Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24319911-20160701130131/@comment-110.54.148.38-20170928095159

78.101.183.252 wrote: The thing I'm looking for is what would Blast's purpose be in the story? He can't be another one of those S-class heroes and just be another character amongst them. He can't be very weak but overrated because we already have King. So he MUST be overpowered, much more than Tatsumaki.

And by being much more powerful than Tatsumaki, he's either an outer space alien (Like Boros) Or a human with a broken / partially broken limiter (Like Garou). So we can make a pretty good conclusion that he must be the most powerful hero other than Saitama.

So if he's powerful, what would he be when he is introduced? Saitama's ally? Rival? Enemy? Sensei? Student? Family? We can rule out the obvious ones.

We already had an enemy which had a partially broken limiter, Garou. So if he's to be an enemy, he must be as powerful as Saitama. This would actually line up pretty well with the upcoming arc of the "New hero association". So Blast could join the new heroes and Saitama would stay in the old association. It could lead up to a civil war between the 2 associations. Imagine Blast in the war, destroying S-class like it's nothing, and having some drama between him and the girl (Or should I say woman? ._.) who idolized him, Tatsumaki. Then Saitama appears and it becomes a showdown between the 2 most powerful beings on earth. But I think this is too early.

The other option which was being an ally is kind of unlikely. Imagine this: " Blast and Saitama become friends and... destroy monsters? Pretty lame if you ask me. Maybe they both partner up to beat the "God" that was shown to us in Homeless Emperor's vision? Possible, but kind of lame too.

Could he be a rival? This would be pretty good, them having sparring matches every once in a while, and competing each other in monster kill counts. This could re-ignite Saitama's thrill of life but in a competitive way and not in battling monsters. This could actually be pretty good, but I dont see where it would lead up to. Betreyal? Death? I dont know.

Sensei and Student are pretty bad theories if you ask me personally. We already have a student figure in Genos, and I dont see any reason to have Saitama train if he doesnt even want to be powerful anymore. These are highly unlikely.

Last but not least, a family member. Blast could be Saitama's Father, Uncle, Brother, maybe even Cousin. But the most important thing is, so what? Blast appears to be Saitama's father who is overpowered just like Saitama... What next? They battle monsters together? Take on "God" in a father-son tag team? Being his older brother could make for a good rival, but that would just make the blood relation kind of irrelevant. This theory is very famous in the community but I dont see what purpose it would have in the story.

My personal favourite is him being an enemy. I want to see Saitama FIGHT. I want something to get me hyped for. I want a strong enemy. I want Blast vs Saitama.

Remember this is only my opinion, feel free to discuss it with me, but dont get too salty if I wrote off any of your theories. I would really pike to see Saitama bleed & get bruised up, proving that he is just indeed mortal & human, just like all of the orfinary people in the OPM universe, ofc, this would build-up for Saitama's character development, whether he is untouchable, there's always gotta be that one guy who gets to be even or stronger by him, and I believe this hyping & build-up for Blast would not be wasted for naught.