A New Wind Blows



(吹き込む新風, Fukikomu Shinpū) is a special chapter of the OnePunch-Man manga series.

Summary
The story starts with a showing of a man with black hair a jumpsuit with who is training and wants to become a hero, also with a small explanation about "Heroes". The man is later on revealed to have glasses, and changing his thought to past-tense, as in: "Wanted to become a hero", and then a voice is heard, talking of what it takes to be a hero, and how it needs motivation, courage and a strong body. The voice is revealed to be the A-Class Rank 1 Hero Sweet Mask, who is seen on a talk show through a giant screen in a city square, interviewed about his new movie. The (now in a business suit) is then lectured by a  for looking away, because he may lose sight of their target. The man with the long eyelashes then reveals that their target is the C-Class Criminal Banero, a red hooded serial arsonist, who appearently worth a few points for heroes. The glasses wearing man asks the other when does he think they'll be done, to which the other answers that they are not going home until the bust the criminal, and why, because they are heroes.Glasses is troubled because on that day there was also a special sale on vegetables, eventually thinking back to a time when he was an office worker, and life was hard, and that one day on the train, he noticed the Hero Association ad.

Back to the present. The Criminal Banero is surrounded by the Blizzard Group, who tell him to surrender, and if he does not, they'll attack. Banero is then mocking the "Heroes" for how they all wear the same black suits, Eyelashes then tells him that is their team color. While the Blizzard Group fights Banero, who uses molotov cocktails as a weapon. Glasses thinks of how even in the Hero Association there are factions, and how the Blizzard Group which is pulling the strings behind B-Class is the biggest one, and how he had to join them. After the defeat of Banero, the members of the Blizzard Group are debating how to devide the credit for busting Banero, and while they think should be equal, Eyelashes claims he does not think Glasses deserve a fair share, for he is incompetent. Continuing his thoughts, Glasses claims that it is the same as when he worked in an office, but also that he reached the point he no longer cares.

Later on, the Blizzard Group is shown fighting a mysterious being capable of creating strong winds - Disaster Level Demon: Demonic Fan. Claiming they cannot beat it, they are wondering what is taking their leader, so long. Miss Blizzard then appears, telling them with confidence that she will take care of the rest, and that they can go home, causing them relief and the desire to get up cheer her on. Glasses then thinks of how he has changed after meeting someone with an unusual ability like Miss Blizzard, who uses supernatural abilities to defeat mysterious beings, which is very uncommon even among heroes, and that her qualities and abilities are way above the avarage level. Miss Blizzard then proceeds to attack the Demonic Fan with her - Hell Storm, but is swiftly defeated, along with the rest of the Blizzard Group. Glasses, who was still standing, could not believe his eyes, the Blizzard Group which ones shattered his confidence with their numbers and abilities, was taken out by a single mysterious being. After thinking he is doomed, he is then blown away along with a part of the wall by a female esper, who is revealed to be the S-Class Rank 2 hero. Tornado Of Terror then proceeds to ask Glasses if he is a friend of her sister's, from her B-Class group, to which he replies he is just her subordinate, Tornado Of Terror insults him and breaks his spirit. Demonic Fan begins to attack Tornado Of Terror, with an attack that she is more than capable of blocking, Tornado Of Terror notices the creatures ability, and comments that considering her sister's level of power, she can see why she lost. She then proceeds to disassemble the creature and leave, carrying along her sister with her psychic power. Glasses then notes of how much stronger Tornado Of Hell is than him, remembering the insult he recieved earlier, he starts complaining of how he cannot fight without special powers, and how "unfair" society is, claiming that even though he trained more than anyone (by his estimate), without special powers, he stands no chance. A person then walks to Glasses and tells him that he came because he heard on the news that a mysterious being appeared in the area. Glasses unable to recognize the hero, thinking he is some unknown C-Class, tells him he is too late and that it has been taken care of, to which the replies that it is still moving. Glasses notices it trying to reassemble itself and notes that it can probably only be beaten by destroying it's propeller. The person proceeds to try and take care of the monster, but is stopped by Glasses who tells him he stands no chances and that he should run away, and while that person tells him that he'll be fine for he is strong, Glasses replies saying that he cannot, and that even he himself, who trained so hard, was no match for it, and that there's a limit to what normal people are capable of, the other person does not believe such a thing, and Glasses tells him to not throw his life away, just because he "wants to play hero". Demonic Fan attacks, but is swiftly destroyed by the caped personnel, who was bothered by the freezing wind. The caped guy tells Glasses that he just hasn't trained enough, and that he should not mope around and just move forward. Glasses unable to believe that the person in front of him has become so strong by training, thinks said person is the son of a millionaire that has recieved some special training, but his theory is shattered when he hears the man talking about a special sale he has to go to, the same kind which he wanted to go to earlier.

Later on, 2 men from the Blizzard Group are appearently talking about Glasses, and how he quit the group while continuing his work as a pro-hero, thinking he has no chance against them, and that they should not fret for they are sure he will quit being a hero shortly. while Glasses is behind them, jogging.

Characters in order of appearance

 * 1) Fubuki (cover)
 * 2) Tatsumaki (cover)
 * 3) Genos (cover)
 * 4) Glasses
 * 5) Sweet Mask
 * 6) Eyelashes
 * 7) Banero
 * 8) Mountain Ape
 * 9) Lily of the Three Section Staff
 * 10) Demonic Fan
 * 11) Saitama