170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva
CharacterThe 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.
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.
Personality
It carries no real mind of its own. Its behavior runs entirely on raw animal instinct rather than any thought or intent.
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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