KEY POINTS

  • Nejire and Tamaki are enlisted as villains in the mock invasion
  • Deku and his friends will use their quirks to fight back
  • "My Hero Academia" Season 5, Episode 1 is airing Saturday

Deku and his friends are ready to kick start a new semester as "My Hero Academia" Season 5, Episode 1 begins airing this week.

The first episode of the fifth season will feature an original storyline that is different from the ongoing manga series. Twitter user aitaikimochi translated the summary for the premiere episode shared by Yahoo Japan.

The debut episode of the anime showcases Deku and the other students from Class 1A receiving a notice concerning an emergency training drill.

The scenario of the training is villains have invaded the U.A. Academy and the heroes must fight and take back the academy from the infiltrators.

Big 3's Tamaki and Nejire are appointed as the villains in this mock invasion. Deku and the others are excited to face the villains and they will engage in an intense battle while using their quirks to the fullest.

"Deku and the rest of Class 1A are in the classroom when they receive an 'Emergency Training' notice. The point of the training is to imagine that 'villains have infiltrated the U.A. school grounds'. The villains will be played by Nejire and Tamaki from the Big 3. The members of Class 1A engage in a grueling fight while using their quirks with all their might," the synopsis for "My Hero Academia" Season 5, Episode 1 read, as per aitaikimochi's tweet.

The cast of "My Hero Academia" anime includes Daiki Yamashita as Izuku Midoriya, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Katsuki Bakugou, Yuuki Kaji as Shoto Todoroki, Daichi Endō as Twice, Aoi Yūki as Tsuyu Asui, Eri Kitamura as Mina Ashido, Hiro Shimono as Dabi, Hiroshi Kamiya as Kojiro Bondo, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Present Mic, Kenta Miyake as All Might, Kouki Uchiyama as Tomura Shigaraki, Hitomi Nabatame as Setsuna Tokage, Kosuke Miyoshi as Mashirao Ojiro, Misato Fukuen as Himiko Toga, Tsuguo Mogami as Mr. Compress, Yūichi Nakamura as Hawks and Yūki Shin as Natsuo Todoroki.

Fans can watch "My Hero Academia" Season 5, Episode 1 online on Crunchyroll and Funimation. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles. The fifth season is set to premiere this Saturday.

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