Chapter Summaries

Yoru Machi learned that his company would suspend operations for three months and delay his salary, so he asked Saitama to lend him more money. Saitama realized Yoru Machi might not repay the money he had already borrowed and discovered that his new housemate was even poorer than he was.

• Yoru Machi and Saitama fought over the last slice of grilled meat until Yoru Machi's phone rang.
• Yoru Machi's boss told him the company would suspend operations for three months and delay his salary.
• Yoru Machi tried to reassure Saitama by serving him food and persuading him to acknowledge their close friendship.
• Yoru Machi asked Saitama to lend him more money because he had lost his income.
• Saitama protested that Yoru Machi might not repay his earlier loan and that he was unemployed too.
• Yoru Machi insisted Saitama should support him as a close friend, leaving Saitama to realize Yoru Machi was even poorer than he was.

With money running out, Yoru Machi refused to sell his collectibles while waiting for Genos to arrive. Genos finally came to ask Yoru Machi and Saitama how to become stronger, and Saitama began to warn him about his training method.

• Yoru Machi and Saitama ran out of savings, and Saitama suggested selling Yoru Machi's collectibles to afford food.
• Yoru Machi insisted they would soon receive unexpected income and worried that Genos had gone to the wrong home.
• Genos arrived at Yoru Machi's home after recovering from his injuries and tracking down the two men in Z-City.
• Genos thanked Yoru Machi and Saitama, asked to become their disciple, and pleaded to learn how to grow stronger.
• Saitama offered to explain his training, warned Genos that ordinary people could not endure it, and Genos promised to persevere.

Genos asked Saitama and Yoru Machi how to become stronger, but learned that Saitama’s simple daily routine had broken his limiter by chance and that Yoru Machi relied on cheats. The chapter ended with Genos unable to find a method he could imitate.

• Genos recorded Saitama’s daily exercises, believing they were only a warm-up for more demanding training.
• Saitama told Genos that the exercises were his actual secret to becoming stronger, but Genos accused him of joking.
• Yoru Machi explained that Saitama had broken his limiter and said that breaking a limiter differed from person to person.
• Genos asked Yoru Machi how he had grown so strong, and Yoru Machi said he relied on cheats that increased his strength even when he did nothing.
• Genos realized that neither Saitama’s luck nor Yoru Machi’s cheats offered him a method he could follow.

Genos asked Saitama to take him as a disciple, and Yoru Machi secured Saitama’s agreement by pointing out that Genos could contribute to the household. Genos also offered Yoru Machi an apprenticeship gift and asked him to teach him, leaving the group to argue over whether to celebrate with sushi or udon.

• Genos again asked Saitama and Yoru Machi to take him as a disciple so he could learn from them and observe how they grew stronger.
• Saitama objected to taking in another person because he and Yoru Machi were struggling financially, but Yoru Machi silenced him and accepted Genos on Saitama’s behalf.
• Genos offered a thick stack of cash as an apprenticeship gift and promised to handle the household chores, prompting Saitama to agree to become his teacher.
• Yoru Machi proposed celebrating Genos’s apprenticeship with sushi, while Saitama argued for udon to avoid spending too much.
• Genos offered Yoru Machi several more stacks of cash and asked him to become a teacher too, and Yoru Machi accepted.
• After seeing Yoru Machi receive his own gift, Saitama suggested a sushi restaurant, but Yoru Machi changed his mind and pushed for udon.

Genos settled into Yoru Machi and Saitama’s home as their live-in maid while the two spent their days playing fighting games. A House of Evolution attack wrecked their home and interrupted their match, so the pair headed out to seek compensation from the surviving monsters.

• Genos took over the housework and observed Yoru Machi and Saitama, noting their enthusiasm for fighting games instead of training.
• Yoru Machi and Saitama played a deciding match for a free meal when Mercury Mantis, Frog Man, and Playful Slug crashed through the ceiling.
• Mercury Mantis announced that he belonged to the House of Evolution, and Yoru Machi killed him before Saitama’s punch smashed his remains and sent Frog Man and Playful Slug through a wall.
• Yoru Machi blamed Saitama for causing even more damage to his home, and the two argued over who would pay for repairs.
• Genos suggested they demand compensation from the House of Evolution, prompting Yoru Machi and Saitama to hurry outside and check whether Frog Man and Playful Slug were alive.

