Chapter Summaries

Yoru Machi refused Dr. Genus’s offer to join the House of Evolution, insisting he would break his limits through his own efforts, then left after securing compensation. Dr. Genus watched Asura Kabuto battle Saitama, while Yoru Machi departed and reminded Saitama about his deadline.

• Dr. Genus offered Yoru Machi a place in the House of Evolution and promised clones of any kind of woman he wanted.
• Yoru Machi refused, said Saitama had broken the limiter through his own strength, and declared that he intended to surpass his own limits the same way.
• Yoru Machi demanded a large sum from Dr. Genus and left, prompting Dr. Genus to turn back to the screen and watch Saitama fight Asura Kabuto.
• Asura Kabuto attacked Saitama in a berserk state, but Saitama dodged every punch while Asura Kabuto taunted him.
• Yoru Machi returned, told Saitama he had already collected the money and that the deadline was approaching, then left again.

Saitama killed Asura Kabuto with a single Serious Punch, destroying the House of Evolution and terrifying its survivors. He then hurried Genos back to the city before five o’clock, stopping at a chain supermarket while Genos wondered what Saturday meant.

• Asura Kabuto unleashed his strongest punch, but Saitama countered with a Serious Punch and pulverized him.
• Saitama’s punch blasted through the House of Evolution and carved a trench through the outskirts, leaving Armored Gorilla terrified and Dr. Genus questioning his research.
• Saitama grabbed Genos and ran, explaining that he feared being charged for the damage and needed to hurry before five o’clock.
• Genos asked Saitama why Saturday and five in the afternoon mattered, imagining that the teachers fought powerful enemies every week.
• Saitama carried Genos back into the city in under a minute and stopped outside a chain supermarket.

Genos waited outside a supermarket while Saitama and Yoru Machi competed with housewives for sale items, mistakenly believing the sale was a training exercise. When the two returned, the housewives suspected Genos had staged his appearance to get free food, leaving him in danger of their anger.

• Saitama and Yoru Machi shopped during a supermarket sale while Genos waited outside, missing his hands and feet after his fight with Asura Kabuto.
• Genos imagined that the sale was secret training, then accepted food from housewives who mistook him for a beggar.
• The housewives complained that a white-haired young man and a bald guy had snatched sale items and one had groped a shopper amid the scramble.
• Yoru Machi and Saitama emerged with heaps of discounted food and saw Genos surrounded by the housewives.
• Saitama greeted Genos, prompting the housewives to suspect Genos had pretended to be pitiful to trick them, and Genos sensed their anger.

After a disastrous supermarket sale, Yoru Machi and Saitama drank away their frustration, then discovered their money had vanished. A message revealed that Yoru Machi had invested the House of Evolution compensation in the modeling agency while drunk.

• Yoru Machi and Saitama were accused of groping shoppers during the supermarket sale, and the housewives took their purchases and the food Genos had been given.
• Genos concluded that winning the Saturday sale required intelligence and training, while Yoru Machi and Saitama argued over the failed shopping trip.
• Yoru Machi and Saitama ate out and got drunk while Genos went to Dr. Kusuno for repairs.
• After Genos returned and the hungry pair woke, Yoru Machi and Saitama discovered that nearly all the money in his card was gone.
• Yoru Machi received a message from the Transvestite President saying his investment had been received, and the two men remembered what they had done while drunk.

After Yoru Machi and Saitama realized they had drunkenly invested all their money in Yoru Machi’s struggling company, they were left scraping by on instant noodles and searching for work. Meanwhile, Eriina identified Yoru Machi from supermarket footage and prepared to find the hero who had saved her.

• Yoru Machi failed to persuade the Transvestite President to return the money he and Saitama had invested while drunk.
• Saitama blamed Yoru Machi for losing his fortune, and the two spent their remaining money on instant noodles.
• Eriina’s staff traced Yoru Machi through a supermarket chain store, and Eriina recognized him as the hero she had been searching for.
• Yoru Machi and Saitama searched newspapers for jobs, while Yoru Machi recounted being fired from a women’s swordsmanship dojo for distracting its students.

After being fired from the kendo dojo, Yoru Machi spotted a high-paying swordsmanship tutor job that perfectly matched his qualifications and applied. Eriina hired him immediately, revealing that she had designed the advertisement to draw him in and hoped to become his friend.

