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170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva

Character

The 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva is a Demon-level Mysterious Being, a giant cicada nymph bearing a child's face. It rampages through Z-City during Saitama's training period and overwhelms several heroes before Saitama ends it with a single blow. Given time, it would have grown into its adult form.

Age: 170,000+
Height: 3,500 cm
Status: Deceased
Disaster Level: Demon
First Appearance (Manga): Summer
First Appearance (Anime): Episode 4: The Modern Ninja
Allegiances: 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Adult
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Appearance

The nymph stage takes the shape of a huge cicada, though what really marks it out is the face of a young child fixed at the center of its head.

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Personality

It carries no real mind of its own. Its behavior runs entirely on raw animal instinct rather than any thought or intent.

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History

By nature the creature belongs underground, emerging only when its season arrives. During the years Saitama spends training, the nymph rises up in Z-City and cuts through the local heroes with ease, downing the C-Class Grad School Graduate and Red Muffler along with the B-Class Darkness Blade while residents lock themselves inside Shelter Nr. 7. When two A-Class heroes fall to it as well, the Hero Association brands it a Demon-level menace and readies a subjugation squad to deal with it.

The matter settles itself before the squad arrives. Saitama, out hunting for a toilet, stumbles onto the monster, weathers its sudden attack, and drops it with one punch. Left alive long enough, a nymph of this kind would eventually mature into the 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Adult.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a 170,000-year-old cicada nymph in One Punch Man?

The 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva is a giant cicada nymph bearing a child's face, a Demon-level Mysterious Being that rampages through Z-City during Saitama's training years before it would have grown into its adult form.

Who defeats the 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva?

Saitama defeats the 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva, stumbling onto the monster while out searching for a toilet, weathering its sudden attack, and dropping it with a single punch.

Which heroes does the 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva defeat?

The Cicada Larva downs the C-Class heroes Grad School Graduate and Red Muffler along with the B-Class Darkness Blade, and also overwhelms two A-Class heroes before Saitama steps in.

What does the 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva look like?

It takes the shape of a huge cicada, marked out by the face of a young child fixed at the center of its head.

What would the 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva have become if it survived?

Left alive long enough, the Cicada Larva would eventually have matured into the 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Adult.

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