One-Punch Man's Least Likely Hero Actually Survived Being Ripped in Half
Spoilers for chapter 157 of One-Punch Man ahead!
The character of Amai Mask (sometimes translated Sweet Mask) in One-Punch Man may be well-loved in-universe, but he's given readers a very different impression from his aggressive personality and dismissiveness towards Saitama and other more popular characters. Still, his brutal death back in chapter 139 at the hands of Fuhrer Ugly felt a bit too cruel towards a character who was still nominally a hero, seeing as he was ripped in half in a fit of jealousy over his looks. The scene was shocking, to be sure, but the real surprise is in chapter 157, where Amai Mask is decidedly not dead after all.
Amai Mask first appeared early on as the top hero in class A, doing interviews and appearing before an adoring public who loved him largely for his looks. The darker side of the character appeared when he confronted Genos, revealing that Amai Mask sees himself as the gatekeeper for class S, and didn't appreciate Genos shooting straight to the top when he registered as a hero. More recently, he was also the only class A hero to invite himself to the attack on the Monster Association headquarters, and his rapid defeat suggested that the Hero Association was right not to send in anyone of lower ranks.
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Chapter 157 mysteriously opens with Amai Mask waking up in one piece, despite how clearly he was shown to have been bisected previously. His face was also beaten in by Fuhrer Ugly's «face destroying punch,» yet it's equally intact. When he gets up, no one is around except for a man he doesn't recognize, who is eventually revealed to be a slimmed-down version of the class S hero, Pig God. Even stranger, in spite
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