Koichi Haimawari/Synopsis

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History[]

When he was a baby, Koichi Haimawari often used his Slide and Glide Quirk to float around before he could even walk. As he would tend to levitate out of his crib, and even towards roads into traffic, his worried mother Shoko would use her Fly Swatter Quirk on him whenever he did so, possibly conditioning him into not using it and causing him to forget that he even had the ability.^[1]

As a child, just like most of the other kids, he loved playing hero games, so he and his friends in the neighborhood would always spend the day caught up playing around on the playground. However, Koichi was never someone good at reading the room, so even after everyone else had started to go home for the day, he was always the last kid left on the playground.^[2]

Later on in life, Koichi started impersonating All Might while interfering in fights, putting himself in danger to help people.^[3] Koichi was determined to be a hero, but the morning of the high school entrance exam, he stopped to save a drowning child. He gave the child his silver age All Might hoodie to keep warm, and then rushed off to the exam, for which he was too late.^[4]

Having lost his chance to become a hero, Koichi went to an average high school, where he still continued to have fantasies about his hero dream, with his friends always telling him how they moved on from said dream, knowing the only way to become a hero was going to a hero school.^[5] It is because of this that Koichi realized he had to start thinking of living a regular life, and decided to study Hero Sociology at college. When he moved to Naruhata, he rented out a penthouse on top of an old building for a cheap price. At the time, Koichi thought it was a good penthouse to live in as it would easily kick start his campus life. One night, he wanted to invite some friends to his home, but due to a misunderstanding, he was seen as a perverted and dangerous student, causing many of his colleagues to avoid him. As a result, Koichi's campus life debut was a failure.^[6]

To earn money for rent, he started working as a clerk at a convenience store. It is also when he begins to "work" as a vigilante, doing good deeds for the public, which earned him the appreciation of the citizens, who start to refer to him as "Nice Guy" or "Gentlemen" in response.^[7]

During one of his patrols, Koichi helped an unknown pedestrian who had had a fight with another person. Koichi could barely see the face of the man, who left the place without saying anything to him. While not knowing it, Koichi had just helped the person who would one day be his master Knuckleduster, who would be forever grateful for his kindness and good heart.^[8]

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes[]

Vigilantes Beginnings Arc[]

One day, while on his way to his workplace, Koichi stumbles into a group of thugs and knocks into Soga Kugisaki, which spills the juice he just bought. The thug orders Koichi to apologize by getting down and groveling, to which Koichi obeys, but Soga wants to humiliate him, so he escapes, being chased by Soga and his friends Moyuru Tochi and Rapt Tokage, until they lose his track.

Later, Koichi sees another group praising a freelance idol, Pop☆Step. A police vehicle is passing by, so Koichi warns Pop☆Step. As she ends her live performance, Koichi slides to his place of work. Customers arrive, however, they are Soga and his buddies Moyuru and Rapt. Soga takes Koichi outside and beats him up, threatens him with his Spike Quirk. After being forced to buy juice for Soga, Koichi is annoyed at being beaten up and changes into his "suit", an All Might-styled jacket and a mouth mask. Koichi decides to deliver justice on his own accord, which basically is doing public services such as returning dropped items, giving directions, recycling, etc. The citizens thank Koichi who feels overjoyed in helping people.

With his good deeds done for the day, Koichi begins walking home. He meets Pop☆Step again in an alley. She thanks him for warning her about the Police Force and followed him in order to properly thank him, but she makes fun of him for being weak and wearing an All Might hoodie, which causes both to start arguing. Pop begins to leave but bumps into Soga and his friends. The thugs recognize her as the online idol, begin mocking her and even thinking to sexually assault her.

Scared, at first Koichi thinks about leaving her to her fate, but seeing her scared face decides to help her without thinking. He does not have much success at first, and all he gets is to anger Soga even more. Soga decides to finish off Koichi with his Quirk for annoying him.

Suddenly, Knuckleduster appears, crashing down onto a trash heap. He defeats the thugs and checks their tongues to see if they're discolored, but cannot find anything. Then, Knuckleduster turns his attention to Koichi and praises him for his efforts.

Suddenly, Soga takes Pop☆Step hostage, threatening to claw her face off, but Koichi charges at the thug and knocks him down, allowing Pop☆Step to escape and Knuckleduster to punch Soga into the wall, which knocks him out. Impressed by Koichi's bravery, Knuckleduster decides to take him as his disciple to make him a hero, despite not having the license. However, Koichi finds Knuckleduster to be dangerous and turns down his offer.^[9]

Next morning, Koichi returns to his apartment, only to find Knuckleduster there. Knuckleduster does not mind if Koichi calls him "master", but Koichi has no intention of becoming his disciple. He explains that he is dedicated to hunt down dealers and users of Trigger, a drug that significantly boost the user's Quirk, but in return the users become more violent. Knuckleduster states that their mission is to confront any thugs and make them stick out their tongues because Trigger causes tongues to turn into a hideous black color. Knuckleduster explains that they will beat them, make them talk about the dealer who gave them the drug and cut off the circulation of Trigger. Koichi thinks that Knuckleduster is not being serious.

However, to Koichi's misfortune, Knuckleduster is dead serious, and his method of investigation consists of hit first and ask later. Pop☆Step arrives and decides to help them by searching on the internet for "sudden villain appearances" which will allow them to pinpoint the location of the Trigger Junkies. In that moment Knuckleduster spots Mario Kugutsu, a salesman who looks suspicious to him, and tries to interrogate him by force.

Pop☆Step and Koichi try to stop the old man to no avail, but at that moment Shota Aizawa appears and stop Knuckleduster under the suspicion of being a villain, which causes Knuckleduster and Eraser Head to start fighting, much to Koichi and Pop☆Step's shock. Koichi apologizes to the salesman and asks him to declare his and Pop☆Step's innocence to Shota but the salesman leaves in a hurry. Pop☆Step realizes that Mario appears in the pictures of villain disturbances. She and Koichi run after him because he is suspicious.

In their pursuit, Koichi and Pop meet Soga, Moyuru and Rapt, now transformed into Instant Villains thanks to the Trigger that Mario had given them previously, and attacked them. Soga and Moyuru chase Koichi, but are defeated by Shota and Knuckleduster who had stopped fighting. For her part, Pop continues pursuing Mario, being pursued by Rapt in turn. The salesman inject himself with Trigger, growing into a colossal giant with four arms.

The giant grabs Pop☆Step and Rapt with his hands, swinging them about. Hardly, Knuckleduster and Koichi manage to rescue Pop, and the colossal salesman starts shrinking and returns back to normal when Shota activated his Erasure on him, disabled Mario's Quirk. Shota wraps his cloth around the salesman. The police arrive and arrest the salesman and the three thugs.

In a back alley, Pop☆Step is relieved that Koichi is alright, but he thinks that he is not cut out to be a Hero. Knuckleduster appears and is pleased by Koichi's bravery. Knuckleduster knows that Koichi's spontaneous words and actions are actually his true feelings; that he still aspires to be a Hero. Knuckleduster encourages Koichi to chase after his aspiration to be a Hero. Thus, Koichi's life as a vigilante begin from a lonely back alley and he would eventually go on to reach for greater heights.^[10]

After having accepted Knuckleduster as his master, Koichi is trained by him, who gives him equipment and advices to better exploit his Quirk. Knuckleduster also told Koichi that he needed a new name, as "Nice Guy" would cause evildoers to make light of him, so he chooses "The Crawler" as his new vigilante name.

They also begin to conduct patrols together through the streets of Naruhata, confronting any villain they meet. Some are mere troublemakers, but others are Trigger users, known as Instant Villains. The first one is Akira Iwako, a villain with a Hardering like Quirk that Knuckleduster and Koichi manage to defeat by collaborating together, then leaving him tied to be arrested by the police. Their actions call the attention of Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi, who is in charge of the police investigation of everything related to the illegal traffic of Trigger and the Instant Villains.^[11]

The next threat is Teruo Unagisawa, a big fan of Pop☆Step who, in his desire to be closer to her, injects to himself a dose of Trigger transforming into an eel-like creature. Teruo chases Pop through the alleys of Naruhata, but Knuckleduster and Koichi set a trap and defeat him, then leave it to the police.^[12] All in all, they want to ask him about the Tigger he used, so they go looking for him after the police release him. However, a villain know as Kuin Hachisuka causes an Instant Villains outbreak after injecting Trigger to several innocent people with their Quirk, taking advantage of the resulting chaos to take Teruo with her to an unknown place.^[13]

It turns out that Kuin works for the Villain Factory, a mysterious criminal organization responsible for distributing Trigger, and therefore, for the incidents with the Instant Villains. For unknown reasons, the Villain Factory searches for people with particular characteristics and Quirks, and the drug is the key element to find these individuals. This is the reason why their agents are dedicated to distribute the drug free of charge between thugs and petty criminals. Fulfilling his mission, Kuin gives Trigger to a junkie, who begins to cause problems until he is defeated by the Naruhata Vigilantes.^[14]

One day, doing exercises with his Slide and Glide Quirk, Koichi meets Tensei Ida, better known as Turbo Hero: Ingenium. the two hit it off with Tensei offering advice on how to use his Quirk more effectively, and after seeing that Koichi has potential, he even giving him a card and a job offer at his hero office. Kouchi is more than ecstatic for it because he can fulfill his dream. However, he reveals he's a vigilante when he helps stop the Bat Villain. While Tensei is more than happy for the help and doesn't report him, he ends up asking for the card back since he can't endorse what is essentially a lawbreaker, much to Kouichi's dismay.^[15]

Stendhal Arc[]

Days later, The Crawler and Pop☆Step go out to perform vigilante without Knuckleduster. They are surprised to see meet Akira Iwako, who is attacking innocent civilians again in his Instant Villain form. Akira spots him and is angered at seeing Koichi again and calls him The Crawler. Koichi is pleased that he remembered his Hero name. He leads Akira to an abandoned parking lot where he can distract the villain long enough until help arrives

Koichi manages to evade Akira's attacks but notes that the villain is faster and stronger than before. As the fight progresses, Koichi is finding it harder to evade because the villain's punches have created holes in the pavement. Koichi's foot suddenly catches in one of the holes and Akira moves in to attack. Fortunately for him, he is saved by a masked person, who attacks Akira with his weapons, forcing him to escape.

Koichi thanks the masked figure for saving him and asks him his name. Before leaving, the masked figure reveals to Koichi that he is called Stendhal and is a fellow vigilante. Stendhal leaps over several buildings with ease and disappears from sight. This meeting made a great impression on Koichi, who star gushing over Stendhal.

Later, he and Kazuho go to see Ichimoku Zamasu at his family's restaurant, as he wanted to introduce them to a person who could help them in their vigilante activities. To their surprise, this person is none other than Soga Kugisaki. Soga is disheartened by their reactions and questions why they think poorly of him, to which Kazuho replies that he tried to rape and murder them. Soga is annoyed and sees that there is no point in talking with them, although Koichi wonders what Soga wants to talk about.^[16]

The next night, while Koichi is on patrol, he meets Stendhal fighting another instant villain, who turns out to be Soga, and this is when he knows the true nature and personality of the masked vigilante he admired. To his shock, Stendhal draws his sword and cuts Soga. At that moment, Koichi realizes that Stendhal truly intends on killing Soga. Unknown to Koichi, Stendhal had allied with Kuin Hachisuka and was engaged in hunting and kill former Trigger users.

