In One Punch Man, is King actually weak?


In _One Punch Man_ , King seems to be running away from fights. He does not
seem to show power but only firmness. I want to know if King was just
pretending that he is powerful or if he actually is.




I'm not sure how you missed this if you've read the manga. As mentioned by
people in the comments, this will be eventually revealed, specifically
starting at **Chapter 37**.

In this particular chapter,

> instead of helping Genos and Saitama,
> [King](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/King) went home. It was also
> depicted how he was afraid and how it was by chance that he was near the
> locations of defeated villains, _resulting to the misconceptions that he is
> "The Strongest Man on Earth"_.




I'm not sure how you missed this if you've read the manga. As mentioned by
people in the comments, this will be eventually revealed, specifically
starting at **Chapter 37**.

In this particular chapter,

> instead of helping Genos and Saitama,
> [King](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/King) went home. It was also
> depicted how he was afraid and how it was by chance that he was near the
> locations of defeated villains, _resulting to the misconceptions that he is
> "The Strongest Man on Earth"_.

