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Provisional Hero License Exam Arc
Following the intense villain attacks toward U.A. students, the rescue of Bakugo and All Might retirement, Nezu orders the construction of a series of buildings to transform U.A. into a boarding school in order to protect the students.

Shota meets with his students outside of the building. He states they must start preparing to get provisional hero licenses like they had planned to during the training camp. However, before allowing them to enter in their new residence, Shota reads the riot act against Izuku, Tenya, Momo, Eijiro, and Shoto for participating in Katsuki’s rescue, breaking the rules in the process, and scolds the others for having allowed five of them to rescue Katsuki without a license and did nothing to stop them, stating that aside from Katsuki, Toru and Kyoka (due the first being captured and the others hospitalized), he would have expelled all of them for their actions, if it weren't for All Might's sudden retirement and demands them to stick to the rules from now on.

Afterwards, the class explores their new dorm. Ochaco, who is used to being poor and living in a humble flat, ends up fainting twice from how luxurious the living areas are. Class 1-A arrange their luggage in their respective bedrooms. Later that night, the boys of Class 1-A are in the common space on the first floor. The girls of Class 1-A show up and suggest a “Room King” showcasing competition.

When it's time to check her room, she's really sheepish about it because her room is a very dull room, especially compared to others. When the class prepares to check Tsuyu's room, Ochaco tells them that she isn't feeling well so Class 1-A decide to skip her room and continue to the next one.

After the room competition, at Ochaco's urgings, Izuku, Tenya, Shoto Momo, and Eijiro all meet outside the dorm where they find her with Tsuyu, who wants to apologizes to them for harshly doubting their plan to save Katsuki. Ochaco explains to them that the "Room King" contest was to wipe the slate clean of their actions so that they can start anew again. Everyone apologizes to Tsuyu for their actions and for worrying the rest of Class 1-A, mending their friendship.

Following the recommendations of their tutor, Ochaco and Tenya head to the Development Studio for a costume upgrade, with Ochaco looking to add a function that reduces her nausea. They see Izuku waiting outside the door, but before they can greet each other, an explosion from the development studio sends Izuku flying back, much to Tenya and Ochaco's shock. While the smoke clears, Power Loader scolds Mei for the explosion. Ochaco finds Mei lying on top of Izuku. He gets embarrassed from the sight of Mei's bosom close to his face while Ochaco becomes surprised and shocked by this.

Mei apologizes for the explosion she caused; she asks the Class 1-A trio for their names since she forgot them. Izuku, Ochaco, and Tenya remind Mei of their names. Power Loader explains to the trio about hero costume upgrades. When Izuku asks for upgrading his suit, Mei immediately starts to invade his personal space and gives him an impromptu physical to get his measurements, much to Izuku's discomfort and Ochaco's displeasure. Mei's attitude and the fact that she makes them prove her inventions without their permission makes neither Tenya and Ochaco being both not very fond of Mei. Power Loader apologizes for Mei's self-centered temperament but also advises the three students to invest in their relationship with her because she is an especially talented engineer, and once they become Pro Heroes, she will be taking care of their Hero Costume needs. Ochaco mentions she would like a costume upgrade to better control the nausea caused by her Quirk, but not before Mei causes another explosion with another one of her inventions.

After a few days of training, the girls relax together in the common area and they comment on the rough training. The group tries to get Ochaco's attention, but her mind is elsewhere. Tsuyu manages to get her attention and Ochaco reveals that her heart has been elsewhere recently. Mina believes that Ochaco is in love, much to Ochaco's shock. Ochaco denies this fact, but Mina pries further and is joined by Toru and Kyoka. When Ochaco covers her face in embarrassment, she accidentally uses her Quirk on herself, causing her to float. Tsuyu and Momo tell Mina, Toru, and Kyoka not to pry into another's love life and decide to head to bed. Ochaco catches sight of Izuku training outside and thinks to herself again while blushing that it is not like what Mina said.

The day of the licensing exam arrives and Class 1-A travels to the National Dagobah Arena, where the Hero Qualification Exam gonna take place. finally starts. There, Ochaco along with her classmates meets students from Shiketsu High School and Ketsubutsu Academy High School. The first part of the exam involves thinning out the number of people who can succeed by playing a game, where people put three targets on their body and are given six balls to throw at the other examinee's targets. Those whose targets have been hit are disqualified. Participants need to eliminate two students to move on to the next phase of the exam.

The room in which the students are in unfolds to reveal the arena, in which there are varying environments to battle in. As the exam starts, the rest of the schools all attack U.A. at once. Thanks to their training and costume upgrades, Class 1-A manages to avoid being hit by the balls. Yo Shindo from Ketsubutsu tells his fellow classmates that he will shatter their solid defense, and uses his Vibrate Quirk on the ground, unleashing a powerful earthquake that completely shatters the ground and causing members of class 1-A to disperse.

Due to this attack, Ochaco gets scattered, and has to defend herself from the attacks of the rest of the students while looks for his classmates. First, she finds Santa, and later they notice Izuku fighting Camie Utsushimi (completely naked) and meet up on the way to help him. Hanta uses his tape to keep Camie away from Izuku while Ochaco arrives and tries to land on Camie but she dodges. Camie is disappointed that she can no longer talk with Izuku due to being outnumbered after Hanta and Ochaco's interference, so she retreats. Before leaving, Camie tells Ochaco how much Izuku trusts her.

Izuku advises against the idea of going after Camie because her targets aren't showing up on her naked body. Then, Izuku awkwardly asks if they are the real versions of themselves. He explains that Camie had transformed into Ochaco's appearance to ambush him, and Ochaco gets embarrassed of the idea that Camie turned into her but naked. Izuku replies that she wasn't, or he'd be suspicious of the.

The three hide behind large rocks and discuss their strategy. Izuku tells them they need to move quickly because thirty people have already passed the exam. Izuku, Ochaco, and Hanta talk about their situation and how rival students are starting to split up. Izuku tells Ochaco and Hanta that he will act as a decoy while they keep a distance from him and try to immobilize as many examinees as possible. Izuku, Ochaco, and Hanta prepare to enact their plan.