Stendhal charges against Soga, but Koichi uses his Quirk to tripping him. Then, he manages to pick up the transformed Soga. Stendhal throws a knife into Koichi's leg, causing him to fall down. Stendhal approaches The Crawler and warns him not to get in his way as there is no value in saving Soga¡s life. However, Koichi manages to activate his Quirk and slides away from Stendhal. The murderous vigilante strokes his finger on Koichi's blood and licks it, activating his Quirk, Bloodcurdle, paralyzing Koichi.

Stendhal praises Koichi's innate act of goodness but since he helps Soga, he sides with a villain, so he must be executed by his hand.^[17] Fortunately, Knuckleduster arrives just in time to save Koichi Haimawari and Soga Kugisaki by defeating Stendhal in a straight fight. Knuckleduster gives Koichi some advice about resolution, mentioning what was heard by Stendhal, who flees the place after thanking Knuckleduster for his teachings. Kazuho Haneyama arrives with a first aid kit and begins applying it to Koichi, Knuckleduster and Soga.^[18]

Vs. Queen Bee Arc[]

After the run-in with Stendhal, Koichi Haimawari resumes his life at college. However, he is struggling with his Heroics Sociology course. Makoto Tsukauchi, a female college student, approaches him despite having a negative reputation in the university after a misunderstanding, and decided to help him with his studies. This help is accompanied with the ulterior motive to use him as help for her thesis about Vigilantism. She asks him to do a field survey investigating the rumored "Naruhata Vigilantes". Despite being surprised and nervous about her request, since he is one of them, Koichi agrees to help her.^[19]

After being helped with his studies, the next day Koichi accompanies Makoto, who reveals that the purpose of her investigation is to find out how well the "Naruhata Vigilantes" are accepted by the populace. Koichi and Makoto spend the morning asking the locals about their opinions towards the vigilantes, and later Makoto compiles all the information on her laptop. Suddenly, it is stolen from her by a thief but Koichi is able to retrieve it.

Makoto thanks him for his help and gives him a handshake while also asking him one final question. As they shake hands, Makoto activates her Polygraph Quirk, and asks Koichi if he is "The Hauler"; the name by which his vigilante persona is known by the population. However, since Koichi sees himself as "The Crawler", he replies he is not "The Hauler", and passes her Quirk's test since he's telling the truth. Makoto apologizes for her question and returns to her house to continue working on his thesis.^[20]

Days later, Koichi is chasing a thief on a motorbike. The villain uses his Longleg Quirk to kick Koichi, who is about to hit a truck but is suddenly rescued by Christopher Skyline, a.k.a. Captain Celebrity, who also apprehends the thief. The new hero suggests Koichi to leave the dangerous jobs to the pros. Koichi starts to think badly about Captain Celebrity, considering him an arrogant, egotistic person and more interested in gaining fame and popularity than doing well his work as a hero.^[21]

This opinion does not improve when he discovers that Makoto - for whom Koichi has a little crush - is part of Christopher Skyline's cheerleading group, and due to his womanizer attitude, he invited her to a date to flirt with her. However, all attempts to seduce her abandoned Captain Celebrity when Makoto told him that she became friends with his ex-wife Pamela, and she is in contact with her. From that moment, Makoto went from one of the Captain Celebrity cheerleaders to her boss.^[22]

One day, he gets a call from his dad who tell him the terrible news that his mother Shoko is coming to Tokyo for a visit and that she's already on train. This has Koichi try to clean up his room as quickly as possible, saying to Kazuho that his mother is very strict with him. He remembers his updates to her, including one that states he has a girlfriend.

In fear for being scolded for lying, he asks Makoto to pose as his girlfriend. However, when Shoko arrives and meets Makoto for the first time, she realizes at once that everything is a farce and scolds Koichi. Despite this, Makoto and Koichi's mother quickly become friends, and Shoko decides to stay longer to go sightseeing in Tokyo with Koichi and Makoto. She also meets Kazuho and Knuckleduster, posing as mister Kuroiwa.^[23]

Koichi spends the next morning with Makoto and his mother touring Tokyo, but when they get on the bus that will take them back, Kuin decides to cause another havoc by injecting Trigger to a cat with Quirk. The cat hops on to the bus and morph into a cat bus with his Monster Cat Quirk. The vehicle goes out of control. Everyone in the bus is panicking until Ingenium comes to the rescue as he enters the bus. The driver informs him he cannot stop the bus, which can cause an accident if it crash.

Thanks to Knuckleduster manage to swerve the cat bus in a different direction. It is on an express lane, heading to a destroyed overpass and giving a five minute time-limit to the heroes. Team Idaten rescue almost all the passengers. However, Kuin gives the cat an extra dose of Trigger, causing it to move away with Makoto still on board.^[24]

Koichi, disguise as The Crawler, and Tensei collaborate together to save Makoto before the bus falls through the edge. Koichi enters the bus and rescues Makoto, as it begins to free fall from the expressway. Ingenium uses his ultimate move, Rocket Charge, to tells Koichi to jump off the bus as he tries to catch him, but fails. Koichi makes up with his force of will, allowing him to jump in midair. Ingenium has a hold of Makoto as both Quirk users were able to land on the other side of the expressway, safe and sound.

Back to Koichi's penthouse, Shoko states she has enough trust with the people she met and is heading home. Her son tells her to take her time, but she slaps him for saying something he doesn't mean, and entrusts Mr. Kuroiwa to smack him if he steps out of line. She also tells Makoto to join the family, in which she states she'll give thoughtful consideration.

Sometime later, Kazuho starts to measure how high Koichi can float, in which he's able to do 30cm. Kazuho informs him with practice, he could possibly do 50, in which he could float over curbs. Koichi states he used the power before as a double-jump; and despite Kazuho thinking it was all in his imagination, Koichi states he did it.^[25]

After the incident with the cat, the situation calms down for a while. Having discovered his secret identity as The Crawler and knowing that Makoto has a sharp intuition. Koichi decides to tell her the truth about him and the Naruhata Vigilantes. Makoto promises to keep the secret. Later, Koichi asks her to help Kazuho, who had been invited to participate in an event at the Marukane Department Store, and she is very nervous and hesitant about participating or not.^[26]

Makoto not only helps Kazuho, but thanks to Makoto's business skills and contacts, She gets sponsors for Narufest, making the event even more important and prestigious.^[27] Kazuho ends up being part of FeatherHATS, a musical group composed by her; an underground idol duo know as Feathers, the band Mad Hatters and the East Naruhata High Dance Squad.

The night of the premiere, in the greenroom, Kazuho Haneyama begins to feel nervous about going out on stage. However, a villain causes a blackout and everyone is worried that the show is called off,^[28] and Pop☆Step notices that Koichi Haimawari has gone off somewhere. Koichi emerges from the crowd as The Crawler. He gives Pop her microphone. Pop agrees with the plan for her to go on stage and keep the audience calm. When the power is restored, Pop☆Step tells the crowd that the show start, and ends up being a huge success.^[29][30][31]

During the days after the festival, Knuckleduster is increasingly absent. Unknown by Koichi and Kazuho, the same night of the music event, Knuckleduster fought and defeated Kuin Hachisuka, rescuing his daughter Tamao Oguro, who was under her control. He took her to a hospital and was taking care of her for days. However, those responsible for what happened to his daughter are still free, so for Knuckleduster his mission is not over yet.

After leaving his daughter to the care of trusted people, he leaves without saying anything to anyone, although he leaves his characteristic Brass Knuckles and his mask at Koichi's penthouse.^[32][33]

Osaka Incident Arc[]

With the unexpected departure of Knuckleduster, Koichi continues with his work as vigilante solo, coinciding with the appearance of a new type of villains, more powerful and dangerous than Instant Villains: the Next-Level Villains. The first one is Kirihito Kamachi, a giant mantis-like villain who rampages down the streets of Naruhata. The Crawler appears, prepared to fight the evil-doer, but he is overpower and he tries to run away. Fortunately for him, Kazuho had warned Captain Celebrity, who easily defeats Kirihito.^[34]

Next up is Bat Villain, the criminal who Koichi had helped Tensei to arrest, but who is now completely changed. Bat Villain was released by a suspicious individual during the filming of a commercial with Tensei Ida and Captain Celebrity. The Bat Villain sets his sights on getting revenge on the vigilantes next and flies off in search of them, being pursued by Tensei and the Captain. Bat Villain manages to locate Koichi and captures him. However, kidnapping Koichi slows him down, and gives Captain Celebrity the chance to finally catch up to him and knocks him out while also saving Koichi from falling to the ground.^[35]

Time after Bat Villain attack, Koichi and Kazuho prepare to leave for Osaka to attend a regional idol collaboration show in the SS Mall in Super Minami. Koichi loses the train while buying bentos, but jumps to the wagon and stays stuck thanks to his Quirk. He discovered this new application of his powers, being able to stick on surfaces by using the repelling forces from his hands to make like suction cups. Koichi calls this new move Wall Cling.

Once in Osaka, they meet Fat Gum, who kindly gives them directions to the SS Mall and bids them farewell. Kazuho and Koichi find the green room for the Mascot Idol Carnival inside the mall where they meet and befriend Monika Kaniyashiki, an idol whose stage name is the Heike Crab who works for the Kanidoge chain.^[36] Monika participates in the event riding a crab-shaped Mech.

Monika apologizes to her manager because she needs to go to the restroom, but because she takes time to return, the manager gives his position to Kazuho and briefly teaches him how to control the Mech. However Monika did not go to the bathroom, but to the SS Mall loading dock. It turns out that she is not a Kanidoge's employee but a covert police who works with Naomasa and Fat Gum in the operation to dismantle the traffic of a batch of Trigger. They have suspicions that the Villain Factory used the products of Kanidoge to introduce and distribute the drug through Japan.^[37]

Their suspicions turn out to be true, and Monika discovers the villain responsible for it (Number 6, the same person who released Bat Villain days ago). Fat Gum and the police enter the loading dock and order everyone to stop what they're doing. After being exposed, the Scarred Man activates a code that activates the Kanidoge's mechs to start rampage the place.^[38] Fat Gum neutralize the mechs, but when they are defeated, the mechs explode, destroying all the evidences in the process.

The villain takes advantage of this to escape using his Overclock Quirk. To her horror, Monika remembers that there is still a Kanidoge's mech totally out of control and causing problems: the one she used. Fat Gum and Monika decide to handle the uncontrolled machine, while Police Force goes after the speedster villain. As she feared, her mech is wreaking havoc, and Kazuho is trapped in the rampage mech, unable to free herself or stop the machine. Koichi tries to help her but falls into one of the souvenir stand. Fat Gum and Kaniko chase the mech to stop it before it explodes, but it is too fast for them.

