Joint Training Battle/Round One

The first round of the Joint Training Exercise is a battle fought between four members of Class 1-A consisting of Tsuyu Asui, Koji Koda, Denki Kaminari and Eijiro Kirishima alongside Hitoshi Shinso against four members of Class 1-B consisting of Kosei Tsuburaba, Hiryu Rin, Jurota Shishida and Ibara Shiozaki.

Battle
The fight began with Hitoshi explaining his Quirk, Brainwashing, to his teammates. Tsuyu commented on the strength of his Quirk, but Hitoshi rebuffed her, and described the weaknesses of his Quirk to the team. At this point, the starting buzzer sounded, and the members of Class 1-A lamented that they were unable to formulate a plan.

Class 1-A and Hitoshi proceeded forward as a group, with Tsuyu using her Camouflage to scout ahead, while Koji scouted the area with pigeons. The pigeons returned and told Koji about Ibara's location. The group started towards Ibara, but were intercepted by Jurota and Kosei, who quickly dispatched Tsuyu and Eijiro.

Jurota explained that his team accounted for Koji's searching, and used Ibara as a decoy. He noted that they found Class 1-A and Hitoshi's location using his nose. Meanwhile, Kosei trapped Koji in an Air Prison, attempting to cut off his abilities. At this point, Hitoshi used his Artificial Vocal Cords to brainwash Jurota, by impersonating Kosei's voice.

Hitoshi then attempted to use the Binding Cloth to capture Jurota, but was stopped when Kosei used his Quirk again to trap him. Kosei then woke Jurota up out of the brainwashing with a smack to the head. Jurota then went after Denki, much to Kosei's annoyance, who jumped to avoid being electrocuted. Jurota was electrocuted, but still managed to knock Denki away and injure him.

Tsuyu used this opportunity to capture Kosei, and began racing towards Class 1-A's jail. Jurota gave chase, but found himself confronted by Eijiro and Koji. He quickly changed from his Beast Form back to his Normal Form to slip by the two, and then changed right back into Beast Form, and grabbed the two. He threw Eijiro into the air, where he landed near Ibara, who captured him. Koji struggled to break free, and Denki and Tsuyu tried to save him, but Jurota retreated, capturing Koji as well.

Tsuyu broke Hitoshi out of Kosei's Air Prison, and he tried to apologize for not capturing Jurota. Tsuyu insisted that she should be the one apologizing, for not coming up with a proper plan, and for putting Hitoshi onto the front lines. Along with Denki, the three of them came up with a plan, to use Tsuyu's Poison Mucus to confuse Jurota, allowing them to close in by using Denki's Pointer to track their location.

Back at 1-B's area, Jurota and Hiryu attempted to convince Ibara that their plan wasn't sinful, when Jurota suddenly noticed three scents coming towards them. Confused, he explained to Ibara and Hiryu that there seemed to be three Tsuyus heading in their direction.

Ibara reacted determinedly, sending out her Vines, claiming that she would pass judgment on Class 1-A and Hitoshi. She asked Jurota to tell her the locations of the three opponents, and sent out Vines in the appropriate directions. Hiryu pondered how they could know their location, and found the tracker that Denki had stuck to Jurota.

Meanwhile, Class 1-A and Hitoshi encountered Ibara's Vines. Tsuyu told them to avoid the Vines, but Denki suggested allowing himself to be captured, as a decoy. Ibara then captured him and pulled him towards the rest of her team. He attempted to electrocute Jurota again, but was prevented from doing so when Hiryu shot his Scales at the pointer.

Suddenly, Ibara fell under Hitoshi's brainwashing, after he used his Artificial Vocal Cords to impersonate Hiryu. Hiryu reacted angrily, and asked Jurota for the enemy's location, to which Jurota pointed, trying to avoid speaking, in case he fell under Hitoshi's Brainwashing. Hiryu tried shooting his Scales at Ibara to snap her out of the Brainwashing, but Tsuyu grabbed her and pulled her away from his reach. Hiryu angrily told Jurota to focus on Tsuyu rather than Hitoshi, but he ignored him. Tsuyu then began fighting hand-to-hand with Hiryu.

Meanwhile, Jurota went searching for Hitoshi in the pipes. He was able to discover Hitoshi, and mused about how he had underestimated him. Lunging towards him for an attack, Hitoshi used the Binding Cloth to bring down a large pipe on Jurota's head, momentarily stunning him. However, this didn't knock him out, and he went to attack Hitoshi again. At this moment, Tsuyu threw Hiryu towards Jurota, who screamed at Jurota to get out of the way. Jurota reacted too late, and collided with Hiryu, knocking both of them out.

Class 1-A and Hitoshi then carried the rest of Class 1-B towards their jail, while Tsuyu praised Hitoshi's abilities. They secured the win, and Hitoshi noted that he still had a long way to go before he was able to become a hero.

Aftermath
Shota asked Class 1-A and Hitoshi for their thoughts on their performances during the training exercise. Kirishima noted that it was difficult to use his Quirk effectively when he's not trying to fight with his opponents. Koji reflected that he needed to learn how to effectively give orders to insects. Denki opined that he was fantastic out in the exercise. Tsuyu expressed her frustrations that she wasn't able to form a plan, as she was focused on winning with all five members still intact, and that resulted in a chaotic battle. Hitoshi lamented that he wasn't able to use even 10% of what he'd learned.

Shota comforted Hitoshi, noting it took him six years to master the Binding Cloth. He suggested that Kirishima work on trapping his opponents, that's reflect on his weak points, and that Tsuyu work on adapting quickly. He berated Denki for being unable to use his Quirk without harming others as well.

Vlad King angrily admonished Class 1-B for not having a leader during the battle. Neito Monoma noted with pleasure that he'd learned something from the battle about Hitoshi's abilities, and dragged Hitoshi over to him to formulate a plan to crush Class 1-A. This spurred the other teams to work on plans of their own.

Meanwhile, the teachers had a meeting to discuss Hitoshi's performance. All Might noted that Hitoshi seemed confident during the battle, and that the fact that he was aware of the deficiencies in his performance, and was seeking to better himself, was promising. Shota noted that the training exercise would serve as the central exam for admission into the Hero Course.