Chapter Summaries

Newly appointed patrol officer Josen tested his Stand, Fantasy Card, in Z City and learned that it could turn things into cards and grant him their powers. He headed out on his police motorcycle while thinking about monsters and the newly formed Hero Association.

• Josen recalled that his first Fate Draw had given him the SR ability card Spider-Sense, which granted danger precognition and enhanced reflexes and perception.
• Josen used Fantasy Card to turn a small police motorcycle into an N item card, then restored it and rode toward his patrol area.
• Josen considered the monster disaster-level system, which ranked threats from Wolf to God.
• Josen remembered that Agoni had founded the Hero Association after his grandson was attacked by a monster, and that its recruited fighters were known as heroes.

Josen rushed into a burning shopping street and fought the Lizard Monster, using his psychic powers and Stand abilities to crush the creature. The Monster lay pinned beneath a road roller as Josen finished his attack.

• Josen left his police uniform behind and entered the burning Forestwood Shopping Street, protected by a barrier of psychic energy.
• Josen found the street filled with human corpses and encountered the Lizard Monster, who had been hunting the trapped people.
• Josen fired psychically enhanced bullets into the Lizard Monster, but the Monster regenerated and charged at him.
• Josen activated The World and battered the Lizard Monster with a flurry of punches.
• Josen used a Stand Ability card to drop a road roller onto the Lizard Monster, crushing most of his body.

Josen defeated and sealed the Lizard Monster, then rescued an injured girl and returned home to consider becoming a part-time Hero. After learning how monster cards worked, he weighed dismantling the Lizard Monster card to strengthen himself.

• Josen pinned the Lizard Monster with a sharpened lamppost, sealed its spirit in a card, and gained one Fate Draw use.
• Josen disguised his role in the battle and joined the police and firefighters searching the devastated street.
• Josen rescued an injured girl whose parents had died, soothed her, and let her fall asleep in his arms.
• Josen watched news of the Hero Association while eating hot pot, then considered becoming a part-time Hero.
• Josen examined the Lizard Monster card and reviewed how character cards and dismantling could grant or extract abilities.

Josen used the Lizard Monster’s card to slightly increase his strength, then made ten consecutive Fate Draws and obtained a rare Kennen character card that let him control lightning. He left the city for the mountains to test his new abilities.

• Josen’s Stand Ability consumed the Lizard Monster’s Fantasy Card and extracted a small amount of strength for him.
• Josen used his ten Fate Draws and received attribute cards, a charged-punch ability, a Senzu Bean, and an SR Kennen character card.
• Josen absorbed seven attribute cards, added Twenty Years of Power in One Punch to himself, and stored the Senzu Bean.
• Josen studied Kennen’s lightning abilities and eagerly left his apartment to reach the mountains beyond the city.

Josen equipped the Heart of the Freljord, unleashing a vast storm of lightning, then returned to police work with new electrical sparks in his hair. While patrolling, he encountered Saitama training, caught a bag snatcher, and offered the exhausted man a soda.

• Josen equipped the Heart of the Freljord on a barren hillside, and a powerful lightning storm erupted around him.
• Two days later, Josen returned to the Police Station, filed his report, and began patrolling Z City alone.
• Josen spotted Saitama struggling through his workout in a park and then responded to a radio report about a bag snatcher.
• Josen flew to the thief's hiding place, knocked him out with a psychic force field, and took him and the stolen goods to a police box.
• Josen offered Saitama an orange soda after his workout, and Saitama thanked him and called him a good guy.

Josen obtained a mysterious Limiter Fragments card after meeting Saitama, then spent a month fighting monsters in Z City while sensing that someone was watching him. He learned that the Hero Association had been monitoring him and asked to hear more about joining as a professional hero.

• Josen received an N-rarity Special Card called Limiter Fragments after a brief encounter with Saitama, but its effects were unknown.
• Over the next month, Josen fought frequent Wolf- and Tiger-level monsters in Z City and increased his strength slightly.
• Josen sensed someone watching him during patrols, though his Spider-Sense could not locate the observer.
• At the station, Kyoko told Josen that Chief Xiong wanted to see him because visitors had arrived.
• Bachi introduced himself as an executive from the Hero Association and invited Josen to become a professional hero.
• Josen asked Bachi to explain the duties and obligations of a hero, and Bachi agreed to discuss the details.

Josen joined the Hero Association and invited Saitama to share a hot pot meal, gaining Limiter Fragments as they spent time together. After fusing ten fragments, Josen obtained a card that could let any target break through its species' growth limit once.

• Josen signed the Hero Association documents and agreed to take the Z City branch's aptitude tests to determine his rank.
• Josen met Saitama after using his Stand ability to store groceries in cards, and invited him to join him.
• Josen and Saitama competed over the hot pot, and Saitama washed the dishes as his tuition for Josen's lesson about sharing a meal.
• Josen fused ten Limiter Fragments into the Limiter Breakthrough ACT1 card, which could let a target exceed its species' growth limit once.

