Boku no Hero Academia Episode 12 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

All Might

All Might arrives at the U.S.J. after running into Tenya, rescues the injured Eraser Head and the students Izuku, Tsuyu and Minoru from Tomura and Nomu, and fights Nomu. Kurogiri's warp gate saves Nomu from the initial suplex, Katsuki and Shoto subdue Kurogiri and freeze Nomu, but Nomu breaks free. All Might then wears Nomu down through a prolonged fistfight, finishes him with a dynamic smash and sends him out of the U.S.J., and declares the League of Villains finished.

• Rescue at the central plaza

  All Might sprints through the plaza, defeats the remaining villains, rescues Eraser Head and the students, and sets them at a safe distance while Izuku warns him about Nomu's endurance.

• Nomu's counter and interference

  Nomu absorbs All Might's Carolina Smash and counters, then Tomura reveals Nomu's shock absorption Quirk. Kurogiri saves Nomu through the warp gate, and Katsuki and Shoto intervene to pin Kurogiri and freeze Nomu.

• Final fistfight and defeat

  Nomu breaks free and attacks Katsuki, All Might takes the blow and fights on despite declining powers. After a long fistfight he throws Nomu down, delivers a final speech and sends him flying out of the U.S.J.

• Aftermath and declaration

  The students watch in awe, and All Might explains Nomu would have taken only five blows in his prime. He declares the League of Villains finished, to Tomura's displeasure.

Recent Timeline

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

  Reporters crowded U.A. after All Might joined the faculty. A reporter 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 press. The faculty concluded the barrier had been broken by an element of evil, possibly a declaration of war. Tenya was then elected class representative by Class 1-A, replacing Izuku, for his calm handling of the panic. Separately, Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady handled a hostage situation created by Habit Headgear until All Might arrived, defeated the villain with a Missouri Smash, and moved 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.

• Villains disabled across the USJ zones (Episode 11)

  In the Mountain Zone, Momo Yaoyorozu shielded Kyoka Jiro with an insulation sheet, and Denki Kaminari then electrocuted the whole area, disabling every criminal there. Thirteen's attempt to destroy Kurogiri was turned back on her by his Quirk, putting the Rescue Hero out of commission. At the Central Plaza, Shota Aizawa was defeated by the bio-engineered monster Nomu, leaving the students without their teacher during the invasion.

• Escape for backup and All Might's arrival (Episode 11)

  Ochaco Uraraka, Hanta Sero, and Rikido Sato held off Kurogiri long enough for Tenya Ida to reach the exit and go for backup. Kurogiri then declared the villains' plans ruined. All Might suddenly arrived and distracted Tomura Shigaraki, saving the students from his renewed attack.

• All Might defeats Nomu (Episode 12)

  After a prolonged fistfight in which All Might pushed beyond his limit, he threw Nomu to the ground, delivered a final speech, and finished with a dynamic smash that sent Nomu flying out of the U.S.J. defeated. All Might then declared the League of Villains finished.

Character Graph

Ochaco Uraraka (Ochaco)

U.A. Class 1-A

Izuku's Class 1-A friend. After Tenya's escape she stays near the entrance with the class, helps Tsuyu and Minoru carry the injured Eraser Head, and watches All Might's battle.

• Tenya Ida (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend she helped escape by holding off Kurogiri.

• Izuku Midoriya (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend and Battle Trial partner.

• Tsuyu Asui (Colleague, Affinity)

  Helps her carry the injured Eraser Head.

Mezo Shoji

U.A. Class 1-A

A multi-armed Class 1-A student. He grabbed Kurogiri at the exit so Tenya could escape, and now waits near the entrance with the class while All Might fights.

• Tenya Ida (Colleague, Affinity)

  Grabbed Kurogiri to clear Tenya's way to the exit.

Thirteen

Rescue hero · U.A. High teacher

A rescue hero who runs the U.S.J. Badly hurt by her own reflected black hole, she tells the students near the entrance to hide and leave the rest to All Might.

• Kurogiri (Other, Hostility)

  Villain who turned her own black hole back on her.

• Tenya Ida (Mentor, Neutral)

  Student she sent back to the school for help.

All Might

Hero · U.A. High teacher

The number one hero and U.A. teacher who passed One For All to Izuku. Arriving at the U.S.J., he rescues Eraser Head and the students and battles Nomu, a monster built to kill him; even as his power fades, he pushes beyond his limit, sends Nomu flying out of the facility, and declares the League of Villains finished.