Suddenly, Koichi advances them using his Slide and Glide Quirk, and jump on the mecha, staying attached to it by using his Wall Cling. However, he does not know how to stop the mech.^[39] With the help of Monika and Fat Gum, he manages to rescue Kazuho. Being neutralized, the Mech sets out to explode, so Fat Gum uses his Quirk to absorb the explosion, saving everyone.

Despite this happy result, the speedster villain manages to escape after leaving the police badly wounded. Monika asks Koichi and Kazuho to hang on a bit, however they know if they wait they will lose the train, and besides, they will have problems with their parents if they find out everything that happened, so they decide to leave the place and go to the train station before they can be interrogated by Naomasa.^[40]

Sky Egg Arc[]

Back in Naruhata, Koichi continues to conduct patrols as vigilante. One day he has problems with the Mazinger High Karate Club, who attack him with their Quirk Rocket Thrust. While protecting himself, Koichi rejects one of the attacks with his Quirk, which leaves him confused and seems to notice an new skill of his Quirk, before being knocked out. When he returns to his penthouse, he tells Kazuho that he manages to learn a new ability he can pull off with his Slide and Glide Quirk: the ability to shoot repulsion force blasts. He name this new power as Scrappy Thrust Style.^[41]

Koichi Haimawari tries to practice his Scrappy Thrust Style, but Kazuho scolds him by saying that he can not shoot projectiles without a license or qualifications, because will get into a good mess if he gets caught by a policeman or a hero. After recognizing that she is right, Koichi goes patrolling. He encounters Octoid, a Next-Level Villain with a Octopus (Squid) Quirk. At first, Koichi tries to stop him, but because the villain enormous strength, he tries to stay at a safe distance from him, but soon he is forced to escape. In his escape, he crosses paths with Shota, who at that moment is with the Ichiro and Jiro Hotta. Koichi and Shota recognize each other from the struggle that Shota had with Knuckleduster several months ago, but they do not have time to talk because because they must stop Octoid.^[42]

The four try to defeat the Next-Level villain, but it turns out to be an enemy too powerful to deal, even after joining forces. For this reason they decide to lead him to a place where there is hardly anyone: the Hotta Brothers warehouse, where only Kirihito Kamachi is. The four put their plan into action and everyone goes to the place while Koichi keeps shooting Octoid to make him chase them.^[43] Once there, and not without difficulties, the five finally capture Octoid. However, the villain manages to free himself and escapes through the alleys of Naruhata. Koichi and the rest leave in pursuit, only to find Octoid lying on the ground and with serious injuries for unknown reasons, although Koichi could see another person before disappeared on their arrival.^[44]

Days later, Koichi is invited by members of the Mad Hatters to participate in a mixer with some girls. The girls introduce themselves as Rin Yaritezawa, Hina, Kaori and Kazuha. It turns out that the last two are actually Midnight and Kazuho in disguise. Midnight is on a mission to root out groups who are distributing Trigger at mixers, with the main suspect being Rin Yaritezawa. Midnight makes Kazuho help her when she caught her following Koichi. Rin starts becoming resentful of being on a mixer with guys she doesn't think highly of. However, after Koichi showed understanding and kindness towards her after accidentally vomiting the alcohol she drank, she begins to develop a little crush for him.^[45]

This unleashes Hina's jealousy, who decides to take revenge on Koichi, mixing in his drink a few drops of a new variant of Trigger, that only needs to be ingested to work. However, due to a number of circumstances, the drinks that she offers to Koichi end up being drinks for other customers of the bar, resulting in them starting to lose control over their Quirks. Midnight uses her Somnambulist Quirk to put everyone to sleep, and arresting Hina in the process, who turns out to be responsible for the previous incidents at mixers, by drugging guys to keep them from talking to Rin.^[46]

During the following days, Koichi continues with his work as vigilante, protecting the streets of Naruhata the best he can from the Instant Villains. Unbeknownst to him, he is observed by Knuckleduster who has returned after a long absence, although he has not yet contacted him. The veteran vigilante sees with pride how his pupil unfolds by himself.^[47][48]

At the end of December, Koichi celebrates Christmas at Marukane Department Store along with Kazuho, Makoto, the members and staff of FeatherHATS and Captain Celebrity, who has received the news that he can return to the United States. Also his wife Pamela is pregnant. After the party, a creature known as Bomber hijacks the taxi in which the Little Sisters inside. Captain Celebrity manages to rescue her just when the creature self-destructs in an explosion. Using his aerodynamic barrier, Captain Celebrity manages to protect the girls, leaving unharmed of the explosion, although when doing it he lowers his own protection, suffering several wounds, although nothing really serious.

That attack had been organized by Number 6, who observes everything and deduces the weak point of Captain Celebrity's Quirk. He leaves to prepare a new attack to end Christopher's life, using more Bombers.^[49]

After this, the popularity of Captain Celebrity increases, and on the occasion of his return to the United States, Makoto decides to organize a farewell party at the Tokyo Sky Egg. During the following weeks until the indicated date, the entire team of FeatherHATS trains intensely for the event, which will also involve several of the most important heroes of Japan. Koichi continues with his routine as vigilante, and with the help of Kazuho, indirectly delivers to detective Naomasa a USB with information and data obtained by them, much of it confidential and even unknown by the police. This USB turns out to be of great help for the police in its investigation on the Villain Factory.^[50]

Finally the day of the event arrives and many people attend the Tokyo Sky Egg. In another area of the city, a police force led by Naomasa and together with the heroes Eraser Head and Fat Gum, raid the Onomura Pharma Corp. Thanks to different sources of information Naomasa could deduce that this is where the Villain Factory carried out its illegal experiments. However, the Scarred Man is there and explode the secret laboratory after fleeing, heading the five Bombers that survived to the Tokyo Sky Egg.^[51]

The event is turning out to be a success, but due to a misunderstanding between Christopher and his wife, he is forced to leave the stage and goes to the Observation Deck to apologize to Pamela and try to fix his mistake. Later, Makoto sends Koichi to look for Captain Celebrity, because soon he must back on stage. Koichi found him still in the Observation Deck, talking to his wife. In that moment, one of the bombers sticks to the crystals of the observatory and explodes. The decompression causes Koichi to fall outside, although thanks to his Quirk he manages to hold on to the tower and not continue to the ground.

After making sure Koichi is ok, Captain Celebrity flies to face the creatures. Another Bomber self-detonate to distract him and allow a particularly large Bomber to severely damage the Tokyo Sky Egg tower with its self-destructing. To prevent the tower from falling, Captain Celebrity uses his enormous strength to hold the building, but this leaves him helpless to a six-armed Bomber which merciless attack him with explosive punches. Koichi looks impotently at the punishment that Captain Celebrity receives, when in that moment, an exclusive TKE All Might Hoodie fall on him.^[52] Meanwhile, the remaining Bomber generates an EMP blast, causing a blackout in the building and cutting the cell signals, preventing that preventing someone from calling the authorities for help.

Captain Celebrity holds the damaged structure while resisting the Bomber's explosive punching. Although he tries to look tough, it is evident that the punches begin to affect him. When the Bomber prepares to attack him again, a projectile causes one of the Bomber's fists to explode. At that moment, Koichi appears upside down, using his Quirk to attach his feet to the bottom of the dome.

Christopher tells Koichi to leave, but he decides to stay to protect him, since his projectiles can destroy the Bomber's fists before the bomber has a chance to hit Captain Celebrity again. To achieve this, Koichi decides to unleash a new Ultimate Move, The Crawler's Shooty-Go-Blam-Blam-Blam-Blam-Blam, firing a continuous burst of repulsion force blasts, hitting the Bomber and blowing up his fists.

Captain Celebrity realizes that those attacks can help them buy time, but they are not powerful enough to bring the Bomber down. Koichi is unconcerned, since his plan is keep the bomber away as long as possible until a proper hero can reach them and defeat the villain.^[53] For several minutes, Koichi manages to protect Captain Celebrity from the Next-Level Villain, but the creature concentrates a greater explosive capacity in his fists. When Koichi destroys one, the blowback is strong enough to unbalance him for a few seconds, enough time for the Bomber to approach Captain Celebrity with had another attack ready. Koichi can not destroy the explosive punch in time, and the creature gets to hit Captain Celebrity with a powerful explosive fist. To everyone's surprise, the explosion does not occur.

In the distance, Shota approaching to their position in a police helicopter. Despite the distance, Shota manages to use his Erasure to nullify the explosive Quirk of the Bomber. Then, several heroes get out of the Dome and face the bombers.^[54] Mirko, Ryukyu and Snipe defeat the Bomber responsible for the EMP, while Edgeshot severely injures the six-armed one and Best Jeanist captures it with his fibers. Then, he is informed of the arrival of a truck transporting enormous carbon fiber cables and uses his his Fiber Master Quirk to manipulate the cables and preventing the Tokyo Sky Egg dome from falling.

Seeing all, Koichi is encouraged because it seems that everything is solved. An exhausted Captain Celebrity asks him for a favor: Get a message to his wife and son. Edgeshot comes to them and asks them how they are. Koichi replies that they are fine, and asks the Captain why he does not deliver the message himself in person. When turning around, Koichi checks that Captain Celebrity is gone. Injured and without energy, Christopher can no longer fly and started falling. Koichi unconsciously jumps to save him but now the two are falling. Captain Celebrity grabs Koichi and makes a last effort to activate his barrier to protect Koichi from the fall.

But the problems do not end there. The Scarred Man is unable to bear the idea that his plan failed, so he causes the six-armed Bomber to self-destruct, generating an explosion powerful enough to make the Tokyo Sky Egg begin to collapse, with thousands of innocent people inside the building.^[55]

Fortunately, minutes early, detective Naomasa phoned All Might. Upon hearing the explosion and Naomasa's request for help, the number one hero immediately leaves the Might Tower, and in mere seconds he arrives on the scene, takes down the crumbling tower in a flash and sets the dome down safely, saving everyone. Also, he realizes that both Koichi and Captain Celebrity are still falling, so he saves them immediately. He congratulates Captain Celebrity for what he has done and signs Koichi's hoodie.^[56]

On top of a building, the Scarred Man feels increasingly furious to see how his act of revenge had been totally ruined by All Might's intervention. But he does not give up. Using his device again makes the busted Bombers' part regenerate, combine, grow and release a swarm of mini bombers to attack everyone in his last attempt to kill as much people as possible, but all creatures are destroyed by All Might with his Nebraska Smash. Everyone praises and cheering All Might for saving thousands of lives. Meanwhile, the Scarred Man cannot believe what he just saw.^[57]

While everyone tries to recover after the incident, Koichi believes he hears an explosion in the distance (caused by the fight between Knuckleduster and Number 6), and he tells the heroes about it. At that moment, Kaniko appears, worried because the skinny guy who used to be with them (All Might in his Toshinori Yagi appearance) does not appear anywhere, and Fat Gum wonders if he got blown away by All Might's megapunch. Koichi, Fat Gum and Kaniko search for Toshinori among the debris, while Toshinori discretely approaches Naomasa and asks him to get something for him to wear.^[58]

During the following weeks, Koichi and his colleagues spend visiting and caring for Captain Celebrity in the hospital while he recovers from his injuries. Captain Celebrity apologizes to Koichi because he somehow stole his portion of the limelight, but Koichi doesn't care, because on the one hand he got his hoodie signed by All Might himself. And on the other, because he is a vigilante, he would have problems with the police if they found out his participation in the fight.