Josen used the N-rank Limiter Breakthrough ACT1 card to upgrade the Fantasy Card, which began transforming into an egg and temporarily slowed its card-creation ability. After securing leave from the Police Station, he went to the Hero Association’s Z City branch for an invited Hero assessment.

• Josen let the Fantasy Card consume the Limiter Breakthrough ACT1 card, and it transformed into an egg amid azure flames.
• Josen discovered that the Fantasy Card could still create cards, but took much longer to make a new N-rank Celadon Teacup card.
• Josen got Chief Xiong’s approval to perform Hero activities during working hours without requesting additional permission.
• Josen arrived at the Hero Association’s Z City branch and was greeted by Team Leader Lanny, who escorted him to the testing venue.
• Josen went to the men’s changing room before his assessment as other applicants grumbled over Lanny’s attention to him.

Josen encountered Bang during the Hero Association recruitment tests, and the martial artist took an immediate interest in him. Bang demonstrated his Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist at the strength test and exceeded the machine’s measurement limit.

• Josen changed into the required test clothes and caught Bang studying his physique.
• Josen recognized Bang and accepted his invitation to visit the dojo, while Lanny led them to a separate testing room.
• Bang decided to show Josen what martial arts could do and took the strength test first.
• Bang struck the testing machine with the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist and exceeded its 999-kilogram limit.

Josen discovered that Fantasy Card had gained a new ability, then copied Bang’s Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist and demonstrated overwhelming psychic and physical power during the Hero Association tests. He and Bang shattered the assessment records, leaving Lanny eager to recruit them as Heroes for Z City.

• Lanny looked up Bang’s details and became impressed by his demonstration, while Josen focused on a new Water Breathing Technique card.
• Josen learned that Fantasy Card had evolved and gained Element Pickup, which collected nearby supernatural elements and turned them into cards.
• Josen showed Bang that he had copied the breathing method of Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, prompting Bang to invite him to visit his dojo.
• Josen activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and destroyed the testing machine with a blow that sent it flying into a wall.
• Josen and Bang broke the records for every assessment, and Lanny’s staff celebrated the prospect of recruiting two powerful Heroes for Z City.

After completing their Hero Association assessments, Josen and Bang headed home together and ran into Saitama chasing a monster. Saitama defeated Frog Man, while Josen and Bang revealed themselves and Bang offered to teach him martial arts.

• Lanny explained that Hero classes and rankings depended on combat ability, monster records, social contributions, and popularity, and said Josen and Bang would receive their results within three days.
• Josen invited Bang to his home for lunch, and the two stopped at a convenience store before heading out with their groceries stored as cards by Josen's psychic powers.
• Josen and Bang spotted Saitama chasing the blue-skinned Frog Man and followed them to a dead end.
• Saitama leaped from a rooftop to confront Frog Man, but his patched pants tore and exposed his underwear when he landed.
• Saitama beat Frog Man, who had stolen audiovisual discs, then noticed Josen and Bang watching; Bang praised the fight and offered to teach him martial arts, while Josen teased him about his awkward landing.

After Saitama defeated a monster, Josen invited him and Bang to a meal, then hosted a hot pot feast at home. Later, Josen used his saved draws and pulled two SR cards, including the AT Force Field.

• Saitama explained that he had chased a thief and defeated a monster, while Josen and Bang praised his courage.
• Josen invited Saitama to eat, and Saitama went to a clothing store before meeting them at Josen's home.
• Josen contacted Lanny to arrange the monster's cleanup, but Lanny lost interest when she learned Saitama was not a registered Hero.
• Josen used his Psychic Power to prepare hot pot and dishes for Saitama and Bang, and the three drank together.
• After seeing off the drunken Saitama and Bang, Josen made a ten-pull and received an SR Spirit card and an SR AT Force Field ability card.

Josen enhanced his psychic power and gained the AT Force Field, then visited Bang’s dojo to ask for help. There, he used his psychic power to intimidate the young Garou, who recognized him as an enemy.

• Josen used the purple cards to double his psychic power and gain the AT Force Field, testing its powerful defense and heavy energy cost.
• Bang led his disciples in training and continued watching the aloof, gifted Garou.
• Josen floated up to the Flowing Water Fist Dojo and gave Bang two boxes of tea before asking for help.
• Josen encountered Garou and used his psychic power to put pressure on him.
• Garou clutched his chest, recognized Josen, and angrily thought of him as a bastard.

Josen visited Bang at the Flowing Water Dojo for help training his new psychic power and endured a day of brutal sparring. He left with improved insight into his abilities and a newly learned technique, while Bang suspected he had stolen another of his moves.

• Josen told Bang he wanted help training a new psychic power, and Bang agreed only after forbidding him from practicing his electricity power.
• Josen and Bang fought at full strength on the mountain behind the dojo, with Bang's attacks nearly breaking through Josen's Absolute Domain.
• Josen's proficiency with the AT Force Field increased during the beating, and he learned the Body Flicker Technique Skill from Bang.
• Josen reflected on how his reliance on Spider-Sense left him vulnerable to Bang's feints and experience, and identified shortcomings he wanted to address.
• Bang invited Josen to stay for a meal, but Josen refused and insisted he would not return.

