#OPM BAND

[pinoymyx]

Dragon - Mayonnaise (2023)

[yuikeiko]

Rockstar Sonic 🎸👨‍🎤

I did this while listening to korn music (any korn listeners?) I might create an AU for this

[gofancyninjaworld]

Blast is more of a Goku expy than a Superman one

Initially posted on r/onepunchmanfans

All credit for this observation goes to u/Nanayon123. I'm merely gibbering incoherently at the implications.

The man, the myth...

He is styled like a knock-off Superman, and he does seem to be this iconic hero about whom many wild tales exist. And the reality is even wilder as he leads a larger-than-life quest to curb a veritable god's activities, but Blast has been a rather weird character. Seemingly a hero but does unheroic things. Warm and personable, yet oddly cold. Great deeds but leaves many of them half-finished. A family man but also an absent dad. Married yet oddly fixated on his partner, a known evildoer. A hero for a 'hobby' like Saitama, but whereas Saitama tends to leave people better off, Blast seems to leave them worse.

Seems to sum up Blast's deeds handily.

More gibbering below the cut.

...the curse

With that one observation, all the oddities about Blast add up to a coherent whole. When he says that he likes strong people (the Spanish translation, in using 'gustan,' makes it even stronger than mere liking), that's fundamentally what he's after. He likes strong people, he's physically and psychologically attracted to strong people, and if they happen to be helpful to him in his quest to thwart 'God', so much the better. Regardless of who or what they actually are. The fact that he was aware He had a strong partner to quest with and a strong woman with whom to also have happy-fun times and play happy families with. The fact that they were conspiring against him bothered him not a whit. That *is* very Goku-like. If Goku happens to help you in the course of looking to fight the strongest warriors, good for you.

So who's the sociopath here?

Sure, we can understand that Blast needs to surround himself with strong individuals to counter God. I'd theorised before that Blast was more of a warrior than a hero, but he makes it clear in chapter 211 that his mentality towards strong and weak goes much deeper than that. For strong people, he's prepared to do anything. Risking his life for the possibility of saving Void, not a problem. But lifting so much as a finger to try to save Genos, who risked his life to buy Blast an opening to tackle Cosmic Garou, sorry, no can do. Blast has no concern for such a weak individual. [1]

To he who has much, more must be given. To he who has little, well, no fucks need be given.

If you ask Blast why he's so fixated on Void, he'd have said something about Void having a unique ability. I understand why ONE removed that reason being given a priori: it'd have muddied the waters and made it harder for us to see his true intentions.

Additionally, I understand why ONE redacted Flashy Flash discovering that it had been Blast who had destroyed the Ninja Village -- at least for now. It really doesn't matter *when* Blast found out about Void's activities as a ninja, buying children to abuse into losing all sense of themselves, then sending them out to be assassins for hire; he'd have had no concern for those children or the assassins they'd become as they're weak. Only avatars of 'God' bothered him. The only concern he'd have had would be retrieving the cube at some point. That's it.

This entire explanation is no longer necessary: the ones too weak to be avatars are beneath Void's and Blast's concerns. And what harm they did is only mildly regrettable to Blast, which he made clear.

Instead, we get to see what Blast actually thought of the Ninja Village. It was regrettable, more of an inconvenience than a tragedy.

Oh well... I suppose some people died.

I wouldn't be shocked (just dismayed) if it turned out that Tatsumaki was the only person he cared to save from the facility, leaving other prisoners to be killed by the escaped monster or otherwise face an uncertain future. He's only interested in the strong. In a real sense, he's a lot more like Void than he'd be comfortable admitting. At his very best, Blast is an ancient-style 'hero' where the word means only a strong guy who does incredible deeds of great daring but is otherwise not especially moral. At his worst, well, you'd best be afraid of what lies behind those weird eyes and deceptively open expression.

adorable and yet...

The Opponent

To say that this is anathema to Saitama is an understatement. Saitama may be the strongest man -- far stronger than Blast can imagine -- but he has never forgotten where he started from. Because of his own humble beginnings, Saitama is adamant that you cannot judge a person's potential by their current position.

This guy is the anti-Blast: instead of deciding who is a winner and a loser, why not encourage people to fulfil their potentials? You never know what people might be capable of.

He has never disparaged anyone's efforts for being meagre -- if they did all they could, he recognises the courage it took to do that.

Saitama in a nutshell.

Never mind encouraging heroes: no matter who you are, Saitama is always willing to reach a hand out to you, if you will take it.

He needed that suit to not look a total fool, but Saitama didn't hesistate in the face of a child's needs.

Saitama has never overlooked injustice being done in the interests of self-satisfaction. If he's sometimes been less harsh with evildoers than he otherwise might be, it's because he recognises that people deserve the chance to do better if they've done wrong. He'll happily beat the ever-living shit out of you and break all your toys, but he takes care never to be the writing on your wall.

