One Punch-Man

[Yabby]

Kinda pisses me off that even news groups with their clickbait spoil shit now. I normally like to wait for a show to put all the season's eps up before i start, but nowadays (Like the boys) i have to start right away because these fucking news groups put spoilers in the headlines.

[Yabby]

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[BWYuko]

Imagine having to write this thing. Where can Saitama's fights even go beyond this? The scale will be absurd. I guess that's why there's like 5 years of filler plot between his real matches.

[Obsidian]

Hell yes.

[Souj]

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is the thing hidden inside the dark side of earth’s moon something we already know is there or is it new information? I don’t remember if Saitama knocked something into the moon earlier in the series.

[Karbuncle]

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You remember in Episode 3 of the Prequels where Obi-Wan and Anakin fight for so long in the final climax that the emotional stakes just kinda fade away and all you're left with is pretty vistas and wooshing noises, ultimately cheapening the payoff?

Anyway, while I do maintain what i said last weeks chapter, that this fight should have ended with that punch.. The chapter still has its charm, and its funny to watch Saitama punch away dimensional portals and walk all over Garou's techniques, but I can only see him "Get serious" so many times in one fight and land so many "Serious Series" moves and have it not end without feeling like its cheapening Saitama as a character.

And I understand this is a real "Catch 22" with the comic as a whole. Do we get to see Saitama use a bunch of cool moves in nice vistas and have some amazingly drawn fight scenes or do we follow the rules of the universe of Saitama just one-tapping every enemy when he gets real serious? I don't envy the author having to make these choices, and he's probably just having fun with the fight to the fullest since we're pretty close to catching up to the Web Comic (even if we have diverged from that pretty hard by now).

At least with Boros I can understand why the fight went on as long as it did, He never took Boros seriously at all, he never had any emotional investment into Boros, and when he did get serious, it took 1 hit and it was over. That fight looked amazing in Manga and in Anime, and for good reason, but it also kinda stuck to what I like about the series, and thats "Saitama is OPAF".

Oh well, I'm only a little disappointed but still enjoyed reading the chapter, and thats saying something... probably do in no small part to the amazing artwork. But boy howdy I hope its the last chapter dedicated to this fight. I want a satisfying ending BEFORE it becomes like the Episode 3 analogy I made in the beginning.

[Xno Kappa]

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Looks like a fucking Titan inside the moon lol. What a creepy ass panel. I wonder if that’s the God dudes true body.

[Abandon]

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that aint just where he jumped back to earth when fighting boros?

[Souj]

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that aint just where he jumped back to earth when fighting boros?

There was something in it.

[Obsidian]

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that aint just where he jumped back to earth when fighting boros?

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Nah, we've seen that crater before, it's on the other side and not as deep.

[Karbuncle]

There was something in it.

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In this chapter? I'll have to look again, but If I recall the "God" entity was shown on the moon during one of the previous chapters, but he can probably appear anywhere he wants

Edit: Oh no, yah, I see it in this Chapter. Looks like a Spine/Shell in the middle of the crater.

Also this is a context-less spoiler unless you read the web comic I guess? ->

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I do like how the Moon being torn apart is basically a "Dialed to 11" version of the Web Comics fight end. Saitama or Garou I dont recall which, sends a bunch of rocks flying to the point it disorients them during the fight. Feel like he saw that part and wondered how to make it a bit more special and he did.

Also does make me feel like he's reaching the climax of this fight because that was near the end of the web comics fight, even though this has hugely diverged from that.

[Rulke]

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You remember in Episode 3 of the Prequels where Obi-Wan and Anakin fight for so long in the final climax that the emotional stakes just kinda fade away and all you're left with is pretty vistas and wooshing noises, ultimately cheapening the payoff?

Anyway, while I do maintain what i said last weeks chapter, that this fight should have ended with that punch.. The chapter still has its charm, and its funny to watch Saitama punch away dimensional portals and walk all over Garou's techniques, but I can only see him "Get serious" so many times in one fight and land so many "Serious Series" moves and have it not end without feeling like its cheapening Saitama as a character.

And I understand this is a real "Catch 22" with the comic as a whole. Do we get to see Saitama use a bunch of cool moves in nice vistas and have some amazingly drawn fight scenes or do we follow the rules of the universe of Saitama just one-tapping every enemy when he gets real serious? I don't envy the author having to make these choices, and he's probably just having fun with the fight to the fullest since we're pretty close to catching up to the Web Comic (even if we have diverged from that pretty hard by now).

At least with Boros I can understand why the fight went on as long as it did, He never took Boros seriously at all, he never had any emotional investment into Boros, and when he did get serious, it took 1 hit and it was over. That fight looked amazing in Manga and in Anime, and for good reason, but it also kinda stuck to what I like about the series, and thats "Saitama is OPAF".

Oh well, I'm only a little disappointed but still enjoyed reading the chapter, and thats saying something... probably do in no small part to the amazing artwork. But boy howdy I hope its the last chapter dedicated to this fight. I want a satisfying ending BEFORE it becomes like the Episode 3 analogy I made in the beginning.

Well said. I concur with this sentiment. We're at an odd stage for the "gimmick" behind this comic. Hoping for the best.

[Zealot]

Holy fuck, I love this fight.

[Tymon]

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I think this is gonna end with Garou and Saitama having to team up to beat God.

You have Saitama himself for the first time EVER admit in this chapter he's fighting at full power. FULL POWER. And took damage at the end. That's insane.

[Vaspinne]

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I think this is gonna end with Garou and Saitama having to team up to beat God.

You have Saitama himself for the first time EVER admit in this chapter he's fighting at full power. FULL POWER. And took damage at the end. That's insane.

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He's not at full power. He's literally fighting with 1 hand while the other is holding onto Genos' core lol

[Xno Kappa]

I’m convinced Saitama has broken the internet in terms of power scaling.

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Holy shit people won’t shut the fuck up about universal this and multiversal that. And it’s bled into a few other fan bases like Dragonball, etc. Which were already bad enough as is.

[Yabby]

People just can't enjoy shit.

[Karbuncle]

I enjoy things but having a brain gets in the way sometimes. I try not to let it stop me often, cause the manga still kicks ass.

Also Dragonball Z has always been a shitshow of a fanbase.

Edit: and fudge you guys I thought a new chapter was out and was hyped as hell.

[Yabby]

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[Obsidian]

Just perfect.