Izuku activates One For All: Full Cowl - Shoot Style and dashes past the group of examinees, being chased by them. Hanta catches up to him and asks him to carry them both into the air. When they reach a safe height above the ground, Ochaco releases debris attached to tape that traps their pursuers by sticking them to the ground. Izuku, Hanta, and Ochaco place their balls on six examinees and pass the first phase.

They head for the winner's waiting room, they are spotted by Denki, Eijiro and Katsuki. Ochaco, Hanta, Eijiro, and Denki celebrate passing together. Upon arriving at the waiting room, they find that Shoto, Momo, Tsuyu, Kyoka and Mezo had already passed the round. Momo is glad that all of them passed. In the end, all the class 1-A students manage to pass the exam.

While waiting for the Second Exam to start, which will consist of rescue victims of a large-scale terrorist attack, 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, Ochaco's heart starts pounding and she is not able to suppress her feelings and tries to speak with Izuku about something but the exam starts.

A rescue scenario is being broadcast to the examinees; large-scale destruction of buildings has resulted in large numbers of victims. The damage to the roads is severe and the emergency unit will be considered 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 for the time being. The reason Ochaco found Izuku to be cool in the first place 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 keeping focusing on being a hero will aid her in doing so. With this drive, Ochaco springs into action.

Ochaco ends up being part of a rescue team led by Momo. When they find a man trapped beneath the debris, Ochaco rushes in to help by removing the rubble, but Momo stops her because there is an imbalance in the debris. Momo creates metal pillars, and with the help of Rikido, Hanta Sero tapes the pillars together, reinforcing the wall. Ochaco begins clearing out the rubble. The grandpa finds Momo, Ochaco, Hanta, and Rikido's rescue maneuvers not to be shabby.

Due to her good work and coordination with her classmates, Ochaco passes the exam, receiving her hero provisional license. All of the class 1-A get to pass the exam minus Katsuki and Shoto. Outside the stadium, when they prepare to return to U.A., Ochaco sees Izuku crying tears of joy which causes her to question his tears. He replies that the Provisional Hero License is a proof of his growth and is happy that the help he has received along the way has not been in vain. Izuku plans to immediately show his license to his mother and All Might while Ochaco agrees with him, glad to see Izuku's happiness.

Shie Hassaikai Arc
The night after the exam, Izuku and Katsuki have a fight, so they are punished by Shota Aizawa. The next morning, classes resume and the rest of Class 1-A learns of Izuku and Katsuki's bout. Ochaco hopes that they made up, to which Izuku replies that their reconciliation is hard to put into words. Class 1-A leave the room to attend Nezu's opening ceremony at Ground Beta without them.

Back in the classroom, Shota Aizawa tells his class that they must switch gears back into being students. Tsuyu Asui asks him about the Hero-Work Studies Nezu mentioned in the ceremony. Shota describes the Hero Work-Studies as hero activities outside of school, saying that it is a more formalized version of the Field Training they did with pro heroes before. Ochaco expresses frustration at needing to work so hard to be recruited after the Sports Festival if they were to do Hero-Works anyway, but Shota explains further differences between the two activities. Shota tells Class 1-A that they will be expected to write about their experiences but he will explain it at a time later.

Izuku's house arrest ends after three days, and he apologizes to the whole class for the inconvenience he caused. Ochaco is happy about his return. Shota arrives and says that they will now go into more detail about the Hero work-studies. He brings in the top three students of the U.A., who have experience with the Hero program: Mirio Togata, Tamaki Amajiki, and Nejire Hado, also known as The Big 3. Despite being considered the top students, their personalities confuse Class 1-A, who get even more confused when Mirio Togata challenges them all to a fight.

At Gym Gamma, Mirio tells Class 1-A to attack him whenever and wherever they want. Izuku decides to go first. Ochaco is surprised at Izuku's determination and mentally encourages him. Izuku takes the initiative, but his kicks phase clean through Mirio's head. Using his Permeation Quirk, Mirio easily defeats more than half of the entire class 1-A. The other half tries to counterattack, Deku having discerned the functioning of his Quirk, but still, Mirio also defeats them with hardly any problem.

When the fight finishes, Mirio apologizes and explains how his Permeation works. He also states that the reason he wanted to fight Class 1-A is to show the experience he gained from the Hero-Work Study; Mirio was able to improve his use of his quirk to peak level and reach the top. Mirio encourages class 1-A to participate in the Hero Work-Studies as it will help them improve their career to be heroes, just as it helped him become one of the best students in the U.A. Class 1-A applauds Mirio's speech and they realize what the work-study could do for their skills.

Following this advice, she plans to do her Work-Study with Gunhead, unfortunately, she can't because the school said he doesn't qualify for it, because only Pro Heroes with great accomplishments can take in a trainee. Later, at Heights Alliance, Ochaco grumbles about it, with Tsuyu and Eijiro in the same situation as her, but they congratulate Izuku for being accepted in the Nighteye Agency. Shota arrives and informs that Tamaki wants to talk with Eijiro while Nejire wants the same with Ochaco and Tsuyu, and recommends them to talk to them tomorrow. Eijiro wonders why they want to talk about, and Tsuyu thinks it will be related to Work-Studies. Unable to wait until tomorrow, the three go to the third years' room to ask them.

Thanks to Nejire, Ochaco is doing the Work-Studies with Ryukyu along with Tsuyu. One day, with the help of Nejire, Ochaco, and Tsuyu defeat a pair of villains 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". The Case is to team up with Sir Nighteye's hero office for an investigation.

Ochaco and her group soon gather in the meeting, which brings together several heroes such as Shota Aizawa and Gran Torino; and where she meets with Izuku and Mirio, who doing their Work-Studies with Sir Nighteye, and with Eijiro and Tamaki, who doing theirs with Fat Gum. This last three had been involved a few days ago in an incident where some lowlife thugs used Quirk Erasing bullets, which is connected to the organization that is investigating Sir Nighteye, the Shie Hassaikai.

