One Punch Man Season2 In the wake of defeating Boros and his mighty army, Saitama has returned to his unremarkable everyday life in Z-City. However, unbeknownst to him, the number of monsters appearing is still continuously on the rise, putting a strain on the Hero Association's resources. Their top executives decide on the bold move of recruiting hoodlums in order to help in their battle. But during the first meeting with these potential newcomers, a mysterious man calling himself Garou makes his appearance. Claiming to be a monster, he starts mercilessly attacking the crowd. The mysterious Garou continues his rampage against the Hero Association, crushing every hero he encounters. He turns out to be the legendary martial artist Silverfang's best former disciple and seems driven by unknown motives. Regardless, this beast of a man seems unstoppable. Intrigued by this puzzling new foe and with an insatiable thirst for money, Saitama decides to seize the opportunity and joins the interesting martial arts competition. As the tournament commences and Garou continues his rampage, a new great menace reveals itself, threatening the entire human world. Could this finally be the earth-shattering catastrophe predicted by the great seer Madame Shibabawa? The second season of the One-Punch Man anime television series is based on the webcomic of the same name written by One and its subsequent manga remake illustrated by Yusuke Murata. The season is animated by J.C. Staff, with Chikara Sakurai replacing Shingo Natsume as series director and Yoshikazu Iwanami replacing Shoji Hata as sound director. Tomohiro Suzuki, Chikashi Kubota and Makoto Miyazaki reprised their roles as series composer, character designer and music composer, respectively.[1] The second season aired between April 10 and July 3, 2019, with a recap special covering the first season having aired a week before broadcast on April 3, 2019.[2][3] The second season was simulcast on Hulu in the United States, on Tubi in Canada,[4] on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand,[5] and on Crunchyroll in Europe.[6] The season aired on Adult Swim's Toonami block from October 12, 2019, to January 12, 2020.[7]The opening theme song is "Uncrowned Greatest Hero" (静寂のアポストル, Seijaku no Apostle; lit. "Quiet Apostle") performed by JAM Project, while the ending theme is "Chizu ga Nakutemo Modoru kara" (地図が無くても戻るから; lit. "Even Without a Map, I'll Return") performed by Makoto Furukawa.[8][9] Episodes See also: List of One-Punch Man episodes This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (July 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) No. overall No. in season Title [10][a] Directed by [10] Written by [10] Storyboarded by [10] Original release date [b] English air date 13 1 "Return of the Hero" Transliteration: "Hīrō no Kikan" (Japanese: ヒーローの帰還) Shūji Miyazaki Tomohiro Suzuki Chikara Sakurai April 10, 2019 October 12, 2019[7] Saitama and Genos are returning from the grocery store when they see King, S Class Hero Rank 7. King isn't actually the strongest man alive but a ordinary Otaku who happened to be at the place where monsters were destroyed and was given the credit. He is running from an enemy but Saitama rescues him. King realizes that Saitama had saved him in the past after saving him from being attacked yet again. Afterwards, Saitama plays video games with King while Genos gets upgrades from G4's equipment after defeating the robot. The President of the Hero Association announces that he will be hiring villains; Speed O' Sound Sonic leaves the meeting after discovering Saitama was not present. A man named Garou interrupts the meeting. 