Subterranean King

Manga
Anime
Webcomic

Kanji

地底王

Rōmaji

Chitēō

Characteristics

Race

Mysterious Being (Subterranean People)

Gender

Male

Status

Deceased

Height

400 cm (13'1½")^[1]

Location

Under Earth's crust

Abilities

Weapons

Lava Swords

Status

Level

Demon^[1]

Affiliation

Subterranean People

Media

Webcomic Debut

Chapter 4

The Subterranean King (地ち底てい王おう, Chitēō) was the king of the Subterranean People. He led his people from below the crust to conquer the surface above. He was killed by Saitama.^[2]

Appearance[]

Like the Subterranean People, the Subterranean King had a humanoid appearance but was about double the size of the average human being. He was covered with black, armor-like pieces, with blue lava running in the space between them. He had three narrow eyes and four arms, each with three fingers. In each of his hands, he carried a red magma blade.

In the manga, his armor was brown in coloration with yellow/reddish magma swimming through his body which matches the commonly known colors of an active volcano. His blades also have the same color as magma.

Personality[]

The Subterranean King seemed to be rather confident in his abilities but was defeated almost instantly.

Plot[]

Introduction Saga[]

Saitama Introduction Arc[]

Saitama vs — The Subterranean King being killed by Saitama

Saitama has a dream where he is attacked by the Subterranean People, and after a hard battle where he defeats them all the Subterranean King shows up for one last fight. Right before they start to fight, Saitama's dream ends. Upon waking up Saitama notices that the Subterraneans truly have shown up, and leaps at a chance to fight them. However, when the Subterranean King does show up he is defeated instantly and his people surrender and scamper back underground.^[3]

Abilities and Powers[]

Nothing is known of the Subterranean King's powers due to his quick death but it is presumed that he possessed some skill in swordsmanship since he wielded four swords in battle. He is on the same level as the Deep Sea King and the Sky King.^[4] He was the ruler of an army of powerful subterranean Mysterious Beings.

Fighting Style[]

Swordsman: Given his choice of weapons, the Subterranean King likely has some swordsmanship skills. It is unknown how skilled he actually is, due to his quick death at the hands of Saitama.

Equipment[]

Swords: The Subterranean King carries four very large flaming swords, one for each arm. His swords emit a powerful lava-like substance and each cleave cuts and burns his enemies.^[1]

Major Battles[]

Participants	Chapter(s)	Episode(s)	Result
Subterranean King vs. Saitama	4	1	Subterranean King is killed.

Trivia[]

Subterranean King relief — A relief of the Subterranean King encircled by two centipedes, from the original release of Chapter 102.

The Subterranean King is the first of many "kings" mentioned in the series, the others being the Beast King, the Deep Sea King, the Ancient King, the Sky King, King of the Underworld (anime-only), the "second Sea King", the Monster King, and the Forest King.
In the initial version of Chapter 102, during the fight between Child Emperor and the resurrected Phoenix Man, a wall sculpture of the Subterranean King is seen, along with two centipedes (or two extremities of one centipede) encircling him and the Earth.^[5] This was not shown in the redrawn chapter. It may have been a hint to Sage Centipede.
The Subterranean King makes an appearance under a sweet potato monster on the cover of chapter 55.

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 One-Punch Man Encyclopedia; One-Punch Man: Hero Encyclopedia, page 112
↑ One-Punch Man Manga and Anime; Chapter 4, and Episode 1
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 4, page 2-23
↑ One-Punch Man Interview; Niconico Interview
↑ Tonari

Navigation[]

