The life of a hero can be rather… dull.
Or at least that’s what Saitama experienced. Five days after officially joining
the Hero Association in the last episode, and he’s done nothing. There’ve been
no giant monsters or crazy mutant creatures attacking. Genos, who’d moved in
Saitama earlier to do some intensive study of his master, informs Saitama of a
small rule that he’s overlooked. As a C-Class hero, he’s got a quota that he
has to meet. C-Class heroes need to do at least one heroic thing in a seven-day
period, or they’ll be removed from the registry. And Saitama has spent the last
five days laying around reading manga. Idiot. That’s a little harsh, since
Saitama typically handles huge catastrophes and such, he’s not used to paying attention
to the little things like muggers and “spur of the moment” crimes. But
seriously, pay attention in meetings.
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| I don't care if he's "in the Top Ten" of the C-Class. No one would take this idiot seriously. |
After giving Genos a BS speech about
him “changing his mindset” in order to improve himself, really just didn’t want
Genos following him and potentially inadvertently taking the credit, he runs
off. Trouble is, there is no crime to stop. City Z is quite, when not being
attacked by super-sized titans. Take the good with the bad. The following day,
Saitama is starting to have a serious freak out. The face he ends up making
makes me uncomfortable. He runs into Speed-of-Sound Sonic, who’s looking for a
rematch. Saitama does his best to ignore Sonic, still looking for crime to
stop, but Sonic is rather persistent. A local “hero” with the dumbest theme
ever, Tank Top Tiger, arrives to handle the suspicious situation. Not Sonic,
but Saitama. Apparently his mini-freak outs were making more than just me
uncomfortable. Sonic, who’s tired of being ignored, knocks out Dumb Guy in
Tiger-Print Tank Top and starts flinging kunai everywhere. Saitama, finally
realizing that the solution to his problem is LITERALLY staring him in the
face, knocks Sonic out, and meets his quota for the week.
Some officials from the Hero Association
close the Sonic Case, but still have a more interesting Case open, the Ghost
Town. This Case is so big, even an S Class hero named Tornado is interested in
it. We learn that there is a district in City Z that is completely uninhabited.
This District is hit hardest by the various monsters that attack City Z, so
nearly everyone has moved out. Only the basic essentials of electricity and
water still run there. Rather than “waste” Tornado’s time with the case, I get
the implication the execs are worried she’d be overkill, two A-Class heroes are
sent in to handle it. Golden Ball and Spring Mustachio travel through the Ghost
Town, and meet a giant Seaweed Monster. Said Monster wipes the floor with them,
all the while delivering some exposition. Apparently the Ghost Town is known
amongst the monster community, and the toughest of the tough go there to try
and defeat the unstoppable denizen of the Ghost Town. Then Saitama walks by. Hm…
an invincible superbeing that thrashes the worst monsters, I wonder who it can
be? He mentions forgetting to buy soup stock, before the Seaweed monster
attacks. We don’t see the monster, but in a pretty dark twist, Saitama
apparently killed it and was using it in his soup. Messed up.
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| The man can bite through a sword. Who can stand a chance? |
I feel it’s important to mention that
One-Punch Man started out as a manga. Actually, it started out as a web comic
that was then redrawn as a manga, and then turned into an anime. I suggest
looking into the original Web Comic, not because it’s good but because it’s
ugly as sin. I’m really shocked anyone was interested enough in it to make the
manga version. My point? Just like most other series, there are occasionally standalone
stories in between longer story arcs. Sometimes it’s just one story, sometimes
it’s a few, but either way it breaks things up a little. I bring this up
because I know that the reason this feels like two stories is because it is.
Part one, fighting Sonic, would have been one to three-chapter story, and the
Ghost Town investigation would be another. Both segments, while largely
unrelated, do help to shape the world they live in. We learn a bit about the
hierarchy, C-Class heroes are the Spider-man/Daredevil/Batman sort that handle
street crime and the “spur of the moment” crime. Life is always the hardest for
rookies. We also learn that the Hero Registry is run by a bunch of idiots.
Seriously, if they’d just run through their own Registry, they’d have seen a C
and S-Class hero LIVE IN THE GHOST TOWN. Can you think of anyone better
to get info about an area then from the guys that live there? But it is also
interesting to learn that Saitama is a legend, even if people still don’t take
him seriously. So yeah, while the stories don't connect very well, it's a fun episode to just see how more of this world works. Next time, either One-Punch
Man episode 6, or my review of Batman
V. Superman, depends on when my next day off is. Until then, have a great
night.
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