Overview |
Earth (地球, Chikyū) is the planet on which One-Punch Man takes place. Although the planet largely resembles the real-world Earth, it possesses some distinctive differences.
Overview[]
The Earth, unlike its real-world counterpart, possesses a single super-continent instead of multiple large landmasses. The continent has 26 cities, each identified by a letter of the modern English alphabet.
In addition to the supercontinent covering most of the planet, it possesses smaller islands and landmasses that lie in its immense ocean.[1]
In the anime, Earth was shown to have four natural satellites instead of a single Moon, like in the manga.[1]
History[]
The reason why the Earth is so radically different from its real-world counterpart is that it underwent two major "eras of change."[2] Long ago, there were several nations that fought countless wars for land and resources.[2] These constant wars decreased the human population significantly, so the nations of the world united to form a world government and unified the languages.[2] This was known as the first era of change.[2] However, the fallback from the previous wars caused several problems, such as increased environmental toxicity, rapid climate change, a rise in sea levels, and the birth of various new lifeforms.[2] The changes made most of the planet uninhabitable, forcing humanity to migrate to the supercontinent.[2] This was known as the second era of change.[2]
Inhabitants[]
Humans are the dominant species of Earth. The planet is also home to multiple species of plants and animals. Unclassified creatures are grouped into a category of beings called Mysterious Beings. This category also includes non-human races, such as the Subterranean People, the Skyfolk, the Seafolk, and the Terror Lizard Clan.
Cities[]
Trivia[]
- The shape of the planet's supercontinent is the same as the Saitama Prefecture in Japan.[3] This is the prefecture that One-Punch Man author ONE grew up in.[4]
- The "seven faced islands" contain potatoes.[5]
- The currency of the world is nearly identical to the real-world Japanese yen. The 10,000 yen note (the only banknote shown in the series) features the face of a ball-chinned man with a face otherwise similar to Fukuzawa Yukichi.
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Cities | A-City • B-City • C-City • D-City • E-City • F-City • G-City • H-City • I-City • J-City • K-City • L-City • M-City • N-City • O-City • P-City • Q-City • R-City • S-City • T-City • U-City • V-City • W-City • X-City • Y-City • Z-City |
Locations | Bang's Dojo • Boros's Home Planet • C-City Super Stadium • Cafe & Restaurant Togus • Combat Experimentation Room • Crappy Apartment Building • E-City Thrill Animal Park • Earth • Final Training Ground • Garou's Hideout • Hero Apartment 104 • Hero Association Hospital • House of Takoyaki 🐙 • Io • Jupiter • King's Apartment • Kuseno's Laboratory • Monster Association Headquarters • Moon • Mouse Sushi • Ninja Village • Phoenix Space • Saitama's Apartment • Shelter Nr. 7 • Smelly Lid Prison • Space • The Mysterious Shrine • Z Police Station • Z-City Ghost Town |