Win Those Kids' Hearts

Walking to the training ground in costume, Inasa Yoarashi tries to build a bridge with Shoto Todoroki over food preferences and gets cold soba against his hot, which he decides still counts as common ground. Shoto tells him not to manufacture a friendship, and Katsuki Bakugo watches the whole thing sourly. Inside, Yokumiru Mera introduces himself as the day's supervisor, notes that the general sports center has been rented out for this, and mentions an addition to the group. All Might, Endeavor, and Present Mic take the bleachers, All Might hoping to stay unnoticed and Endeavor immediately bellowing encouragement at a son who pointedly ignores him. The students are startled by the new Number One's presence and then far more excited to spot the old one beside him.

The newcomer is Camie Utsushimi, a special case: she qualified for the supplementary course but has no memory of the exam she supposedly sat. From the stands, Seiji Shishikura and his teacher discuss the truth, that the League of Villains replaced her, with Seiji blaming himself for missing it and the teacher uneasy that Shiketsu High School is in the League's sights too. Gang Orca arrives and lays into the four, Katsuki, Shoto, and Inasa especially. Their fighting ability was never the problem. Conduct and teamwork were, and what they lack is heart, so he has arranged a trial he calls life-or-death.

The doors open on a crowd of children from Masegaki Primary School, feral and disrespectful enough that their own teacher, Komari Ikoma, has lost the room. They hit, jeer, and mock. Camie, told she is included only because she never took the exam, is unbothered since she likes kids, and hugs one to her chest, which earns her a pinch on the backside and then total indifference. Komari apologizes; Gang Orca believes the class can be turned around, and leaves the four with the task of winning them over.

Present Mic starts commentating for fun. Endeavor, meanwhile, admits to All Might that crime keeps climbing despite everything he does and asks what being the Symbol of Peace even means. Katsuki reasons that the root problem is adults who never led, leaving a ringleader to fill the vacuum, so he challenges the strongest child to a fight and gets nowhere. Inasa argues that troubling grown-ups is unheroic and is instantly told he is troubling grown-ups right now with his own remedial course, an accusation he cannot dispute, so he apologizes with his forehead on the floor. Katsuki concludes violence is the answer; Shoto refuses and tries a straightforward self-introduction, which the kids find boring. Endeavor confesses he reached Number Two at twenty and knew at once he would never pass All Might, so he poured everything into Shoto. All Might has no clean answer about symbols, only that he treated the country as needing a beacon and overlooked the people beside him, his old sidekick included, and that Endeavor must find his own shape rather than copy the last man's. Camie suggests dropping conversation entirely and dazzling the children with Quirks instead. The kids, echoing parents and television that doubt today's heroes, light up their own powers and declare their generation the stronger one.

Camie Utsushimi joins the remedial group and the real Camie is properly introduced, with Shiketsu now aware the League impersonated her during the exam.

Gang Orca sets the trial: Katsuki, Shoto, Inasa, and Camie must win over the children of Masegaki Primary School.

Endeavor asks All Might what a Symbol of Peace truly is and admits he entrusted his ambitions to Shoto.

Katsuki's challenge, Inasa's appeal, and Shoto's introduction all fail. Camie proposes using their Quirks to impress the class.

The children activate their own Quirks, convinced their generation surpasses the heroes.

The episode draws on Chapters 164 and 165 along with a couple of pages of 166, sitting in the Remedial Course arc.

Katsuki's recollection of overhearing Shoto talk with Izuku is removed, while a flashback covering Inasa's meeting with Endeavor is written in for the adaptation.