly happy to see them, but it was a facade and he quickly shows his annoyance at having Izuku and Katsuki as trainees, as he only begrudgingly accepted their offer cause he just wanted to work with Shoto. Katsuki says he always thought of Endeavor as being “cringey”, but he can let that slide if it means learning how the Number 1 Hero operates, causing Endeavor to shout at Shoto for not choosing his friends better.

While they walk down the street, Izuku thanks him for letting them do their work study with him; making Endeavor thinks back the words that Izuku said to him at the Sports Festival, about “Shoto’s not him”, which he repeats outloud. Suddenly, Endeavor runs off telling them that he only cares about interning Shoto, as he jumps off the overpass, telling them to stand back and watch as he flies off. He looks back to see the three students are right behind him. Izuku asks him for his instructions. Endeavor repeats his order to stay behind him.

The three students soon chase Endeavor through the city, but Endeavor, using Flashfire, is too fast for them to follow. In a business district, a villain called Starservant was causing havoc with his Glass Manipulation Quirk and had just launched a super move, Enlightened Fallen King sending a giant ball of glass flying down the street.

Endeavor flies in and destroys the glass ball with Flashfire Fist, then confronts Starservant, who runs away. As Endeavor gave chase, Starservant led him through an alley where he had three minions ready to ambush. The ambush fails as Izuku, Katsuki, and Hawks arrive and take down the minions, allowing Endeavor to catch Starservant.

As the police arrive to take Starservant away, he starts saying that Endeavor is the root of the darkness that will consume the world, which seems to have some impact on him. He then asks Hawks why he was here. Hawks responds by promoting the Paranormal Liberation Front's book, saying it is a good read. Endeavor is taken aback, possibly under the impression that Hawks had defected to Destro's ideology.

Once at his agency, Endeavor leaves the three students with the "Flaming Sidekickers," while he locks himself in his office to read the book Hawks gave him. Endeavor noticed that there is something unusual about Hawks' expression while he is offering him Destro's autobiography. Hawks gives him the book asking him to make sure he reads it well, especially the lines that he underlined.

In doing so, Endeavor understands the encrypted message in which Hawks warns him about a threat that will attack within four months. Remembering then a conversation he had with the Public Safety Commission President, who asked him to help students to gain experience fighting Villains, Endeavor finally understands what he has to do. He leaves his office and tells three students that he will train them personally.

Later, at the agency's gym, Endeavor wants Izuku and Katsuki to talk about themselves and ask them what they want to achieve. Izuku is the first to talk, saying he wants to be able to control his power and use it with maximum performance. Also, recently his Quirk has "manifested" in a different way, and wants to use this new power as a weapon.

Endeavor recalls the conversation he had with him, before his battle against Shoto in the tournament of the U.A. Sports Festival. Endeavor empathizes with him since, like him and his sons, he has a Quirk that's able to hurt himself and tells Izuku that he is like them. Izuku is confused by his words. Then Endeavor asks Katsuki what he wants to achieve, and he replies that he already has a powerful Quirk and a great mastery with it, and he just wants to find out what it is that he lacks in order to surpass the No. 1 Hero.

Endeavor concludes the presentations and wants to start the training already, but Shoto tells him that he didn't ask him. Endeavor is sure that his goal is to master the Flashfire Fist but Shoto is straight up with his father about what he thinks, saying that he comes to his agency is to use him and learn from him, but his true inspiration is All Might and tells him to stop trying to act like a father figure with him in front of his friends. Endeavor grieves at Shoto’s words. He thought Shoto was finally starting to forgive him, but he is wrong. After accepting this, he decides to start the training.

Endeavor goes out with his three interns. He tells them the three fundamentals of Hero Work: Rescue, Evacuation, and Battle. With his training, they will not only improve their skills and Quirks but also detect and stop the slightest threats before anyone else, keeping the damage to a minimum. Endeavor ends the lesson by telling Izuku, Shoto, and Katsuki that, during the winter break, their task is to beat a villain faster than him, even if only once.

Endeavor goes immediately into action upon receiving a warning call, being followed by his trainees. He captures without breaking a sweat a hit-and-runner who was driving a motorcycle through the alleys. Endeavor tells his trainees that they are slow. Katsuki tries to justify himself with the excuse that his power takes longer to activate in the winter. While the Sidekickers deal with the villain, Endeavor blasts off again, with the students following suit.

Endeavor instructs them that, although sometimes they can receive help from others, as he received it from Hawks in his fight against the Nomu, a Hero have to learn to do everything on his own. Then he says to Katsuki that working as a hero, excuses like his previous one don’t matter when he shows to late, because he fails to save people. He accentuates this point after saving some people from being run over by a truck. While Izuku helps out the civilians, Endeavor gives Shoto and Katsuki the same assignment, to learn how to store up and condense their powers, to be able to release it at maximum impact until they can do it without thinking.

