One-Punch Man - S1E10 - Unparalleled Peril

Previously on One-Punch Man, “Unyielding Justice”

We’re racing towards the season finale as the class S heroes are called together for an unrevealed threat. No one has any respect for our boy Saitama, but how long can that last when City A, and Earth, and Earth come under attack.

When The Homies Call

In the ice lands of some mountains, the Ancient King, ruler of the Terror Lizard Clan awakens, but is cut off by Terrible Tornado. Before the fight can begin, she gets a call to return to base due to some new giant threat. When the Ancient King boasts that only a giant meteor is strong enough to kill him, Tornado drops one on him using her psychic powers.

Silverfang is summoned during an unwanted pitch for his dojo to Genos and Saitama. Silverfang’s star pupil went mad and severely beat the other stronger students, causing the weaker ones to quit. Silverfang defeated and expelled him, but his school is still on rough times. All of that has to wait though, everyone in class S is being called in, including Genos, who invites Saitama along. At headquarters, Saitama gets no respect despite 3rd ranked Silverfang’s endorsement. 4th ranked Atomic Samurai won’t even shake his hand, and Terrible Tornado unloads on Saitama with disgust, who he mistakes for a lost child.

Squad Up

Everyone is at the briefing except for 2 out of the 17, Metal Knight (ranked 6th) and the top ranked Blast. Standouts among the rest include Zombie Man (a mash-up of John Constantine with Akira‘s Kaneda and Tetsuo), Watchdog Man (who looks like a deleted character from Princess Mononoke), Superalloy Blackluster (a bodybuilding black dude in a Speedo), Drive Knight (Marvel‘s space knight Rom in a cheap disguise), Tank-Top Master (who recognizes Saitama’s name but can’t place it), Metal Bat (Yu Yu Hakusho‘s Yusuke and Kuwabara mashed-up), and crowd favorite Puri-Puri Prisoner who wants to get close to Genos.

As it turns out, last episode’s post credits scene was the final moments of poor Madame Shibabawa thanks to choking on a cough drop. She had been looking into the next six months for any dangers. She didn’t predict every problem, but her predictions were never wrong either. Before she died she left a message, “The Earth is in trouble.” Some are underwhelmed, but the executive assures the group that “trouble” was her most strong wording of any. The executive believes that they must be ready for a fight in 6 months, but Saitama points out that it could be any day, including today. The realization doesn’t get a chance to sink in before the building is rocked by blast from outside.

Life Comes At You Fast

Outside, the Sky King and his minions are beginning their siege on the Hero Association’s headquarters. For those keeping count at home, we’ve had the first episode’s Subterranean King, the Deep Sea King for the last couple, and now the Ancient King and Sky Kings this episode. I’m not sure where that’s going, but I digress since the Sky King, and his crew, are slaughtered in seconds. A gigantic mother ship appears over City A with its own five-headed sentry, only dedicated to lethally protecting the ship. The ship settles  and levels the city in a blinding purple flash. Metal Knight’s handiwork is the only thing left standing, the headquarters.

Inside, they clock the damage at 99.8%, and begin to plan after some bickering, but Genos only notices later that Saitama had already jumped through the ceiling to the roof. Saitama is already in the air to the ship when it begins to open fire on him. He’s too fast, and easily dodges the rounds until he kicks one back it, making his opening.

Well, Allow Us To Retort

On the ground, a pair of survivors are saved by Atomic Samurai’s pupil, Iairon, from the alien sentry, but his sword isn’t getting the job done. No matter how he slices the sentry, it always heals up. Catching his breath for a moment gives the sentry an opening to unleash an attack that claims Iairon’s left arm.  The five heads split into their own bodies and divvy up the killing responsibilities until Atomic Samurai shatters them with a flash of his blade. Atomic barely has enough time through slashes to tell Iairon to stop bleeding before the sentry forms into one cohesive being.

The five heads become a set of five eyes and teeth, and the disjointed thinking of the group is now one. At a standoff, Atomic Samurai is joined by #15 Metal Bat and #17 Puri-Puri Prisoner, who takes Deep Sea King’s advice and unleashes his new “Dark Angel Rush” with intent to kill.

While the agents order evacuations and prep for survivor searching, #16 Genos, #2 Terrible Tornado, #5 Child Emperor, #11 Superalloy Blackluster, and #7 King have made it to the rooftop through Saitama’s hole. The ship is too far for most of them, leading them to look to King for help. He’s considered the strongest man on Earth, and they respect him more than most for as yet unrevealed reasons, but he has nothing, suggesting they call in Metal Knight. Of course, Terrible Tornado isn’t having it and she vows to go alone, even turning down Genos’s assistance. Genos is insulted, but Superalloy Blackluster does the one thing he seems to have been designed for:  to tell a person to “Take it easy. He / She will kill you.”

Way Ahead Of You

Genos let’s it go since Saitama is already on the ship. Inside, Saitama has been running through, handing out one-punches like candy, but can’t seem to draw out the main alien. No post credits scene this week, but as Saitama begins to destroy the ship from within, we get a glimpse of the head alien in charge.