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Liar posted:A Saitama clone with the powers of a mosquito. Well the world's hosed. Onesuck-man? Anyways, I tried to read One's version but, quite frankly, it's the incredible contrast between the stupid premise and the outstanding art that sells this manga to me. I really enjoy every new chapter in Saitama's never ending quest to reduce his boredom. trucutru fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Jul 22, 2013 |
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trucutru posted:Onesuck-man? The god of Yaoi has decended?
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Jul 22, 2013 18:32
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trucutru posted:Onesuck-man? This is going to be my answer for "If you could have one superpower" from now on.
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Jul 22, 2013 19:06
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:This is going to be my answer for "If you could have one superpower" from now on. Oglaf can be pretty good sometimes. 
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Jul 22, 2013 19:13
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Mystic Mongol posted:Oglaf can be pretty good sometimes. You have failed to post the next part of this storyline.  Here
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Jul 22, 2013 19:17
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AtomikKrab posted:You have failed to post the next part of this storyline. You know, I was going to reference Oglaf but I just *knew* someone would post it.
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Jul 22, 2013 19:21
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trucutru posted:Onesuck-man? You can (not) suck
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Jul 22, 2013 20:48
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AtomikKrab posted:You have failed to post the next part of this storyline. I was honestly not expecting that to actually happen.
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Jul 23, 2013 08:10
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Caeruleas posted:I love Murata's art (probably?) as much as everyone else here, but is there anything else out there that's comparable? Murata has a lot of freedom because he's not chained down by page limits here, but there's stuff out there that's just as dynamic and insane in detail, right? Oh!Great got really into the art in Air Gear. Of course half of it was borderline pornography, but the parts where he focused on super-powered rollerblades and giant robots were some of the best art I've seen in a serialized manga. Shame about how the story never held up much.
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Jul 23, 2013 10:25
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pandaK posted:Oh!Great got really into the art in Air Gear. Of course half of it was borderline pornography, but the parts where he focused on super-powered rollerblades and giant robots were some of the best art I've seen in a serialized manga. Shame about how the story never held up much. I could never keep track of the story past that one match where they apparently skated in a video game (after Obama showed up), did it ever get more comprehensible?
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KittyEmpress posted:I could never keep track of the story past that one match where they apparently skated in a video game (after Obama showed up), did it ever get more comprehensible? no...Barack Obama switched bodies with a young white girl last time I checked in. And moon children were threatening the world or something Air gear always had kind of a janky plot but it went all to hell after they stopped focusing on philosophical skaters and became just another battle manga.
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Someone insane enough to try and make sense of later air gear broke it down for me once. I guess the one cripple dude isn't really crippled but instead has robot legs (oh and he's also the villain) and in the end his evil plan was to make the super magical perpetual energy generation skate technology of the regalia an easily accessible cheap commodity which would solve the world's energy needs but also give everyone who wanted it the crazy building destroying skatemech power. So basically he'd save the world but it'd require humanity to be responsible for it; that's bad I guess. After a bunch of complete nonsense battles the protagonist and bad guy agree to decide the fate of mankind with a race...down a space elevator...starting from low orbit. The protagonist wins and instead of solving the world's energy crisis he releases some sort of power from the super-regalia at the end or whatever the gently caress it was, which lets everyone on Earth fly for a few minutes with no gravity. And I guess this is a good thing?? Then it ends with the protagonist's crew just skating around having fun. The end.
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Jul 23, 2013 18:53
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Did they ever explain why everyone was so obsessed with roller skates?
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Serious Frolicking posted:Did they ever explain why everyone was so obsessed with roller skates? It was used as the primary method of travel in the Gravity Children Complex, cause for some reason roller skates let them move in some weird gravity conditions.
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Fabricated posted:Someone insane enough to try and make sense of later air gear broke it down for me once. Basically, the bad guy was going to give everyone free electricity to cure the world's energy crisis, which is welfare. And welfare is bad because it encourages everyone to be greedy jerks. So libertarian ubermench protagonist challenges the simpering liberal poo poo to the ultimate race to demonstrate his own natural superiority, and then he uses the infinite energy tower to let everyone float for a few minutes before it's destroyed, so they'll all be inspired to bootstrap themselves into better lives instead of having the energy crisis solved for them. Also obama was a secret Kenyan, and eventually steals the body of a teenage girl, leaving her to rule america in his body while he runs off to rollerblade and hit on boys. They never trade back.
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Mystic Mongol posted:Basically, the bad guy was going to give everyone free electricity to cure the world's energy crisis, which is welfare. And welfare is bad because it encourages everyone to be greedy jerks. I... I think I want to read Air Gear now.
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Jul 23, 2013 21:33
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Don't read it in front of anyone who's opinion you care about.
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Jul 23, 2013 21:37
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Mystic Mongol posted:Basically, the bad guy was going to give everyone free electricity to cure the world's energy crisis, which is welfare. And welfare is bad because it encourages everyone to be greedy jerks. This is especially funny, considering if I remember correctly, the main character was basically handed everything for free without actually doing anything any of it. Granted, it's a pretty fantastic depiction of actual libertarians in that case.
