One-Punch Man Reveals Huge Saitama Secret, Changing Him Forever
Warning: contains spoilers for One-Punch Man chapter #168
The hit manga One Punch-Man just proved that its protagonist, Saitama, is still full of surprises. Fans were led to believe that Saitama's strength was a plot device that made the protagonist simply «stronger than everyone else», but the latest chapter of the manga revealed that, in fact, Saitama can still improve and become even stronger, making him a completely different kind of character.
The whole premise of One-Punch Man is to have a protagonist that, rather than struggle and improve during the course of the story, is already more powerful than everyone else, enemies and allies included. This was used by the character's creator One to parody shonen manga and their classic tropes, but then One-Punch Man was able to develop its own story and become an exciting shonen of its own. The digital manga remake of the original One-Punch Man webcomic, with story by One and art by Yusuke Murata, has further developed the Saitama character beyond his original premise, especially in the most recent chapters. Saitama recently showed strong emotions for the first time, after witnessing the death of his best friend Genos, and he even started reflecting on what it means to be a hero.
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Chapter #168 of One-Punch Man revealed that Saitama's strength is not an «absolute» value, as many readers believed until now. During the fight between Saitama and Garou, the Hero Hunter notices that, after he initially copied Saitama's strength with his own technique, which made him almost as powerful, the bald hero is completely overwhelming him. Saitama is, in fact, growing stronger with every moment, and the manga even uses a
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