Makoto tells him that the police are aware of it, but his brother Naomasa has decided to overlook his activities as a vigilante this time, in gratitude for the help provided during the attack. Shortly afterwards, Pamela, Captain Celebrity's wife, arrives at the room, who thanks Koichi for saving her husband's life.

Two weeks later, at the international airport, the Marukane members meet to say goodbye to Captain Celebrity and his family, who are preparing to return to the United States. To everyone's surprise, Makoto reveals that shee also goes to the United States, because she is going to study abroad at the Marvelous Central University in New York, in addition to continuing to be her manager. After this, she says goodbye to everyone before board the plane.

Koichi returns along with Kazuho to his penthouse. Once there, they start talking about Makoto. He talks about Makoto's departure and how well she handled the press, but Kazuho thinks she could have given Koichi more credit. Koichi thinks that some credit would be fine, so tells Kazuho that if she wants she can praise him, but a flustered Kazuho replies that he can't ask for it like that.^[59]

School Days Arc[]

While patrolling the streets, Koichi stops to help a little girl that spotted a cat near the station, but suddenly a wolf villain appears out of nowhere simply to torment the animal, so they decides to run away with the cat, being chased by the villain, until in their flight they end up running into Eraser Head, who quickly defeats and captures the villain. After explaining what happened, the girl asks them to take good care of the kitten and leaves.

Just then, it started to rain, and both Koichi and Shota shelter under an awning. Shota asks the young vigilante what he gonna do with the cat, and he replies that probably he will take it home. Upon hearing his answer, Eraser Head lists a long string of cares that a cat requires, and he advises him that if he doesn't feel prepared to take care of it, he should put it back to the place where he found it.

Faced with this attitude, Koichi asks if he got something against cats, because he has avoiding looking at it. Shota simply replies that he doesn't be swayed by his emotions. If he's not prepared for responsibility, he shouldn't get involved with something in first place.^[60] They both wait there until the rain stops. Shota leaves to go to Recycle Shop: Hoppers, telling Koichi to do the right thing with the cat. Without many options, Koichi decides to go with him in case there is luck that a customer of the store wants to keep the kitten.

Once there, Koichi is surprised to meet Octoid, who introduces himself as Ikajiro Takobe and apologizes for all the problems he caused when he was a Next-Level Villains. Koichi asks what's going on and Ichiro reveals that they will use the villain damage insurance payment for the destruction of their warehouse and the welfare subsidy that Takobe and Kirihito get for oversized housing to stat a cafe-shop, with Takobe as the cook.

Seeing the kitten that Koichi brings with him, Takobe decides to adopt him and suggest the idea of making their establishment a cat cafe, initiating a conversation among those present about how cafe should be.

Finally, Koichi is glad that the staff of the future cafe decide to keep the kitten. He is also happy for the future of the establishment, but Shota, who was very thoughtful that day, leaves the place, saying goodbye to everyone and telling them not to consider him in their plans since he will leave the town soon, wishing them luck in their projects and goals.^[61]

Final Performance Arc[]

A little over three years have passed since Koichi began his vigilante activities on the streets of Naruhata. In that time he has continued to patrol the streets and deal with thugs and minor villains, becoming a some kind of local hero despite being a vigilante. This has also allowed him to improve his combat skills and Quirk's mastery.

During one of his patrols, Koichi helps two girls against some thugs who were harassing them. During the confrontation he makes use of the fighting style he had developed d to use his Slide and Glide Quirk more efficiently in combat: the Slap Style. Koichi manages to dominate most of the fight, dodging blows and counterattacking with air blast, although in the end he is helped by Kirihito and Ikajiro, who take the thugs to be the new dishwashers of Hopper's Cafe. After the fight, Kazuho warns Koichi that he will be late for his job interview.

In the interview to an on-site cleaning job, the interviewers warn Koichi that it will be hard and dirty work, but Koichi doesn't give it any importance. When one of the interviewers asks him about the most valuable thing he gained during his student years, he replies that the experience and the friends that came with it.

Later, in his penthouse, Koichi talks to Kazuho while fixing one of his hoodie. Koichi believes that the interview went well and he is sure that he will be hired. Kazuho asks if he doesn't have big dreams for the future by picking a job that way. Koichi replies he already fulfilled his dreams. For the past few years, he has been helping people as a hero, but he has plans to stop being a vigilante once he gets a job. His words surprises Kazuho. Koichi decides to go on patrol to test out his new Hoodie and asks Kazuho to patrol next to him.^[62]

Several days later, to Koichi's surprise, Makoto has returned from the United States and decided to visit him at his penthouse, preparing curry for dinner. Later Kazuho arrives, who is also surprised to see Makoto there. The former manager explains that she is in Japan momentarily to prepare her actual homecoming. The three have dinner together, and after a small incident between Koichi and the spicy curry, Makoto asks them about how things are going in Marukane.

Kazuho knows that things are not going well and tries to tell her, but Koichi does it first, saying it is rollin' along just fine. Kazuho decides to play along, and then she decides to leave with the excuse that she is busy. Kazuho at that time is not having a good time either professionally or personally. The leadership of Marukane had decided to cancel the Narufest and dissolve the FeatherHATS since they did not bring them benefit, and on the other hand, she had not yet mustered the courage to confess her feelings to Koichi, and when she was preparing to do it that day, Makoto appeared.

Kazuho barely steps away from the penthouse when she regrets not telling Makoto the truth. She turns around to do it but she sees Koichi and Makoto hugging each other through the window, leaving her very worried.^[63] It turns out that Koichi had tripped and Makoto prevented him from falling. Koichi separates from her and apologizes, but Makoto replies that she would welcome him with open arms at any moment.

While they are spied on by Kazuho, ​​Makoto decides to confess her feelings to Koichi and that she would like to start a family with him. Koichi is caught off guard by Makoto's confession and doesn't know what to answer.

Makoto tells him to take his time to find the answer, because she also takes into account Kazuho's feelings. Makoto is sure that Kazuho is in love with Koichi too. Instead of putting pressure on Koichi to choose between her and Kazuho, she gives Koichi time to figure out how he and Kazuho feel about it before he make his decision.

After committing to ask Kazuho indirectly about the matter, Koichi says goodbye to Makoto, jumping for joy at what just happened. Makoto is also happy for all that, but Kazuho, who had eavesdropped on the whole conversation, is confused and nervous. The next morning, Kazuho returns to the penthouse, but every time Koichi tries to talk to her, Kazuho responds aggressively with evasiveness.^[64]

The days passed and Koichi continued to attend job interviews. One night, while he is dressing and trying to tie a new tie for his next interview, Kazuho returns to his penthouse, calmer and more confident than the previous days times. Koichi is surprised to see her there so late, and she replies that she wants to talk to him. Koichi asks her to hang on a second while tying his tie. Koichi happily shows Kazuho that Makoto had given him the tie. After hearing him, Kazuho leaves immediately, without saying anything to Koichi. Confused, he goes after her to know what happens, but she had already left.^[65]

After this, Koichi continues to attend job interviews, until several days later, Kazuho's colleagues from the band FetherHATS call him to come to the Marukane Department Store. Koichi enters the office, pleased that the girls have invited him, but that attitude changes soon when he is informed of Kazuho is missing for days. The girls know she was involved with something else besides but they ignore what it is.

Yu ask him if he knows anything about it. He replies that Kazuho wanted to tell him something the other day but suddenly she stormed out for no reason. He did not give it importance because it is common in Kazuho's behaviour. Miu can't help calling him blockhead for it.

The group decides to organize to find Kazuho. Koichi joins the search, checking her usual hangouts and look for any clue, and spends all day trying to find Kazuho's whereabouts without success. During all that time he is looking for her, he thinks about his relationship, realizing that despite they have known each other for years, he actually knows very little about Kazuho: where she lives, her family, her tastes, etc... and what is he to her and what she is to him.

While on a rooftop, he receives a call from Miu who tells him that he must return immediately to Marukane because the police is there asking them questions about Kazuho. While he is preparing to return, five Bomb Bees suddenly appear and explode, seriously damaging the rooftop. Koichi loses his balance, but manages to stabilize in midair and reach a nearby rooftop unscathed, still surprised by those explosions out of nowhere and wondering what happened.

Koichi does not know that everything is a trap organized by villain Number 6.^[66] For months, he had been the manager of the FeatherHATS, having managed to befriend Kazuho, ​​taking advantage of her depression due to the bad streak of the band as well as her relationship with Koichi. Number 6 lured Kazuho into an abandoned building where he set her up and implanted the Queen Bee Quirk against her will, turning her into the villainous Bee☆Pop.^[67]

People begin to gather near where the sudden explosions took place, while Number 6 and Bee☆Pop observe everything from the top of a building. When they have already attracted a sufficient number of bystanders, Number 6 tells Bee☆Pop it's show time.

Koichi sees Kazuho releasing several Bomb Bee to rampage the city block. He doesn't know what's wrong with her, but he's unwilling to allow her to continue with her senseless destruction. After saving Yu from being crushed by a billboard brought down by Kazuho, he immediately rushes off towards her, using his Slide and Glide Quirk to jump in the air. He yells at Kazuho that he doesn't understand what's wrong with her and why she is doing all this, but as The Crawler he can't let her continue causing damage, outstretching his hand to stop her.

Bee☆Pop mocks Koichi and attacks him with several Bomb Bee, whose explosions make him lose his balance in mid-air. Koichi manages to locks eye with her as she sticks out her blacked tongue, indicating that she has Trigger on her body, and says to him "I hate you". Koichi is in shock and he begins to plummet to the ground, landing on a pile of garbage in a dark alleyway and losing consciousness. Pop considers that her "performance" is over and tells everyone present that the next one gonna be a surprise, as a gigantic explosion erupts and she vanishes.^[68]

Koichi wakes up a few days later in someone else's house and with his injuries treated, discovering that he had been rescued by Soga and taken to the house of his friends Moyuru and Rapt, who took care of him while he was unconscious. He suddenly remembers everything that happened with Kazuho the other day, and when the boys turn on the TV for him, he becomes immediately fixated about the reports about the called Naruhata Bombings. When the news reports that Kazuho has been declared a villain and that he is being wanted for his relationship with her, Koichi considers that he should go to the police to tell them about him, Kazuho and everything that's going on.

Soga says that's one option, to leave the police and heros to deal with the problem if he's cool with that. Koichi is confused by what he said and Soga gives him a letter from his master Knuckleduster.^[69] Koichi reads the letter carefully, where his master apologizes for his behavior and begins by saying that if he is reading the letter is because he is going through a very difficult situation. However, Knuckleduster encourages him to continue fighting because he's sure Koichi will do the right thing no matter the situation he's in.

