The Man Who Rages Against The Storm

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Chapter 1 Man Rages soStorm The Who Against the and the Cuck The storm stole everything from me.... O Anonymous 04/17/21(Sat)19:25:02 No.552297708 ► >>552298198 >>552298396 >>552298823 >>552299965 >>552300340 >>552300756 >>552300940 >>552301442 >>552301459 >>552301661 >>552302854 >>552303458 >>552306002 >>552306392 >>552306793 >>552307414 >>552308206 >>552309121 >>552309876 >>552312064 >>552313462 BaloN WONDERWORLD >>552296338 He represents the struggle of the common man. He lost everything due to the storm (an overwhelming external force) but must continue raging against it. But his rage isn't just anger or frustration, it's grit and resolve. This image portrays it quite clearly: >>552295276 You can see the storm take everything from him, but is he looking back at it? Reaching out his hand grasping at the past, desperate to recover what is already gone? No! He reaches his hand out to you, a fellow man, so that you can overcome these struggles together. Even when all his crops are chucked away by the rampaging whirlwind, he steels himself and looks ahead.. "There are people to feed, and I'm not out of seed yet."

Hey Vergil, your seed-ntoaline days are over.

Syberbolt @syberbolt bro this dude looks like Sneed its so funny. Punished Sneed - the man who rages against the storm. Chapter 1 The Man Rages Storm Against the The storm stole everything from me..

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About

The Man Who Rages Against The Storm is a nickname given to Jose, the farmer in the first chapter of Balan Wonderworld. The first chapter of the game is titled "The Man Who Rages Against The Storm," referring to Jose. The character became the subject of jokes due to the dramatic nature of his name contrasting with his cartoonish, friendly appearance.

Origin

"The Man Who Rages Against The Storm" is the first chapter in Balan Wonderworld. The level was first announced on October 30th, 2020 (shown below).

Introducing Chapter 1 "The Man Who Rages Against the Storm" – The first of twelve worlds inside the hearts of troubled souls in #BalanWonderworld pic.twitter.com/O8hqi6LGzC
— Balan Wonderworld (@balanwworld) October 30, 2020

The level was announced with a piece of key art showing the farmer and the title of the level (shown below). This would later go on to inspire many of the "Man Who Rages Against The Storm" jokes.

Chapter 1 Man Rages coStorm The Who Against the The storm stole everything from me... BaloN WONDERWORLD

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Jokes about "The Man Who Rages Against The Storm" began growing in popularity on 4chan's /v/ board in mid-April of 2021 as an offshoot of Sneedposting. For example, on April 20th, 2021, an anonymous user posted the level's key art in a thread, prompting Sneedposting jokes^[1] (shown below, left). From there, the jokes spread to other parts of social media. For example, Twitter user @frangusmcdangus^[2] posted art of Jose fighting Vergil from Devil May Cry 5, gaining over 50 retweets and 120 likes (shown below, right).