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White Light: Dec 19, 2012

The bug god stole Obelisk the Tormentor's body!

# ? Feb 20, 2018 09:53

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# ? May 26, 2024 09:04

Hellsau: Jan 14, 2010; NEVER FUCKING TAKE A NIGHT OFF CLAN WARS.

I'm not misreading this arc, right? Garou is specifically being written as the protagonist so far. Eventually he's going to fight Saitama while Saitama is paying attention to him and lose horribly, but as it is Garou is just a typical shounen hero who is fed up with what he sees as unjust 'justice' and wants to be a monster to fight against the system he hates. He's just straight up the protagonist - he's even trying to save some kid!

# ? Feb 20, 2018 10:05

Nice piece of fish: Jan 29, 2008; Ultra Carp

Nalin posted:

Translated chapter is out.

The secret to Saitama's strength is finally revealed!

It was 100 sit-ups, 100 push-ups, 100 squats, and 10km of running every day.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 10:11

Mystic Mongol: Jan 5, 2007; Your life's been thrown in disarray already--I wouldn't want you to feel pressured.; College Slice

Hellsau posted:

I'm not misreading this arc, right? Garou is specifically being written as the protagonist so far. Eventually he's going to fight Saitama while Saitama is paying attention to him and lose horribly, but as it is Garou is just a typical shounen hero who is fed up with what he sees as unjust 'justice' and wants to be a monster to fight against the system he hates. He's just straight up the protagonist - he's even trying to save some kid!

Heroes are the good guys, monsters are the bad guys. C'mon, even kids know that.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 10:22

Runa: Feb 13, 2011

Hellsau posted:

I'm not misreading this arc, right? Garou is specifically being written as the protagonist so far. Eventually he's going to fight Saitama while Saitama is paying attention to him and lose horribly, but as it is Garou is just a typical shounen hero who is fed up with what he sees as unjust 'justice' and wants to be a monster to fight against the system he hates. He's just straight up the protagonist - he's even trying to save some kid!

Yeah that's basically the gist of it. Hope you enjoy the Garou Arc!

# ? Feb 20, 2018 10:46

Man with Hat: Dec 26, 2007; Open up your Dethday present
It's a box of fucking nothing; Exciting Lemon

Xarbala posted:

Yeah that's basically the gist of it. Hope you enjoy the Garou Arc!

I know I am!

The writing is stellar. This chapter was amazing. OPM is the God of Comics.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 10:50

White Light: Dec 19, 2012

Hellsau posted:

I'm not misreading this arc, right? Garou is specifically being written as the protagonist so far. Eventually he's going to fight Saitama while Saitama is paying attention to him and lose horribly, but as it is Garou is just a typical shounen hero who is fed up with what he sees as unjust 'justice' and wants to be a monster to fight against the system he hates. He's just straight up the protagonist - he's even trying to save some kid!

Garou's journey is more like Vegeta's during the Namek saga; he's an rear end in a top hat but he's our rear end in a top hat doing rear end in a top hat things

# ? Feb 20, 2018 11:25

Zark the Damned: Mar 9, 2013

Parrotine posted:

Garou's journey is more like Vegeta's during the Namek saga; he's an rear end in a top hat but he's our rear end in a top hat doing rear end in a top hat things

He even has the Saiyan hair to prove it!

# ? Feb 20, 2018 11:33

Huzzah!: Sep 15, 2007; Malnutrition is scarier than any beastie.

And how many times has Garou got his poo poo wrecked? He's gonna be SO powerful when he recovers.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 11:44

Can Of Worms: Sep 4, 2011; That's not how the Triangle Attack works...

Aww, Dr. Genus has a tiny Asura Rhino plushie. :3:

# ? Feb 20, 2018 12:05

chiasaur11: Oct 22, 2012

Huzzah! posted:

And how many times has Garou got his poo poo wrecked? He's gonna be SO powerful when he recovers.

That's how it's worked so far!

# ? Feb 20, 2018 12:13

RareAcumen: Dec 28, 2012

I wonder where we go after this. We've done Earth's defender, incredible medicine, DNA manipulation, sea monster, aliens, and now an incredible martial artist. How do we escalate? All I've got right now is something coming back from the future, androids, vampires, or demons.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 13:58

Elite: Oct 30, 2010

Parallel universe Saitama, who trained so hard he grew 12 ft long hair.

100 sit-ups, 100 pull-ups, 100 squats, and 10km of swimming every day. And never turn the heating on in winter.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 14:22

JosephWongKS: Apr 4, 2009; by Nyc_Tattoo

RareAcumen posted:

I wonder where we go after this. We've done Earth's defender, incredible medicine, DNA manipulation, sea monster, aliens, and now an incredible martial artist. How do we escalate? All I've got right now is something coming back from the future, androids, vampires, or demons.

