<p>In the <em>One Punch Man</em> manga, Saitama is often shown reading recently published and popular manga. In the anime, you can often see his bookshelf filled with manga.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/gcRHG.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/gcRHG.jpg" alt="Bookshelf in Saitama&#39;s room containing many manga"></a></p>

<p>I suspect that the designs come from real manga series, but I am not well versed with the appearance of manga spines, nor can I read the blurry text on the spines. </p>

<p>Is there any idea where series/serials are from? </p>

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2019-04-13T17:53:56.970Z
Might be a parody of existing manga, the clearest spine on the bottom shelf reads 少年ヨンデー (*Shonen Yonde*) which is a parody of 少年サンデー (*Shonen Sunday* magazine)
Aki Tanaka
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2019-04-14T15:44:19.533Z
Well, Yusuke Murata did draw https://twitter.com/HxHSource/status/954055097524273152 to celebrate Yoshihiro Togashi's 50th birthday. Apart from the HXH reference, the first stack of books on the first shelf at least to me seems like a reference to Dragon Ball.
Gary Andrews30
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2019-04-14T15:51:00.253Z
Also related from [Yahoo! Answers](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20161021075517AApKPvc) and [Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q12152625967): the first series on the top shelf looks like making an image of a dragon (could be *Dragon Ball* as per Gary's comment), the next series seems from ero love-comedy, the second shelf has ある馬鹿の人生 series by 本々はじめ (both fictitious title and author). The rest is too blurry to be recognized.
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What is Saitama reading?
# What is Saitama reading?
Posted by: username_0 on 2019-04-13
In the *One Punch Man* manga, Saitama is often shown reading recently published and popular manga. In the anime, you can often see his bookshelf filled with manga.

[![Bookshelf in Saitama's room containing many manga](https://i.sstatic.net/gcRHG.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/gcRHG.jpg)

I suspect that the designs come from real manga series, but I am not well versed with the appearance of manga spines, nor can I read the blurry text on the spines.

Is there any idea where series/serials are from?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Might be a parody of existing manga, the clearest spine on the bottom shelf reads 少年ヨンデー (*Shonen Yonde*) which is a parody of 少年サンデー (*Shonen Sunday* magazine)  
> **username_2**: Well, Yusuke Murata did draw https://twitter.com/HxHSource/status/954055097524273152 to celebrate Yoshihiro Togashi's 50th birthday. Apart from the HXH reference, the first stack of books on the first shelf at least to me seems like a reference to Dragon Ball.  
> **username_1**: Also related from [Yahoo! Answers](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20161021075517AApKPvc) and [Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q12152625967): the first series on the top shelf looks like making an image of a dragon (could be *Dragon Ball* as per Gary's comment), the next series seems from ero love-comedy, the second shelf has ある馬鹿の人生 series by 本々はじめ (both fictitious title and author). The rest is too blurry to be recognized.  
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