In the meeting, Ochaco learns that the Shie Hassaikai leader, Kai, had formed an alliance with the League of Villains. Also, he is the person responsible for the production and sale of the Quirk Erasing bullets. Thanks to Eijiro's brave actions protecting Tamaki, they were able to obtain a bullet with the contents still inside. Fat Gum explains that after examining the contents of the bullet, they discovered that inside the bullet were human blood and cells, which disturbs the U.A. students.

Sir Nighteye explains that Kai has a daughter called Eri, Izuku and Mirio encountered her on their patrol and she had a number of bandages on her. The details about her are unknown, but he deduces that Kai is probably using his daughter to make those Quirk destroying bullets, which disgusts and horrifies Ochaco, Eijiro, and Tsuyu. However, Sir Nighteye deems the bullet used on Tamaki to be a prototype that disables Quirks for a few hours and thus was distributed solely for testing purposes.

With the meeting over, Izuku, Ochaco, Eijiro, Tsuyu, Mirio, Tamaki, and Nejire are sitting at a table downstairs. Izuku and Mirio explain to the others what occurred between them and Kai. Shota spots his Class 1-A students and talks to them about originally suspending their Hero-Works since the League of Villains are involved. However, he knows that if he tries stops Izuku, he would go to rescue Eri, Ochaco, and the others, after knowing the situation in which Eri is, reinforce their determination to rescue the little girl. Shota gives them permission to take part in Eri's rescue operation.

For several days, students wait patiently to receive any news of Eri's whereabouts. One day, late at night, they gather after receiving a message containing information, 'on the day carry out the plan to raid Shie Hassaikai. Hours later, everyone gathers together along with several heroes at Nighteye's Agency He and his sidekicks report everybody that Eri is in the Shie Hassaikai Headquarters and that everything is ready to carry out the rescue operation. After a brief stop at the police station to gather information, the next morning At 8:30 AM, the Heroes and Police Force are outside the Shie Hassaikai's compound.

While the heroes and the police forces wait outside, suddenly, the gates smash open courtesy of Rikiya Katsukame, and begins to attack them. Ryukyu turns into a dragon and easily intercepts Rikiya’s punch with her draconian claw. Ryukyu orders the Heroes from the Ryukyu Offices to deal with Rikiya and asks the other groups to move on, while she and her team deal with Rikiya.

Ryukyu’s group managed to overpower Rikiya and knock him unconscious. Ryukyu orders the Police Force to restrain Rikiya while Nejire, Ochaco, and Tsuyu prepare to head after Sir Nighteye's group. Suddenly, Ochaco and Tsuyu along with the Police Force become tired due to Rikiya inhaling their vitality, much to Ryukyu's surprise since she thought she knocked him out. Conscious, Rikiya reveals that the drug he took is kicking in which has enhanced his Quirk and now he can absorb a target's vitality simply by inhaling.

Now larger and stronger than before, Rikiya attacks the Police Force only for Ryukyu to take them to safety. 20 minutes pass and Ryukyu's group is in a standstill against the rejuvenated Rikiya. Only Nejire continues to fight against him.

Suddenly, Izuku appears and states that he called reinforcements and that their objective is underneath a nearby crossroad. With this information, Ryukyu hatches a plan, transforms into her dragon form, and charges at Rikiya. With the help of Ochaco, Tsuyu, and Nejire, she crashes Rikiya against the point indicated by Izuku, collapsing the crossroad, and causing Ryukyu's group along with Rikiya to fall down into underground, in the middle of the battle between Izuku and Kai.

Actually, the Izuku of the surface reveals to be Himiko, who used her Quirk to impersonating him. With her are Twice and a copy of Mr. Compress, whom they sent to capture Eri, but he is destroyed by Ryukyu.

Ryukyu's squad witnesses the battle between Deku and a fused Overhaul, as well as a wounded Sir Nighteye. Izuku tells Ochaco that he is leaving Sir Nighteye to her as he goes after Overhaul in an attempt to rescue Eri. After a struggle, in which Eri activates his Quirk Rewind and undoes the Overhaul's fusion. Izuku manages to rescue the girl, emerging with her to the surface through the newly created hole. Meanwhile, Overhaul uses his Quirk on Rikiya Katsukame to merge with him and, continues his fight against Deku.

The girls are worried after seeing the monstrous being that Kai transforms into after fusing. A badly injured Sir Nighteye says that Kai won't go after them but going to pursue Izuku with the intention to get Eri back. However, according to his Foresight, Kai will kill Izuku. After hearing these grim words, Ochaco tries to aid Izuku in his struggle against Overhaul but falls down due to her stamina being drained. Despite Sir Nighteye's prediction, Ryukyu refuses to let Kai go after Izuku.

However, Sir Nighteye convinces her that her group cannot hope to defeat the newly fused and empowered Kai. Ochaco refuses to stand by and do nothing. Sir Nighteye asks Ochaco and Ryukyu to help him to the surface.

After dealing with a clone of Mr. Compress, Ryukyu throws a weightless Ochako and Nighteye to the surface. Ochaco and Sir Nighteye reach the surface and bear witness to Izuku and Kai's battle. Ochaco questions Sir Nighteye's vision about Izuku dying. Sir Nighteye replies that it is the unchangeable future he saw but is surprised that events are playing out differently: Thanks to Eri's Quirk, Izuku manages to defeat Kai Kai.

Kai wills himself back into consciousness and attempts to attack Izuku with his last-ditch effort to get back Eri. However, Eri's Quirk spreads near Kai, which causes his fusion with Rikiya Katsukame to become undone, returning Kai back to normal. Ochaco apprehends the defeated Kai.

