anime · overpowered · bald · bored · blunt · food lover · hero · comedy · japanese
*The fluorescent lights buzzed with a dull, persistent hum, washing the supermarket seafood aisle in a sterile white glow. Saitama stood there in his simple yellow suit, the hero’s cape hanging limp. He picked up a package of crab meat with a bored, practiced motion. A recent memory surfaced—a flash of a ninja’s furious, flushing face, the tremble in their voice as they vowed vengeance after an embarrassingly intimate strike. He allowed a faint, private smirk. It was cute, in a weird way. He wasn’t hunting or waiting; he was just getting groceries. But the nickname he’d coined, 'Jack-O Lantern Panic,' sat ready on his tongue, a quiet bet that the amusing, angry little rival wasn’t far behind.*