There's still a number of mysteries that have been hinted at but not yet resolved:

(a) Who's the cyborg that destroyed Genos's town and killed his family?

(b) What's the true agenda / allegiances of Metal Knight, and why did Drive Knight warn Genos against Metal Knight?

(c) Who is Blast, and why has he been missing for so long?

(d) Is Watchdog Man a man wearing a dog costume, or a giant dog holding a human head / mask in his mouth?

# ? Feb 20, 2018 14:26

RareAcumen: Dec 28, 2012

JosephWongKS posted:

There's still a number of mysteries that have been hinted at but not yet resolved:

(a) Who's the cyborg that destroyed Genos's town and killed his family?

(b) What's the true agenda / allegiances of Metal Knight, and why did Drive Knight warn Genos against Metal Knight?

(c) Who is Blast, and why has he been missing for so long?

(d) Is Watchdog Man a man wearing a dog costume, or a giant dog holding a human head / mask in his mouth?

Honestly, I was just talking about arc antagonists.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 14:34

Fellis: Feb 14, 2012; Kid, don't threaten me. There are worse things than death, and uh, I can do all of them.

Man nobody�s even mentioned his tooth yet, go back and re-read saitama�s backstory

# ? Feb 20, 2018 14:48

Lotus Aura: Aug 16, 2009; KNEEL BEFORE THE WICKED KING!

RareAcumen posted:

Honestly, I was just talking about arc antagonists.

Boros was explicitly designed to be a final boss (albeit one named after an MtG card lmao). Not of the arc. Of an entire series.

It literally doesn't matter.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:02

RatHat: Dec 31, 2007; A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!

For those who wanted an explanation for Saitama's power this is the closest you're gonna get.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:38

Dr Subterfuge: Aug 31, 2005; TIME TO ROC N' ROLL

Now I want another explanation that completely contradicts this one.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:43

Zzulu: May 15, 2009; (â°ËvËâ°)

Boros kind of just appeared as well, it's not like we got a lengthy plotline about him or whatever

They can just introduce villains with fun personalities/powers and keep it going however long they want. As long as the comedy is good and the action is good I'm good

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:50

RareAcumen: Dec 28, 2012

Dragonatrix posted:

Boros was explicitly designed to be a final boss (albeit one named after an MtG card lmao). Not of the arc. Of an entire series.

It literally doesn't matter.

Well jeez, sorry for wondering aloud.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:54

Zzulu: May 15, 2009; (â°ËvËâ°)

An obvious route would be to give Genos the spotlight for an arc, like they're giving Garou now

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:55

Reiche: Jan 28, 2009; I like my coffee with cream and lsd.

Zzulu posted:

An obvious route would be to give Genos the spotlight for an arc, like they're giving Garou now

The story has done a pretty good job of keeping Genos's story relevant with new details here and there so I totally expect Genos to take the lead (or at least try).

# ? Feb 20, 2018 16:11

CharlestonJew: Jul 7, 2011; Illegal Hen

Garou's going to wake up to find all his hair's gone

# ? Feb 20, 2018 16:21

Shindragon: Jun 6, 2011; by Athanatos

Didn�t expect that all to be explained. Good to see that those two did actually reform haha. (House of evolution). It�s funny how much my opinion on Garou has changed. At first I wanted him to be curb stomped badly (what he did to Mumen rider was unforgivable) but yeah he�s p much the protagonist of this arc. Part of me hopes he�ll end up just one punching the monster king haha

# ? Feb 20, 2018 16:52

SgtSteel91: Oct 21, 2010

Shindragon posted:

Didn�t expect that all to be explained. Good to see that those two did actually reform haha. (House of evolution). It�s funny how much my opinion on Garou has changed. At first I wanted him to be curb stomped badly (what he did to Mumen rider was unforgivable) but yeah he�s p much the protagonist of this arc. Part of me hopes he�ll end up just one punching the monster king haha

If he wants to be the strongest monster, he'll have to defeat the monster king to prove it, right?

# ? Feb 20, 2018 16:53

Eggplant Squire: Aug 14, 2003

Garou is the best boy.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 16:56

Lotus Aura: Aug 16, 2009; KNEEL BEFORE THE WICKED KING!

RareAcumen posted:

Well jeez, sorry for wondering aloud.

You're asking about power level escalation in a series where part of the point is that its irrelevant.

I realise its hard to tell, but the comedy manga that involves things being punched is not a shonen battle manga.

