>>279969561
>which went nowhere
That's the joke.
>>279969662
Fair enough. But I still think it's one of the better executions of the gag, especially because it was done so many times before.
The fact that ONE tricked me again was a great feeling. Somehow, he keeps making me forget what this story is about until he rug pulls me again. But aside from that, I think it's more important that anons are giving it credit for, and it's for the same reason the Garou fight is so good and why the manga version of it is so terrible.
The absolute, fundamental concept of the story is they all live in a goofy superhero world, but they all take it way too seriously. Take the very first fucking villain, Vaccine Man. Shows up, blows everyone up, then starts ranting like a loon about being born to cleanse the planet. Dude's a joke. And the heroes are too. Everything is do or die with these jokers. To the point where they comically reenact a cheesy saturday morning cartoon dynamic with Garou. The only character who doesn't take things serious is Saitama, who literally keeps referring to it as a hobby. The in universe explanation as to why he's so powerful is the limiter thing, but even that comes across as a joke. The actual reason why he's so powerful is cause he's the only one who never buys into the premise. He's never taking things seriously, so he's never trapped by the conventions of the conflict.
Sonic and Flash have this entire thing where they elaborate on their serious origins, indulge in their chunni ninja backstories. But it's written both conventionally and not so obviously jokey enough to act as a blind to the fact that they're just as trapped by their stories as everyone else. So certain they know exactly how things work. Then Saitama punches their problem away and doesn't even recognize he did so.
