#opm 176 spoilers

[theomnicode]

Automatic reflexes and survival instinct, do you have it?

One thing Saitama tried to warn Fubuki about when they first met:

That her survival instinct when reacting to legitimate threats, even when given plenty time to prep, is lacking, because she's not been tested enough on the field. She's been coddled by her own need to surround herself with a group and sheltered from the harsh reality.

Notably because Saitama himself keeps tackling all the insane level threats.

By putting down other heroes and stagnating their progress, she's directly opposed to them going out there confidently to develop said survival instinct on the field that would help them survive in their chosen profession and otherwise.

Then she even said Saitama won't survive without her help, which is direct insult on his hard work and dedication and capacity to survive in the harshest of environment. Saitama had survived on his lonesome thus far, even if he didn't thrive. But survived nonetheless against the overwhelming odds.

If Saitama had been an actual enemy, she'd have been dead long before she even realized what was happening.

Maybe her reaction time has gotten better since MA arc...maybe she could defend herself in time if she was ready and prepared...

But it is not enough to actually save anybody else from becoming collateral damage.

(Oh look Saitama is collateral and he does not care, because he's invulnerable. Except when he is not)

Her inexperience in handling a sudden situation that threathens casualties makes her unable to react in time quickly enough to prevent them from happening, because she gets too shocked into inaction. It's natural if one is not in such field work for long enough to develop reflexes to save other people, but the world of OPM does not wait for her to get enough field experience.

She needed to perform now and she failed miserably.

She does not have the automatic reflexes to psychically save anybody when push comes to shove either, when threat is far too fast for her to react to or visually even see. Threats at dragon level and above and those who unhesitatingly go for the sudden deadly strike on people who are not even involved in the fight.

Such as civilians.

Can't react to what you can't see coming can ya?

Which would seem to be consistent with how ONE writes psychic powers in Mob psycho too. There needs to be some preparation time. They more than likely have to visually process what they see in their brain in order to exert their will over things.

This would be the weakness of psychics.

And guess what kind of enemy she is up against right now?

An enemy who seems to be very much willing to silence anybody who knows too much about them, if push comes to shove. And can simultaneously tackle many issues at one time.

Because they don't want any witnesses.

Fubuki and Psykos are both in grave danger and Fubuki does not seem to have enough clue about what exactly she's messing with.

Quoting Illidan from WoW:

"You are not prepared."

Look If you had One shot Or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted In one moment Would you capture it Or just let it slip? Yo His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin' What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow Snap back to reality, ope there goes gravity Ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy? No He won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropes It don't matter, he's dope, he knows that, but he's broke He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's Back to the lab again, yo, this whole rhapsody Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime

In short, we're rapping alongside Forte to Eminem's Lose yourself. We even got the Mom's spagetti reference hahah, this writer is the best.

Forte is just kind of autotuning rn though because he er, got knocked unconscious.

*rubs chin*

(My fastest long meta yet after new chapter lol)

[opmedits]

Youthfulness, curiosity

One Punch Man Cover 176

[razmerry]

new contender for my favorite panels

[jiamiuxin]

daiya no ace anime reflection/review

**spoilers!!**

im at a point in my life where i have a lot of free time at the end of the day and i find myself filling that slot with anime.

for the past two weeks, ace of the diamond has taken up a big portion of my mind as i found myself falling in love with the team and its players.

about a month ago was when i started a roll on watching sports anime. i caught up on haikyuu, binged blue lock and ao ashi, and finally spent another good chunk of time on free!!. ace of the diamond was no new title to me, yet for some reason i kept it on the back burner. i dont know why; whether it was the art style, the then-seemingly long list of episodes, or the fact that it was baseball. maybe it was all of them. when i burned myself out trying to find another anime, i finally settled on giving DnA a chance.

today, as i have finished all 176 episodes (no OVAs yet!) i confidently say it's one of my top, if not the top, anime ive seen so far.

i noted a few things as i progressed through the series: strong points, cons, favorite characters, and a few personal thoughts.

i will start off with the cons head on. daiya's is, i guess i could say, notorious? for its "annoying, loud, benchwarmer" MC. one genuine complaint i do have is the lack of animation quality in the third season. there were many still shots with voice overs, though i felt a little more satisfied with the animation towards the end. also, to a smaller extent, the anime is not as complete as the manga.

anyway, i think the slow burn is actually a strong point, as many others point out. indeed, it is the very low lows that make the highs so high. don't get me wrong, i love a stupidly powerful MC, such as mob psycho 100 or OPM, but the realism gives DnA its charm and relatability. when others say "season 1 is bad, season 2 is good, season 3 is amazing," they are not lying.