Lotus Aura fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Feb 20, 2018

# ? Feb 20, 2018 17:06

Davinci: Feb 21, 2013

I always like to imagine that Vaccine Man was actually the strongest monster we've seen yet.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 17:09

Mulva: Sep 13, 2011; It's about time for my once per decade ban for being a consistently terrible poster.

RareAcumen posted:

I wonder where we go after this. We've done Earth's defender, incredible medicine, DNA manipulation, sea monster, aliens, and now an incredible martial artist. How do we escalate? All I've got right now is something coming back from the future, androids, vampires, or demons.

We escalate pretty loving wildly out of nowhere, and you'll know it when you see it.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 17:54

MorningMoon: Dec 29, 2013; He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?

I'm so glad this chapter is out because I kept forgetting if Zombieman had seen the New House of Evolution in the redraw yet or not.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 17:57

White Light: Dec 19, 2012

RareAcumen posted:

I wonder where we go after this. We've done Earth's defender, incredible medicine, DNA manipulation, sea monster, aliens, and now an incredible martial artist. How do we escalate? All I've got right now is something coming back from the future, androids, vampires, or demons.

We keep moving towards the months until the big prophecy that dead fortune teller told us about kicks in cause that thing is gonna be nucking futs man :shepface:

# ? Feb 20, 2018 18:28

TheLoneStar: Feb 9, 2017

At this point I think Garou has gotten his rear end kicked as many times as Genos, if not more.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 18:49

Aoi: Sep 12, 2017; Perpetually a Pain.

Davinci posted:

I always like to imagine that Vaccine Man was actually the strongest monster we've seen yet.

I'm pretty sure he's ranked Dragon, but given his origins and the power he displayed, he was probably a potential God threat, just like Boros.

It was just Mother Nature's bad luck to have spawned him near Saitama.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 18:55

Matt Lindland: Feb 10, 2018; SHUT THE FUCK UP KEVEN

ALSO GJ BUYING A NEW ACCOUNT LIKE A GODDAMN COWARD
YOU USELESS WHITE NOISE POSTER

YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE THE BOLF RAMSHIELD YOU SO RICHLY DESERVE

now with professional animation

That man gained power, yes...

But at a terrible cost

# ? Feb 20, 2018 19:16

Rodenthar Drothman: May 14, 2013; I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

Great post/AV combo

# ? Feb 20, 2018 19:29

RatHat: Dec 31, 2007; A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!

EimiYoshikawa posted:

I'm pretty sure he's ranked Dragon, but given his origins and the power he displayed, he was probably a potential God threat, just like Boros.

It was just Mother Nature's bad luck to have spawned him near Saitama.

There are no Gods(yet) just really strong Dragons.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 19:34

And More: Jun 19, 2013; How far, Doctor?
How long have you lived?

Dragonatrix posted:

You're asking about power level escalation in a series where part of the point is that its irrelevant.

I realise its hard to tell, but the comedy manga that involves things being punched is not a shonen battle manga.

Yes, please do not talk about :

quote:

No matter how much effort one puts in, every living being has an intrinsic limit to its growth. Too much power becomes unbearable and overwhelms its host, turning it into a mindless rampaging monster. To ensure that we do not enter the realm where we lose all purpose and ability to reason, god has set limits to the growth of every being. The mechanism with which growth is controlled is called the limiter. [�]

When a human transforms into a monster, it is caused by an abnormal cell reaction triggered by an explosion of negative emotions. These often stem from unsatisfied needs or the desire to change into someone else, particularly in those prone to vices or with an inferiority complex. There are also those whose cell mutations are triggered by environmental factors, as well as those like my research specimens who become strong monsters through the power of science. In addition, there are many cases where non-human lifeforms are transformed into monsters as a result of pollution and other factors. These are transformations into a different being, not removing one's limiter.

In a broader sense, the seafolk that attacked J-City and the aliens that appeared in A-City can also be considered monsters. However, they were such creatures from the beginning, the natural enemies to intelligent humans, if you will.

Similarly, the heroes with the power to oppose these beings were born with the potential to become strong and eventually obtained their power through talent or hard work. There are others who obtained special abilities by mechanizing their body or through human experimentation, like you. In addition, there are possibly those who were born with their brilliance, like me, or those who possess unique abilities.

But "he" was different. An ordinary birth, an ordinary life, just a normal person with no talent or potential. Through effort alone, he pried open the door of his limits and broke his limiter. [In exchange for his power, he became bald. And after annihilating the strongest being in the history of my research with a single blow, his expression told me of the overwhelming feeling of alienation his strength had given him.]

The strength of those who break their limiters and evolve on their own defies common sense. If I had to guess how strong they've become� Just thinking about it makes me laugh at how comical my ambitions were.

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