Chapter 106

With fifty-three through and two hundred and thirty gone, Yokumiru Mera logs a fifty-fourth name: Shoto Todoroki, who tagged his targets by firing ice and flame together and grumbles afterward that the combination still runs sluggish. Directed to the waiting room, he finds a crowd already there and spots Inasa Yoarashi mid-conversation about Stamp Man. Taking a seat, Shoto reflects that the recommendation exams should have introduced them years ago. Inasa notices him, falls abruptly silent, then turns away and resumes talking.

In the arena, Camie Utsushimi sizes Izuku Midoriya up as someone who rescues indiscriminately and wonders where his limit sits. She charges him without clothing, leaving him bewildered, and opens a cut across his face before tape splits them apart. Hanta Sero steps out, Ochaco Uraraka vaults past him, and Camie's speed carries her clear of the strike. Outnumbered and denied her conversation, she withdraws, remarking on how much Izuku trusts Ochaco. He calls off pursuit: her Quirk apparently requires nudity, and her targets went with her clothes, so chasing her earns nothing.

Hanta flags a cluster of examinees nearby. Mera counts four more through, reaching fifty-eight. Izuku observes packs ganging up on stragglers and then squabbling over the final target, and Ochaco realizes those squabbles will thin them out. Asked why he insists on reuniting Class 1-A, Izuku cites ignorance of their opponents' Quirks and a shrinking clock. The plan is to count the examinees they need, pin them, then tag them. Footsteps approach, and he assigns himself the decoy role while the other two circle wide.

Across the field, Katsuki Bakugo and Denki Kaminari face Seiji Shishikura, who has already reduced Eijiro Kirishima to a lump of flesh. Seiji preaches about the pride his hat represents and how dignity elevates Shiketsu above U.A., admitting he respects the school but is disgusted to share the exam with this class. Katsuki tells him to act instead of talk, and Seiji kneads five fingers from nothing and hurls them.

In the stands, Shota Aizawa refuses Ms. Joke's gum and frets over the blackout on results, though he insists it is expectation rather than worry: two of his students lift the rest of the class, so 1-A should shine. Below, Shoot Style carries Izuku past the waiting pack, and while their attention locks onto him, Ochaco and Hanta strike from the flank and pin several. Katsuki, meanwhile, blows Seiji and his fingers away with AP Shot: Auto-Cannon.

Shoto Todoroki clears the opening round ahead of every other student in Class 1-A.

Hanta and Ochaco reach Izuku and force Camie into retreat, after which the trio devise a plan to immobilize and tag a group of examinees.

Katsuki, Eijiro, and Denki come up against Seiji Shishikura and his Meatball Quirk.

Aizawa states his belief that Izuku and Katsuki drive the rest of the class forward.

Running twenty pages in issue 41 of 2016, published September 12, 2016, the chapter sits in volume 12 under the Provisional Hero License Exam arc, with a cover featuring Class 1-A alongside All Might and Eraser Head. It received a color page and a sketch variant.

Adaptation splits across Episode 54 and Episode 55. Seiji's Meatball Quirk debuts here, alongside appearances by Zero Gravity, Tape, Transform, One For All, and Half-Cold Half-Hot.

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