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Here is my master list of all the My Hero Academia School Briefs “Cherry Blossom” Vol. 6 light novel chapter summaries that I’ve translated thus far! 

I have done Part 1, 2, 3, and 5! The links will go my Twitter threads, and the “Read More” cut will go to text versions (when available)! Enjoy~

PART 1: The Red Ogre Who Didn’t Cry
PART 2: Who’s the One Who Gets the Chocolate?
PART 3: The Snowy Mountain Camp Spring Festival
PART 4: Eri’s Shicigosan (Children Coming of Age) (N/A)
PART 5: U.A. Studio Promo Video Shooting
PART 6: The Teacher’s Cherry Blossom Picnic (N/A)
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MY HERO ACADEMIA SCHOOL BRIEFS LIGHT NOVEL “CHERRY BLOSSOMS”

CHAPTER 1: The Red Ogre Who Doesn’t Cry?

The chapter takes place in February before the Meta Liberation War but after Aizawa and Present Mic visit Kurogiri at Tartarus.

It’s still Winter, and the sakura are not blooming yet. Class A undergo an exercise with Aizawa and Eri to teach her the Japanese holiday “Setsubun” (Coming of Spring).

During Setsubun, it is common to play traditional games with children where one person acts as the “oni” (ogre) and the children chase the “oni” around and throw beans at them, symbolizing chasing away the bad to the bring in good fortune. Class A are emulating this and are divided into two teams, the “Oni” team and the “Momotarou” team.

They get placed in the teams based on a random draw of tickets. Kaminari teases Bakugou saying that he looks like an ogre, so by appearances alone, he would belong on the Oni team without even drawing the ticket. Bakugou gets angry, but Aizawa tells them to finish drawing the tickets.

The teams are Momotarou Team: Deku, Ochako, Tsuyu, Mineta, Kaminari, Jirou, Sero, Ashido, Ojiro, Hagakure, Satou, and Koda.

The Oni Team is Bakugou, Todoroki, Tokoyami, Iida, Shoji, Kirishima, Yaoyorozu, and Aoyama.

Iida asks why the teams are unbalanced as there are far more people on the Momotarou team than the Oni team. The rules are that each team has to either throw beans at each other (Momotarou team members) or get hit by an ogre club (Oni team members) to get that team member out. The Momotarou team needs to hit an ogre three times with a bean to get that person out whereas the Oni team only needs to hit the opponent with the ogre club once to get them out.

The only way for the Momotarou team to win is if they can rescue Eri, who is being held “hostage” by the Oni Team. Aizawa then stares at Bakugou, and Bakugou feels uneasy. He then explains that he has a special assignment for Bakugou, which is he will need to get along with Eri.

Bakugou doesn’t get why this is necessary. The rest of Class A are also surprised as to why Bakugou has this task. Aizawa explains that in order to save people, you can’t just grab them with no care and hope they survive. Doing so makes you seem like the villain instead. If he keeps up his scary demeanor, then in the event he’s trying to save a child, if the child starts crying, then it’ll also attract the attention of the villain. Therefore, this exercise is to help Bakugou control his emotions and attitude around children.

Bakugou is annoyed that he has to do this task but keeps quiet anyway.  The Oni team proceed to scale the mountain, and Kirishima comes up to Bakugou and says “seems like you’ve got a real tough task there. I’ll work with you, and we can befriend Eri together!” and Iida says “of course, let’s all work together!” Yaoyorozu voices concern, wondering if Bakugou can actually get along with Eri. Aoyama suggests that Bakugou brings out a dashing sparkly smile, just like him and Midoriya. Todoroki also adds that since Midoriya is close to Eri, all Bakugou needs to do is imitate what Midoriya does.

Bakugou yells at Todoroki and says that even if the world gets flipped upside down, he would never copy Deku’s moves.

Meanwhile, the Momotarou team are heading to the forest but are also worried about Bakugou trying to get along with Eri. Deku wonders if Kacchan will be okay with Eri, and the rest of the team members also wonder how it will go. They decide that the best thing they can do is just try to save Eri in either case.

The Oni team on the other hand are trying to warm up to Eri. Eri looks really nervous, so they decide to introduce themselves to her. Kirishima and Yaoyorozu both greet her, and Kirishima knows her since they met during the Overhaul mission. Yaoyorozu also knows Eri since she saw her when she accompanied Ochako to the Teacher’s Dormitory several times. The others were not very familiar with her. Eri still looks nervous, especially since Bakugou is behind her staring at her as well.

He scoffs, and Iida reprimands him, saying that it’s not nice to click your tongue in front of a little girl. Bakugou tells him to shut up. However, the teachers who take care of Eri also sometimes use rough language in front her too.

