Blade Test is the 189th online chapter of One-Punch Man. Atomic Samurai insists on watching King slice an apple to read his character, never suspecting that the man who cannot even draw a sword is a total amateur rather than a hidden master.
Summary
Their run-in at the Mouse Sushi restaurant leads Atomic Samurai to challenge King to a duel. Talking fast, King manages to squirm out of an actual fight, yet the swordsman stays intent on watching him slice an apple, convinced that observing how a person cuts reveals how they have lived.
Key Events
In truth King is utterly hopeless with a blade and cannot so much as free it from its sheath. Atomic Samurai, however, misreads the fumbling entirely, deciding that King's skill sits so far beyond understanding that the apple never even registers being cut.
Notes
Known as Blade Test, or Tameshigiri, this online chapter belongs to the Neo Heroes Introduction Arc and places Yuta on its cover. VIZ Media publishes it as Test Slash, and it adapts webcomic chapter 109. It follows Appraisal and leads into Scheme. Notably, chapter 109 was the last webcomic installment ONE posted before beginning a two-year hiatus in 2017, which ran from February 17, 2017 to April 8, 2019, the longest gap the webcomic had seen up to that point.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens in One Punch Man's Blade Test chapter?
In Chapter 189 (Online), also known as Blade Test or Tameshigiri, Atomic Samurai challenges King to a duel after their encounter at the Mouse Sushi restaurant. King talks his way out of the fight, but Atomic Samurai insists on watching him slice an apple, believing the cut reveals a person's true skill.
Why does Atomic Samurai want to watch King slice an apple?
Atomic Samurai believes that observing how a person cuts something reveals how they have lived, so he insists on watching King slice an apple instead of dueling him directly.
Is King actually skilled with a sword?
No, King is completely inept with a blade and cannot even draw it from its sheath. Atomic Samurai misreads this fumbling as skill so advanced that the apple never registers being cut.
What arc does Blade Test belong to?
Blade Test is part of the Neo Heroes Introduction Arc and features Yuta on its cover. It adapts webcomic chapter 109 and follows the chapter Appraisal.
What is significant about webcomic chapter 109, which Blade Test adapts?
Blade Test adapts webcomic chapter 109, which was the last installment ONE posted before starting a two year hiatus that ran from February 17, 2017 to April 8, 2019, the longest gap in the webcomic's history up to that point.
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