Josuke Higashikata posted:

Pompadour = Excellent character. It's a rule.

Mystic Mongol posted:

Do you not know how shaggy dog stories work?

TheKingofSprings posted:

Saitama doesn't really think he's surrounded by idiots, though. He's strong as hell but it doesn't make him view other people differently.

TheKingofSprings posted:

Because as people they're up their own rear end, sure.

Someone like Genos, King, or Fubuki after the first time she shows up are fine though.

dis astranagant posted:

You're in for a trip when Murata finally gets around to his arc.

Rigged Death Trap posted:

Iirc werent the first guys to reply threatening to beat him up.
Its a bit forced in order to keep saitama from being a recognized hero, and to showoff more of his character as an actually nice guy taking the 'fall' as it were so the other heroes save face, after all it really was next to no effort on his part.
And also to start off explaining the whole deal with hero culture and their public perception, where heros are tossed away if they only manage to hold off the monster instead of flashily defeating them, even if they risked certain death like Mumen Rider or took out nearly every other sea monster like the bamboo spear guy, and is the reason why the scene with sweet mask being interviewed is shown right after.

The Neet kicked off a sub arc is what Im trying to say.

Baal posted:

Tornado is best and I will buy the Tornado nendo at some point.

Mordaedil posted:

Murata just likes big boobs and likes drawing big boobs.

gnome7 posted:

Absolutely. Like, every girl who is actually in his stories is really really good. Fubuki and Tatsumaki have a really involved and personal conflict, Tsuchi (Claw punch girl) is so cool and such a good role model, Tome is hilarious and gloomy, Mezato is driven and clever. They're really good characters who all have their own things going on.

It's just, there's only around 1 female character for every 12 or so male characters and I wish that ratio was less skewed.

Schwarzwald posted:

I think you're selling her short. I find Fubiki's role as this half Mafioso half bancho gang leader figure fascinating for a few reasons. For one, it makes perfect sense that an occupation as violent as a professional hero would lead to such groups forming. For another, it speaks about the greater Hero Association that they would tacitly permit such groups. A a superhero street gang is also something that doesn't really have an equivalent in western comics that I can think of--at least, not one so transparent or played so straight.

I like her relationship with her sister, as well. You can see how it's deeply affected her, beyond just a sense of inadequacy, and also how it lead to her becoming this superhero Godmother figure.

So while Fubuki might not be as cool as Mumen Rider or Bang (to say nothing about King), she's interesting in the way her character tells us about the larger setting.

Mystic Mongol posted:

If you've caught up on the ONE version, you can check out the popularity poll for the other version of One Punch Man. In the well drawn comic, slots 2 and 3 are taken up by the hottest woman and the coolest looking guy, Fubuki and Geno. In the ugly comic, those slots are taken up by the bravest hero and the other bravest hero, Common Rider and King.

Don't look up the poll if you haven't read the ONE comic, there's a ton of spoiler people in there.

EponymousMrYar posted:

Josuke Higashikata posted:

there's no way tatsumaki would be bullied by a wimpy moltrey!
she can only be bullied by king, whom she lusts for (like all right thinking individuals)

Xarbala posted:

Not surprising that China and Japan aren't as pedantic about it.


It bears mentioning that in common usage most anglophones also mistake venom for poison, or treat it as a subset of poison and use poison as a catchall term. And for the average anglophone, the technical usage of the words won't ever be relevant except when cornered by a pedant.

Moltrey posted:

I was very much into Bone but then my friend Flashy Flash arrived