• Three hundred blows

  Says it took three hundred blows to beat Nomu, when five would have done in his prime.

• Izuku Midoriya (Mentor, Affinity)

  His successor, who knows the truth about his limit and fears he will overexert himself.

• Nomu (Other, Hostility)

  The monster built to kill him, which he finally defeats.

• Tomura Shigaraki (Other, Hostility)

  Answers Tomura's tirade against heroes by saying the villains have no noble cause.

• Katsuki Bakugo (Mentor, Affinity)

  Takes a blow from Nomu to protect him.

Tenya Ida (Tenya)

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

Class 1-A's class representative, from the Ida hero family. Having escaped the U.S.J. to get help, he runs into All Might on the way and tells him what is happening there.

• All Might (Mentor, Affinity)

  Teacher he meets on the way and tells about the attack.

• Ochaco Uraraka (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who helped him escape.

• Thirteen (Mentor, Neutral)

  Rescue hero who sent him for help.

Eijiro Kirishima

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student who looks out for his classmates. After clearing the Ruins Zone with Katsuki, he reaches the central plaza and tries a sneak attack on Tomura, but it fails.

• Katsuki Bakugo (Colleague, Affinity)

  Fought beside him in the Ruins Zone and joins him in helping All Might.

• Tomura Shigaraki (Other, Hostility)

  Target of his failed sneak attack.

Izuku Midoriya (Deku)

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student who inherited One For All. Rescued by All Might at the central plaza, he warns him about Nomu's endurance, and knowing his mentor's limit, rushes to help when Nomu grabs him, only for Kurogiri to cut him off.

• All Might (Mentor, Affinity)

  Mentor whose secret limit he knows; he fears All Might will overexert himself.

• Tsuyu Asui (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate rescued with him by All Might.

• Minoru Mineta (Colleague, Neutral)

  Rescued with him, then helps carry Eraser Head away.

• Katsuki Bakugo (Colleague, Mixed)

  Rival who unexpectedly saves him from Kurogiri's warp.

• Kurogiri (Other, Hostility)

  Villain who cuts him off and tries to warp him away.

Katsuki Bakugo (Kacchan)

U.A. Class 1-A

Izuku's childhood friend and rival in Class 1-A. He bursts in to blast Kurogiri away from Izuku, spots the armor hidden in his mist, pins him by it, and threatens to blow him up if he moves; when the revived Nomu lunges at him, All Might takes the hit.

• Kurogiri (Other, Hostility)

  Villain whose weak point he exposes and pins down.

• Izuku Midoriya (Colleague, Mixed)

  Rival he saves from Kurogiri's warp.

• All Might (Mentor, Affinity)

  Teacher who takes Nomu's blow for him.

• Eijiro Kirishima (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who has fought beside him.

Kurogiri

League of Villains

A League of Villains member with a warping Quirk. He pulls Nomu out of All Might's suplex with a warp gate and tries to trap All Might in it, but Katsuki blasts him, exposes the armor hidden in his mist, and pins him down.

• Katsuki Bakugo (Other, Hostility)

  Pinned down by him through his neck armor.

• Tomura Shigaraki (Colleague, Mixed)

  Tomura is disappointed that he let Katsuki exploit his weakness.

• All Might (Other, Hostility)

  Tries to trap him halfway through a warp gate.

• Nomu (Colleague, Neutral)

  Saves Nomu with a warp gate and helps it seize All Might.

Shota Aizawa (Eraser Head)

Class 1-A homeroom teacher · Pro hero

Class 1-A's homeroom teacher, the pro hero Eraser Head. Left badly beaten by Nomu, he is rescued by All Might and carried away from the fight by Tsuyu and Minoru.

• Izuku Midoriya (Mentor, Affinity)

  His student, rescued alongside him by All Might.

• Nomu (Other, Hostility)

  The monster that defeated him.

• All Might (Colleague, Affinity)

  Fellow teacher who rescues him.

Shoto Todoroki

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student whose ice won his Battle Trial in an instant. Having learned the League's plan from a thug he caught, he reaches the central plaza and freezes Nomu while carefully avoiding All Might, freeing him from Nomu's grip.

• Nomu (Other, Hostility)

  Monster he freezes to free All Might.

• All Might (Mentor, Affinity)

  Teacher he helps escape Nomu's grip.

