The third season of the My Hero Academia anime television series was produced by Bones and directed by Kenji Nagasaki, with Yōsuke Kuroda handling series composition, Yoshihiko Umakoshi providing character designs and Yuki Hayashi composed the music.[1] Like the rest of the series, it adapts Kōhei Horikoshi's original manga series of the same name from the rest of the 8th volume through the beginning of the 14th volume over 25 episodes. It covers the "Forest Training Camp" (chapters 70–83), "Hideout Raid" (chapters 84–97), "Provisional Hero License Exam" (chapters 98–121), and the beginning of "Shie Hassaikai" arc (chapters 122–124). The season aired from April 7 to September 29, 2018, on ytv and NTV in Japan.[1]
| My Hero Academia | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
 Cover art of the first Blu-ray volume of the third season released by Toho on July 18, 2018 | |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ytv, NTV |
| Original release | April 7 – September 29, 2018 |
| Season chronology | |
The season follows Izuku Midoriya and his classmates from U.A. High, a prestigious high school for heroes in training. The students facing their struggles and challenges as they fight for their survival during a training camp and a quest to save one of their classmates. The second half of the season focuses on the students' preparation for the Provisional Hero License Exam, a test that allows the students to obtain a Hero License and take part of their Hero-Work Studies as full-fledged Heroes.
Toho released the season on DVD and Blu-ray in eight compilations, each containing two to four episodes, between July 18, 2018, and February 13, 2019.[2] Funimation licensed the season for an English-language release in North America and released it in two compilations on May 7 and September 3, 2019.[3][4] FunimationNow is streaming the season in Simuldub, while Crunchyroll and Hulu are simulcasting outside of Asia as it airs.[5][6] Funimation's adaptation ran from March 3 to August 18, 2019, on Adult Swim's Toonami block.[7]
Four pieces of theme music are used for this season: two opening themes and two ending themes. For the first thirteen episodes, the opening theme is "Odd Future" by Uverworld and the first ending theme is "Update" (アップデート) by miwa.[8] For the rest of the season, the second opening theme is "Make my story" by Lenny code fiction and the ending theme is "Long Hope Philia" (ロングホープ・フィリア) by Masaki Suda.[9]
Episodes edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by [a] | Storyboarded by [a] | Original air date | English air date | Viewership rating [10] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 1 | "Game Start" Transliteration: "Gēmu Sutāto" (Japanese: ゲーム・スタート) | Takudai Kakuchi | Takudai Kakuchi | April 7, 2018 | March 3, 2019 | 4.9% | |
| Following the end of the semester, Izuku continues to train in his apartment. It still feels surreal to him to have All Might's power coursing through him. He is interrupted when Denki Kaminari and Minoru Mineta suddenly arrive at his door and ask him to train at the pool before the training camp arrives. At U.A. High School, Shota Aizawa and Vlad King review the Quirks of their respective students from Class 1-A and Class 1-B. Izuku, Denki, and Minoru arrive to ask if they can use the pool, which Shota confirms. The students of Class 1-A have a PE class at the pool, while reminiscing about the main events of the previous seasons. During the night, Shota and Vlad King discuss that the location of the training camp has been changed to protect the students. Tomura Shigaraki gives someone a call to tell them a "new game" will be starting soon. | ||||||||
| 40 | 2 | "Wild, Wild Pussycats" Transliteration: "Wairudo Wairudo Pusshīkyattsu" (Japanese: ワイルド・ワイルド・プッシーキャッツ) | Tomo Ōkubo | Shinji Satō | April 14, 2018 | March 10, 2019 | 2.9% | |
| On the day of the forest lodge trip, Class 1-A and 1-B prepare to board buses. An hour later, Class 1-A's bus stops for a restroom break. Suddenly, two women wearing cat-like costumes and a small boy appear. The women introduce themselves as the professional Hero Team, The Wild Wild Pussycats, while the boy is revealed to be Kota, an orphan in their care who despises heroes. Mandalay tells Class 1-A that they must reach the training camp at the base of the mountain by midday or they will miss lunch. Despite their best efforts, Class 1-A's progress is inhibited by earthen beasts throughout the forest, controlled by Pixie-Bob with her Quirk, and the students miss their deadline by hours. However, team Pussycats is satisfied with their performances, and they are offered dinner instead. Afterwards, Class 1-A go to the hot springs for a bath. Mineta tries to peek at the girls' bath side but is prevented by Kota; Kota accidentally sees the girls and faints but is saved by Midoriya. Midoriya brings the unconscious Kota to the cabin and learns the story of his parents; pro heroes who died in the line of duty. | ||||||||
