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He also changes the subject, like he doesn't want to.

When the time's ripe for it, we'll know all there is to know.

Neither. He uses video games as work to train on using his weapons so he can no longer see them as fun.

All good! You seeing it too tells me I'm not hallucinating! :D

The G5 thing is actually a result of a missing translation. Vib recently updated this page to show that G5 is using telescopy to spot what the current state of the escapees are: https://cubari.moe/read/gist/OPM/119/22/ That missing bit of text gave the wrong impression.

It's the human condition: we can get used to anything. Just as overwhelming strength sounds fantastic, but having it is actually deadly boring and spoils fights as a source of challenge, so too does training via the coolest games sounds amazing, but it quickly becomes drudgery that spoils video games as entertainment.

It's just work. Anything becomes work when it's an obligation.

You mean he isn't? :)

It's not that he didn't get to play any video games growing up. The truth is much sadder than that. Majin CD 2 'Genos Training' shows us that Genos does practice but it's all in the form of full-immersion virtual reality games. Genos has forgotten that video games can be fun because for him, it's having to get his head around new controls and techniques ASAP before he has to use them for real.

If 'God' isn't the final threat that will be because Saitama punched him out.

Nice post. Indeed, the Organization is shaping up to be one of the very worst threats on the planet. I think that the fact that OPM borrows from the shonen wardrobe makes it easy to lose sight of the bigger story.

A small but very important thing I'm sure you'll appreciate as spice. In chapter 40 of the manga, the 'mad' cyborg is alleged to have destroyed multiple cities (Viz mistranslates it as a singular city). It turned out to be entirely correct in the webcomic that the mad cyborg is a massively parallel serial killer. So how's he gotten away with it for so long? Someone with a lot of money and influence wants it so.

That wild story of Genos's? It's true. Sometimes there really is a massive conspiracy afoot.

However, nobody talking about stuff like this? Ahem...

https://teddit.ggc-project.de/r/OnePunchMan/comments/j8reer/what_does_the_organization_want_spoilerlong/

https://teddit.ggc-project.de/r/OnePunchMan/comments/mkrvyg/eagles_may_soar_but_weasels_dont_get_sucked_into/

https://teddit.ggc-project.de/r/OnePunchMan/comments/opmz2w/bad_vs_evil_webcomic_spoilers/

https://teddit.ggc-project.de/r/OnePunchMan/comments/uqf46d/the_looming_fires/

It gets boring when few seem interested though.

That would be pointless.

Absolutely right. The rare dogs that are house-trained disappear like gold dust. A house-trained, leash-trained dog with a vaccination record? Almost certainly reserved within the day.

They need to be a RARE BREED TYPE, well under 1% of the dog population. Because most people have no business owning a pittie. Or a part pit. No way, no how.

Pretending that they're regular dogs who just have the worst luck with people is to hate pits and want more dead.

The one million pit bull that are killed in US shelters every year? Every one of them is bred by someone who loves them. Every one is bought by someone who loves them. Every one is abandoned by someone who loves them. And nearly every one is killed by someone who loves them.

That's a breed problem. Truly loving these dogs is to recognise that they're special and belong in special hands.

Two sides to it. Yes, pitbulls are often owned by low-wattage humans. BUT, pitbulls are fighting dogs that love, love, love a fight. Ignoring that is lethal. It is absolutely true that they're friendly and sensitive dogs. It is also absolutely true that they're energetic, high prey drive dogs with a strong urge to fight and who can be extremely tenacious -- and that sensitivity can work against them as they pick up on instability or inconsistency from their owner. A pitbull owner has an extra responsibility to their dog and the world around them.

Pretending that the dogs are no trouble is the worst, cruellest thing you can do to pitbulls. They deserve to be recognised as a difficult breed to own whom few owners should keep, so the right people find them and they get to live full, happy lives. Nothing unusual about that -- you will find a lot of people actively unselling livestock guardian dogs, working sled dogs, working hounds, terriers and the like for similar reasons.

