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@primrosea
The trope of someone dropping a meteor into a battlefield has been around longer than that. Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Toriko, Fairy Tail, OPM, even Pokemon or freaking Godzilla have all used it. In fact, the trope of a rogue celestial body on a collision course with Earth in Japanese media arguably goes back to as far as 1962's Gorath (there may be older examples, but as far as I know Gorath is the oldest example from Japan)
Nevertheless, being overused aside, meteors are the laziest way to create stakes and tension. The scientists found a celestial object approaching Earth at an alarming speed, but the only way to prevent it is to obliterate it in space, as moving the Earth out of its course is impossible. So it's the easiest way to showcase the Hero's strength, as he proceeds to just destroy it.
For once, I'd like to see a shounen hero with stock superpowers of superhuman physical characteristics and maybe energy projection trying to fight a biological or chemical threat
The trope of someone dropping a meteor into a battlefield has been around longer than that. Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Toriko, Fairy Tail, OPM, even Pokemon or freaking Godzilla have all used it. In fact, the trope of a rogue celestial body on a collision course with Earth in Japanese media arguably goes back to as far as 1962's Gorath (there may be older examples, but as far as I know Gorath is the oldest example from Japan)
Nevertheless, being overused aside, meteors are the laziest way to create stakes and tension. The scientists found a celestial object approaching Earth at an alarming speed, but the only way to prevent it is to obliterate it in space, as moving the Earth out of its course is impossible. So it's the easiest way to showcase the Hero's strength, as he proceeds to just destroy it.
For once, I'd like to see a shounen hero with stock superpowers of superhuman physical characteristics and maybe energy projection trying to fight a biological or chemical threat
