KingKira’s View: A week after dropping a monumental chapter, One & Murata are back again with another full course meal to satisfy our OPM cravings. The chapter starts off with the face-off between Platinum sperm & King, we get to see the full body shine of Platinum and I have to say that I’m liking his design the more I see it. The other heroes around watch with much anticipation for King’s hellfire burst wave motion canon, as King unfolds his arms, they begin to chant his name, However, Platinum sperm doesn’t appreciate it and instantly silences the heroes with his whip-like antenna, I like how much Platinum sperm is relishing the opportunity to face King.
We switch over to Vomited Fuhrer Ugly ready to have his way with a defeated Bang, Bomb is still incapacitated and can’t save his brother while Garou continues to hold his face. The voice from Bang’s fists begin to reach Garou’s mind and trigger a reaction similar to what happened against Darkshine, VFU is attempting to perform a full-body melting punch on Bang but before it lands Garou lets out a wild roar and proceeds to perform some of his most impressive feats thus far. In under a second Garou blasts through VFU with a flying kick, runs to Platinum sperm to deliver a punch, deflects Evil natural water, and performs a combo attack on it. Incredible stuff from Garou, I don’t think Platinum sperm or Evil natural water is dead but it looks like VFU is done now. Of course, King will get the credit for this as it happened too fast for the observing Metal bat to see Garou, I love King’s reaction, what a lucky bastard. Speaking of Metal bat, it looks like he took out the 100 unit sperm clone as we can see a bloody bat & beaten up sperm in the background. Garou lands and he thinks of Bang, we see a tear from Bang as he passes out, I interpret his tears as regret for failing to put his former student on the right path, the chapter concludes with Saitama & co appearing before Garou, and for the first time since chapter 87, Garou & Saitama are face-to-face. Awesome stuff this week, I’m expecting Platinum sperm to put in work in the next chapter. We still have no idea where Amai mask & Psykos are, I’m hoping to see them soon.
KingKira’s character of the week: It can only be the hero hunter & now cadre hunter, Garou, with his impressive speed feats, and power. Garou made light work of 3 dragon-level threats in less than a second and so far he is keeping his word to crush both the hero & monster associations, Post-Darkshine Garou is a serious problem. It’s also nice to see him regain consciousness thanks to the bond with his former master.
KingKira’s best scene: Without a question, Garou’s second of fury. It was beautiful to see the cadres get demolished by a moment of rage. I liked that Murata included the timer and an instant replay to the scene.
KingKira’s best panel: Sperm season isn’t over yet. Honorable shout out to all the Garou panels we got.
KingKira’s respects: I want to use this opportunity to pay my respects to the fallen cadre, Fuhrer ugly. He’s definitely been one of the highlights of this arc in my opinion, with all the carnage he has unleashed. Let’s go over some of his achievements; He embarrassed Amai mask in the monster base, Came to the surface to put Amai mask out of commission, squashed Zombieman, resisted & injured an exhausted Tatsumaki, ripped off Sosshi’s arm, demolished tank top master, killed Gums, killed Zanbai, Amahare & Nichirin. Well done, rest easy.
Judgment: One & Murata delivered once again with another amazing chapter. Things really escalated this time around, we got one of the greatest speed feats in the series, a pinch of feels, the return of conscious Garou, King’s ultimate technique, and the return of Saitama. I enjoyed last week’s chapter more but this was awesome as well. 8.5/10
KINGKIRA'S CASTLE 