Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24319911-20160701130131/@comment-31050710-20170705032524

Crazy Idea:

Maybe Blast actually IS a lie?

The fact that he is shown as part of a told story does not entirely eliminate the possibility of him being entirely fabricated.

After all, isn't it suspicious that the supposedly strongest hero, that the "Last Hope" of humanity if the whole S-Class is out-classed by any threat never shows up to anything, and never communicates on-screen (if you will) with the characters or the Association?

Wouldn't it make a decent amount of sense, in a World where threats that could potentially be lethal to all humanity, for the Hero Association to implant the idea of an ultimate savior to place fate in to avoid complete panic when some S-Class are outclassed?

Doesn't the mesage that Tatsumaki supposedly received from him and transmits to the characters and the readers also fit with that idea? That you shouldn't expect help from him, and that you should fight for yourself?

It makes also go a long way to explain why nothing like the Hero Association was formed before Saitama's first acts of heroism; who knows when the monster menace started? If Blast is a lie, that so can Tatsumaki's story partially be a lie too.

Otherwise, I guess Blast might be an overestimated hero - maybe just weaker that Tatsumaki, thus not seeing the point of showing up if she is there to protect the World - or just quite plainly someone as strong as Saitama (perhaps related) or somewhere in between Saitama and Tatsumaki. I'll be the first to admit that I do expect something that defies the expectations and tropes a bit more than that second option, though.