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Saitama had a goal of getting this strong and made up an exercise routine on the spot to make it happen (while occasionally eating monsters along the way because he had about as much petty cash as a college student) and then here we are. Why he was already able to handle getting wrecked and beating a tiger level demon as his first battle, I dunno. Depression might also be a superpower in this universe.
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I'm more curious about where the monsters are coming from. Some are just natural like Deep Sea King, but then there are others that are formed from people. One came about because a guy liked eating crabs way too much, for instance. It's a relatively new phenomenon, so something new is clearly causing it, but what?
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TheLoneStar posted:I'm more curious about where the monsters are coming from. Some are just natural like Deep Sea King, but then there are others that are formed from people. One came about because a guy liked eating crabs way too much, for instance. It's a relatively new phenomenon, so something new is clearly causing it, but what? I'm starting to suspect it was just a plot convenience thing. Monsters are suddenly appearing in large numbers. "No one knows why" might have been literally that even the author doesn't have a reason and it isn't ever going to be explained.
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TheLoneStar posted:I'm more curious about where the monsters are coming from. Some are just natural like Deep Sea King, but then there are others that are formed from people. One came about because a guy liked eating crabs way too much, for instance. It's a relatively new phenomenon, so something new is clearly causing it, but what? All the monsters and heroes seem to work on self perception and will power. Monsters come about because people are obsessed with something and they end up seeing themselves as monsters because of it (Crablante, the Car Monster dude, the guy who shadow boxed his lightswitch cord) at least at a low level. Once they become a monster they either just stay low level because they have no other motivation than wanting to do their "thing" or they grow in strength because they have a goal that keeps twisting their self perception till they either reach it or are beaten. However it has to be self perception, not just public perception. As people has said: Saitama's self perception was weirdly limited enough in execution, but grand enough in scope that he basically did a stack overflow on reality and became the strongest thing ever. On top of that his current situation is that he perceives himself as so crazy strong that nothing can even hurt him, even natural things like straight up loving lava. But then you have someone like King. He has a public perception of being the strongest human ever but because he doesn't see himself as that and his goal is ultimately to just be left alone, so he has no power beyond maybe some kind of meta power that protects him just enough that he can always get home to be a nerd in peace. So with the monster society thing, it might be that Orrochi/the psychic lady making him had a goal and self perception strong enough to create an external system to control that ended up making more monsters quickly. There has been a progression of what different baddies powers can affect. At first we just had low level baddies that had personal self perception and will power (Crablante, Shadow Boxer, even Vaccine Man) who focused on I can do XYZ. but later we get to baddies who focused on altering others (The mad scientist brothers, House of Evolution) who focused on building an empire or using their powers to alter others. But those weren't "monsters" at that point. Either ONE didn't think about monster cells yet or they were just supposed to be a separate thing entirely. Next was the space pirates arc, and they weren't monsters either but showed a whole society of baddies each playing their part. Then we get to the monster society and we're seeing baddies that both have a self perception of altering themselves to be stronger, but also in altering others. Now we're into the Garou arc who is clearly a mirror to Saitama who is constantly evolving into a more powerful being because his self perception and willpower are strong enough to keep him going. People's perception of what power is keeps changing based on things that have already happened showing what can be done. Basically in One Punch Man power is a meme that keeps one upping itself once someone gets a new idea. And with that framework in place I posit that Saitama is "Joe Mama" while Garou is "deez nuts". (I am not seriously saying that this is ONE's actual idea)
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RareAcumen posted:Saitama had a goal of getting this strong and made up an exercise routine on the spot to make it happen (while occasionally eating monsters along the way because he had about as much petty cash as a college student) and then here we are. He got lucky, and was filled with determination, like mumen rider. He still got the poo poo beat out of him by the lobster
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Shadow0 posted:I'm starting to suspect it was just a plot convenience thing. Monsters are suddenly appearing in large numbers. "No one knows why" might have been literally that even the author doesn't have a reason and it isn't ever going to be explained. No way, ONEs building up to an explanation for sure
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Can't wait to read this entire arc with small variations seven more times.
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Sindai posted:Can't wait to read this entire arc with small variations seven more times. Can't wait to read this post with small variations seven more times.
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That was a Haruhi joke, not a redraw joke, but I knew the risk I was taking when I made it.
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Sindai posted:Can't wait to read this entire arc with small variations seven more times. oh jay posted:Can't wait to read this post with small variations seven more times. Sindai posted:Can't wait to read this entire arc with small variations seven more times. Can't wait to read this series of posts with small variations seven more times.
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I like One Punch Man because it so beautifully explores the duality of man:
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Jerusalem posted:I like One Punch Man because it so beautifully explores the duality of man: This thread in a nutshell.
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im rereading on the viz app. are the redrawn chapters in there?
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Raws for the new chapter are up if you want them https://tonarinoyj.jp/episode/3269754496597544962 Edit: and a redraw of last chapter because why not https://tonarinoyj.jp/episode/3269754496572306855 pik_d fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Nov 12, 2021 |
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pik_d posted:Raws for the new chapter are up if you want them Oh man, this looks hilarious. 
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https://cubari.moe/read/imgur/LKvWJgu/1/1/ And here's the translation.
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Rauri posted:https://cubari.moe/read/imgur/LKvWJgu/1/1/ loving amazing
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Rauri posted:https://cubari.moe/read/imgur/LKvWJgu/1/1/ Holy poo poo
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Rauri posted:https://cubari.moe/read/imgur/LKvWJgu/1/1/ This is beautiful in every sense of the word. Incredible art, fantastic writing, this is exactly what I come to the OPM manga for.
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Im gonna be the annoying webcomic reader guy, but I just want to say this is like 95% exactly how the original chapter went, panel by panel, and I am extremely happy they didnt mess with perfection here.
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The fireworks guys its finally here the fire works.
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mabels big day posted:Im gonna be the annoying webcomic reader guy, but I just want to say this is like 95% exactly how the original chapter went, panel by panel, and I am extremely happy they didnt mess with perfection here. its awesome
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Electric Phantasm posted:Super Sparking King Mode (SSK) Do people in Japan know that J and K are right next to each other in both the American alphabet and keyboard?
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Jerusalem posted:I love King so loving much
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bees x1000 posted:New chapter was everything I hoped it would be The redrawn chapter is 100% wetter.
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Was this thing really popular in Japan? I feel like they keep advertising it but as far as I know it was just like one or two chapters.
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Characters overanalyzing and freaking themselves out over the simplest of King's comments will never get old to me.
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King stepping up to stall is actually pretty loving ballsy. Dude knows he's dead as soon as anyone tries to kill him but he's still making a distraction.
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Two Tone Shoes posted:King stepping up to stall is actually pretty loving ballsy. Dude knows he's dead as soon as anyone tries to kill him but he's still making a distraction. That's why he's the strongest hero.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:That's why he's the strongest hero. no, super sparking king mode is why
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