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I'm not sure what Pri- Pri- Prisoner has that you could even argue would equalize with Cursed Energy, but fair enough, I guess.
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STRONGEST One-Punch Man Discussion Thread!
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Not in that sense. I mean in the simplistic sense that we assume they can just interact so that a fight can happen in the first place. Otherwise there's no point in the match-up.
But if you wanna try to look for a reason, people in OPM have chi, so just say chi is like CE and PPP naturally has more of it than most people.
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Voice acting is good. It's been the only good thing about this season.
The music choice can be bad for some scenes though. Reminds me of Season 5 MHA where they had a whole theme for Mine Woman but played that theme for another politician character which makes no sense because the theme is supposed to be sexy
The music choice can be bad for some scenes though. Reminds me of Season 5 MHA where they had a whole theme for Mine Woman but played that theme for another politician character which makes no sense because the theme is supposed to be sexy
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In chapter 188, Nichirin explains that he is able to channel his "qi" (life force) into his sword as well as his robotic legs in order to use both as extensions of his body. This would imply that Atomic, who does not react to Nichirin's show of power where he quantum tunnels through the apple and cuts up the hill behind it, used Qi to unlock the Sun blade (extension of his body) and may also use Qi for some or all of his attacks. In my mind Atomic having qi mastery would explain how he was able to kill that MA fodder monster with his toothpick.
This is one of two references to Qi in the manga. The other is "Qi Gong" in chapter 192, when King begins his training arc by going around to ask various martial artists. The Qi Gong martial artist refuses to teach King as he is "already aware of King Style Qigong arts", which I believe is likely tied to the public perception of the ULTIMATE HELLFIRE BURST WAVE MOTION CANNON. To put it short, I think this chapter implies that attack is an imaginary qi blast... makes me wonder if Blast's blasts are also Qi blasts or different.
But Qi is definitely a thing in OPM, there was also the reference to "Chi" in the webcomic version of the psychic sisters arc when Fubuki said that Saitama's chi was too great for Tatsumaki to move.
Do psychic users have something to do with Qi channeling? Not clear.
Do martial arts like WSRSF and WICF use Qi? I think that's very possible, but there's no hard proof.
Do all living things have qi? Using the ancient Chinese conceptualization of it, yes. It would be nice if the manga elaborates more on qi in one of the later arcs.
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That's all true, but none of that (aside from the very last sentence of your post) applies to Pri- Pri- Prisoner.
In chapter 188, Nichirin explains that he is able to channel his "qi" (life force) into his sword as well as his robotic legs in order to use both as extensions of his body. This would imply that Atomic, who does not react to Nichirin's show of power where he quantum tunnels through the apple and cuts up the hill behind it, used Qi to unlock the Sun blade (extension of his body) and may also use Qi for some or all of his attacks. In my mind Atomic having qi mastery would explain how he was able to kill that MA fodder monster with his toothpick.
This is one of two references to Qi in the manga. The other is "Qi Gong" in chapter 192, when King begins his training arc by going around to ask various martial artists. The Qi Gong martial artist refuses to teach King as he is "already aware of King Style Qigong arts", which I believe is likely tied to the public perception of the ULTIMATE HELLFIRE BURST WAVE MOTION CANNON. To put it short, I think this chapter implies that attack is an imaginary qi blast... makes me wonder if Blast's blasts are also Qi blasts or different.
But Qi is definitely a thing in OPM, there was also the reference to "Chi" in the webcomic version of the psychic sisters arc when Fubuki said that Saitama's chi was too great for Tatsumaki to move.
Do psychic users have something to do with Qi channeling? Not clear.
Do martial arts like WSRSF and WICF use Qi? I think that's very possible, but there's no hard proof.
Do all living things have qi? Using the ancient Chinese conceptualization of it, yes. It would be nice if the manga elaborates more on qi in one of the later arcs.
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I did not mean to say that Puri Puri Prisoner had Qi, I only wanted to remind everyone of how qi is mentioned because it challenges the idea of OPM being a relatively 'haxless' verse by creating a potential foundation for multiple different magical combat styles. The fact that Nichirin (and very possibly Atomic) are Qi channelers has serious implications for the entire series.
One practical implication is that Genos could raise his power level after his final webcomic upgrade by learning to channel his Qi into his cyborg body. I think the fact that Nichirin mentions channeling qi into his robot legs could foreshadow Genos's developments and have some implications for all the tech-based shenanigans in the Organization arc.
If ONE and Murata had not stopped using Q&As, the first thing I would ask them is "do martial arts like WSRSF and WICF use Qi projection to do the magical stuff they do?"
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Bang and Bomb are actually the wizards Hocus and Pocus
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Oh, ok.
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That apple is hilariously hyper realistic
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It is pretty funny now that I look it with that in mind.
Having just reread the manga from the psychic sisters arc up till the Amai Mask arc, I want to praise the manga for how much it teased Amai Mask's true nature with various callbacks to the Monster Association Arc.
In the Nichirin-slices-an-apple-chapter, Iaian pretty much states "it looked like [Amai] had forgotten how to be human and was desperately trying to remember that feeling"
Then, after Atomic challenges King, he reflects on the growth he has left to do as a hero by praising Amai Mask indirectly (there are heroes out there who give their blood and tears)
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So much foreshadowing. I think the manga Amai arc is a solid 8.5 out of 10. It's too short and self-contained to be ranked much higher, but the manga really fleshed out Amai's character before the monster reveal through tons and tons of character interactions that teased his true nature. I was worried because Murata hated him, that he wouldn't get the credit he deserved (dude got clowned on for the entirety of the MA arc)
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I think everyone in OPM has Chi, but most of them don't know or can't use it. It's implied to just be a basic life energy of sorts that only special people can tap into. We also see like 500 times characters talking about "energy levels", like how Genos detected House of Evolution Monster's from their energies iirc. And of course Boros sensing "no limit" to Saitama's energy. I think it's a natural thing and that it most likely correlates with mostly talent and someone's force of will, though that part is my headcanon. I only mentioned it because it's the only way you can rationalize normal OPM character's seeing Cursed Spirit's (or like, Shinigami if you talk about Bleach).
