Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-112.211.73.177-20161201140051/@comment-174.51.135.50-20161203120800

I have strong reason to believe he is Saitama's dad. Let's look at the few things we've gathered over time:

1. We don't know anything about Saitama's family. Like at all.

2. Saitama himself doesn't know where his power comes from. This is confirmed when he mentions his training regime, and after Genos calls bullshit on what Saitama told them, Genos mentions that "he doesn't even know where he gets his power". I took this from the anime.

3. This would mean Saitama got his powers from something other than his training regime. Passed genetically most likely. Like Goku being a Saiyan.

4. Blast's costume is extremely similar to Saitama's, but more detail. This could be because they went to the same person to make their costume, but my money is on it's a family tradition or heirloom kinda thing, once again, like how Goku, Gohan, and Goten have the same garbs.

5. Saitama was/is a hero as a hobby. Blast is a hero as a hobby. Saitama could have gotten his values from his long lost father and promised to keep his reasoning alive.

6. Blast believed Tatsumaki should be strong on her own so she doesn't have to depend on anyone. Saitama has followed this same value with Fubuki.

7. I'm going to reach here and mention how Blast innately made Tatsumaki want to be better. Saitama has a similar effect on people close to him. This is kinda prevalent in anime, you can see it with the 4th Hokage and Naruto, as a quick example.

8. We haven't seen Blast in the present day yet. This is because his appearance is going to be used as a plot point later. The big reveal is that when Saitama finally meets him, he will put two and two together and find out that Blast is his dad. Yes, he is supposed to be an elusive character, but especially with the other stuff we know about him, this just makes sense. The writers are still setting up their fateful meeting.

9. I think the reason Saitama is bald is a plot device for humor. Nothing more. The fact that he trained so hard his hair fell out is funny, and it makes the series that much funnier when characters comment on it. Humor is a main point of the series. That could also explain why the heroes that know him haven't compared Saitama to Blast yet, because Blast still has a full head of hair, since he knew he was already strong. This will make for some great jokes when they meet, Blast making fun of him and all.

That's all I got for now, let me know if I missed anything. I had to comment because the amount of people in these forums saying he's Mob or he's Saitama from the future infuriated me. They wouldn't introduce a character from a different series out of nowhere, that would ruin it for the people that don't follow that series. And time travel or things of that caliber haven't been used once since the series started, that's a huge shot in the dark to assume they'd bring it in.