Boku no Hero Academia Episode 13 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

In Each of Our Hearts

At the U.S.J., Tesla takes Denki Kaminari hostage in the Mountain Zone, while All Might, having defeated Nomu, is left at his limit. When Tomura and Kurogiri attack him, Izuku breaks his own legs with One For All to intercept them. Tenya Ida returns with the U.A. teachers, Snipe shoots Tomura and Tesla, and Kurogiri, slowed by Thirteen's Quirk, warps Tomura away. Afterward the injured are treated, All Might introduces his police friend Naomasa Tsukauchi, and Tomura reports to his master in their hideout.

• Hostage standoff in Mountain Zone

  Tesla holds Denki Kaminari hostage and threatens to kill him unless the others surrender; Kyoka and Momo are forced to yield.

• All Might's limit and villain ambush

  All Might defeats Nomu but is immobilized at his limit; Tomura and Kurogiri attack, and Izuku breaks his own legs using One For All to leap in and intercept them.

• Heroes' arrival and retreat

  Tenya Ida returns with the U.A. teachers, and Snipe shoots Tomura and Tesla. Outnumbered, Tomura calls off the mission, and Kurogiri, slowed by Thirteen's Quirk, warps Tomura away to their hideout.

• Aftermath at the infirmary

  Izuku and All Might are treated by Recovery Girl. All Might introduces Naomasa Tsukauchi as his best friend on the police force who already knows his identity, and praises the students for fighting bravely.

• Hideout report

  Tomura reports that the weakening information was false, and a mysterious voice orders him to gather the villainous elite.

Recent Timeline

• USJ villain invasion (Episode 10)

  While All Might is absent, a large group of villains led by Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri invades the U.S.J. plaza. Eraser Head fights them while Thirteen tries to evacuate the students, but Kurogiri scatters the class into the simulation zones. Izuku, Minoru, and Tsuyu defeat the shark-like villain and the water-manipulating villain, trap them in a vortex of water and sticky spheres, and escape the Shipwreck Zone.

• Villains disabled and Eraser Head defeated (Episode 11)

  In the Mountain Zone, Momo Yaoyorozu shields Kyoka Jiro with an insulation sheet, and Denki Kaminari then electrocutes the whole area, disabling every criminal there.

  Thirteen's attempt to destroy Kurogiri is turned back on her by his Quirk, and the Rescue Hero is put out of commission.

  At the Central Plaza, Shota Aizawa is defeated by the bio-engineered monster Nomu, leaving the students without their teacher during the invasion.

• Tenya escapes for backup and All Might arrives (Episode 11)

  Ochaco Uraraka, Hanta Sero, and Rikido Sato hold off Kurogiri long enough for Tenya Ida to reach the exit and go for backup, and Kurogiri then declares the villains' plans ruined.

  All Might suddenly arrives at the U.S.J. and distracts Tomura Shigaraki, saving the students from his renewed attack.

• All Might defeats Nomu (Episode 12)

  After a prolonged fistfight in which All Might pushes beyond his limit, he throws Nomu to the ground, delivers a final speech, and lands a dynamic smash that sends Nomu flying out of the U.S.J. defeated.

  All Might then declares the League of Villains finished.

• Villains retreat from the USJ (Episode 13)

  Outnumbered after heroes arrive and Tomura is shot, Tomura declares the mission over. Kurogiri, slowed by Thirteen's Quirk, warps Tomura away to their hideout, ending the USJ attack.

Character Graph

Ochaco Uraraka (Ochaco)

U.A. Class 1-A

Izuku's Class 1-A friend. On the night after the attack, she and Tenya wait outside the school for Izuku and walk home with him.

• Izuku Midoriya (Friend, Affinity)

  Waits for him after his treatment and walks home with him.

• Tenya Ida (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who waits for Izuku with her.

All Might

Hero · U.A. High teacher

The number one hero and U.A. teacher who passed One For All to Izuku. After defeating Nomu his hero form hits its limit, and he survives Tomura and Kurogiri's attack only because Izuku leaps in; later, being treated alongside Izuku, he introduces his police friend Naomasa Tsukauchi and praises the students' courage.

• Izuku Midoriya (Mentor, Affinity)

  His successor, whose few seconds of intervention saved his life.

• Naomasa Tsukauchi (Friend, Affinity)

  His best friend on the police force, who knows his true identity.

• Pro Hero Cementoss (Colleague, Affinity)

  Thanks him for hiding his weakened form.

Tenya Ida (Tenya)

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

Class 1-A's class representative, from the Ida hero family. He returns to the U.S.J. with the U.A. teachers to rescue everyone, and that night waits with Ochaco to walk Izuku home.

• Pro Hero Snipe (Mentor, Affinity)

  Teacher who arrives with him and shoots the villains.

• Izuku Midoriya (Friend, Affinity)

  Waits for him outside the school and walks him home.

• Ochaco Uraraka (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who waits for Izuku with him.

Izuku Midoriya (Deku)

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student who inherited One For All. When Tomura and Kurogiri go after the exhausted All Might, he breaks both legs with One For All to intercept them, becoming the only student badly hurt. He laments that he did nothing useful, but All Might tells him those seconds saved his life.