| 41 | 3 | "Kota" Transliteration: "Kōta-kun" (Japanese: 洸汰くん) | Tetsuya Miyanishi[b] | Satoshi Matsumoto[c] | April 21, 2018 | March 17, 2019 | 3.6% | |
| Class 1-A and 1-B continues training as the villains prepare to attack. Despite Kota's hatred for heroes, and the superhuman society in general, Midoriya tries to convince Kota by telling his own tales as his friend's story. In the third day of training camp, the students who failed the finals exam had to stay up the previous night for extra lessons. Shota pushes them to stay awake and try harder. He also reminds Ochaco and Yuga's team that they need to work hard too since they barely passed finals. Izuku asks Shota if All Might will be joining the campers, but Shota says he won't be at all. Pixie-Bob announces that both classes will compete in a test of courage after training. Later at night, Shota takes the remedial students to a classroom while everyone else participates in the Pussycats mini-game. The group of villains named The Vanguard Action Squad, arrives and begins to attack when the students are participating in a training exercise and catch them unaware. Izuku remembers Kota is by himself. Kota is at his secret hideout overlooking the burning forest. Little does he know, a villain has already found him. | ||||||||
| 42 | 4 | "My Hero" Transliteration: "Boku no Hīrō" (Japanese: 僕のヒーロー) | Shōji Ikeno | Michio Fukuda | April 28, 2018 | March 24, 2019 | 3.7% | |
| At his secret hiding spot, Kota recalls Mandalay telling him that one day he'll understand why heroes exist. Kota refuses to believe that. He stands up and notices the mountainside burning. The villains continue their attack, working in teams or alone to target different groups of students and teachers. Deeper in the forest, Tetsutetsu runs into Itsuka and gives her a gas mask created by Momo's Quirk. Kendo tells Tetsutetsu to retreat with her, but he refuses. Class 1-A has gotten so much stronger because of their fights with villains, Tetsutetsu believes that this is the perfect opportunity to fight back and catch up with their peers. Muscular, one of the villains chances upon Kota at his secret hideout and tries to kill him, but is stopped by Midoriya. Midoriya is pushed to his limit in the fight but manages to defeat Muscular with a 1,000,000% Delaware Detroit Smash and saves Kota. Kota finally overcomes his prejudices due to Midoriya's selflessness and calls him "My Hero". | ||||||||
| 43 | 5 | "Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!!" Transliteration: "Buchikomu Tekken!!!" (Japanese: ブチ込む鉄拳!!!) | Naoki Hishikawa | Ken Ōtsuka | May 5, 2018 | March 31, 2019 | 3.4% | |
| After defeating Muscular, Midoriya carries Kota back to the camp and runs into Aizawa. Midoriya passes Kota over to him, as he has a message to deliver to everyone through Mandalay's telepathy. The teacher asks Midoriya to deliver a message from him as well. Mandalay delivers the messages that Bakugo is one of the villains' targets and the students have permission to use their Quirks to defend themselves. Meanwhile, Tetsutetsu and Kendo find the source of a poisonous gas that is filling part of the forest: a villain named Mustard. The two work together to defeat Mustard and this results in the gas dissipating. Midoriya runs into Shoji while searching for Bakugo and learns that Tokoyami's Quirk, Dark Shadow, is out of control. | ||||||||
| 44 | 6 | "Roaring Upheaval" Transliteration: "Ganaru Fūunkyū" (Japanese: がなる風雲急) | Shōji Ikeno | Shinji Satō | May 12, 2018 | April 7, 2019 | N/A | |
