A prequel one-shot set during middle school, where a Quirkless Izuku Midoriya is mocked for his hero magazine and a robbery gives Katsuki Bakugo the chance to chase glory. A freak storm ruins the capture, and Izuku begins to suspect the villain's Quirk is not what everyone assumes.
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Summary
Izuku Midoriya, then a second-year middle schooler, sits in the Tatooin Shopping District engrossed in a hero magazine carrying an All Might interview and a feature on the newest hero debuts. Katsuki Bakugo and two friends find him there. The long-fingered one snatches the magazine and jeers at him for still dreaming of heroism without a Quirk, which stings. Katsuki takes it, tosses it back, and remarks over his shoulder that dreaming is all a useless Quirkless boy can manage.
Privately, Izuku admits Katsuki actually has a real shot at the dream, yet he refuses to stop believing in his own. A strange column of smoke then rises between the buildings and shouts at passersby. A villain appears, apparently able to produce smoke, and uses his Quirk to lift wallets and purses from the crowd.
Izuku's instinct is to call a hero, but Katsuki lights up at the prospect of being the middle schooler who bagged a villain, convinced the feat would earn him a recommendation into U.A. High School. His friends try to stop him and fail. The villain answers his charge with a smokescreen. Katsuki notices the man's body converts to cloud, and grins, certain his Explosion Quirk gives him the edge. Before he can strike, the sky darkens.
A violent storm erupts out of nowhere. The winds knock Katsuki flat and the villain escapes in the confusion, after which the weather clears as abruptly as it arrived. Katsuki wonders whether the villain caused it, then gets up more determined than ever and gives chase. Izuku admires his fearlessness, but he is already realizing the villain's Quirk is something other than it appears.
Key Events
Katsuki and his friends taunt the Quirkless Izuku over his hero magazine, setting up their middle school dynamic.
A thief who seems to turn into smoke robs the shopping district, and Katsuki attacks him hoping to earn a U.A. recommendation.
An unexplained storm lets the villain flee, and Izuku deduces the Quirk has been misread.
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Notes
Yoco Akiyama wrote and illustrated this chapter, the first half of a two-part tie-in to My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising. It appeared beside Chapter 254 in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 3, 2020, dated December 16, 2019, and runs 15 pages.
It was later collected into Volume 2 of My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions. Japan's Shōnen Jump+ service catalogs it as One-Shot 5-1.
Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo appear on the cover. Nine appears, and All Might is seen only in pictures. Chapter 9.2 concludes the story.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens in My Hero Academia Team-Up Missions Chapter 9.1?
Chapter 9.1, set during middle school, has Katsuki Bakugo and his friends mock a Quirkless Izuku Midoriya for reading a hero magazine, before a smoke-based villain robs the Tatooin Shopping District and Katsuki charges in hoping to earn a U.A. recommendation.
Why does Katsuki Bakugo attack the villain in Chapter 9.1?
In Chapter 9.1, Katsuki Bakugo attacks the smoke-producing thief because he believes capturing a villain as a middle schooler would earn him a recommendation into U.A. High School, ignoring his friends' attempts to stop him.
How does the villain escape in Chapter 9.1?
According to Chapter 9.1, a violent storm erupts out of nowhere, knocking Katsuki Bakugo flat and letting the smoke villain flee in the confusion before the weather clears just as suddenly as it arrived.
What does Izuku Midoriya realize about the villain's Quirk?
In Chapter 9.1, Izuku Midoriya watches the encounter and begins to suspect that the villain's ability is not actually smoke-based as everyone assumes, though the chapter ends before he confirms his theory.
What movie does Chapter 9.1 tie into?
Chapter 9.1 of My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions, written and illustrated by Yoco Akiyama, is the first half of a two-part tie-in to My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising and was collected in Volume 2.
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