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1/ Heard this was really hype!
Especially after the events of last chapter with Saitama running into God
This going to be VERY interesting

Anyways “Abyss”, Love this cover page, it’s definitely one of my favorites Murata has done!

The moon is an eye & the cube

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2/ Starting where we left off! Perfect!

Apparently none of them, not even Saitama actually sees God within the abyss

The darkness absorbs all the light, so it’s impossible to see what’s actually inside the hole 🕳

Suddenly...God speaks out to them!
OH SHIT 😯
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3/ We know Homeless Emperor has visited God, surprisingly he seems shocked to have 3 people visit at once. Makes you wonder if he’s actually a God, if he was he’d been expecting them.

So was this encounter actually meant to happen? Or is this Saitama’s fate?
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4/ God presents an offer to bestow his power to anyone that places their hand on that black box & makes a wish. However, you must be worthy to gain the power; otherwise you’ll likely die.

So does this imply God can bend reality & manifest anything into existence?
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4a/ Reading again,it sounds like God has to be “injected” into someone to manifest their desires & give them power

He refers them as “vessels” & could be God transfers his essence to the vessel through the hand on the box 📦

BUT how is one determined as worthy?
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5/ 😳😳😳🚨🚨🚨

Black Hole Opens!
Man INSIDE black hole, looks familiar!
*reads heel* “Blast”....

................
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6/ 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

RED ALERT THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
THIS
IS
NOT
A DRILL
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7/ 🚨BLAST IS HERE!🚨
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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7a/ 💀
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8/ BLAST! Looks all damaged up, like he’s been in a long fight

He immediately focuses on the cube!
Asks if they accepted the deal?
If they willingly touched the cube.

Says he’s going around collecting MULTIPLE cubes as they are a source to communicate with “HIM”
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9/ God immediately senses Blast & he’s PISSED!

Blast is also aware about who’s Flashy Flash & is somewhat up to date with events

So HOW long has Blast been missing? It seems like all his time has been focused on countering “Him”

Questions upon questions pile up
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10/ Flashy Flash trying to feed his ego goes at Maximum speed & tries to attack Blast!

Blast looking like a CHAD!
Not even fazed 😂
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11/ LASHY LASH 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
HOLD THAT L SON! 😭😭

DUDE SWEATING 😅

KNOW YOUR ROLE!
BLITZED BY

BLAST THE CHAD 🏆
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12/ Blast says time in the dimension is slower than in their world...
So again HOW LONG?

It’s got to be like a 1:15 ratio, where for every 15 years passed, it’s only a year in here because Blast doesn’t look like he aged much. But he’s been missing for some time
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13/ So now it’s clear that
Saitama ISNT Blast!

Now the significance here is why is there a connection between Blast & Saitama.

And more importantly if not from Blast, how did Saitama get his powers? There’s a link between them & “Him”
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14/ Blast puts his arms together & again forms a black hole around himself & the others

So Blast’s power involves Warping & Gravitational Pulling...THAT’S OP!

Finally he sends regards to Sitch (Leader of the Hero Association) & Tatsumaki

VERY INTERESTING
HYPE!
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15/ Back above the surface with the other S Heroes

Child Emperor is in doubts as being the leader since he misjudged Bang & Genos capability for this rescue operation

Asks Zombieman to be leader

Ironically though, Sweet Mask says a leader needs to be human😂
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16/ Zombieman reassures Child Emperor that his capabilities as leader far exceeds his as Emperor learns about trusting his teammates through this experience

For being a “monster” Zombieman seems to be the most humane hero of them all. Just a cool dude
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17/ Spoke too soon....😳

Ironically from earlier this chapter a creation from “Him” has arrived!
Homeless Emperor has returned!

All the Demon level threats should be rising up to the surface shortly
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18/ TATSUMAKI! 🔥🔥🔥
Here little caption looks like “Fuck”, but it’s “FLICK” 😂😂

RIP Orochi

Tatsumaki pulls out the Gurren Laggan esque attack & drills all the way towards the center of the Earth
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19/ Flashy Flash’s Insta-Kill just taking a ride with Tatsumaki’s drill LOL!

More importantly, didn’t see people mention this but there’s a temple underground.

There’s like a drawing depicting humans offering things to a flying being & stuff falling from the sky
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20/ This has to be a reference to “Him”

It looks like “He’s” being revered as a God because you have people kneeling down before “Him”

Looks like one person is providing an offering or a sacrifice to “Him” & in exchange their’s gifts accepted with open arms
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21/ Final Thoughts:

1. Think Blast is trapped in between dimensions, so he can’t escape but only interact with reality through the cubes

2. Saitama is not ready to face “Him” yet, thus why he couldn’t see in the abyss

3. Hope for more deviations from Web Comic

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