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At the very least, you would hope that Third Eye users could see intangible entities. Phoenix Man too, maybe. If he can raise the dead and enter a 'spiritual space', him being able to see ghosts is not a very big stretch.
Reminds me that we do have one possible ghost shown in OPM so far.
Alternate Timeline Garou appearing to our timeline Tareo before vanishing... was that a ghost? I think it should be because Alt Garou definitely turned into a sand castle before he could complete his zero punch sequence.
However Tareo definitely saw him. Tareo has ultra high Qi/Chi confirmed.
And actually yeah, if you think about it, he might have high Qi. It's easy to imagine that if the OPM timeline extends 10 years, Tareo becomes an important hero.
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i am praying that saitama vs garou doesnt happen this season, they cant ruin one of the best fights in anime
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would actually be funny if Saitama just one punches Orochi once his fight hapeens and we get none of the actual action
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There is absolutely zero chance of this happening. Even if JC Staff routinely cuts out relevant scenes, like the anime has done so far, it would take more than 24 episodes to reach that fight. Season 3 should end in a very poorly animated but expanded version of the Saitama vs Orochi fight, which combines the manga canon with several retconned scenes. Ideally, we get Orochi's arm beams and gaia cannon (which gives us a sub-30-second anime time frame).
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What are the estimates that are reached based on the seconds of the Orochi GC?
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Seems to me that this season stops at Child Emperor vs Phoenix Man with how poorly paced it has been
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The original version of Child Emperor vs. Phoenix Man would've been epic enough for a season finale.
Though Saitama vs. Orochi probably would be best narratively.
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The original version of Child Emperor vs. Phoenix Man would've been epic enough for a season finale.
Though Saitama vs. Orochi probably would be best narratively.
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Best narratively, but bad for eyes.
Best narratively, but bad for eyes.
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So we have to wait another 7 years for s4 or probably 5 to watch saitama vs garou ¿ Damn
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I saw episodes 1 and 2 and decided to wait until the end of the season before I watch the rest. Even a couple of decent episodes near the end would motivate me to suffer through the rest.
However... it seems pretty unlikely the quality will improve beyond what we saw in episode 5, with 45% PNGs, 45% choppy, minimal animation, 10% fluid animation (Van Oba in ep 5, Aoki for the rest).
For those despairing about the current state of the anime please take a look at Honoeka's manga-style redraws of Garou vs the S-class. The first two fights of a likely trilogy are already out.
Episode 1
Episode 2 just came out yesterday
However... it seems pretty unlikely the quality will improve beyond what we saw in episode 5, with 45% PNGs, 45% choppy, minimal animation, 10% fluid animation (Van Oba in ep 5, Aoki for the rest).
For those despairing about the current state of the anime please take a look at Honoeka's manga-style redraws of Garou vs the S-class. The first two fights of a likely trilogy are already out.
Episode 1
Episode 2 just came out yesterday
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Using a kinetic energy calc, Gaia Cannon's suck would be at 110 Exatons (4.63 x 10^29 Joules) at a minimum, assuming the timeframe will be less than a girthy 30 seconds. That would be around...
at least the logarithmic middle of moon level (x3.7 baseline and x0.25 peak moon level)
It could be as high as 5,000 exatons (1.993 x 10^31 joules) , though. That is if the timeframe is pretty short, like a scanty 5 seconds. That would be...
around the logarithmic middle of small planet level
Unless the timeframe is more than several minutes long, it will be a considerable upgrade from the current High 6-A calc.
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It's quite baffling they removed such a easy addition which is a simple layer of effects.
It's makes the scene lose the Oh shit factor it had in the manga when you see that even the dragons are individually using Garou's fighting style
The panel actually hits how ****** Garou is.
It's makes the scene lose the Oh shit factor it had in the manga when you see that even the dragons are individually using Garou's fighting style
The panel actually hits how ****** Garou is.
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It's unbelievable, I think the third season was made by Studio's interns
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I agree but I'm saying we are on episode 6 and barely on chapter 93 (massive 68 page chapter) which is followed by chapter 94 (140 page chapter lmfao)
We simply aren't reaching Saitama vs Orochi (Chapter 112) in 12 episodes with this pacing
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They've done it a few times so far, they might dare to cut scenes again
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They would love to cut scenes like Saitama vs Orochi, Garou vs Darkshine and Psykos vs Tatsumaki
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If the phoenixman and Orochi gets the original version of their fights mixed in will we get anime profiles? For them at least?
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Did they ever specify how much of God's power Garou received during his fight with Saitama? We know that he didn't get the full amount that God was trying to give him, but did he get the majority or just a small portion. Can you imagine if it turns out Garou only received like 2%?
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Probably less than 10%
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At what level for you think OPM will be at the end.
I think Webcomic may just end at Planet level or maybe star level.
While the Manga was trying to push for the whole multiverse thing it will be significantly higher but also it seems we may not get multiverse stuff anyway since Void got retconned back into being offscreen fodder.
I think Webcomic may just end at Planet level or maybe star level.
While the Manga was trying to push for the whole multiverse thing it will be significantly higher but also it seems we may not get multiverse stuff anyway since Void got retconned back into being offscreen fodder.
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