Episode 87

With November ending, Shota gathers Izuku, Ochaco, Tsuyu, and Eijiro along with Eri and the Big 3 to explain that the girl is moving to U.A. rather than staying hospitalized. Her mother walked out on her, and the Yakuza boss she is descended from lies comatose, so no other home exists. Mirio adds that the horn carrying Rewind has begun growing again, which is why Shota will keep her beside him in the teachers' lounge, and Class 1-A is welcome to visit. Tamaki floats the hope that a controlled Rewind might one day restore Mirio's Permeation. Back at the dorms, Fumikage sneezes and Denki decides a fan must be talking about him, since he interned under the number three hero, though Fumikage doubts anyone knows him yet.

The Wild, Wild Pussycats arrive with Kota in tow, and Mandalay embarrasses the boy by showing off the red shoes he bought to match Izuku's. The team announces the end of its hiatus. Ragdoll will return in an office capacity, her Search Quirk still in All For One's collection, and word came from Tartarus that the imprisoned villain mockingly claims he could give back what he took if he were allowed to use his power. Their ranking slid during the break, which is part of why they are back, and the students immediately want to watch the broadcast. Held at Kamino for the symbolism, the countdown runs from Ryukyu at ten through Yoroi Musha, Wash, Kamui Woods, Crust, Mirko, Edgeshot, an absent Best Jeanist, and Hawks, with Endeavor crowned number one in a redesigned costume. The Madam President frames the moment as a country three months without a symbol, which the ten are meant to replace. The speeches run to boilerplate until Hawks cuts off Edgeshot, asks whether any of it makes a single person happy, and lectures the room from above the podium about approval ratings. He then hands the microphone to Endeavor, who says only that everyone should watch him, and claps alone as the crowd sits stunned.

Backstage, Hawks shrugs off the anger, admits he was never an All Might fan yet was blindsided by the retirement, and says the country needs a new figurehead. Asked why not him, he prefers a lower rank and the freedom that comes with it. Then he names his real reason for the conversation: Nomu rumors in Endeavor's own territory. Elsewhere, Dabi visits a warehouse and tells the enormous creature inside, a High-End, that he expects great things. In Kyushu, a man named Teruo Hazukashi, spurred on by Destro's autobiography, strips down to trigger a Quirk fueled by his own embarrassment and is flattened in passing by Hawks, who is mid-conversation with Endeavor. Feathers save a dog and help an old woman up the stairs while fans swarm for photographs; Endeavor offers an autograph to a nervous admirer who then storms off, heartbroken that his hero now does fan service. Over lunch Hawks laughs about it, mentions he had wanted Shoto and is now glad he got Fumikage instead, and finally admits he has nothing but rumors, which sends Endeavor calling for the check. Hawks explains the real problem: unverified fear spreading faster than any investigation, and the number one hero is the only one who can settle it. He wants a world where heroes have time on their hands. Then a dark shape crosses the sky, the High-End's head smashes through the glass asking who is strongest, and Endeavor punches it back out with Jet Burn before rising on his own flames to meet it.

Eri transfers from the hospital to U.A., where Shota will monitor her regrowing horn, and Tamaki raises the possibility of Mirio recovering Permeation.

The Wild, Wild Pussycats end their hiatus. Ragdoll takes a desk role, and All For One is confirmed to still hold her Search Quirk.

The first Hero Billboard Chart JP without All Might names Endeavor number one and Hawks number two.

Hawks derails the ceremony with a public criticism of his colleagues' speeches, and Endeavor's reply, a promise to be watched, lands with the audience.

Hawks proposes an alliance over Nomu rumors in Endeavor's region. Dabi is shown with the High-End he intends to unleash.

The High-End attacks the restaurant, opening the fight against Endeavor and Hawks.

Season four's twenty-fourth episode adapts Chapters 184 through 186 and starts the Pro Hero arc.

Kamui Woods is not shown in his new costume during the ranking broadcast. Questions about Mt. Lady and Kamui Woods as a pair reach her in her seat rather than on the red carpet.

Dabi appears fully when he goes to see the High-End, where the manga showed only a foot, though the creature's reply to him is cut. Teruo Hazukashi is given a slice of backstory the manga does not provide.