Chapter 86

The broadcast continues. Shota Aizawa tells the assembled reporters that he let students fight because the full picture was unavailable to him and the worst case had to be prevented, and by his measure it was: no student died. Nezu adds that things would have gone far worse without Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu and Itsuka Kendo beating Mustard, and states the school is monitoring its students, with no signs of emotional trauma so far. A reporter asks whether U.A. already failed at that, given nobody checked Katsuki Bakugo's mental state after his villain-like showing at the U.A. Sports Festival. Nezu, Sekijiro Kan, and Shota all recognize a deliberate provocation. Shota answers that no student's conviction to become a hero ran deeper than Katsuki's, and that any villain expecting to flip him is a fool. Nezu closes ranks, citing the joint investigation with the Police Force and pledging to bring Katsuki back.

Katsuki, unbound and watching the same feed, tells his captors the school has him right, then taunts Tomura Shigaraki and the Vanguard Action Squad with the reminder that his combat authorizations are still intact. Dabi, Himiko Toga, Magne, and Mr. Compress are unimpressed, questioning his grip on reality and concluding he has made a serious error. Kurogiri moves to help Tomura and stops cold under a glare, which puts Katsuki on edge too. Tomura retrieves his hand, settles it back on his face, and accepts that words alone will never move this boy, while recognizing how much he is worth. With time short, he decides to borrow the force of his teacher. Watching from a computer, All For One praises the choice.

Momo's device brings the disguised Izuku Midoriya, Eijiro Kirishima, Shoto Todoroki, Momo Yaoyorozu, and Tenya Ida to the coordinates of the tracking button and the supposed hideout. Momo notes the villains have made no move at all, and reminds everyone that Katsuki may not even be inside. Tenya restates that anything dangerous ends the operation. Izuku thanks him and drops into a full options analysis, which Eijiro and Momo find entirely in character. The five ready themselves to go in.

Elsewhere the Police Force, Naomasa Tsukauchi, and a heavy hero contingent of All Might, Endeavor, Best Jeanist, Edgeshot, Kamui Woods, Mt. Lady, Tiger, and Gran Torino prepare to hit the hideout. Best Jeanist broods over failing to reshape Katsuki's temperament, while Tiger, whose teammate Ragdoll was also taken, reads the tracking data as evidence of multiple League hideouts. Naomasa confirms which one holds Katsuki and explains that the rescue runs alongside seizures of the others to cut off every escape route. All Might and Gran Torino agree between themselves that All For One is moving. As the operation begins, Naomasa frames it as a contest of speed with no room for retaliation, and reveals the point of U.A.'s public apology: to sell the villains a picture of heroes too battered to strike today. Surprise, therefore, belongs to the raiders. The heroes and police take their places outside as All Might winds up.

The press attempts to bait the U.A. teachers into conceding that Katsuki's attitude leaves him open to the villains, and the teachers hold the line on their faith in him. Tomura asks his master for help with Katsuki. Izuku's group reaches one of the League's hideouts and starts investigating, while the Pro Heroes and Police Force move to the brink of raiding the hideouts.

Nineteen pages, published April 11, 2016, in the nineteenth issue of that year and collected in volume 10 within the Hideout Raid arc. Gang Orca and X-Less both debut. The setting is Kamino, Yokohama, with Warp Gate and Hellflame featured. Episode 47 adapts the chapter. Horikoshi's author comment admits to a growing stack of unopened figure boxes.