They eventually get to the location where Eri is supposed to stay with Bakugou. The buzzer rings in the air, signaling that the game has started.

Kirishima looks at Bakugou a bit worriedly and says that in either case, Bakugou should look after Eri.

As he says this, both Bakugou and Eri stare at each other in surprise, and feeling awkward, both avert their gaze.

As the Momotarou team approaches to try to save Eri, Hagakure quietly comes around to sneak up on them, but as she does, she steps on a fallen branch on the floor. Shoji notices and Hagakure tries to run away, but Shoji whacks her with the ogre club. Hagakure is out.

Sero uses his tape to swing through the branches. However, he notices that Iida is on his tail. Iida is able to catch up to him and swings his club. Sero is out too.

Ojiro hears Aizawa’s voice ringing across the mountains and says, “man, already two out?” He then runs into Kirishima, who’s holding the ogre club casually on his shoulder. Kirishima says this is the end of the line for Ojiro.

Kirishima smirks and Ojiro puts on a bitter smile. The two proceed to duke it out.

Meanwhile, Tsuyu and Deku are trying to sneak up towards Eri’s location, but Todoroki stops them with a wall of ice. Tsuyu uses her tongue to wrap around Deku to save him from the ice. She tells Deku to go ahead as she tries to hold Todoroki back. He easily freezes her legs and chases after Deku.

It’s been a while since Deku sparred with Todoroki, and the two of them smile playfully at each other like children as they proceed to fight.

Jirou and Ochako are also trying to sneak up to where Eri is being held “hostage,” but they suddenly hear sounds coming from a distance, which they deem to be Todoroki and Deku. They try to proceed but are intercepted by Yaoyorozu. They try to throw beans at her, but Yaoyorozu makes a vacuum cleaner and uses it to suck up all the beans.

Tokoyami then appears up above and uses Dark Shadow to whack both Jirou and Ochako. The battle is heating up.

As the others are fighting, Bakugou is in the small hut with Eri, and silence fills the room. Bakugou is still trying to figure out why exactly he has to do this task. He wonders if Aizawa is trying to teach Eri about Stockholm Syndrome but then berates himself for even thinking that silly thought.

He thinks to himself “what the hell do you even talk about with kids!?” He then thinks about Todoroki’s words about how Deku is close with Eri, so all he needs to do is copy what Deku did. He yells “goddamnit!!” and accidentally surprises Eri.

Bakugou is adamant to not copy Deku, so he resolves to just doing what he’d think is best for this situation. He tries to think about how to get a kid to open up to him while he’s in the role of the “ogre.”

He then thinks to himself, “as if there’s something like that!” He goes through a bit of an internal struggle but then settles on asking Eri what is her favorite food.

Eri responds, “Oh…? Um….a—apples…”

Eri looks confused, and Bakugou struggles internally again and says, “what are you, some kinda damn weirdo…!?”

Outside, the battle has turned as Tokoyami managed to get Ochako, Jirou, Ashido, and Ojiro out. The only ones left on the Momotarou team are Deku, Tsuyu, Kaminari, Mineta, Satou, and Kouda. The Oni team has no outs at all.

The Momotarou team regroups and tries to figure out a good strategy on what to do. They only have five members left, and they’re also running low on beans. Mineta asks if Deku has a plan, and Deku proceeds to open his mouth to explain when…

Back at the the hut, their fears became true. Bakugou hardly made any progress befriending Eri. Iida tries to get Eri to warm up to Bakugou by saying, “Eri-chan-kun, Bakugou might look the way he is, but he actually has some good parts too! Right, everyone!?”

He hopes that if they can all talk about Bakugou’s good side, then maybe Eri would warm up to him.

Kirishima says, “Even though Bakugou looks the way he is, he’s a straightforward guy who will never tell lies!” Kirishima gives a thumbs up and smiles at Bakugou. Yaoyorozu adds, “That’s right! Bakugou might look this way, but umm…oh uh..that’s right! He has great table manners! He’s very neat!”

With Yaoyorozu’s words of encouragement, Shoji also adds “Bakugou might uh, look like…look like this but uh…he gets up early! I’ve never seen him rush in the morning!”

Shoji then looks towards Tokoyami, and Tokoyami says “what, me!?” He then says, “Bakugou might look like err, this…but…oh right. He cleans up the bathroom sink well after he uses it, wiping away all the water splatters.”

Todoroki then adds, “Bakugou might look like this uh….might look like this…?”

Todoroki ponders a bit and gets quiet. Aoyama butts in and says “I’ll go first! Bakugou might look like this but has talents! For example, he wears his pants really low, but they actually never fall down!”