| Mezo asks for Midoriya's help in saving Tokoyami from his own Quirk and to choose between saving Tokoyami or Bakugo. Midoriya devises a plan to save both, which involves leading Dark Shadow to Bakugo and Todoroki who are fighting the villain Moonfish. Dark Shadow defeats Moonfish and is then weakened and brought back under control by Bakugo and Todoroki. The students team up and run into Uraraka and Tsuyu fighting a villain named Himiko Toga. As there are now more students present than she is ready to take on by herself, Himiko retreats. Midoriya asks the girls to help them protect Bakugo but Bakugo and Tokoyami have already been kidnapped by the villain Mr. Compress. A Nomu chases Yosetsu of Class 1-B who is carrying a heavily injured Yaoyorozu but the Nomu is called back by Dabi as their mission has been accomplished. Yaoyorozu makes a tracking device which Yosetsu attaches to the Nomu. Midoriya and the others continue to chase Mr. Compress but are unable to keep up with his speed. Midoriya devises a plan to launch him, Todoroki and Shoji into the air using Uraraka and Asui's Quirks. They manage to successfully tackle Mr. Compress to the ground. | ||||||||
| 45 | 7 | "What a Twist!" Transliteration: "Ten Ten Ten!" (Japanese: 転転転!) | Tomo Ōkubo | Tomo Ōkubo | May 19, 2018 | April 13, 2019[d] | 3.2% | |
| Midoriya, Todoroki and Shoji have caught up with Mr. Compress, and with Aoyama's assistance, they manage to rescue Tokoyami. However, the villains retreat with Bakugo, leaving the heroes-in-training in anguish. U.A. faces serious backlash over the next couple of days, even while the police pursues a lead to find the League of Villains. Midoriya wakes up in a hospital bed, two days after the attack. Almost all of Class 1-A students comes to visit him. Kirishima and Todoroki reveal that they plan to go rescue Bakugo. But Tenya argues that they need to allow the Pro Heroes to handle the situation. He and Eijiro argue, and the latter reaches out to Izuku for approval. | ||||||||
| 46 | 8 | "From Iida to Midoriya" Transliteration: "Īda-kara Midoriya e" (Japanese: 飯田から緑谷へ) | Tetsuya Miyanishi[e] | Shinji Ishihira[f] | May 26, 2018 | April 20, 2019 | 3.7% | |
| At Midoriya's room in the hospital, Class 1-A debates whether or not they should attempt a rescue mission. Kirishima lets Midoriya know that he and Todoroki intend to make their move that very night. U.A. organizes a press conference whose airing is met with criticism. Meanwhile, the police continues with their investigation and organizes a team of heroes to strike back against the villains. Midoriya decides to join Todoroki and Kirishima in their attempt to rescue Bakugo, also does Yaoyorozu. Ida attempts to convince them to drop their plan, but ultimately he decides to join so that he can keep an eye on them and call the mission off if actual combat breaks out. The brave group of students named The Bakugo Rescue Squad, arrives to Kamino Ward and change into disguises to avoid standing out. Shigaraki attempts to convince Bakugo to join the League of Villains, but Bakugo reveals his commitment to becoming a hero and begins attacking Twice and Shigaraki. | ||||||||
| 47 | 9 | "All For One" Transliteration: "Ōru Fō Wan" (Japanese: オール・フォー・ワン) | Yūsuke Kamata | Ken Ōtsuka | June 2, 2018 | April 27, 2019 | 4.2% | |
| Midoriya, Yaoyorozu, Todoroki, Kirishima, and Ida continue their search and rescue to save Bakugo. None of them have effective stealth skills, so they ponder their next move. Izuku starts to mutter and Tenya thinks about how he needs to keep the group out of trouble. After arriving at what seems to be the hideout, they discover a large number of Nomus inside. The Pro Heroes then capture the members of the League of Villains, but an unexpected warp attacks the heroes and takes Bakugo once again. Unbeknownst to them, the greatest evil man is about to make his reappearance as Izuku and the others are stricken with fear. | ||||||||
| 48 | 10 | "Symbol of Peace" Transliteration: "Heiwa no Shōchō" (Japanese: 平和の象徴) | Yūji Ōya | Shinji Ishihira | June 9, 2018 | May 4, 2019 | 3.6% | |
| All For One, the mastermind behind the League of Villains, has snatched back his underlings from the heroes, and Bakugo as well. All For One commends Best Jeanist for saving himself while protecting the other heroes from the explosion. Best Jeanist recognizes the masked man as the suspected ringleader of the League of Villains. The Pro-Hero attacks, but All For One easily defeats him with a blast of air. The villain recognizes that his strength comes from practice and experience and decides his Quirk doesn't need to be taken. As All For One is about to notice the students, All Might suddenly appears and flies to the rescue, but he's worried about Bakugo's safety and can't fight at full power. All Might tells his ultimate rival that he will defeat him and lock him up for the rest of his life. All Might rushes him, but All For One repels him with an enhanced Quirk combo attack. Midoriya comes up with a plan that would allow the students to escape with Bakugo, without fighting the villains, and it all comes down to Kirishima. | ||||||||