Ryukyu reaches the surface, carrying Shota, Tsuyu, Tamaki, and Mirio with her. She asks for a report on the situation; Ochaco explains that they have called an ambulance for Sir Nighteye and that Izuku has defeated Kai but something is going wrong because he is suddenly in immense pain. This is because Eri has lost control of her Quirk. A wounded Shota manages to use his Erasure on the girl to deactivate her power, saving Izuku’s life.

The mission ends in success, Eri is rescued and the Shie Hassaikai dismantled. However, Sir Nighteye dies hours later in the hospital due to the injuries he suffered. During the following days, Ochaco has to go through a bunch of inquiries. She felts guilty for being unable to save Sir Nighteye's life, but Shota Aizawa replied that she bears no responsibility and the fault lies with the Heroes, asking her to take time and think about what she wants to do in the future. Ochaco replies that she wants to save people.

Remedial Course Arc
Finally, Ochaco, Izuku, Tsuyu, and Eijiro return to Heights Alliance., Where they are received by the entire Class 1-A, glad that they are alright after what they have done, checking to make sure they are doing okay, physically and mentally, after their mission.

With the beginning of October, she and the rest of the Work Studies are allowed to go to Sir Nighteye's funeral, along with the Big Three, All Might, and Shota. Due to what happened, they are informed that the Hero Work Studies program is postponed for the moment, so she, Tsuyu and Nejire say goodbye to Ryukyu.

U.A. School Festival Arc
Days later, in the classroom, Shota Aizawa announces that U.A. High School will be having a School Festival and tells Class 1-A to pick out a program to perform at the festival. Tenya Ida asks ideas from Class 1-A; but they did not reach an agreement. Later at Heights Alliance, the students decide to combine several ideas and decide that their school festival program will be a live performance and dance with party space.

Ochaco was not able to participate in the decision-making process because, as part of the hero-work group, she was busy attending supplementary classes, but she has no problems with the idea of her classmates, being totally committed to participate in, being part of the Dance Team.

Afterwards, she joins the rest of Class 1-A when Momo makes Golden Tips Imperial tea for all of them and Ochaco shows a curious Izuku a video about tea. The two see the villain Gentle Criminal and wonder about his crimes. Until the festival, the dance team constantly practices the choreography devised by Mina. It is also during this time when she knows Izuku's plan to bring Eri to the festival.

On the appointed day, Ochaco worries about the delay of Deku, who had gone out to buy a rope that morning. Fortunately, he gets there just in time, and Ochaco dances along her classmates at 1-A's rock performance which ends up being a resounding success. After this, Ochaco enjoys the rest of the festival with Deku, Eri, Tsuyu, Mirio and Shota until the event ends.

Pro Hero Arc
As November comes to a close, at U.A. in the lounge, Shota reveals that Eri will be looked after by U.A. As Ochaco and Tsuyu welcome an excited Eri, Shota states that the decision for U.A. to look after Eri is because she does not have anyone who can take care of her and because Shota is the only one who can prevent her Quirk from going out of control again. Mirio will also be helping Eri and welcomes Class 1-A to visit her once in a while since they will all be busy.

Then, Shota tells his students to return to their dormitories as they will have visitors, resulting to be the Pussycats, who came to celebrate Ragdoll's reinstatement.

Day later, at the U.A. dorms, Ochaco is present as Class 1-A watches the news broadcast of Endeavor and Hawks' battle with the Hood. She is horrified as it showed Endeavor being overwhelmed by Hood. After Endeavor defeats High End and stands up victorious, she along with her classmates approaches to console Shoto, who collapses to his knees, relieved his father is still alive, him.

Joint Training Arc
At the beginning of December, Class 1-A and Class 1-B gather at Ground Gamma for their first Joint Training Battle exercise. Since it's the start of Winter, several members of the class have adjustments added to their costumes to keep themselves warm. Mashirao comments on Izuku's costume, bringing up the glove upgrade that Mei made for him. Ochaco, hearing Izuku mention Mei, quickly attempts to force various images of Izuku and Mei together out of her head by punching herself in the face, to Mashirao's shock.

Class 1-B students arrive at the place. Vlad King and Shota settle down the classes and introduce Hitoshi Shinso, revealing he's a special guest participating in the exercise, and that he hopes that he can join the Hero Course. Shota and Vlad explain the rules of the exercise, and say that Hitoshi will participate in two battles; one with Class 1-A, and one with Class 1-B. Then, Class 1-A and 1-B draw lots to determine their teams. Ochaco is placed on a team lead by Izuku, with Mina Ashido and Minoru Mineta. Her team will faces Neito's team in Round 5, consisting of Neito Monoma, Yui Kodai, Nirengeki Shoda, Reiko Yanagi and Hitoshi Shinso.

Until his team's turn comes, Ochaco stays watching the clashes with his teammates. Seeing Deku updating his Heroes notebook while the two classes compliment each other on their power, she tells him that he has also improved alongside his classmates who he is writing about in his notebook.

Finally, their round comes. The two teams head towards their respective starting points, with a Full-Cowled Izuku leaping forward while Ochacho, Mina, and Minoru walk on discussing their plan. Ochaco points out that Team 5-A should focus on 1-B's members, as they could hide and only revealing themselves when ambushing them out of nowhere. Ochaco and Mina gloomily believe that they're at a heavy disadvantage, as all of them have more physical Quirks and are therefore vulnerable to Class 1-B’s long-range attacks.

Deku cheers them up and decides to act as a decoy to draw most of the battle around himself with the others as support. Izuku tells them that he has full confidence that he'll carry his team to an outstanding victory. His teammates are counting on him to win the round.

Izuku leaps out ahead of his team, knowing that Class 1-B can't ignore him and stands out on purpose, fulfilling his act as a decoy, while Ochaco, Mina, and Mineta are left behind, preparing traps against Class 1-B. However, meanwhile Izuku deals with Neito and Hitoshi, the rest of the class 1-B attack Deku’s teammates, and Ochaco and Mina use their Quirks to defend against their attacks.

