Chapter 167

A Hero's Starting Line is the one hundred and sixty-seventh chapter of Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia.

Summary
Katsuki uses his Quirk to break down the ice slides created by Inasa and Shoto while he Masegaki Municipal Elementary School teacher thanks them for opening the children's hearts. Camie, Inasa and Shoto clean up alongside the children. Gang Orca and the Masegaki Elementary teacher comment on the children's behavior with Gang Orca believing it is up to the teacher to help the children responsibly use their Quirk, to which the teacher vows to do so.

The Provisional Training Hero Course training ends with Camie, Inasa, Katsuki and Shoto walking out of the gymnasium. Outside, Seiji along with the Shiketsu High teacher talk with All Might and Present Mic. The Shiketsu High teacher comments to Camie that U.A and Shiketsu are starting to work together in order to find out why she was attacked.

As Seiji discusses possible cooperative training exercises alongside U.A, Endeavor approaches Shoto and comments on his change. As Endeavor tries putting his hand on his son's shoulder, Shoto smacks his father's hand away. Instead, Endeavor tells Shoto that he is proud of him and will become a Hero that Shoto can be proud of. As Inasa watches the exchange between father and son, a begrudgingly Shoto ends the conversation by telling his father to do whatever he wants. Seeing Endeavor's change of heart, Inasa wills himself to approach Endeavor by punching himself in the face and tells Endeavor that he will be cheering him on; Endeavor thanks Inasa for his support. Slowly but surely, Endeavor along with the male and female students of the Provisional Hero License course training are making progress.

A few days after the Provisional Hero License course training, September came to a close and October began. Izuku's intern group along with All Might and Shota Aizawa went to Sir Nighteye's funeral. There, it was decided that the Internship program was to be postponed for the time being and Sir Nighteye's office was taken over by his sidekick, Centerpeder while awaiting Mirio Toogata's return. As for Eri, she has gained consciousness even though her psychological state is still unstable, meaning Izuku along with the intern group was still forbidden to see her face to face. Furthermore, it has been discovered that Eri's Quirk originates from the horn on her forehead; Eri's horn has shrunk to the size of a lump due to her fever.

Back in Class 1-A, the class are struggling with an equation and after long hard thinking, Izuku figures out an answer but is wrong and is corrected by Momo. Ochaco and Tenya comment on Izuku's hard work and decide to get lunch with him. Suddenly, Yuuga Aoyama puts cheese in Izuku's mouth which startles him. As Tenya offers Yuuga a seat at lunch, Yuuga declines and decides to eat his own lunch by himself.

Out of all the students in Class 1-A, Izuku has never being able to figure out or read Yuuga Aoyama. In his bedroom, Izuku switches off the light and heads off to bed. Outside Izuku's bedroom, Yuuga glares at Izuku through his window; it was from this point onwards that Izuku would begin to understand Yuuga's true nature.