DnA's charm not only lies in its realism, but also its character development and character interactions. brotherhood, leadership, and teamwork are all themes throughout the anime. the way the third years cared for their juniors and the way the juniors fought to elongate their seniors' summers was beautiful, heart-wrenching, and gut-punching to me, a recent college graduate. these types of moments are not uncommon in sports anime, but something about DnA's execution made it so much more..emotional? relatable? whether it was due to convenient timing or the fact that the sheer amount of episodes made me feel like they were actually my own friends, i just felt so much more compelled when watching daiya.

on the topic of my personal emotions, as i said, the themes of graduating/retiring really hit home for me. but that made daiya all the more special to me. both personal relatability and just watching everyone's hard work made it so easy to sympathize with their determination. maybe it was the countless scenes of them heaving and gasping for air; or the scenes where TJ made their frustrations so visible and vulnerable. as a watcher, i did not see myself rooting for some characters in a show; normally, i'd take a normal stance with the expectations that the "of course, the MC team will win." i saw myself rooting for my friends. in addition, knowing TJ, we can never be too sure on how seido's games will actually go. everything comes down to the realism. it's daiya's realism that made me feel their passion, made them so relatable, and made it feel like they were actually at high stakes. i truly, rarely never cry when watching an anime. besides assassination classroom, no other anime has made me so emotional. not only that, but daiya made me cry several times. the amount of immersion is insane.

to no surprise, my favorite character is miyuki. he was the know-it-all. he was essentially the rock of seido with his calls. i often found myself wondering how strong seido would be without miyuki. no disrespect to ono; as he proved, and as kataoka also believes, ono is also reliable. but miyuki was just built different bro. anyway, i appreciated his character for not only baseball iq, but his rapid maturity into the captain role, and his flexibility with his juniors. i found his personality very admirable and his logical approach to situations both relatable and reliable. other characters i particularly were fond of were chris and kuramochi. if okumura had more screen time, i could also see him climbing up my list. as someone who had no prior baseball knowledge, daiya/seido as a whole, but particularly chris and miyuki, gave me a newfound respect for and fundmental understanding of baseball.

i think one last thing i wanted to note was that i really don't read manga. but for daiya, im definitely gonna pick up the manga now. i have never done this before for an anime, even others i really liked--hxh, haikyuu, one punch man, etc. i just never felt compelled to read the story further beyond the anime. but for daiya, this is something im willing to do. i just love it that much.

if you are having second thoughts or are debating on watching DnA, def watch it if you do not mind slow burn and can take a realistic approach. on the other hand, i do not recommend if you want to see an OP MC.

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i am truly a nobody, especially not a professional anime critic LMFAO but i just wanted to vent my thoughts of daiya somewhere :) these are just my personal opinions

[theomnicode]

OPM 176 spoilers:

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How do you recognice a dangerous villain?

Their first instinct is to remove anybody and anything that could give proof and information about their existence and their motives. So nobody is able to form any countermeasures against them and prepare until it's already too late for when they decide to strike.

They don't want to leave any witnesses behind.

If he gets backed into a corner, like Tatsumaki is doing, so he has to flee the scene...expect him to try and kill Psykos first.

Because she knows about Tsukuyomi.

[theomnicode]

OPM chapter 176 spoilers:

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"I must go, my people need me."

"See ya."

[theomnicode]

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I think Psykos quickly began to hard regret being curious enough to read the Necronomicon.

[opmedits]

“You have terrible manners, sister”

One Punch Man 176

[opmedits]

"Why is she still alive?”

One Punch Man 176

[theomnicode]

New chapter 176 teaser just dropped

From Murata's twitter, teaser

Is this the name of episode 221 from Dr. ONE?

You can barely make out Saitama, probably Fubuki and then an executive next to them. Murata sensei sketched 21 pages today and I heard talks that last chap was mistakenly the last one of the year.

*rubs hands*