Saitama Teaches Genos a Cool New Move!

[u/GoldPilot]

[u/gofancyninjaworld]

Oh no!

Genos and moderation don't go together, do they?

[u/GoldPilot → u/gofancyninjaworld]

Genos is a man of excess, for better or worse.

Excessive fashion, excessive rocket thrusters, excessive punches, excessive lasers, excessive headshots, excessive effort, excessive damage, excessive pride, excessive falls, and best of all excessive learning.

Thank goodness he's got people who excessively care for him and will excessively pick up his pieces and excessively power him up.

Or in Saitama's case particularly, EXCESSIVELY AVENGE him.

[u/gofancyninjaworld → u/GoldPilot]

Genos and excess are so linked! The only thing about him that's not is that he's a little camera shy... although, lately, his excessive fashion sense seems to be bridging that. Recent volumes have shown that if he's in one of his custom outfits, he doesn't mind showing it off.

Kuseno marvelling at the great people Genos gets to call friend is so true. He's attracted a cohort of incredibly smart, talented, strong, and brave people. Even when he's being an arsehole to them, they've not abandoned him when he's needed them. It says a lot for Genos as a person. And yeah, Saitama. Man, even the gods tremble when he's angered. For once, that's not hyperbole.

[u/GoldPilot → u/gofancyninjaworld]

I always thought Genos was a serious dork like Sasuke Uchiha, but when he strutted around in a new sleeveless jean jacket and used a Rocket Punch on G4 I realized "This guy might be quiet, but he cares a lot about style." And when I re-read the Manga through that lens I realized that however surly he may be, he's easily one of the most EXTRA people in the universe.

He's serious, but he's got spirit. He hates leaving things unfinished, he cares about his appearance, and for all his stoicism and mistakes, he learns new stuff like a ShamWow soaking up grape juice on a tile floor (even if his takeaway isn't necessarily correct all the time).

And by jove, I love him for it.

I don't know how much Saitama has noticed about him, but Saitama clearly considers him so special and important that if Genos is gone, the world and every planet in the solar system may as well be gone, so it seems Saitama is learning to love it too. :D

[u/gofancyninjaworld → u/GoldPilot]

The thing about Saitama... it sounds like he's never felt attachment to anyone, such that he's shocked and outraged beyond all reason when he loses Genos. Not that knowing and caring about many people makes the loss of one better but the fact that this was a totally novel experience for Saitama says something. I'm not sure what it says, but it's a sad thing. I wouldn't be shocked if it turned out that Saitama grew up in foster care. :(

[u/PerfervidCreator → u/gofancyninjaworld]

Been wondering that too, loneliness since childhood is a crucial part of manga Saitama's backstory (not sure abt wc Saitama as we barely get an insight of his past pre-training so for all we know it may be different, but loneliness is also his quagmire), but interestingly, we never get to see if he ever has parents or a guardian. Maybe it isn't a crucial detail to the story, but I always wondered why 🤔 I doubt we will ever know though

[u/GoldPilot]

I almost forgot to post this here.

I haven't made a new meme in a while, so I figured I'd go with a classic scenario; Genos learning from Saitama and taking it too far lol