# WebtoonLib — One-Punch Man #204

## Series
- title: One-Punch Man
- slug: one-punch-man-4f9667

## Chapter
- number: 204
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The cataclysmic battle between Saitama and the newly empowered Cosmic Garou takes a devastatingly dark turn. In a horrifying display of cruelty designed to provoke the hero, Garou brutally dismantles Genos, ripping the cyborg's core from his body right before Saitama's eyes. The act shatters Saitama's characteristic apathy, unleashing a cold, terrifying fury that promises unprecedented destruction. As the S-Class hero Blast looks on, witnessing the birth of a truly serious Saitama, other heroes grapple with their own tensions, with a mysteriously regenerated Sweet Mask continuing to eye Flashy Flash's monstrous companion, Manako.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Cosmic Garou kills Genos by ripping out his core to provoke Saitama.

### Characters involved
- Flashy Flash — Supporting
- Sweet Mask — Supporting
- Genos — Main
- Garou — Supporting
- Saitama — Main

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The cataclysmic battle between Saitama and the newly empowered Cosmic Garou takes a devastatingly dark turn.

### Spoiler summary
The cataclysmic battle between Saitama and the newly empowered Cosmic Garou takes a devastatingly dark turn. In a horrifying display of cruelty designed to provoke the hero, Garou brutally dismantles Genos, ripping the cyborg's core from his body right before Saitama's eyes. The act shatters Saitama's characteristic apathy, unleashing a cold, terrifying fury that promises unprecedented destruction. As the S-Class hero Blast looks on, witnessing the birth of a truly serious Saitama, other heroes grapple with their own tensions, with a mysteriously regenerated Sweet Mask continuing to eye Flashy Flash's monstrous companion, Manako.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — One-Punch Man #204](/series/one-punch-man-4f9667/chapter-204)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/one-punch-man-4f9667

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