During a break, Endeavor asks Izuku if he can control his maximum output without thinking, which he says yes with Full Cowling, however he still needs to think for Air Force. Endeavor advices him to to forget about his “secondary” ability for now and focusing only on using Air Force. When Izuku asks about parallel processing, Endeavor talks about how everyone uses parallel processing subconsciously, using the example of a driver who through practice was able to do everything without thinking. He tells him that first he needs to learn how to do two things at once without thinking, and once he succeeds, to throw in another thing.

Endeavor concludes telling them that in the U.A. it’s where they acquired knowledge, but it will be during his Work-Studies with him where those lessons will really take root in them, stating that they can practice and fail as much as they want, as it won’t have any effect on his work.

Throughout the week, the students try to capture a villain before Endeavor, but even so the Pro Hero always manages to get there first. Despite this, the three of them have high spirits and are sure that they will eventually surpass him. After returning from a patrol, Endeavor returns to his office, and gets a call from his daughter Fuyumi who, knowing that Shoto and two of his classmates are working with him, she's invites them all for a big dinner.

Endeavor proceeds to reflect on everything that’s happened regarding his family. He recalls his recurring dream in which he sees his wife and children happily sitting around the dinner table, but he is not with them. He has another internal monologue that he only approaches his family as a hero, not as a father. He thinks about pushing Shoto away from his siblings, pushing his wife to her breaking point, resulting in the accident and Shoto’s complete disdain for him. And yet his daughter Fuyumi, wishing he could make amends for his mistakes. Endeavor thanks his daughter for all the support she has given him.

He thinks back to a moment sometime previously when he first heard from Fuyumi about Shoto visiting Rei in the hospital. She tells him how they’ve started slowly talking and that on days when he’s busy, he’s gonna start writing letters to her. Fuyumi then says how she hopes that one day her whole family could be together again. He then remembers Natsuo’s hard hitting critiques, Shoto’s own current opinions, and All Might’s advice on knowing what reason he has to be strong. He then receives an emergency aid from the Flaming Sidekickers, and heads out.

The three spend the day patrolling the city and solving any cases they come across, with Endeavor still accomplishing the tasks first at every moment, all the while continuing to giving them advice on how to improve. As the sun sets, Endeavor thinks back on Fuyumi words, and brings Shoto, Izuku, and Katsuki over to his house for dinner per his daughter's suggestion, to Katsuki’s annoyance.

Fuyumi welcomes everyone, and informs that Natsu is there too. Dinner starts off well, with everyone enjoying the food, but then family tensions begin to show. Fuyumi reveals that Natsuo also did some cooking as well, though Natsuo states that since he over-seasoned the food, Endeavor made him stop. Endeavor apologizes for not knowing prior and wants to try some of his cooking, but Natsuo gets up and leaves, still unable to sit near his father.

After dinner, Endeavor is in charge of washing the dinnerware while Izuku and Katsuki help with the plates. Meanwhile, Shoto and Fuyumi discuss the complicated relationship with their father, with Shoto admitting that he cannot forgive him for what he did to him and his mother. Izuku and Katsuki break into their conversation, and as they collect the remaining dishes, Izuku tells Shoto that he thinks she is preparing to forgive him. He tells her that it's okay not to be able to forgive him if he wants to, but since he knows that Shoto is a kind person, he is waiting for the right moment. Both Natsuo and Endeavor overhear this discussion.

Enji walks into another room, to put a plate of food on the Butsudan Buddist altar in their home and puts his hands together in prayer. He once again monologues what he can do for them at this stage and having the same dream. He looks at a picture of his eldest son, Toya, and wishes he was here.

Endeavor comes in the dining room and tells the three boys that he'll be taking them to school. After the three thank Fuyumi for the meal, Endeavor thanks Fuyumi for her hard work, to which she accepts with a smile. As the four return to the Hero Office, Endeavor tells the three of them that he wants them to try and get stronger on weekdays and weekends if their schedule allows.

When Katsuki complains about how small the car is to which the chauffeur complains right back to Endeavor about why he picked up what he considers high school dropouts, to which Endeavor says it's because he was put up top. Endeavor soon notices a man having captured Natsuo in the road's lane lines using his Whiteline Quirk and yelling for him to come out. The driver has to swerve and maneuver to avoid running over the villain. Jumping out the car, Endeavor demands that his son be released. The man reveals himself as a villain called Ending who Endeavor recalls that he beat seven years ago and challenges him to a rematch or else his son dies.

