Question Which novel/manga was the first to hire the notorious godly assassin truck kun?

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  1. Raven Evernight

    Raven Evernight But they never just accepted me for the way I was…

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    I’m sure we are all aware of the notorious killer truck kun and the fact that he’s actually a godly assassin the gods use to send humans to other worlds so I was wondering who hired him first like which novel or manga created the truck kun that kills mc and sends them to another world please tell me if you know
     
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    lunarshadow Well-Known Member

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    The first appearance I know of Truck-san is back in 1963 with Astro Boy. Might be an earlier case, but that's the earliest one I know of.

    Oh special honorable mention goes to 1982 Princess Minky Momo.
     
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    powwder Well-Known Member

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    I assume Truck Kun existed before trucks were invented. in fact real life trucks were created in his image.
     
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    Bobasis Weeeeee

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    I’m actually really curious who hired truck-kun first .
     
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    Synthium Well-Known Member

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    I remember truck-sama back when I was addicted to isekai, before all the clichés got boring.
    This is actually a very interesting question: perhaps Mushoku Tensei?
     
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    HappyHavak The Laughing Sage

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    Not isekai but didn't Yu-Yu-Hakusho start with MC dying to a truck? Or car?
     
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    Shiroikaze42 Well-Known Member

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    Traffic accidents in general have been a popular way to cause a death in stories for decades, so that's pretty hard to pin down. For isekai though, hmm... I kinda wanna know too.
     
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    i assume its mushoku tensei.
     
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    I am an old man so I remember how things were before Truck-kun came along...

    Back in the day, all you had to do was go through a wardrobe. That's all.
     
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    lavendidi First of Her Name, Lover of Cliches

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    Maybe he was the reason gods became gods, he hit them just because he was bored so they're up there now. Either the truck-kuns we now know are demi-truck gods, or just a replica and imitation of the ever notorious truck-sama, we never know....
     
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    Fluffums 【R-18 Researcher】【Seeker of Moe】

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    I'm not going to say it's a bad novel, but I will say this definitively: Nothing about Mushoku Tensei was original. Everything had been done before. And not just once or twice, but often enough to be established tropes.
     
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    Ohhhh I see. Personally, I've never read it but I've heard a lot about it.
     
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