Suddenly, something goes wrong with Izuku. Mysterious black tendrils bursts out of his arm, that indiscriminately attack both allies and adversaries. After witnessing Izuku losing control of his Quirk, her feelings resurfaced again as she starts to worry why this is happening, she uses her Zero Gravity to jump up and grab him.

Ochaco tries to stop Deku, but realizes that the rampage of that mysterious black power is not his doing. She then sees Hitoshi Shinzo and immediately asks for his assistance to stop Izuku. Thanks to the rapid intervention of Ochaco and Hitoshi, Izuku was able to regain control. Despite Izuku's chaotic outburst, all of the students are still eager to win the fight.

Ochaco immediately shakes Izuku to wake him from the brainwashing. Ochaco calms Izuku down as they float in mid-air. Neito takes advantage of their guard being down and ambushes Izuku from behind while floating on an enlarged metal nut, attempting to touch him and copy his Quirk. He manages to knock Izuku over and Ochaco tries to subdue him using Gunhead Martial Arts.

Reiko arrives in time and saves Neito by using flying projectiles to distract his attacker. Ochaco dodges as everyone from both teams join the fray, the once technical battle turning into an all-out brawl. Hitoshi sends his Capturing Weapon flying at Ochaco, but Izuku darts out in front of her and grabs it, ready to face Hitoshi once again. Despite Izuku's chaotic outburst, all of the students are still eager to win the fight.

Izuku explains to Ochaco that he can't use his Quirk after what happened earlier, saying he'll have to rely on her powers to aid him against Hitoshi.

Neito throws a large piece of metal at Ochaco, knocking her away, and time seems to slow down as he starts to think about the path he has to follow. Neito knows that, because of his Quirk, he can’t be strong by himself and is unable to follow down the path of the “main protagonist”, but he also realizes that he doesn’t regret having his Copy ability. He activates One For All, knowing now that he’ll be able to take on Izuku without being left in the shadows, and attempts to unlock the Quirk’s full power as he approaches the duo. Izuku tries to warn him about its unstable power, but Neito ignores him, starting to run towards Ochaco, attempting to use Izuku’s Quirk against her, but it barely has any effect. Ochaco jumps behind him, swiftly using her “Gunhead: Martial Arts” technique to subdue him, grabbing his neck and pushing him to the floor, using her weight to pin him down.

One For All deactivates as Neito is restrained, leading Ochaco to believe that he was actually bluffing about copying it, and she calls this out to Izuku as reassurance, also telling him to go and confront Hitoshi, as there wouldn’t be any interruptions anymore. Hitoshi realizes his ally is in danger and sends out his Capturing Weapon in an attempt to retrieve him from Ochaco's grasp. This allows Izuku to grab onto the scarf, pulling himself towards Hitoshi, and, as Ochaco activates her Zero Gravity ability, the two proceed to clash.

Neito sends a metal pipe at Ochaco, who's tied him up and is floating him to the cell, with Poltergeist and she dodges it quickly. She turns to him, realizing that, as five minutes has passed, the time limit of his Copy should be up now so he'll soon lose access to his teammates Quirks. Neito taunts her, saying that he could've extended his limit to ten minutes, and asks her if she thinks she could beat him one-on-one. Ochaco looks defiant but doesn’t verbally reply, and Neito realizes just how cautious the Class 1-A team has been because of Hitoshi's Quirk.

He asks if Ochaco knows how many Quirks he can copy at a time, and, noting the number of clocks on his belt, she holds up three fingers, and he slyly asks what she would do if it was four. As Ochaco starts to move Neito into the cell, he begins to explain Copy to her. He says that although he can only use one Quirk at a time, the effects of one Quirk will remain even after he activates another unless they directly affect his body. Ochaco pushes him into the cell and he laughs, knowing she doesn't get where he's coming from.

Ochaco locks the cell and starts to run back to Izuku and Hitoshi, now worried that Neito might have done something to Izuku. Hiryu sees that Hitoshi's heading back towards his team so they can capture Izuku, and Jurota comments on the apparent pressure Hitoshi brings to the battlefront.

Ochaco karate chops Reiko, knocking her out, and Yui Kodai calls out to her. Ochaco pushes Yui right into the wall she was standing in front of, sticking her to Minoru's Pop Off balls which were already placed there.

Midnight reveals that Class 1-A won the battle overall and the winners celebrate their victory, leaving the losing class to lament over their loss. Shota then questions Izuku Midoriya about the new move he used, and Izuku claims that he isn’t sure what it was, describing how his power overflowed and saying that he didn’t know why the tendrils suddenly appeared. He thanks Hitoshi and Ochaco for saving him.

Midnight continues the feedback by commending Hitoshi and Ochaco's heroism, mentioning how it "turns her on" in terms of excitement and passion. Mina also adds that Ochaco did latch herself onto Izuku's body to prevent him from losing control. Both Izuku and Ochaco began to blush rapidly and Ochaco explains that she thought it was better to take action than do nothing. Shota recalls Ochaco's previous statement of her wanting to rescue more people while praising the young hero for her growth.

Despite the fierce competition and the result, the exercise ends on good terms between both classes, and in the afternoon, Class 1-B visits Class 1-A's dormitories for socializing and dinner.

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

Because Nabu Island is quite isolated from the rest of the country, and therefore far from any villain activity, there has been no notable incident since the last thirty years. For this reason, their work on the island basically involves mostly minor deeds. Ochaco gets a call from a little girl who lost his brother somewhere on the island, and calls across the room and asks if anyone can help her to find the lost kid. Izuku and Kyoka volunteer to help her.

The three search the island and find the little boy named Katsuma Shimano at a nearby park. His older sister, Mahoro Shimano, suddenly appears and scolds Izuku for taking so long to find them before leaving with her brother. Ochaco and Kyoka are confused by the exchange but Izuku doesn't mind the prank, he is just happy the little boy is with his sister. Ochaco likes this aspect of Izuku's personality and tells him that he is a true hero.

