Why the fresh hell does so much of the opm fanbase not care about the story? Or the supporting characters? Or the depth of the plot and messages? Like, hello? Bueller? I think too many people think opm is just “lol bald guy always wins what a joke shounen!” uh no? First of all, I truly believe that Saitama does have meaning, we just don’t know what it is yet. It may end up being a statement on heroes vs villains, since Saitama is the strongest entity yet only works for fun. Garou on the other hand, being somewhat of an opposite (despite being miles less in power) became a pseudo-villain to change the world for the better and works super hard for that pay off. And that’s just–what I assume–would be the two main characters. We also have a supporting cast of incredibly interesting characters (and I will only list off the mainish ones to save time), like Genos, who despite being obsessed with achieving absolute destructive power, works towards a peaceful goal. Sonic, who we met as just an obnoxious assassin, we now know at one point desperately wanted to be a hero as a child and somehow fell into chaos. Tatsumaki, who acts arrogant and flaunts her power without caring how the world sees her, still loves her sister and has what I see as a case of ‘angry depression’ and isolation. Fubuki, who is beautiful and popular, is constantly trying to better herself and be like Tats despite it being pretty pointless.
But I swear to fucking god you bring any of this up with the fanbase and for the most part they just stare at you and go ’lol wut I don’t care’. For them (and I’m talking about fanboys and fangirls here) it’s best girl titties, who Saitama could beat in a fight from an irrelevant series, or best ships. Not to be a complete dick, but how is that in any way not an insult to ONE’s writing? How can anyone call themselves a true fan when they deliberately ignore everything but 10% of the storyline, which is Saitama, and kind of misinterpret what he represents or could represent? It is in fact deeper than so many give it credit for and I hate feeling like I’m completely alone in that thought process. Thank christ I have Tumblr where I can find at least some good conversation with you guys.
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