So whats the conflict here?

Oct 30, 2024 3:31 PM

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Saitama, the prota has god mode on, he cant lose, he always wins.

so how can suspense be in the story if you know it takes just 1 or 2+ punches to win....in every fight?

doenst matter if its god or the most powerful villian. Saitama comes to screen, bang, game over.

also..whats the point of having secondary characters if they cant kill the enemy as fast as saitama?

like the centipede in season 2, they couldnt beat it...but saitama comes. ...bang. bye

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Oct 30, 2024 4:13 PM

keinboesewicht

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you answered your own question. its suspense when the other characters fight and its comedy when saitama comes to save the day.
and thats obviously the purpose of the side characters. saitama isnt always there at the right location and time

Oct 30, 2024 5:03 PM

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it's a character study. it's not about who's the strongest or the power of friendship, it's about a guy that's just living his life in spite of god. it's also cool as hell when he punches so hard it puts a hole in the night sky and i'm reading to find out how that gets one-upped

Oct 30, 2024 5:32 PM

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"One Punch Man" is a satire of shonen manga. The conflict of the series comes from our MC desperately wanting a challenge, yet being refused this, constantly. Making him depressed and questioning his life. He once wished to be strong and in a sick and twisted way, got what he always wanted. But over the course of the manga he gains many friends that help him see things differently. That, to me atleast, is what makes this manga so good.

The manga is also pretty funny, so that helps too. Not to mention, over the last few arcs the series has made great effort to establish a big cast of side characters that simply aren't as strong as Saitama, which creates tension. Saitama can't always be there to protect everyone, as seen in the MA Arc. At the end of the day, you're looking at a satire with typical shonen lenses. Which won't do you any favors in enjoying the series. It's not about power levels.

Oct 30, 2024 5:59 PM

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Before centipede was defeated there was an actual fight, but none of the heroes there were well, very adequate to deal with centipede, so Saitama was necessary.

You can think of Saitama like a Deus Ex Machina. He won't solve every situation, but some of them if the rest of heroes can't. So, the action is focused on the secondary characters, because you can't expect much action from a character that can solve every situation with one punch. Kinda lame for people who expect the main character to do things exciting, but we can assume it's not the case of people who enjoy the manga, like me. We don't talk about the anime after season 1, ok?

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Oct 30, 2024 7:19 PM

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Saitama’s conflict is purely internal ever since he realized hero rankings aren’t important to him anymore, everyone else’s has external conflicts (some internal too like Darkshine)

Oct 31, 2024 4:33 AM

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In every battle shounen, no matter how weak the protagonist is, you know he'll win in the end and save all his friends. One Punch Man pokes fun at that by just making the protag the strongest, removing all tension(when he's on screen) and turning it into an action comedy. Or will you complain about every battle shounen out there?

Oct 31, 2024 5:41 AM

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you dont need suspense to have a good show, there are many ways to write a story

Oct 31, 2024 11:53 PM

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it can still be fun despite that and fights which feature saitama are still by far the best part of the manga. i do get bored when it's 2 side characters though, for example the current situation in the manga.

Oct 31, 2024 11:54 PM

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dump suspense in trash box. we don't need it always roaming around protagonist. i need one smash pure vandalism when protagonist is around. OPM was about Saitama but later it changed everything. I would say Saitama is there now just for the sake of plot(which isn't really) and he will appear when writer cannot defeat enemies with only help of side characters. he is like perfect entity to cover all the plot holes of a story and side characters won't need any kind of shit power buffs or flashbacks to power them up.(fuck you demon slayer for that cause actual fight is for 5 minutes flashbacks for 50 minutes? tf?) Now the question is how will Saitama enter the chat? will it to save his cooked fish he got in supermarket on sale or he was just there to kill a mosquito but accidentally saved the world by making a hole in the space? And I'm here for it.

Nov 1, 2024 8:41 AM

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PoisonedJack said:
Saitama, the prota has god mode on, he cant lose, he always wins.

Does he now???
Because I clearly remember him missing out on supermarket store deals regularly...

Nov 1, 2024 11:40 PM

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PoisonedJack said:
Saitama, the prota has god mode on, he cant lose, he always wins.

so how can suspense be in the story if you know it takes just 1 or 2+ punches to win....in every fight?

doenst matter if its god or the most powerful villian. Saitama comes to screen, bang, game over.

also..whats the point of having secondary characters if they cant kill the enemy as fast as saitama?

like the centipede in season 2, they couldnt beat it...but saitama comes. ...bang. bye

actually they're several characters wh could have beaten elder centipede not just Saitama

Nov 1, 2024 11:42 PM

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Yaggamy said:

PoisonedJack said:
Saitama, the prota has god mode on, he cant lose, he always wins.

Does he now???
Because I clearly remember him missing out on supermarket store deals regularly...

and he lost to humanitys greatest foe the dreaded mosquito

Nov 4, 2024 7:55 AM

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@keinboesewicht so its a comedy show..not a fighing manga__ ?? XD

Nov 4, 2024 7:56 AM

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PoisonedJack said:
Saitama, the prota has god mode on, he cant lose, he always wins.

Does he now???
Because I clearly remember him missing out on supermarket store deals regularly...

@Yaggamy ?? WHAT is this has to do with everything??!

Nov 4, 2024 7:58 AM

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its a parody heck even a gag manga so not your usual serious action manga

Nov 4, 2024 7:58 AM

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@keinboesewicht so its a comedy show..not a fighing manga__ ?? XD

@PoisonedJack you missed the parody tag or what? Yes it's supposed to be funny it's the whole point of one punch man.

Nov 4, 2024 10:55 AM

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@Yaggamy ?? WHAT is this has to do with everything??!

PoisonedJack said:
WHAT is this has to do with everything??!

Everything!!!
Don't you see???
Saitama is constantly losing. Losing money by missing out on sales!!!

Nov 4, 2024 1:09 PM

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PoisonedJack said:
@keinboesewicht so its a comedy show..not a fighing manga__ ?? XD

why cant it be both?

Nov 5, 2024 10:15 PM

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@PoisonedJack you missed the parody tag or what? Yes it's supposed to be funny it's the whole point of one punch man.

@Otakupervert890 really__¡¡¡?? so the fights doenst matter because the whole goAL is to laught XD??

Nov 5, 2024 10:16 PM

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@keinboesewicht so its a comedy show..not a fighing manga__ ?? XD

why cant it be both?

@keinboesewicht

because theres no point to have secondary characters that cant kill an enemy just for the prota to come and kill it with 1 punch.

is like....just have saitama as the hero.

Nov 5, 2024 11:35 PM

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PoisonedJack said:
@keinboesewicht

because theres no point to have secondary characters that cant kill an enemy just for the prota to come and kill it with 1 punch.

is like....just have saitama as the hero.

they do defeat enemies. i dont get it whats your point? are you just trying to hate?

Nov 17, 2024 4:42 PM

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Mainly by not having saitama in the manga for 90% of the time, the side characters are pretty good

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It is for Madoka alone." - Homura
or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.

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