14 2 "The Human Monster" Transliteration: "Ningen no Kaijin" (Japanese: 人間の怪人) Hiroyuki Okuno Tomohiro Suzuki Chikara Sakurai & Kazuo Takigawa April 17, 2019 October 19, 2019 During the meeting, Garou insults both the heroes and villains, saying that he is on the side of monsters and declares everyone as his enemy. He beats up everyone except Sitch to send a message. Meanwhile, Saitama is at his house playing video games on the PlayStation Portable he stole from King, and Genos is doing chores when Speed O Sound Sonic shows up at the door trying to find Saitama. While Genos and Sonic fight elsewhere, Fubuki, going by Hellish Blizzard, arrives to invite Saitama to her faction. Failing to convince him, she orders her underlings to attack him, but Saitama easily beats them. Fubuki attacks Saitama with her psychic abilities to no effect. He berates her for surrounding herself with weaker underlings to make herself look stronger, warning Fubuki that she could eventually face a villain stronger than her whole faction. Saitama proclaims that factions are useless, and warns the esper to never insult heroes again. Fubuki ignores his lecture and tries to attack him again, but Saitama sees Sonic and Genos fighting and saves Fubuki from an imminent explosion. Their fight is in stalemate, as Sonic is too fast while Genos is too durable. Genos tries to create a huge explosion, but Saitama knocks Genos down to stop him from destroying Saitama's apartment. Saitama then challenges Sonic, and hilariously surpasses Sonic's shadow clone move with Killer Move: Serious Series Sideway Jumps (by side jumping really fast). Sonic is shocked, and crashes to the ground, badly bruised and defeated. Fubuki watches the whole thing in awe of Saitama defeating such an obviously powerful opponent with ease. Later in Saitama's apartment, Fubuki reveals she is the younger sister of Tatsumaki, S Class Hero Rank 2. Due to Tatsumaki being overwhelmingly strong compared to her, Fubuki gathers underlings to be stronger. Genos asks why she doesn't strive to be Class A Rank 1, but Fubuki says she can't surpass Amai Mask, the current holder of the position. Elsewhere, Amai Mask brutally kills a monstrous caveman named Suppon, emphasizing her point. Fubuki tries to convince Saitama again to join her faction, but Saitama refuses. Fubuki berates him for being low in the ranking but is shocked when King arrives to retrieve his video game. Saitama tries to explain that he accidentally broke the PSP as well as erased King's saved data. The Hero Association gives Saitama the hero name Bald Cape because of his appearance, while Genos is named Demon Cyborg due to his aggressive attacks. In the closing scene, Garou defeats Tank Top Vegetarian in an alleyway. 15 3 "The Hunt Begins" Transliteration: "Kari no Hajimari" (Japanese: 狩りの始まり) Ryo Ando Tatsurō Inamoto Ryo Ando April 24, 2019 October 26, 2019 At the start of the episode, Silver Fang severely beats and expels his pupil Charanko from his dojo. Charanko goes to Saitama and Genos to understand his master's sudden change in attitude, noticing that King and Fubuki are also in Saitama's apartment. Genos correctly deduces that Charanko was kicked out because of the reappearance of Garou, one of Silver Fang's previous students, and that Bang likely expelled Charanko to keep him out of Garou's way. While walking home one night, Charanko happens upon Garou picking a fight with Mumen Rider, the Class C Rank 1 Hero. Before they could fight however, Tank Top Vegetarian and his crew arrive to confront Garou. Garou easily defeats Tank Top Vegetarian again, but Tank Top Master intervenes. Garou is excited as he gets to fight an S-Class hero for the first time. Tank Top Master gains the upper hand, but before he could deal the finishing blow, Mumen Rider jumps in to take the hit, saying that its wrong for heroes to kill humans. Garou seemingly apologizes for his actions, but Tank Top Master sees through Garou's deception. He lands a strong blow forcing Garou to use his trump card, the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, Bang's signature style. With it, he defeats Tank Top Master, Mumen Rider, Charanko and the entire Tank Top gang. Bang calls his brother Bomb to help deal with the Garou threat, and they stumble across the Tank Top's crew's and Charanko's beaten bodies. The next day, Saitama visits Mumen Rider in the hospital, and learns about Garou's martial arts from Tank Top Master. Garou finds a boy named Tareo who is reading a hero almanac that describes each hero's movesets, and plans to take out Class A Hero: Golden Ball, which he later accomplishes. Meanwhile, Saitama wishes to see what martial arts are about and Charanko gives Saitama a ticket to a mixed-martial arts tournament. He warns Saitama that the tournament will disqualify any impersonators, but Saitama doesn't listen. After beating up a director of the Hero Association, Garou encounters Saitama, who is planning to buy a wig for the tournament. Mistakenly thinking Saitama wants to fight him, Garou tries to chop Saitama, but his attack has no effect. Annoyed, Saitama chops Garou on the back of the neck, and knocks him out. In the post-credit scene, Genos catches Saitama putting on his wig, so he asks Dr. Kuseno over his phone to implant artificial fibers to give Saitama the appearance of hair, much to Saitama's annoyance. 