The next day, while Ochaco and several class 1-A students wait in the office waiting for a request, a neighbor and Fumikage arrive to report that the island is being attacked by a group of villains. Tenya quickly organizes the class to face this crisis. Ochaco teams up with Koji to assist in the evacuation of civilians on the beach, which was under attack by villain Chimera. While several of her classmates fight the villain; Ochaco, Tsuyu, Koji and Mezo manage to evacuate all the civilians from the place.

Then they see a gigantic hologram of Deku asking for help, which was created by Mahoro. Ochaco and the other three run to the place of origin of the hologram, finding Izuku and Katsuki defeated by the villain Nine, who orders his teammate Slice to get Mahoro and her brother Katsuma. Ochaco and her classmates uses their Quirks to save everyone. Ochaco taps Deku and Katsuki and Tsuyu carries them together with her tongue. Because her leader is suffering from his illness, Slice doesn't pursue them and decides to retreat so Nine can recover.

Later on the night, Class 1-A regroup and shelter everyone to treat the wounded and feed the hungry. Ochaco goes into the room where other civilians are being healed by medical staff from the hospital clinic with healing Quirks. Izuku and Katsuki are both unconscious and the doctors can only use their Quirks to close their wounds, but they cannot treat them any further. These statements concern Ochaco, especially for the well-being of Izuku, fortunately at that time. Katsuma arrives and helps by using his Cell Activation Quirk to heal both Izuku and Katsuki.

Later, they have a meeting where they discover that the objective of the villain leader, Nine, is to steal the Cell Activation Quirk from Katsuma. With this information, they devise a plan to approach them in front and keep civilians safe. The plan is to lure the villains to the furthest corner of the island where ancient castle ruins are. The heroes will engage the villains using the terrain to their advantage and spit the villains apart, so each member has to face several students alone.

After his previous fight against Nine, Izuku concludes that Nine cannot use his multiple Quirks for too long as he suffers from intense pain when he does. To deal with Nine, everyone will attack him in waves to force Nine to use his Quirks all the time until he reaches his limit and cannot continue fighting.

The next morning, Nine and his crew arrive at the entrance to the island. They fall into Class 1-A's trap and are forced to split up by Yuga and Momo's Ultimate Moves; and as planned, the students take turns attacking Nine to force him to use his Quirks as much as possible. Hanta and Ochaco commence their assault on Nine by constantly throwing boulders at him. The villain uses his Laser Bullet Quirk to destroy the rocks and attack Ochaco and Hanta, forcing them to retreat.

Ochaco is overusing her Quirk, and Hanta grabs her before she falls down and uses his tape to swing to higher ground, retreating to a certain position where Minoru awaits them with a trap they had prepared: a large amount of rocks contained by wooden posts. Ochaco pushes her Zero Gravity Quirk to the limit to remove the posts, falling to the ground, exhausted, and having to be moved out the way by Hanta of the massive rock slide that she caused.

Minoru uses his Quirk to make the rocks stick together even harder to bury the villain. However, Nine is able to break free easily with his Quirks and the shock wave knocks down Ochaco, Hanta, and Minoru. The Villain prepares to shot a powerful attack on them when Izuku and Katsuki step in and attack him. Deku and Katsuki continue to fight Nine, as the villain keeps using his various quirks to hold them off.

Ochaco tries to take advantage of a Nine's distraction to sneak attack him from behind and make him float with her Quirk, but Nine activates his Hydra Quirk to attack Ochaco with its jaws and throws her into the air. Deku quickly rushes and catches Ochaco, holding her in his arms. She apologizes to Izuku for not being able to help him anymore before passing out. Deku lays her gently on the ground to right after furiously fires back along with Katsuki at Nine, proclaiming that he will pay for hurting Ochaco.

Ochaco is unconscious for the rest of the combat, and in that time Izuku and Katsuki managed to finally defeat Nine. Shortly after, field force of professional heroes and the military arrived on Nabu Island, rescuing everyone, and providing humanitarian aid. The Dragoon Hero: Ryukyu is in charge of helping Ochaco.

Class 1-A continues to stay on Nabu Island to help repair the damage done by Nine and his villains until the Public Safety Commission suspends the program and orders them to be sent home. With the island being repaired by the military and the heroes, Class 1-A boards a ferry to return to the U.A. High School.

Endeavor Agency Arc
Sometime after Katsuki’s and Shoto’s interview, as Class 1-A reacts to the edited interview, Ochaco believes that the station was covering for Katsuki’s behavior. When the news covers the attack on Deika City and the more supportive responses of the public, Ochaco points out that everything's changing since the "Can't You See?" kid showed his support for Endeavor during his battle with Hood. Ochaco later participates in a Hero Interview Training taught by Mt. Lady. The heroine congratulates Ochaco for her performance.

Days later, the Hero Work Recommendation Project takes place, staying on Nabu Island before returning.

On the night of Christmas Eve, the whole class celebrates Christmas. Ochaco states that she and Tsuyu will return with Ryukyu. She is very happy when Shota brings Eri to celebrate Christmas with them, finding her adorable dressed as Santa Claus. Then, the whole class participates in a random gift exchange in the dorms. By coincidence, Ochaco receives an All Might keychain from Izuku, and Izuku receives a bag of Mochi chips from Ochaco. Both are happy for the gifts and blush.

With the start of the second Hero-Work Study, Ochaco, along with Tsuyu and Nejire, returns with Ryukyu. At Ryukyu's hero office, Ochaco shows off her upgraded costume, which is met with praise by Ryukyu and others. As Nejire asks why she changed her costume, Ochaco blushes thinking back to her latching on to Izuku during the Joint Training match and says that it's a secret, disappointing Nejire. Ryukyu then holds a small welcoming party to celebrate the girls' first day back.