Todoroki remembers what he wants to say and continues with, “Bakugou might look like this, but he takes his studies seriously. He is also Midoriya’s childhood friend.”

Bakugou gets mad and says, “What the hell! Why are you saying that my good side is being childhood friends with that damn nerd Deku!?”

Upon hearing Deku’s name, Eri asks, “Oh, Deku-san?”

Even though Eri seemed interested in the conversation, Bakugou goes on to yell at Todoroki, saying that he never wanted to be childhood friends with Deku. He also asks why the hell is everyone saying “he might look like this…” when trying to talk about him?

Everyone realizes he’s got a point, and they get quiet. Todoroki says, “my bad.”

They then go back to strategizing on how to get the other five Momotarou members out. They know that their opponents are running out of beans, so the only plan they probably have is to try to take Eri.

Suddenly, a long tongue wraps around Aoyama. He screams, and Kirishima tries to help him. Iida follows them.

Deku and the others are jumping through the trees. Mineta throws his mogi mogi sticky balls at them, and they get stuck. Koda then summons a murder of crows to distract them. Satou then makes a hole in the ground, and they all fall down.

Kaminari then zaps them, making the freeze in their tracks. The Momotarou team throws beans at the fallen victims, and Iida, Aoyama, Todoroki, Kirishima, Tokoyami, Shoji, and Yaoyorozu all get out at the same time.

Even though Kirishima is out, he pleads to Deku, saying, “I know it’s probably weird to ask of you guys since you’re on the opposite team, but please help Bakugou get along with Eri, I’m begging you!”

Kirishima puts his hands together to plead. Deku asks Kirishima, “is it really that bad?” and Kirishima nods his head. Iida also mentions that they haven’t made any progress, so please lend them a hand.

Deku and the other Momotaro team members agree to help Bakugou get along with Eri. They think of a strategy and recall a popular folktale called “The Red Oni Who Cried.” They will play a game of “ogres out, fortune in” where they will act like the ogres, and when Bakugou helps defeat them, it will make him look better in front of Eri. This might let her warm up to him.

Back at the hut, Bakugou hears that everyone on his team is out except him. He knows that if they come for him, then there’s no way the Oni team can win.

However, Tsuyu stealthily hands Bakugou a note using her tongue. He reads it and says, “so I’m the red ogre?” The Momotaro team act tough and say “ohh, I’m the villain!” and “I’m here to take the girl!” to sound more intimidating. Bakugou gets angry and takes the ogre club and says, “if you’re not coming in, then I’m coming after you!!”

Bakugou readies his explosions, and Deku realizes if he lets it out, he might actually destroy the entire hut. Deku says, “Wa—wait, Kacchan!” and Bakugou says, “Stop moving, damnit, Deku!!”

Deku tells him to remember his special assignment with Eri! Bakugou doesn’t care and is about to swing the club at Deku when he hears Eri say, “ogres out, fortune in…!”

Bakugou feels something small hit him. It turns out that Eri actually had the beans and was part of the Momotarou team too! She gets Bakugou out, and the Momotarou Team wins!

Eri says she didn’t know when she would have the chance to throw the beans at him to escape. Deku looks at Eri and thanks her for saving him. Bakugou sees Eri looks much different than earlier, and he says “You…did well…”

Eri was scared that Bakugou might be mad at her, but her eyes widen as she hears what he says to her. Bakugou says, “Hey, I’m just saying this to someone who was held captive, all right!?”

Deku’s eyes widen as he tells Eri that Bakugou actually complimented her, which means she really did a good job! He continues to praise her, and Bakugou says “I didn’t compliment her, I was just speaking my mind!”

After Thirteen comes to pick Eri up to see her safely home, Aizawa tells Class A that although the Momotarou team won, they shouldn’t have wasted time doing something aside from the assignment. The class dejectedly say “Yes, sir.” Aizawa then turns to Bakugou and says that Eri’s impression of Bakugou got better compared to before the class started.

She told Aizawa that she was happy he complimented her and that he probably worked his best to try to act like an ogre. Kaminari then lets out a laugh and says, “Pfft, you think he was trying his best to act? That’s just how he is!!” and Bakugou yells, “shut the hell up!” Aizawa tells Bakugou that he at least passed his special assignment.

Kirishima then comes up to Bakugou and throws an arm across his shoulder. He exclaims, “You did it, Bakugou! I knew you would pass!”

Iida says that seeing Bakugou pass makes him happy as Class President. Ochako and the others all offer words of praise as well. Bakugou says they’re being damn annoying. Aizawa watches his class as he says with a hint of happiness “getting along, huh.”

THE END!

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Chapter 2, 3, and 5 in text format will be posted soon. For now, please check the links to my Twitter threads!

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