16 4 "The Metal Bat" Transliteration: "Kinzoku no Batto" (Japanese: 金属のバット) Riki Fukushima, Miyuki Ishida & Makoto Sokuza Tatsurō Inamoto Chikara Sakurai May 1, 2019 November 2, 2019 It is revealed that when Garou was young, he always rooted for the bad guys to win due to the good guys being too popular. When his father tells him that the good guys will always win, Garou finds it unfair to the monsters, finding they were always the ones trying their best to win, but lost because they were seen as "freaks." Unwilling to accept the status quo, Garou resolved to become the strongest monster and change the scenario. Garou wakes up from his defeat against Saitama, with no memory of what happened. Garou meets up with Tareo and sees Watchdog Man and Metal Bat, and plans to find them. Saitama signs up for the fighting tournament, and looks over a list of the contestants when Sour Face, a former disciple of Bang, shows up. Sour Face plans to win the tournament to be famous like Bang, and reveals that the year before a contestant named Wolfman won the tournament. However, authorities found the real Wolfman tied up, and added a new rule against any participants wearing disguises, enforced with a lifetime ban, as well as a heavy fee. It is also revealed that 6 months ago Garou rampaged through the dojo, disabling many of the students, including Sour Face. Garou then received a beating from Bang and was expelled from the dojo, which also caused Sour Face to quit. When Sour Face insults "Charanko", Saitama points out that at least Charanko was brave enough to fight against Garou one on one while Sour Face quit, and vows to win the tournament which angers Sour Face. Meanwhile, the Hero Association plans to protect its officials from monster attacks by assigning S Class Heroes. King manages to get away by lying that he's fighting against a secret boss when in reality he is playing a video game. Metal Bat is forced to babysit Narinki, a VIP sponsor of the Hero Association, and his son Waganma at a Mouse Sushi restaurant in S-City instead of watching his little sister play piano. When Metal Bat receives a call from his sister, two monsters named Junior Centipede and Venus Mantrap attack Nanrinki but Metal Bat easily kills them. Suddenly, another monster named Senior Centipede attacks Metal Bat. A monster named Raffleseidon appears and puts on sleeping gases which knocks out Narinki and Waganma. Metal Bat is forced to endure many hits before hitting himself in the head, which pumps adrenaline into his system, rendering the gas useless and enabling him to kill the two Demon Level monsters with one hit apiece. Two local heroes take Narinki and Waganma when a Dragon-level monster named Elder Centipede attacks Metal Bat. During the fight, Elder Centipede knocks Metal Bat near Garou. Thinking that Metal Bat is dead, Garou plans to find Watchdog Man when Metal Bat gets back up. Garou naturally wants to fight Metal Bat, but Metal Bat wants to go back after Elder Centipede. Garou initiates the fight by attacking Metal Bat, and Metal Bat barely manages to block the preemptive blow. In the post-credit scene, a martial artist named Suiryu asks two girls to lead him to the Fight tournament. 