• Yoru Machi learned that his claim about preferring mature and married women had helped get him fired from the dojo.
• A bald man showed Yoru Machi an advertisement seeking a white-haired kendo tutor for thirty thousand yen a day, and Yoru Machi called to apply.
• Eriina's bodyguard reported that Yoru Machi had applied, and Eriina hired him without hesitation.
• The bodyguard questioned why Eriina chose Yoru Machi over renowned applicants Iai An and Qiu Wu Taito.
• Eriina explained that Yoru Machi could defeat Dragon-level monsters and that she had tailored the advertisement to meet him and become his friend.

Yoru Machi discovered that his well-paid swordsmanship tutoring job had been arranged by Eriina, the zaibatsu heiress he had once rescued from Vaccine Man. Eriina thanked him, asked to train with him and tentatively suggested becoming friends, while Yoru Machi remained wary and tried to downplay his ability.

• The dojo master accepted Eriina's lucrative offer and dismissed Yoru Machi, sympathizing with him but unwilling to oppose her family.
• Yoru Machi arrived at Eriina's villa expecting a wealthy client and was surprised when she greeted him as the supermarket salesgirl he had rescued.
• Eriina reminded Yoru Machi that he had saved her from Vaccine Man and explained that her supermarket job had been an experience of ordinary life.
• Yoru Machi realized Eriina had arranged the job to meet him and considered leaving because he feared attracting attention from powerful people.
• Eriina explained that she wanted to thank him and learn swordsmanship, then nervously asked whether they could become friends.
• Yoru Machi said she did not need to thank him and claimed he was only a third-rate swordsman who might not be qualified to teach her.

Yoru Machi accepted a job teaching Eriina swordsmanship for 50,000 yen a day, easing his money worries and earning him a chance to treat Saitama and Genos to dinner. The chapter ended with Yoru Machi and Saitama discussing how Eriina had searched for him after he saved her at the supermarket.

• Yoru Machi hesitated to teach Eriina because he feared getting entangled with her wealthy family, but she assured him the job was her own idea and promised 50,000 yen for one hour of lessons each day.
• Yoru Machi accepted the job, taught Eriina basic swordsmanship theory, and received his daily payment; unbeknownst to him, Eriina filled her notebook with sketches of him.
• Yoru Machi invited Saitama and Genos to eat eel rice, boasting that he could afford dinner after landing his new job.
• Saitama envied Yoru Machi's pay and asked whether Eriina needed another teacher, but Yoru Machi mocked his baldness and lack of useful lessons.
• Yoru Machi threatened to leave Saitama home with instant noodles unless he stopped fighting, and Saitama relented so he could join dinner.
• Saitama asked whether Eriina had been looking for Yoru Machi since he saved her at the supermarket, and Yoru Machi began to answer before telling Saitama to finish chewing.

Yoru Machi struggled to keep his attention on sword lessons with Eriina, whose flirtatious behavior left him exhausted and unaware of her growing feelings. At home, he discovered that the bald guy had teamed up with Genos to find money, just as Genos received an invitation from the Hero Association.

• Yoru Machi went to Eriina’s villa for another lesson and agreed to call her by her name as a friend and teacher.
• Eriina wore revealing clothes and pressed close behind Yoru Machi as he showed her how to hold a sword, distracting him throughout the lesson.
• After Yoru Machi left, Eriina went swimming and worried that her efforts to attract him had not worked.
• The bald guy and Genos searched for ways to make money while Yoru Machi was away.
• Genos received an email inviting him to become a Hero Association hero after its satellite recorded him destroying the House of Evolution building.

Saitama signed Yoru Machi and Genos up for the Hero Association, despite Yoru Machi’s objections, and the three went to the assessment in A-City. Yoru Machi planned to fail on purpose, but after the candidates were split among examination rooms, he drew attention in Room D for his casual clothes and appearance.

• The Hero Association invited Genos to join after noticing his strength, and Saitama learned about the organization from the invitation email.
• Saitama persuaded Genos to register himself and Yoru Machi, and Genos joined after learning his teachers would become heroes.
• Yoru Machi argued with Saitama after discovering he had been registered, saying he had no interest in becoming a professional hero.
• Three days later, Yoru Machi, Saitama, and Genos arrived at the A-City stadium for the Hero Association assessment, which Yoru Machi planned to fail deliberately.
• The staff assigned Genos to Examination Room A, Saitama to Room C, and Yoru Machi to Room D, where his casual outfit and looks attracted attention.

