One-Punch Man - Chapter 2

Dialogue Transcript One-Punch Man — Chapter 2 78

PUNCH 2: CRAB AND JOB HUNTING

THREE YEARS EARLIER

W A A H !

THAT THING'S GROSS! LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!

HUUUH? SHOULDN'T YOU BE RUNNING? GURGLE- BLORGLE! (LAUGHTER)

GLURGLE! (LAUGHTER) ARE YOU A NEW SALARYMAN BORED WITH COMPANY LIFE?

I TRANSFORMED INTO CRABLANTE AFTER EATING TOO MUCH CRAB. I'M SURPRISED YOU DON'T FLEE. GURGLEBLORGLE!

YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT ONE THING.

I GUESS YOU WANNA DIE.

WELL, DO YOU?

I JUST HAD AN INTERVIEW AND FAILED MISERABLY.

I'M NOT A SALARYMAN. I'M UNEMPLOYED.

AND I'M LOOKING FOR A JOB.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING NOW.

I DON'T EVEN FEEL LIKE RUNNING FROM YOU, CRABLANTE.

SO WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO IF I DON'T?

GURGLE- BLORGLE! (LAUGHTER) LIKE MINE, YOUR EYES ARE LIFELESS.

OUT OF SYMPATHY, I'LL LET YOU GO.

BESIDES, I'M HUNTING OTHER PREY RIGHT NOW.

I'M GONNA RIP HIM LIMB FROM LIMB. GURRR- GLEBA- BLORPLE! (LAUGHTER)

SOME BRAT WITH A CLEFT CHIN.

WHOA!

HUH ?

RIP HIM LIMB FROM LIMB

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

HEY, KID!

HUH ?

DID YOU DO ANYTHING TO TICK OFF A CRAB MONSTER?

HE WAS ASLEEP IN THE PARK, SO I DREW NIPPLES ON HIM WITH A MARKER.

IT'S HIM ALL RIGHT!

WHAT SHOULD I DO? THERE'S TIME TO HIDE HIM...

HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DONE.

...AND IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS. SHOULD I WALK AWAY?

HUH ? ...BUT HE ISN'T CUTE AT ALL...

YEAH... I MEAN, WHO CARES?

HEH..

... FOUND YOU!!

WHAT AM I DOING?!

WHA ...?!

H U N H ?

B... BUT...

HE'S AFTER YOU, KID!! RUN!!!

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME, JUST GO!!

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? ARE YOU GONNA TRY TO SAVE THAT BRAT?

YOUR BALL?! JUST GET MOVING!! OR I'LL KILL YOU!

BUT MY SOCCER BALL...

COME ON, YOU DON'T WANT TO COMMIT MURDER OVER A CHILDISH PRANK, DO YOU? THINK ABOUT IT.

GURGLE! (LAUGHTER) I'VE ALREADY DICED UP SEVERAL PEOPLE!

NO ONE MAKES FUN OF MY APPEARANCE! GLORGLE! (LAUGHTER)

THAT BRAT DREW NIPPLES ON ME!

WITH A PERMANENT MARKER! WITH THESE CLAWS, I CAN'T EVEN WIPE IT OFF WITH A TOWEL!

I CAN'T LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT!!

IF YOU INTERFERE, I'LL MAKE IT SO THAT YOU'LL NEVER LOOK FOR A JOB AGAIN!!

HEH HEH ...

DID YOU JUST LAUGH?

AAAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!

HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH ...

YOU LOOK LIKE THE VILLAIN IN AN ANIME I USED TO WATCH!

I JUST REMEM- BERED.

I WANTED TO BE A HERO WHEN I WAS LITTLE.

AND I REMEM- BERED SOME- THING ELSE.

WITH THE BIRTHRATE SO LOW, I CAN'T LET YOU KILL THAT KID.

WAIT A SECOND.

...BUT A HERO WHO COULD SEND SHAMELESS VILLAINS LIKE YOU FLYING...

NOT A SALARY- MAN...

...WITH ONE PUNCH.

BRING IT ON!

I'M DONE LOOKING FOR A JOB.

YOU DON'T STAND A CHANCE!

SOME HERO YOU ARE!

GURGLE- BLORGLE! (LAUGHTER)

HUH?

GURGLEE- AAAAA- AAAAAAAA- AAAAAAA- AAAAA- AAAGGH!

AAAA- AAAAAAA- AAAAA- AAAGH!

HUFF

IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE THEN. AFTER TRAINING SO HARD THAT I WENT BALD, I ACHIEVED OVERWHELMING POWER AND BECAME THE HERO I DREAMED OF BECOMING.

SO WHY AM I STILL NOT SATISFIED?

Chapter Summary

Stepping back into the origins with One-Punch Man (Official) Volume 1 Chapter 2 has readers buzzing with a mix of nostalgia and amusement! ✨ Everyone's definitely focused on Saitama's legendary transformation, with one burning question dominating the comments: "Bro, what did he actually do during the exercise that made him bald....?" 😂

Many fans couldn't help but miss Saitama's pre-bald era, fondly recalling how 'cute' he looked with hair. Some even noticed the subtle details, pointing out that "His eyebrows got thinner tho '_'". There's a clear longing for more of young Saitama, with wishes for a dedicated side story exploring his journey before he became the hero we know. 🙏 And for those who've seen the anime, a comment also highlighted how the animated version was "more graphic about the pulling out eye scene." It's a fantastic revisit to where it all began! 👊

Chapter Analysis One-Punch Man — Chapter 2

One-Punch Man Chapter 2 rewinds three years to show Saitama before baldness, strength, or hero status when he was simply an unemployed young man crushed by another failed job interview. His chance meeting with Crablante, a man who became a crab monster from eating too much crab, sets the tone with absurd humor as the creature spares him out of pity for his lifeless eyes while revealing he is hunting a cleft-chinned brat to rip limb from limb. That contrast between despair and ridiculous villainy immediately frames the chapter as an origin rooted in comedy as much as crisis. The core choice comes when the man finds the boy with the soccer ball and learns he drew nipples on the sleeping Crablante with permanent marker. He admits to himself that helping is none of his business and even thinks the kid is not cute, yet when Crablante tracks them down he instinctively tells the boy to run and stands his ground. The confrontation escalates as Crablante brags about dicing up people and being unable to wipe off the marker, and the man laughs at his anime-villain look before remembering his childhood dream of heroism. That memory turns into a declaration that he is done job-hunting and wants to become a hero who sends shameless villains flying with one punch, which makes One-Punch Man Chapter 2 feel like a statement of purpose rather than just a fight setup. That decision gains weight from the framing that three years of brutal training left him bald, overwhelmingly powerful, and strangely unsatisfied. Fans revisiting this moment focus on that transformation and miss his haired younger self, but the emotional hook is how an impulsive act of protection created his heroic path. One-Punch Man Chapter 2 therefore works because Saitama chooses meaning over employment, even before he has the strength to back it up.

One-Punch Man — Chapter 2

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Chapter Analysis: One-Punch Man — Chapter 2