STRONGEST One-Punch Man Discussion Thread!

[Phoenks]

Blast has yet to show his true strength. He was just trying to get Garou out of proximity of the Earth and heroes, he didn't seem like he was seriously fighting him.

That said, I do think that Garou is stronger.

 

[Peter1129]

Yeah like even if Garou isn’t stronger than Blast right now it’s likely that he’ll become stronger after copying “Serious” Saitama’s power. Though I feel like Garou might very well be as strong if not stronger than Blast right now since he already copied a casual Saitama’s power as well as Blast himself. Also can I just say Garou’s ability to literally copy the target’s raw power and ability is pretty broken. Like based on what’s being implied this chapter he can legit just copy the power of somebody stronger than himself. Though I guess there will be a limit to how high he can copy that will be shown later on.

 

[Apeironaxim]

Tbh i'm just glad Blast is one of the rare portal users to actually abuse his portals

Like this is great

 

[Quangotjokes]

Personally I think Garou is gonna fail to fully copy Saitama's strength. But not because of a limit to Garou's ability but Saitama's infinity potential.

 

[Apeironaxim]

Pages 18-21, where Blast did the whole portal setup and execution, was actually a delight to watch. I haven't audibly reacted like that to OPM in a good bit

 

[Lightning_XXI]

Well Blast scales to the GRB Garou, next chapter maybe another story. Since Blast isn't out of the picture yet, he can still be capable of fighting and scaling to a stronger Garou or jobs next to him

That, or, what I believe will happen: he will be out of the fight

Which I 100% hope it happens, his hype is for the Endgame, seeing him losing now would kinda be a disappointment

Beautifully said, king.

I feel the manga focuses more on hype and BIG SCALE rather than more personal and subtle moments of the webcomic, something akin to what you would find in MOB Psycho. The former is what fits Murata's style and I suppose many other modern manga.

Not saying either is better than the other, it depends on how it's executed

Half of the problems would be dead if Sage Centipede didn't existed at all

Garou perfects his fist by defeating Platinum, Saitama arrives, done.

 

[Hizack123]

Tbh i'm just glad Blast is one of the rare portal users to actually abuse his portals

Like this is great

True

 

[Hizack123]

Soooo

Is CRT is going on or are we have to wait for another 2 weeks???

 

[Phoenks]

Yeah lmao, I love how Blast just shows up and starts going ham with the ******* portals.

He'd be so toxic in a matchup. That's cancer asf to deal with. Seems like you're done for if you don't have some kind of spatial power or teleportation to escape his abuse.

 

[Phoenks]

Soooo

Is CRT is going on or are we have to wait for another 2 weeks???

I am forced to wait until the fight ends v.v

It's fine, just gotta be a bit patient.

 

[Apeironaxim]

Yeah lmao, I love how Blast just shows up and starts going ham with the ******* portals.

He'd be so toxic in a matchup. That's cancer asf to deal with. Seems like you're done for if you don't have some kind of spatial power or teleportation to escape his abuse.

Blast with his first appearance already has given his starting tactics for vsthreads. He spawns a portal on top of you or in your way that goes directly to his fist, where he will then portal loop you with dozens of attacks and possibly bfr/trap you

 

[Phoenks]

Blast with his first appearance already has given his starting tactics for vsthreads. He spawns a portal on top of you or in your way that goes directly to his fist, where he will then portal loop you with dozens of attacks and possibly bfr/trap you

He also does this neat thing where he just BFRs your strikes to another dimension/elsewhere in the world so you can never hit him. What a chad.

 

[Apeironaxim]

He also does this neat thing where he just BFRs your strikes to another dimension/elsewhere in the world so you can never hit him. What a chad.

He does seem to need to gesture to use his portals, or at the very least gesture for doing that many, but he does it very quickly so that's fine

 

[Hizack123]

Yeah lmao, I love how Blast just shows up and starts going ham with the ******* portals.

He'd be so toxic in a matchup. That's cancer asf to deal with. Seems like you're done for if you don't have some kind of spatial power or teleportation to escape his abuse.

I think He don't even try to fight in character just dump his enemy in middle of space or someshit

 

[Phoenks]

He does seem to need to gesture to use his portals, or at the very least gesture for doing that many, but he does it very quickly so that's fine

Not really. I think he just puts his hand out in the general direction of the strikes to summon a portal (which he could probably do with thoughts alone since he can open portals like that).

Still, it's barely a drawback if he does need some kind of hand signal since he can do it fast enough to combat Garou in close quarters.

 

[Apeironaxim]

Im' glad that Blast's first appearance is him immediately getting to work. There is no ******* around, just immediate portal abuse and attempted bfr/incap

 

[Lightning_XXI]

Blast is interesting, but I feel anyone with a decent Dimensional Travel is capable of nuking pretty much his main weapon (for now). Him using portals to teleport attacks away, however, is actually a really useful way of defense, it's basically Kakashi's Kamui but used in sequence and without any stamina or vision damage

It will be fun to finally use him in a VS Thread

 

[Apeironaxim]

Realizing it, Blast only started fighting because Garou had a hostage, and the second Garou didn't have Genos in his hands and was suitably stuck in a good position for it, Blast immediately attempted to incap. It is very likely Blast would start a match with his portal incap/bfr if there were no other extenuating circumstances

 

[Lugh_Tuathe_Dé]

And then after the serious punch we get back at garou and saitama sitting and saitama telling garou "is this what you think will happen"

 

[jplion123]

if that happens im dropping OPM

 

[Hizack123]

And then after the serious punch we get back at garou and saitama sitting and saitama telling garou "is this what you think will happen"

Bro

 

[Apeironaxim]

What i'm hoping will happen is Garou having a little inner monologue or whatever about how he's going to surpass and perfect Saitama's power now that he's copying him more, getting super cocky. Only to then have their fists clash and Saitama obliterates his arm

 

[Coomandar]

after this chapter, just want garou to get beaten really but really hard

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

Half of the problems would be dead if Sage Centipede didn't existed at all

Garou perfects his fist by defeating Platinum, Saitama arrives, done.

