This episode opens with a bang. Or
more accurately, a promise of a bang. A colossal asteroid is headed straight
for City Z. The S-Class heroes are called to City Z’s branch of the Hero
Association, but when Genos arrives, he is only met by Bang, aka Silver Fang.
Bang explains that City Z falls pretty low on other heroes’ priority list, so
they’ll be the only ones to attempt to help. Genos, instead of being deterred,
grabs his latest batch of upgrades and heads out. He’s temporarily distracted
by Bofoi aka Metal Knight, another S-Class hero. He’s like Iron-Man in his
Hulkbuster armor, big, bulky and bombastic. Bofoi, after demanding that he only
be called Metal Knight, admits he doesn’t give a rat’s tookus about the populace
and was only there to test out his newest weapon. Said weapon is flashy, but
doesn’t seem to effect the asteroid.
Bang arrives and gives Genos a pep
talk. After being motivated by Bang, Genos decides to go full force. He pulls
up his primary power core and jams it into his cannon. He releases a
super-powered blast, but much like Metal Knight’s barrage, it wasn’t enough.
Saitama then arrives, super-leaps into the air, and One Punched the meteor. He
flies through it, shattering it into a million pieces. The pieces rain
down, destroying parts of City Z, but overall the destruction is less than it
would have been if the asteroid had hit them directly.
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| This guy's muscles must be dense as a neutron star. |
Three days later, and the populace
is cleaning up. Genos is pretty depressed by the events of the day, believing
that if Metal Knight and Saitama had teamed up, the destruction would have been
lessened. Saitama takes a more Zen approach, believing it was and “okay day.”
After saving the day, Genos is moved up from 17 to 16 in the S-Class, Metal
Knight moves up from 7 to 6, and Saitama skyrocket from 342 to 5 in the
C-Class. They also take a minute to explain the “Threat Levels” that often are
mentioned before/during a major crisis. A Tiger Level Crisis is a threat that
could lead to a massive loss of life, an Oni/Demon Level Crisis threatens to
halt the functioning of an entire city or destroy it entirely, a Dragon Level
Crisis threatens the destruction of multiple cities, and a Kami/God Level
Crisis threatens humanity with Extinction.
Saitama gives an impressive little
quote, “If heroes run and hide, who’s left to help?” Then Baka (Stupid) Top, excuse
me, Tank Top Tiger and his brother, the even more idiotically named Tank Top
Black Hole, arrive and are looking for payback for Tiger’s earlier humiliation.
Black Hole comes up with a relatively brilliant plan, they loudly blame Saitama
for destroying the town and try to incite a mob. The “ungrateful gits,” to
quote various Harry Potter characters, are easily swayed and start demanding
answers for why Saitama didn’t do a better job at saving the day. After
thinking they’d broken Saitama’s will, Black Hole moves in for the final punch.
Saitama easily overpowers the idiot and knocks him out. He then calls the crowd
out on the BS, and points out that had he not shattered the asteroid, they’d
all be killed insisted of just their stuff. Genos arrives and calls Saitama,
and the two depart.
This was a good episode for two
reasons. One, it shows us how Saitama handles ridicule. Like Spider-Man, while
he might be heckled by those he protects, he won’t stop being a hero just
because he’s not well liked. But, unlike Spider-Man, he’ll call out anyone that
dares suggest he’s not a good guy. And, it does answer the important question
of how they classify the crises that come up. They’d mentioned Dragon, Oni and
Tiger Crises during several events before, but I’d no idea what that meant
until this point. So the breakdown is Tiger=Bad, Oni = Very Bad, Dragon = Incredibly
Awful, and Kami = Humanity is Hosed. Why Saitama didn’t realize this, despite
being a professional hero and having lived in this world his entire life, I’ll
never know. Next time, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice review. These titles
just keep getting longer and longer. Jeeze.
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