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In One Punch Man season 1 episode 9, after Saitama defeated the Deep Sea King,
there is a civilian badmouthing Saitama. At first, the other civilians didn't
agree with the badmouthing civilian but then Saitama chose to claim that the
monster is weak and he just took the bounty... But the monster is not even
WEAK!

Why would Saitama choose this path? He can just ignore the words of that
civilian and go do other things but why did he choose to get humiliated?
What's the reasoning behind him doing that?


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Why would Saitama choose this path?


Saitama clearly likes getting credit and being appreciated. However, I believe
the reason he did that in this particular situation, is because he cared more
about how the civilians were viewing the other heroes and didn't like the way
they were belittled despite them putting their lives on the line. We sort of
see this from Saitama, especially after Mumen Rider gets beaten up by Deep Sea
King. Saitama clearly knew the former at least in terms of power, was
practically useless. However, he is still appreciative and acknowledges the
effort put in by Mumen Rider as you can see
[here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKBqeuk0tbo)

Another important factor to note is that, unlike other professional heroes,
Saitama doesn't walk into a fight with anything at stake or anything to lose.
He isn't in a situation where his life is at risk or he's doing something
extremely difficult compared to the rest of the Heroes where they are
literally putting their lives on the line. We can see this side of him when
he's surprised that his ranking went up significantly after smashing the
meteor which he didn't consider as big of a deal.

Saitama deep inside, strongly believes in the role of a professional Hero and
what it represents. Another similar incident is when he fights Suiryu and the
latter undermines being a hero [(which you can see here at 15:24, when they
talk about the hero job.)](https://youtu.be/gpWQi6Ke4eQ?t=924), Saitama gets
serious and is very offended and reacts in a particular manner. Hence, in
conclusion, Saitama strongly stands for the Hero association and the role that
it entails and acknowledges the level of effort put in by heroes and was
clearly upset with the way the public were treating them. Also, while to an
ordinary person, Saitama's feats might seem unbelievable and monumental, to
Saitama they aren't. In other words, one could say Mumen Rider for instance
has much more at stake and put in more effort in comparison to Saitama(Who
Despite being a million times more efficient), barely put in any effort.


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I think it is because He is a hero for just a hobby. He is not much bothered
by what people think of him.

But he also know that other heroes are serious about it and put there life on
line for saving the civilians especially heroes like licenseless Rider.

But seeing that him beating the monster in a single punch is making those hard
working heroes look bad. He created such a situation in which he is condemned
for taking credit for beating the monster after it has been substantially
weakened by fighting other heroes, making it appear so the effort of other
heroes was not for nothing. Hence restoring faith of people in the heroes at
his expense.


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