Sasa I Dont Want This Kind of Hero Art

Naga, your everyday normal high school student, is recruited by the government agency SPOON to be a superhero. Of course, he refuses correct away. Who in their right mind would e'er want to be a superhero anyways?

You have to go on a Hush-hush Identity to foreclose villains from targeting your loved ones, you can't hold a decent job considering too much of your time and energy is spent on trying to save the earth, and no one appreciates the things you do because they don't know that you're out there risking your life to protect everyone else. It's much improve to cram for college entrance exams and then that y'all tin can accept a career in something ordinary, right?

Well, actually... every single concern is addressed, and our protagonist volition walk the path of a somewhat apathetic superhero after all.

A Slice of Life Sci-Fi action comedy Korean Webtoon by author samchon, it is a humorous deconstruction of the superhero vs. villain tale. It is serialized in Korean hither. You can read it in english language hither.

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This comic provides examples of:

• Action Girl: Simply about any female agent counts as one, though Dana, as chief, is i of the more prominent ones.
• Adult Fear:
  • Information technology's hardly a surprise that when Naga's parents visit him in the hospital, they tell him he should quit beingness a hero. For that thing, Spoon really had to lie to them nigh why Naga was hospitalized to brainstorm with, claiming that he collapsed out of burnout rather than being severely injured.
  • The story of Baek Morae and No. 2'south relationship is essentially that of a parent who has to spotter their kid go a criminal and struggles to take that this is beyond their control at present (every bit well as blaming themselves for it), every bit well equally having to choose betwixt children (in this case, between Baek Morae, his "first" child, and Osu, his "current" one).
  • As Fantastic Racism and human trafficking ramps upwards, at least one executive becomes understandably afraid that his Half-Homo Hybrid grandchild volition become a victim, and it'south why he wants to rent Naga and then desperately.
• Affably Evil/Faux Affably Evil: Various members of Knife, who are friendly and treat Spoon similar long-lost family. Doesn't mean that they accept any qualms about fighting them, though.
• Affectionate Parody: Of the superhero genre.
• All Genes Are Codominant: Played direct and subverted. Half-Homo Hybrids accept after both the brute and the human, but if two different hybrids produce a kid, the kid will only receive the animal characteristics of ane parent. Information technology's why Hyena is initially surprised to see Vicki, who has both wings and true cat ears—earlier Vicki reveals that her mother was an action figure come to life.
• All Love Is Unrequited: Barring pocket-size characters/characters who eventually die, the examples of happy, requited couples is limited solely to Haze and Raptor and Gregor and Eunbidan and vastly outnumbered.
  • Dana is in love with Osu, who appears to be Oblivious to Love.
  • Yuda is in dearest with Eunbidan, who ends up with Gregor.
  • Songha is in love with Young Jeong, who non just considers him far too young simply sees him as a disposable pawn.
  • Lady is in love with Naga, who would prefer that she stay far, far abroad from him.
  • Orca is in love with Medusa, who sees him more than as a surrogate son than anything.
  • The entire plot happens because Baek Morae is in love with Raptor while she would very much rather come across him dead.
• Ambiguous Time Menses: For the almost function, the setting resembles modernistic-day Earth (specifically, it takes place in Korea). Nevertheless, it mentions racism of the non-fantastic kind beingness a affair of the past, which would betoken it taking place in the future were it non for the lack of any other futuristic signs.
• And the Hazard Continues: Spoon—or whichever proper noun they're going by at present—is however standing, even after the fall of Knife, and Naga continues to work for them. As the last lines become:

  Naga: Thanks for saying thanks. I'll practice better tomorrow.

