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EFFECTS MASTER gpETHMASTER

MATSURA TANGO

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Every single positive comment from
every reader is encouraging.
—ONE
Manga creator ONE began One-Punch Man as a
webcomic, which quickly went viral, garnering
over 10 million hits. In addition to One-Punch Man,
ONE writes and draws the series Mob Psycho 100
and Makai no Ossan.
Try sliding up the dust cover [on the
Japanese graphic novel version]. Sonic
will form one picture together with the
inside illustration.
—Yusuke Murata
A highly decorated and skilled artist best known
for his work on Eyeshield 21, Yusuke Murata won
the 122nd Hop Step Award (1995) for Partner and
placed second in the 5Ist Akatsuka Award (1998)
for Samui Hanashi.
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Hero Associations registry!

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Hero Associations test...
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POINTS.

THAT'S
OKAY. YOU
DON’T HAVE
TO REPORT
MY NAME... THIS (8
JUST LIKE
AT THE
A COMPANY
MONSTER
HAS AP-
PEAREP!
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MY WAY.
50 SCRAM.
 UNLIKE
OTHER
MEMBERS
OF THE
BLIZZARD
ENCOLINTER
WITH HER HAP AN
CHANGED YNUSUAL
MY LIFE.

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PSYCHIC”
ABIYTY4 TO
EEEAT
MONSTERS.

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THEN ~ STRONGER
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WAS OVER /N
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OF YOUR
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HAVE BEEN THE YOU OF
BORN TOMORROW
SPECIAL! BEAT YOu
TODAY?

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A SALE
TODAY.

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BE CHEAP.
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Bee BLIZZARD
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WITH THE GIVE UP
ASSOCIATION. BEING A
HERO?

HE’LL BE THE MORON.

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A THINKING?
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LACKLUSTER
QUIT SOON.
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 ONE-PUNCH MAN
VOLUME 3
SHONEN JUMP MANGA EDITION

STORYBY| ONE
ARTBY| YUSUKE MURATA

TRANSLATION |JOHN VW/ERRY

TOUCH-UP ART AND LETTERING | JAMES GAUBATZ
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 BEGIN OUR
INVESTIGATION
IMMEDIATELY.
 IT’S A
BUT IT’S LARGE
UNINHABITEDP CITY...
FROM HERE

1160 THE YEARS AGO,

RESIDENTS HIGH-LEVEL
MIGRATED MONSTERS
TOWARP THE SUDDENLY
CENTER OF BEGAN
THE CITY. APPEARING

NOW IT’S
A GHOST
WE COULD TOWN, WITH
INFRASTRUC-
LIVE HERE TURE LIKE
CHEAPLY. ELECTRICITY
ANP WATER
LEFT INTACT.

YOU'RE
KIDDING,
 RUMOR
veieae HAS IT
: AN AWFUL
ABOUT Tt MONSTER
RIGHT? LIVES
HERE.

\
\

OF
COURSE.

I SUPPOSE
THAT’S WHY
THEY SENT 48
TO THIS AREA.

THE NUMBER
OF DISASTER
ALERTS HAS
DECREASED...
Class A, Rank 33 Hero
SPRING MUSTACHIO
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INTO A
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A
GOLDEN BA
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ip
115
 INVESTIGATION
REPORTS ARE
ALREADY
COMING IN.

ss NAMED
WATCHEOG
THE FIRST
IS FROM A
CLASS &
HERO IN
CITY Q.,

116
 ANOTHER

ANSWER...

IN NUMBER OF
DISASTERS AND
AVERAGE LEVEL
OF MONSTERS,
CITY QISA
HOT ZONE.

WELL, YOU
KNOW HOW
WATCHYOG
MAN IS.

HIS REPORT
MEANS HE
CAN HANPLE
WHATEVER
HAPPENS,
W.| SO THERE'S
ip\ NO PROBLEM.
HE MAY
ONLY COVER
CITY Q,
BUT HE
ELIMINATES
EVERY
SINGLE
MONSTER.

117
 Cass 3,
+ AND THE Cr 0€8.
CLASS A are foo
HERO NEXT IS
precise
HEAVY ra
KONG.

“NOTHING
UNUSUAL.”

THE CLASS
7 6 HERO
MUSHROOM
ANP CLASS
“NOTHING C HERO
UNUSUAL.” HORSEZBONE
ARE IN

‘NOTHING
UNUSUAL,
ASIDE FROM CLASS A
THE SLOW HERO
RECOVERY LIGHTING-
SINCE THE j BOLT
CITY’S L GENT/ \S
DESTRUCTION IN CITY D.
BY GIANT
CREATURES.”

CITIES B
AND D
SUFFERED
HORRIBLE
DAMAGE...
 C A
1 ENSEU S I N G
INT
CRITICISM
OF THE-
A S S O C I A
TION.

I N O R D E RS
T
UCH
O
N T
PREVE
E S , W E
TRATGEDSICERTAIN
MUS A
D I S T US
R B I N
L
G
U R K &
SHADOW

SURFACE.

C O V E R I N G | THAT 1S
DIS
D O F T H I S
BEFO R E H A N INV E S T I G A T I O N .
1S DI F F I C U L T .
 “HAMMERHEAD,
FORMER HEAD OF
THE TERRORIST ae
GROUP KNOWN AS . CLASS A HERO
THE PARADISERS, IS ‘“SNAKEBITE”
LOITERING AROUND SNER.
IN A SUIT. WILL .
INVESTIGATE.”