| 49 | 11 | "One For All" Transliteration: "Wan Fō Ōru" (Japanese: ワン・フォー・オール) | Tetsuya Miyanishi | Shinji Ishihira | June 16, 2018 | May 11, 2019 | 4.5% | |
| All Might and All For One clash furiously as their battle is witnessed by the entire world. To shatter All Might's resolve, All For One reveals that he brainwashed the grandson of All Might's mentor, whom he killed, over several years into the now notorious Tomura Shigaraki; which strikes a pain into All Might's heart. This backfires as the hero now musters his power into his fist to deliver his strongest attack: the United States of Smash. Victorious but entirely spent, All Might sends a message through the TV which the populace thinks is a threat to future villains; however Midoriya realizes it is to let him know that it's time for him take on the mantle of the world's Symbol of Peace. | ||||||||
| 50 | 12 | "End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End" Transliteration: "Hajimari no Owari Owari no Hajimari" (Japanese: 始まりの終わり 終わりの始まり) | Shōji Ikeno | Satomi Nakamura | June 23, 2018 | May 18, 2019 | 2.8% | |
| As All Might is officially retired, and All For One imprisoned in the Maximum Security Prison "Tartarus", the Police hold a closed conference on how this may embolden more villains to Shigaraki's League. A depressed Midoriya receives a text from All Might to meet at Degoba Beach where he trained for the entrance exams and the two share a heartfelt moment. Sometime later, Aizawa and All Might visit the student's parents to discuss a new dorm system to better protect the students. While many are open to it, including the Bakugo family, Izuku's mother Inko is against it as her son has repeatedly suffered grave bodily injuries in emulation of All Might since attending U.A. To prove his determination, Izuku shows his mother the note from Kota thanking him for being his hero; and as a show of humility, All Might bows his head to the ground to promise Inko he will be a better teacher for Izuku, finally earning her hesitant approval. Izuku promises to be more considerate of his mother's feelings from now on and work to be safer. Meanwhile, All For One is gleeful that Tomura will now evolve with his teacher's absence. | ||||||||
| 51 | 13 | "Moving into Dorms" Transliteration: "Haire Ryō" (Japanese: 入れ寮) | Tetsuya Miyanishi | Takashi Kawabata | June 30, 2018 | May 25, 2019 | 3.5% | |
| After Izuku's mother reluctantly allows him to live in the dorm, he and all his friends shift to the recently constructed dorm for 1-A. The principal thinks to himself about how the dorm doesn't only help the students, but to determine the identity of the "U.A. traitor". Aizawa informs the class that, had the situation been different, he would have expelled not only those who went to save Bakugo, but also those who knew about their plan and didn't stop them. After explaining the dorm system, Aizawa leaves the students to unpack. Later that evening, most of the students (the exception being Bakugo and Tsuyu) take a tour of the rooms to elect a King of Rooms. Sato is the surprise winner, due to his baking talent. Uraraka calls those who went to save Bakugo out to the courtyard. There, Tsuyu reveals her conflicted feelings that she was unable to prevent her friends from breaking the rules, and her desire for everything to go back the way it was before. Uraraka confirms that the whole class feels the same way, ergo the King of Rooms contest. The Bakugo Rescue Squad apologizes to Tsuyu, and Midoriya looks forward to the future. | ||||||||
| 52 | 14 | "Create Those Ultimate Moves" Transliteration: "Ame Hissatsuwaza" (Japanese: 編め必殺技) | Satoshi Takafuji | Shinji Ishihira | July 14, 2018 | June 1, 2019 | N/A | |
