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It was a mosquito that loved annoying people and had trained hard at annoying people so that it could annoy even the strongest and most impervious of people. 100 blood sucks, 100 buzzes in a hard to find place, 100 times landing on the same spot over and over again no matter how much the victim swatted you and a 10 km flight. Ever day. No exceptions. Thus he gained the power of comedic irony and could stand up to even the most powerful of opponents at least long enough to annoy the living hell out of them.
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It was a funny joke because he's strong but not being able to catch a mosquito makes him relatable to normal people like us.
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Dec 21, 2015 23:53
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The joke is that he just got done saying "I feel no joy, no anger, no excitement" and then like 30 seconds later he is visibly furious that he can't squish a mosquito
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Dec 21, 2015 23:56
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If only he'd trained to become One Slap Man.
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Dec 21, 2015 23:57
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Bad Seafood posted:If only he'd trained to become One Slap Man. But he's good at that too. http://www.mangareader.net/onepunch-man/6/23
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Dec 22, 2015 00:04
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The anime really did improve that scene, she didn't even destroy the building. She just turned into a cloud of blood because gently caress mosquitoes.
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Dec 22, 2015 00:09
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In my mind blast is secretly Mumen Rider, he just pretends he is weak to show heroes the true way of a hero
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Dec 22, 2015 00:36
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Does any site have all the versions of the chapters that Murata has done? I seem to remember liking v1 of the sea king finale just a little bit better than the re-redraw.
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Dec 22, 2015 00:43
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sharktamer posted:Does any site have all the versions of the chapters that Murata has done? I seem to remember liking v1 of the sea king finale just a little bit better than the re-redraw. Not sure what the rules for  on this are.But Spectrum Nexus has all the versions (or a lot of them) last I checked. I'll remove that if the mods want me to.
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Dec 22, 2015 01:45
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In this case it's less of a moral gray area than usual since both ONE and Murata's versions are available for free online as webcomics, so yeah, no harm no foul. Still hoping everybody in this thread buys the physical volumes as they become available though.
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Dec 22, 2015 02:32
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I got the first three volumes and the next two are preordered. I plan to use them to get a few people into it that don't like reading comics online because they hate convenience or something (I have weird friends).
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Dec 22, 2015 02:38
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Bad Seafood posted:In this case it's less of a moral gray area than usual since both ONE and Murata's versions are available for free online as webcomics, so yeah, no harm no foul. Already got the first two and planning to go for the next ones as soon as the time comes. I stopped going as much because my bookshelf overfilled themselves though. Still debating what mangas to put in "second row" to fit more.
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Dec 22, 2015 02:40
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Just to cut this conversation off that the pass, nobody needs to furnish proof or anything. I'm just saying support the series you love. Gentlemen's agreement.
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Dec 22, 2015 02:42
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Brightman posted:Might be funny if by the time they actually call in Blast, assuming he's an actual person they know about and not Saitama unbeknownst to them, he's so rusty from not fighting for so long they just end up jobbing really hard right before Saitama shows up and flicks the threat in the face causing it to explode into a blood mist. So, what happens in every shounen ever?
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Dec 22, 2015 02:43
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Blast doesn't exist but is just there to keep the S rankers from getting too full of themselves. Also I can't wait for Handsomely Masked Sweet Masked's face turn and to join Saitama's crew.
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Dec 22, 2015 02:46
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I hope Blast is real and super cool but also not as strong as Saitama.
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Dec 22, 2015 02:49
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Bad Seafood posted:In this case it's less of a moral gray area than usual since both ONE and Murata's versions are available for free online as webcomics, so yeah, no harm no foul.
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Dec 22, 2015 03:20
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Bad Seafood posted:Just to cut this conversation off that the pass, nobody needs to furnish proof or anything. Just lamenting my bookshelf woes out loud.
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Dec 22, 2015 03:24
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Bad Seafood posted:In this case it's less of a moral gray area than usual since both ONE and Murata's versions are available for free online as webcomics, so yeah, no harm no foul. I've been waiting for the physical volumes to come out for years, so I can finally start introducing others to the series.
