Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-176.78.141.165-20161006183419/@comment-25893909-20170116135109

146.115.97.116 wrote: You know, I really don't have a problem with the mosquito scene. It kind of makes sense if you use science. When Saitama moves to seize or squash the bug, he always does so quickly and with force. Now, as we've seen, Saitama's motions can create enormous disturbances in the air around him, capable of punching holes in mountains, and it's not surprising that moving with that kind of force, he would create air currents sufficient to move a mosquito out of the way of his grasp. The faster he moved, and the more force he used, the less likely he would be to catch it.

Of course, Saitama could still kill it by creating vibrations in the air sufficient to shake it to pieces, but such a move would probably also cause big damage to the other things and people around him. At the very least, it can't bite him successfully.

The only other point that might be an issue is when he tries to slap it the first time, and it clearly escapes from under his hand, but I think it's possible that it was just in one of the grooves of his fingers, and escaped being struck that way. Saitama has thin hands, so his finger gaps and palms would probably be larger than mine, meaning that a mosquito has more places to hide.

As I said, it sort of makes sense if you think about it. Plus, it demonstrates that in spite of his great strength, Saitama's actual fighting skill is a bit limited. Saitama's not the only one with limited fighting skills. Superman might have trained under Batman and learned Torquasm Rao and Torquasm Vo, but he still doesn't even qualify for a proper martial arts master. And neither does Sentry from Marvel.

Too bad Spider-Man learned The Way of The Spider and made it his fighting style.