Ending yells to Endeavor brings up under the most extreme circumstances, a hero will never kill someone. Ending, however, cites how Endeavor killed Hood and compares himself to said Nomu after the life he's led, so Endeavor doesn't have to worry about killing another "puppet". After Ending is caught off-guard by Shoto and the others, he takes the moment to attack but halts after seeing Natsuo held in the middle, not wanting to endanger him, and allowing the three students to press forward.

Once the civilians are safe and Ending is defeated by Shoto, Endeavor embraces Natsuo (who was saved by Katsuki, that is also hugged much to his annoyance), grateful that his son's life is safe, he remarks internally how in one week, the three of them were able to successfully put what he had been teaching them into practice, as their growth was able to save a life.

Holding his son and Katsuki, Endeavor asks Natsuo if he's hurt, while Natsuo only mentions how hot Endeavor's grasp is. Natsuo soon breaks free of Endeavor's grasp, as Endeavor reveals that he stopped to think in that moment fearing that if he were to save him, then Natsuo would never speak to him again. Natsuo hears his father confessed that he never meant to neglect him and Fuymi all those years, but acknowledged that he failed to take responsibility by running away from them. He also acknowledges that he feels it's his own fault for Toya's fate.

After Natsuo tells him he doesn't care, for he heard everything from Toya growing up and declares he will never forgive Endeavor because he doesn't see himself as kind as Shoto or Fuyumi. Endeavor states he still came out for Fuyumi and Rei's sakes and that he was trying to respect the feelings of his sister who is trying so hard to fix the family that Endeavor broke, signifying that Endeavor sees Natsuo as kind enough. Endeavor then states that it's okay if Natsuo doesn’t forgive him because he's not looking for it, he just wants to atone for his mistakes.

After Natsuo becomes teary-eyed, Natsuo tells him that Fuyumi had been so happy lately, but every time he looks at him, he thinks of everything in the past. He questions why he has to be the only one to try and proactively change and what exactly will Endeavor do to atone. Before Endeavor can respond, Ending speaks up, wailing that his 'arrogant, ferocious flame' is sizzling out.

The police eventually arrive where they state Ending used a drug to enhance his Quirk, while noting that they have been decreasing in numbers on the black market. The chauffeur tells Endeavor to watch himself for this was the second person who tried attacking him the past few days while commenting that the evil in society never fades, with Endeavor saying the light doesn't fade either. Endeavor watches the interns talk with Natsuo and comments internally how good Hawks' eyes really are.

After returning home with Natsuo, Endeavor watches Fuyumi worry over her brother. Endeavor then speaks up to commend Fuyumi about the home she is trying to build for her mother to return to and voices how all he could do was rely on her. He then declares that he will have a new house built in a more convenient location for her and Natsuo where she can welcome their mother back to. When Fuyumi questions what he'll do, Endeavor reveals he intends to stay at the abode and live alone, as he realizes that the only thing he can do to help his family for now is to take himself out of the equation.

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
During the Work-Studies, the World Heroes Association contacts the Endeavor Agency for help on an overseas mission, but first, they must check if Izuku, Shoto, and Katsuki are qualified to participate in it. For this reason, Endeavor takes his trainees to a facility to test them: they must land an attack on him within a time limit of three minutes, those who do not succeed will stay at his home.

Once the test begins, the three students try to attack Edeavor, but the veteran hero easily dodges their advances and overwhelms them with his Hellfire Quirk. After two minutes have gone by and still haven't handed a hit, the WBH associates ask him to go easy on them, as they never expected the students to be a match for him, but Endeavor replies to not to underestimate his trainees. Izuku, Shoto, and Katsuki try again and this time, after better rethinking their strategy, they manage to hit Endeavor before the timer runs out. Endeavor tells them they pass, and the WH associates lead them to a room where they can design special stealth suits for the mission.

It turns out that a few days ago, an anti-Quirk cult known as Humarise had caused the deaths of thousands of people by setting off a Trigger Bomb in a city. In response to this terrorist attack, the WHA had organized an international operation to raid all the branches that Humarise has in the world.

Endeavor leads the Otheon Task Force, whose mission is to storm Humarise's headquarters in the country to stop their leader, Flect Turn, and seize the Trigger Bombs. Endeavor divides the force into two teams, he will lead the one in charge of looking for the Trigger Bomb while the other team will hunt down Flect Turn.