Koichi finishes reading the letter, and asks Soga if he knows where Knuckleduster is. Soga states that he doesn't know, and that the last thing he asked him to do is to keep an eye on him and Kazuho. Soga tells Koichi to forget about Knuckleduster for now and focus on the immediate problem, Kazuho. Soga reveals that she is possessed by parasitic bees that control people. If he lets the heroes take care of Kazuho, chances are she will die and the parasitic bee will escape.

The other option is for them to extract the bee from its head themselves, although though this they would break many laws, with neither hero nor officer being capable of doing it. Faced with this dilemma, Soga asks Koichi if he will do it or not. Koichi replies that undoubtedly he will rescue Kazuho.^[70]

Made the decision, Soga Kugisaki leads Koichi, Moyuru and Rapt into a warehouse, where there are training equipment, weapons, large amounts of supplies, etc... Soga explains that Knuckleduster used that place as a secret base, and now they will use everything that is there to save Kazuho. The initial idea is to get to Kazuho before the heroes, have Koichi grab in mid-air and he mets back up with Soga, Moyuru and Rapt to extract the bee, and then Soga will be in charge in giving first aid and they'll all bring her to the hospital. For their strategy to work, they need to plan it well and Koichi needs to train his Quirk also.

The first thing they do is check the current capabilities of Koichi with his Quirk: Acceleration, speed, ability to climb walls, jumps in the air, etc... They also check how good Koichi is at shooting with the The Crawler's Shooty-Go-Blam. Koichi shows that he has a great aim, but Soga is not entirely convinced because the shots are very weak and asks him to shoot again but at his maximum potential. After recalling a conversation he had with Kazuho about containing the power of his air blasts, Koichi puts all his focus onto the power core of the move and shots once more. This time, the blast are not only more powerful but their range is also much greater, being even possible to kill a person with it.^[71]

Continuing with the shooting training, they discover that, although Koichi has great aim, he subconsciously makes himself miss people-shaped targets. This makes Soga have to rethink the strategy against Kazuho. Since Koichi is unable to use his full-power shots against people and the Shooty-Go-Blam has not enough range and speed, he must use his mobility and martial arts to back her into a corner.

During the following days, while Moyuru and Rapt are helping Koichi with his training, Soga is dedicated to carefully planning the entire mission and watching videos of Bee☆Pop's attack to analyze every aspect of her Quirk, etc... he comes with the conclusion that Kazuho looks like she is suffering. Koichi, who's listening on, resolves to have a talk with her, sure that Kazuho will listen to reason. Rapt and Moyuru doubt that his idea will work considering how their previous confrontation ended.

Koichi reminisces that on the previous occasions when Kazuho had been mad and he didn't know why, he just spent some time with her and then everything ended up somehow fixed, reason why he thinks that it could works with the current situation. Moyuru and Rapt are still skeptical. Soga orders the three of them to rest while he puts together a strategy by morning.^[72]

The next day, when Koichi comes out to cool off, he sees Naruhata being attacked, and immediately calls Soga and the others, and they prepare as soon as possible to head to the disaster area and put their plan into action to stop Bee☆Pop.^[73] Koichi and his allies arrive in town soon, but because of Pop's attacks, the roads have been closed so they got stuck in a gridlock traffic. Koichi decides to go ahead, while Soga, Rapt and Moyuru try to reach the place by another way.

While all this was happening, the heroes who were there on patrol evacuated the bystanders from the streets until they were empty, giving the signal for Endeavor and his team to act. Endeavor attacks Bee☆Pop with a gigantic tornado of fire, and would have incinerated her had it not been for Koichi's arrival on the scene, forcing Endeavor to cancel his attack. The number 2 hero angrily asks Naomasa why there is a twig of a hero who got in his way. The detective replies he is the Naruhata Vigilante, The Crawler. Enraged, Endeavor claims that a vigilante is nothing more than another villain, so he must be stopped.^[74]

Due to his previous attack, Endeavor suffers from overheating so he needs several minutes to cool down, so a signal is sent to the other heroes to go ahead and apprehend Bee☆Pop. Unknowingly, many of the Bomb Bees sneak near some of them and are about to explode, but Koichi slides right past the heroes, blasting the Bomb Bees to smithereens using his "Shooty-Go-Kablam" technique.

Recalling Soga's advice to only shoot down the bees, Koichi continues his attack but ends up running right into a swarm of Bomb Bees. Koichi avoids their assault and tosses a homemade smoke bomb filled with a pheromone that attracts bees to get rid of them. Koichi also encounters two Heroes that try to restrain him but instead allows them to follow his lead while preparing to initiate Soga's plan to save Pop.

Number 6, who was pretending to be a pro hero, realizes his plan, and using his Quirk he shoots various heroes who were chasing Koichi and Pop, and blame Koichi of their deaths. However his partner Compass Kid discovers that he is the real murderer, so he is forced to kill him. Then, he notes that everything is falling into place. Now that Koichi is drawing closer, the villain reveals it's about time for Bee☆Pop to perform her final and greatest performance for everyone to see.^[75]

As Koichi approaches the controlled Kazuho, he remembers a conversation from Soga in which he told him that she controls the bees through her sings. Thanks to this, when Bee☆Pop starts singing causing the bees to attack him, Koichi dodges her precise explosions and fights back. Kazuho song reflects her own despair and sadness, and she wants everyone to know, especially Koichi. Thinking that she had already achieved what she wanted, Bee☆Pop finishes her song and the bees begin forming a circle around her. She is planing to blow herself up, ending her life. She wishes her death being so shocking that it will impossible for Koichi to forget.

Koichi desperately tries to stop her, but several bees explode and he is knocked down, but while he falls, he pulls out his master's grappling hook that Soga gave him and uses it to propel himself towards Bee☆Pop one more time, using a double jump on top of that. Yelling out her name, he surprisingly makes his way to Pop. When she notices him, Kazuho's real mind manages to free itself from the control that the Queen Bee has over her and tries to reach Koichi's hand as she says his name. When they seem like they are about to pull it off, Kazuho gets shot.^[76]

In horror, Koichi watches Kazuho start falling to the ground. He immediately dives to save her and lands with little trouble in an alley. Once on the ground, Koichi checks that Kazuho is still alive. Right after, Number 6 appears in front of him and greets him. Koichi ask him if he is a hero, and if he can let them through here because Kazuho requires medical attention because she was shot. Number 6 smiles at Koichi and says he was the shooter, calmly stating that he didn't shot her with a real bullet but a special syringe containing a drug that controls the bees. Koichi was wide-eyed at first but he calms down after hearing the hero's explanation

As Koichi tries to contact his allies, Number 6 begins to monologue, saying he is sure that Kazuho is an innocent person who has been manipulated by a villain in the shadows, although Koichi doesn't pay much attention to him as he was trying to make a call. He finally realizes that something is fishy about that hero, especially when he sees his hand transform. Number 6 declares that Koichi is the villain and he, as the hero O'Clock II, will beat Koichi into a pulp with his fist of justice.

O'Clock II asks Koichi if he nailed his monologue properly and that there are two reasons why he's droning on and on. The first reason is that every self-respecting hero needs a story behind them, and for this having an arch nemesis is essential. Increasingly suspicious, Koichi tells him that he does not have time for his monologue, to which Number 6 agrees, and clarifies that the second reason of his speech is that he is buying time for the drug that makes the Queen Bee and the hive eager to self-destruct to kick in.

Koichi watches in shock as Kazuho begins to convulse and a swarm of bees leaves her body. Koichi quickly carries Kazuho in his arms and run as fast as possible from the bees that are exploding around him. Since he is holding Pop, Koichi cannot fight back, so his only option is to skedaddle and meet up with Soga and the gang for help. For the villain, Koichi's flashy getaway benefits his plans and states that when the time is right, he will swoop in and take down Koichi. But when he sees that the young vigilante is managing to escape, he decides to intervene so that his plan does not fail.

Using his Overclock Quirk, O'Clock II approaches Koichi and prepares to kill him with an explosive punch. Koichi notices O'Clock II encroaching on him, although the villain does not care much. Then he realizes he can't keep up Koichi, and notices that the force field of Koichi's Slide and Glide Quirk under his feet is changing. Koichi then uses his Ultimate Move Extra Oomph to dodge the explosive blow from the "hero", increasing his speed by boosting the force field under his feet. O'Clock II continues chasing Koichi to kill him, as he continues to escape with Kazuho in his arms when he suddenly sees Endeavor appears in front of him after his cool down was over.^[77]

As he gets closer and closer to the number 2 hero, Koichi reflect that the heat Endeavor is emitting is increasing, but in his current situation, being chased by a swarm of exploding bees and another "hero" who wants to kill him, he cannot stop and neither can waste time to reach Soga and get Pop help. Seeing The Crawler is darting straight towards him, Endeavor starts shooting fireballs at him, which Koichi dodges as best he can.

Enraged, Endeavor uses his Ultimate Move Hell Minefield, a two-folded attack that causes explosions to emerge from the ground. Both Koichi and O'Clock II jump to dodge the attack, but while the villain fails and is engulfed by the flames, Koichi uses his Quirk at full power, allowing the young vigilante to blast off and fly into the sky, leaving everyone dumbfounded. Up in the skies, the energy at Koichi's feet runs out, and as he and Kazuho begin to fall, Kazuho manages to say his name. Koichi holds Kazuho in his arms and assures her that it's gonna be okay.^[78]

Using his Quirk, Koichi flies his way over to Soga, falling into a landing pad safely. Soga gets ready to extract the Queen Bee from Kazuho, but Koichi tells him about the drug Number 6 shot her at. Soga becomes nervous, and is stopped by Midnight before he could potentially harm Kazuho further. Soga insists on working quickly before the bees attack again, but Koichi tells him that Endeavor burnt all of the bees up. Understanding, Midnight offers to help, to which Soga and Koichi agree to. She puts Kazuho and the bee to sleep, and prepares to take her to a hospital, only for Endeavor to show up to apprehend the "villains".

Koichi hides while Midnight tells Endeavor that Kazuho has been captured and needs urgent medical attention. When Endeavor asks where Koichi went. Midnight covers for Koichi and lies, saying that he got away. Endeavor believes her, and allows her to get Kazuho to a hospital. Koichi quietly slides up a building and successfully avoids getting seen by Endeavor.

On a roof, Koichi is confronted by a person, who he recognizes as O'Clock II. The "hero" creepily monologues about how his grand plan was foiled, and that he is back to being the nameless "Number 6". Koichi pays more attention to the severity of Number 6's injuries, indirectly caused by Endeavor's flames, and tries to get him help. Number 6 angrily tells Koichi to shut up and listen to him.

