This is the season where My Hero Academia remembers it's actually about watching these kids grow into better fighters. The Class 1-A versus 1-B tournament arc stretches thin, but the villain backstories hit different, Toga and Dabi's episodes reshape everything you thought you understood about the story. By the time Deku starts learning what his body can actually do, the show has already moved past the tournament noise into something that matters again.

The students of Class 1-A at U.A. are about to face their rivals in Class 1-B in a series of joint training battles. Class 1-B resents the public attention 1-A has drawn after surviving several villain attacks, and it sees the matchups as a chance to prove itself. The rules are simple: squads of four try to capture every member of the opposing team, and the first squad to do so wins. Hitoshi Shinso, a General Course student with a brainwashing quirk, joins the exercise and competes on both sides. He hopes to transfer into the Hero Course and has been training with Shouta Aizawa, the 1-A homeroom teacher, but he still lacks experience compared to the others. As each squad runs into its own weaknesses and finds new strengths, the outcome becomes hard to call. Expect action alongside the comedy.