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Super Ball Bombs

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Super Ball Bombs are compact explosives that go off the instant they strike a surface. Boiled relies on them as a signature weapon, and their debut against Sakamoto showed just how much havoc a handful of the little charges can cause in the middle of a fight.

Type: Explosive weapon
Creator: Boiled
First Use: Boiled's fight with Sakamoto
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Overview

These are small, ball shaped charges built to explode the moment they hit something. Their blast scales with the force behind them, so a harder throw yields a bigger detonation. Because they can be flung, bounced, and angled, they let a skilled user come at a target from several directions at once, piling on pressure that is difficult to read or dodge.

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Function

The bombs perform best when hurled rather than dropped, and their explosive punch grows the more momentum is put into the toss. In combat they excel at overwhelming an opponent through sheer coverage: scattered across a space, they ricochet off walls and floors to reach an enemy from odd lines, and they remain viable even at close quarters. Paired with precise aim, they turn into a genuinely lethal tool.

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Notable Users

Boiled both invented the weapon and stands as its foremost expert, having devised it during his school years. Only he and Sakamoto actually know what the charges are made of. He once demonstrated them for Sakamoto and Nagumo, and over time they became a core piece of his arsenal, deployed through scattershot patterns and rebounds that suit his precision. Sakamoto has resorted to one only a single time, but where Boiled favors speed and accuracy, Sakamoto leaned into raw power, setting off the bomb bare handed to produce the largest explosion the weapon has ever caused and badly wounding Boiled in the process.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the bomb guy in Sakamoto Days?

Boiled is the bomb specialist in Sakamoto Days, having invented the Super Ball Bombs during his school years and remaining their foremost expert.

How do Super Ball Bombs work?

Super Ball Bombs are small, ball shaped charges that explode the instant they strike a surface, with the size of the blast scaling to how hard they are thrown.

Who invented the Super Ball Bombs?

Boiled invented the Super Ball Bombs while he was still in school, and only he and Sakamoto know what the charges are actually made of.

How did Sakamoto use a Super Ball Bomb against Boiled?

Sakamoto has used a Super Ball Bomb only once, setting it off bare handed to produce the largest explosion the weapon has ever caused and badly wounding Boiled in the process.

Why are Super Ball Bombs effective in combat?

Super Ball Bombs excel in combat because they can be thrown, bounced, and angled to hit a target from multiple directions, overwhelming opponents with coverage that is hard to read or dodge.

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