Talk:Sweet Mask/@comment-71.86.30.170-20131014193107/@comment-5726563-20150701173753

I wouldn't say he's conceited really. It's a bit more complicated than that. When he says that heroes must be beautiful, you have to understand that to him power is what is beautiful, and in the webcomic after the Garou arc, he even is shown thinking about the "beauty" of Saitama's power, and rejects some equally beautiful new models, because he says they are not strong. He is someone who cares only about justice, and an absolute power needed for it. As you said, he is on par with top rank S heroes, but he stays in A because he doesn't want anyone weaker than him to join S. That is his own way of ensuring the quality of power does not become diluted by the weak.

In short, he's not conceited. He's just obsessed with justice, and having/obtaining the power to execute it at anytime, no matter how strong the enemy is. That is why he stays at A seat 1, so that the weak can not go past and lower the quality of his "justice".