Game Over

Free of the Shipwreck Zone after outthinking the villains there, Izuku, Minoru, and Tsuyu weigh their options. The sensible plan is the exit, giving the central plaza a wide berth, but Izuku knows Eraser Head is being ground down there and argues for helping instead. Over in the Landslide Zone, Shoto freezes his attackers the moment they arrive, sizes up the opposition as small-time, and starts interrogating the ones he has encased, offering to thaw them before hypothermia sets in if they explain how the group intends to kill All Might. In the Mountain Zone, Denki cannot fire his electricity without hitting his own teammates, so Kyoka boots him into the crowd, Momo throws up an insulating sheet, and the entire area goes down at once.

At the plaza, Eraser Head holds the line until Tomura reaches him and ruins his elbow, then names the flaw in Erasure while praising how long he has lasted, and hands him to something much worse. Thirteen tries to unmake Kurogiri and has the attack turned back, ending the rescue hero's involvement. Kurogiri cuts off Tenya's run for the door until Mezo Shoji seizes him and opens the path. Izuku's group arrives at the plaza to find their teacher already beaten by the engineered monster. In the Ruins Zone, Katsuki and Eijiro finish their opponents; Eijiro wants to help the others, Katsuki insists their classmates can manage and that Kurogiri is the real target, since removing him traps everyone inside. Eijiro is struck by how calmly he is thinking.

Ochaco, Hanta, and Rikido stall Kurogiri long enough for Tenya to get out and call for help. Kurogiri returns to Tomura and reports both the success against Thirteen and the failure that matters. With reinforcements coming, the villains decide to withdraw, though not before killing the students still present. Tomura reaches Tsuyu and comes within a moment of ending her before Erasure stops him. Izuku throws a smash that Nomu intercepts; his arm survives intact, and the creature does not react at all. Tomura goes for the students again, and the attack dies as All Might arrives.

Class 1-A demonstrates that the warped villains are largely low-grade, with Shoto, Denki, Kyoka, Momo, Katsuki, and Eijiro all clearing their zones. Shoto interrogates his frozen opponents about the plot against All Might.

Eraser Head is defeated at the central plaza after Tomura damages his elbow and hands him to Nomu. Thirteen is taken out when Kurogiri redirects Black Hole against her. Tenya Ida escapes the facility to summon help, aided by Mezo Shoji, Ochaco, Hanta, and Rikido, which forces the villains to abandon their plan.

Izuku strikes Nomu with a smash and notices two things: his arm does not break, and the blow accomplishes nothing. The retreating villains resolve to kill the remaining students first, and Tomura nearly kills Tsuyu before Erasure intervenes. All Might's arrival ends the assault.

Adapted from two chapters, broadcast in Japan on June 12, 2016, with the American airing on July 21, 2018. THE DAY serves as the opening and HEROES as the ending. The episode belongs to the U.S.J. Arc.

The adaptation shows Mashirao in the Fire Zone and Fumikage and Koji in the Squall Zone fighting villains, none of which the source depicts, and expands Shoto's fight considerably. Izuku's punch against Nomu is given enormous wind pressure that scatters nearby villains and tears up the surroundings.

Two staging changes cover Momo: her exposed chest is hidden by speech bubbles in the source, and here by dust plus one of Kyoka's jacks. Once Denki fries his own brain, the adaptation adds Kyoka shielding Momo and warning him not to look.