Description The Story of the Greatest Dad in the World Super-Strong Dad's Underpants Meet the greatest dad on Earth! ▶ Profile - Job: Professional Wrestler - Fashion: Red underpants embroidered with "Super Champion" - Hobbies: Collecting underpants, collecting championship trophies, attending school meetings - Special skills: Smashing backs with a chair, spinning opponents by the pinky finger and slamming them to the ground - Friends: The Djibouti Giant, Nuclear Slap, Hell's Spinning Top, the Normandy Wardrobe - Favorite songs: "Road to Hell," "Oath of Chaos" - Favorite food: Chili con carne ▶ Highlights 1. Exaggerated Action, Plenty of Humor, and a Heart That Warms Up Dad became a pro wrestler because he ate so much chili con carne that his body grew enormous. He goes to work every morning in nothing but his underpants. He can send the Djibouti Giant—a building-sized giant with iron teeth and a monkey wrench tattoo on his shoulder—spinning through the air. He can lift dozens of friends at once. But he's also the dad who personally feeds his son milk, sings lullabies like "Road to Hell" and "Oath of Chaos," and never misses a parents' meeting, even in his underpants. He's the dad who willingly takes on the world champion, Nuclear Slap, in a match just for his son. Because of a dad like this, his son's shoulders are always held high with pride. And Dad has a word for his son too: "If you ever become a wrestler like me, be a smart one." The son's heart is filled to the brim with his father's steady love. 2. What the "Super-Strong Dad's Underpants" Symbolize Among all his underpants, Dad always wears the ones embroidered with the nickname "Super Champion." These are the underpants Mom stitched herself, in gold thread, filled with love. What matters most to Dad isn't a fancy car or anything grand—it's this single pair of underpants that Mom made for him. Appearing from beginning to end in nothing but his underpants, Dad seems to have nothing else to his name. And yet, his son is never once ashamed of him. It's as if the son is telling us that all the material things a father needs to show his love can fit into a single pair of underpants. Sometimes a fellow giant smashes a chair across Dad's back, and sometimes he faces opponents even more terrifying than himself. But wearing the underpants filled with Mom's love, Dad never tires and always finds strength. The super strength that lets him defeat the Djibouti Giant and Nuclear Slap seems to come straight from those underpants. So where does the magic of Dad's underpants truly come from? 3. The Story of the Greatest Dad in the World This book playfully and imaginatively captures a child's idea of the most perfect dad. The perfect dad a child imagines isn't one who hands out plenty of allowance or buys the best toys. Nor is he one with the highest status. This child's dad is someone who loves his work and is passionate about it. After a rough match with an opponent, he becomes the best of friends with him. Rather than relying on polished words, education, or an impressive title, he shares life's small moments with his son in his own rough-and-tumble way, always wanting to be by his side. This book beautifully captures, through the everyday life of a boy and his wrestler father, the image of the greatest and most ideal dad a child could imagine. And yet, the son never once says his dad is the best. Even without saying it, his pride and sense of security shine quietly through every part of his story. At the end of the book, as if answering all of us who try to fill children's wishes with material things, the son simply says: "I mean it. Really."