When everything is ready, they start the storming of the base. The Humarise members in the building try to protect it, but are easily blasted away by Endeavor, who asks Clair Voyance for intel on the bomb's location. Yet despite an exhaustive search, none of Endeavor's forces are able to find any trace of Flect Turn or the bombs. The results were the same in the rest of the raids across the world so the WHA Director orders all the task forces to remain on alert in the countries that were assigned to them. Otheon's team leaves to a hotel in the capital that they use as a temporary base.

Being the lowest ranking members within the team, Izuku, Katsuki, and Shoto are sent on errands for the heroes. As they're returning from one of them, they spot a jewelry robbery in progress and intervene to arrest the criminals.

Shoto and Katsuki return to the hotel and explain what happened to Endeavor, who berates them both for acting on their own to stop a petty heist when they are on a mission, and orders them to let local heroes deal with minor crimes, with Katsuki sarcastically responding that Endeavor never taught them how to ignore threats. He then asks about Izuku, which Shoto replies that he went after a third person suspected of helping the jewelry villains, but they haven't been able to contact him, further enraging Endeavor.

Right on cue, Izuku phones them to tell them that he and the thief had been attacked by a villain and the Otheon police for unknown reasons. As Endeavor, Shoto, and Katsuki listen to Izuku's story, an exasperated Clair Voyance interrupts them to show them the current television news that's being reported: Izuku has been accused of a mass murder of twelve people, resulting in putting him on the Otheon most wanted list. Endeavor, like the rest of the Otheon team, is shocked by these accusations, and Shoto tells Izuku to stay hidden while they try to figure out what's going on.

Endeavor immediately goes to the Otheon Police Headquarters to demand explanations from the commissioner general, requiring him to show him the evidence that has made him accuse Izuku of being a mass-murderer. The commissioner refuses, arguing that Izuku's case is still pending, so he can't talk about the investigation, especially with a foreign hero like him. Endeavor leaves frustrated by the refusal, unaware that the commissioner general is a follower of Humarise, with the cult using this as an excuse to track down Izuku who had inadvertently gotten ahold of a briefcase containing Humarise secrets.

Meanwhile at the hotel, Shoto manages to deduce more or less what is happening thanks to a series of clues, and after receiving an encrypted message from Izuku indicating where he is going, he takes Katsuki with him to go to the place, asking Clair to report to his father of everything he has discovered.

Days later, Humarise hijacks all telecommunication and announces globally that they have placed the Trigger Bombs in twenty-five cities around the world, and that they will explode in less than two hours. To further attract the greatest number of heroes to the prepared trap, they indicate in which cities are found, Otheon being one of them. Endeavor's entire team immediately heads off to search for the bombs and help the terrified civilians, with Endeavor himself wondering about his son's whereabouts.

During the search, he receives a message from the WHA headquarters informing him that his trainees have found a way to prevent the detonations and that they are heading to the secret base of Humarise to defuse the bombs. Burnin suggests that they should go support them, but Endeavor tells her they don't have time and have to stay behind to deal with the bomb, putting his trust in his trainees.

Clair calls him informing that she has already found the bomb, hidden in a semi stopped in front of the Otheon Tower. Endeavor and Burnin immediately fly there, telling the rest of the heroes to gather at the building if they can, however he then hears Clair scream, as he is attacked by members of Humarise, stationed there to protect the weapon from the Heroes.

A pitched battle soon breaks out between the heroes and Humarise. After much effort, Endeavor manages to reach the Trigger Bomb, but since there is little time left for it to explode and release its lethal contents, he grabs the weapon and uses his Hellflame Quirk to propel himself skyward, trying to get as high as possible.

Fortunately, Izuku and the trainees were successful in defusing all of the Trigger Bombs, defeating Flect Turn and the higher-ranking members of Humarise in the process. With the terrorist plot foiled, all the surviving Humarise members are arrested and the Trigger Bombs are safely removed.

After waiting days for his trainees to recover from their injuries in the hospital, Endeavor and all the members of his agency return to Japan.

Paranormal Liberation War Arc
Endeavor and multiple Heroes from across Japan are rallied by the Hero Public Safety Commission, who reveal that they have info on where the recently formed Paranormal Liberation Front is currently residing thanks to Hawks. Endeavor is assigned a team of his own to raid the Jaku General Hospital. It turns out that this location is where the Nomu are currently manufactured as a result of All For One's defeat back during the Kamino Incident. As the Heroes ready themselves for the upcoming storm, Endeavor hopes that he can contact Hawks once again.

Three months later, upon reaching their destined locations, the Heroes all launch their move to take down the Paranormal Liberation Front once and for all. Endeavor leads his team to evacuate any civilians inside Jaku Hospital. While proceeding to do that, Endeavor and a few Pro Heroes discover Doctor Kyudai Garaki wandering about in a hallway. Endeavor recognizes the man as All For One's right-hand man and primary source behind manufacturing Nomu, vowing to put an end to his madness.

