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Meteor

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The Meteor is a massive extraterrestrial rock that plunges toward Z-City and earns a Dragon-level rating, the first such disaster tied to no living creature. Shrugging off missiles and Genos's incineration blast, it is finally shattered by a single punch from Saitama, though its fragments still wreck the city.

Race: Space Rock
Level: Dragon
Height: 200 m
Status: Destroyed
Location: Space
Abilities: Immense Kinetic Energy and Durability
Debut Anime: Episode 7
Debut Manga: Chapter 21
Webcomic Debut: Chapter 20
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Appearance

The object is an enormous asteroid, measured at roughly two hundred meters across, that blazes with light as it tears into the planet's atmosphere.

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History

Stargazers first spot the incoming rock while it is still bound for Earth, but it abruptly alters course and locks onto Z-City. Every S-Class hero is summoned to intercept it, yet only Bang, Metal Knight, and Genos manage to reach the site in time, most of the others left too far away by how little warning there was. The asteroid brushes off Metal Knight's barrage of missiles and endures Genos's fully charged incineration blast without a scratch. Saitama then arrives and breaks it apart with one punch. Its forward momentum is halted, but the shattered pieces still rain across Z-City and leave it in ruins, though remarkably no one is killed. The event stands as the first disaster the Hero Association ever ranked that involved no living being at all.

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Abilities

Its Dragon classification stems from the staggering kinetic energy it carried, which Genos judged capable of wiping out Z-City and threatening the towns nearby. Even after Saitama pulverized the main mass, the leftover shards held enough force to devastate the city, and had he not blunted the impact and its shockwave, the surrounding region would have suffered regardless. The rock was also tremendously heavy and tough, unbothered by Metal Knight's missiles or Genos's full-power flames. In the anime it was placed somewhere between six and nine on the Torino scale, a real-world system used to gauge the danger of incoming space objects.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What episode of One-Punch Man is the meteor in?

The meteor first appears in Episode 7 of the One Punch Man anime, corresponding to Chapter 21 of the manga.

Does Saitama stop the meteor?

Yes. Saitama halts the meteor's forward momentum by breaking it apart with a single punch, though the shattered fragments still rain down and devastate Z-City.

How big was the meteor that struck Z-City?

The meteor measured roughly two hundred meters across as it blazed into Earth's atmosphere on a collision course with Z-City.

Why did the Hero Association rank the meteor as a Dragon-level threat?

The meteor earned a Dragon-level rating for its staggering kinetic energy, force that Genos judged capable of wiping out Z-City and threatening nearby towns, and it stands as the first Dragon-level disaster the Association ever ranked that involved no living creature.

Did the meteor cause damage after Saitama destroyed it?

Yes. Even after Saitama shattered the meteor's main mass with one punch, the leftover fragments still rained across Z-City and left it in ruins, though remarkably no one was killed.

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