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[Ra-Leader]

First I'll just say I love this manga/manwha. It's a brilliant parody of various manga/superhero tropes.

My favorite aspect is that OnePunch-Man is completely selfish. It puts him in some fun predicaments and the author can have fun with the trivial things that motivates him. Best example is how Saitama killed off Asura Rhino in a fit of rage due to missing the sale he wanted to go to.

At any rate, the largest tension in the story-line as far as I'm concerned is whether One-Punch man will ever have to use *GASP* more than one punch. It's sort of like when Superman was killed off by Doomsday back in the 90's - you have a character that is basically not ever supposed to lose, so how do you maintain the tension in the story line (all gags aside) without indulging in that natural desire to push the character to the edge (props to the author for pushing him to the edge in a dream-sequence with the mole-people...and then the mole king turns out to be a weakling in real life.... just hilarious.)

So what do you think? Will One-Punch man ever have to use two punches? If yes, how long until the author goes there?

[Popopapikurafic]

Umm if this follows the original then he will definitely need more than 1 punch. Better question would be if there will be an enemy who can make him sweat. There probably won't be:D.

[ltnlng]

He's already used more than one punch in the manga if you count the flurry of punches he unleashed on the beast king. And, if you look at the original webcomic, you'll see that there is an enemy that take more than 2 punches to put down. As it seems that the genre is shifting from gag to serious (in the original), I'd say that there will be enemies that challenge him in the future.

Edited by ltnlng, 20 January 2013 - 09:59 PM.

[Baek Ryun]

You must see chapter 88 of webcomic, it comes with awesome page/gif that you gonna love

[samo]

You must see chapter 88 of webcomic, it comes with awesome page/gif that you gonna love

Where can i see that???

[Joker]

@FKM tell me where I can find that!NOW!!!
(sorry I'm desperate 0.0')

[Epicstar]

To those looking for chapter 88:

The webcomic page:
http://galaxyheavyblow.web.fc2.com/

Chapter 88:
http://galaxyheavyblow.web.fc2.com/88.html

k

[OnePunchManFan]

Looks like Murata's version is now back to following ONE's version so barring any other deviations from it...I say about two years from now. The reasoning: If Murata continues releasing chapters bi-weekly, it'll be around 25-30 chapters per year so with 65 more chapters to go, then around two years more or less we'll see chapter 88. : )....

[Cricycle]

I was reading through One's version of it, and One-Punch Man meets someone who can withstand a punch around chapter 38.

[Mr. Mister]

I'm all for one-punching everything, but I can also accept that the title could also be interpreted as the finishing move never needing to be more sphisticated than one simple punch (compared to a BIBANGMEHAMEAHDONUTOFDOOOM). It could also be interpretated as one "serious" punch.

[OnePunchManFan]

^
That. Because if you consider it, OPM did a flurry of punches on one of those animals (lion?) from the House of Evolution already. :\

[ktmatm]

People seem to think that Beast King required more than one punch, yet the rhino guy (stronger than Beast King) was taken out with one punch. My opinion is that Beast King only needed one punch but took several more and looked like he was put through a woodchipper or blender or whatever.

Edited by ktmatm, 14 February 2013 - 02:47 PM.

[Ra-Leader]

I had no idea my thread had so many responses (strangely, batoto doesn't give you a notice when there's a reply in a thread you create).

I also had no idea that this series is based on a separate, older series. Crazy, and also a little disappointing. I'm going to have to track it down. Can anyone tell me the name of the older series?

I did forget about the flurry of punches against the beast king, but now I'm agreeing with what Mr. Mister said: it's not about needing one punch to win, it's about only needing one punch for a finishing attack.

Lastly, thanks to everyone for participating in the poll. A whopping 99 Batotoans have voted, which is fairly amazing from my viewpoint. Thanks for the great feedback, you guys rock!! Also, feel free to add my user handle to your friend list! One-Punchers unite!

Edited by Ra-Leader, 28 February 2013 - 05:13 AM.

