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gnome7 posted:The caveat is that becoming super intense also makes you a monster. I think Saitama managed to avoid that by never becoming TOO intense - he's just not enough into it to become a monster. He's a hero as a hobby, after all. Did someone confirm him as not being a monster? Otherwise you could make the case that he's a Monster Human 
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Nov 9, 2015 05:05
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I will literally lower my score for this series an entire letter grade if they ever explain the source of Saitama's powers. Maybe this is just me but I feel like the joke is funnier with him just inexplicably being the strongest man in the universe and any explanation would just be some variant of "Because" anyway so why bother.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:07
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Bad Seafood posted:I will literally lower my score for this series an entire letter grade if they ever explain the source of Saitama's powers. It wouldn't matter much either way as long as they don't make it a super important plot detail. The question's hasn't been about how he got so strong since Asura Rhino, it's always been "just how loving strong is he", and that's the one that will make me consider the series done if ONE answers it fully.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:12
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I don't think it's ever going to be explained because OPM isn't that kind of series. They've explicitly made a point of avoiding that anime bullshit before.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:13
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Honestly, I don't see OPM being a series that has a final ending. I see it just kind of stopping, eventually, with Saitama having a group of friends and a measure of respect. He's still the strongest ever, he still can't find a worthwhile fight, but he's happy and life goes on but the story doesn't.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:19
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:Honestly, I don't see OPM being a series that has a final ending. I see it just kind of stopping, eventually, with Saitama having a group of friends and a measure of respect. He's still the strongest ever, he still can't find a worthwhile fight, but he's happy and life goes on but the story doesn't. at most he'll destroy whatever is creating monsters
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Nov 9, 2015 05:20
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I feel like eating monsters is just dumb and simple enough to be a legit answer. Like he just mentions off-hand that with the little money he had he ended up having to eat the tastier-looking monsters he was killing, followed by an entire room of people utterly shocked, possibly vomiting, because nobody in their right mind had ever eaten monster before. But yeah, it going unexplained would also be very good. If it ever is explained it needs to be a quick punchline like his punches.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:21
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He got strong because be worked out everyday for 3 years. That is the answer and will forever be the answer. The joke is that there is literally no other reason for his strength.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:29
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Its not really a mystery why he became strong. This is a setting where you can turn into a car monster because you love tweaking cars, and where you can mutate into a crab monster because you ate too much crab. Saitama became an unbeatable hero because he worked out every single day to the brink of collapsing, and every day he could keep going, his determination grew a little bit more. He became the strongest hero because his innermost wish was to become the strongest hero. The explanation is 100 situps, 100 pushups, 100 squats and 10km running every day. The joke is that nobody would actually do this wholeheartedly thinking it would turn them into a strong hero, but Saitama believed it 100% and actually DID it and now he's God.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:46
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SHAOLIN FUCKFIEND posted:Its not really a mystery why he became strong. This is a setting where you can turn into a car monster because you love tweaking cars, and where you can mutate into a crab monster because you ate too much crab. Yeah, I feel like the story doesn't need to explain it because it already did. And it matters about as much as you'd expect, really.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:50
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Yeah, I feel like the story doesn't need to explain it because it already did. And it matters about as much as you'd expect, really. Well, a part of the charm of OPM is that its pretty natural for a shonen-y Manga to explore this type of thing in a serious manner, so it opens it up for parody or moments of satire to feed the humor monster. Berk Berkly fucked around with this message at 07:03 on Nov 9, 2015 |
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Nov 9, 2015 05:57
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Please for the love of god just pretend that you have not read ONE's version when you post in this thread. e: Thanks for the edit. Dr Subterfuge fucked around with this message at 07:40 on Nov 9, 2015 |
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Nov 9, 2015 06:03
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The only acceptable explanation for Saitama's power is 100/100/100/10/Banana/No AC.
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Nov 9, 2015 09:03
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:Honestly, I don't see OPM being a series that has a final ending. I see it just kind of stopping, eventually, with Saitama having a group of friends and a measure of respect. He's still the strongest ever, he still can't find a worthwhile fight, but he's happy and life goes on but the story doesn't. My ideal ending is Saitama becoming recognized for his insane strength and becoming S-Rank hero One Punch Man, then his hair grows back and he loses his strength, and he spends every day having thrilling fights that push him to his limits.
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Nov 9, 2015 09:07
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Rogaine is Saitama's kryptonite.
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:Honestly, I don't see OPM being a series that has a final ending. I see it just kind of stopping, eventually, with Saitama having a group of friends and a measure of respect. He's still the strongest ever, he still can't find a worthwhile fight, but he's happy and life goes on but the story doesn't. I think this is the best outcome and Saitama's kind of on his way there. His detachment from humanity when we first me him added a lot to his character and he's kind of gradually getting it back with his interactions with people like Genos and Licenceless Rider. Josuke Higashikata posted:The only acceptable explanation for Saitama's power is 100/100/100/10/Banana/No AC. Just you wait for the huge twist later that reveals Saitama's training also included a balanced diet and 8 glasses of water a day.