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Dec 22, 2015 03:24
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Mordaedil posted:Just lamenting my bookshelf woes out loud. I just didn't need a line of like ten people going "I bought it!"
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Dec 22, 2015 03:25
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Davinci posted:I hope Blast is real and super cool but also not as strong as Saitama. Maybe he was the one foretold to Boros? Prophecies obviously can predict some stuff, like monsters, but they might not be able to see Saitama.
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Dec 22, 2015 03:27
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Doc Hawkins posted:Maybe he was the one foretold to Boros? Prophecies obviously can predict some stuff, like monsters, but they might not be able to see Saitama. I assumed the seer was actually tricking boros - just instead of totally making it up, the seer had the prophecy 'here is the one dude that can beat you' and told Boros 'here is the one dude that can challenge you'
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Dec 22, 2015 03:46
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Sweet Mask is blast. I have no further theory nor proof to add, just throwing it out there.
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Dec 22, 2015 03:48
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You were Blast all along!
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Dec 22, 2015 04:35
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Bad Seafood posted:In this case it's less of a moral gray area than usual since both ONE and Murata's versions are available for free online as webcomics, so yeah, no harm no foul. Is the whole thing available in English? In Japanese you can only get a few chapters, the oldest and the newest, and everything in between is "buy the manga."
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Dec 22, 2015 04:38
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tsob posted:Nothing, because they cancel each other out. Which will be the moment of ultimate pathos for the manga, since both Saitama and Blast will assume they've finally found someone worthy of fighting and capable of giving them some excitement only to discover that they are in fact too evenly matched and thus can't get anything out of a fight even with each other. They'll go get drunk together afterwards instead. Genos picks up the tab. Perfectly symmetrical violence never solved anything!
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:I assumed the seer was actually tricking boros - just instead of totally making it up, the seer had the prophecy 'here is the one dude that can beat you' and told Boros 'here is the one dude that can challenge you' His followers thought that he was tricked so he'd just gently caress off to the rear end-end of the universe for like 40 years, but this is also possible yeah. Either that, or it was meant to be Garou and Saitama was a total wildcard.
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Dec 22, 2015 05:16
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That's badass and it's great to see other heroes not being all talk as well. The one thing I don't get doesn't really have anything to do with the way the picture is drawn though. What's up with the ring in the sword?
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RareAcumen posted:That's badass and it's great to see other heroes not being all talk as well. It's a Chinese sword thing, no clue what it means or what purpose it has but it's one of the visual signifiers to say 'this is a Chinese sword'.
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Dec 22, 2015 05:18
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RareAcumen posted:That's badass and it's great to see other heroes not being all talk as well. Prolly just to, you know, hang it up.
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Dec 22, 2015 05:47
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The jangling sound of a ringed sword drives ghosts away. Also you can catch things in the rings, if you're the protagonist and the fight choreographer is on your side. Mostly they look rad.
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Dec 22, 2015 05:59
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Plus the Green Destiny can slice all those rings off and it'll look cool as hell.
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Dec 22, 2015 06:10
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these are all acceptable answers to the "what is up with those weird chinese swords with rings" question
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Dec 22, 2015 07:02
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So on all the talk about who Blast is, wasn't it mentioned at some point that Bang is Blast's (little?) brother? I can't remember when it might have been mentioned, or why I think it, but I could have sworn it came up. I remember it because of the pun progression on the names.
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Dec 22, 2015 07:04
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But who is swinging the sword??
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Dec 22, 2015 07:04
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El Burbo posted:But who is swinging the sword?? The sword is swinging itself. It's a monster with the disaster level of Demon.
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:The sword is swinging itself. drat. That's a good answer.
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Dec 22, 2015 07:10
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I watched so many Chinese martial arts movies I became a Chinese sword!
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:The sword is swinging itself. If you destroy the sword the Ancient Dragon King inside is released and they have to up the threat level again. Or make a wish. I forget how anime works.
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