Boku no Hero Academia Episode 3 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Roaring Muscles

Izuku is offered All Might's Quirk, One For All, and begins a ten-month training regime under All Might, then arrives at U.A. High School for the entrance exam's practical test.

• Quirk inheritance offer

  All Might tells Izuku he is worthy to inherit his strength, names the power One For All, and explains he chose Izuku after Izuku shone during the Sludge Villain attack on Katsuki. Izuku accepts without hesitation.

• Ten-month training

  All Might has Izuku clean Takoba Seaside Bay on an intense training schedule; when Izuku overworks himself beyond it, All Might scolds him, and Izuku explains his wish to become a hero like All Might.

• Entrance exam day

  After ten months, All Might feeds Izuku a piece of his hair to complete the inheritance before the exam. Izuku arrives at U.A., is saved from a fall by a girl's Quirk, and hears Present Mic explain the practical and written tests.

• Practical test resolve

  Izuku reaches his battle center and resolves to use all the power gained from training to pass the practical test.

Recent Timeline

• Mt. Lady's debut battle (Episode 1)

  Mt. Lady arrives and uses Canyon Cannon to defeat a gigantic criminal that Kamui Woods had been battling, declaring her debut and asking the heroes to leave the rest to her while people photograph her.

• All Might vs. the Sludge Villain (Episode 1)

  The runaway Sludge Villain attacks Izuku on his walk home, and All Might appears and defeats it with Texas Smash, a powerful wind pressure move, after which Izuku faints.

• Sludge Villain hostage rescue (Episode 2)

  The Sludge Villain that Izuku had earlier been attacked by seized Katsuki at the explosion site while Death Arms and other heroes failed to stop it. Izuku rushed in, struck the villain with his bag to open a gap, and All Might destroyed the villain with a Detroit Smash while freeing Katsuki. It matters because Izuku's bravery spurs All Might, who had been berating himself for being unable to fight, into action.

• One For All inheritance (Episode 3)

  All Might chooses Izuku as successor and passes One For All to him after ten months of training at Takoba Seaside Bay, ending with Izuku eating a piece of All Might's hair on the day of the U.A. Entrance Exam.

• Girl saves Izuku at U.A. gate (Episode 3)

  Izuku trips as he is about to enter U.A. and is caught by a girl's Quirk; she wishes him good luck, leaving him speechless.

Character Graph

Death Arms

A hero who fights the Sludge Villain at the explosion scene alongside other heroes, failing to stop it from taking Katsuki's body.

Katsuki Bakugo

Izuku's classmate at Aldera Junior High who considers himself superior and aims to surpass All Might. Taken hostage by the Sludge Villain and freed by All Might, he then confronts Izuku for trying to help him.

• Ambition

  Aced the mock exam and intends to surpass All Might as the top hero.

• Izuku Midoriya (Colleague, Other, Hostility)

  Bully who mocks Izuku as Quirkless, blew up his notebook, and told him to give up on U.A.; after the hostage incident he tells Izuku he never asked to be saved and not to look down on him.

Sludge Villain

A villain who attacked Izuku and then Katsuki, took Katsuki hostage, and was destroyed by All Might.

• Katsuki Bakugo (Other, Hostility)

  Holds Katsuki hostage and attacks him.

• Izuku Midoriya (Other, Hostility)

  Attacks Izuku after recovering from Izuku's strike.

• All Might (Other, Hostility)

  Destroyed by All Might's Detroit Smash.

All Might

Hero

The Number One hero and Izuku's idol, whose Quirk, One For All, can be passed on. He chooses Izuku as his successor, trains him for ten months, and hands over the power on the morning of the entrance exam by having him eat a strand of his hair.

• Rescue

  Defeats the runaway Sludge Villain with Texas Smash while saving Izuku.

• Izuku Midoriya (Mentor, Affinity)

  The successor he chose to inherit One For All, whom he trains for ten months before the U.A. Entrance Exam.

