And the fight begins! Genos hits
the ground running, smashing Deepsea King’s face repeatedly with metal fists
and energy weapons. Deepsea King survives and rips off one of Genos’ arms.
Despite this, Genos plans to keep fighting, hoping to finish this guy off
before Saitama arrives. Or at the very least give the civilians a chance to
make a run for it. The Higher-ups of the Hero Association are starting to freak
out a little. Despite the obvious destruction Deepsea King has and will
continue inflict, they seem…cautious about bringing high ranking heroes into
the fight. They try to call up Mumen Rider, but get Saitama instead. He’s got
the free hands to answer the phone, since he’s riding on the spokes of Mumen’s
bike. Despite their reservations, they agree to let Saitama proceed.
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| Reminds me of my Uncle's speedo, Mona. Which, if you know my family, is less insane then it sounds. |
Genos is still holding his own
despite being partially dismembered. But then Deepsea King decides to fight
dirty. He opens his mouth and spews acid at a little girl. God, the Deepsea
King is the oddest combination of fishes/sea-life, isn’t he? Genos leaps into
the way, and his body is pretty much melted into slag. An interesting side
effect of this, we finally get to see how much “human” is left of Genos. From
the look of things, he’s just got his original spine and presumably his brain.
Other than that, all metal. So about as much a cyborg as DC’s Cyborg, really. Just
when Deepsea King is about to finish Genos off, Mumen and Saitama arrive. Mumen
flings his bike at Deepsea King, which only seems to mildly annoy him. Not all
that shocking given the last episode. Mumen continues to fight, despite, you
know, being so obviously outclassed it’s scary. He gives a pretty moving speech
about fighting for others, and how he realizes that he’s pretty much a joke,
but continues fighting because he wants to be a real hero. He inspires the
crowd, who start cheering for him. Deepsea King isn’t so impressed, and
shatters Mumen’s arm. Saitama then steps in.
Deepsea King is unimpressed by the
follicly challenged hero, and rushes him. He punches Saitama so hard that the
shockwave causes the rain to stop for a few seconds. Saitama doesn’t seem to
notice. He winds up, and hits Deepsea King so hard that the rain clears, and
most of Deepsea Kings internal organs get blown out.
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| He's after your crunchy, delicious bones. |
The following day, Saitama and Genos
get mail. Via drone. Apparently the fear of the ‘mysterious monster’ of City
Z’s Ghost Town has gotten so bad no one wants to set foot in it. Again, I say,
the Hero Association is run by a bunch of idiots. Genos gets a bunch of fan
mail. Saitama gets death threats. Flashing back to the fight. After Saitama
won, a Delusional Idiotic Conniption-having Kid
in the crowd, see what I did there, starts spouting a bunch of BS. Basically,
he thinks that because Saitama won so easily, then obviously the horrific
monster that nearly killed several heroes and all of the civilians wasn’t all
that powerful. Yep, it can’t be because Saitama is incredibly strong, everyone
else must just suck. Then Saitama does something incredibly noble. He gives
everyone else the credit. He loudly announces how lucky he was he arrived late
and that the other heroes softened Deepsea King up for him. Being a bunch o’
dummies, the crowd bites and start praising the other heroes and decrying
Saitama as a fraud. Ingrates. Saitama does get one mysterious “Thank You” note.
So not everyone is awful.
Given his heroic action, he’s
promoted to #1 of Rank C, and then accepts the offer to be promoted to Rank B. Number
1 in a class can be promoted to the next class, if they so choose. Mumen had
always refused, because he realizes that a dude on a ten speed bike really
doesn’t have a shot at the big leagues. For a dude that dresses in light armor,
rides a bike and fights crime, Mumen’s goals are surprisingly realistic. There
are some doubters among the execs, but at least Saitama is getting some
recognition. After the promotion, he meets up with Mumen. They share some udon
to celebrate. And Mumen reveals he sent the thank you note. All’s well that
ends well. Can’t wait to see how it hits the fan again.
I’m happy to say that even after
Nine episodes, One-Punch Man hasn’t had a truly bad episode. This episode is
particularly well done because it showed us a side of Saitama that we haven’t
seen yet. We’ve seen him be impatient, confident, vain, short-tempered,
anxious, and slightly petty. It’s hard when your student is so much higher
ranked then you are. Upon defeating the Deepsea King, he was given the chance
to finally take the recognition and glory that has been eluding him since he
became a hero. And he doesn’t take it. After seeing guys like Mumen, Genos,
Stinger, and all the other heroes that got their butts kicked trying to stop
Deepsea King, he realizes that making sure folks have heroes they can believe
in is more important than him getting his due. It’s a pretty important moment
for any hero. It’s kind of like any time Superman stops to thank Cops or
firefighters, or when Handcock in Handcock
starts telling police “Good Job.” It’s always good when the most powerful
folks give credit where credit is due. And in the end, he gets a nice little
reward with a peer. Always nice. Next time One-Punch Man Episode Ten.
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