v • eMysterious Beings
Dragon (or higher)	Boros ^† • Orochi ^†
Dragon	Bakuzan ^† • Black Sperm • Carnage Kabuto ^† • Elder Centipede ^† • Energiser ^† • Forest King ^† • Fuhrer Ugly ^† • Gale Wind • Geryuganshoop ^† • Gouketsu ^† • Groribas ^† • Gyoro Gyoro ^† • Gums ^† • Golden Sperm ^† • Hellfire Flame • Homeless Emperor ^† • Kenzan Rat ^† • Marugori ^† • Melzargard ^† • Nyan • Overgrown Rover • Pluton ^† • Psykos • Vaccine Man ^†
Demon	170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva ^† • 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Adult ^† • Armored Gorilla • Awakened Cockroach ^† • Baquma ^† • Beast King ^† • Bruinado ^† • Bug God ^† • Building Booper ^† • Deep Sea King ^† • Demonic Fan ^† • Devil Long Hair ^* • Do-S ^* • Eyesight ^† • Face Ripper ^† • Fist Fight Djinn ^† • Free Hugger ^† • G4 ^† • G5 ^† • Game-Berus ^† • Giant Crow ^† • Giant Snowman ^† • Grizzly Nyah ^† • Hundred-Eyes Octopus ^† • Internet Surfers ^† • Jumping Spider ^† • Lord of Mountains ^† • Macho Daikon ^† • Mosquito Girl • Rafflesidon ^† • Rhino Wrestler ^† • Royal Ripper ^† • Scaledon ^† • Senior Centipede ^† • Showerhead ^† • Sky King ^† • Subterranean King ^† • Super Mouse ^† • Surprise-Attack Plum ^† • The Great Food Tub ^† • The Three Crows ^† • Twin-Headed Tsuchinoko ^† • Unihorn ^† • Vampire (Pureblood) ^†
Tiger	Black Roast ^† • Crablante ^† • Delorean ^† • Destrochloridium ^† • Electric Catfish Man • Fighting Bull-Frog ^† • Forest Folk ^† • Frog Man ^† • Ground Dragon ^† • Kamakyuri ^† • Kombu Infinity • Mad Doctor Fish ^† • Maiko Plasma • Marshall Gorilla ^* • Master Joe ^† • Man-Eating Capybara • Octopus Claw Man ^† • Personification Of A Light Pull Cord ^† • Sludge Jellyfish ^† • Slugerous ^† • Three-Eyed Ghost ^† • Urn Eel ^† • Withered Sprout ^†
Wolf	Beer Bellee • Himawari ^† • Hotdog ^† • Messenger of the Seafolk ^† • Piggy Bancon ^† • Tongue Stretcher • Shiverhuahua ^†
Less than Wolf	Monster Chick Man
Unknown	Alien Seer ^* • Ancient King ^† • Angry Grandpa ^† • Autumn Phantom Red Golden-ringed Dragonfly ^* • Benpatsu ^* • Choze ^† • Cruel Dragon ^† • Dark • Dark Matter Gunner ^† • Dirt Earthworm ^† • Eagle ^† • Empty Void • Enamel ^† • Evil Eggs ^† • Evil Eye ^† • Evil Natural Water ^† • Falcon ^† • Fish of Darkness • Gale ^≠ • Giant Salamander ^† • Gigakigan ^† • God • Goddess Glasses ^≠ • Gyoffrey ^† • Hamukichi ^* • Haragiri ^† • Hawk ^† • Hellfire ^≠ • Junior Centipede ^† • Kite ^† • Lord Great White ^† • Manako ^* • Men's Esthetician Man ^* • Platinum Sperm ^† • Rosie ^† • Raptora ^† • Reptera ^* • Rangor ^† • Research Hybrid Monster ^† • Sage Centipede ^† • Sea Slug • Snake-type monster ^† • Super Custom YO649Z Mk. II ^† • Suppon ^† • Sword Devil Executioner ^† • The Mad Cyborg • The Three Tempest Brothers • TV Junkyard Monster ^† • Venus Mantrap ^† • Volten ^*

v • eNative Tribes
Forest Tribe	Forest King ^†
Seafolk	Deep Sea King ^† • Lord Great White ^† • Messenger of the Seafolk ^† • Urn Eel ^†
Skyfolk	Sky King ^† • Eagle ^† • Hawk ^† • Falcon ^† • Kite ^†
Subterranean People	Subterranean King ^†
Terror Lizard Clan	Ancient King ^†

[datasheet_subterraneanking-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 One-Punch Man Encyclopedia; One-Punch Man: Hero Encyclopedia, page 112

[2] One-Punch Man Manga and Anime; Chapter 4, and Episode 1

[3] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 4, page 2-23

[nico-4] One-Punch Man Interview; Niconico Interview

[5] Tonari

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