Mad Dash and Knockdown is the twenty-fourth chapter of Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia.
Summary#
Class 1-A walks out to the First Year Stage of U.A.'s Sports Festival. The other first-years classes also walk out. The Chief Referee for the First Year Stage of U.A.'s Sports Festival, Midnight, asks for the player representative who is Katsuki Bakugo to come towards the stage. Katsuki goes to the stage and tells Midnight he will place first, causing the other classes to rebuke him.
Midnight announces the preliminaries (or the First Event) of the Sports Festival. She reveals the first event to be the Obstacle Race: a nearly 4 km race around the stadium.
The Obstacle Race starts and Izuku finds trouble in securing a place in the race. Shoto Todoroki makes his move by freezing the ground causing dozens of students to become stuck in ice and skids himself into first place. However, all of Class 1-A avoid Shoto's ice. Shoto comments that he expected some of them to avoid his ice, but more than he expected dodged it. Minoru tries to attack Shoto with his Quirk but is knocked away by a Robo Inferno. The first obstacle is revealed; lots of Villain Robots from the entrance exam block the way. However, Shoto instantly freezes many Villain Robots with his ice, defeating them. The Villain Robots come crashing down, blocking the way for the other students while Shoto himself forges ahead, having gained a huge lead over the others.
Izuku is confronted by some Villain Robots, deciding that now is the time to put his head to use, no longer shaking in fear unlike in the Entrance Exam.
Chapter Notes#
- Katsuki is announced as the first-year representative during the festival. Instead of leading the Athlete's Oath, he declares to everyone that he'll be winning first place.
- The Obstacle Race begins.
Characters In Order of Appearance#
Present Mic Tenya Ida Izuku Midoriya Mina Ashido Momo Yaoyorozu Mezo Shoji Ochaco Uraraka Eijiro Kirishima Katsuki Bakugo Rikido Sato Minoru Mineta Tsuyu Asui Hitoshi Shinso Midnight Nezu (Mentioned) Fumikage Tokoyami Mashirao Ojiro Hanta Sero Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu Kyoka Jiro Denki Kaminari Koji Koda Toru Hagakure All Might Shoto Todoroki Shota Aizawa Yuga Aoyama Endeavor (Mentioned)
Appearances#
Musutafu, Japan
U.A. High School
Sports Festival Stadium
Invisibility
Half-Cold Half-Hot
Explosion
Creation
Navel Laser
Dark Shadow
Acid
Tail
Brainwashing
Pop Off
Explosive Speed
Capturing Weapon
Villain Bots
U.A. Sports Festival/First Year Stage (Continued)
Obstacle Race (Started)