One-Punch Man Officially Confirms Saitama's Strength Has a Limit
Warning: contains spoilers for One-Punch Man chapter 167!
One of the greatest debates in manga history centers around One-Punch Man's Saitama. Whether the character exists solely as an unbeatable gag hero or if he is meant to have defined strengths and limits has been up in the air for years… until now.
One-Punch Man’s chapter 167 reaches a point that fans weren’t sure would ever come at any point in the series, as Saitama is taking a fight seriously. After narrowly escaping the destruction of Earth thanks to some mysterious figures appearing behind him, Earth’s number-one hero Blast manages to teleport both Saitama and Garou to one of the moons of Jupiter. There, Saitama declares that he can finally let loose at full power against someone who can take what he has to dish out.
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The main reason so many fans thought Saitama was a gag character is because there was an assumption that Saitama - being “One-Punch Man” — only needed one blow to deal with any serious threat, no matter how powerful they might be. The series often plays this for a joke, undercutting the usual tension that other stories would take seriously. However, the fight with Garou clearly demonstrates this is not the case, as Saitama is fully admitting he wants to use his full power to beat Garou to a pulp. Even then, Saitama still doesn’t defeat Garou in a single punch, and not even hundreds of Serious punches seem to put any real damage on Garou. It’s clear both characters are just getting started as neither of them have taken any lasting damage from the fight.
Saitama’s true power seems to lie somewhere in the multi-galaxy level of destructive capabilities, at least judging from the black hole
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