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STRONGEST One-Punch Man Discussion Thread!

57Dev said:
I am most excited about what they will do with Genos going forward.

He is at a turning point of his entire character and maybe we will get to see his back story. We really don't know anything about Genos.
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Same. This climax with Genos could have as much emotional impact as the fight with Garou.

What is Genos's real name even? His parents did NOT name him Genos (ide), that was Kuseno. We don't know anything about himself and neither does he. If Drive Knight wasn't confirmed to be an AI and we hadn't seen Genos's brain before twice (DSK and Cosmic Garou fight) I would wonder if he was even a human to begin with.
 
While we're waiting for the chapter... HERE ARE MY TOP TEN DEMONS (I was debating this on another platform). WC demons not included.

TOP TEN
  1. Hundred Eyes Octopus: No clear limit to his growth and he was already the size of a neighborhood when Tatsumaki herself came to kill him. The Elder Centipede of Demons who would outgrow Bug God before Bug God could kill him in my view,
  2. Bug God: so tough that a pretty powerful version of Garou hurt himself trying to damage him. I would be that red-haired version of Garou that he was beating up would beat any demon outside the top five in a fair fight. Given the fact that he had a transformation BEYOND that I rank him above Hellfire and Gale.
  3. Hellfire (human form): Survived Flashy Flash long enough for him to want to interrogate them, making them faster than Awakened Cockroach in my eyes. They have swords, kung-fu and a high level of strategic thinking that takes them a step even further.
  4. Gale (human form); Same as Hellfire, except I think fire is cooler than air, so I put him lower.
  5. G-5: Because G-5 should be in fifth. Nah, just kidding... but his imperfect atomic slash kills anyone below him if he gets within ten meters of them. Also, strategic and versatile enough to escape Atomic Samurai.
  6. Senior Centipede: Purely here because of a statement. In one of his livestreams, Murata stated that Genos would need to use his spiral incineration cannons to seriously hurt this monster, you know, those nuke sized bombs that he brought out against EC??? Nobody below G-5 can harm him.
  7. Awakened Cockroach: Speed kills... Genos fought Speed of Sound Sonic and was keeping pace with him before he upgraded further and fought this guy and he still would have gotten destroyed if it wasn't for a very specific counter ability he had installed. That is dragon level speed.
  8. Royal Ripper: Exchangeable with Choze. Fought a very accomplished version of Garou- I rank him above Choze because his blades were sharp enough to pierce Garou even AFTER he evolved after his first proper "death" experience.
  9. Choze: Suiryu was able to break a dragon-level creature's toe even while crippled and he was shown to have a near identical level of skill to Garou in the video game tournament in an OVA. Tiring Suiryu out and making him bleed is an incredible accomplishment for a demon-level.
  10. Beast King: He's far superior to blood-amped Mosquito Girl to the point where G-4 upgrade Genos might have a hard time against him. I rank him above Face Ripper because he can attack from a distance in a way Face Ripper could not.

Honorable Mentions:
Jagan (is a disaster level unknown, would be top 3 otherwise).
Beefcake (a dragon-level smurfing in demon).
Giant Snowman (1 kilometer tall??? I assume he must move at the speed of a diabetic child on crutches in order to not qualify for Dragon level).
Pesky Clown (hard to say when he stopped being a demon exactly).
Face Ripper (arguably number 10).
 
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YUGOLEDIABOLIQUE said:
lots of talking, but DAMN, why are they so hot all of sudden
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I don't know who specifically you're talking about but it's definitely a side effect of MURATIFICATION

Speaking of people looking cool, the chapter cover with the legendary
Hero Victims Names Association
makes them all awesome, at least from the back. With some cosmetic surgery they would look like pretty cool superheroes, the costumes look waaaaay better in the manga.

I'm very glad that we got Job Hunter Garou back in the manga-- I was worried they were going to have him join the HA. Garou obviously is much better as a freelancer, even if he's doing "hero-like stuff". He should never join an organization and should hang on the sidelines, even at the end of the series if they make a unified, wholesome Hero Association
 
Pretty sure we’ll only see base Suiryu fighting Garou, since I doubt he wants to wear that suit ever again, considering that’s what trapped him in the NEO.
 
Redcated said:
Pretty sure we’ll only see base Suiryu fighting Garou, since I doubt he wants to wear that suit ever again, considering that’s what trapped him in the NEO.
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So you think suiryu vs Mumen Rider won't happen?

Sounds like a pretty big plot change over something minor. I don't think Suiryu would hold a grudge over that since he seems to think it was his fault and didn't resist joining all that much.

His whole thing is that he doesn't care as much as he should, despite his character development to the contrary I think he'll wear the suit
 
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The Mastermind VS The Monster

Cid Kagenou vs Garou (Post Darkshine) Rules: Speed is equalised. Starting Distance: 10 meters Location: Abandoned City High 6-A is restricted for Garou No prep time, no prior knowledge Cid's AP: 43 gigatons normally, 100 Gigatons with point technique, higher with breathing, 141 petatons with...
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Garou vs Cid if anyone is interested

The ultimate skill slop begins hahahaha
 
Recon1511 said:
Anyway, I was re-reading to compare some stuff in the manga and WC and I noticed several changes in the order of events

In the webcomic it's like this:

Ninja Arc-> Cruel Dragon (segways into)-> Sweet Mask arc (Wavy and other Neos appear suddenly for a few pages reacting to the end of the Sweet Mask arc) -> HA Name Victims association and Suiko introduction -> Neo Heroes introduction -> Neo Heroes Saga

And now in the manga:
Cruel Dragon (segways into)-> Ninja Arc -> Neo-Heroes introduction-> Sweet Mask arc -> Current events with the HA Name Victims Association and Suiko re-introduction working as a segway into the Neo Heroes saga

Introducing the Neos earlier and showing some of them in action was a really good call, it makes things flow smoother and doesn't overwhelm the reader with chapter after chapter of introductions. I hope we get more stuff like this, the Neos especially need it to make them have more weight in the story, this is a good start.
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So, following up on this we now have Suiryu and his group being set up to hunt down Garou. This in the webcomic happens as the Dragon Raid arc is ending.