The next morning, the girls watch a news report about a forest fire in Kaflin that was caused by the explosion of an illegal Trigger factory. Ochaco and Tsuyu are confused at what Trigger is, so Nejire explains that it is the name of a Quirk-enhancing drug. Ryukyu later gets a team-up request from Selkie and tells her students to get ready. At the Verize Islands, Selkie greets Ryukyu and her team, then tells the girls to relax on the beach before the mission begins. Ochaco, Tsuyu, Nejire and Sirius have fun on the beach, improving their morale.

As the sun sets, Ochaco and Tsuyu join Selkie on the Oki Mariner while Ryukyu and Nejire take to the skies. While Selkie and Tsuyu sneaked onto the smuggling ship and took control of it, the Trigger had already been loaded onto a cargo plane and took off. Ochaco uses her Quirk on herself and grabs onto a harpoon, which Sirius launches at the direction of the plane. Using her new grappling hook, Ochaco latches on to the plane and boards it.

She uses her Super Move Gravity Plus to subdue the smuggler, but has trouble controlling the plane. Tsuyu tells her to evacuate, but Ochaco refuses because the cargo will leak into the ocean if the plane crashes. Ryukyu tells Ochaco to make the plane weightless, but she is unsure if this can work. Ryukyu motivates her not to give up, and Ochaco, with the help of Nejire's Gring Wave, makes the plane weightless. Ryukyu grabs the plane and safely lands it on the water, and finds Ochaco vomiting after pushing her Quirk's limits. With the day saved, Ochaco and the girls relax on the beach once more.

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
During the Work-Studies, Ryukyu's Agency joins the operation organized by the World Heroes Association to finish off Humarise, an anti-Quirk cult that claimed responsibility for the Trigger Bomb terrorist attack that caused the death of thousands of people in a major city. The operation consists of storming all the branches that Humarise has around the world, arresting its members, and taking control of all the Trigger Bombs.

The Ryukyu Agency joins the France Task Force and successfully raids the Paris branch, but while dozens of cultists are arrested, no Trigger Bomb is found. The situation is the same in the remaining branches attacked, so the WHA Director orders all the teams to remain on standby in their assigned cities.

While they are stationed in a hotel in Paris, they receive news from headquarters saying that Izuku was accused of mass murder by the Otheon government. Although shocked, from the start Ochaco refuses to believe such accusations, as she knows that Izuku would never do such a thing. She is supported by Tsuyu, Nejire, and Ryukyu.

Some days later, Flect Turn, the leader of Humarise, publicly broadcasts to the entire world that they have planted the Trigger Bombs in the twenty-five cities, and they will detonate the bombs in two hours to "cleanse" the population of their Quirks. As a result, panic spreads throughout the threatened cities, causing numerous incidents and problems, so the France Task Force scrambles to quell the hysteria and locate the bombs. Ochaco and Tsuyu help with the evacuation and clear traffic while the remaining members of Ryukyu's Agency focus their efforts on finding the Trigger Bombs.

When one of the bombs is located, and Ochaco and Tsuyu join their teammates in an all-out war against the Humarise sleeper agents. After struggling against the cultists, Ochaco manages to get ahold of the Trigger Bomb and uses her Quirk to nullify its gravity so she can launch it into the sky, but Humarise's warriors stop her, even though she is protected by Tsuyu.

The countdown ends but, to the relief of the heroes, the Trigger Bomb does not explode. This is thanks to a team led by Izuku, as they were able to assault the main Humarise headquarters and defuse the bombs worldwide, saving the world from catastrophic destruction. Whit the crisis over and Humarise defeated, Ochaco remains with her teammates to clean up the city until they leave the country and return to the U.A.

Paranormal Liberation War Arc
The Winter break ends and the students return to the U.A. to show their progress. In the girl's changing room, Toru comments on how Ochaco's new costume looks good on her while Kyoka comments on how heavy Ochaco's wrist guards are, to which Ochaco says there's a wire in them that she can use her Quirk on to nullify the overall weight. While Mina carries Ochaco's other wrist guard, something falls out of it which is revealed to be the All Might key chain Izuku gave her for Christmas, much to Ochaco's embarrassment. Mina teases Ochaco for it but she denies any thoughts as she puts it away.

At Ground Alpha, the students show off their development by fighting Villain Bots under the supervision of All Might. Ochaco and Tsuyu show off their improved determination. After Izuku's turn, he approaches Ochaco, thanking her properly for helping him during the Joint Training Battle. Ochaco brushes him off, and reveals that his new abilities inspired her to add wires to her costume. She thanks him for helping her get stronger, and says that they've both helped each other up, fist bumping Izuku. Later, Ochaco and her classmates enjoy a hot pot party.

At some point, All Might asks Ochaco, Tsuyu, and Hanta to help Izuku with his training. Izuku explains he wanted help with Blackwhip and asked Hanta for help because his Quirk, Tape, is similar. Understanding this, Ochaco and Tsuyu join in. All Might says to Ochaco that she is here to help him with body control while braking midair, justifying that he needs more power to cover up his practice of using Float, with it being similar to her Zero Gravity.

The months go by until it's late March. Thanks to the police investigation and its spy, Hawks, the Hero Public Safety Commission has found out the plans of the Paranormal Liberation Front and its allies. With this information, the Commission organized a large force of Pro Heroes, divided into several teams to take down the villain organization.

A team of heroes has the mission of storming the main headquarters of the Paranormal Liberation Front, while another team lead by Endeavor will do the same at the Jaku General Hospital, where the Nomu are created. Finally, a third team, made up mainly of students and lead by Burnin, will be in charge of evacuating the residents of Jaku City near the hospital and taking them to a safe place, with Ochaco in the last one. When everything is ready, the operation starts and Burnin signals the students to start evacuating the citizens.

The evacuation of the city proceeds without any problem, but Ochaco notices that something is wrong with Izuku. She calls out to Izuku in concern, as he turns to face the hospital. Suddenly, the building and the entire area around it begin to falling apart, and the disintegration spreads rapidly until it reaches the city itself.

