My Hero Academia Episode 28: Midoriya and Shigaraki

An old man tells Izuku that if he can move with his power coursing through his body, he will be at a completely different level than before. He gives Izuku three minutes to land a smash in this new state.

As their mock battle begins, the old man stops the flow of Izuku's power by striking him from several angles. Unable to counter due to the old man's speed, Izuku hides under a table to buy time to activate his new technique. The old man moves to attack a couch, but Izuku sends it flying at him, giving Izuku time to reactivate his power. Izuku leaps into the air and nearly hits the old man, but the old man counters and gets behind Izuku. Thanks to his newfound maneuverability, Izuku evades by jumping above the old man and tries to use a smash. Again, the old man proves too fast, narrowly dodging the smash before headbutting Izuku into a wall.

The old man informs Izuku that his three minutes are up. Izuku laments his inability to maintain his new power. The old man replies that Izuku has already improved since their previous day's bout. He thinks to himself that Izuku might turn out to be amazing after managing to graze his cheek and force him to dodge seriously. They plan to continue training after breakfast, but all the food was spilled, forcing Izuku to run out to get more.

Meanwhile, Izuku's classmates continue their internships. Ochaco trains her body with a hero named Gunhead. A hero named Fourth Kind scolds Eijiro and another student for making lukewarm coffee. A student named Katsuki regrets his decision as a hero named Best Jeanist styles his hair and lectures him about having the appearance of an elegant hero. Momo and Itsuka continue to shadow a hero named Uwabami, still trying to understand the bigger lesson in accompanying her to all of her side jobs.

At U.A. High School, a detective meets with a hero named All Might to discuss what he's learned about a creature called Nomu. The Police Force has deduced that Nomu was formerly a low-level thug who has been bioengineered to hold multiple powers at once. Its brain's processing power has been reduced, making Nomu unable to think for itself. The detective explains that despite having multiple people's DNA, Nomu still shouldn't have various powers. He theorizes that someone else has the ability to grant other people powers. Astonished, All Might transforms into his hero form and states his concern that perhaps "he" is back again.

Elsewhere, a man named Stain has overpowered a young man named Tomura and another named Kurogiri at their hideout. Stain states that the group will always be aimless weaklings without convictions. Tomura tries to order Kurogiri to send Stain away, but Kurogiri is unable to move due to Stain's power. As Stain's knife draws closer to the hand on Tomura's face, Tomura gets angry and grabs the knife, disintegrating it. He states that if the world wants to worship All Might, then he'll crush the symbol of peace and then the entire world. Stain leaps back and agrees that they both desire to destroy the present, and he will allow Tomura's warped convictions to grow. Tomura doesn't want Stain to join his group, but Kurogiri pleads for him to reconsider. Stain asks to be returned to Hosu City so that he can purge the remaining fake heroes there.

In Hosu City, a student named Tenya surmises that Stain will follow a pattern of attacking four heroes in every city he shows up in. He has only attacked his older brother in Hosu, so Tenya figures that Stain will appear again, and when he does, Tenya plans on disposing of the villain himself. Back at the old man's apartment, the retired hero decides to take Izuku out to fight real villains to avoid developing weird habits from training together. He plans on getting Izuku experience by fighting different types of villains and leads him to the train station to travel to Tokyo. Izuku notes that their train will pass Hosu City and plans to try and contact Tenya.

Tenya continues to patrol the streets with a Pro Hero named Manual, who asks him if he's actually pursuing the villain. Tenya is surprised that Manual figured it out. Manual then lectures him that Pro Heroes must never use their powers for their own selfish desires. Tenya replies that he understands, but he mulls about his burning hatred. Tomura and Kurogiri follow Stain to the city. After they further discuss Stain's goal to destroy false heroes, Stain moves to attack more Pros. Kurogiri tries to explain that Stain's work has been effective, but Tomura refuses to join up with him and orders three new Nomu creatures to attack the city in order to destroy the villain.

While passing through Hosu City, the old man tells Izuku that it will be more fun arriving later in the night because there will be more fights breaking out. Izuku takes a moment to text Tenya, but doesn't receive a reply. Then suddenly one of the train passengers comments that a building has exploded, and one of the Nomu creatures breaks into the train, having overpowered a Pro-Hero. The old man leaps into action and tackles the Nomu out of the train and into the city. Izuku cries out his mentor's name just as he notices several areas of the city going up in flames. Manual and Tenya rush to try to suppress the conflict, but Tenya notices the villain in an alleyway.

Stain prepares to finish off a Pro Hero named Native, and Tenya saves him by drawing the villain's attention. Tenya tries to kick Stain, but Stain uses his katana to counter and knock Tenya's helmet off. Stain warns Tenya to leave because even children may become his targets. Tenya furiously replies that Stain is the criminal who attacked his older brother, and that he will defeat him in his brother's place as the successor to his sibling's moniker. Stain notices Tenya's vengeful intent and tells the young man to prepare for death.