One-Punch Man, Vol. 17

ワンパンマン [One Punch Man] #17

by ONE, Yusuke Murata (Illustrator), John Werry (Translator)

Life gets pretty boring when you can beat the snot out of any villain with just one punch.

Nothing about Saitama passes the eyeball test when it comes to superheroes, from his lifeless expression to his bald head to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking guy has a not-so-average problem—he just can’t seem to find an opponent strong enough to take on!

Despite his best efforts, Garo is no match for the overwhelming skill of Bang and his brother. In fact, the hero hunter is near death when the Monster Association attempts to steal him away, unleashing Centichoro in the process. Bang and company take the threat-level Dragon monster head-on before Genos boldly enters the fray!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Humor, Fiction, Superheroes

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 3, 2018

About the author

Manga creator ONE first created One-Punch Man as a web comic, where it quickly went viral, garnering over 10,000,000 hits! Along with One-Punch Man, ONE also writes and draws another series called Mob Psycho 100.

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 'Hero Hunter' Garo is on his last legs battling the heroes; the Monster Association go after a significant new recruit; the Hero Association send mercenaries to do a hero's job; meanwhile One-Punch Man who's still out of the loop makes a huge decision. Not as dead pan funny as previous volumes, but we're now firmly in ongoing story mode, and each and every chapter is compelling as I wait expectantly for Saitama to get truly amongst the monster vs heroes’ ‘war’. A 7.5 out of 12 Three Stars for this one, but note I am now totally committed to this fascinating series.

2023 read

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

my thoughts thorough the volume:

86: Is It Because I’m The Caped Baldy?
How come after all this time, King is STILL the one who gets all the credit for Saitama’s greatest victories?? I’M SO FRUSTRATED PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE MY BOY.
Blast: *the shade intensifies*
You can call Sweet Mask an asshole all you want but you gotta admit that his principles are not to be dismissed. The boy only speaks in facts.
I’m living for Blizzard’s hilarious starstruck face every time she walks in on Saitama casually hanging out with a bunch of S-class heroes.
SAITAMA IS FINALLY SHOWING SIGNS OF PRIDE Y’ALL THIS IS NOT A DRILL

87: Hideout
I appreciate and accept this Garou fan service yes and thank you senpai 🙏🏼
Those Monster Association members’ character designs are BADASS

Extra: Confidence
“In reality Sonic just lost 2 kilograms from diarrhea” LMAO PLEASE

Man, this series makes me so happy.

[Mizuki · Rating 5 out of 5]

...is the guy on the cover...The Punisher?!

One Punch Man vol. 17 continues to make me LOL all the way, the sense of humor is as great as usual and I like how there are more superhero cliches to be laughed out loud at! I hope the war between the Superheros Association and the Supervillains Society will have some major development soon!

[Bradley]

The big battle with Centichoro arrives! Nothing but non-stop action here. :)

[Lashaan Balasingam · Rating 4 out of 5]

How they tease the Garo and Saitama confrontation is pure torture. It is however nice that they're building up Garo's character and giving us more information on his background and abilities.

The beginning of the underground society is also a nice twist that gives this series the direction it needs.

Yours truly,

Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
Official blog: https://bookidote.com/

[Blake the Book Eater · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Centichoro battle was amazing. And with Garo getting a whole ass character arc, I think it’s very important to ask: “if villain, why sexy?”

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots problems for them all. It's indeed a huge pain in the butt.

AAWWWW ... sooo cute.. Saitama has a lot of friends now. Genos, King, Bang and his brother, and now Fubuki. Awwwww..

LOL. So the monster cells should not be cooked. LOL. Sonic is feeling he is having the monsterification process which in fact he just lose weight from diarrhea after eating it. LOL. So much fantasy.

Ohh so Garou is safe. I am curious where he is so heroes will know the monsters location.

Omg Saitama's wallet is gone. LOL... Fubuki is gonna pay now. LOL. She ate the fries. LOLOLOL!!!!!

Saitama is hilarious as always.

Though Garou claimed to be monster, he still has humanity in him. I like that he likes children. It's cute but he should really try his best to be a good person from now on.

