A terrible monster suddenly attacks Z-City without warning. Many innocents are killed instantly, and more continue to be wiped out by the terrifying fiend with each passing minute. But when all seems lost, a lone saviour appears and Who is this mysterious protector? Just a guy who's a hero. One Punch Man is a 2009 Japanese created by the artist and writer ONE. The series is largely an of stories, lampooning their over the top or general by bringing the genre's standard plot to its. Saitama is an unemployed turned part-time who has become so powerful he can defeat any adversary. But despite that fact, Saitama continues to follow his now utterly monotonous hero hobby, encountering , , , , masters, , corrupt , , and just about — all the while hoping that, someday, one of them might put up a fight that lasts longer than their. The series has been wildly popular, with the being adapted into a drawn by Yusuke Murata of fame, an English serialization of said manga in 's Weekly , a drama CD, a adaptation from , and several from December 2015 on. It's been announced the series will have a second anime season, though other than a change in the animation studio the second season will be done by instead of Madhouse , details remain elusive. An English dub of the series by Viz Media began airing on on July 16, 2016. The Japanese dub can also be streamed in subbed form on. It's Saitama's neighborhood, and it's implied that powerful monsters attack there so often specifically because they've heard how strong he is and want to fight him. To the point that an entire monster organisation has made their base there. All this means he's pretty much playing the eternal to Saitama's lackadaisical approach to heroism, although ultimately Saitama is still far stronger. For example, they removed Genos' reference of the Blizzard Group's newbie crushing in episode 7. The anime adds even further scenes that were in neither comic. The anime however devotes several scenes to show that, yes, there were survivors, and the Hero Association spared no expense to make sure they were rescued and secured — it's just that most of the action was centered on the S-Class heroes on the ground and Saitama's battle with Boros in the mothership itself. Chronologically, it takes place between chapters 52 and 53 of the webcomic. However, Metal Knight cleans up the excess debris and begins building, finishing the building in 10 days. In the Anime, Genos narrates that a new building was made, but how it was made isn't explained. He even lampshades that no matter how many times it bites him in the ass he keeps doing it. Noticing the issue, the Hero Association took all those heroes who didn't care about where they ranked and formed them into the current S ranks. A few years later, it's clear that they've made no other meaningful changes to the policy given that the strongest person in the association, Saitama, barely made it in at all and only received a fraction of the credit he deserved for his actions. Meanwhile, a bunch of low-level jerks go out of their way to go around 'rookie crushing' and doing other stupid things that only undermine the purpose of the organization. The real subterraneans conveniently happen to be invading just as Saitama wakes up, but turn out to be much less impressive opponents. One notable example is in Episode 5, when the stinger shows Genos asking to move in with Saitama and giving him rent money in order to convince him. Anyone who misses this stinger, or who hasn't read the webcomic or manga, will be confused as to why Genos is suddenly living with Saitama in Episode 6. Saitama then pulls out the from when he'd slaughtered Beast King and asks if that's the guy he's talking about. After a long , Armored Gorilla switches from to a regular voice and meekly acquiesces. He's become the strongest hero of all time, able to fell any enemy with a single strike. Such ease in his super heroics, however, has given rise to boredom, ennui, and a lack of enthusiasm when playing hero. Then a few seconds later she realizes that Genos ripped off both her legs at the same time. Boros was able to survive Saitama's first attack because his armour protected him, subsequently shattering to pieces afterwards. Boros declares, however, that the armour was actually a. While still not up to the level of the redraw, the more recent chapters look far more professional than the early ones to say the least. Whenever he starts taking things seriously and acts like a badass though, he's drawn in the detailed style. They want to make a world wherein people only have to work if they want to, and those who don't work are fully financially supported. They don't seem to know that this is not at all how economics work, but then again they really aren't all that smart. And anyone dumb enough to kill, threaten, or attack civilians, or the heroes attempting to defend them when Saitama is around. He accidentally knocks him clear out of the ring with a HIP CHECK of all things while he's. And it's so strong that Suiryu plummets into the audience! A perfect way to end the first season of the anime after the epic fight against Boros. Also, considering tendencies to not continue an anime series although the second season is later confirmed... Bang also has an awesome old man-style mustache. Also, a fair amount of high-ranking heroes are simply average-looking people who happen to have. Fubuki comes back with over 2 million alone, describing her getting it as having put her body on the line to do so. Mortified by their leader apparantly resorting to prostitution for the group, the other members vow to make sure she never does it again by working harder... The birdmen however get massacred in a few pages by the actual new threat: an alien invasion led by galactic conqueror Boros. He used to have , but it fell out from all the training. Then SNAP THE BLADE. Hell, he doesn't even need to use his hands because he can do the same with his! Or maybe a serious character in a parody world. Genos is probably the most morally sound of the characters considered to be particularly handsome in-universe, whereas, despite being a high-ranking hero, is a merciless who kills any monster he can get his hands on. Ugmons invoke this, becoming powerful monsters through their ugliness, whereas Pig God is at first glance a but can be considered one of the most heroic S-Class heroes. After years of training he got what he wanted, which led to an existential crisis. He soon regrets the decision. However, after his defeat, he can tell that , but. Boros: It was as if... Prophecies really can't be trusted. You are too strong. The Hero system allows the top-ranked member of each class the opportunity to move up to the next class. He refuses to go into B-Class for personal reasons probably because he is severely underpowered even for B-Class but his presence still generates a standard that must be surpassed for a hero to rise from C-Class; because he has the personality and of an , but no powers, a hero must have some kind of combat ability to surpass him and reach B-Class. With that he even improved it by reinforcing the Headquarters so it could house A Rank heroes and have roads all over the country. The Association is both amazed and terrified of Metal Knight for pulling this off. Now battling villains and monsters are about as exciting as a trip to the grocery store to pick up a gallon of milk. He first became a hero when he rescued a child from a monster after being fired from his previous job with no hope of getting a new one. He felt such a rush after this first heroic rescue that he dedicated himself to becoming a hero. At one point he