| Midoriya woke up from a dream where he and All Might had a conversation by the beach, and prepared for school along with his classmates who now all resides in the newly constructed dorm. During homeroom, Aizawa emphasizes that to be able to pass the provisional license which only has a 50% rate of passing in being a hero, they must acquire at least 2 ultimate moves. They were guided by Cementoss, Midnight and Ectoplasm. Inside the gym, while everyone was busy training, All Might appeared and gave each students some advice. Midoriya, who has trouble creating an ultimate move went to the development studio to have his costume altered to support the ligaments of his arms. There together with Ida and Uraraka, they were reunited with support hero Hatsume who was developing her new support items which she eagerly tried on them. After several conversations, Midoriya was able to come up with an idea on how to overcome his problem and redesigned his costume. Just as a rock that Bakugo hits with his ultimate move falls towards All Might, Midoriya jumps in and destroys it with his ultimate move, Full Cowling: Shoot Style, a technique where uses his legs contrasting All Might who primarily uses his arms. | ||||||||
| 53 | 15 | "The Test" Transliteration: "Za Shiken" (Japanese: THE試験) | Masahiro Mukai | Kō Matsuo | July 21, 2018 | June 8, 2019 | 3.2% | |
| Class 1-A were finally able to adjust their costumes and create ultimate weapons. Before their training is finished, Class 1-B arrives at the gym claiming the place to be their time for training. Monoma, who has an obvious dislike for class 1-A, provokes them haughtily and declares to defeat their class in the coming examination; however, Aizawa states that the two classes will be having the exam in different locations to avoid fighting each other. After reaching the place for the provisional examination, Aizawa meets Ms. Joke, a colleague from his former neighboring agency. She constantly teases him into going out with her, to which he always quickly declines. The class meets several other students from other schools and the test starts with an elimination exam. However, unbeknownst to the U.A. students, there is a tradition where other schools primarily target U.A. students every time an examination starts. | ||||||||
| 54 | 16 | "Shiketsu High Lurking" Transliteration: "Haiyoru Shiketsu Kōkō" (Japanese: 這い寄る士傑高校) | Tetsuya Miyanishi | Motonobu Hori | July 28, 2018 | June 15, 2019 | 4.5% | |
| Ketsubutsu Academy students ambush Class 1-A, but they manage to evade Ketsubutsu's balls by working together. Shindo then separates them by using his Vibrate Quirk to break the ground. Meanwhile, in another part of the arena, Shiketsu High School's Inasa uses his Whirlwind Quirk to pass, taking out 120 students at once. Midoriya gets hit once by Shiketsu High School student Camie using her Glamour Quirk. A big group of students finds them but Midoriya manages to dodge all of their attacks. He rescues Uraraka, but he discovers that it's only Camie pretending to be Uraraka. Sero and the real Uraraka help him. Somewhere else, Todoroki is ambushed by a group of students from Seijin High School. | ||||||||
| 55 | 17 | "Class 1-A" Transliteration: "Ichi-Nen Ei-Gumi" (Japanese: 1年A組) | Takahiro Hasui | Shinji Ishihira | August 4, 2018 | June 22, 2019 | 3.2% | |
| As the battle continues, Todoroki uses his fire Quirk against a water attack in order to generate a huge steam cloud, thus obscuring his opponents' vision. He lures his opponents to a large gas tank and ignites it, causing them to be knocked down and then subdued with his ice Quirk. He easily activates their target rings and passes the exam. While trapped in a building, Shoji, Tsuyu, Jiro and Yaoyorozu also pass the exam after defeating their opponents from Seiai Academy. Meanwhile, Midoriya comes up with a plan that will allow him, Uraraka and Sero to pass the exam. Elsewhere, Bakugo, Kaminari and Kirishima face off against Shiketsu High student Seiji Shishikura. While waiting for the exam to conclude, Aizawa comments to Ms. Joke that he has noticed that Midoriya and Bakugo seem to inspire Class 1-A to achieve greatness. | ||||||||
| 56 | 18 | "Rush!" | Shōji Ikeno | Atsushi Takahashi | August 11, 2018 | June 29, 2019 | 3.7% | |