Yoru Machi and his companions faced Beast King and Armored Gorilla after the monsters attacked them, and Yoru Machi demanded compensation for the damage to his house. The fight began with Beast King taking on Yoru Machi, while Armored Gorilla chose Genos and sent Earth Dragon after Saitama.

• Yoru Machi stopped the bald man from pulling Frog Man and Playful Slug out of the highway, but Beast King's Lion Slash killed the two monsters still buried there.
• Beast King and Armored Gorilla appeared, and Genos reported that their energy readings exceeded Mosquito Girl's.
• Yoru Machi showed Beast King Genos's recording of the House of Evolution monsters damaging his house and demanded compensation.
• Beast King mocked Yoru Machi and charged at him after Yoru Machi challenged him.
• Armored Gorilla chose Genos as his opponent and ordered Earth Dragon to deal with Saitama.

Saitama and Yoru Machi quickly defeated the House of Evolution’s monsters while Genos fought Armored Gorilla to a standstill. After realizing Beast King had been killed and Saitama was actually the strongest of the trio, Armored Gorilla surrendered, while Mosquito Girl remained unaware of what had happened.

• Saitama killed Earth Dragon underground with a punch, and Genos fought Armored Gorilla evenly with his upgraded equipment.
• Yoru Machi distracted Armored Gorilla, who saw Beast King’s severed head and realized Yoru Machi had defeated the House of Evolution’s second-strongest monster.
• Armored Gorilla surrendered and tried to talk his way out of the fight.
• Yoru Machi explained that Beast King had attacked them, and she and Saitama argued over who should be blamed for killing the monsters and whether they owed compensation.
• Armored Gorilla realized Saitama was the strongest of the three and decided he could neither win nor escape.
• At the House of Evolution, Mosquito Girl wondered whether Beast King and the others had captured Yoru Machi’s group and planned to avenge herself.

Armored Gorilla narrowly avoided being killed by Yoru Machi by offering to lead the group to the House of Evolution and inventing an explanation for the deaths there. He reported to Dr. Genus that he had defeated the targets and was bringing them back, leaving Yoru Machi and the others set to visit the base.

• Yoru Machi nearly killed Armored Gorilla, but he stopped the attack by offering to guide the group to the House of Evolution and arrange compensation.
• Armored Gorilla proposed telling Dr. Genus that Beast King and the others had died fighting unknown monsters, and that he would explain the damage to Yoru Machi's home.
• Yoru Machi and the others accepted Armored Gorilla's proposal, and he contacted Dr. Genus.
• Armored Gorilla told Dr. Genus that Beast King, Earth Dragon, and the others had perished, while he had won a one-against-three fight and was taking the targets to the base.

Yoru Machi, Saitama, Genos, and Armored Gorilla reached the House of Evolution after Armored Gorilla promised to bring them there, with Yoru Machi and Saitama demanding extra compensation for his lie. Genos destroyed the facility before they could enter, and Yoru Machi and Saitama tried to keep him out of the underground lab so they could pursue compensation without being associated with him.

• Armored Gorilla told Dr. Genus that Beast King was dead and agreed to bring Yoru Machi, Saitama, and the others back to the House of Evolution.
• Yoru Machi demanded extra compensation from Armored Gorilla for damaging her reputation, and Saitama claimed his reputation had been damaged too.
• Armored Gorilla led them to the House of Evolution and used a mechanism to escape underground so he could warn Dr. Genus.
• Genos fired an Incineration Cannon at the facility, reducing the building to rubble as Armored Gorilla fled.
• Yoru Machi and Saitama told Genos to wait above while they went after Dr. Genus, claiming they wanted to train him.

Genos, Yoru Machi, and Saitama split up inside the House of Evolution’s underground laboratory, while Dr. Genus watched their progress and arranged stronger opponents. Genos encountered a pale-skinned monster after destroying a gunship.

• Yoru Machi persuaded Genos to explore alone by framing their separation as a chance for him to train.
• Yoru Machi split from Saitama and entered the underground laboratory, leaving Saitama to go his own way.
• Dr. Genus questioned Armored Gorilla about the intruders and decided to send them more suitable opponents for testing.
• Genos scanned the laboratory’s traps and searched for the fastest route to the central area, determined to prove himself to his teachers.
• Genos destroyed a gunship with his Machine Gun Barrage Fist, but a pale-skinned monster kicked him several meters away.
• Genos scanned the monster and found its energy reading lower than Armored Gorilla’s and Beast King’s.

