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Chapter 176: The Last Guy I Wanna Run Into

Manga ChapterCh. 176

Three cocky A-Class neighbors ring Saitama's door only to be met by King. Across the ruined battlefield, Pig God devours the puddle-sized remnant of Evil Natural Water after it fells the hero Air, while a desperate Black Sperm decides the safest refuge left is at Saitama's side.

Kanji: 会っちゃいけない奴
Title: The Last Guy I Wanna Run Into
Volume: 35
Next Chapter: Chapter 177: New Home
Online Pages: 29
Release Date: September 22, 2022
Volume Pages: 30
Viz Media Title: The Worst Guy I Could Run Into
Webcomic Chapters: 95
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Summary

At the hero apartment complex, Forte, Butterfly DX, and Chain'n'toad drop by to lord their seniority over their supposed rookie neighbor, Saitama. Their knocking and doorbell-ringing are answered instead by King, whose presence terrifies them into realizing Saitama must be out. Far away, amid the wreckage of the Monster Association battlefield, Pig God digs through the rubble as a Hero Association representative frets from a helicopter that the S-Class hero should still be recovering.

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Key Events

Black Sperm spots Pig God nearby and hides. The A-Class hero Air, brought along in case Pig God resists, rushes in decrying the pampered, undertrained state of S-Class heroes and demands the glutton return or fight for his freedom. Then a puddle-sized remnant of Evil Natural Water stirs from the debris, startling Air and horrifying Pig God. Air hurls his boomerang at it, but the mindless creature fires a water beam clean through the weapon and Air's throat. Pig God swallows the monster whole, endures beams that pierce him from within, and declares the thing dead inside his stomach before setting off for a ramen shop rather than the lab, telling the representative to sweep the area for survivors.

Fleeing deeper into the ruins with his cell reserves nearly gone, Black Sperm hunts for food and stumbles on Saitama and Genos, with Saitama cheerfully hoisting up the salvaged husk of his apartment. Recognizing the man who dropped Awakened Garou in one blow, Black Sperm cowers in dread. He is stunned to see Overgrown Rover shrunken and docile at Saitama's side, treated like a pet rather than a monster. After Genos is called away by the Hero Association, Black Sperm swallows his pride, deciding nowhere is safer than under Saitama's wing, and bursts from hiding to caper and squawk before a baffled Saitama.

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Notes

Serving as the one hundred seventy-sixth chapter within the Psychic Sisters Arc and Volume 35, this entry is titled Accha Ikenai Yatsu and rendered by Viz as The Worst Guy I Could Run Into. It adapts webcomic chapter 95, with Tatsumaki and Saitama on the cover. A bonus page shows three Black Sperms crouched in the see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, speak-no-evil poses.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Did Saitama adopt Black Sperm in One-Punch Man?

Chapter 176 does not show Saitama formally adopting Black Sperm, but it does mark the turning point. Fleeing and low on cell reserves, Black Sperm decides nowhere is safer than under Saitama's wing and bursts out of hiding to stay by his side.

What happens when Forte, Butterfly DX, and Chain'n'toad visit Saitama's apartment in this chapter?

The three A-Class heroes knock on Saitama's door hoping to lord their seniority over him, but King answers instead, and his presence terrifies them into realizing Saitama must be out.

What happens to the hero Air in Chapter 176?

Air rushes in to confront Pig God over Evil Natural Water's remnant, but the mindless creature fires a water beam that pierces clean through his boomerang and his throat.

How does Pig God deal with the remnant of Evil Natural Water?

Pig God swallows the puddle-sized remnant of Evil Natural Water whole, endures beams piercing him from within, and declares the creature dead inside his stomach.

What arc and volume does Chapter 176, "The Last Guy I Wanna Run Into," belong to?

Chapter 176, "The Last Guy I Wanna Run Into," is part of the Psychic Sisters Arc and Volume 35, published by Viz as "The Worst Guy I Could Run Into."

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