Number 6 proceeds to explain his origin as a creation of the Villain Factory, although Koichi doesn't understand much of what he is saying. Number 6 comes to the conclusion that Koichi is trash that only ruins peoples' dreams, so he resolves to kill Kazuho, then Koichi, surprising him. Number 6 tells Koichi to keep on meddling, as he will not give up on his dreams. Koichi sees Number 6 fall onto the floor and tries to help, but Number 6 uses his Quirk to slide away, leaving a trail of blood.^[79]

Some time later, Koichi sees the news on his cellphone and sees that Endeavor has taken credit for defeating Kazuho. He internally monologues about how he is good at accidentally irritating others and terrible at reading the room, but once talking out, people would calm down. But Koichi notes that Number 6 had a different feel to him, as he felt serious and genuine when he declared his revenge on Kazuho and Koichi. He wonders if he has any chance to defeat Number 6. At some point, he tells Soga and his friends about the murderous psychopath.

Back at the warehouse, Soga explains that since Kazuho's entire hospital ward is on total lockdown, the only way in and out is the ground level entrance. Soga says that since it would be bad if the villain got that far, so they will hold their own security checkpoint in front of the hospital.

One day in front of the hospital, a suspicious man tries to enter the hospital. Unconvinced that he is there for an A.C. repair job, Soga signals Koichi to fire a blast at the man's toolbox from a nearby roof, revealing a camera. Soga concludes that the man is not a threat, relieving Koichi. Koichi resolves that since someone is seriously out to kill Kazuho, he should get serious to stop him too.^[80]

Naruhata Lockdown Arc[]

While keeping watch over Kazuho's hospital, Koichi asks Soga about directly working with the Heroes for help, however he informs him about how Number 6 was able to infiltrate and attack a police headquarters, so they need to keep their distance to avoid getting caught, as well as giving Koichi the freedom to act once he does make his move.^[81]

One night on top of Kazuho's hospital, Koichi receives a call from Soga, and complains about having worn the same underpants, so the latter has Rapt retrieve clothes from Koichi's penthouse. Koichi thinks back to a time when he took Kazuho outside to look at the moon, and thinks about how when Kazuho wakes up, they will have plenty to talk about, and that he is not going anywhere.^[82]

The next morning, Koichi looks over his two phones, one for contacting Soga and his personal phone that he turns on once a day. He receives a barrage of missed calls from his mother and texts from his father, the latter of which is aware of Koichi's current situation. Koichi reassures him that he is fine, and Rapt shows up with food. Koichi uses his Quirk to leap over to Rapt's side, and is shocked about the revelation that his penthouse has been broken into. Rapt insures that Soga is investigating the break-in, so he has nothing to worry about. Later in the day, Detective Naomasa arrives with an arrest warrant for Koichi, so Soga tells Moyuru to send Koichi a message. He then receives the alarm and, remembering Soga's instructions, recognizes that there is an emergency and flees from his rooftop.^[83]

Koichi manages to shake off the police's pursuits, and tries to make his way back to the hospital hidden. Unfortunately, the Turbo Hero Ingenium catches up to him, telling the vigilante that he just wants to talk. As Koichi clings onto a moving truck to listen, Ingenium tells him that he knows that he is in danger, and wants to help him and Kazuho. Koichi tells him that he will go to the police when Kazuho is better, but for the time being, Koichi blasts away apologizing to him. While en route to Naruhata he encounters a trap set by Team Idaten, but manages to escape by blasting himself up into the sky.

While airborne, Koichi is startled by a "Spiral Spear Hand," so he lands on the rooftops, where he is faced by Best Jeanist and Edgeshot. The former recognizes him as the unsung hero of the Sky Egg Disaster, and reveals that they are aware that somebody is out to get Kazuho, so they want to win back the trust in the Pros that Koichi supposedly doubts. Best Jeanist binds Koichi's outer jacket and traps him, but slides away to jump off a building. Koichi's fall is broken by Jeanist's Ultimate Move, Catching Cradle, and is caught by his straitjacket by Edgeshot's Fishhook Snag. Because the restrainments were loosened up slightly, Koichi uses the opportunity to slip out and evade the heroes.

As nighttime approaches, Koichi cautiously avoids conflicts and prepares to head back to Kazuho's hospital through the Naruhata alleys, only to be abruptly confronted by Eraser Head.^[84] Eraser berates Koichi for his actions, calling him irrational because people like him don't stop until someone gets hurt. Koichi attempts to get away, but finds that his Quirk was erased, so he quickly runs away to get out of Eraser's line of sight. Koichi sneaks into the back alleys, but is caught up by Eraser, who erases his Quirk once again. Koichi, however, adapts and uses his master's grappling hook to swing away until he finds an opening, blasting himself upwards. Eraser acknowledges Koichi as "one tough customer." Soon after, power goes out throughout all of Naruhata due to Number 6's machinations.^[85]

As they continue to make chase, Eraser Head calls out to Koichi and acknowledges that something is wrong, but Koichi is keeping his distance so that he won't get caught. A civilian on a scooter gets into an accident, forcing both Koichi and Eraser to intervene, stopping the scooter and saving the civilian. A group of civilians gather around and ask Koichi what is going on, to which he replies he doesn't know, annoying the civilians with his apparent uselessness. They then turn to Eraser Head, who bluntly clears up that "The Crawler" is not actually a Pro Hero and that he doesn't know what is happening either, inadvertently irritating the civilians further. Best Jeanist, Edgeshot, and Ingenium arrive at their location to help the civilians.^[86]

Koichi helps to calm down the civilians and ask them to take shelter, while the rest of the Pro Heroes try to assess the situation of the blackout. After clearing the area, Koichi walks into the station with Eraser Head to thank the three Heroes for their service, barely making his way out the door before being ensnared by Eraser Head, effectively putting him under arrest. Best Jeanist and Edgeshot inquire why he didn't attempt to flee earlier, as Koichi says the least he could do was thank them for all the hard work they've been doing. After hearing this, Eraser Head tells the Heroes he will watch over Koichi as the two make their way back to the hospital to link up with Naomasa. As they head over, Koichi thanks Eraser Head, while he explains he plans to turn him over to the authorities over there, reminding him that he'll break his legs if he tries to run.

Just then, the two notice a trio of civilians yelling for help on the curb, and stop to try and help them. However, it turns out the "civilians" are actually a group of mindless drones created by Number 6 known as the Anonymous, who start to Self-Destruct. Koichi and Eraser Head regain their stance, with the latter noticing their similarities to the Bombers from the Sky Egg Incident, only having weaker explosions and being much more combat-capable. Koichi tries to shoot them with a repulsion blast, but the villains keep charging completely unfazed. Eraser Head uses his Erasure to delay their explosions long enough to knock them away.

Soon as an army of Anonymous appear and start to surround the two, Eraser Head tells Koichi to make his escape while he distracts them. He tells him that he is a school teacher now, looking after 20 students who are always getting into trouble that he can't take his eyes off of, declaring that fighting this pack of villains is a piece of cake in comparison. Turning one last time to Koichi, he tells him to inform Naomasa and the police about all the Bomber Villains that have infiltrated the town, and that the Heroes are looking to resolve the issue. Koichi speeds off in the other direction, leaving Eraser Head to face the Anonymous.^[87]

Before he can escape however, he's surprised by the arrival of more Anonymous, forcing him to jump onto the side of a building for safety. He asks Eraser Head if he'll be okay on his own, which he responds by saying a real Hero doesn't need help from an amateur, and that he knows this isn't where he's supposed to be right now. Koichi slides his way up the building, blasting his way through the sky toward the Hospital.

After doing a second jump to maintain his control in the sky, Koichi thinks to himself about how he knows he can only do two mid-air jumps in a row, and forcing anymore will result in him falling. With Kazuho the only thing on his mind, as he speeds to her location, he does several more mid-air jumps, not paying attention to how many he's done. As he nears the Hospital, an explosion goes off right at the front gate. He is then signalled by Soga, who is on another rooftop closeby. Soga tells him the villains are finally making their move, and tells Koichi to prepare to do-or-die.^[88]

As Number 6 makes his way into the hospital to finally kill Kazuho, he's faced against Naomasa and group of police officers that try to detain him. Right outside the window, Soga starts to shoot at Number 6 with an automatic rifle, as a way to distract him and force him to use his Quirk to dodge. When the gun runs out of ammo, Koichi arrives and uses his Quirk to blast a series of repulsion shots directly at Number 6, which he is forced to try and dodge and swat away. This gives the officers the opportunity to shoot at Number 6 at the legs, causing him to fall on his knees, as Naomasa yells to secure him.^[89]

While the Police Force attempt to restrain Number 6 and call Midnight for help, he proceeds to transform his body, causing it to melt away and reconfigure, before using Overclock to freeze time to get the jump on Naomasa. However, Koichi starts blasting more Shooty-Go-Blam shots toward Number 6's face, which he is forced to defend and reluctantly retreat so as not to run of out breath. As Number 6 suddenly vanishes, Koichi is shocked at the villain's speed, and Naomasa turns to Koichi, asking him to escape and summon All Might while they handle the rest.^[90]

Koichi blasts his way into the sky, thinking about how he knows he's unequipped to directly fight someone like him, and that getting All Might is the right choice. However, even despite his speed, he knows how Kazuho and everybody else is still in danger, so instead turns back around to confront Number 6 himself, landing with a thud right behind the villain in front of the hospital.

Number 6 taunts Koichi for appearing in front of him, while he questions if he's the same person he met the other day, due to how different his charred face looks. Number 6 starts to freak out, as he quickly transforms into his "Rokuro Nomura" persona. He declares to Koichi that it is one of his favourites to wear, although after revealing to him that he directly modeled the face after Koichi himself, he'll have to disappear or else they'll look like twins.

As he starts to go on a tangent with himself about how if he got rid of Koichi, he could potentially patch things up with Kazuho, he uses this opportunity to go on his knees and begs Number 6 to go with that option, and that he'll disappear if it means she won't get hurt. Number 6 is confused by this response, as by "disappear" he meant "die", and prepares to stomp on him with his explosives. But instead, Koichi uses his Quirk from his kowtow position to sweep Number 6's legs, forcing him into the air and unable to use his Quirk.

Koichi thinks back to sometime prior, when he discussed Number 6 with Soga, who after stating he has no chance in a fair fight, reveals that, for whatever reason, he loves to endlessly talk, whether it is about pride or trying to gain respect, and that if Koichi can take advantage of that, he can catch him off guard and blast him in the face to knock him out for good.

Just as Koichi is about to shoot Number 6 with a hard blast right to the face, he quickly envisions Kazuho's face when his Shooty-Go-Blam is used at its most lethal, causing him to hesitate and shoot to the side of Number 6. Trying to regain his ground, Number 6 takes advantage of this, speeding up behind Koichi, and telling him has to "commit" before punching him with a powerful blast of explosions.^[91]

However, Koichi manages to neutralize the damage from Number 6's explosive punches through the repulsion blasts from his Slide And Glide, emerging fairly unscathed, to Number 6's increased annoyance. He thinks about how it always feels like his body moves without thinking when he acts, and how sometimes doing stuff like this makes people mad, but he's fine with that, because all he has to do is distract Number 6 long enough to buy time for everyone else to be safe.^[92]

Koichi speeds off through the city with Number 6 giving chase, successfully luring him away from the hospital and attempting to seek out another Hero to help. He manages to avoid every one of Number 6's attack attempts, having been able to read his patterns and instinctively dodge his punches. Suddenly, he notices Number 6 take a different approach, crawling on all fours and starting to quickly catch up to him.