Kyudai attempts to flee from the Pro Heroes, only for Shota to stop him with his Capturing Weapon. Endeavor watches on as Shota and Hizashi call out the old bastard for ruining many innocent lives and now its time he'd pay for his crimes. Endeavor also notices Kyudai's appearance deteriorating due to Shota's "Erasure" Quirk. However, Mirko contacts the Hospital Raid team and reveals that multiple Nomu are starting to emerge underground. The Heroes brace themselves as the aforementioned Nomu arrive, much to the dismay of Endeavor himself. Endeavor realizes that as he watches "Kyudai" melt away, the man they just confronted was a Double from Twice's Quirk.

Thankfully, the Heroes don't have to worry about damaging the hospital once Mandalay informs the team that all bystanders have been evacuated. With that being said, Endeavor and his team take on the powerful Nomu without any hesitance. Endeavor also tells the others to try and find the real doctor's location while he's occupied with the Nomu. Soon as Mirko manages to fend off some of the incomplete High Ends released by Kyudai, Endeavor reaches the laboratory and intercepts the Woman High-End just in time for the other Heroes to show up.

Endeavor and the Heroes nearby buy time for Mirko to stop Kyudai from awakening Tomura but the Rabbit Hero becomes fatally wounded by Woman's powers. Endeavor is forced to defend himself against Woman's sudden boost but is able to withstand this tremendous power and rescues Mirko from further harm. Endeavor then cauterizes Mirko's wounds with his fire, nothing that it hasn't been five minutes since Mirko reported her status before fighting the High-Ends. A few minutes later, the other Pro Heroes manage to arrive at the scene, allowing Endeavor and his team to finish off the remaining High-Ends.

Afterwards, the Heroes are forced to flee the hospital once it starts rapidly decaying due to Tomura awakening and unleashing his true power. Endeavor carries Mirko and an unnamed Hero while trying to escape the crumbling building. Eventually, Endeavor and some of his allies survive the Decay but lose few of their close comrades. After this, Tomura orders Gigantomachia to meet him, bringing with him the League of Villains.

Endeavor decides to confront Tomura himself to prevent All For One's successor from spreading his madness across the world. First, he unleashes Hell's Curtain, trapping Tomura in a scorching inferno to which Endeavor says there is no escape from. Internally, Endeavor says that he can not let Tomura take any step further so for now, he will try to incapacitate him.

Tomura escapes the flames and tries to touch Endeavor to disintegrate him but Endeavor dodges it and counterattacks, surprised that he managed to withstand the burning burning punishment he inflicted to him effects using Super Regeneration. Then Endeavor grabs Tomura tries to incinerate him, and while doing this, he uses the communication device to inform that the others are currently engaged Tomura, and requests that the heroes who can fly to form a perimeter.

Tomura blasts Endeavor away and salvage a couple of Quirk-Erasing Drugs for future purposes. Endeavor returns to continue attacking, and despite the violent combat, Tomura seems distracted, as something inside urges him to seize "One For All", mentioning it out loud while fighting. Endeavor is confused by his words, which are captured by the communication system, reaching Izuku's ears.

Urged by this desire to get the One For All, Tomura stops fighting and walks away in the direction of Izuku after having detected him with his search Quirk. Endeavor reports that Tomura is heading to the evacuation zone and gives the proper orders. Izuku, followed by Katuski, moves away from the area so as not to put innocents in danger, and communicates to Endeavor that Tomura is after him. Endeavor asks Izuku what he is talking about, but he replies he will explain later.

While in the air, Tomura has an idea to get Endeavor out of his way and disrupt communications, which involves him combining Air Cannon with Radio Waves to release a blast that jams all the communicators. Tomura finally catches up with Izuku, and tries to steal One For All from him, but he and Katsuki are saved by Gran Torino. Eraser Head appears and uses his Erasure Quirk to cancel Tomura's powers, allowing Ryukyu to knock the villain into the air. While still in the air, Tomura brings the communicator up to his face and orders a large group of Near High-End Nomus recipient to kill anyone in sight to prevent more heroes from appearing to help.

Endeavor charges for his sidekick Kido, who uses his Traject Quirk to change Endeavor's trajectory straight up at Tomura. After reaching him, Endeavor unleashes a blast of fire but Tomura dodges to the right, though his left arm does get burned, which he says it really hurts. Endeavor realizes he didn't use a Quirk to dodge him, but his natural strength. He also notes how similar he is being able to move in the air despite having no Quirk compared to All Might.