Based

 

[LordTracer]

What i'm hoping will happen is Garou having a little inner monologue or whatever about how he's going to surpass and perfect Saitama's power now that he's copying him more, getting super cocky. Only to then have their fists clash and Saitama obliterates his arm

Yeah, I’m thinking that Saitama’s gonna be too strong for Garou to properly copy him now.

 

[Apeironaxim]

Like I said man, imagine if Saitama hits Garou so unbelievably hard that he literally punches God's influence and power out of him

Saitama gains power null via literally punching your powers out of your body

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

Like I said man, imagine if Saitama hits Garou so unbelievably hard that he literally punches God's influence and power out of him

Saitama gains power null via literally punching your powers out of your body

Lmao, I think it's unlikely that'd happen but that'd be sick

I imagine Garou just gets half his body obliterated by Saitama and he's just in shock, and then hopefully we finally get the table flip.

Table flip would make sense here as Saitama would be brining Garou away from the planet.

 

[Phoenks]

I think Blast is definitely going to send them both to another dimension where they can both fight without restrictions.

There's no telling what we'll get after that, but it's bound to be insane.

 

[Lightning_XXI]

DMC Dante Vs Cosmic Garou Skill Only

Time for you guys to show how broken Garou really is

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

I think Blast is definitely going to send them both to another dimension where they can both fight without restrictions.

There's no telling what we'll get after that, but it's bound to be insane.

They break the dimension

 

[Ovrhide]

You people with “thinking” that saitama is going to be too strong, and I’m here wondering why you weirdos even think there’s a possibility Garou will copy saitama. It is obviously going to be a one sided battle.

 

[Lightning_XXI]

They break the dimension

Its size is Unknown

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

Its size is Unknown

L moment

 

[The_Legendary_Vin]

so... about the forbidden word...

Spoiler: the forbidden word

Planetary OPM

 

[Spinoirr]

Blast manga fusion zamasu


Spamming portals to beat down someone

 

[Dienomite22]

I have a lot to say, but I'll just talk about a small amount of it. Firstly, I think comparing any set of fictional works can work if you are trying see what one did right or wrong or how the themes of those stories differ, but to critque a story on it's likeness to the sourcematerial is something that even conceptually falls flat on its face.

It fails to appreciate the art for what it does, instead focusing on the arts ability to uniformly follow another piece of art, which objectively nullifies the point of art, expression, exploration and creativity.

Now that Im back on this planet I can make a proper response. I agree with you that critiquing a story on it’s likeness to it’s source material conceptually falls flat on it’s face but I wouldn’t apply that logic to the manga. The OPM manga isn’t like The Boys or Preacher where they’re different from the source material from the beginning. The manga was just a 1:1 adaptation from the webcomic with better art, expanded upon fights and more arcs that didn’t intrude on the webcomic adaption process. It wasn’t until Garou surfaced after fighting Darkshine is where things started shifting in major ways and it moved from an adaption of the webcomic to a thing of it’s own. Whether the manga’s deviation is good or not, it is perfectly reasonable for someone who has been following the series to this point to be upset that the adaption is no longer 1:1 and I think they are valid in their critiques of such deviation.

I know your critiques are not meant to be "objective", in the sense they are innailiable facts, but they are arguments that you use are meant to be legitimate critiques of the story. Me pointing out you calling it "sh*t" wasn't meant to say you're being rude, everyone knows you're just messing around, and honestly, it was meant to make a point about how you present your opinions on the Manga, but I honestly regret even putting it there because it was kind of an asshat move that made you look bad out of context. At that point, it wasn't a case study on my issues with certain criticism, it was just offensive bullsh*t. For that, I'm sorry.

You have levied multiple valid complaints with the story. Don't get me wrong, you're fun to chat with, I have no issues with you as a person, this is not meant to be offensive or even make you reconsider your opinions. I was simply using some of your arguments, in this case, mostly focusing on table talk Garou, to show an underlying issue with not necessarily WC lovers, or with you, but with a line of thinking that occasionally you have exemplified, and honestly, we all probably have or will at some point.

One that requires too much uniformity between source material and adaptation, without really focusing on the meanutia, themes, setup, plot, and characters in a vacuum, instead conflating the two as if they aren't both unique and inspired pieces of art.

 

[Tetsucabrah]

There are some characters who have reality warping because they simply alters clothes to make them change color

There's a difference between Piccolo's clothes beam/Kinemon's DF and "the reality of the cosmos"

 

[Tetsucabrah]

What's with this guy's issue he's always complaining

I unfollowed him because I was tired of his constant negativity. He never had anything good to say and just kept hating every since the 3 way speedster fight.

 

[Dienomite22]

I seen a reddit post of a drawing of a manga table flip idea and instead of flipping the a continent or star cluster, Saitama flipped the manga panels itself and you see Garou tumbling around and through the panels. Very cool idea.

 

[Tetsucabrah]

I seen a reddit post of a drawing of a manga table flip idea and instead of flipping the a continent or star cluster, Saitama flipped the manga panels itself and you see Garou tumbling around and through the panels. Very cool idea.

lmao, that could work
Especially if Blast sends them to some other weird dimension.