All the 1-A students except Todoroki and Bakugo pass the provisional license exam. Yoarashi, who also failed, apologizes to Todoroki, who acknowledges that he was also working through some issues during the test. Mera implores the passers to use their authority wisely in a post-All Might age, and informs those who failed that they can be issued licenses following a three-month remedial class. The students head home.
All Might visits All For One in prison. All For One tells All Might that the reason he's grooming a successor is because All Might crippled him so badly that his dream of becoming an evil king has become finite, and taunts him with the increasing instability of the hero-focused society following his retirement. All Might firmly says that All For One's vision will not come to pass, and his spirits are raised by Midoriya reporting that he passed the exam.
Back at the dorms, Bakugo tells Midoriya to meet him outside. Later, Bakugo asks if Midoriya got his power from All Might, having deduced it from events since the sludge villain, and challenges him to a fight.
Tropes:
- Awesomeness by Analysis: Bakugo displays some Momo Yaoyoruzu-level analysis, logic and deduction that leads to his correct conclusion that Midoriya inherited All Might's power, based from the corrorelating events between the two, All for One's own power and what he did to Ragdoll that rendered her Quirkless and out of a job similar to All Might, showing that Quirk theft and transferral is completely possible, and he noticed that Midoriya had a completely different reaction to All Might's "now, it's your turn" public message compared to the mass public cheering him on thinking he was threatening villains and criminals, but realised that this was specifically meant for Midoriya to let him know that it's now his turn to carry the torch.
- Chekhov's Skill: Remember when the crazy girl Toga extracted some of Uraraka's blood when her group attacked the training camp? It turns out that this is part of her Transform Quirk, which allows her to shapeshift into anyone after ingesting their blood. The disguise is reduced to sludge when the effect wears off and it is implied she did the same with the real Camie, based on shedding that girl's appearance.
- Call-Back: Bakugo refers to several past events that lead him to conclude that Midoriya's Quirk is All Might's.
- For the Evulz: According to All For One, his motivation was simply to be evil.
- Meaningful Name: Tartarus, the Extranormal Prison for dangerous villains, named for the Greek equivalent of hell. All for One lampshades that it's well-named since even he would have some difficulty getting out.
- The Reveal: Toga had been impersonating Camie over the course of the exam, and leaves with a drop of Midoryia's blood for an unknown purpose.
- Title Drop: Bakugo demands for Midoriya to meet him outside, and quotes the title name; the latter's knowing shock and inner thoughts later confirm that he realized Bakugo figured out at least the foundational details of how his "superpower" Quirk related to All Might.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Todoroki and Yoarashi fail the exam due to infighting at a moment of crisis, while Bakugo fails because of his Hair-Trigger Temper. Luckily, they, as well as the other failed applicants of the rescue phase, are given a chance to try again after doing a remedial course. Justified as Japan needs more heroes now more than ever, due to the increasing rise in villain activity since All Might's retirement.
- Whatever Happened to the Mouse?: If Toga was impersonating Shegetsu High's Camie, then what happened to the real Camie? It's later explained that she was drugged and stashed elsewhere prior to the exam.