Ryukyu flies towards Tomura but the villain slams Endeavor into her, sending them both plummeting into the ground. As a sort of mockery, Tomura stands triumphantly over them while raising his right arm in the air similarly to when Endeavor raised his left arm after defeating Hood. Endeavor tries to strike him again but Tomura dodges and moves away from him to take out Eraser Head, but he is tackled but Izuku before he can do it.

Izuku and Katsuki constantly attack Tomura, but he still manages to take the damage, and prepares to strikes back. Suddenly, Endeavor returns and punches Tomura away from the two students, asking where his son is. Izuku replies that it is just him and Katsuki present. Despite all the punishment, Tomura is still able to continue fighting back, which surprises the heroes, with Endeavor himself commenting that his power is almost on par with All Might.

Organizing his team, Endeavor, along with Izuku, Katsuki and Gran Torino constantly attacks Tomura while Eraser Head continues to use his Erasure to prevent him from using his Quirks, until he finally manages to hit Tomura with his super move: Vanishing Fist.

The damage that they inflict on him is very high because he cannot use his super regeneration. Endeacor tells Tomura that no matter how much power he obtains, the Heroes will never yield to destruction without conviction. Tomura responds by saying to Endeavor that Heroes hurt their families to help others; the exact words of his father, which surprises Endeavor. He says that if that is conviction, then he has it too.

Tomura lectures them about the flaws of the hero society, but Endeavor responds by shooting a blast of fire in Tomura's direction, sarcastically thanking him for his monologue because it gave him some time to cool down. To his shock though, Tomura jumps through the fire blast and into the air, causing Endeavor to question how he can still move.

Tomura runs in the direction of Eraser Head to neutralize him because he is the one who is causing him the most problems by making it impossible for him to use his Quirks. He is tackled by Gran Torino, but Tomura defeats him with ease, severely injuring him. Tomura continues in the direction of Eraser Head, this time being tackled by an angry Izuku and Ryukyu, who manage to contain him, allowing Katsuki and Endeavor to charge forward.

Tomura, however, digs through Ryukyu's hands carrying a couple of Quirk-Destroying bullets, and aims for Eraser Head's position. Ryukyu sees the bullets and warns the others. Katsuki is able to destroy one of them but the other bullet successfully hit Eraser head in his crippled left leg, forcing him to cuts it off before the drug could spread throughout his body. However, this causes him to blink briefly, momentarily canceling his Erasure, allowing Tomura to unleashes a shockwave to break free of Ryukyu's grip and flies straight for Eraser Head, getting rid of Ryukyu and dodging Endeavor's blow, and manages to dig his fingers into Eraser head's face.

Izuku yanks him back with Blackwhip at the same time Tomura is struck by a pillar of ice from Shoto, who just arrived, but they can't prevent Tomura from severely injuring Eraser head's face, forcing him to close his eyes due to the wounds. As a result, Tomura is successfully able to heal himself with his Super Regeneration, and he looks to the Heroes saying that as much as they delayed it, the only fate that awaits them is total destruction.

Endeavor asks his son where he was and he explains he went to help Ryukyu and the others. He also surrounds Endeavor in ice to help him cool off. Manual and Rock Lock are trying to treat Eraser Head's wounds. Tomura then announces it is time for everyone to die just as his body begins to deteriorate, as he did notices he was awakened a month before his body could adapt to contain the incredible power of All For One. Nevertheless, Tomura's regeneration finally kicks in, and he attempts to use his Decay Quirk again to finish everyone off, but Deku jumped into the air carrying everyone with Blackwhip, declaring that he will finish him with everything that he has.

Before attacking Tomura, Izuku releases the Heroes telling them to take care of the wounded. Then, knowing that even Tomura's body has a limit, Izuku begins to strike him in mid-air over and over with the One For All 100%, regardless of the injuries he suffers as a result. Endeavor tells his son to give everyone first aid, while also upset that he isn't up in the air himself fighting against Tomura.

On the ground, everyone is surprised by Izuku's display of power but Katsuki states that he won't be able to continue like this for long, so he grabs Shoto and Endeavor as he tells him to hold off on the fire until he gets him up in the air and for Shoto to cool him off as long as possible. Endeavor accepts Katsuki's plan. The three flies into the air as Endeavor tells Katsuki to aim for when Blackwhip is completely extended and when he gets up there, the two need to get back to the ground or they may get caught up in the fire.

As the three reach the fight, Endeavor grabs Tomura as he yells for Deku to get down as he incinerates Tomura with the full power of Prominence Burn. Despite being burning him alive, something snaps inside Tomura’s mind, and Endeavor gets stabbed by Tomura's Rivet Stab emitting from his back and he wonders why he won't die. 'Tomura' says something unintelligible before firing the wires at Izuku, calling him his 'little brother'. Katsuki, without even thinking, pushes Deku out of the way and received the full force of the attack.

