One-Punch Man Preps Next Arc With Huge Hero Roster Changes

By Nick Valdez

One-Punch Man has officially brought the long running Human Monster saga to its end, and the newest chapter of the series is getting ready for the next major arc with some huge shake ups to the Hero Association line up! The Human Monster saga has been the longest running arc in Yusuke Murata's take on ONE's original webcomic series to this point, and that means there needs to be some time spent exploring the immediate aftermath of everything that went down. Following the end of the fight in the previous chapter, some major changes for the future have been set in place.

Following Saitama's defeat of Garou with a punch that broke through time and space to finally land in just the right way, Garou is now at a loss as to how to proceed. He's now on the path to reforming himself following his actions as the Hero Hunter, and it seems that part of that plan for his future is to quite literally following in his old master Bang's footsteps and becoming a hero himself. The newest chapter gets ready for the next arc by not only retiring Bang from action as Silverfang, but setting up Garou as the next generation of the Silverfang hero moniker. 

Chapter 168 of One-Punch Man picks up some time after Garou lost to Saitama, and it's revealed that Bang actually found Garou at an old training spot he had told him about years ago. Thinking that his former pupil wanted to be found in this way, the two of them are now back on their old path of training together. The investigation into his damage has ended, and with no parents or other family in sight, Bang takes it upon himself to take him under his wing again, and Garou agrees because he wants to spar with his former teacher again in order to find his own style. 

It's then revealed that while all of this is happening, Bang has officially retired from the Hero Association. In his place will be Garou as the second generation Silverfang, but it's something the association doesn't want to tell the other heroes just yet after everything he's done. But regardless, his strength is going to be necessary in order to survive what's coming next as there are still godly level threats and other beings out there left to fight. 

How do you feel about Garou becoming a hero in One-Punch Man? What do you think it means for the future? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!

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