• All Might (Mentor, Affinity)

  Mentor whose life he saves by leaping in at the cost of his legs.

• Tomura Shigaraki (Other, Hostility)

  Villain about to use Decay on him when Snipe shoots him.

• Ochaco Uraraka (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who waits to walk home with him.

• Tenya Ida (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who waits to walk home with him.

• Katsuki Bakugo (Colleague, Mixed)

  Rival who is jealous that Izuku rushed in to save All Might.

Katsuki Bakugo (Kacchan)

U.A. Class 1-A

Izuku's childhood friend and rival in Class 1-A, who exposed Kurogiri's weak point and pinned him during All Might's battle. Once the fight is over, he is jealous that Izuku was the one who rushed in to save All Might.

• Izuku Midoriya (Colleague, Mixed)

  Rival he envies for rushing in to save All Might.

• Eijiro Kirishima (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who fought beside him.

Shota Aizawa (Eraser Head)

Class 1-A homeroom teacher · Pro hero

Class 1-A's homeroom teacher, the pro hero Eraser Head. Beaten by Nomu while protecting the students, he is badly injured but, according to Tsukauchi, not in life-threatening condition.

• Izuku Midoriya (Mentor, Affinity)

  His student, whom he protected at the plaza.

• Nomu (Other, Hostility)

  The monster that defeated him.

Tomura Shigaraki (Shigaraki)

League of Villains

The ringleader of the League of Villains' attack on the U.S.J. He panics when Nomu falls but goes after the weakened All Might with Kurogiri; shot repeatedly by Snipe, he calls off the mission. Back at the hideout he complains that the information on All Might's weakening was false, but a mysterious voice says it was accurate and tells him to gather the villainous elite.

• All Might (Other, Hostility)

  Target he failed to kill.

• Izuku Midoriya (Other, Hostility)

  Student who blocks his attack on All Might.

• Kurogiri (Colleague, Affinity)

  Partner who warps him to safety.

• Pro Hero Snipe (Other, Hostility)

  Hero who shoots him several times.

Kurogiri

League of Villains

A League of Villains member with a warping Quirk. He convinces Tomura they can still kill the damaged All Might and attacks with him, then, slowed by Thirteen's Quirk, barely warps Tomura back to their hideout, where he reports that he could not find Nomu.

• Tomura Shigaraki (Colleague, Affinity)

  Urges him on, then carries him off to safety.

• Thirteen (Other, Hostility)

  Her Quirk slows his escape.

• Izuku Midoriya (Other, Hostility)

  Warps Tomura's hand toward Izuku as the boy goes for his weak point.

Eijiro Kirishima

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student who looks out for his classmates. After the battle he goes to check on Izuku's legs, but Cementoss stops him and sends him to gather the class at the exit.

• Pro Hero Cementoss (Mentor, Neutral)

  Teacher who stops him from approaching and sends him to gather the class.

• Katsuki Bakugo (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who fought beside him.

Thirteen

Rescue hero · U.A. High teacher

A rescue hero who runs the U.S.J. Though injured, she uses her Quirk to slow Kurogiri's escape; Tsukauchi later reports she is badly hurt but not in danger of dying.

• Kurogiri (Other, Hostility)

  Villain whose escape she slows with her Quirk.

Shoto Todoroki

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student whose ice won his Battle Trial in an instant. During the U.S.J. attack he froze Nomu so All Might could break free.

• Nomu (Other, Hostility)

  Monster he froze to free All Might.

Nomu

League of Villains

A bio-engineered monster the League of Villains made to kill All Might. Defeated by All Might and knocked out of the U.S.J., it is captured by the police, and Kurogiri cannot find it.

• All Might (Other, Hostility)

  Built to kill him, but defeated by him.

• Tomura Shigaraki (Colleague, Neutral)

  Leader who gave it orders.

Tsuyu Asui

U.A. Class 1-A

A blunt-spoken Class 1-A student with a frog-like Quirk who came through the attack with Izuku and Minoru. Afterward she asks the police investigator how Thirteen and Eraser Head are doing.

• Izuku Midoriya (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who came through the attack with her.

• Shota Aizawa (Mentor, Affinity)

  Injured teacher whose condition she asks about.

Denki Kaminari

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student who can cover his body in electricity. In the Mountain Zone he is taken hostage by Tesla, a villain his electricity does not affect, until Snipe shoots his captor.

• Tesla (Other, Hostility)

  Villain who takes him hostage.

• Kyoka Jiro (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who tries to save him and is forced to surrender.

• Momo Yaoyorozu (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who fought beside him in the Mountain Zone.

Kyoka Jiro

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student. When Tesla takes Denki hostage in the Mountain Zone, she talks to distract the villain while trying to plug her earphone jack into the gear on her legs, but he sees through it and she is forced to surrender.

• Tesla (Other, Hostility)

  Villain who sees through her plan and forces her to surrender.

• Denki Kaminari (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate she tries to save.

• Momo Yaoyorozu (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who surrenders with her.

