The first season had a whole bunch of villains that managed very nicely before they encountered Saitama. Although the third, metamorphosing lieutenant of the aliens was done in by a whole bunch of S-rankers, but that's not particular unfair.
The first season had a whole bunch of villains that managed very nicely before they encountered Saitama. Although the third, metamorphosing lieutenant of the aliens was done in by a whole bunch of S-rankers, but that's not particular unfair.
He already told us how he got it. Every day he did 100 pushups, 100 situps, and jogged I think a few miles.Originally Posted by MFauli
Exactly. Pushups are king.
Peace.
If that were the true reason for his power, there should be thousands of equally strong people on earth ...
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
Dat's the joke...
Peace.
As discussed many times, itīs not a good joke. Not clever. Not anything. The entire rest of the series is a typical, serious shounen-series. The only outlier is Saitamaīs powerīs origin.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
What you seem to not get is that you are practically alone in this, which is fine, but you speak as if you are some sort of authority in the matter, which you are not.
We get it. You don't get the joke, and that's okay. Just please stop trying to convince others to "not get it" either. That's getting older than the joke you missed.
And LOL at the rest of the show being a serious shounen series. This kid disagrees.
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Peace.
I didnīt know that OPM is the kind of show that makes jokes about severaly ill people :P
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
That's his chin, and he's not ill. Dat's the joke.
Peace.
DEAR MOTHER OF DRAGONS. Yes. I know THAT.
Effing l-o-l
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
How am I supposed to know which jokes you missed or not without you explicitly telling me? Your track record isn't stellar in this thread you know.
Peace.
I don't know what the fuck you guys are talking about, that kid is obviously a dickhead.
LOL! True.
Peace.
And you're entitled to your wrong opinion.
I kinda gotta agree with him there. Sure, there's a couple extra gag characters. But by and large, the rest of the world outside Saitama is a very straightforward shounen world.
Which is why Saitama's every interaction with it is hilarious.
There's this serious story building up here and there's a secret plot going on and there's a real confrontation buildi-whoops, Saitama just walked around the corner into it. It's over.
It never stops being funny. And the more time they spend building it up, the better it is when Saitama comes and drags his dick over what you were hoping was going to happen.
This video sums it up pretty well.
Last edited by DarthEnderX; Wed, 09-28-2016 at 12:37 AM.
By the rest of the series, he meant everything outside of Saitama's power origin, which technically includes Saitama's interactions with all the characters. So no, you don't really agree with him.
And I quote: "The only outlier is Saitama's power's origin."
And there are more than "a couple extra gag characters." There are tons of them, and even the more normal ones all behave intentionally exaggerated as parody. Look at Genos, arguably one of the most normal characters, for example. How is his density and absurd seriousness supposed to be taken seriously?
Peace.
There arenīt "a ton of gag characters", and typical, serious shounen have funny characters, too. No idea what youīre talking about. HXH is as serious as it gets and it has ton of comedy. Thatīs nothing unique to OPM.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
But most of the characters in OPM are parodies of established archetypes, not just funny characters. They take a trope and go wild with it, like super fast ninja whose balls get pawned, super serious cyborg with ridiculous powers but always gets pawned, super bragging enemies that still get pawned, super bully seniors that still get pawned, super gay macho men that escape from prison to rape bishounens, super heroic powerless heroes on a bicycle. This is that kind of show. You just seem to gloss over that pattern and say it's "normal" shounen just because they resemble other shows you've seen (well of course it does, it is parodying them FFS).
Most of the powers and characters actually make no sense and are exaggerated on intention. This show isn't trying to build a logical shounen world and stick to its own rules. The only rule is OPM will OP all.
It is a subversion of shounen. Heroic characters get pawned by villains, only for Saitama, who doesn't really give a fuck most of the time, to destroy said villain with a flick of a finger.
This is my best attempt at educating you about parody. If you still don't understand it after this, I honestly quit.
Last edited by shinta|hikari; Wed, 09-28-2016 at 03:49 PM.
Peace.
shinta, are you by chance one of those weird people who think GTA is a parody on violence in the USA? Because Iīve heard fanboys defend the game with that. But thereīs no parody aspect, when I storm a hospital lobby, start shooting civilians, them crying and shouting and running, falling to the ground realistically, blood everywhere. There is no parody here.
The same goes for OPM. When it looks like the real thing, feels like the real thing, then it probably IS the real thing. In this case, OPM is a real shounen-series. ASIDE from its heroīs power origins.
Iīm rather annoying by people excusing stuff as "parody", when itīs clearly not. So is Boku no Hero no Academia also a parody? Was Mob a parody? Heck, was Hai to Gensou no Grimgar parody?! Where does it end, where does it start?
As noted many times, OPM is ONE tiny bit away from being a 100% true shounen-series: That is Saitamaīs power origins. As long as the explanation stays as is, itīll be on the comedy side of things. Should they ever add a plausible explanation, though, it would turn the entire series into a typical shounen show. I donīt see how you can deny that.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
What good are your links? I have eyes to see for myself and a brain to thnk for myself. If MAL called HXH a parody, would you?
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"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
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