#monsterization

I wonder...if or when Saitama suddenly remembers the ominous future, would he start to view himself as something non-human considering how ludicrous his feats were, become horrified at his actions in almost destroying the earth and monsterize as a result of that?

He's already alienated from his peers for being so strong (Chapter 77 - Bored as usual) and in the ominous future he also seemingly knows about there being no ceiling to anything he wants to do.

(Chapter 167 - I.O)

At the moment, he just did not care about anything besides protecting the core and beating Garou to internalize that fact and then stubbornly clung to Genos core to remind him of his humanity...but I do wonder if it would mess up with his head if he recalled now how messed up it is that he can interact with hyperspace portals like a cartoon character, something he knows is immaterial. And if him losing his memories is his subconscious protecting his mind from that.

It just begs the question "how much does Saitama know about his own powers" and has he subconsciously hidden away the logical impossibility of his feats from himself so he would not go insane or just stubbornly keeps ignoring those facts when they appear to him. If he doesn't think too hard, it's not too bad right? Things like entering Phoenixman's spiritual space, grabbing Void's energy swords, talking and breathing in space and seeing the backside of one's head should be impossible even to the people in OPM universe, anybody would get mental damage from that. Too much mental stress is definitely a factor in him going bald too.

I also keep on wondering if he unlocked some hidden key aspect of himself on the moon that he normally keeps well hidden.

(Chapter 121.5 - Back of my head)

Saitama is practically eldritch in nature, yet he's still human, eating and sleeping and sneezing like normal. Yet even Cosmic Garou wonders if he's still human in there, not once but twice, all but certain after the fight has neared its end. I cannot help but think it's quite ominous foreshadowing.

(Chapter 167 - I.O)

A horrifying dichotomy for Amai-mask to reverse his transformation and remain in his monster form when he's first and foremost, a hero in heart and mind and then be treated as a monster because of his outer shell. Who just mere moments ago, was told by Saitama that regardless of appearances and how he's being seen, he's still human and he got the courage to discard his human transformation despite everyone seeing him, effectively ending his hero career.

His worst nightmare would be to become that virus that ravages the world of OPM as the monster, instead of being the hero immunization system that cures it. It must be terrifying for him to have the sense that his consciousness is fading as he cannot concentrate enough to transform back into human. (Chapter 216: Monster)

Can you draw Lily as Bowgart with a pink fur

Hmm... something smells fishy here...

I already called this out when we got 170 but this just further makes it fishier. That Garou remembers fighting Blast, in that order too, but Garou himself calls out he lost his memory and everyone else also says he lost his memory...but this crucial detail? He still remembers.

That and Garou went to turn himself in and...he was being interrogated for dine and dashing instead? Uuh...and not actually the "absolute evil" and turning into a monster?

That with the narrative that people are suddenly forgetting how humans can turn into monsters but Garou still remembers...

It just does not add up at all. Uncanny feeling continues.

Not everything is what it seems.

I feel like we've been hoodwinked as omniscient reader about what the people in OPM universe actually know about their own world.

Do they...really not know that humans can monsterize as well? And how they can monsterize? That it's an unknown phenomenon? Or are they strictly talking about HE's monsterization, that monsters can appear in humanlike forms?

Are we as omniscient reader just been exposed to what causes the monsterization via Saitama encountering monsters who have turned into monsters and postured to him and he lived to tell those tales?

When the actual humans and populace in OPM world...don't, cuz the monsters are violent and kill them?

So the information is never publicized? And only select few individuals actually know but keep it to themselves, like Saitama, Sonic, Amai-mask, Genus, Psykos and Flash.

I am assuming Amai is just bullshitting here because there's no way he doesn't know he has monsterized because he lives in front of a mirror lol. But it would definitely be an interesting narrative if he did NOT know.

(Also nice reference to missing texture pack lol)

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