After Saitama called Josen about criminals and a monster he had caught, Josen brought the police and Hero Association to the scene and helped coordinate the arrests. Josen and Saitama returned to Saitama’s home for tea, where an angry old woman arrived to confront Saitama.

• Josen left Bang’s dojo after Josen unexpectedly used the Flowing Water Fist to hurry down the mountain.
• Saitama called Josen to report that he had tied up several criminals and a monster, and Josen went to Saitama’s address.
• Police and the Hero Association arrived, and Saitama explained how he had uncovered a loan-shark operation and defeated the Dark Goldfish Monster.
• Josen told Lanny that Saitama had defeated the monster, but Lanny focused on claiming it for the Association’s planned prison rather than recruiting Saitama.
• After the police and Association left, Josen joined Saitama for tea, but an old woman came to the door and angrily summoned Saitama outside.

Saitama stayed with Josen after being evicted, then moved toward an abandoned part of Z City to find a home. As they explored an empty building, a sentient streetlight confronted them for trespassing on its turf.

• Saitama told Josen that the landlady had evicted him over three months of unpaid rent, so Josen let him stay in his guest room.
• The next day, Saitama found a vacant home in Z City's Abandoned Zone, and Josen helped him pack his belongings.
• Josen accidentally turned Saitama's loaded handcart into a Fantasy Card and collected more Limiter Fragments from Saitama's falling hair.
• Saitama recovered the Hero uniform the Clothing Store owner had given him, and he and Josen rode together to inspect an abandoned residential building.
• A sentient streetlight tore itself out of the pavement and demanded that Saitama and Josen leave its turf.

After Saitama moved in, Josen fused twenty Limiter Fragments into Limiter Breakthrough ACT2 and used it to push his abilities beyond their limits. He chose to break through his spirit, but his surging psychic power threatened the apartment building, forcing him to rush outside.

• Josen defeated the Streetlight Monster with a lightning-charged punch, then disposed of its remains and absorbed its meager stats.
• Saitama moved in, and he and Josen celebrated with a hot pot dinner before Josen left Saitama to wash the dishes.
• Josen fused twenty Limiter Fragments into Limiter Breakthrough ACT2, which could release a target's limiter and let him choose an attribute for a controlled breakthrough.
• Josen used the card on himself, dramatically improving his stats and abilities and refining his martial arts mastery.
• Josen chose spirit for the controlled breakthrough, but his expanding psychic power strained the apartment building and began slipping out of control.
• Josen propelled himself outside and formed a sturdy AT Force Field beneath his feet.

Josen traveled from Z City to A City to serve as an instructor at a Metropolitan Police Department training camp, where he oversaw an intense program that pushed officers to improve. After half a month, his trainees had grown stronger and learned to fear his punishing extra sessions.

• Josen flew into the sky at extreme speed, shielding nearby buildings from the shock wave, and people across the cities saw his glowing trail as a shooting star.
• Chief Xiong asked Josen to instruct at a special police training camp in A City, and Josen accepted the assignment.
• Josen traveled by train to A City, checked in at police headquarters, and took a bus to the secret training base.
• Josen watched the head instructor lead the trainees through brutal conditioning and assessed their strength as roughly Class C to Class B.
• After half a month of training, the officers had greatly improved, while Josen's extra sessions made his class and neighboring trainees fear him.

Josen trained Team 7 at the special police training camp and saved the officers and civilians when part of an office building fell from the sky. He flew to A City to fight the Crane Monster, where Tatsumaki arrived as the monster remained alive after his lightning attack.

• Josen made the trainees match his running standard and sparred with Team 7, defeating every opponent, including Kevin.
• Team 7 won a combat tournament, but a falling section of an office building threatened the training camp; Josen used psychic powers to stop it and protect everyone.
• Josen lowered the building outside the camp and flew to A City after identifying the monster attack as the likely cause of its fall.
• Josen struck the Crane Monster with Ten-Thousand Thunder Prison, burning its metal body but leaving it alive.
• Tatsumaki descended into the scene, while Saitama considered supermarket bargains in Z City and thought about inviting Josen over.

Josen and Tatsumaki defeated the Crane Monster and worked together to rescue civilians in A City. After Tatsumaki left behind a rare psychic ability card, Josen absorbed it and flew into the sky as his psychic power surged again.

• Saitama's appearance returned to normal after he frightened two children, and he resigned himself to eating egg over rice again.
• Josen warned Tatsumaki that civilians still needed rescuing, but she crushed the Crane Monster with her psychic power and Josen collected its spirit as an SR Monster Card.
• Tatsumaki and Josen used psychic force fields to rescue injured civilians until Hero Association teams and other rescuers arrived.
• Tatsumaki recognized Josen as a Hero, then departed and left behind an SSR 100% Psychic Ability Card.
• Josen absorbed the card, felt his psychic power surge, and shot into the sky while a Hero Association representative watched him leave.