Tomura Shigaraki (Shigaraki)

League of Villains

The ringleader of the League of Villains' attack on the U.S.J. He reveals that Nomu, with its shock absorption Quirk, was made to kill All Might and orders it to save Kurogiri, but then watches Nomu get sent flying and hears All Might declare the League finished.

• All Might (Other, Hostility)

  Target who defeats Nomu and declares the League finished.

• Nomu (Colleague, Neutral)

  The monster he commands.

• Kurogiri (Colleague, Mixed)

  Partner he is disappointed in for letting Katsuki pin him.

Tsuyu Asui

U.A. Class 1-A

A blunt-spoken Class 1-A student with a frog-like Quirk. Rescued from Tomura by All Might, she carries the injured Eraser Head toward the exit with Minoru and is relieved to see classmates come to All Might's aid.

• Izuku Midoriya (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate rescued with her.

• Minoru Mineta (Colleague, Affinity)

  Carries Eraser Head with her.

• Shota Aizawa (Mentor, Affinity)

  Homeroom teacher she carries to safety.

Minoru Mineta

U.A. Class 1-A

A timid Class 1-A student whose Quirk produces sticky spheres. Rescued by All Might, he helps Tsuyu carry Eraser Head away and cheers on All Might's overwhelming strength.

• Tsuyu Asui (Colleague, Affinity)

  Carries Eraser Head with her.

• All Might (Mentor, Affinity)

  Cheers him on during the fight with Nomu.

Nomu

League of Villains

A bio-engineered monster the League of Villains made to kill All Might. Its shock absorption Quirk lets it shrug off his blows and it regenerates the limbs Shoto froze, but All Might's barrage of three hundred blows sends it flying out of the U.S.J.

• All Might (Other, Hostility)

  Built to kill him; defeated by his barrage.

• Tomura Shigaraki (Colleague, Neutral)

  Leader who gives it orders.

• Shoto Todoroki (Other, Hostility)

  Freezes it, but it soon breaks free.

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.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, Landslide, Mountain and Ruins Zones 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.

• Nomu

  Nomu is a bio-engineered monster the League built to fight and kill All Might; its shock absorption Quirk lets it take his blows, and it can regenerate lost limbs.

• All Might's limit

  All Might's power is declining and his hero form has a limit, a secret Izuku knows; even so, he pushes past it to defeat Nomu.

Clue Board

• 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.

• 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 yet.

• Threat to Symbol of Peace (Episode 11)

  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.

  Shoto demands information on the villains' plans to kill All Might in exchange for unfreezing captives; the plan is not revealed in this episode.

• All Might's declining power limit (Episode 12)

  Izuku knows the truth about All Might's limit and worries he will overexert himself, while All Might's powers are declining rapidly during the fight.

• Villain-revealed League plans (Episode 12)

  Shoto says one of the weaker criminals revealed the League of Villains' plans to him, but the content of those plans is not disclosed.

Battle Record

All Might fights Nomu across the U.S.J. while Tsuyu and Minoru carry Eraser Head away and Katsuki, Shoto and Eijiro step in against Kurogiri, Nomu and Tomura. Nomu is finally sent flying out of the U.S.J., defeated, and All Might declares the League of Villains finished.

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

All Might vs Nomu at the U.S.J. · Episode 9– (Ongoing)

Location: U.S.J.

Trigger: League of Villains attack on the U.S.J. training facility

Sides

• Heroes — Pro hero: All Might, Shota Aizawa, Thirteen / U.A. students: Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, Shoto Todoroki, Eijiro Kirishima, Tsuyu Asui, Minoru, Ochaco Uraraka
• League of Villains — Leader: Tomura Shigaraki / Combatant: Nomu / Warper: Kurogiri

Outcome: Nomu defeated and sent flying out of the U.S.J.; All Might declares the League of Villains finished

Aftermath

• Students watch in awe of All Might's strength
• All Might says the fight took three hundred blows to defeat Nomu, versus five in his prime

Ability Table

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–12

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.

At the U.S.J., the League of Villains led by Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri attacks Class 1-A to kill All Might, taking down Thirteen and Eraser Head. Tenya Ida escapes to call for help, and All Might arrives. Nomu, a monster built to kill him, absorbs his blows, but with help from Katsuki, Shoto Todoroki and Eijiro Kirishima, All Might pushes past his limit, sends Nomu flying out of the facility, and declares the League finished.

Music Releases

• THE DAY (OP)
• HEROES (ED)