5/18/20

Volume 3: Rumors

Volume 3 is here! The volume where Saitama and Genos become official heroes; also home to the famous Saitama vs. Genos sparring session, which will be taking up most of this volume's analysis. Trust me guys, it's almost as crazy as the one in the anime. Prepare yourselves!

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So instantly we see a return to the flipbook pages, which we discussed in the Volume 2 post. You thought ten pages was a lot? Well get ready for twenty-six pages of Genos' opening attacks. It's actually three separate camera shots too.

 
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I don't know what kind of performance-enhancing drugs Murata was on when he made this, but I need some myself.

Here's the gif. Hopefully the filesize isn't too big:



Absolutely insane.

But this time, the volume version actually did a really good job of adapting the fight - maybe even a better job.

The volume redraw gave the fight some more variety and a better flow, because while Genos' flipbook attacks are certainly impressive to experience, that's pretty much it. There's not a whole lot more in the original fight besides what I've shown you. The volume spices up the fight a lot, and it's a lot closer to what you see in the anime adaptation.

 
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After both sequences, Genos tries to hit Saitama with his gigantic incineration cannon blast, with some slight differences:

 
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Then Saitama taps Genos on the shoulder and does the awesome fake-out death punch. So the two versions of the fight end the same, they just have different contents.

What a chapter. Just one more thing...

Chapter 18

Speed-o'-Sound Sonic had a wardrobe inconsistency in the original release. He first showed up in a white shirt, and it later turned black. This got fixed in the volume release.

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Phew, that's that for this volume. So many flipbook pages to upload. I sure hope the next post doesn't have any more of those... ;)

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