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Nov 9, 2015 11:25
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Josuke Higashikata posted:The only acceptable explanation for Saitama's power is 100/100/100/10/Banana/No AC. Also no heater in the winter. The banana was only like if you didn't have time/money to make a real breakfast but that was probably most days for Saitama.
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Nov 9, 2015 15:39
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Is the new chapter up tomorrow, or Wednesday? Gotta plan my week yo.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:00
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ChubbyThePhat posted:Is the new chapter up tomorrow, or Wednesday? Gotta plan my week yo. OPM chapters happen when they happen, for both ONE and Murata. You can't plan for them and estimated dates that Murata puts in his chapters are simply that, estimates. Unless you're talking about the Viz publication of individual chapters. If so, I have no idea if they even do that never mind the schedule.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:41
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Viz does a few chapters of OPM in Weekly Jump whenever. It's kinda annoying.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:52
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I'm sad since the next paper version isn't until January.
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Nov 9, 2015 18:34
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I wonder what the train of thought behind have long delays between print volumes is? Naturally, in an ongoing manga like OPM, there's an issue of future volumes not existing yet so getting them out once a month isn't realistic but if you consider something like the prints of JoJo parts 1 and 2, they're a finished manga often translated and published digitally three or four months in advance of the physical book and each of those books are three or four months between each other. I mean, I'm sure there's some legit market research into it on their parts but I'm curious as to why it may be.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:I wonder what the train of thought behind have long delays between print volumes is? If I am a casual fan of *series* I will probably buy a volume or two of manga if I happen to see it in a bookcase at B&N , and from there inertia might keep me buying it every few months, but I might think twice about buying even one if I see all 57 volumes of it on the shelf at once.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:I do think Saitama actually did cross the line into monster territory though. Remember that there's a common thread among the "super serious about something"-type monsters. They all became strong and their appearances changed. i don't think he's a monster. most monsters seem to be innately homicidal.
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Jintor posted:i don't think he's a monster. most monsters seem to be innately homicidal. He pretty regularly murder-punches monsters, without a second thought. Many of which used to be human.
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Jintor posted:i don't think he's a monster. most monsters seem to be innately homicidal. Is it innate or were those guys just dicks makes u think
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:He pretty regularly murder-punches monsters, without a second thought. Many of which used to be human. killing monsters is a-okay though cos they're not human checkmate
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Nov 10, 2015 08:21
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People are getting too wrapped up in arbitrary distinctions. The only difference between a hero and a villain is in their conduct. Saitama is a hero because he chooses to act heroically, protecting the weak and doing good deeds. If he was using his strength to murder children or whatever then he would no longer be very heroic. The same is true for all of the other Heroes and Monsters.
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Nov 10, 2015 12:53
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I think the only real difference is heroes call themselves heroes and monsters don't.
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Whoops, wrong thread. Too many One-punch threads.
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Nov 10, 2015 13:39
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Jintor posted:i don't think he's a monster. most monsters seem to be innately homicidal.
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Don't forget the underground people who took one look at what Saitama did to their king, then promptly disappeared and were thoughtful enough to put up a flag apologizing for disturbing him.
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Nov 10, 2015 19:45
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Always a good read, the roller coaster ride that led to Murata and ONE teaming up. Akiman is the artist who designed almost all of Capcom's most iconic Street Fighter designs, if you're not sure who he is.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Always a good read, the roller coaster ride that led to Murata and ONE teaming up. So, is Murata drawing OPM like a madman because he thinks he might die soon? That's kind of messed up.
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Nov 11, 2015 11:29
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Christ, that sounds like the plot of a soap opera. All that is missing is that either of them has a long lost sibling with a grudge.
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And More posted:So, is Murata drawing OPM like a madman because he thinks he might die soon? That's kind of messed up. I'm pretty sure that whatever was wrong with him is okay now. It broke his limiter and gave him his Saitama level art skills. I also like how they left Shueisha but ended up at Shueisha again anyway.
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Nov 11, 2015 11:54
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Always a good read, the roller coaster ride that led to Murata and ONE teaming up. Murata's a stand-up guy (if true).
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Josuke Higashikata posted:I'm pretty sure that whatever was wrong with him is okay now. It broke his limiter and gave him his Saitama level art skills. Is Murata bald? If not, your theory is incorrect.
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Not all super powers have the same side-effects. I think the text for his artist portrait section on Vol.10 says that he's no longer dying his hair and accepting he's going grey. At least, the /a/ thread during the stream said that was written down.
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