One-Punch Man handed Atomic Samurai a formidable new sword with its newest chapter! The climax of the conflict between the Hero and Monster Associations continues with the newest chapter of the series, and the final Disaster level monsters have been giving the remaining heroes a terrible time. The heroes have pushed beyond their boundaries in their own separate ways, but those limits have sadly been nothing near enough to take down any of the formidable monsters. This has caused the heroes to take some fairly significant gambles, and that is especially true for Atomic Samurai.
While Samurai has had some impact in this final combat against the remaining formidable monsters, he has been struggling just as hard as the other heroes. The newest chapter changed that with the introduction of a powerful new weapon, however, as now that Samurai is one of the best swordsman still fighting for mankind, he is now deserving of a powerful new sword that joins with its owner and doubles their combined strength. But there’s some huge qualifiers as to how he uses the swords.
Chapter 149 of the series begins with an update on how each of the bouts are going and Homeless Emperor has Atomic Samurai and his students locked down with his energy blasts. Samurai is biding his time till he can unsheathe his blade known as the “Nichirin.” It’s a Spirit Response Blade given to Atomic Samurai that is supposed to be alive, and only chooses those it judges to be worthy to use it. Samurai didn’t believe this story at first, but when holding it he could feel the blade testing his spirit.
After calming himself down, Samurai joins with Nichirin and it’s enough to not only cut through Homeless Emperor’s huge energy blasts, but Black Sperm’s million combination as well. It’s strong and can move with a forceful will of its own, but it also needs a considerable deal of energy and stamina to wield. So while it’s strong, Samurai can’t just use this sword whenever he wants. It’s far from an end all solution to this terribly nervewracking scenario.
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