Isamu discovering the chips on the monsters, Wavygaza getting her offscreen character development, etc... It comes at the end of all that, so it happening now is a very noticeable change.

Obviously the other change is that Suiryu's relationship with Neo isn't him just trying out hero work for fun but his genuine desire to be one just unfortunately trapped in their organization, makes me wonder what is ONE actually going for with his WC self that isn't just repeating his character arc from the manga.

I need a few more chapters to say but I think we might be gearing up for an expansion of this arc kinda like the extended Hero Hunter arc maybe, that'd be really interesting...
 
Epiccheev said:
It's crazy thinking Genos is likely one of the strongest in S-class as of now.
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At this point in the webcomic he's like EC Genos level with this lightning core upgrade, brother had a 80% chance of defeating a demon level threat and went near to death fighting the featless Extended Family of Darkness even though he had a giant lightbulb in his chest.

He should be strong AF so I hope they change that fight somehow to have it make sense. The fight going the same way either implies that Genos somehow still ain't all that compared to dragons or that Extended Family of Darkness is a top 15 strongest character in the series despite not throwing a single punch on screen. That fight should get adapted in like summer 2026, so we'll know how strong he for sure in 6 months.

His next upgrade (the one before Kuseno has his "medical emergency") does canonically defeat three dragons though, which is insane.
 
Ourosboros said:
At this point in the webcomic he's like EC Genos level with this lightning core upgrade, brother had a 80% chance of defeating a demon level threat and went near to death fighting the featless Extended Family of Darkness even though he had a giant lightbulb in his chest.

He should be strong AF so I hope they change that fight somehow to have it make sense. The fight going the same way either implies that Genos somehow still ain't all that compared to dragons or that Extended Family of Darkness is a top 15 strongest character in the series despite not throwing a single punch on screen. That fight should get adapted in like summer 2026, so we'll know how strong he for sure in 6 months.
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I mean, Genos was the only one other than Blue not to have the city destroyed. I imagine he had to hold back quite a bit. Moreso once you consider his fighting style.
Ourosboros said:
His next upgrade (the one before Kuseno has his "medical emergency") does canonically defeat three dragons though, which is insane.
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It might actually be 6 dragons.

Also, why is Saitama back to rank 39?
 
Ourosboros said:
He should be strong AF so I hope they change that fight somehow to have it make sense. The fight going the same way either implies that Genos somehow still ain't all that compared to dragons or that Extended Family of Darkness is a top 15 strongest character in the series despite not throwing a single punch on screen. That fight should get adapted in like summer 2026, so we'll know how strong he for sure in 6 months.
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I understood that the Extended Family of Darkness was composed of Dragon level threats or at least extremely strong Demon level threats
Tural2004 said:
Also, why is Saitama back to rank 39?
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Probably just an inconsistency
 
XxZetsuxX said:
vsbattles.com

The Mastermind VS The Monster

Cid Kagenou vs Garou (Post Darkshine) Rules: Speed is equalised. Starting Distance: 10 meters Location: Abandoned City High 6-A is restricted for Garou No prep time, no prior knowledge Cid's AP: 43 gigatons normally, 100 Gigatons with point technique, higher with breathing, 141 petatons with...
vsbattles.com vsbattles.com

Garou vs Cid if anyone is interested

The ultimate skill slop begins hahahaha
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im gonna bump this ;c
 
Tural2004 said:
I mean, Genos was the only one other than Blue not to have the city destroyed. I imagine he had to hold back quite a bit. Moreso once you consider his fighting style.
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True but durability wise he should be at least notably tougher than his blue dragon base state. If the fight gets copied 1 to 1 in the manga, I'm not a person who will upscale a featless character to high dragon when Genos's "scaling" already hinges on- fighting with Flashy Flash offscreen, one-shotting a wood dragon vaguely stronger than TTM with fire, and the fact he should logically be all around stronger than his MA self in base.

Idk, I wanted more context in that fight in the WC to clear up how strong Genos actually was and I really hope we get some in the manga.
Tural2004 said:
It might actually be 6 dragons.
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That is true and also very crazy. Now that you mention it, this version of Genos could probably put up a great fight against ALL of the cadres on the surface, at least initially, just transferring this logic to the manga.

Raging Dragon Core Genos vs. Homeless Emperor, Evil Natural Water, Black S, Fuhrer Ugly and Gums would go pretty hard... I'm not sure if he would win (probably not because it's Genos) but it would be an awesome fight.
Tural2004 said:
Also, why is Saitama back to rank 39?
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When was he confirmed to be some other rank?
 
Also, some guy on reddit says we're going to get another 12 episodes for Season 3.

Someone tell me this is a troll post
 
Blue Dragon Genos had to use his trump card against basically the strongest Monster in the monster association.

If he had 10 Seconds mode after the rest of the Cadre show up, he would legit be a game changer.

He could have wiped out hordes of Black S in base alone. He is quite literally the worst match up for him. I think even in base he could wipe out black S by staying midair and carpet bombing.

He could also most likely kill Homeless Emperor even without 10 seconds mode. Genos can close the distance very fast and has better aim. Just shooting one of the Orbs flying around him would kill Homeless Emperor.

He could kill Ugly and Gums by himself. Golden S and Platinum S should also get one shotted by Ten Seconds Genos although hitting Platinum S is another thing.
 
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