• Anti-Hero: Spoon's got a few of these. Naga falls under the 'manifestly, unmotivated' category, while the likes of Dana and Brume fall nether the 'pragmatic jerk' category.
• Anti-Villain: Conversely, while some members of Knife are vicious or at least questionably sane, some members such as Orca and Kanna treat the entire affair as more of a job that they're occasionally tired of. Or, similar Song Ha, are considerably honourable to the signal where you take to wonder why the heck they're with Knife.
  • Guineung outright lampshades this trope, commenting that kind villains are all the rage since they subvert stereotypes.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: The hero briefly finds the idea of summoning demons ridiculous — until his Winged Humanoid companion calls attending to himself. Besides, the main grapheme is telekinetic, and his other teammate is a witch.
• Fine art Evolution: It'southward a 300+ capacity long serial (200+ on the English site), so this is inevitable. As times goes on, the fine art style uses more subtle lineart and smoother and more circuitous shading.
• Fine art-Way Dissonance: The colors are bright, the fine art is clean, and while it's generally humorous, the comic touches on things like slavery, human trafficking, obsession, and more.
• Berserk Button: Baekmorae himself is this for a few people. Song Ha's betrayal is too apparently one for Sasa.
• Amend to Die than Exist Killed: During his period of existence Brought Down to Normal, Naga considers suicide as it would likely be less painful than waiting for Knife to find and kill him one time they realize he's no longer useful to them.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Whoo boy.
  • Baekmorae Used to Be a Sweet Kid, earlier trauma was piled up on him and he snapped difficult.
  • Naga's mostly an easygoing and compliant guy, merely suffice to say that Dune learned his lesson about never stripping him of his powers equally a examination, considering that Naga was this close to going on an Unstoppable Rage.
  • Raptor is typically the Cool Big Sis. If Baekmorae enters the equations, yet...
  • No. 1 is usually a friendly guy who seems like he wouldn't impairment a fly. His response when he finally meets the man who ruined his little brother's life? Try and shoot the guy.
  • Sasa is 1 of the nicest characters in the series. If It's Personal, though, all bets are off.
• Bifauxnen: Dana. Conversely, her male counterpart, Judas, is a Bishounen.
• Big Brother Instinct:
  • No. i towards No. 2, veering on Knight Templar Big Blood brother given that he absolutely flips upon meeting Baekmorae. While non regarding that item incident, Dune lampshades this trope when discussing No. ane with Dana.
  • Sasa, though not related to Naga and Hyena by blood, occasionally displays this, likely due to being the oldest member of the trio.
• Big Blood brother Mentor: Sasa'due south expected to be one towards Naga. That said, Dune fits the part better, peculiarly what with being Naga'south actual mentor.
• Bio-Augmentation: Baekmorae (along with others) was involved with this in the past, with it existence what broke him. Some villains go along up with it in the present.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Literally. Dana gets sent to deal with a bullying situation, immediately beating up the wolf to defend the sheep, only to discover that it's the sheep who's the bully.
• Bittersweet Ending: In the finish, life goes on. Naga may have become much wearier of the hero business organization, but it didn't pause him, and he states that he'd still help people regardless. Dune has accustomed that he tin can't handle his job and has become a teacher instead, Sasa fulfilled his revenge even if it perhaps didn't cure everything, and very pointedly, right afterward Naga notes that he hasn't seen No. ii—who ended up the near broken out of everyone—come outside all this time, he sees No. ii stepping out to assistance No. 1 and Gregor with the flowers.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Due to the series' nature equally a gag comic, it'due south fond of doing this.
• Brought Down to Normal: Dune's power involves invoking this on people, using fume.
• The Call Knows Where Yous Alive: A light-hearted version: after Naga rejects Dana and Guineung's offering to join Spoon, Guineung basically stalks the poor guy.
• Cast from Hit Points: When Naga expresses surprise that healers need stamina, Dune explains that information technology'south because healing powers work in this style.
• Cerebus Rollercoaster: The serial basically lives the Mood Whiplash life 24/7. Ane can expect humorous (or, at the very to the lowest degree, light-hearted) moments in between all the gruesome and depressing events that occur, or vice versa—coincidental moments of darkness in between the humour.
• Chekhov's Gunman:
  • That girl who asks Guineung about Spoon at the start of the series? She turns out to be a member of Knife, as revealed much later.
  • No. 1 can exist seen very early on as one of Naga's acquaintances on his style to school. It's not revealed nether later that he has ties to Spoon.
• Chick Magnet: Sasa, occasionally to his dismay. The writer stated that he is objectively the about handsome man that appears in this webcomic. Vivian appears to have him beat, though, as he received more Valentine'southward Twenty-four hours chocolates. The author stated that he is the one who objectively acts the virtually gentlemanlike toward women.
• Consummate Immortality: Research'due south being done in hopes of achieving it, though cipher entirely successful just notwithstanding.
• Continuity Cameo: Sara (Sasa's younger brother, who featured in the original edition of the webtoon) can be seen when the main trio visits Fork.
• Absurd and Unusual Penalisation: Meet Our Demons Are Different.
• Dark Action Daughter: Merely as how Spoon has their share of Action Girls, Pocketknife has their share of this, with prominent examples being Medusa and Lady.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Despite the series existence a gag comic, information technology's fond of these. Degrees of coping range anywhere from the likes of Guineung, who functions well in spite of it, to No. 2 who's fine as long every bit certain elements don't come, to Dune's who's a Vanquish-Shocked Veteran, to Baekmorae's who'southward... Baekmorae.
• Dark Is Not Evil: The demons.
• Deconstruction: Of the superhero genre.
• Destructive Saviour: Played for Laughs in Ch. 0. Naga and co. apprehend the thief by destroying the motorbike he was using to become away... only to remember that the stolen object they were meant to retrieve was said motorcycle.
• Dwindling Political party: One time the beginning Knife fellow member dies, all bets are off. Merely about an arc after Songha'due south death, Lady and Sewol follow suit. The Terrible Trio then play it condom and stay out of Spoon's sight for a while, merely once again, once Orca bites it, the remainder sequentially kicking the bucket in curt order.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Calling the executives evil is pushing it, but The Reveal is that for all they hounded Naga on acting every bit a bodyguard for them, the ones they really wanted him to protect were their Half-Human Hybrid relatives, not themselves.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Redrum'due south minions are nonviolent villains who don't use hardhearted things like guns. This might accept been more beauteous if they hadn't said this to Naga and co., whom they had just captured and who were nether the impression that they were armed.
• Everyone Has Standards: The one standard that anybody seems to have, from demons to Knife, is that pedophilia is despicable.
• Exact Words: While investigating an enemy hideout, Naga finds something that could sweep abroad a whole block! ... Aka a broom.
• Famed in Story: Subverted. Near heroes aren't known individually by the public (as Dune points out, when heroes deed in numbers and don't carp with secrecy, people lose interest), which generally works out for the ameliorate—it means they can live their ordinary lives easily. Exceptions come up by and large in the form of those who are famous outside of being a hero, such as Young Jeong, or attract fans due to their looks, such as Sasa.
• Fantastic Racism: Against mystical creatures and One-half-Human Hybrids.
• Flight: Naga and co. are the flight team—Naga tin levitate with his powers, Hyena flies on her broom, and Sasa has wings.
• Funny Groundwork Issue: While Hyena and Sasa are on the subway, on their way to aid Naga on a mission, an consequence tin can be seen with the passengers sitting beyond from them.
• The Gadfly: Haze and Raptor, much to Sasa's misfortune.

