Boku no Hero Academia Episode 10 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Encounter with the Unknown

Villains led by Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri attack the U.S.J. training facility while All Might is absent. Eraser Head recognizes them as the recent U.A. intruders, and Kurogiri announces that the League of Villains has come to kill All Might before splitting Class 1-A into simulation zones. Eraser Head holds off the villains as Thirteen evacuates students, Tenya is sent to seek help, and Izuku, Minoru, and Tsuyu escape a sinking ship by using a plan built on classmates' Quirk information.

• Villain ambush and class separation

  Villains led by Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri appear at the U.S.J. plaza. Eraser Head recognizes them as the recent U.A. intruders and engages them, while Kurogiri introduces himself as a member of the League of Villains, states that their goal is to kill All Might, and warps Class 1-A into separate simulation zones.

• Shipwreck Zone escape

  Izuku, Minoru, and Tsuyu are attacked by a shark-like villain and then a water-manipulating villain sinks their ship, and Izuku's Delaware Smash traps the villains in a vortex of water and sticky spheres.

• All Might and Tenya's rescue run

  At U.A., All Might tries and fails to contact the U.S.J. staff while Principal Nezu keeps him occupied with a lecture; at the U.S.J., Thirteen sends Tenya to fetch help and Kurogiri is sucked into her Black Hole.

Recent Timeline

• Team A wins the first exercise (Episode 7)

  Izuku's Detroit Smash shattered the ceilings of every floor, and the falling debris let Ochaco float it at Tenya and seize the hidden weapon, securing victory for Team A. Katsuki lost to Izuku despite dominating in close combat.

• Exercise results and class critique (Episode 8)

  All Might declared Izuku and Ochaco the winners of the Team A vs Team D exercise, leaving Katsuki distraught over losing to Izuku and hyperventilating at the thought of losing again. All Might named Tenya MVP for adapting to the situation and respecting the spirit of the exercise. Momo faulted Katsuki and Izuku for using large ranged attacks indoors and Ochaco for lowering her guard too early in a reckless final attack.

  In Team B's match, Shoto froze the building and his opponents almost instantly, trapping Ojiro and Hagakure's bare feet to the ground, and he touched the payload to secure victory. Afterward, Izuku told Katsuki the truth about his Quirk, but Katsuki refused to believe him, admitted defeat, and vowed to surpass the number one hero without All Might's help.

• Press infiltration at U.A. (Episode 9)

  After All Might joined the faculty, reporters crowded U.A., and one followed Eraser Head inside and set off the defensive barrier, triggering school alarms and a mass evacuation jam. Tenya calmed the students by revealing the intruder was only the press. The faculty concluded the barrier was broken by an element of evil, possibly a declaration of war.

  Following Izuku's resignation, Tenya was elected class representative by the majority of Class 1-A for his calm handling of the panic.

• Habit Headgear hostage situation (Episode 9)

  Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady were handling a hostage situation created by Habit Headgear until All Might arrived, defeated the villain with a Missouri Smash, and headed on toward U.A.

• USJ villain invasion (Episode 10)

  While All Might was absent, a large group of villains led by Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri invaded the U.S.J. plaza. Eraser Head fought them while Thirteen tried to evacuate the students, but Kurogiri scattered the class into the simulation zones. Izuku, Minoru, and Tsuyu defeated the shark-like villain and the water-manipulating villain, trapping them in a vortex of water and sticky spheres before escaping the Shipwreck Zone.

Character Graph

Ochaco Uraraka (Ochaco)

U.A. Class 1-A

Izuku's Class 1-A friend. When villains ambush the U.S.J., she stays near the exit with Thirteen's group, which encourages the hesitant Tenya to run for help.

• Izuku Midoriya (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend and Battle Trial partner, separated from her when Kurogiri scatters the class.

• Tenya Ida (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who stays near the exit with her before running for help.

Katsuki Bakugo (Kacchan)

U.A. Class 1-A

Izuku's childhood friend and rival in Class 1-A. When Kurogiri appears at the U.S.J., he and Eijiro Kirishima charge at him rashly to no avail, and after being warped away he fights back against the villains in his zone.

• Izuku Midoriya (Colleague, Mixed)

  Rival who beat him in the Battle Trial.

Thirteen

Rescue hero · U.A. High teacher

A rescue hero who runs the U.S.J. When the villains attack, Eraser Head leaves the evacuation to her; since no one can call for help from the U.S.J., she sends Tenya back to the school and pulls the interfering Kurogiri into a black hole.

• Tenya Ida (Mentor, Neutral)

  Orders him to run back to the school for help.

• Kurogiri (Other, Hostility)

  Pulls him into a black hole when he tries to stop her evacuation plan.

