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Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom
Anyone want to take bets on all 100 pages basically being a flip-book of Saitama punching those Cthulhu things to death in one hit?

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Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Level Slide posted:

What's with those gloves?

I believe, and seemingly confirmed by people in the chat bubble, that they make it so he won't smudge his drawing as he drags his hand around.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom
It's good to see some heroes are genuinely powerful as hell and reliable.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

onepixeljumpman posted:

He comes off as the kinda guy who became a hero because he wanted everyone to love him as a celebrity hero, so exaggerating, even just to himself, the threat he's facing to a disaster that will destroy all humanity is probably just an extension of that. He's like the opposite of Saitama.

He just loving destroyed an army of thirty-foot tall fish monsters... I doubt these were weak monsters. Each could probably wreck a city. And he even managed to take four out at once while being physically exhausted enough to barely be able to stand.

I'm just saying the guy might have some cause to be a bit cocky. If you're saving the goddamn city every other day is it so wrong to enjoy the celebrity that gets you?

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

AtomikKrab posted:

Genos beat up the Gorilla, off screen but the Gorilla guy was much tougher than these scrubs.

Genos is a primary character versus Stringer who's just some random hero. Most of the time when we see heroes leaping into battle it's to showcase how easily the villains are capable of defeating them. I think the only real exception was when we saw that one woman beat up the wind-robot guy... but then he wasn't dead quite yet... I forget her name.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Magikarpal Tunnel posted:

The Eyeshield anime was loving abysmal, I would rather not see a Onepunch-man series, just from that. I'm sure it could be done really well, but I still would rather it stay a fuckin awesome manga.

God, Eyeshield made a horribly ugly anime. So bad.

Blattdorf posted:

They could always make the episodes 5 minutes long and go the Inferno Cop route.

Blattdorf's right, this is the solution. Each chapter could well translate into five minutes of awesome footage, and in some cases you could literally just show a flip-book of the actual manga and call it a day. Also the intro should take its self way too seriously.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

zerosix posted:

If anything comes out of this chapter, I hope it will be speed of sound streaker.

Well at least this chapter definitely squashes theories about him being a woman.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Kuvo posted:

How did Saitama and Genos get separated? I thought they were running there together.

Also a thing I found


I'm guessing Saitama ran right past the fight on accident and is now circling the Earth on his way back. Of course he might of also of noticed an awesome sale and gotten distracted.

Either that or this is his mode of transportation...

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Saitama hopping an enemy into submission is priceless. I cannot wait to see that drawn to full perfection.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom
I hope Licenseless Rider doesn't get all the credit again.

Also adding to the "holy gently caress Saitama in the rain" bandwagon.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

This is like porn for me.


The art in this chapter is mind blowing! I can really understand and accept why these chapters are weeks apart.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

cafel posted:

I don't tend to fine Onepunch-Man all that funny, but "How are you even alive?" made me laugh out loud.

The fact that he was so goddamn unconcerned got me. He's so disconnected from anything that's not a supermarket sale that it's just fantastic.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

cooldude2.0 posted:

I've been trying, but my hobby is watching anime, not being a hero, so it's not going well.

Just strive to become the best anime watcher ever.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Bybus Slago posted:

That mosquito was probably still Saitama's toughest opponent so far.

Holy gently caress you're right. It is literally the only thing to survive his wrath to this point, even showing the speed to avoid him.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Condiv posted:

No way man. Although mosquito lady got beat, I have it on good authority from ONE that the mosquito that bit saitama escaped and is now evolving into some sort of cell-like abonimation with the help of saitama's super blood, and it will eventually come back and absorb saitama into it's being to become the ultimate being and genos will have to fight and defeat him to avenge his masters death.

A Saitama clone with the powers of a mosquito. Well the world's hosed.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Level Slide posted:

I think Saitama would like free electricity. That means one less bill he has to pay.

In five seconds he could crank a week's worth of electricity out of a hand-cranked generator.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

JosephWongKS posted:

Sonic's a human and not a "monster", though. I don't think Saitama's actually killed any humans in the series so far.

Half the monsters we've seen were humans to start who changed from either their own training or genetic engineering. So technically Saitama's murdered the poo poo out of plenty of people... Just really ugly people.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Serious Frolicking posted:

If someone turns into a giant crab from eating too much crab, is anyone going to think of them as human? It helps that all of the monsters are dicks, though.

Werecrabs have rights dude!

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

cooldude2.0 posted:

By hanging around Saitama, Genos gets to test his hardware without getting completely destroyed. This is at least the third time he's been saved, that's got to be worth a few month's rent.

I imagine even if he did die it'd probably turn out his brain is stored outside of his body. He probably has a closet full of extra bodies laying around.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

SirDan3k posted:

He probably took up brushing early-ish in his training considering he can eat swords.

Remember he was almost done in by a tooth ache. So seemingly he probably took more focus on his teeth after getting that one knocked out.