Shoto manages to grab his father and Katsuki, while Deku, after his mind snapped with rage for what just happened, goes berserk on "Tomura", although the only thing he gets is that his nemesis puts his hand on his face and starts stealing the Quirk. But something prevents him for doing it, and both Deku and Tomura fall away from one another in the sky.

Shoto catches Izuku while still holding onto Katsuki and his father and drops them on the ground with relief that the three of them are still alive. Just as he is about to administer first aid, he, Deku, and Endeavor see Tomura holding his ground with the wires from his fingers and back. Then, he gets blasted by Nejire Chan's Wave Motion as Ingenium runs to Shoto reporting that Gigantomachia is making its way to their current location.

As Ingenium, Shoto, and Nejire Chan fight Tomura, Gigantomachia finally arrives carrying the remaining members of the Paranormal Liberation Front on his back, as everyone watches in horror. Shoto and Nejire unleash their Super Moves on Tomura to take him down as soon as possible, but Endeavor warns them of Gigantomachia's attack. Gigantomachia swats them aside with his hand and brings the now unconscious Tomura close to his back to be protected by the League members.

Endeavor runs over to Shoto and asks if he is alright. At the same time, he internally apologizes to Hawks for Gigantomachia being allowed to move at all. He knows he has to stop Gigantomachia and he needs to find his weakness, but his lungs have burnt away and are making it hard to keep moving, but he feels he must continue.

Dabi emerges from the back of Gigantomachia and greets Endeavor and Shoto as Endeavor calls him by his name. Dabi, however, asks he not be called that as he pours a liquid content on his head, washing off the black coloration dye on his white hair. Dabi then reveals that his true identity is Toya Todoroki, his eldest son whom he believed dead. His proclamation horrifies Shoto and Endeavor to their very core.

Dabi also confesses that in those moments, his pre-recorded history is being broadcasted all around the airwaves and the Internet, revealing Endeavor's darkest secrets and his abusive past on his family. Dabi reveals that his initial plan was to wait until Shoto became all big and famous before killing him, but after their father became the No. 1 hero, he thought another way to make Endeavor suffer as much as possible, as he has always wanted to destroy his life and career as a hero by crushing his dreams in revenge for what he did, without caring about putting his own family in danger, as he was also the one who sent Starservant and Ending against him.

All of this makes Endeavor think back to when Toya was still young, training him to be his successor and reach his eternal goal, until the tragic incident that caused his apparent death. Back to the present, a dumbfounded Endeavor demands that Dabi take back that 'despicable lie', but Dabi retorts that it is the 'despicable truth'.

Dabi mockingly thanks Endeavor for going strong up until now as he jumped off Gigantomachia's back aiming for him. Endeavor, still in shock, admits to himself that at the time, he kept searching for Dabi, never once thinking he was dead. Shoto, however, tries to get him to protect Deku and the others and worry about the rest later while he and Nejire Chan fight him off. Dabi descends covered in fire as he attempts to use Endeavor's Prominence Burn move.

Before he can unleash his attack, Dabi finds himself tied up with wires from the sky. He turns to face his assailant and it turns out to be Best Jeanist, who has jumped out of the plane apologizing for the delay and is ready to resume duty. Using the many wires he brought with him, he successfully binds all of the League of Villains with his Quirk, including Gigantomachia.

Dabi manages to free himself by burning the wires, clashing with his youngest brother Shoto, who reveals to him that one of the villains he sent Endeavor's way nearly killed Natsuo. Dabi, however, merely says it was a shame he didn't die because then Endeavor would have suffered more. An incredulous Shoto asks Dabi if he is insane and Dabi confirms he doesn't feel anything anymore. He starts to push Shoto back, excited at the thought of finally being able to kill him.

Three Near High-End Nomus called by Tomura approach to attack Best Jeanist and thus free Gigantomachia from his bonds, Lemillion appears and punch them away them. He, Katsuki, Ingenium and Nejire Chan protect the hero from the creatures. Meanwhile, Dabi overcomes his youngest brother and prepares to kill him with his blue flames. He looks at Endeavor, who still has a look of horror on his face, and says that he is excited at the thought of Endeavor about to see his 'puppet masterpiece' get incinerated by his 'failed experiment'. Suddenly, Izuku shoots a Blackwhip from his mouth, separating them. Izuku shouts at Dabi that his father is atoning for his past sins to become a better person, and that Dabi isn't Endeavor.