All Might

Hero · U.A. High teacher

The number one hero and U.A. teacher who passed One For All to Izuku. He was supposed to teach at the U.S.J., but worn out by hero work, he is stuck in the nurse's office being lectured by Principal Nezu and cannot reach his colleagues, while the villains wait to kill him.

• Izuku Midoriya (Mentor, Affinity)

  His successor, who vows with his classmates to protect All Might from the villains.

Izuku Midoriya (Deku)

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student who inherited One For All. Warped into the Shipwreck Zone, he learns the villains want to kill All Might, declares that the class must protect him, and with Tsuyu and Minoru beats the villains using a plan built on their Quirks.

• Shipwreck Zone

  Fires a Delaware Smash at the water to make a vortex that, mixed with Minoru's sticky spheres, traps the villains.

• All Might (Mentor, Affinity)

  Mentor the villains plan to kill; Izuku resolves that the class will protect him.

• Tsuyu Asui (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who saves him from a villain underwater and escapes the Shipwreck Zone with him.

• Minoru Mineta (Colleague, Neutral)

  Panicking classmate whose sticky spheres become part of his plan.

• Shota Aizawa (Mentor, Affinity)

  Homeroom teacher who reassures him before leaping alone into the villains.

• Katsuki Bakugo (Colleague, Mixed)

  Rival he beat in the Battle Trial.

Kurogiri

League of Villains

A villain with a warping Quirk who brings the attackers into the U.S.J. He introduces himself as a member of the League of Villains, says their goal is to kill All Might, and scatters Class 1-A across the simulation zones.

• All Might (Other, Hostility)

  The target the League of Villains has come to kill.

• Thirteen (Other, Hostility)

  Is pulled into her black hole when he tries to stop her evacuation plan.

• Tomura Shigaraki (Colleague, Neutral)

  Fellow League member who leads the attack with him.

Shota Aizawa (Eraser Head)

Class 1-A homeroom teacher · Pro hero

Class 1-A's homeroom teacher, the pro hero Eraser Head, whose Quirk erases other people's Quirks. Recognizing the villains as the recent U.A. intruders, he leaves Thirteen to evacuate the students and leaps alone into the plaza, holding them off with his capture weapon.

• Plaza fight

  Erases the firing squad's Quirks and knocks them out, then keeps a mutant-type villain at a distance with his capture weapon.

• Izuku Midoriya (Mentor, Affinity)

  His student, whom he reassures before leaping into battle.

Tenya Ida (Tenya)

U.A. Class 1-A · Class representative · Ida Hero Family

Class 1-A's class representative, from the Ida hero family. Since no one can call for help from the U.S.J., Thirteen orders him to run back to the school; he hesitates to leave his classmates, but they encourage him to go.

• Thirteen (Mentor, Neutral)

  She orders him to run back to the school for help.

• Izuku Midoriya (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who stepped down as representative in his favor.

• Ochaco Uraraka (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who stays near the exit with him.

Tomura Shigaraki (Shigaraki)

League of Villains

One of the villains leading the attack on the U.S.J. Disappointed that All Might is not there, he wonders aloud whether the Symbol of Peace will show up once they kill some students.

• All Might (Other, Hostility)

  The Symbol of Peace he has come to kill; he is disappointed that All Might is absent.

• Kurogiri (Colleague, Neutral)

  Fellow League member who warps the villains in.

Tsuyu Asui

U.A. Class 1-A

A blunt-spoken Class 1-A student with a frog-like Quirk. Warped into the Shipwreck Zone, she kicks away a shark-like villain to save Izuku, pulls him and Minoru onto a boat with her tongue, and helps carry out Izuku's escape plan.

• Izuku Midoriya (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate she rescues underwater and escapes the Shipwreck Zone with.

• Minoru Mineta (Colleague, Neutral)

  Classmate she hauls onto the boat and carries out with her tongue.

Minoru Mineta

U.A. Class 1-A

A timid Class 1-A student whose Quirk produces sticky spheres. Stranded in the Shipwreck Zone with Izuku and Tsuyu, he panics at the thought of dying, but his spheres help trap the villains in Izuku's vortex.

• Izuku Midoriya (Colleague, Neutral)

  Classmate whose plan uses his sticky spheres to defeat the villains.

World Memo

• One For All kept secret

  Hardly anyone knows that All Might passed One For All to Izuku; after Izuku let part of it slip to Katsuki, All Might reminded him it must stay secret for his own safety and the world's.

• U.A. Barrier

  U.A.'s campus is guarded by a defensive barrier that activates against intruders. After the press intrusion, most of it was found disintegrated, and Eraser Head recognizes the U.S.J. attackers as those recent intruders.