I keep hoping the guy who Saitama inspired will show back up, having done his own training. He should seemingly be nearly invincible himself, but Saitama can tell straight away that he didn't train hard enough because he'll have a single hair like Chiaotzu from DB.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Rainbow Pony Deluxe posted:

To be fair, doing pushups and situps and drinking juice in 1000x gravity would probably make you pretty strong somewhere between crushing all of the bones in your body.

Also it'd affect your reproductive systems. I remember science saying that's a thing.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom
I find myself questioning if this might be our first creature to not be a one-shot. Somehow he just doesn't look quite dead enough yet.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

NecroMonster posted:

And honestly, he probably hit him harder than he really needed to as well.

When isn't this the case? Hell, he bitch-slapped the mosquito woman through a building. The most restraint we've seen from the guy is when he gave Sonic's nuts a love-tap.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

SirDan3k posted:

Whoa now buddy don't go comparing Satima to Man of Steel Superman. Satima actually saved the city he was trying to protect.

Yes but keep in mind Saitama's destroyed the city too, and he basically didn't give a poo poo about it.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom
Pri-Pri would loving love Oz.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Opter posted:

Maybe it's already been said but so far some of my favorite OPM moments are Saitama's interactions with other heroes. Other than Genos, the only other hero he seems to respect/appreciate/etc is Licenseless Rider in chapter 26. I don't remember him being particularly impressed by anyone else.

And he only hangs out with Genos for money. But if heroes were hanging around with him constantly they'd probably start to feel pretty loving worthless. The guy's a walking goddamn cheat-code for real life.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom
Wait, why did everyone move from the dome to being out in the street?

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Nahxela posted:

Well, poo poo, Saitama :smith:

My feelings exactly. The man does not give a poo poo what others think of him, but drat if he doesn't have a heart as mighty as his fist.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Bongo Bill posted:

It's nice to be recognized, but Saitama is out to save people...

Saitama is out to find a challenge. Saving people is just what happens to happen along the way.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Say Nothing posted:

Saitama does care.. about sale prices.


Actually right then he cared about taking a serious piss.

Note to everyone, while building a shelter from monsters include toilets.

Liar fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Aug 30, 2013

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Say Nothing posted:

One Punch Man: Cares about fighting, sale prices, and pissing.

His golden stream of justice could probably douse a forest fire. Hell, if he accidentally pissed on your foot at the urinal it'd probably tear your goddamn leg off.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom
I have to wonder if even without a flesh and blood body the rules of the Onepunch universe will someday apply to him, and he'll achieve superior power just through his own desperate effort to everyday strive to be the best hero there is.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

international owl day posted:

Well I started Saitama's strength training. After 35 days I have to say its pretty intense.

Soon your posts will literally explode our computers.

I wonder how Saitama stays in shape now that he basically sits around eating discount food all day.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

JosephWongKS posted:

Hang in there! Only 1,060 days to go!

I'll laugh at him when he goes bald.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom
Even if it's just one guy, I'm glad to see someone appreciate Saitama. Guys who can punch the moon in half need encouragement sometimes.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Tollymain posted:

It's only been like 3 years though

In three years Saitama went from being an unemployed salaryman to an unemployed guy who could destroy the loving Earth if he sneezed too hard. So maybe the kid put some serious effort into hitting puberty hard.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Lumberjack Bonanza posted:

It's baffling that even the execs doubt Saitama.

It makes okay sense for the general populace, I suppose, but the people at the top have way more knowledge of what he's been doing. How could they buy him cheating on the physical exams? Or just brush off him splattering Sea King over a city block?

Not that it bothers me a whole lot or anything; it's actually amusing. I assume it will just get worse with time.

The manga seems to be pushing the idea that the Heroes Association is basically corrupt as gently caress, with a greater emphasis on its public face than what it actually accomplishes. The heroes within it as well as the actual heroes are self-centered dicks who seek to further their own agenda, with good seeds like Licenseless Rider, Genos, and Saitama being the minority. With Saitama basically being a goddamn nobody despite his overwhelming ability they have no reason to give a poo poo about him because he lacks political appeal.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Prison Warden posted:

Aside from a psychic chick and a mech/cyborg or two every hero in the Heroes Association is apparently super powerful just through exercise or martial arts training so it's not THAT strange for the people in this world.

Not to mention the occasional five-thousand foot tall Piccolo looking demon thing smashing a city, or a big crab guy with drawn on nipples.

Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Nahxela posted:

The city is under attack by UFOs, what is your first course of action?

Protect the supermarket because there is a sale on beef tomorrow.

Someday there will come a scene where Saitama lays eyes on a severely discounted fish, only for some unfortunate evil monster to step on the store. Then we will finally see Saitama fully unleashed and it will be loving epic.

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Liar
Dec 14, 2003

Smarts > Wisdom

Shugojin posted:

The one old guy hero I forget the name of who personally witnessed him smash the gently caress out of the giant meteor with one punch is also aware of Saitama's power.

Plus wasn't Metal Knight's robot standing there? He must have witnessed Saitama too.

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