17 5 "The Martial Arts Tournament" Transliteration: "Bujutsu no Taikai" (Japanese: 武術の大会) Tomohiro Kamitani & Kōzō Taihō Tomohiro Suzuki Chikara Sakurai & Masao Ōkubo May 8, 2019 November 9, 2019 Metal Knight tries to defeat Elder Centipede, but fails to even scratch the behemoth monster. After a lengthy battle Garou defeats Metal Bat, but grudgingly admits that Metal Bat would have won if he managed to hit him even once. Metal Bat gets up and nearly kills Garou when Garou's back is turned, but stops when his younger sister, Zenko, finds him. Garou counterattacks, but Zenko gets between them and orders them to stop fighting. Garou relents (having a soft spot for kids) and walks away to find Watchdog Man. Metal Bat tries again to go after Elder Centipede, but collapses due to too much damage from his battles with Elder Centipede and Garou after Zenko slaps him back down to get him to stop. The two C Class heroes (Pineapple and Mohican) who have Narinki and Waganma are confronted by Rhino Wrestler and are swiftly defeated, which causes the monsters to capture Waganma. Two monsters named Phoenix Man and Sludge Jellyfish try to persuade Garou to join the Monster Association, but Garou refuses. Phoenix Man promises Garou that they will meet again if Garou will continue to hunt for heroes, and tells Elder Centipede and the rest of the monsters to retreat, with Metal Knight following them. Bang and Bomb continue to try to find Garou, and Bang lets out his frustration on a Demon-level monster named Boxing Demon, killing him violently with a ruthless barrage of blows. Many monsters of different disaster levels (Marshall Gorilla, Do-S, Hundred Eyes Octopus, Pure-Blood, and Make Plasma) start attacking heroes, which worries the Hero Association. Before Do-S can kill Dynamite Man (her power being that if she whips someone, they will be under her control) with her mind controlled heroes, Fubuki stops her attack. Meanwhile, in the Fight Tournament Saitama is introduced to Bakuzan, Suiryu, Lightning Max, Ring Ring, Hamukichi, Choze, Zakkos and Snek, with Genos watching in the crowd. Suiryu notices Bakuzan's bloodlust toward him, and is only after the prize money, although Suiryu wishes he could have fought against WolfMan (Garou in disguise). After Lightning Max defeats Ring Ring, Zakkos reveals that the fighters are often paired up based on their looks. Saitama deduces that Zakkos is weak since he's paired up with Saitama (Saitama being sorted due to him appearing "weak.") which angers Zakkos. In the post-credit scene, Saitama slaps Zakkos, defeating him in one hit, much to Saitama's annoyance. Suiryu notices Saitama's strength and is excited to face him in the finals. 18 6 "The Monster Uprising" Transliteration: "Kaijin no Hōki" (Japanese: 怪人の蜂起) Hideki Okamoto Tomohiro Suzuki Kōichi Takada May 15, 2019 November 16, 2019 Lightning Max loses his fight with Suiryu, and Genos gets a message concerning a lot of monsters around the tournament. Snakebite Snek beats his opponent Benpatsu, and the announcers get messages of a lot of monsters and plan on evacuating the audience, but Bakuzan convinces them not to. Sourface beats his opponent Jakuman, but they part on good terms. Sourface excitedly tells "Charanko"/Saitama that he won, but Saitama had gone to the bathroom. When Saitama faces off against Bakuzan, Bakuzan sadistically describes how he will destroy Saitama, but when Bakuzan touches Saitama's wig and states that he would knock Saitama's "hair" off, Saitama comically punches him out of the tournament in one hit, impressing Suiryu. Genos manages to kill all but one of the monsters-the last one, the Demon-level Awakened Cockroach, barely escaping. With Genos' back turned, he is suddenly attacked by a Mysterious Being. Some of the Hero Association members find Pineapple and Mohican, and they learn that Waganma was captured, but not Narinki. Meanwhile, Do-S successfully manages to brainwash all of Fubuki's henchmen, but Fubuki repels them back. Do-S says she's attacking Fubuki so that she can face Tatsumaki, but Fubuki tells her that when she's hurt, Tatsumaki will know. Right on cue, a monster lands in front of Do-S with Tatsumaki arriving. Do-S orders Fubuki's mind-controlled henchmen to attack Tatsumaki while she flees, but Tatsumaki easily knocks the henchmen into buildings. Tatsumaki gives a lecture to Fubuki that surrounding yourself with henchmen will cause you to become weak before flying away. Suiryu and Sneck face off, with Suiryu casually avoiding Sneck's strikes and questioning his reasons for fighting. He taunts Sneck by telling him that he is ineffectual as a hero, and that he sought power with no particular agenda, with his nonchalant attitude enraging Sneck. However, Suiryu knocks him out with a single blow, musing that no matter what happens, the truly strong will always survive. In the post-credit scene, Garou sees Watchdog Man, Saitama is in the bathroom, and a Dragon-level monster named Gouketsu is revealed to be the one who defeated Genos. Amai Mask's concert is attacked by monsters, a group of monsters are attacking a hospital where Mumen Rider and Tank Top Master are at, a monster named Nyan looks for Puri Puri Prisoner, but the prisoners reveal that Puri Puri Prisoner escaped prison to fight against the monsters, and two monsters named Gyoro Gyoro and Orochi have captured Metal Knight. 