When I was fourteen. I took a boat and had been trying to leave Duel Academy's island, but ended up sinking it and getting spat out from the ocean farther up in North Academy's territory, where they're surrounded by ice and a lot of wild animals like bears and giant bats and stuff. Had to fend them off until I passed a test for North Academy becoming willing enough to let me inside.

[And by "fend them off" he actually means "ran like hell away from them to avoid getting maimed and eaten", but it's fine, Bakugou doesn't need to know that part, right?

Still, the fact that Manjoume just says this shit casually like as if this is a normal occurence to have happened in his life and not just raising further questions probably says a lot about his life in his world.]