Class 1-B

As noted by All Might, although the opposite Hero Course class, Class 1-A, has had the chance to hone their skills in actual combat due to them getting mixed up in multiple Villain attacks, data shows that Class 1-B has actually grown more since the beginning of the school year, as they've stayed out of trouble and thus have been able to quietly dedicate themselves to bringing out their potential.[1] This is also evidenced at an earlier stage, as only one of Class 1-B's students failed the First Term Final Exam versus Class 1-A's five, and, during the Provisional Hero License Exam, all of 1-B's students passed whereas two of 1-A's failed. Class 1-B does appear to be slightly behind in terms of head-on combat, strategic ability, and quick thinking. However, likely due to their experience with the aforementioned villain attacks, many more students from Class 1-A progressed to the final rounds of their first U.A. Sports Festival than 1-B, and Class 1-A took the Joint Training Battle 3-1 with one draw. The majority of Class 1-B's students share a friendly rivalry with their parallel class, Class 1-A. However, certain students (most prominently Neito Monoma) take their rivalry to extremes out of jealousy of Class 1-A's popularity and strength, and thus desire to topple them.[2] The interactions between the students of Class 1-A and Class 1-B have been few due to the rivalry between the two classes. While Class 1-B treats Class 1-A as rivals (the latter appears to not return the rivalry), the two hero classes are on neutral terms with one another. There are a few in the class who do not outwardly bear ill will towards Class 1-A and are even friendly towards them, such as Itsuka Kendo, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, and Nirengeki Shoda.