| Seiji uses his "Meatball" Quirk to neutralize both Kirishima and Bakugo. However, Kaminari uses one of Bakugo's grenades to distract Seiji long enough to zap him with his electricity Quirk. Seiji temporarily loses control of his Quirk, allowing Kirishima and Bakugo to retaliate. Together, the three students are able to pass the test. Meanwhile, Midoriya acts as a decoy, allowing Uraraka and Sero to restrain all of their opponents, and those three pass the exam as well. Elsewhere, Ida is searching for stray Class 1-A students and finds Aoyama hiding alone, when they are attacked by many students. They try to run away, but Aoyama shoots his navel laser into the air as a beacon. His plan is to sacrifice himself by luring the enemy close, allowing Ida to use his super speed to target three opponents and pass the test. Just as all seems lost, the rest of Class 1-A arrives to assist in defeating the nearby students. Thanks to Aoyama's beacon, the rest of Class 1-A all pass, bringing the number of successful examinees to 100 and the event to an end. | ||||||||
| 57 | 19 | "Rescue Exercises" Transliteration: "Kyūjo Enshū" (Japanese: 救助演習) | Masahiro Mukai | Shinji Ishihira | August 18, 2018 | July 7, 2019[g] | N/A | |
| The students are tasked with rescuing citizens from a disaster (the citizens are professionals from the "Help Us Company", which specializes in acting as hostages that need to be saved). Midoriya believes this scenario was inspired by the one during the Kamino Incident. Ida says that there were many casualties while their group was focused on rescuing Bakugo. Midoriya states they will need to do their best. Uraraka watches Camie exit the building and struggles to come to terms with her feelings for Midoriya. She tries to talk to him but the test suddenly begins. The older students set up a first-aid station for the other heroes to bring the citizens to. The students split up to cover more ground and work as teams to effectively rescue everyone. Uraraka decides to push her feelings for Midoriya on the side to focus more on developing her skills as a hero. The students appear to be doing well, until Gang Orca arrives to challenge them to fend off villains while continuing to rescue the citizens. | ||||||||
| 58 | 20 | "Special Episode: Save the World with Love!" Transliteration: "Tokubetsu-hen・Ai de Chikyū o Sukue!" (Japanese: 特別編・愛で地球を救え!) | Tetsuya Miyanishi | Shinji Satō | August 25, 2018 | July 14, 2019 | 4.8% | |
| In this anime-exclusive story taking place before the summer training camp, Midoriya, Uraraka, Ida, Todoroki, Asui, and Bakugo are tasked with defeating a villain (played by All Might) and rescuing three hostages (played by Cementoss, Midnight, and Present Mic) in a simulated jewelry robbery. While Todoroki distracts All Might with a phone call, Uraraka scopes out the situation. Bakugo charges in, only to discover All Might dead of a knife wound. The students begin to investigate the crime scene. After eliminating the possibility of an accomplice who turned against him, Midoriya deduces that Midnight was All Might's lover who called the police and went into the jewelry store to try and stop him, and All Might committed suicide to protect her from the backlash of his actions. Aizawa appears and commends Midoriya for his deductions, but gives the students a zero for failing to realize that All Might had faked his own death as a ploy to escape. In the aftermath, All Might is invited to attend the I-Expo at I-Island by his old sidekick's daughter Melissa Shield, and invites Midoriya to tag along with him, setting up the events for My Hero Academia The Movie: Two Heroes. | ||||||||
| 59 | 21 | "What's the Big Idea?" Transliteration: "Nani o Shitendayo" (Japanese: 何をしてんだよ) | Ikurō Satō | Shinji Satō | September 1, 2018 | July 21, 2019 | 3.1% | |
| The rescue exercises continue, with Pro Hero Gang Orca being recruited to act as a villain to attack whilst the students are attempting to obtain their Provisional Licenses. He tries to attack the first-aid camp, and breaks Ketsubutsu student Shindo's attempt to distract him. Todoroki attempts to fend Gang Orca off with a stream of fire, but just as the fire is about to hit him, Shiketsu student Inasa diverts the fire with his own Quirk. The two students quickly get into an argument, with Inasa revealing that the reason he hates Todoroki is due to a past experience with Todoroki's father, Endeavor. Unbeknownst to both of them, the fire that was diverted was close to hitting a downed Shindo before Midoriya intervenes with Full Cowling, and yells at both the students. This snaps Todoroki out of it, as he tries to attack Gang Orca again; only for Inasa to again divert the fire. Gang Orca gets tired of hearing the two bicker and sends them both crashing to the ground. The two students soon both realize the triviality of their arguing and combine their Quirks to trap Gang Orca in a fire spiral. The fire spiral is enough to pick at Gang Orca, but he drenches himself in water and dissipates the flame spiral; soon before Midoriya comes in with an attack using his Shoot Style while the other students save the last victims from the wreckage, the Provisional Hero License Exam has come to an end. Later, the students are all gathered by a screen to see who has obtained their Provisional License. Midoriya looks for his name and surprised that he did passed the exam. | ||||||||