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Jul 23, 2013 21:44
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No, see, he loved the sensation of flying so much it inspired him to be given all kinds of crazy rollerblade stuff. So when everyone else is shown how awesome floating about is, they'll also be inspired to be given crazy rollerblading stuff. (The whole series isn't exactly a comedy? But it's definitely a high-level parody)
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The hell does Air Gear have to do with Onepunch-man? Make it's own thread.  Don't get me wrong, Air Gear is stupid fun but wouldn't it benefit more if had it's own thread to discuss the craziness?
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Jul 23, 2013 22:04
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I think Saitama would like free electricity. That means one less bill he has to pay.
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Level Slide posted:I think Saitama would like free electricity. That means one less bill he has to pay. In five seconds he could crank a week's worth of electricity out of a hand-cranked generator.
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Level Slide posted:I think Saitama would like free electricity. That means one less bill he has to pay. I thought about this a while ago, but what does Saitama do for money?
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Shadow0 posted:I thought about this a while ago, but what does Saitama do for money? Now that he's a registered Hero, I'd presume that he gets a stipend or allowance from the Heroes' Association. Before that, he was probably living off his savings from the days when he was still a salaryman.
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Jul 24, 2013 01:29
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I think Genos also pays Saitama's rent.
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JosephWongKS posted:Now that he's a registered Hero, I'd presume that he gets a stipend or allowance from the Heroes' Association. Before that, he was probably living off his savings from the days when he was still a salaryman. He was a failed salaryman. He never successfully got a job, and then immediately began his arduous training regimen after fighting the crab guy.
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Serious Frolicking posted:He was a failed salaryman. He never successfully got a job, and then immediately began his arduous training regimen after fighting the crab guy. Speaking of which, when will mecha-crabrante show up?
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Carnival47 posted:I think Genos also pays Saitama's rent. He probably makes him pay for everything.
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PaganGoatPants posted:He probably makes him pay for everything. Nah, Genos probably quickly offers to pay for everything before Saitama actually says anything. Saitama kinda follows along in this "uhh well sure dude, thanks" sort of way. Condiv posted:Speaking of which, when will mecha-crabrante show up? Crabrante is in prison and will escape with other disgruntled villains who were also defeated by Saitama to try and take him out and regain their mojo 
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Ha ha, you say that like Saitama leaves any monsters alive.
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Serious Frolicking posted:Ha ha, you say that like Saitama leaves any monsters alive. Sonic Sound of Speed!
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PaganGoatPants posted:Sonic Sound of Speed! He hasn't killed any humans, no.
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PaganGoatPants posted:Sonic Sound of Speed! Sonic's a human and not a "monster", though. I don't think Saitama's actually killed any humans in the series so far. AnonSpore posted:Nah, Genos probably quickly offers to pay for everything before Saitama actually says anything. Saitama kinda follows along in this "uhh well sure dude, thanks" sort of way. It's actually kind of heartwarming how completely and utterly Genos hero-worships Saitama. Even if no one else recognises Saitama's greatness, his disciple always will.
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JosephWongKS posted:Even if no one else recognises Saitama's greatness, his disciple always will. There was that one guy who reviewed Saitama's file when he registered as a hero.
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Carnival47 posted:I think Genos also pays Saitama's rent. Even if that were the case, Genos came into Saitama's life pretty recently. JosephWongKS posted:Now that he's a registered Hero, I'd presume that he gets a stipend or allowance from the Heroes' Association. Before that, he was probably living off his savings from the days when he was still a salaryman. Saitama repeatedly states he is only doing heroing as a hobby, so you know he's not making money off it. Even if we assume he were a successful salaryman, living in a Japanese city is hyper expensive, he can't live off his savings.
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Shadow0 posted:Even if we assume he were a successful salaryman, living in a Japanese city is hyper expensive, he can't live off his savings. This is why the eat-3-meals-a-day part of Saitama's training was the most difficult part.
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Shadow0 posted:Saitama repeatedly states he is only doing heroing as a hobby, so you know he's not making money off it. That's why he lives in an abandoned building in an industrial zone no one else does and only shops when there's a sale, and dresses himself from things a thrift shop throws out. He's basically a squatter hobo, I could totally see him living for a few years on his tiny savings like that.
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international owl day posted:Could just be the damage from his self-inflicted slap. And the face he makes after slapping himself in the temple.."You're dead, motherfucker, DEAD." Can Saitama throw a punch so fast that not even he can dodge it?
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They covered at least part of his cash situation. He's not squatting and Genos is paying to be a live in butler.
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7c Nickel posted:They covered at least part of his cash situation. Where does Genos get all this money? I guess they might explain it later in some kind of twist. But it still doesn't answer what Saitama was doing before this. And honestly, even if Saitama is crazy strong, what does Genos hope to learn? He is a cyborg. He can't really train his body, and the mechanics of his body are likely at least somewhat foreign to the human form so even things like the right way to throw a punch might be different for him.
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