After thinking about how creepy he looks now, he jumps into the air and uses his Shooty-Go-Blam-Blam-Blam-Blam to blast several repulsion blasts toward him. Instead, Number 6 dodges them all, and taking advantage of Koichi being in mid-air, is about to punch him in the back. However, Koichi proceeds to project a repulsion field on his back, blocking both of Number 6's Detonation punches, and forcing the two back into a stalemate.^[93]

Number 6 infuriatingly asks point blank to Koichi how he's been able to take all of his Knuckle Bomb punches, but he is unable to properly answer. Number 6 follows up throwing a flurry of punches at Koichi, which he is barely able to reflect. He manages to hit him in the stomach to temporarily stun him, but before he can blow his head off, Koichi instinctively fires a repulsion blast right to the side of Number 6's head, once again forcing him to back off. Unbeknownst to himself, Koichi has been subconsciously reacting to every one of Number 6's movements, which is how he's been able to so precisely defend and evade. Koichi suddenly sees Number 6 start to transform his entire body into a monstrous beast, known as the Hi-Crawler, to his shock.^[94]

Number 6 rushes toward Koichi at new blazing speeds, ready to slice up his legs with his claws, which he just barely reacts to. Koichi thinks about how he knows Number 6 tends to slow down to attack with his hands so plans to keep a safe distance, but is taken off guard by the beast coming at him with a headbutt, followed by a bodyslam, and another flurry of slices. He anxiously realizes that, in this new form, Number 6 hasn't been slowing down at all, and continues to eat away at his vulnerable sports, worrying this means he'll be dead soon.

However, still unbeknownst to him, thanks to his years as a vigilante, and always being on the defensive side, he has become a "variant fighter" that has subconsciously trained to counter any attack, once again being able to survive Number 6's assault with precise repulsion blocks, which he's surprised by.^[95]

Number 6 proceeds to transform again, growing extra arms and bombs out of his body, which he throws into the air, distracting Koichi long enough for him to throw more bombs toward his feet, forcing him to jump out of the way. Koichi believes the ones in the air were just a feint, only to realize the ones on the ground were meant to force him into the air, where the bombs explode like a midair minefield. He manages to escape by blasting up into the sky, and as Number 6 throws another wave of bombs toward him, he uses his Shooty-Go-Kablam to shoot them down, though resulting in leaving him drained from overuse of his Quirk, landing in a trash pile before speeding away.

Koichi suddenly finds himself being chased by a mob of the Anonymous, who manage to keep up with him, being too fast and too many to hit with either his Shooty-Go-Blam or Shooty-Go-Kablam, being forced to flee as more and more appear to corner and trap him.^[96] Koichi tries to mislead them by fleeing through an alley, but there are more Anonymous waiting for him. Flying away to avoid the explosions, Koichi sees several of the creatures approach two civilians who are unaware of their presence. Acting swiftly, he protects them from the explosions, telling them to take shelter before speeding off.

Aware that he cannot stay any longer so as not to endanger more people, Koichi takes a route to head down a straight road out of the neighborhood, being able to get far enough away from the creatures that are chasing him thanks to his speed. What he does not know is that Number 6 had coordinated the Anonymous so that he would go precisely down that route, where he could kill him with a precise snipe shot.

Fortunately for Koichi, before Number 6 pulls the trigger, Knuckleduster appears and attacks the villain, saving his life.^[97] During the fight of these two, Number 6 shoots Knuckleduster but misses. Koichi hears the gunshot and is confused, until he spots Soga following right behind him.^[98] Soga quickly explains the situation, and they devise a plan to save Knuckleduster.

After the veteran vigilante knocks Number 6 down, he prepares to end him by sacriricing his life through explosions he previously placed in the building, but Soga had previously discovered said bombs, deduced his plans, and disarmed them. He confronts the two with a submachine gun, with Number 6 taunting him saying he doesn't have the guts to actually kill him. But Soga isn't there to kill him, rather just to distract him.

Koichi arrives knocking himself and Number 6 off the building, before blasting his way into the sky. He thinks about how despite all of his speed, the one thing Number 6 can't do is fly, so he has to drag him out of the neighborhood himself, speeding his way through the air. However, he once again sees the villain start to explode and braces himself from the impact.^[99]

Koichi manages to avoid the explosion by protecting himself, surprised that Number 6 blew himself up. After regaining his composure, he suddenly finds Number 6 not only isn't dead but he has undergone a new transformation, completely compromised of plasma lightning energy, allowing him to easily fly and keep up with Koichi in the air.

The two once again give chase in the sky as while Number 6 goes at him with a barrage of energy blasts from his fingertips, which Koichi likens to homing missiles. Despite his attempts to counter and evade, the amount is too much for Koichi to handle, as a flurry of explosions fill the sky.^[100]

Koichi realizes he's sending too many missiles out at him to outrun or shoot down, so with no other options left, he speeds himself up to the max, before turning around and striking back at the missiles with his repulsion blasts. The commotion results in a news copter arriving on the scene, causing Koichi to realize that the news broadcast means All Might and the other Heroes will show up to respond soon, reliving him that he just needs to keep running in the meantime.

Number 6 blasts toward Koichi, shooting a barrage of missiles that home in and hit him from his back, while he readies to come at him with a Knuckle Bomb punch from the front. With no way out, Koichi defends all the attacks with all the power he can muster. To his surprise though, Number 6's body suddenly evaporates, leaving behind just the skeleton that plummets to the ground, causing Koichi to wonder if he's dead.

Instead, Koichi discovers a hoarde of the remaining Anonymous below the streets, ready to catch Number 6, as the villain promptly fuses together with all the remaining Bomber cells, blasting back up towards Koichi.^[101] He is flung away by the explosion, repositioning himself on the side of a building, wondering what happened to all the villains, when Number 6, now a gigantic monster, known as Destruction Style, emerges from the smoke, punching Koichi off the building.

Koichi lands on the ground amongst the rubble, only to notice his right leg is now broken. The giant Number 6 stomps right in front of Koichi, causing him to be blasted away, knocked into more debris, resulting in his left arm being broken, as well as fracturing his ribs. Unable to pick himself up, as Number 6 prepares to punch him again, Koichi uses his remaining arm and leg to slide away from the destruction, and goes to hide in a nearby building.

Taking a breather, Koichi looks over his broken arm, leg, and ribs, as well as bruises, burns, scrapes, and loss of blood, as a result of the fight, realizing how bad a shape he is in. He thinks about the chopper still up ahead and wonders when All Might will be arriving, hoping he shows up before he's done in. However, Number 6 decides to embrace his destructive side, and completely pummels the building Koichi is hiding in to nothing.^[102]

Trapped under the debris, Koichi wakes up in the darkness, thinking about how this may be the end for him as he starts to bleed out, until he's suddenly approached by a vision of Knuckleduster. Seeing him there makes Koichi realize that he's probably about to die, and this is just life flashing before his eyes, due to how hurt he is, but Knuckleduster asks if that's really the case. He tries to move but is unable to do so without support, so Knuckleduster suggests using his Quirk to wrap his painful parts like a cast, which ends up working. He proceeds to coat his entire body in Slide and Glide, similar to how Captain Celebrity's Flight works, allowing him to practically float in mid-air to move.

Koichi then attempts to escape the darkness, with Knuckleduster bantering alongside him, saying how he's been able to handle everything on his own since he left, while Koichi tells him it's been rough since then. He mentions how much Koichi has honed his body and used his ingenuity to work, while he says how he's been practicing to fall correctly too.

Reaching a dead end and asking what to do next, Knuckleduster congratulates him for going this far, causing Koichi to believe that he's reached the end of the line, thinking about how he was at least able to help Kazuho and the others, and how impressive it is how far he's been able to go on his own. However, Knuckleduster cuts him off, simply telling him it's time for "the fists" to take centre stage.

Koichi manages to emerge from the rubble, blasting his way out by using Slide and Glide on his fist, dubbed "Knuckle Style".^[103] Koichi is shocked by the immense power he just unleashed, referring to it as "the bad one": the shot he's never supposed to use. The monstrous Number 6 turns toward to exposed Koichi and their chase resumes.

The illusion of Knuckleduster returns, telling Koichi that Number 6's body is currently a cluster of pure energy and can't be normally dealt damage towards, but his real body is on the head, so he needs to give a good punch to the weak spot of his exposed brain to knock him dead. Koichi quickly denies the idea of using it or his Shooty-Go-Kablam however, despite Knuckleduster's insistence on "kill or be killed", with Koichi wondering why he has to murder someone and why it'd be okay.

He's then surprisingly backed up by an illusion of Pop☆Step, who's irritated face temporarily catches him off guard before returning to the chase. Pop asks why he's picking a fight with the beast, with Koichi clarifying he didn't start the fight, but needs to keep him contained here or else he'll take his rampage beyond the neighborhood. Knuckleduster says it's noble, but also that he needs to fight back and scramble his brain, and Pop adding without trying to kill.

Koichi says he's worried if he fights back she'll get mad at him, causing her to snipe back making her seem like a girl to be feared, until he clarifies he's not scared, he just doesn't want her to hate him, causing her to intensely blush. Leaping into the air, Pop says there's a difference between her "getting mad" and "hating him", and in the bright shine of the moon, tells him there's nothing he could do to make her hate him, and she'll always love him.

With Number 6 getting closer, Koichi turns around prepared to attack, and with Pop cheering him on, calling him a hero, he swings his Knuckle Style punch, blasting three huge shots directly into Number 6's body.^[104] He quickly regenerates, which Pop warns him about, only to be surprised by Koichi's relieved face, as he realizes he can keep throwing his strong punches as long as it doesn't hit his real body, continuing to buy time.

Number 6 goes in for another blast, forcing Koichi to start running again, with the Pop and Knuckleduster illusions following suit. Sliding away from a falling building, Koichi points out how bad it would've been if all this went down around a more populated area, and did the smart move of going to the old town. Pop asks if he should run to safety, but Koichi comments that he's surprisingly feeling at the top of his game, sliding all the way up the top of a building, throwing more flurry punches toward Number 6.

Pop continues to yell at Koichi to run and evade Number 6's attacks, as his regeneration is quick, with Knuckleduster adding to wait for an opening and hit back. Leaping into the air, Koichi counters Number 6's incoming punch with a punch of his own, being flung backwards as he thinks to himself that even though he should be more cautious, he's having so much fun now, beginning to fall with a smile on his face.

