This episode opens to a board of
directors discussing the prospective heroes for their test. They seem
particularly interested in Genos, for…reasons. At the actual test, Saitama
breaks all of the records, by a huge margin. For a jumping test, he hits the ceiling,
for the punch-strength test, he smashes the machine, they making him play a
game of whack-a-mole for some reason and he destroys all the cute little moles.
To test his dexterity, maybe? He and Genos discuss the test itself, which
apparently is split between the physical exams that Saitama just went through,
and a written exam. Genos is confident that they’d both pass with flying
colors. He’s…sort of right. After all the points were tabulated, Genos received
a perfect 100 points, earning him an S rank, and Saitama apparently bombed the
written portion, but blew away the physical so he was given a C rank. To clarify, the system goes C, B, A, and then S. They don’t
really go over how difficult the test was, so I can’t tell if this means
Saitama is stupid or not. Well, I know he’s kind of stupid, but…yeah.
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| Genos plays to win. |
In the end, they’re the only two
that pass the test, and are given a brief lecture from an A Rank Hero, Snek. He’s
apparently some kind of karate/judo/marital arts expert, but considering he’s
lecturing an android and someone with superstrength, it’s not that impressive.
The feeling is apparently mutual, as after our heroes leave, Snek talks to his
superiors about the so-called recruits and his dislike of a certain bald guy in
bright yellow. His superiors counter by pointing out that Genos already
outranks Snek, and that Saitama’s physical abilities suggest he’ll be an S
Class pretty quickly. Snek decides to test Saitama himself, and gets plowed
into the ground for his trouble. Don’t mess with Saitama.
The next day, Saitama and Genos
discuss some of finer points of the Hero Registry. They’ll get “superhero names”
as they move up the ranks and show off their skills. As a means of celebrating
their victory, Saitama and Genos have a friendly sparring competition. And by
sparring, I mean that Genos shows off all of his super cool weaponry, and
Saitama shrugs it off like the fireblasts are just gusts of hot air. The fight
ends when the gust of wind that Saitama’s punch creates nearly knocks Genos on
his butt. But then it’s onto round 2, udon eating contest. It’s like a kind of
noodle soup. Saitama’s invulnerability doesn’t seem to stretch to his digestive
tract, as Genos clinches victory. After dinner, they’re approached by the top A
Rank hero, Amai Mask, who gets a private word with Genos. The episode ends with
some folks trying to get Genos autograph, because he knows Mask.
While a little slower than previous
episodes, this was a good world building episode. We got to see a bit about how
folks get into the Hero business, and the rigorousness of the selection
process. While super-duper beings like Saitama and Genos are a rarity, there are
a number of folks with aspirations to superhero-dom. With aspirations of being Batmen,
Hawkeyes, Green Arrows, and even Black Panthers. Most of them decide to go home
after Saitama jumps higher than the stadium. Can’t say I’m all that surprised.
Personally, I’d have also liked to be given an example of the written test, just
to know if Saitama failed that portion through being profoundly stupid, or
because that portion is ridiculously hard. But that’s just me. The fight was
also really well done. Sure, by now we all know that the difference in ability
between Saitama and Genos is pretty immense, but I won’t complain to see Genos
throwing fireballs at Saitama and seeing him shrug them off. What? Explosions
are cool. And people who can shrug off explosions are cooler. We’ll be taking a
short break from One-Punch Man, and focus on Daredevil, Season 2. Hope it’s
worth the hype.
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