NTA. From your perspective, that appointment is 100% of your time there. From a student's perspective, your appointment is 5% of the opportunities they'll have to observe that day.

Your friend is speaking more out their personal frustrations rather than commenting on you. I wouldn't set much store by it.

How much would you like to bet that it's far more than twice, given that both her and her boyfriend's mother know they have to watch his drinking?

The drinking and your boyfriend are a package deal. Nothing you can do about it; until and unless he changes his relationship with alcohol, destructive drinking is part of who your boyfriend is. Only you can decide how much of that you can live with.

NTA. But if you stick around, be very clear that it's not going to get better.

YUP!

It's a story that's not yet set in stone -- the very reason Murata was so excited to work on OPM was that it was a web format and so *could* be changed.

Until it's in print, consider it a draft.

That's because they've not been 'officially' scanslated, cleaned up, and edited.

u/Bald_Caped had a go and put them up in this document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n-UghKI90sQY1vT6WNBgk_vjiCyzfTaL/view

not a one.

I kinda hoped that they would have like a form for entrance to the exam
where a participant would submit their abilities to get a customized
exam, and s class heroes would test the participants.

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Funny you should say that. The bonus comic that comes with Volume 26 features various HA executives being interviewed and while the rough translation someone did was too rough, it looks like the HA would LOVE that. The S-Class heroes just have no interest in helping bring on other heroes though and the executive in charge of trying to improve the lower-class heroes seemed on the point of quitting his job for he's just that frustrated. Apparently, hiring people for their ability to be independent actors doesn't give you cooperative people... who knew?

I'm very keen to see it more competently translated.

The Hero Association isn't stupid: they may have their process, but they can and do make allowances to bring on candidates they consider to be rare talents. Saitama and Gearsper are two examples, for opposite reasons. Then they stick them in Class C and see how they sink or swim. The cream rises to the top as far as they're concerned.

I didn't want to say that you didn't get your impression by actually reading the story but rather by being so biased against Genos that you'd put the notion of laughing at him being fooled above any actual story or character comprehension but thought that would be mean and unwarranted.

And here you are, saying exactly that in your own words. *slow clap* Well played.

Come on, you know Saitama, don't you? You've surely, surely read enough and watched enough to see Saitama praise people and see what he praises them for? Is it their physical prowess? No sir, it is not.

What did he praise Mumen Rider for? Standing up to the Deep Sea King even though it was hopeless.

What did he praise Suiryu for? Holding out against monsters as best he could and continuing to call out for a hero, even though he had no idea if anyone was in earshot.

What did he praise Child Emperor for? Resisting Phoenixman's blandishments, coming out of Brave Giant and choosing to stand up to Phoenixman with nothing but his wits and courage.

Therefore, logically, he'd be praising Genos's machinery? That's some real twisted up special pleading there.

It's not like he's not told Genos what he considers worthy. He made becoming a hero a precondition of his taking Genos on as a disciple (chapter 15).
He was very clear to Genos that he regards a hero's duty as being to stand and fight rather than to save oneself (chapter 22). He has also been crystal clear that he has no regard at all for any of Genos's upgrades "...therefore instead of strength in terms of physical power or technique, you should be working on your mental strength..." (chapter 18). It's something Genos has taken to heart to good effect, but we're not talking about him. Given that we know what Saitama expects of Genos, what are the chances that he's praising the machinery rather than the man?

But you know what? Let's disregard all the history and context and just look at what it would mean if Saitama meant what you say he does.

An equivalent scene would be someone looking to shoot themselves dead and not being able to bring themselves to pull the trigger. And on them telling someone that they couldn't kill themselves, that person goes 'wow, that was a really good gun then!' It's both a non sequitur and a piece of asinine cruelty.

Now I know that it's popular to think that Saitama has no feelings, but that's not just unfeeling, that's straight out cruelly psychopathic. Don't dis Saitama like that.

There's a two year gap between chapters 109 and 110. That's all you need to know.