One Punch Man Episode 4: The Modern Ninja

Is anyone else getting tired of hearing Kaji Yuki in everything? Is that just me? I actually forgot that he would be doing the voice for Sonic, so I was a little…”Oh” when I heard him talk. Like, yeah I guess he does a fine job but…hm, I don’t know I imagined Sonic’s voice a little differently. But anyway! Speed-o’-Sound Sonic!

Like Genos said, his name is redundant and then his pee-pee got smushed. Considering how strong Saitama’s punches are I’m surprised he could even stand. But the poor guy was trying really hard to sound scary and be tough. Luckily I’m a girl so I’ll never know the pain of getting my pee-pee crushed, so I just ended up laughing for 5 straight minutes.

So in this episode, we got an introduction to a new character (two new characters, sort of). There was a terrorist group named the Paradisers, all men that shouted hate at the greedy, who did nothing to help the poor. While the rich would live comfortably, the poor would die. The leader of the group is Hammerhead and he declares that his group will create a utopia, where people that want to work can work, while the people that don’t want to will be supported, everything will be equal and everyone can live comfortably. He and his group spout this in the streets but no one listens to them. So they decide to take out the man that’s richest in town. They go and find his home and come up to a building and destroy it in one go. But they actually destroyed the wrong building. Oops. So they actually pay more attention to the map and make their place to the rich man’s home. I don’t know how they got it wrong since Zaniru’s building is called the “Golden Turd”, because there’s literally a gold poop sitting atop the building. Literally, a big golden poop statue is right on top, you really can’t miss that. Anyway, after the building was destroyed news of the Paradisers made it on TV. Saitama in the morning was watching the news, and the news said that any bald man could be part of the terrorist group, as every single member of the group is bald. Saitama freaks out, as he thinks Hammerhead and his crew are stealing his look, so he sets off to look for them.

Zaniru, the rich man, knows that Hammerhead is after him. So he has his bodyguard take care of the business of wiping them out. And here we’re introduced to Sonic, a ninja. Y’know I never really payed attention to Sonic in the manga but maybe the anime can change that for me. Sonic grew up in a ninja village and worked on his attacks and techniques for all of his childhood. He seems to enjoy being in combat and gets a thrill from it so he can be a dangerous foe. His name is Speed-o’-Sound Sonic because there’s no one that can match his speed, and he can take down a whole group of men in a matter of seconds, which is exactly what he did with the Paradisers. They were no match against him and they were killed on the spot, with Hammerhead actually putting up a fight. But he didn’t last too long. Sonic threw one of his kunai in the back of Hammerhead’s head, but since his skull is thicker than normal (hence the name) he survived and ran off when Sonic wasn’t looking.

That’s when Hammerhead runs into Saitama, and that’s when Saitama explains. But he also insults the powersuit he’s wearing and that angers Hammerhead but Saitama just punches him and rips his suit off. Saitama tells him to leave and Hammerhead escapes naked. And that’s when Sonic appears before Saitama. He thinks that Saitama is part of the Paradisers because of his bald head! To which Saitama corrects him and tells him that he’s the hero for fun and Sonic says that he’s never even heard of him. Sonic had thrown a kunai at Saitama, which he caught, and thrusted his ninja sword at Saitama’s eye, which he grabbed and broke. This made Sonic angry, but it actually made him pretty excited because this gave him a chance to show Saitama some of his attacks. And then stuff happens where Saitama’s fist meets with Sonic’s crotch, and then Sonic declares that he’s going to leave his hire-to-kill job to the side so he can train more so that next time he’ll be able to defeat Saitama. So now he has a rival. Then I imagine after that he crawled away into some bushes to cry and throw up or whatever guys do when their pee-pee gets hurt. C’mon guys fill me in because I don’t have a clue.

So Saitama returns home and talks with Genos as he’s devastated that Sonic didn’t even recognize him. Because the poor guy has been a hero for a hobby for three years now, and he’s defeated so many monsters and saved cities so many times, but no one recognizes him. While roaming the streets someone had mistaken him for a Paradiser. It’s then that Genos asks him if he’s registered as a hero. Which he’s not. There’s actually a hero association where people who want to become heroes can take an exam and actually register themselves to be an official hero, because without being an official one you’ll just seem like a weirdo on the street saying dumb stuff (like Saitama). So in promising that he’ll take Genos as his disciple if he registers with him, the two go to the Hero Association to register. After this we’ll get introduced to more heroes and characters and that’s when the good stuff starts.

Also, I said two new characters because we were blessed to even know the name Licenseless Rider. A man who has no superhuman powers, but rides his bike with pride, climbing trees to retrieve a child’s balloon, while facing off against a terrorist group even though he doesn’t stand a chance (while properly parking his bike beforehand like a gentleman).