Gym Gamma—Karuta Class Tournament Venue
- Principal Nezu
We will now hold the class tournament for all classes across all years.
- Principal Nezu
I will be your host, everyone's favorite small mammal, Principal Nezu!
- Principal Nezu
First, I'll explain the flow of this tournament...
- Participants
...
- Denki Kaminari
Hey! Bakugo!
- Class A Students
Take home the win!
- Katsuki Bakugo
Tch.
- Izuku Midoriya
K-Kacchan, good luck!
- Katsuki Bakugo
Get the hell outta here!
- Izuku Midoriya
Why just me?!
- Mina Ashido
Ah, Midoriya is holding... the trophy for winning the open karuta tournament!
- Mina Ashido
Amazing, Midoriya! Won't Bakugo feel pressure seeing that and get nervous?
- Kyoka Jiro
Bakugo can't lose if Midoriya won.
- Katsuki Bakugo
Shuddup!
The tournament progresses. In the championship match—
- Neito Monoma
(Phew. I somehow made it to the championship match, but... Dammit.)
- Neito Monoma
(I ate too much of that osechi the classmates brought me for support. My stomach is so packed I can't focus...)
- Neito Monoma
(It might be difficult to win in this condition. My opponent is...)
- Neito Monoma
Bakugo?!
- Katsuki Bakugo
Huh?
- Neito Monoma
That explosion-happy wild man is the Class A representative?! No way... Did they put in the wrong entry?
- Katsuki Bakugo
Shaddup. I was dragged here.
- Neito Monoma
(He's my opponent in the finals... I can't lose this.)
The championship match begins.
- Principal Nezu
I'll be reading the cards for the championship match!
- Principal Nezu
In this final standoff, be sure to keep focus and do your best to the very end.
- Neito Monoma
Let the best man win.
- Katsuki Bakugo
Hmph...
- Principal Nezu
Let's get the championship match started. I'll read. "I—"
- Neito Monoma
Yes!
- Audience
Whaaaaaaat?!
- Denki Kaminari
Monoma grabbed it after only one letter!
- Ochaco Uraraka
So this is the finals... High level.
- Principal Nezu
"I am here! All Might."
- Midnight
Hero Course, Class 1-B, Monoma wins one card!
- Neito Monoma
There are multiple cards that start the same in this U.A. hero karuta.
- Neito Monoma
But only All Might's card starts with "I." Lucky me.
- Katsuki Bakugo
(Dammit... If I practiced enough, I might've known that.)
- Principal Nezu
Next up. "Cl—"
*slam*
- Audience
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa!
- Minoru Mineta
Oh, Bakugo got it!
- Momo Yaoyorozu
He pretty much grabbed it just from the letter "C."
- Principal Nezu
"Clothing is the cage of our times. Best Jeanist."
- Neito Monoma
There are other cards that start with "C." You just got lucky picking at random.
- Katsuki Bakugo
Tch. Maybe.
- Izuku Midoriya
(No... Kacchan responded to the "L" in "Clothes!")
- Neito Monoma
You may be lucky, but we'll see how long that continues. Hahaha!
- Principal Nezu
Only one card left. The final battle!
- Principal Nezu
They have the same number of cards. Whoever grabs this last one wins.
- Neito Monoma
Oh? Looks like your luck has run out.
- Neito Monoma
I'm closer to the final card. You won't be able to reach in time. Victory is mine, Class A.
- Katsuki Bakugo
...
- Principal Nezu
Are you two ready? Next up... "I—"
*bang*
- Neito Monoma
Dammit. He already read that card?!
- Principal Nezu
Sorry. It was a trick. "I am here! All Might!"
- Katsuki Bakugo
Looks like you get a penalty. You heard the principal, right? Stay focused until the end.
- Midnight
Monoma. You will not be able to play the next card due to your penalty.
- Audience
Then, does that mean...?
- Midnight
Audience. Please be quiet. Let me read the next card.
- Principal Nezu
Okay. Let's go. *cough*
- Principal Nezu
"He can break into anywhere. Mysterious ninja."
- Neito Monoma
Ugh...
- Izuku Midoriya
Look at the last card!
- Principal Nezu
"He can break into anywhere. Mysterious ninja. Edge Shot."
- Katsuki Bakugo
The last card is Edge Shot. I win.
- Midnight
We have a winner! Hero Course Class 1-A representative, Katsuki Bakugo!
- Audience
Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
After the New Years celebration event—Class A Dormitory
- Eijiro Kirishima
Amazing. We won two trophies.
- Ochaco Uraraka
Deku and Bakugo, congrats on your victories!
- Izuku Midoriya
Thanks!
- Katsuki Bakugo
(*chewing*)
- Denki Kaminari
Back to eating snacks and vegging out.
- Shota Aizawa
Sorry to keep you.
- Katsuki Bakugo
Huh?! What is it now?
- Shota Aizawa
Nothing, I just brought you osechi to celebrate your wins. You can all eat it together.
- Shota Aizawa
It's not one of the osechi made at the event, though. I ordered it from an expensive restaurant.
- Class A Students
Whooooooooa!
- Mina Ashido
For real! There's snapper, lobster, and crab!
- Kyoka Jiro
You can tell it's expensive from a glance!
- Denki Kaminari
Come on, everyone. Eat up!
- Class A Students
Let's eat!
- Izuku Midoriya
...
- Izuku Midoriya
I hope this year is a good one.
- Tenya Iida
Midoriya, congratulations on winning.
- Ochaco Uraraka
You better hurry up before it's all gone.
- Izuku Midoriya
Ah, right! Umm...
- Izuku Midoriya
Iida, Uraraka. Let's do our best together this year too.
- Uraraka & Iida
Ah!
- Uraraka & Iida
Yes! Let's do our best!
- Mina Ashido
Hey Bakugo. How was the tournament? Were you nervous?
- Katsuki Bakugo
That little game ain't enough to get me scared.
- Minoru Mineta
Yep, it was all thanks to training with me!
- Momo Yaoyorozu
Mineta, didn't you cheat and get yelled at in the end? Reflect on your actions!
- Denki Kaminari
The audience got so pumped up! Did you hear us, Bakugo?
- Katsuki Bakugo
It was so noisy around me, I couldn't hear nothin'. You gotta shout from your belly next time.
- Toru Hagakure
Hehehe. Everyone is having fun. This might be the best shot of the day!
*click*