Genos underestimated Regenerating Zombie because its energy reading seemed weak, but its regenerative abilities let it withstand his Burning Cannon and counterattack. Meanwhile, Saitama accidentally knocked the Armored Gorilla unconscious with a headbutt, leaving it embedded in a wall.

• Genos judged Regenerating Zombie to be weaker than himself and attacked it with a Burning Cannon.
• Regenerating Zombie revealed that it could regenerate and punched Genos away despite the hole burned through its abdomen.
• The Armored Gorilla chose to confront Saitama, believing him weaker than Yoru Machi and hoping to redeem itself with Dr. Genus.
• Saitama asked the Armored Gorilla to guide him through the laboratory, then accidentally smashed its armor and knocked it unconscious with his head.
• Saitama checked that the Armored Gorilla was still alive and worried about the cost of its shattered armor.

Yoru Machi faced the newly evolved Mosquito Girl at the House of Evolution and tried to recruit her into the adult industry, provoking her into a fight. He cut through her mosquito swarm and blocked her bloodsucking needle, leaving them locked in combat.

• Yoru Machi encountered Mosquito Girl, whose latest genetic evolution had made her stronger and more human-looking.
• Mosquito Girl credited Yoru Machi with helping her evolve, and he proposed managing her career in the adult industry for a seventy-thirty profit split.
• Mosquito Girl grew furious at Yoru Machi's proposal and summoned a swarm of mosquitoes to attack him.
• Yoru Machi sliced through the swarm while driving his car, and Mosquito Girl used the opening to attack him at close range.
• Yoru Machi blocked Mosquito Girl's bloodsucking needle with his sword.

Yoru Machi overwhelmed Mosquito Girl with his strength and varied abilities, even as his leering provoked her into unleashing her berserk form. After he burned away her mosquito swarms, Mosquito Girl was left questioning how she had become the one being humiliated.

• Yoru Machi blocked Mosquito Girl’s needle, seized her leg, and pinned her against a wall.
• Mosquito Girl noticed Yoru Machi’s nosebleed and realized he had been looking beneath her skirt, then angrily summoned swarms of mosquitoes and entered a berserk state.
• Mosquito Girl sent the enhanced swarms to attack Yoru Machi, and he leapt clear as they punched through the ground.
• Yoru Machi chanted a Kidō incantation and used Hadō #31: Crimson Fire Cannon to burn away the mosquito swarms.
• Mosquito Girl was stunned by Yoru Machi’s strength and diverse abilities and wondered why she was the villain while he was treated as a good guy.

Yoru Machi subdued Mosquito Girl while Dr. Genus decided to release Asura Kabuto to test and defeat the intruders. Genos reached the underground hall first and confronted the powerful presence emerging from behind a metal gate.

• Yoru Machi bound Mosquito Girl with energy chains and pierced her wings with white lightning, leaving her hanging helplessly.
• Yoru Machi teased Mosquito Girl about using her as material for an R-rated story and taking artistic photos of her.
• Dr. Genus watched his creations fall and chose to release Asura Kabuto, the strongest demon he had made, to challenge the intruders.
• Genos defeated Regenerating Zombie with his Incineration Cannon and reached the underground meeting point before his masters.
• A metal gate opened, and Genos's energy detector warned him that an extremely dangerous high-energy life-form was approaching.

Genos ignored his system’s warnings and challenged Asura Kabuto, believing that facing desperate situations would make him stronger. After Asura Kabuto easily battered him, Genos refused to give up and unleashed his Spiral Incineration Cannon.

• Genos remembered Yoru Machi’s advice about overcoming dangerous situations and decided he would ask Dr. Kusuno to remove his energy detector.
• Genos charged at Asura Kabuto and struck his head with a jet-powered spinning kick, but Asura Kabuto remained unharmed.
• Asura Kabuto flicked Genos away, smashing him into a wall and leaving him without his left arm and leg.
• Genos recalled how his teachers would keep fighting and activated the cannon built into his chest.
• Genos fired his Spiral Incineration Cannon, sending a blazing pillar toward Asura Kabuto and melting the ground in its path.