[✡Weed Dragon✡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need Garo to punch me in the ass

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

موراتا استاده کشیدن صحنه‌های اکشنه.
چپتر ۸۵ یکی از جذاب‌ترین و خیره‌کننده‌ترین فایت‌ها و آرت‌ها رو داشت.
کینگ هم عالیه :)

[Ben Truong · Rating 4 out of 5]

One-Punch Man, Vol. 17 continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next three chapters (85–87) of the on-going manga series with a bonus stories "Confidence".

The Monster Association kidnapped Garou, because while their numbers to the Hero Association are equal, they have fewer Demon Class Monsters. They want Garou to join their ranks, but to prove that he is monstrous – they challenge him to bring a head of a hero back to them within a day. Tailing him are Bug God and Royal Ripper, both Disaster Level Demons. Unfortunately, Garou runs into Saitama, who just punched him out with a simple tap. The tankōbon closes with Garou about to fight Bug God and Royal Ripper who determined that he was not demon enough to join them.

This tankōbon is written by One and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. For the most part, the tankōbon slowly continues as the Hero Association has three days to come up with an answer to the Monster Association threats. However, the Monster Association is not idly waiting for their answer, but taking an action by trying to recruit the kidnapped Garou. Hopefully, the narrative is pushed further in the next tankōbon.

All in all, One-Punch Man, Vol. 17 is a good continuation to a new series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.

[Natalie H · Rating 3 out of 5]

November 2024
Kindle edition

I liked the cover, although there was only a few sporadic drawings of him in the volume. Garo's story continues with a flash back to childhood and a three way beat down until the monsters intervene. The best bit was Saitama effortlessly taking care of the centipede and the way it dies in the background. Funniest bits was Blizzard trying to recruit Saitama, and Sonic in the bonus. The rest was setting up the scene for the new fights to come.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

One day...one day Saitama will be recognized. I do love his friendship with King, and how more and more S ranks are realizing just what a powerhouse he actually is.

Garo is proving to be quite a good secondary lead for these last few volumes, and I honestly get his motivations...even if he could probably just go about it a different way entirely. He still beat my boat Muman though, so he only gets so much of a pass.

I'm kind of surprised that I'm still enjoying this series as much as I am, especially after reading so many back to back.

[R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

انیمه اش تا اینجاست..

[Rolando Marono · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tanto tiempo esperando este volumen para que no fuera tan impresionante como los anteriores.
Si, está plagado de acción, y tenemos un momento impactante de Saitama, pero los personajes no avanzan, no hay diálogos profundos entre personajes aún teniendo la oportunidad cuando Fubuki confronta a Saitama y King y no tenemos situaciones que no hayamos visto antes.
¿A qué me refiero? Tenemos otro enfrentamiento de Garou. Otro enfrentamiento de Genos contra un monstruo demasiado poderoso. Otra aparición de Saitama. Otro triunfo robado a manos de King. Otras escenas en la asociación de monstruos. Otro flashback de Garou. Este tomo está compuesto por retazos de lo que hemos visto una y otra vez desde el tomo 11.
El arte sigue siendo maravilloso, las escenas de la aparición de Saitama son impresionantes.
Este arco de la asociación de monstruos y del cazador de monstruos se extendió de más. Llévamos 7 volúmenes y la historia parece no desenvolverse. Saitama sigue sin enfrentar un monstruo más poderoso que él, y el enfrentamiento entre Garou y Saitama sigue sin suceder.
Espero que el siguiente volumen aproveche para cerrar algunas de estas líneas argumentales.

[Lara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been kind of bored with this series lately because there has been so much focus on heroes and villains I do not care about at all. But! This one has some good Saitama and King, and an excellent cabbage comment, so I am happy again!

[Kulwinder Singh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The cover is beautiful, but misleading 'cause Zombie Man only had two panels for himself. So, why he's on the front cover when his role is so so short in this manga? Why?! 😭

