Talk:Saitama/@comment-26053517-20180903073632/@comment-79.66.45.205-20180911114859

"Surface Wipe" is a mistranslation, The term used in japanese to describe the attack can be translated to say either "Shave the Earth" or "Erase the Earth," in context its referring to the latter.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePunchMan/comments/40pm9y/can_someone_translate_this_databook_page_for_lord/