Go forth and find out how to be the better person you yearn to become.

If someone really wants to die, Saitama won't stop them, but otherwise, he's the guy saying to people that no matter where you are now, you *could* be better if you took the courage to try. So try.

You didn't jump; you fell. Can't have that. Saitama balances his belief in a person's right to self-determination with concern about their welfare.

I don't know how it will come about, but there's a conflict coming between Saitama and Blast, and it can't come soon enough for me. Blast is such an important character in OPM. He's literally the foundational member of the Hero Association, being the prototype for what a supported hero could be. He's got an incredibly important mission as well. And yet… yet… that guy has no business calling himself a hero as he is.

Someone has to talk sense to Blast about what the word 'hero' really means and who better than Saitama?

True, things are pretty cordial between them now but with worldviews so different, they can't stay that way. I'm here for it.

Footnotes

[1] True, it didn't happen in the current timeline, but that's only because Saitama cold-cocked Garou before it could. We've been shown Blast's character.

[motionpicturesforcarrie]

Eraserheads CarbonStereoxide promotional shirt / x

[cathymee]

OKAY why is ang huling el bimbo THE song. like it's THE song. of all time.

[badjohnspeakeasy]

I was practicing with MS Paint, and decided to make one of the more self-indulgent projects rattling around in my head.

Major One-Punch Man webcomic spoilers.

No more shame

No more fear

No more dread

[dexterczr]

Walang sagot sa tanong kung bakit ka mahalaga...

SUD

[thewhizzyhead]

look I know bini is fucking popular now but I did not know that it was THAT popular holy shit-

[astrxealis]

you all should listen to The Ridleys tbh

[caimitos]

local ph music scene was Thriving in the late 2010s but iv of spades is still especially funny to me....like some guys dressed a little more interestingly and fruitily than everyone else skyrocketing to indie fame and also their legal government names were unique, zild, blaster, and badjao. it's like they were made for it. their music isn't my thing but all the guys i knew listened to ivos came out as bi and/or nonbinary by the end of high school and honestly i respect ivos for that

[jl-art]

If you’re wondering if this page is dying, no it’s still not!

Lately, I’ve been involved with bands and making music. For years, I was focused on achieving something with my art, and now I am so glad to have the opportunity to achieve something with my music skills as well.

I’ve often been asked if I am abandoning arts since I’ve been so busy with bands - of course not. I’m currently in an adjustment period, I could never abandon art or music.

I will return to do art when I’ve prepared, but in the mean time, please consider supporting our band MIRA - a rising seven-man indie OPM band! We’ve just released our first single “HILOM” on different streaming platforms.

We will also be performing live at Rekta sa Kalye: Culture & Music Festival this coming November 18 at CCP Concert Grounds, Pasay City. We hope to see you there!

Band Page: https://www.facebook.com/MIRAbandph

Stream HILOM on Spotify || Youtube

Get your concert tickets here: rektasakalye.com

#SupportLocalArtists #BandangMIRA #MIRA

[pinoymyx]

Ang Huling El Bimbo - Eraserheads (1995)

To celebrate the 125th Philippine Independence Day, we're giving you some of the classic Pinoy music videos from the golden era of Original Pilipino Music (OPM).

Ang Huling El Bimbo is a song recorded by the Filipino rock band Eraserheads from their third studio album Cutterpillow, released in 1995. It narrates a first-person perspective of a young boy in love with a beautiful woman older than him, who then meets a tragic end.

The track follows the common musical composition that is evident with most of the80’s and 90’s OPM music. It starts slowly and progresses into a crescendo as the final chorus kicks in.

Ang Huling El Bimbo is undoubtedly one of the most popular OPM songs and has created an undeniable impact in Philippine pop culture, as it is covered by many amateur and professional artists alike.

Full story here.

Exclusive lyrics edit by singwiththelyrics

[myxbacktrax]

Silver Toes - Parokya Ni Edgar (1997)

[ehubusa]

Ang Alamat ni Mercy Sunot: Isang Tinig na Walang Kamatayan

Sa kasaysayan ng musikang Pilipino, may mga tinig na tumatatak at nag-iiwan ng marka sa puso ng bawat Pilipino. Isa na rito si Mercy Sunot, ang pangunahing bokalista ng bandang Aegis. Kilala sa kanyang malakas at nakakapangilabot na boses, si Mercy ang naging tinig ng mga awiting sumasalamin sa buhay, pag-ibig, at mga pangarap ng ordinaryong Pilipino. Sa kanyang pagpanaw noong Nobyembre 2024,…

[motionpicturesforcarrie]

"Unang Kagat is dedicated to the people who dared to try something new . . . and took a bite of Hotdog."

Unang Kagat (1975) by Hotdog, Villar Records / 1, 2

[heyyitsarwen]

SB19 with Atom Boyz II at Taiwan night market

Article seen on @jahcentre's post on X