Izuku's words help Endeavor break out of his trance, just as Gigantomachia breaks free from Best Jeanist's fibers. Endeavor uses every last bit of strength he has to fly up and knock the giant back, knocking himself out as a result. Gigantomachia starts losing strength, and Mirio explains that the sedative force that the U.A. students forced fed into the behemoth minutes ago is finally working.

After this last attack, Endeavor is unconscious for the remaining battle. During the course of this, All For One's consciousness takes control of Tomura's body, and using the remaining Near High-End Nomus he manages to escape along with Spinner, Skeptic, and Dabi. The battle ends with almost all the members of the Paranormal Liberation Front arrested, but some managed to escape, in addition to which dozens of heroes and hundreds of civilians were killed. People all across the country start talking about Dabi’s video, with some wondering if it spells the end of Endeavor’s Hero career and what will happen next.

For the next two days, the hero society goes into a deep crisis like never seen before. Shortly after escaping the battlefield, All For One attacks several prisons, rescuing his original body from Tartarus and freeing numerous villains. With everything happening, many Heroes cannot withstand the criticism and social pressure, so they decide to withdraw and close their agencies, leaving many places with little protection from the growing number of criminal acts.

After spending two days in the hospital, Enji wakes up from his coma and is informed by the doctor that his son and the others are mostly fine. After leaving him alone, he remembers the battle he had with his eldest son and his inability to fight to protect Shoto. He admits that he's reaping everything he's sowed, and that the hero Endeavor died back there. Enji realizes that while his son might be a mass murderer, he can't fight him, and breaks down in tears starting to form in his eyes.

He notices Shoto entering the room and calls his name out, though his son initially closes the door when he sees his father crying. When he reopens the door, Enji sees his two other children standing with Shoto. Enji asks if they're all ok, though Natsuo replies by asking why he's crying. Enji profusely apologizes once again, realizing that the regrets and guilt he feels right now are too late to matter. As his heart is about to shatter, he's shocked by the sudden arrival of his wife, Rei, who asserts that the rest of the family has been riddled with those same guilt and regrets for much longer than he has, and that she has come to discuss about their eldest son, Toya.

As they reminisce about Toya's childhood and growing mental instability up until the tragic night of his disappearance, Rei points out that despite Toya imploring his dad to come and see him practice his new flames, Enji didn't show up, to which he responds that he was afraid it would encourage him to train harder before admitting that he actually just didn't know what to say to him, and neither did Rei. He expresses his regrets about not having given it all up on that day, but the guilt of having indirectly killed Toya made him decide to focus entirely on Shoto's training at the expense of everything else, namely his wife's sanity and his family bonds.

After that, Rei, Fuyumi, and Natsuo acknowledge that while Endeavor was the main cause, they each had their own share of responsibilities for Dabi's birth and their family rupture. Then, Rei declares that Enji has to fight Dabi, and that his family will help him get back on his feet, leaving Enji baffled at his wife's unexpected strength of mind. Following that, Shoto expresses his will to fight and stop Toya together with his father once he was done grieving, moving him to tears.

Eventually, Hawks and Best Jeanist enter Endeavor's hospital room to join their discussion. Hawks first conveys his stupor to Endeavor when he learnt of the full consequence of his old obsession with becoming the No. 1 hero, causing him some discomfort. Then he asks him about Shoto's burn scar, but Rei is the one who admits being responsible for it.

Hawks then gives a status report on Japan's state for the past two days, mentioning how the remaining villains and jailbreakers are on the run, the early retirement of several dispirited heroes, citizens arming themselves up in self-defense, etc. Consequently, he proposes that Endeavor, Best Jeanist, and himself team up to remedy the situation, and Enji tearfully accepts. After that, Hawks asks Enji about the nature of what Tomura was after, called "One For All". When he hears that, Enji suddenly remembers Deku informing him that Tomura was probably after him.

Enji then learned the truth about One For All from All Might around the same time as Hawks and Best Jeanist. Three days later, they left the hospital and made a public announcement together. He apologetically confirmed Dabi's claims and accusations towards him, and confessed everything about his family's past, shocking and disgusting the general public. At one point, a woman from the audience spoke up to express her anger about her mother getting injured during Gigantomachia's rampage, the heroes seemingly glossing over the damage done over the past week, and their apparent lack of guilt.

So Enji made her understand that at the moment, showing their own pain and suffering to the public wouldn't change anything, as putting society at ease and taking down every single villain is the only way Endeavor can atone. He then implored the audience and the entire population to direct all their criticisms and doubts not at the heroes who will be putting their lives on the line, but at him alone, and to watch only him. Eventually, the journalists asked him about the nature of "One For All", to which he replied that he didn't know anything in order to protect Deku and All Might.