Momo Yaoyorozu

U.A. Class 1-A

A Class 1-A student with a Quirk that creates objects. In the Mountain Zone she realizes that the electric villain holding Denki hostage must be the one jamming their communications, but she and Kyoka are forced to surrender.

• Tesla (Other, Hostility)

  Villain she suspects of jamming communications.

• Kyoka Jiro (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who surrenders with her.

Naomasa Tsukauchi (Investigator Naomasa Tsukauchi)

Police

Police investigator who informs Class 1-A of the injuries and later meets Izuku and All Might at the nurse's office.

• Role in U.S.J. aftermath

  Reports that only Izuku sustained major injuries among the students and that Thirteen and Eraser Head are critically injured but not in life-threatening condition.

• All Might (Friend, Affinity)

  Introduced by All Might as his best friend on the Police force, and knows All Might's identity.

Pro Hero Cementoss (Cementoss)

Pro Hero

Pro Hero who stops Eijiro from seeing All Might's weakened form and conceals All Might's identity.

• Concealing All Might

  Keeps All Might's weakened form hidden from Eijiro, sends him to gather the class, and is thanked by All Might for concealing his identity; he then urges All Might and Izuku to get treated in the infirmary.

• All Might (Colleague, Affinity)

  Conceals All Might's identity and is thanked by All Might for doing so.

Pro Hero Snipe (Snipe)

Pro Hero

Pro Hero who arrives with Tenya Ida to rescue everyone and shoots Tomura and Tesla.

• U.S.J. rescue

  Shoots Tomura in the arm and Tesla, and shoots Tomura several more times as he tries to escape.

• Tenya Ida (Colleague, Neutral)

  Arrived at the U.S.J. together with Tenya Ida to save everyone.

Tesla

villain

A villain who was unaffected by Denki's Quirk and took him hostage in the U.S.J. Mountain Zone.

• Electric-type sympathy

  Admits to having a soft spot for electric types like Denki while threatening to kill him.

• Denki Kaminari (Other, Hostility)

  Takes him hostage and threatens to kill him.

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; after defeating Nomu he is left unable to move.

• All Might and the police

  Police investigator Naomasa Tsukauchi is All Might's best friend on the force and knows his true identity.

Clue Board

• 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.

• 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.

• Communication jamming at U.S.J. (Episode 13)

  All Might could not reach Thirteen or Eraser Head, and no one at the U.S.J. could call for help. In the Mountain Zone, Momo realizes that the electric villain holding Denki hostage must be the one jamming their communications.

• All Might's declining power limit (Episode 13)

  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.

  Tomura's claim that the report of All Might's weakening was false is contradicted: the voice says the report was accurate and Tomura was simply overzealous.

• Unidentified voice on monitor (Episode 13)

  A voice on a blank monitor, whose identity is not revealed, directs Tomura and orders him to gather the villainous elite.

• Figure on rooftop (Episode 13)

  An unidentified figure stands on a rooftop staring down at the city; who this is remains unrevealed.

Battle Record

The U.S.J. attack reaches its climax: All Might defeats Nomu, Izuku shields the exhausted All Might, Snipe arrives with Tenya Ida and the U.A. teachers and shoots Tomura and Tesla, and Kurogiri, slowed by Thirteen's Quirk, warps Tomura away as the League retreats.

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 attack

The teachers arrive and the League retreats · Episodes 9–13

Location: U.S.J. (central plaza and simulation zones)

Trigger: The League of Villains attacks the U.S.J. training facility to kill All Might; in the Mountain Zone, Tesla takes Denki Kaminari hostage and jams communications

Villains vs Heroes

• Villains — leaders: Tomura Shigaraki, Kurogiri / fighters: Tesla, Nomu
• Heroes — pro heroes: All Might, Pro Hero Snipe, Pro Hero Cementoss, Thirteen / students: Izuku Midoriya, Tenya Ida, Denki Kaminari

Outcome: All Might defeats Nomu; when Tomura and Kurogiri go after the weakened All Might, Izuku intercepts them, and Snipe, arriving with Tenya Ida and the U.A. teachers, shoots Tomura and Tesla. Tomura declares the mission over, and Kurogiri, slowed by Thirteen's Quirk, warps him away to their hideout

Aftermath

• Izuku's legs are injured from breaking them to intercept the villains
• All Might's Hero Form is at its limit and he is weakened
• Thirteen and Eraser Head are critically injured but not in life-threatening condition
• Nomu is captured by the police
• Class 1-A gathers outside the U.S.J.; only Izuku sustained major injuries
• Tomura is reported to be injured and is told by a mysterious voice to gather the villainous elite

Ability Table

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–13

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; Thirteen and Eraser Head fall, and Tenya Ida escapes to call for help. All Might arrives and defeats Nomu, a monster built to kill him, but is left at his limit. When Tomura and Kurogiri strike, Izuku breaks his legs to shield him, and the teachers Tenya brought back drive the villains off. In their hideout, a mysterious voice tells the wounded Tomura to gather the villainous elite.

Music Releases

• THE DAY (OP)
• HEROES (ED)