| 60 | 22 | "A Talk about Your Quirk" Transliteration: "Temee no "Kosei" no Hanashida" (Japanese: てめェの"個性"の話だ) | Tomo Ōkubo | Shinji Ishihira | September 8, 2018 | July 28, 2019 | 3.3% | |
| The staff reveals who all received their Provisional Licenses. Nearly all of Class 1-A received it with the exception of Todoroki and Bakugo, due to Todoroki's feud with Inasa (who also failed the test) and Bakugo's rudeness towards the victims. However, the ones who failed can make it up by taking a 3 month course to obtain their Provisional Licenses. Midoriya tries to find Camie to talk to her, but her classmates tell him she wasn't feeling well and left early. It is revealed that Camie was actually Himiko in disguise, as her quirk allows her to transform into those whose blood she consumes. She returns to the League of Villains with Midoriya's blood. All Might interrogates All For One in prison, with the latter gloating about what he has accomplished despite being beaten to near-death and imprisoned. All Might vows to his enemy that Shigaraki will not kill him or Midoriya. At night, Bakugo has Midoriya meet him in the place where they had their mock match. He reveals that he's figured out the secrets behind Midoriya's Quirk as witnessing One For All allowed him to understand that Quirks can be transferred and deduced Midoriya's connection to All Might. Frustrated with Midoriya's progress and his acknowledgement from All Might, Bakugo challenges him to a fight. | ||||||||
| 61 | 23 | "Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2" Transliteration: "Deku bāsasu Kacchan 2" (Japanese: デクvsかっちゃん2) | Masashi Abe, Shōji Ikeno | Shinji Satō | September 15, 2018 | August 4, 2019 | N/A | |
| Bakugo fights close and fast to give Midoriya less time to strategize, but Midoriya manages to keep up by increasing One For All to eight percent. During the brawl, Bakugo admits that he hates the thought of someone previously weak like Midoriya surpassing him and has been blaming himself for All Might's retirement. While the match is close, Bakugo ends up winning after pinning Midoriya to the ground. All Might shows up having witnessed the whole fight and informs Bakugo that he shouldn't be blaming himself for All Might's retirement and tells him about the history of One For All with Bakugo vowing to keep it a secret. He informs the two heroes that they each lack what the other has (Midoriya's conviction to save others and Bakugo's desire to win) and that finding the balance between the two will improve themselves as heroes. He then takes the two back to their dorms, where Aizawa suspends the two from classes for few days (Midoriya for three and Bakugo for four). Despite the outcome, All Might believes it was necessary to help the two become proper rivals in their quests toward becoming the ultimate heroes. | ||||||||
| 62 | 24 | "A Season for Encounters" Transliteration: "Deai no Kisetsu" (Japanese: 出会いの季節) | Tomo Ōkubo | Shinji Ishihira | September 22, 2018 | August 11, 2019 | 3.5% | |
| Twice observes the changes in society after All Might's retirement, noting how the combination of All Might's absence and public unease of Endeavor taking his place has caused a surge in villain activity. He also reflects how irresponsible use of his quirk caused him to be eternally uncertain if he is real or a copy of himself, and that the League of Villains is the only place that would accept a damaged person like him. He then witnesses a villain named Overhaul kill another group of villains. Meanwhile, U.A. holds its opening ceremony, where the Principal announces that the first year students will begin the Hero Work-Studies earlier than usual due to the rising villain threat. Midoriya returns to class after he serves his house arrest, where Aizawa introduces The Big Three, the top three students of U.A., who will be helping Class 1-A with their hero work studies. | ||||||||
| 63 | 25 | "Unrivaled" Transliteration: "Muteki" (Japanese: 無敵) | Kenji Nagasaki | Kenji Nagasaki | September 29, 2018 | August 18, 2019 | 5.1% | |