• Class representatives

  Class 1-A elects a class representative and a deputy; after Izuku resigns, Tenya Ida becomes representative, with Momo Yaoyorozu as deputy.

• U.S.J.

  The Unforeseen Simulation Joint (U.S.J.) is a large off-campus rescue training facility run by the rescue hero Thirteen, divided into simulation zones such as the Shipwreck Zone around a central plaza.

• League of Villains

  The villains who attack the U.S.J., led by Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri, call themselves the League of Villains; their goal is to kill All Might, and they came knowing from a schedule obtained the day before that he would be teaching there.

Clue Board

• Barrier breach by an evil element (Episode 9)

  The U.A. barrier was largely disintegrated, showing someone truly infiltrated the academy. The principal suspects an element of evil instigated it and may have intended it as a declaration of war, while faculty doubts an ordinary reporter could have done it.

• Black portal villain arrival (Episode 9)

  A large group of villains suddenly arrives at the training facility through a black portal, interrupting the rescue exercise. Their origin and purpose are not yet explained.

• Reason for All Might's absence (Episode 10)

  One of the villains notices All Might is not with the class, though their schedule said he would be teaching it. The episode explains why: All Might was at U.A., where Principal Nezu kept him occupied and lectured him about overwork, so he did not go to the U.S.J.

• Threat to Symbol of Peace (Episode 10)

  A mysterious unnamed person reads a newspaper about All Might becoming a teacher and asks what would happen if the Symbol of Peace were snuffed out by villains.

  The villains' goal is now stated outright: they are a League of Villains member group whose goal is to kill All Might. Shigaraki wonders whether the Symbol of Peace will arrive only after the students are killed, and the class discusses the villains' plan against All Might.

• Unexplained communication blockage at U.S.J. (Episode 10)

  All Might tries to contact Thirteen and Shota from the nurse's office but cannot reach them, and Thirteen states that the U.S.J. cannot call for help. The cause of the blockage is not explained in this episode.

Battle Record

The U.S.J. ambush escalates: Eraser Head engages the villains directly, Class 1-A is scattered into simulation zones, and Izuku's group defeats the water-manipulating villain and the shark-like villain in the Shipwreck Zone. Other zones and Kurogiri's group remain in the fight.

Class 1-A combat training battle, Team A vs Team D

Final clash and weapon retrieval · Episodes 6–7

Location: U.A. training building

Trigger: Team A vs Team D combat training exercise

Team A vs Team D

• Team A — combatants: Izuku Midoriya, Ochaco Uraraka
• Team D — combatants: Katsuki Bakugo, Tenya Ida

Outcome: Team A secures victory by retrieving the hidden weapon; Katsuki loses the match to Izuku

Aftermath

• Izuku's left arm severely injured by Katsuki's explosion
• Katsuki shocked to learn of the injury

Team B vs Team I exercise

Class 1-A combat training · Episode 8

Location: Inside the building, fourth floor payload room

Trigger: Class 1-A combat training exercise

Teams

• Team I (villains) — Defenders: Mashirao Ojiro, Toru Hagakure
• Team B (heroes) — Attackers: Shoto Todoroki, Mezo Shoji

Outcome: Team B won by Shoto Todoroki touching the payload after freezing the building and the villains' feet.

Aftermath

• All Might praised Shoto Todoroki's technique
• Katsuki Bakugo and the class watched in awe

U.S.J. villain ambush

Shipwreck Zone and Eraser Head's fight · Episode 9– (Ongoing)

Location: U.S.J. plaza and simulation zones

Trigger: The League of Villains' plan to kill All Might

Sides

• Heroes — Fighters: Eraser Head, Thirteen, Izuku Midoriya, Tenya Ida, Tsuyu Asui, Minoru Mineta
• Villains — Fighters: Tomura Shigaraki, Kurogiri, unnamed villains

Outcome: Villains defeated in the Shipwreck Zone; other fights ongoing

Ability Table

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–10

Quirkless Izuku Midoriya inherits One For All from All Might and enters U.A. High School, where he beats his rival Katsuki Bakugo in the Battle Trial at great cost to his body; humbled, Katsuki vows never to lose to him again.

After Tenya Ida becomes class representative, Class 1-A heads to the U.S.J. for rescue training, where villains led by Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri appear and announce that the League of Villains has come to kill All Might. Kurogiri scatters the students across the facility's zones: Eraser Head holds the plaza, Izuku, Tsuyu Asui and Minoru defeat the villains in the Shipwreck Zone, and Thirteen sends Tenya to fetch help.

Music Releases

• THE DAY (OP)
• HEROES (ED)