After Midoriya's class, Class 1-A, goes through one or two
lessons, they begin an activity not unlike "Capture the Flag", where
they are split into ten teams of two at random, and two of each team has to
play as "heroes" and "villains" (like, Team A--
Midoriya and his new friend Ochaco Uraraka-- is the "Hero" team,
while Team D-- Midoriya's other friend Tenya Iida and rival/childhood
"friend" Katsuki Bakugo—is the "Villain" team). This is to exercise each student's ability to
face off villains using their Quirks, or even stepping in the shoes of a
villain to know them better for future reference. Most of the students cooperate with each
other as team members and team rivals... except for Bakugo, who only uses this
activity as an opportunity to take his anger out on Midoriya by
attacking him head-on (but with Midoriya’s new Quirk, that doesn’t go well
for him!).
Later on, the class goes on a field trip only to be ambushed
by a gang of villains calling themselves "The League of
Villains." The kids and two
teachers get separated all over the place and have to fight whichever villains
are closest to them. Only Iida escapes,
and he reports to All Might (who is teaching at U.A.) and the other U.A.
teachers what's happening with the class.
Sorry, I forgot to do a review on the last volume, so I'll
tie it in with this one too:
Both books were really refreshing considering I have yet to
re-watch the anime episodes. I notice
that they, unlike the anime, were a lot faster paced than I had remembered, but
that was okay (for me, at least). They
were also both humorous and optimistic while still having plenty of action and
even suspense. The short bios and trivia
Horikoshi gives of a character at the end of each chapter are interesting to
read-- one would get to hear of his insights and development of them.
I'm aware that this series is not for everyone, but if I
could recommend it to anyone anyway, I would.