| At the League of Villains hideout, Twice brings a special visitor who express interest of joining with the League of Villains. Shigaraki resents the fact that Twice's special guest is too huge to team up successfully. Meanwhile, Midoriya and his classmates go on battle test with Mirio Togata to prepare for next step to be Real Pro Heroes. The battle begins when Class 1-A's close combat team tries to surround Mirio, but everyone is taken by surprise when Mirio's clothes suddenly fall off his body. Izuku tries to exploit the openings in his opponent's defense but his kicks go clean through Mirio's physical form. The other students launch an ambush and Mirio swiftly appears behind everyone. Mirio effortlessly knocks out every student of Class 1-A even Midoriya where Mirio uses his super move called Blinder Touch Eyeball Crush to defeat him. Afterwards, Mirio apologizes to the girls about being naked and asks the class if they have a better idea about work studies. The class thinks that his Quirk is strong. They reply that his Quirk is too strong and ask to learn the nature of it. Mirio revealed that his Quirk is called Permeation, it allows his physical form to go through anything if he activates it throughout the entire body. Before Aizawa instructs his class to thank The Big Three and depart, Class 1-A applauds Mirio's speech about his Quirk and they realize what the work study could do for their skills. Meanwhile, Bubble Girl reports to Sir Nighteye that Overhaul has made contact with the League of Villains. Twice brings Overhaul to an interview location with the other members of the league. | ||||||||
Home video release edit
Japanese edit
Toho released the third season of the anime on DVD and Blu-ray in eight volumes in Japan, with the first volume being released on July 18, 2018, and the final volume being released on February 13, 2019.[2]
| Volume | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39–42 | July 18, 2018 | [14] | |
| 2 | 43–45 | August 15, 2018 | [15] | |
| 3 | 46–48 | September 19, 2018 | [16] | |
| 4 | 49–51 | October 17, 2018 | [17] | |
| 5 | 52–54 | November 14, 2018 | [18] | |
| 6 | 55–57 | December 19, 2018 | [19] | |
| 7 | 58–60 | January 16, 2019 | [20] | |
| 8 | 61–63 | February 13, 2019 | [21] | |
English edit
Funimation released the series in North America in two volumes, with the first volume released on May 7, 2019,[3] and the second volume on September 3, 2019.[4] The first volume received a limited edition combo release,[3] along with a standard edition combo release,[22] and a standard edition DVD release.[23] Both volumes received a DVD/Blu-ray release on November 10, 2020.[24] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Manga Entertainment is distributing the series for Funimation, releasing the first part in a limited edition combo release, along with a standard edition DVD and Blu-ray, on May 13, 2019,[25] and the second part on September 9, 2019.[26] In Australia and New Zealand, Madman Entertainment is distributing the series for Funimation, scheduling the first part for release in standard and limited editions on August 7, 2019,[27][28] and the second part on November 6, 2019.[29]
| Volume | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Three Part One | 39–50 | May 7, 2019 | [3] | |
| Season Three Part Two | 51–63 | September 3, 2019 | [4] | |
| Season Three Complete | 39–63 | November 10, 2020 | [24] | |
| Volume | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Three Part One | 39–50 | May 13, 2019 | [25] | |
| Season Three Part Two | 51–63 | September 9, 2019 | [26] | |
| Volume | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 3 Part 1 | 39–50 | August 7, 2019 | [27][28] | |
| Season 3 Part 2 | 51–63 | November 6, 2019 | [29] | |
Notes edit
- ^ a b Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
- ^ Credited under the pen name "Setsumu Dōkawa" (堂川 セツム, Dōkawa Setsumu).
- ^ Unknown storyboard artist; believed to be a pen name of Rie Matsumoto.
- ^ Adult Swim moved My Hero Academia back a half-hour (to 11:30 p.m. EDT/PDT).[11]
- ^ Tomo Ōkubo was erroneously credited instead in the TV broadcast.[12]
- ^ Shinji Satō was erroneously credited instead in the TV broadcast.[12]
- ^ Adult Swim moved My Hero Academia to 3:30 a.m. EDT/PDT beginning on the night of July 6, 2019, which is July 7.[13]
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