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Dirt Earthworm

Character

An OVA-exclusive Mysterious Being, Dirt Earthworm is a small red worm with a booming voice and command over soil. Enraged at humanity for burying the ground under concrete, it challenges Saitama, only to meet a fittingly ironic end.

Japanese Va: Ryunosuke Watanuki
Status: Deceased
Level: Unknown
First Appearance (Anime): OVA 7
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Appearance

For all the menace in its voice, Dirt Earthworm is nothing grander than a reddish earthworm, small enough to sit in a person's hand.

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Personality

The creature brimmed with self-assurance and resented humankind for paving over the planet's soil with concrete. Its voice rose from beneath the ground in a deep, intimidating rumble that belied its tiny frame, and it fully meant to seize dominance on behalf of the natural world.

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History

Dirt Earthworm surfaces in OVA 7, appearing after Saitama meets the Mediocre Ability Users and the group comes to terms with its own weakness. Its underground thrashing rattles the earth hard enough to trigger an evacuation, and it declares to Saitama and the others its disgust at humanity's concrete and its wish to rule. Though its body is minuscule, it can shift enormous volumes of soil, and it raises a towering wall of dirt to flatten them, only for Saitama to stop it cold. Saitama gives chase and drives a punch into the ground, but the worm's small size lets it wriggle aside and escape.

It later reappears to watch Saitama drill the Mediocre Ability Users, crowing that nature is on its side. While it is busy gloating, a passing sparrow snatches it up and gulps it down, ending its life moments after it named nature its ally. Its mastery of soil was genuine, yet its body proved as fragile as any common worm's.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dirt Earthworm in One Punch Man?

Dirt Earthworm is an OVA exclusive Mysterious Being in One Punch Man, a small reddish worm with a deep, booming voice and the ability to command soil.

What powers does Dirt Earthworm have?

Dirt Earthworm can manipulate and shift enormous volumes of soil despite its tiny body, including raising towering walls of dirt, and it can move quickly underground.

How does Dirt Earthworm die?

Dirt Earthworm dies when a passing sparrow snatches it up and eats it moments after it declared nature to be its ally, an ironic end given its small, fragile body.

Does Saitama defeat Dirt Earthworm?

Saitama halts Dirt Earthworm's dirt wall attack and punches the ground to try to kill it, but the worm's tiny size lets it wriggle aside and escape unharmed.

Why is Dirt Earthworm angry at humanity?

Dirt Earthworm resents humanity for burying the natural ground under concrete and wants to reclaim dominance for the natural world, a grievance it voices before attacking Saitama and the Mediocre Ability Users.

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