U.A. School Festival Arc

The U.A. Cultural Festival Arc (雄英文化祭編) is the thirteenth story arc in My Hero Academia, as well as the fourth story arc in the Rise of Villains Saga.

Summary
Aizawa informs Class 1-A that U.A. is having a culture festival. It will be exclusively held in school and each class must choose a program. Iida and Momo take charge and the students volunteer ideas. None are decided on immediately; however, later on, Class 1-A settles for a dance. Jiro is selected to be the performer.

Later at Eri's hospital, Izuku and Mirio meet Eri, who they recognize to still be scared. They offer for her to come with them to the Culture Festival and she accepts to learn more about them.

At a convenience store, a man prepares for a robbery. He is stopped by heroes, but cuts them down and claims to be Gentle. He is revealed to be a youtuber being recorded by La Brava. In order to receive more views, ​​​​Gentle strives for something that will make him more extraordinary.

In a video, Gentle talks about the strongest heroes and villains. While he is shown contemplating his robbery, he receives little credit with negative comments.

Class 1-A needs a drummer. Katsuki Bakugo is shown to be a talented drummer and Jiro attempts to persuade him into drumming during the festival. Eventually he gives in, but takes his rage out on U.A.

On the day of the festival, Izuku goes out to buy a Carmel apple to give to Eri like he promised. However he runs into Gentle and La Brava, after discovering their identities, and their plans to infiltrate the festival, Izuku fights them, after winning, Izuku puts on a performance with the rest of class 1-A.

Story Impact

 * Izuku has started practicing long range attacks.
 * After receiving a support item created by Mei, Izuku develops a new long-ranged move called Delaware Smash Air Force.


 * Izuku defeats his first villain, on his own, in public, since gaining his hero license.

Characters Introduced

 * Gentle
 * La Brava
 * Brave (mentioned)
 * Oji Harima (mentioned)
 * Destro (mentioned)
 * Bibimi Kenranzaki
 * Takeshita

Quirks Introduced

 * Elasticity: Gentle's Quirk allows him to bestow the property of elasticity to anything he touches.
 * Love: La Brava's Quirk allows her to send a temporary power boost to the person she loves most, once per day.