19 7 "The Class S Heroes" Transliteration: "S-Kyū no Hīrō" (Japanese: Ｓ級のヒーロー) Shigeki Awai Tatsurō Inamoto Takashi Watanabe May 22, 2019 November 23, 2019 Child Emperor (S Class Hero Rank 5) uses his robot Underdog Man No. 22 to analyze a monster named Eyesight's poisons to find a cure for the paralysis. Child Emperor then proceeds to detonate Underdog Man when it's near Eyesight, but that did not successfully kill her as she hardened her skin. Eyesight then manages to find Child Emperor, but is interrupted and eaten by Pig God (S Class Hero Rank 10). Pig God decides to go after the other monsters in Y-City afterwards. Garou tries to go after Watchdog Man (S Class Hero Rank 12), but a monster beats him to it. Drive Knight (S Class Hero Rank 9) interrogates a monster he spared after killing the others. Death Gatling (Class A Hero Rank 8) gathers other heroes to fight Hundred Eyes Octopus, but Flashy Flash (S Class Hero Rank 13) arrives and grievously wounds it with his incredible speed. Right when Flashy Flash is about to unleash his final move, Tatsumaki (S Class Hero Rank 2) arrives and kills Hundred Eyes Octopus with ease, berating Flashy Flash for being too slow before leaving, but not before Flash insults her back. Amai Mask kills monsters in his concert and Mumen Rider and Tank Top Master defeat monsters in the hospital. Atomic Samurai attends a meeting with the Council of Swordsmasters (Nichirin, Amahare, Zanbai, and Haragiri) to discuss the Garou problem. Haragiri reveals that he has sided with the Monster Association, and gives the sword masters 3 monster cells which will amplify their strength, speed and skill at the cost of their humanity and turning them into monsters. Haragiri tries to kill Atomic Samurai (as Atomic Samurai is too much of a threat). but Atomic Samurai slays Haragiri before leaving with his disciples (Bushidrill, Iaian and Okamaitachi) to find the Monster Association base. Meanwhile in the Super Fight Tournament, Saitama defeats Sourface and Choze before facing off against Suiryu in the finals, with Suiryu promising to show Saitama what martial arts are all about. During the fight Suiryu begins to express his disdain about the hero lifestyle, and tries to persuade Saitama not to become a hero since it is pointless and boring to do heroic justice and save the day. Instead, Suiryu remarks that people with great strength such as Saitama should seek thrills, just like him before he kicks Saitama in the head. Angered and annoyed, Saitama lets the kick connect, knocking the wig off his head. Finally exposed, Saitama throws a short range punch while exclaiming that if Suiryu's goal is to seek fun, he shouldn't try to make himself stronger than he is currently. However, Saitama restrains his punch before it hits Suiryu, which creates a powerful shock wave that blows off Suiryu's clothes, exposing his muscular body and leaving him in a state of deep shock. Despite Saitama being disqualified, Suiryu still attacks Saitama in anger, even using his final attack (Void Phoenix Ascension Fist). Saitama is unfazed by the assault. When Saitama says that martial arts are techniques that make you look cool, and starts spinning around, Suiryu tries to attack Saitama yet again but is knocked back by Saitama into a wall while taking Saitama's white belt, resulting in Saitama's pants falling down. Despite Suiryu embarrassing Saitama with that action, he is still in deep shock that he lost. In the post-credit scene, Genos wakes up from the wreckage, and a monster is heading toward the Martial Arts Tournament. 20 8 "The Resistance of the Strong" Transliteration: "Tsuyoi Yatsu no Teikō" (Japanese: 強い奴の抵抗) Yoshio Suzuki Tatsurō Inamoto Chikara Sakurai & Kōichi Takada May 29, 2019 if you like this you may also like gachiakuta if you like this you may also like One piece One Punch Man Season2