• Adept Is Not Soft: Spoon as a whole tends to veer into this category, just special mentions goes to Sasa, one of the few who outright and very intentionally kills someone who was supposed to simply be arrested.
• Half-Human Hybrid: Mutual in this globe.
• Healing Factor: No. i and No. 2 possess quite a strong one.
• Hero Insurance: Averted. This doesn't exist, hence why Dune is very fussy about the heroes not committing vandalism and destruction. When a (unspecified) graphic symbol apparently destroys a jitney and Dune is on Spoon's instance for it, Dana decides to dock the pay of whoever wrecked it as compensation.
• Heroes "R" Us: Spoon.
• Heroism Won't Pay the Bills: Why Naga doesn't want to bring together Spoon at first.
• Belongings Out for a Hero: Dana comments on (and agrees with the possibility of) this phenomenon.
• I Just Want to Be Normal
• Ideal Hero: Dune wishes Spoon would be closer to this rather than an Anti-Hero. Unsurprising, because that in Dune's 'stats', he ranks with a perfect score in integrity and zero in evilness, peradventure making him the closest member to this. Ironically, though, he's the i with the Sympathetic Murder Backstory, though his personality is why it haunts him then much.
• Interspecies Romance: Adequately commonplace, hence the affluence of Half-Human Hybrids.
• Jerk with a Middle of Aureate:
  • Dana is violent and ill-tempered, but ultimately cares for her subordinates and tries to do the correct thing.
  • Brume cares about money. And his girlfriend, Raptor. But mostly money—but even so nearly Raptor also!
  • Dune is constantly getting on people's cases for i reason or some other, but he genuinely believes in the paradigm of the Ideal Hero (hence why he's always nagging virtually people's behaviour).
• Child Hero: Hyena, Stell, and Naga, who are all minors.
• Knight in Shining Armor: Venom attempts to salve Tracy from Baekmorae merely for their roles to be reversed—Tracy is the gallant hero while Venom is the Damsel in Distress, apparently, complete with hilarious mental imagery on Venom's part.
• Laughably Evil: Redrum and co. They become straight to Naga'south school to 'speak' with him, merely to exist told that he'southward on cleaning duty, so they'll accept to expect for him. Hilariously enough, they patiently exercise.
• Loads and Loads of Characters: Non even accounting side characters such every bit the Victim of the Week, there's at least 3-four organizations to keep runway of.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Song Ha and Orca. Funnily enough, the reason Orca grew his hair out was because Medusa commented on Vocal Ha existence this trope.
• Dear at First Sight: Venom has merely ever seen Tracy and never spoken with her. Never heed the fact that he'll never be able to touch her, given their corresponding powers—he admits that he'south never heard her voice and knows admittedly nothing about her personality-wise. Nonetheless, he tin't help simply like her.
• Love Makes You Crazy/Love Makes You lot Evil: Suffice to say a skilful chunk of Pocketknife are motivated by beloved.
• Mood Whiplash: Don't be fooled by this series being a gag comic: information technology can just as easily become to being surprisingly dark, earlier switching back to humorous.
• Morality Kitchen Sink: Some of the heroes are only heroic in name only; some of the villains are extremely pure-hearted and well-intentioned.
• Mr. Vice Guy:
  • Haze really likes money, but is always on Spoon's side.
  • To a lesser degree, Dune is a heavy chain-smoker.
• Mundane Utility: Bated from the occasional act of heroism, this was how Naga used his ability earlier joining Spoon.
• Muscles Are Meaningless: Naga lampshades this as part of the "law of manga".
• No Body Left Behind: Venom and Tracy.
• No Periods, Period: Averted. One chapter has both Medusa and Dana on their period, with Orca having to go out and purchase tampons for the former, while the latter has to explain to Naga why beingness on your period makes sitting uncomfortable.
• Not Wearing Tights: One of Naga's first thoughts when meeting Dana and Guineung:

  Naga: 'And why are these "heroes" not wearing technicolor spandex suits?'

• Obstructive Bureaucrat: The executives, occasionally dipping into Corrupt Bureaucrat territory. They're in charge of Spoon—which most would find unfortunate, given that they're also nowhere near equally heroic. Unsurprisingly, Dana and the others can't stand most of them.
• Patently Evil: A sex offender whom Naga and co. are sent after. Funnily enough, according to the demon that Hyena summons, the man isn't this at all and instead looks to exist a human being of moral grapheme.
• 1 Person, One Power: While there are exceptions, this is the example for most people.
• Only in It for the Money: Not an entirely uncommon motivation for joining Spoon. For what information technology's worth, Dana is happy to exploit information technology.
• Only One Name: All the characters populating the world have but 1 name. Word of God says at that place are no last names or family names.
• Opposite-Sex Clone: Tracy is one to Baekmorae.
• Our Demons Are Unlike: Many of them look fearsome, only..
  • King Solomon dishes out a punishment for a series rapist that is harsh yet practical and PG-rated: rather than killing the criminal outright or condemning him to hell, the culprit's body is magically split into two magnetic halves that repel 1 another and handed over to the police.
• Passing the Torch: Young Jeong intends to do this with Naga, who is less than willing. She also demands that when he steps downwards, he pass the torch to his superpowered cousin.
• Poke the Poodle: Regarding demons:

  They're evil plenty to knock over a man in the bathroom and steal his toilet newspaper too.

