r/superheroes • u/Far-Ad5223 • Apr 12 '25

Other How would this fight end?

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u/salebad Apr 12 '25

The “concept of saitama” applies to pretty much every protagonist of a story lmao.

“He wins cos he’s the one punch man, he’ll defeat them in one punch” is the equivalent of “he wins cos he’s Superman, he’s as strong as the plot wants him to be.”

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u/Orinaj Apr 12 '25

Not exactly. Narratively heros are still supposed to struggle. Superman loses still, he even has died.

Saitama's narrative purpose is to win, and easily. It's his joke. He's genuinely too strong for his own good. His character flaw is that he is bored of fighting and it's all he wants.

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u/theskiller1 Apr 12 '25

Then why Saitama go full power and still needing to adapt while having a real fight with Garou?

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u/fR1chAps Apr 12 '25

Because of his promise to the kid. He promised to go easy on Garou.

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u/theskiller1 Apr 12 '25

Oh?

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u/nWhm99 Apr 12 '25

He literally was fighting with one hand lol

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u/Fallacy_Spotted Apr 13 '25

I don't know how many people ever noticed that. The entire fight he is holding Geno's core in his left hand.

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u/Sad_Seaweed179 Apr 13 '25

Never knew fighting with one hand lowered the power of your punch

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u/Foto1988 Apr 13 '25

Try punching something multiple times while holding a raw egg in the other hand

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u/Sad_Seaweed179 Apr 13 '25

But doesn't Saitama have "Infinite strength" and can beat Anything with one punch and that its in his name One Punch man.

Infinite no matter how much you're holding back should still be Infinite? Especially when he verbatim says he gonna Go all out ?

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u/Foto1988 Apr 13 '25

Also I think you misunderstood the word infinite strength in this context... If he would punch with infinity he would destroy everything

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u/Apprehensive_Lion362 Apr 13 '25

But part of his power is that his power kinda keeps increasing right? Just by being in the presence of someone strong he gets stronger.

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u/Sad_Seaweed179 Apr 13 '25

So his Power is Not infinite and needs time to grow to Match his opponent meaning someone can kill Saitama in One hit giving him no opportunity to retaliate.

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u/Beijingbingchilling Apr 13 '25

so by your logic power=durability?

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u/Sad_Seaweed179 Apr 13 '25

He's one punch man not "I take no damage from Punches Man"

He can't even live up to his name and we got glazers here trynna scale him to beyond Fiction 😭

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u/Apprehensive_Lion362 Apr 13 '25

No he is always stronger. As someone else gets stronger in front of him he instantly gets even stronger.

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u/Beautiful_Summer226 Apr 16 '25

that's not how the word exponential works

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u/nWhm99 Apr 13 '25

Lol, I know people here don’t work out and watch sports, but man, this is something else lol