Izuku Midoriya (Deku)

One For All successor

A boy, Quirkless until now, chosen by All Might as his successor. After ten months of training he inherits One For All on the morning of the U.A. Entrance Exam and arrives ready for the practical test.

• Aspiration

  Kept chasing his childhood dream of becoming a hero even after a doctor found him Quirkless and told him to give up.

• Katsuki Bakugo (Colleague, Other, Hostility)

  Childhood friend turned bully who mocks him as Deku and Quirkless and tells him to give up on U.A.; after Izuku rushes to help him, Katsuki says he never asked to be saved and not to look down on him.

• All Might (Mentor, Affinity)

  His idol and now mentor, who chose him as successor and trained him to inherit One For All.

World Memo

• Quirks spread worldwide

  Long ago a luminescent baby was born in Qing Qing City, China with a unique power; similar phenomena then occurred across the world until most of the population had superhuman powers called Quirks.

• Heroism as a profession

  Because most people have Quirks, people are able to pursue heroism as a profession.

• One For All can be passed on

  All Might's Quirk, One For All, can be handed down to a successor he chooses, who then inherits it.

• U.A. entrance exam structure

  The U.A. entrance exam begins with a practical test followed by a written test. In the practical test, applicants dispatch as many robot villains as they can to earn a high score.

Battle Record

Sludge Villain returns and seizes Katsuki near Tatooin Station; heroes fail to stop it until All Might destroys it and frees Katsuki.

Gigantic villain takedown

Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady vs. gigantic criminal · Episode 1

Location: City street with onlookers held back by Backdraft

Trigger: Gigantic criminal who used his Quirk for illegal purposes

Heroes vs. villain

• Heroes — Heroes: Kamui Woods, Backdraft, Mt. Lady
• Villain — Criminal: gigantic criminal

Outcome: Gigantic criminal defeated by Mt. Lady's Canyon Cannon

Aftermath

• Mt. Lady declares her debut and asks others to leave the rest to her
• Izuku takes notes on Mt. Lady's Quirk, Gigantification

Sludge Villain takedown

All Might vs. the runaway Sludge Villain · Episode 1

Location: Street on Izuku's walk home

Trigger: Runaway Sludge Villain on the loose

All Might vs. villain

• Heroes — Hero: All Might
• Villain — Villain: Sludge Villain

Outcome: Sludge Villain defeated by All Might's Texas Smash

Aftermath

• All Might takes the villain into custody and leaves
• Izuku grabs All Might's leg and ends up flying with him
• All Might bleeds from his mouth and lands on a rooftop

Sludge Villain attack on Katsuki Bakugo

Second Sludge Villain assault · Episode 2

Location: Tatooin Station area, city streets and scene of explosions

Trigger: Sludge Villain attacks Katsuki Bakugo, attempting to take his body

Villain vs. heroes

• Sludge Villain — attacker: Sludge Villain
• Heroes — responders: Death Arms, other heroes, All Might / rescuer: Izuku Midoriya

Outcome: Sludge Villain destroyed by All Might's Detroit Smash; Katsuki freed

Aftermath

• Heroes scold Izuku for risking his life and praise Katsuki for fighting back
• Katsuki tells Izuku he never asked to be saved
• All Might tells Izuku he can become a hero

Ability Table

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–3

Quirkless Izuku Midoriya dreams of becoming a hero like All Might. After saving him from the Sludge Villain, All Might says he cannot promise a Quirkless boy can be a hero, but when Izuku rushes in to help a hostage Katsuki Bakugo, All Might, moved to act, defeats the villain and tells Izuku he can become a hero. All Might then reveals that his Quirk, One For All, can be passed on and chooses Izuku as his successor. After ten months of training at Takoba Seaside Bay, Izuku inherits the power by eating a strand of All Might's hair on the morning of the U.A. Entrance Exam and heads into the practical test.

Music Releases

• THE DAY (OP)
• HEROES (ED)