• Police Are Useless: Averted. Spoon works in conjunction with the law (and occasionally, for simplicity's sake, merits to exist the police force with citizens who won't know the difference) and are shown to accept a decent relationship with them.
• Police Brutality: When the chief beats up a criminal who posed no immediate threat, she gets arrested, because... randomly punching people is against the law.
• Poisonous Person: Venom, due to being a sentient lump of toxic waste product.
• Power of Trust: In a negative fashion. Information technology's noted that "trust" is a shackle that can go on victims in calumniating situations: Baek Morae believed that the director trusted him and so put upward with the horrendous circumstances of the laboratory to laurels that faith (blissfully unaware that the director was invoking this). Similarly, it's implied that Orca follows Baek Morae'southward orders in part because he tin't become against someone expressing trust in him, in notwithstanding a twisted style.
• Power Trio: Teams in Spoon tend to consist of three people. Groups given so far include:
  • Naga, Hyena, and Sasa.
  • Haze, Raptor, and Stell.
• Precocious Shell: Not and then precocious now that he'south grown up, but Orca'due south been crushing on Medusa since he was a kid, despite her existence something like a mother figure.
• Punch-Clock Hero: Some of the Spoon heroes, due to it but beingness a job to them.
• Pyrrhic Victory: The commencement of the comic involves Naga and co. successfully acumen a thief... while completely wrecking the motorbike that he'd stolen.
• Refusal of the Call: Naga initially, as Heroism Won't Pay the Bills. He speedily starts singing a different melody when Dana reveal that they're employed past the government and paid.
• Race Fetish: It is a known fact that mystical creatures in man forms and most Half-Human being Hybrids tend to be bonny. At i betoken a pure human states that it would've been nice to have been born as a Hybrid because of this. Some observing Hybrids refrain from commenting, only their expressions tell how much they disagree. Also, in that location are Hybrids like Gregor the giant cockroach then it may be a stereotype.
• Sacrificial Lamb: Tracy and Venom.
• Shout-Out: Many, as a lot of the subtle humor comes from parody.
  • Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Gintama, The Simpsons, Pokémon...
  • Keep a look out for Mario at the neighborhood flower shop. Sasa as well at one bespeak compares Naga's actions to playing the game.
  • Gregor.
• Sole Survivor:
  • Dune, of a previous mission. It'due south function of what contributes to his current status every bit a Shell-Shocked Veteran.
  • While Vivian and his current team are nonetheless live, Sasa has a nasty tendency to outlive his allies: this is his third team, with over half of his previous teammates appearing to take died at some indicate. It gets to the point where he seriously considers suicide to join them.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: Venom and Tracy, the former living upwards to his namesake and the latter possessing a purification ability, meaning that they'd die if they touched i another.
• Superhero
• Super Forcefulness: Dana, Orca, and Guineung possess this.
• Super Villain
• Sympathetic Murder Backstory: He didn't quite kill them with his own hands, specifically, but Dune once intentionally left an ally to die in order to save his best friend instead. But to rub common salt into the wound, his friend ended up dying anyway, leaving Dune with a heaping of pointless guilt that he'due south never forgiven himself for.
• Sympathy for the Hero: Knife does occasionally feel bad for Spoon—being a hero is much harder than being a villain, what with being a Slave to PR and whatnot.
• The Placidity One: Sasa and Stel, both due to speech problems—Sasa has a short tongue, affecting his pronunciation, and Stel considering of his powers.
• Taking the Bullet: Dune does a non-fatal version of this for Naga. Because Dune's backstory and issues, it's especially poignant.
• Technicolor Optics: Tracy has blue optics mixed with gilded—a sign of her being a clone.
• Telepathy: Redrum'due south ability, on top of existence a witch.
• Terrible Trio: Baekmorae, Medusa, and Orca.
• Those 2 Guys:
  • The ii policeman who are occasionally involved with Spoon tasks.
  • Naga's two ordinary friends, whom he's oftentimes with when non on Spoon business.
• Together in Death: Venom and Tracy.
• True Companions: For all of their faults, everyone in Spoon is pretty much one giant family unit.
• Tsundere:
  • Dana is harsh and abrasive, but extremely dere for Oz. To a lesser extent, she's besides gentler with Stel than she is with most people.
  • A less extreme example, but Hyena tin easily go between appreciating and temperamental. Information technology appears to run in the family.
• Villain Has a Indicate: Discussed. Orca tells Naga that the organization Spoon belongs to isn't exactly clean, and the fact that the being of Knife hasn't been publicized throws farther suspicion on them. When Naga then relates this to Dana, request for answers, she admits that that'south all true—but does it thing? Fifty-fifty if Spoon has its shady areas, that doesn't modify the fact that Knife is full of mass murderers who need to be stopped.
• Walking Wasteland: Venom. Without a gas mask, yous probably shouldn't get near him.
• What Measure Is a Non-Man?: The traffickers in the "pet store" arc do non consider Half-Homo Hybrids to be human.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Everyone's reaction to Dune secretly deactivating Naga'southward powers equally ways of testing him, considering how badly Naga took it.
• White Hair, Black Center: Baekmorae and Haze, the former existence one of the main antagonists and the latter existence 1 of the more jerk-ish and pragmatic members of Spoon. No. 1 and No. 2 avoid this, however, every bit they're mostly affable people.
• Whole Episode Flashback: Used when explaining Baek Morae'due south Dark and Troubled Past and thus how Knife was formed, Sasa's early days at Spoon (introducing Guineung's Dark and Troubled Past and Sasa's offset team), and how Baek Morae and Raptor first met and why Raptor despises him now.
• Yandere: Knife has a few of these.
  • Baekmorae, towards Raptor. The fact that she's now dating Haze is a... pocket-size detail.
  • Lady, towards Naga.

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