* SIGN: INTERVIEW SITE

120
 WE'VE HEARD
THAT THE
SEEDS OF
DISASTER LIE IN

SKILLED IN REPORT
BATTLE ARE HAS COME
PERFORMING IN YET.
THE
INVESTIGA-
TION.

THE NUMBER
THE NUMBER OF MONSTER
OF SIGHTINGS APPEARANCES
HAS BEEN IN CITY Z1S
INCREASING MUCH HIGHER
FOR OVER THAN
TEN YEARS, ELSEWHERE.
HOWEVER, SINCE BEFORE
THE SOURCE THE FOUNDING
OF DISASTER OF THE HERO
HAS NOT BEEN ASSOCIATION.
LOCATED,
S0 THE CAUSE
OF THE
APPEARANCES
REMAINS A
MYSTERY.
 AU o \

Wyand MONSTERS Bp oy
Z THERE
NETWORKING] he.) “yal ! vagious
eee Roy. =] THEORIES
N/K ae AS TO
, Ne ane THE

THE MOST
=== PLAUSIBLE
= _{ ONES ARE

IUPGING
FROM THE
BRIEFING
 1s THERE IS
SOMETHING
TO THAT
GHOST
TOWN.

S|
oo6

‘(| SOMETHING
IS THERE.
 IF WE SOLVE
THIS MYSTERY;
MB WE'LL BE TOP
RANKERS.
SJ STILL LIVING
IN THIS
DANGEROUS
 MA) DOESN'T
FEEL
LIKE IT
THOUGH.

SHALL I GO
RAMPAGE
DOWNTOWN
TO BLOW
OFF STEAM?

AFTER I
CAME ALL
THIS WAY?
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HE
EVADED

THEY'RE AS
S T R O N G A S
 SN (WHO CAN
WIELD A
COLINTLESS
NUMBER OF
TENTACLES
LIKE WHIPS?

FORM/P-
AGLE!

ALLOW ME REQUEST
TO ASK YOU BACKLE..,
SOMETHING.

ARE YOu A
MONSTER
WHO WAS
BORN
IN THIS
GHOST
TOWN?
 IT HEARD
( & RUMOR
THAT SUPER
STRONG
MONSTERS
WERE
GATHERING
HERE.
RESEARCH
TEAM
REQUESTS {.
BACKUP!
 GOLDEN BALL
| EMERGENCY IS DOWN AND
CLASS A,
SUMMONS TO RANK 33
ALL NEARBY SPRING
MUSTACHIO
IS FIGHTING

ae UNINHABI- Ge
TED AREA!

+ BUT THE
THREAT
LEVEL IS AREA, SO
TIGER OR NO WARNING
HIGHER.

DID you
I SEE THE
| MONSTER

I'LL GET
TO THE
BOTTOM
OF THAT
RUMOR!
 LIVING IN AN
EMPTY PLACE
LIKE THIS,
I WOULD
NEVER QET
FAMOUS!

pect , _— Xx // 1 SHOULD
INHABITED /J ; \ ONyTHE
MI GOpa

\ St

W/ ANOTHER is =
HEROZ | dil ss | i
 SOMEONE
STILL LIVES
HEREZ
 ‘RESULTS
OF
INVESTI-
GATION
INTO
CITY 23"

EXISTED,
NO HUMAN
COULD
LIVE HERE.

“NOTHING
UNUSUAL
TO REPORT
IN THE
“,,,WITH REGARD ‘| BUSINESS
TO THE UNINHABITED A ANP
AREAS DESIGNATED
A DANGER ZONE,
CAUTION REMAINS
NECESSARY.”
 ' is & \ Vi ENCOUNTERED
SUFFERED § bi “<(amy =A FEROCIOUS
DEFEAT.” te | : i, AND DREAD
5 | MONSTER...”

Q “WE ESCAPED
So | Now RESIDE |[-a ’ WITH OUR
“ IN THE 5 Bf} Lives, BUT
UNINHABITED $i J ef, THE MONSTER

KIND OF
MONSTER

‘THERE ARE
RUMORS THAT
THE RUMOR VG : \ MULTIPLE
REMAINS =a On a Es = Wrz } POWERFUL
UNCONFIRMED, OE | i) MONSTERS
BUT THE HEROES \ ‘ ‘ ALREADY
DISPATCHED AS [\ } f : Ny LIVE IN THAT
BACKUP HAVE |” t, ' N Al ey
DISCOVERED
 y “FURTHER
W INVESTIGA-
TION IS

PART OF
THE MONSTER wats
THAT SPRING THIS57
MUSTACHIO
Y y \.FOUGHT?

MAYBE A
BATTLE

RIVAL
4 MONSTERS?

THERE /S
SOMETHING
 THE GHOST
TOWN
MONSTER
IN CITY 27

MONSTERS THING
1 ANP HUMANS ABOUT
: | ARE SCARED ELITE
inna, OF THAT MONSTERS
4 m PLACE NOW. GATHERING

1 BUT
some- NOT Re
THING § _THAT
EVEN RUMOR
 SSSss

S5
Ses
SS
SSS

WHY IS
THERE
$0 MUCH
KOMBU
OUTSIDE
YOUR
 I HAVE
HEARD THAT
SEAWEED
IS GOOP
FOR AA/R
GROWTA,
BUT THE
EFFECTS
HAVE NOT
BEEN
CONFIRMED
MEDICALLY.
 I
RESEARCHED
IT, 60 LT

WHO SAID
ANYTHING
ABOUT
THAT?!
be De
Kid

HE PLUCKED
EVERY WEED
FROM My
BODY...