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Episode 57

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The final phase asks a question nobody drilled for: how do you make a frightened victim feel safe? Class 1-A discovers that experience separates them from the upperclassmen, and then the tenth-ranked hero in Japan walks into the disaster zone to make it worse.

Arc: Provisional Hero License Exam
Kanji: 救助演習
Ending Song: Long Hope Philia
Jp Air Date: 2018-08-18
Us Air Date: 2019-07-07
Opening Song: Make My Story
Episode Title: Rescue Exercises
Season Number: 3
Season Episode Number: 19
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Summary

The hundred remaining examinees are told to rescue staff from the Help Us Company, professionals trained to perform as casualties. They have costumed themselves as the wounded and arranged themselves throughout the ruined zone. Izuku suspects the scenario draws on the Kamino Incident, and Tenya notes how many people were hurt while their own group was preoccupied with retrieving Katsuki.

Hanta lets slip to Denki and Minoru that Izuku faced Camie while she was naked, and the pair mob him without letting him explain. Camie waving in his direction only deepens their suspicion. The Shiketsu delegation interrupts. Nagamasa Mora apologizes for Seiji's conduct and asks after Katsuki's fight with him, hoping to build goodwill between the schools. Puzzled by the glare he received earlier, Shoto asks Inasa outright what the problem is. Inasa tells him plainly that Endeavor and Shoto alike disgust him, granting that Shoto has changed but insisting his eyes still hold the same cold nothing as his father's.

Momo shuts down the harassment. Ochaco, watching Camie leave, wrestles with feelings for Izuku she cannot name and tries to speak to him just as the exercise begins. The premise: a terrorist attack has flattened the city, road damage has delayed first responders, and the heroes must save whoever they can.

Izuku finds an injured boy crying alone and opens with an observation about how bad the situation looks. The boy scolds him and docks points on the spot, since comfort comes before commentary. H.U.C. staff score how efficiently an operation runs from end to end. Nagamasa clears a landing area, Yo assembles a first aid station, and the second-years pull ahead through sheer practice. Izuku realizes this is precisely why All Might smiles and announces that hope has arrived, curses himself for knowing better, and carries the boy out wearing a deliberate grin. Ochaco sets her feelings aside to concentrate. Ten minutes in, Yokumiru reports steady progress while Gang Orca prepares.

Introducing himself as Gale Force, Inasa floats trapped civilians clear with his wind, impressing an examiner dressed as an infant who deducts points anyway for sloppiness. Nagamasa reminds him to assess the injured before moving them. From the stands, Seiji criticizes Inasa's impatience and is told by the man beside him to examine his own failure instead, and that Stain's influence on his thinking about heroes runs deep.

Hanta measures how far second-year experience outruns his own. Momo halts Ochaco from floating unbalanced debris, and the group shores it up before the extraction. The staffer underneath judges Class 1-A competent but inefficient: they need division of labor and fewer solo efforts. The class splits accordingly, with Shoto, Tsuyu, and Toru to the river, Koji leading Mina, Mashirao, and Fumikage to the mountains, Tenya, Minoru, and Mezo sweeping onward, and Yuga lighting dark passages. Tenya urges cooperation with rival schools. Katsuki tells two mountain casualties to save themselves, and they call his tone unacceptable even if his triage is right, leaving Eijiro to carry them.

Gang Orca confirms with Yokumiru that things are going smoothly, then invades. The students must now suppress him and his men while continuing the rescue. Shota admits the scenario would tax working professionals, and the number ten hero poses the question: protect, or fight?

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Key Events

The final phase begins, with the Help Us Company scoring examinees on how efficiently they run a rescue rather than on combat.

Izuku loses points for alarming a victim and understands, in the moment, why All Might always smiles when he arrives on a scene.

Inasa Yoarashi names Endeavor and Shoto as the two people he detests, seeding the rift that will cost them both.

Class 1-A reorganizes into smaller specialized teams, and Gang Orca launches his assault as the villain element of the exercise.

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Notes

Chapters 109 and 110 are adapted, keeping the setting at Takoba National Stadium.

The adaptation lengthens several stretches: extra examinee reactions while Yokumiru lays out the final phase, longer sequences of students fanning out to locate victims, and new material covering Class 1-A's decision to divide into rescue groups.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happens in Episode 57 of My Hero Academia?

In Episode 57, "Rescue Exercises," the Provisional Hero License Exam's final phase begins, scored by Help Us Company staff on rescue efficiency rather than combat. Izuku Midoriya loses points for mishandling a rescued civilian, Inasa Yoarashi reveals his hatred for Endeavor and Shoto Todoroki, and Gang Orca invades the disaster zone as the exercise's villain element.

What is the final phase of the Provisional Hero License Exam testing?

The final phase of the Provisional Hero License Exam tests rescue work rather than fighting ability. Examinees are scored by Help Us Company staff on how efficiently they extract and treat staged civilian casualties throughout a simulated disaster zone.

Why does Izuku Midoriya lose points early in the rescue exercise?

Izuku Midoriya loses points when he opens a rescue by bluntly commenting on how bad an injured boy's situation looks instead of comforting him first, since the Help Us Company scoring prioritizes putting a frightened victim at ease before anything else.

What does Inasa Yoarashi say about Endeavor and Shoto Todoroki?

Inasa Yoarashi tells Shoto Todoroki directly that both Endeavor and Shoto disgust him, admitting Shoto has changed but insisting his eyes still hold the same cold emptiness as his father's.

Who attacks the disaster zone as the villain in the exam's final phase?

The pro hero Gang Orca invades the simulated disaster zone as the villain element of the final phase, forcing the examinees to suppress him and his men while still carrying out their rescue work.

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