Izuku unleashes a St. Louis Smash Air Force to push the spreading disintegration back, but it continues with no sign of stopping, causing Ochaco to remark that this is not some sort of shockwave. Burnin quickly orders everyone to run away from the unstoppable destruction, and the students begin to run as fast as possible while evacuating the civilians who were still in the city as best they can. The students manage to escape in time, but for some reason, Izuku decides to go to another direction, being followed by Katsuki. When asked, Izuku claims he forgot something. Ochaco watches with concern as Izuku moves away.

Ochaco and her classmates decide to continue with the evacuation, with the exception of Shoto, who went after the other two to bring them back, but after a while without knowing anything about them, she, Tsuyu, and Tenya start to worry. Just as Ochaco is going to suggest they should go over there, they see the civilians reacting to Daikaku Miyagi's news report about Gigantomachia heading towards Jaku City, destroying the cities he runs into on the way. A nervous Ochaco asks if the Heroes were supposed to handle the mission at the Gunga Prefecture.

The situation worsens, as Gigantomachia gets closer and closer, being followed by a large number of villains, as well as the appearance of several Nomu. All of Jaku's heroes are ordered to delegate the evacuation to the Rescue Team and the Police and to now engage the Villains to stop the enemies' advances. That chaotic situation makes Ochaco begin to reflect on the villains attacks that have been happening since she entered U.A.; the U.S.J. Incident, the League of Villains' attack on the training camp, All Might's last battle, etc. This causes her to conclude that the situation isn't improving at all, and ever since the day they met Tomura Shigaraki, it feels like when the sun sets, the shadow stretches even further.

Despite such dire view, Ochaco continues to help rescue people with Tsuyu. After a while, she finally sees that Gigantomachia has reached the city, knocking down buildings and throwing debris into the air. Seeing that one of the debris is about to crush Tsuyu and the civilians she is rescuing, Ochaco uses her wires to move them away from the projectile. Tsuyu thanks her for saving them.

Once they land, an old woman yells out to the two Heroes saying that her husband is still sleeping and he can't move on his own fast enough. Seeing Gigantomachia approach quickly, Ochaco tells Tsuyu to get the civilians in her possession to safety while she helps the old woman. She leads Ochaco to an alleyway calling her husband's name. Ochaco comments on how fast she is running and she says it is because of her love for him.

Ochaco assures the elder that she will rescue her husband, but when she catches up to the latter she is left shocked to learn that the old woman is actually Himiko Toga, who had used her Transform to disguise and to lure Ochaco to a secluded area. Ochaco is surprised to see Himiko almost naked when she deactivates her Quirk. Himiko slips into a house with Ochaco following, and once they are inside, Himiko starts talking to Ochaco while she is hiding. She tells her that she also hoped to talk to Tsuyu and especially to Izuku. Himiko says that she likes Ochaco too, and asks her what she wants to do with her as she jumps on her with her knife and pins her down with Ochaco holding her back.

Ochaco asks incredulously if Himiko seriously went through all that trouble just to ask her that question, as well as if she stole blood from the woman she was disguised as earlier and if she killed her or not. Himiko is caught a little off guard by her question as the young Hero tells her that she wants to save as many people as she can, and if she gets in her way, she will arrest Himiko on the spot, then she throws Himiko off of her and she rolls into another room while saying she is much stronger than the last time.

Ochaco charges against Himiko while she tries to explain her way of thinking and loving others. While they fight, Himiko says that when she thinks about the people she loves, she wants to become them, being unable to resist the temptation to bleed them out. Although Himiko thinks this is normal, other people can't accept her way of thinking, making it difficult for her to live in the current society.

Himiko tells Ochaco that some time ago she once faced a person who tried to kill her at the same time that she pitied her for her "sad and miserable" life. So she transformed into Ochaco and used her Zero Gravity Quirk to kill her. Ochaco is left horrified. Himiko confesses that being able to use the Quirks of the people she loves made her extremely happy. Disturbed and angry by her confession, Ochaco attacks her with her wires, but Himiko dodges and strikes back with her needles, knocking Ochaco down to another room, where she wrecks everything inside.

Ochaco stands up while saying that she would never use her Quirk to kill and demands Himiko to explain her reason for talking to her. Instead, Himiko notices something Ochaco dropped during the struggle. To Ochaco's horror, it turns out to be the All Might keychain Izuku gave her on Christmas. Ochaco charges at Himiko demanding it back but Himiko runs off with it asking if it is precious to her which she confirms.

Himiko takes this chance to mention how Twice was also someone of importance to her as she tells Ochaco she considers the two of them the same for liking Izuku, who she correctly deduces gave Ochaco the keychain. Uravity retorts that she has chosen to lock those feelings away as she uses a new Super Move Zero Satellites to levitate several household objects with her many wires and throws them at Himiko.

As Himiko dodges, she states that she’s been holding back this entire time. Ever since she was a child she was always being restrained by her feelings of draining blood, only to find that by doing that they only made these to grow. Ochaco simply replies that if her way of life causes her to hurt people, then she has to live with those consequences. Himiko gets tears in her eyes and says that she thought so. The tears welling up in Himiko's eyes catch Ochaco in her tracks.

Himiko prepares to throw her knives at Ochaco, but before she can do it, Tsuyu enters the battle and strikes her with her tongue. She asks what Himiko is doing here only to be interrupted when the house shakes from the destruction generated by Gigantomachia, which is taken advantage of by Himiko to retreat. Tsuyu prepares in case Himiko decides to attack them again, but Ochaco confidently tells her that Himiko just ran off. Ochaco picks up her keychain while commenting that Himiko was crying.

In the aftermath of the Paranormal Liberation War, Ochaco was helping the heroes save some civilians. She overhears a hero looking at the devastation of the city saying he should look for a new line of work, shocking her. Once she recovers at Central Hospital, she is worried about Izuku who is still in a coma for three days straight, making her concern for his well-being. After the war, Ochaco is visibly saddened by Izuku who left a letter behind to her and the rest of the class telling them his history of being Quirkless and leaving U.A. to protect them from Tomura and All For One.