Yoru Machi attended the Hero Association’s physical assessment while exhausted and dismissed by the other examinees. He effortlessly lifted increasingly heavy barbells one-handed, leaving everyone stunned after he hoisted two hundred kilograms.

• Yoru Machi arrived at the assessment tired after staying up all night playing games with the bald guy, while other examinees mocked his appearance and strength.
• When Yoru Machi was called, he approached the thirty-kilogram barbell and lifted it one-handed, surprising the staff member and onlookers.
• Yoru Machi also lifted the fifty-kilogram and one-hundred-kilogram barbells one-handed, yawning as the crowd watched in disbelief.
• An examinee said he would eat the barbell if Yoru Machi lifted two hundred kilograms one-handed, and Yoru Machi promptly did so without warming up.
• The examinees asked who had made the boast and whether he wanted to eat the thirty-kilogram or two-hundred-kilogram barbell.

Yoru Machi dominated the Hero Association’s physical examination, then learned that his scores had earned him a chance to spar with a Rank B Hero for direct promotion. Though he tried to forfeit because he feared being beaten to death, he decided to act frightened during the match and surrender afterward.

• Yoru Machi lifted every barbell, including the 500-kilogram one, and stunned the staff and examinees.
• Yoru Machi took first place in the sprint and every other physical test despite trying to hold back.
• The examiner announced a surprise round in which the top scorer from each hall would spar with a Rank B Hero for a chance at direct promotion.
• Yoru Machi asked to forfeit, saying he was afraid the Rank B Hero would beat him to death.
• Yoru Machi decided to pretend to try before surrendering so he could avoid trouble with the Hero Association.

Yoru Machi, Saitama, and Genos joined a special hero-exam event in which examinees with perfect physical scores faced B-Class heroes. After the Hall B winner lost to Dark Flame Dragon Sword User, Genos drew Jet Man and prepared to fight, hoping to watch his teachers compete afterward.

• Yoru Machi arrived at Examination Hall A and recognized Genos and Saitama as the other likely examinees with perfect physical scores.
• The four guest heroes appeared, including the popular B-Class Rank 1 Hellish Blizzard, and the Hall B winner drew Dark Flame Dragon Sword User.
• Dark Flame Dragon Sword User defeated the Hall B winner in fewer than five exchanges, prompting the crowd to discuss the gulf between B- and C-Class heroes.
• Genos volunteered to fight first, and Saitama agreed to let him test the waters before their turns.
• Genos drew B-Class Rank 10 Jet Man and asked him to use his full strength so the fight could end quickly.

Genos defeated Jet Man, then learned that Saitama had lost to Vest Black Hole after accidentally stepping out of bounds. Yoru Machi fought Hellish Blizzard, who began using her psychic powers to lift the training equipment.

• Genos dodged Jet Man’s attack and knocked him unconscious with a Machine Gun Blow.
• Genos learned Saitama had lost to Vest Black Hole and prepared to challenge the referee, but Saitama explained that he had stepped out of bounds while avoiding his opponent.
• Yoru Machi faced Hellish Blizzard and took an offensive stance so he would not lose too easily and arouse suspicion.
• Yoru Machi used Shunpo to attack, but Blizzard barely tracked his movement, leaped away, and floated into the air.
• Blizzard raised a blue aura and used her psychic powers to lift training equipment around the examination grounds.

Yoru Machi overwhelmed Blizzard’s psychic assault and demonstrated that his martial arts could threaten even an opponent who fought from the air. The chapter left Blizzard blasted into the ceiling after her protective barrier cracked under his fist pressure.

• Blizzard sent a dense barrage of floating exercise equipment crashing toward Yoru Machi.
• Yoru Machi used Hakuda: Bone Scatter to bat away every object, embedding them in the walls.
• Blizzard abandoned her confidence and resolved to keep her distance and outlast Yoru Machi.
• Yoru Machi used Hakuda—Air Bone to send compressed air rushing toward Blizzard.
• Blizzard’s psychic barrier cracked, and the remaining fist pressure struck her and blasted her into the ceiling.