[Sniter]

The name was OnePunch-Man i believe..., also it's not based on it IS the old story just with better visuals.
The last 3 Chapter looked awesome but were shit, no progression.
There was a guy who needed more than OnePunch befor the last chapter, on the spaceship i think.

Edited by Sniter, 28 February 2013 - 05:12 PM.

[Ra-Leader]

The name was OnePunch-Man i believe..., also it's not based on it IS the old story just with better visuals.
The last 3 Chapter looked awesome but were shit, no progression.
There was a guy who needed more than OnePunch befor the last chapter, on the spaceship i think.

That's really weird. I've never ever heard of someone rehashing an entire series with his/her own artwork. Are you really saying this is a 100% clone of the other, with the exception that the older one had better visuals?? When was the old version made?

[signmeup99]

To those looking for chapter 88:

The webcomic page:
http://galaxyheavyblow.web.fc2.com/

Chapter 88:
http://galaxyheavyblow.web.fc2.com/88.html

k

That's really weird. I've never ever heard of someone rehashing an entire series with his/her own artwork. Are you really saying this is a 100% clone of the other, with the exception that the older one had better visuals?? When was the old version made?

Epicstar already posted links to the original by One. you should be able to tell why the original story was redone with better graphics.

[geenius3ab]

Alright my position is this the following.
I do NOT want this to turn into DBZ. By that I mean that the side-characters, and the guys that aren't the main character, shouldn't get a random strength boost to the level of the main character. There can be an enemy who can take a hit, but that doesn't mean that the whole cast will need a power boost to keep up with Saitama. There's so much that can be done with the characters stories. Saitama should stay the OP character when he's supporting the characters. And in a way that could also give light to the other characters by letting them fight their own fights.
The demon guy who can take a hit should be sort of a main boss imho. Cause if all the new enemies that come after that can fight on equal grounds I feel like the colorful characters in this series will just get boring/forgotten, etc. Cause they'll just be either sitting in the sidelines or get a stupid plot power to help them. Which I hate.

And the thing with beast king: Saitama didn't need to use the ''chain combo''.. He was just messing around obviously.. He blew away the Azure rhino with 1 hit, and beast king was weaker than him lol.

[erisae]

That's really weird. I've never ever heard of someone rehashing an entire series with his/her own artwork. Are you really saying this is a 100% clone of the other, with the exception that the older one had better visuals?? When was the old version made?

One (author) and Murata Yuusuke (artist) have collaborated a couple of times before doing OPM. Their general theme is battle gag manga with awesome art. One-sensei is in charge of the story and Murata-sensei is the artist. The story of OPM was already done by One who also drew it himself, and his artistic talent is not the best lol. Murata Yuusuke hasn't gotten to drawing it until just recently. The original OPM drawn by One was posted online, it's not a manga per se. The link to it is posted in this thread.

If you're familiar with Bakuman, an author first draws out his story like a doodle and then the artist redraws it to make it more dramatic and awesome. So, One drew the doodle and now for some reason Murata Yuusuke is drawing it only a while later (years?).



About your original question: this manga's main beauty is its gag character, so there will never be an enemy Saitama will have to get serious to defeat. He will always be the bored selfish hero.

[ltnlng]

One (author) and Murata Yuusuke (artist) have collaborated a couple of times before doing OPM. Their general theme is battle gag manga with awesome art. One-sensei is in charge of the story and Murata-sensei is the artist. The story of OPM was already done by One who also drew it himself, and his artistic talent is not the best lol. Murata Yuusuke hasn't gotten to drawing it until just recently. The original OPM drawn by One was posted online, it's not a manga per se. The link to it is posted in this thread.

If you're familiar with Bakuman, an author first draws out his story like a doodle and then the artist redraws it to make it more dramatic and awesome. So, One drew the doodle and now for some reason Murata Yuusuke is drawing it only a while later (years?).



About your original question: this manga's main beauty is its gag character, so there will never be an enemy Saitama will have to get serious to defeat. He will always be the bored selfish hero.

 

read chapter 88 and chapter 89...

[erisae]

^ oh yeah I read those chapters after I posted that. But to me he doesn't look very serious still, he had more fun fighting that other guy earlier in the series who tanked his punch.