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Instant Moment

Character

Instant Moment is a ninja of the Ninja Village and a member of the Heavenly Ninja Party. A graduate of the class called Momentum, he joins the assassins in their hunt for Flashy Flash and their plot for world conquest, fighting with a spear.

Status: Alive
Gender: Male
First Appearance (Manga): Chapter 195 (Online)
First Appearance (Webcomic): Chapter 115
Allegiances: Heavenly Ninja Party, Ninja Village
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Appearance

Moment sports a spiky mane and wears two rectangular patches of face paint on his cheeks. His outfit pairs a black shirt and shorts over striped sleeves and leggings, topped with shoulder guards that look soft and feathery.

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Personality

Like his fellow party members, Moment carries clear confidence in his own skill. He willingly teams with other Ninja Village graduates to raise their odds of killing Flashy Flash, whom he despises for razing the village, yet he still honors the place's laws despite the ordeal it put him through.

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History

Moment finished the Ninja Village's nineteenth class, Momentum, in the same cohort as Vibrating Tremor, and later enlisted with the Heavenly Ninja Party. In the Neo Heroes Saga the party corners Speed-o'-Sound Sonic at his hideout to announce its plan for world domination and its allegiance to Empty Void, the man it calls That Man. When Sonic does not lead Flashy Flash to the meeting point, the group breaks up their duel and attacks both, naming Sonic a traitor. Blast then intervenes, scatters them, and teleports everyone to the hideout, where Saitama has already downed the village leader. Moment charges Saitama with the others and is beaten down in turn; awed by that power, the survivors try to recruit him as their master, and after being turned away, Moment follows the group in shadowing the hero. Praised as a prodigy of his graduating class, he wields formidable combat speed and carries a spear as his main weapon. The webcomic ends with him dying alongside the party against Flashy Flash and Sonic.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Instant Moment in One Punch Man?

Instant Moment is a ninja from the Ninja Village and a member of the Heavenly Ninja Party, an assassin group hunting Flashy Flash while plotting world conquest under Empty Void.

What weapon does Instant Moment use?

Instant Moment fights with a spear as his main weapon, and he is praised within his graduating class as a prodigy with formidable combat speed.

What does Instant Moment look like?

Instant Moment has a spiky mane, two rectangular patches of face paint on his cheeks, and wears a black shirt and shorts over striped sleeves and leggings with soft, feathery shoulder guards.

What class did Instant Moment graduate from at the Ninja Village?

Instant Moment finished the Ninja Village's nineteenth graduating class, called Momentum, in the same cohort as his partner Vibrating Tremor.

What happens to Instant Moment in the webcomic?

In the webcomic, Instant Moment dies together with the rest of the Heavenly Ninja Party in their battle against Flashy Flash and Speed-o'-Sound Sonic.

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