[bee ⭑.ᐟ · Rating 4 out of 5]

cover goes hard

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summary for my reference: Garo (the "hero killer") resumes his fight with Bang and Bomb (one of them is like, his former teacher I think, can't remember; the other is a high rank hero) (also I thought one of them was named Silverfang? But the front of the book calls them Bang and Bomb) and is pretty much defeated before being whisked away by a monster bird that wants to take him to the monster society because they want him to join. Meanwhile, a giant centipede monster arrives to take out Bang and Bomb. They use a super ability but the centipede can regenerate almost endlessly and has only been defeated once before by another S-rank hero, Blast. Genos puts up a pretty good fight but gets wrecked (literally). The group decides to flee and carries the heroes that Garo had defeated so they don't get killed in the rampage. They come across King, who is using a megaphone to get the centipede's attention - and when he has it, Saitama gets his one punch in (and makes sure King gets the credit, to my eternal amusement). While they regroup in Saitama's apartment, the hero association bureaucrats argue about what to do about the monster association (and some "important" guy's son got kidnapped, forgot about that). They want Blast to come in and participate but I guess he only does when he feels like it. Some heroes show up and they talk a bunch. A hero named child emperor is trying to find the monster association base. Idk there are just WAY too many characters in this series. Some of them argue amongst themselves. The lady who runs the "Blizzard" group decides to visit Saitama to try to get them to join forces to do something about the monsters, but they are all recovering and playing video games so they arent interested. Then finally, Garo recovers inside the monster base and is introduced to the big leader monster, and the monsters fight among themselves too. Also the hero association bureaucrats send in some special (human) team to try to rescue the hostage but they all get captured and put under the control of one of the monsters. For some reason, Garo is held in high regard by the leaders of the monster association. In the final scene, Sonic (I think that's his name) who is a hero I think, can't remember, I guess he ate or whatever the monster seeds or whatever they are, again can't remember, feels stronger, so I guess we're going to see more of him soon.

[Adam M · Rating 5 out of 5]

*Read for the YA Reading Challenge 2020*

This volume opens with a monster scooping Garo up and carrying him to safety before Bang, Bomb and Genos can finish him off. If any of that gibberish made sense to you, congratulations, you're going to enjoy this book. One of the biggest monsters in a while shows up and in turn on of the biggest monster fights too. There are plenty of teasers in the end: the rescue plan starts firming up, SEVERAL new monsters are introduced, Hellish Blizzard is recruiting again and Zombieman starts his story arc.

Overall, top notch and setting up a lot of really interesting plot points to come.

[Rab Araujo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Va elevandose tanto la amenaza que poco a poco hacen que Saitama se convierta en el Deus Ex Maquina al cual ruego que se manifieste.

Este manga, en general, no debería funcionar, no debería en serio, pero cada tomo tiene un desarrollo de personajes interesante al mismo tiempo que se plaga de otros personajes deshechables molestos pero que terminan robandote la carcajada.

Podría decir que estoy desarrollando una relación amor/odio con One.

5 estrellas, sin dudar.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fight within the first half of this Manga is fairly epic. Nice art and goog dialog.
King and Saitama finish off the giant mega millipede was clever.
Then we have the aftermath and lots of talking and moving the plot along.
I'm not sure whom I feel worse for Hellish Blizzard or Garo as both keep having their plans ruined.

[Jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Storyline!

Garo, was at the end of his rope fighting Genos, Bang and his brother Bomb. When someone swoops in at the last minute to join the fight.
I enjoy Saitama's obliviousnous, but love his attitude to everything and his overall justice.
Am interesting storyline to follow as we slowly start to see what the monster association is up to.

[AB · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Volume!
It continues the momentum build from the last volume and maintains it well.
The setup for the next main volumes are properly completed in this one I think. I can't wait to see where everything goes from here.
:)

[Sophia Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

enjoy seeing more of the monsters but they are some fucking FREAKS. like get these eye sores out of my pages. but for all the pain there is i get to see garou, bandaged up, in pain, and trying to push foward. my man my man MY MAN.

[Moe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m not sure if this phrase has some meaning in English as well or not, but Saitama is extremely being hero because “hero always show up late!” The scene Saitama appeared to beat the eldest centipede, he has shown up late and it is typical hero’s event I think.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

THANK god King was able to fight against Centichoro!

Glad he’s on the hero side.

[Jorge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Almost the entire volume has Fubuki on it so that’s a 4 star book in my opinion

[adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

only 4 star bc it’s not jojo

[Miguel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haven’t read One-Punch in years, but holy shit I loved this volume. So damn funny. The dine and dash gag was incredible.

[Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

* one punch man theme plays too loud *

Yes, give me more please.