Yoru Machi overwhelmed Blizzard during their match, but deliberately pretended that her psychic power had defeated him so she could keep her Rank B first place. Blizzard understood what he had done and chose not to reveal it, while Genos and Baldy recognized the staged loss.

• Yoru Machi closed in on Blizzard, who feared losing her top Rank B position and used the last of her psychic power to resist him.
• Yoru Machi remembered that he was supposed to lose, froze in midair, and launched himself out of the arena into a crater.
• The referee declared Blizzard the winner, and the spectators credited her psychic power with turning the match around.
• Blizzard realized Yoru Machi had deliberately thrown the match but kept quiet to protect her rank and Blizzard Group.
• Genos questioned why Yoru Machi had deliberately lost, while Baldy was pleased that the loss might keep Yoru Machi from outranking him.

Yoru Machi deliberately submitted a blank written test to avoid becoming a hero, but his zero score left the examiners unable to pass him despite his strong performance. Hellish Blizzard intervened and demanded that higher-ranking officials review the decision, leaving Yoru Machi’s registration unresolved.

• Yoru Machi slept through the written test and turned in a blank paper, while Saitama scored twenty points and Genos earned an exceptional Rank S promotion.
• The examiners registered Saitama as the last C-Class hero but prepared to reject Yoru Machi because his total score was only fifty.
• Hellish Blizzard burst in and argued that Yoru Machi’s strength and sense of justice mattered more than his written-test score.
• The examiners said they could not ignore the rules, so Blizzard urged them to report the case to a higher-ranking official and declared Yoru Machi qualified to be a hero.

Yoru Machi, Saitama, and Genos received their Hero Association exam results, and Saitama and Yoru Machi were shocked by their unexpectedly low ranks. Genos began explaining the reason for Yoru Machi’s B-Class placement, leaving the others awaiting the details.

• Genos opened his evaluation and learned he had been promoted to Rank 17 in S-Class because of his past hero activities.
• Saitama received Rank 390 in C-Class, and Genos protested that the stronger Saitama deserved a higher rank.
• Yoru Machi explained that Saitama’s monster kills had not been recorded because he had left without reporting them.
• Yoru Machi discovered he had been placed at Rank 101 in B-Class despite turning in a blank written test, and he and Saitama accused the Association of rigging the results.
• Genos noticed that Yoru Machi’s evaluation explained his B-Class ranking and began to tell his teachers why.

Yoru Machi, Saitama, and Genos learned that the Hero Association had accepted them as heroes, though all three were ranked last in their respective classes. When Blizzard tried to recruit Yoru Machi into her group, he angrily confronted her after realizing she had prevented him from being eliminated.

• Genos read the Hero Association's evaluation, which made Yoru Machi and Saitama dissatisfied with their ranks and left Genos upset on their behalf.
• Yoru Machi learned that, unlike Rank C Heroes, Rank B Heroes would not lose their professional status for avoiding Hero Activity, ruining his plan to get kicked out.
• Blizzard stopped Yoru Machi, Saitama, and Genos in her car and asked about their hero ranks.
• Blizzard tried to use her recommendation as a reason to recruit Yoru Machi into the Blizzard Group.
• Yoru Machi angrily accused Blizzard of being the special individual who had kept him from being eliminated, and Blizzard realized he had deliberately tried to fail the assessment.

Yoru Machi learned that Blizzard had not arranged his B-Class ranking, while Blizzard wondered who had intervened on his behalf. The real culprit was revealed to be Eriina, who had tried to make him a Rank S hero and then became suspicious of his connection to Hellish Blizzard.

• Blizzard offered Yoru Machi a place in her group, but he revealed he was already a B-Class hero and showed her his evaluation documents.
• Blizzard said she lacked the influence to secure Yoru Machi's B-Class ranking, leaving both of them wondering who had arranged it.
• Eriina's bodyguard explained that the Hero Association had rejected Eriina's request to make Yoru Machi a Rank S hero and had placed him in B-Class instead.
• Eriina cut the Hero Association's next month's investment funding in half and requested a detailed report on Hellish Blizzard.
• After seeing Blizzard's photograph, Eriina wondered whether Yoru Machi knew her and why he had lost to her.