Koichi thinks back to his youth, namely how he was never good with reading the room whenever he indulged in his fantasies, realizing that after preparing himself to start a proper life, today is the day his dream comes to an end. As his vigilante partner's illusions vanish, Number 6 sends his punch forward, seemingly engulfing Koichi in flames.^[105]

However, even despite his costume being ripped apart, Koichi still manages to survive, sliding along the street with his right leg broken, thinking about how he is way past his limits, and despite nobody blaming him for running away, for some reason he's still here. Hearing Number 6's roar, Koichi thinks about how he usually hears those screams from villains and criminals, when their Quirks go wild putting people in danger. Normally when he hears the sound, he just can't stick back and instinctively heads toward it. Part of it is to save the innocent bystanders, but also that he seems to see them in need of help too. Either way, he thinks all he needs to do is have faith in the heroes, and know they'll find a way to make things right. But until then, he's still here with him.^[106]

Koichi and Number 6 continue to exchange increasingly intense blows, seemingly fighting to the death as Koichi reacts to every dangerous blast from the villain. Koichi destroys one of Number 6's arms, prepared to dodge the other upcoming one, when he is caught off guard as the arm regenerates faster than he anticipated, with Number 6 clapping his hands together, critically injuring Koichi in-between. As he begins to lose focus and the damage on his body starts to pile back up, he hears cheers and words of encouragement from below the streets.

The Narufest gang, who had raced to his location in worry, start to shout at him, snapping Koichi out of it long enough to grab onto the side of a building and slow down his descent, though still resulting in him painfully slamming onto another building's roof. Looking down to see his friends, he also begins to spot more civilians recognizing Koichi and checking out the fight, causing him to worry that the battle has shifted over to the populated area again.

He tries to get them to run away, but they can't hear him and proceed to cheer him on to fight. A crumbling building nearly crushes some people, but they are saved by the Hotta Brothers, who alongside the Hopper's Cafe workers and the Narufest gang, start to escort the civilians to the Café for safety, telling Koichi to not let the monster near their store.

From above, the reporter in the newscopter tries to inform the citizens to evacuate the area and get as far away from the villain as possible, only for Number 6 to smack the copter, causing everyone to fall out of it. Koichi tries to jump for it, but realizes he won't make it in time to save them. Just then, a piece of thread grabs ahold of the megaphone, while the strands on the clothes stretch out and attach to a building, saving the reporters. Best Jeanist declares to everyone that even in the daunting crisis, their thread of hope remains in tact, and alongside Edgeshot, Ingenium, and Eraser Head elsewhere in the city, they still have their Heroes.^[107]

As the Heroes get to assisting in the evacuation, Koichi looks down below the streets, relived they have finally arrived and everything will be okay, when he's suddenly ensnared by Eraser Head's Capturing Weapon. He pulls Koichi toward him, bracing up some of his fractured limbs, and confronting him over proving him right that he'd end up breaking his bones if he kept meddling like this. He continues to tell the Vigilante that he knows Number 6 is after him, so they have to use him as bait for now, but he'll be there to back him up. When he mentions that nobody has a good Quirk to take him down currently, Koichi asks about his Erasure, which he responds that enemies that glow bright prevent proper visual confirmation, so it won't work.

Koichi and Eraser Head continue to give chase, constantly dodging and evading Number 6's attacks. As it escalates, the civilians of Naruhata watch on, all recognizing "The Cruller" fighting the giant villain, cheering him on to succeed and defeat it. Eraser Head comments on Koichi's "popularity", which Koichi blushes at, only for him to clarify it's not a compliment: not only is it making the citizens evacuate slower, but it's also riling Number 6 up.

Sure enough, due to the civilians' reactions, Number 6 proceeds to scream out in despair, his power overloading his brain to the point that he explodes, and splits out into numerous versions of himself that begin to suicide bomb all throughout the city. The Heroes are unsure how to handle the issue now, when Endeavor suddenly descends on the city from a plane above, declaring it's time for him to take charge.^[108]

While the Heroes try to deal with all of Number 6's mini bombers, Koichi and Eraser Head hang on the side of a building. Koichi notes that based on the way the bombers are moving, they don't seem to have a mind of their own, just haphazardly zipping around. He looks around to locate the main body, when he notices Eraser Head jump back down to investigate something.

Shortly after, All Might appears and swiftly takes care of the mini bomber threat, knocking them into the air, allowing Endeavor to safely burn them all away.^[109] While the rest of the Heroes handle the aftermath and evacuation, Koichi heads off to track down the main body which he knows wasn't destroyed. He looks around on a rooftop when he's suddenly surprised by Number 6 appearing and calling out to him. Koichi reacts with a relieved look, saying that after how beat up they both got they should go to the hospital, but Number 6 says its too late, as he's got absolutely no body left, and that it's only his Quirk holding his form together.

Number 6 states that he's already dead and no one can save him, so Koichi's "nice guy" act is pointless, but Koichi simply responds he doesn't know much about finding meaning in stuff so they should just go anyway. Exasperated, Number 6 says at the end of the day, they aren't the same; all he wants is meaning and proof he existed, leaving a mark on the world before he goes. He quickly goes to attack Koichi, slicing him on the cheek, before backing away laughing at how he's left a mark that'll leave a "sick scar".

He exclaims that every time he sees the scar, he'll remember the weight of responsibility, the meaning of existence, and the one guy he failed to save no matter how hard he tried. Despite Koichi trying to stop him, Number 6 unleashes one final explosion, destroying himself and knocking Koichi unconsciousness, where he's then found by Eraser Head.^[110]

Koichi spends the next two weeks recovering from his injuries in the hospital. He's visited by Naomasa, who confronts him about all the trouble he caused during the Naruhata Lockdown, and all the clean up the Pro Heroes have had to do during the investigation process. Koichi responds asking if this means he's heading to the slammer, with Naomasa replying the only positive was that there were no civilian casualties, considering that an "achievement". Koichi asks worried about the "Scarred Man", which Naomasa states they were only able to recover bits and pieces of him, and have been unable to identify him, to Koichi's anxiousness.

Just then, Captain Celebrity and Makoto barge their way into the room, demanding him to stop interrogating his "sidekick". Makoto reveals to her brother that Koichi is employed by Captain Celebrity, to Koichi's surprise. Captain Celebrity argues that they were "paying him" in food after all the snacks he's eaten, that he was "on the clock" assisting him during the Sky Egg Bombing, and reminds him of all the locals who have seen the two out on patrol together.

Makoto confidently states that the Captain Celebrity Corporation will provide protection for Koichi and Kazuho, and hearing her name, Koichi asks how Kazuho is doing. Makoto replies that after waking up, she was left physically drained, but was finally able to get out of bed, bringing her into the room on a wheelchair. Koichi is happy to see her, while she silently reacts. Before she's about to leave the room, Kazuho gives Koichi a bag containing the All Might hoodie he gave her when he rescued her all those years ago.

Koichi is excited to see it, but doesn't recognize the hoodie, asking where she got it, with Kazuho saying she just had it at home. Koichi says even though he won't be wearing them anymore, they'll make a great keepsake, telling Makoto he's ready to retire and grow up now, feeling he's learned his lesson, which Naomasa stresses.

However, after they all leave the room, Koichi instinctively gets out of bed and immediately starts to put on the All Might hoodie, when he is caught by a returning Kazuho. Face blushing red, he embarrassingly claims he couldn't help himself looking at the hoodie, causing Kazuho to break down in tears and embrace him in his arms in relief. A tearful Makoto asks him if he really learned his lesson, which Koichi once again tries to claim, but using her Polygraph Quirk, she knows he's lying about his true feelings. Makoto quickly gets Captain Celebrity to hand her a contract, which Koichi signs, officially making him his Sidekick.^[111]

Due to the massive amount of debts and lawsuits he racked up as a result of the battle, Koichi is unable to stay in Japan, so he moves to New York City with Captain Celebrity and Makoto, and over the course of the next year, makes himself known as a new Hero, now dubbed "The Skycrawler". By April, an alert from the Mayor is dispatched, requesting for assistance from Captain Celebrity Corporation, and after suiting up and looking at his scar in the mirror, Koichi heads out to respond.^[112]

The "Skyfall Flight 400" had lost power of its engines and began to fall and head towards the city. Koichi manages to land onto the wing of the plane, smiling to a kid looking at him from the window, only to lose his grip and fly off. Regaining his footing, Koichi runs along the air catching up to the plane, while the passengers voice their skepticim over his usefulness. Grabbing onto the bottom, Koichi uses his repulsion thrusters to blast the plane upward, allowing it to safely land in the Hudson River. As the rescue operation commences, Koichi struggles to swim when he's saved by Captain Celebrity, who berates him for making a fool of himself, and tells him not to relax yet.

Koichi recalls a discussion from earlier where Makoto had informed him that he has become the subject of debate whether he is a "hero" or "villain" due to his vigilantism, and while he's on the losing end in Japan, thanks to vigilantism having its roots in America, he just needs to rack up some good will in the public opinion. She tells him the interview with the Hero right after an incident is important and can sway the public in a big way. Koichi is worried since he can barely speak or understand English, but Makoto says she will plant one of their people as a member of the press and he will simply have to say "I'll fight on with all my might!" and he'll be safe.

At the interview a news broadcaster asks Koichi about his work he did in Naruhata and if he will carry that energy over in America, when a drunk suddenly storms in, calling him the "Destructor of Naruhata", asking if he'll do the same thing here and smash Wall Street. Koichi is confused by the interruption, unaware of what he said, cluelessly responding with Makoto's phrase, causing everyone to face palm, and Koichi's public opinion decreasing.

More reporters continue to ask him questions, with Koichi unable to properly understand, trying to find a way to leave. At this moment, a nearby souvenir vendor throws over an All Might hoodie and calls Koichi over. He happily accepts the gift and takes a picture of him with the locals, sending the picture to Kazuho who he has kept into contact with.

With his new life as a Hero in America, Koichi wonders how Naruhata has been doing, worrying about all the nasty goings on that occur under everyone's noses. Despite this, he wonders if it's something he should even need to think about, recalling back to Makoto's words that even before they had a hero system, conflicts were always a part of human society, and the locals always had a tendency to deal with their own problems.^[113]

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Final War Arc[]

While Koichi continues to work for Captain Celebrity in America, Japan has fallen into societal collapse in the aftermath of the Paranormal Liberation War as All For One has escaped from Tartarus and liberating all the inmates from other maximum security prisons. Due to the chaos inflicted by Gigantomachia and the mass breakout of prisoners, many heroes resigned and called it quits because of the massive criticism of their work, and the destruction spreading unchecked.

With the number of Heroes rapidly dwindling, those that remain plan for the all-out battle to defeat All For One and his army of villains in the Final War. One by one, the Heroes in Japan are slowly winning each battle until the only battle that remains was the battle between Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki, causing the U.S. president to send in all the American Heroes to Japan. Koichi was dispatched to aid the Heroes in Japan in defeating Tomura.^[114] Eventually, Izuku succeeded in defeating Tomura as he succumbs to his injuries and dies as his body disintegrates into ashes.^[115] One week after the end of the Final War, restoration efforts that were stalled after the Jaku Hospital Raid have picked back up at a breakneck pace as Heroes from America and all around the world arrived to provide support and resources in rescue and rebuilding. Koichi was surveying the destruction left behind from the war and slips around to help the citizens.^[116]

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