Genos unleashed his Spiral Incineration Cannon against Asura Kabuto, but the monster blew it back at him before Yoru Machi arrived and saved him. Genos mistook the encounter for a deliberate test by his teachers and left more determined than ever to face deadly opponents, while Yoru Machi realized his advice had only encouraged Genos’s recklessness.

• Genos fired his Spiral Incineration Cannon at Asura Kabuto, who stopped the attack with his breath and blew it back toward him.
• Yoru Machi appeared and cleaved the returning cannon in two, protecting the badly injured Genos.
• Genos apologized for failing what he believed was a test from his teachers, and Yoru Machi tried to explain that retreat was sometimes sensible.
• Genos interpreted Yoru Machi’s past advice as encouragement to keep challenging stronger enemies and declared that he had grasped how his teachers became powerful.
• Yoru Machi urged Genos to value his safety, but Genos insisted that thinking about safety would make him too timid to face life-and-death crises.

Yoru Machi fought Asura Kabuto to a standstill in the House of Evolution’s underground lab while Genos and Dr. Genus watched in shock. Saitama arrived with Armored Gorilla and asked to meet the person in charge, unaware that the battle was still underway.

• Asura Kabuto ambushed Yoru Machi, who blocked his punch and began trading high-speed blows with him.
• Genos watched the battle and realized how far his strength fell short, while Dr. Genus questioned the value of his research.
• Saitama arrived after waking Armored Gorilla, who agreed to lead him through the facility out of fear.
• Armored Gorilla saw Yoru Machi fighting Asura Kabuto and was stunned that anyone could match the monster.
• Saitama mistook Asura Kabuto for another obstacle and asked Armored Gorilla to take him to Dr. Genus.

Yoru Machi stopped holding back against Asura Kabuto and deliberately hurled him toward Saitama after discovering that Saitama planned to ditch their agreement to collect money from the House of Evolution. Asura Kabuto transformed into Asura Mode, raising the threat as he vowed to kill them all.

• Yoru Machi cut Asura Kabuto and kicked him into the crater where Saitama and Armored Gorilla stood.
• Yoru Machi accused Saitama of trying to sneak away and collect their promised compensation alone.
• Genos warned Yoru Machi and Saitama that Asura Kabuto had survived and his energy readings were rising.
• Asura Kabuto entered Asura Mode, grew to nearly eight meters tall, and threatened to kill Yoru Machi and Saitama before attacking the town.

Yoru Machi hurried to find Dr. Genus after learning that Asura Kabuto’s rampage would last a week, leaving Saitama to fight him. Asura Kabuto intercepted Yoru Machi, but Yoru Machi cut off his arm with a single slash and continued down the corridor.

• Armored Gorilla warned that Asura Kabuto had entered Asura Mode and would mindlessly slaughter everything around him for a week.
• Saitama realized it was saturday and asked Yoru Machi whether he still planned to waste time fighting.
• Yoru Machi decided to find Dr. Genus while Saitama stayed behind to deal with Asura Kabuto.
• Asura Kabuto intercepted Yoru Machi and attacked with a powerful punch.
• Yoru Machi charged past Asura Kabuto and severed his arm with a sword slash that Genos could not see, even in slowed footage.
• Dr. Genus watched in horror as Yoru Machi demonstrated that he could overwhelm Asura Kabuto in Asura Mode.

Yoru Machi confronted Dr. Genus in the House of Evolution after overpowering Asura Kabuto, but said he had come to demand compensation rather than kill him. Dr. Genus agreed to pay and made Yoru Machi a tempting proposal.

• Dr. Genus recalled how he founded the House of Evolution to overcome humanity's limits and realized Yoru Machi was far stronger than Asura Kabuto.
• Yoru Machi cut through the control center's steel door and found Dr. Genus, who gave up resisting.
• Yoru Machi demanded compensation for the damage, emotional distress, reputational harm, Genos's repairs, and taxi fare.
• Dr. Genus pointed out that Yoru Machi and Genos had destroyed the House of Evolution building and that Mosquito Girl could claim reputational and emotional damages.
• Yoru Machi blamed Genos for the destroyed building and insisted his photos of Mosquito Girl would help her become famous.
• Dr. Genus noticed Yoru Machi cared about money, offered to pay the compensation, and introduced a proposal.