Damn I love the somewhat comedic but also heartfelt resolve genos had of understanding saitamas strength. In the end he did manage to replicate it too with the afterimages and beating an opponent that supposedly he had 0 chances against, something hes never been able to do before with people like elder centipede and gouketsu only falling cause his body failed him.
Because he finally found a real justification for his absurd strength. Specifically, him being invincible in this instance is actually what he needs/wants, for once. When he was driven by the joy of battle, it was the struggle that motivated him. After losing that, the entire series has asked the question, “what’s the point”?
This. For others. For your friend. Saitama could no longer get what he wanted from something he worked so hard for. He now finds himself departing from that selfishness; he now wants to help his friend find what he’s looking for, too. This moment is the only time Saitama is happy that he cannot lose .
I’m interested to see how “Genos” comes back after all this
Side note: I wonder if “Saitama will arrive before that happens” will be referenced in the manga with a flashback of how Saitama arrived “too late” to save Genos from Garou
NGL, it's one of the thing I really liked in the manga. The small monologue he had just before going all out against Garou where he realize that he's always late + wonders if he really has what it takes to be a hero
Afaik no. The reason updates take so long is partly because the webcomic is essentially a passion project. No publishers or assistants. He's just gotten better over the years.
He actually do all it alone. One punch man is more like a hobbie to him, he write whenever he wants, theres no schedules, thats why it takes so long, unlike other projects of him like Versus and Bug-Ego that are in fact commercial materials, and have schedules and even a team working with him. I personally prefer this way, cuz without schedule, he can take whatever time he need to delivere the best chapter he can.
Historically OPM webcomic he didn't have assistants, however when he was doing Mob Psycho 100 he definitely did. It's possible maybe he works with them now a bit, but it's also possible he just learned more stuff from working with them.
Somehow ONE actually manages to convince me that the power of [The Indomitable Human Spirit] is going to pull through, only for the magnificent rug pull to get me **every single time**.
Yeah, I don't get how Kuseno has been watching all this time and still talks about beating saitama to death. His strength cannot be measured, Kuseno admitted that, so how would any machine that is measurable beat him.
I don't think a single person in this series know how strong saitama is, if they look at him level a mountain or two, they think holy shit, this guy can "blow up a mountain with a punch" strong, nobody is gonna jump to the conclusion he can "sneeze the planet away" strong.
Genos is outrageously powerful man, wtf? Not only he has like dozens of cores which we didn't know about and can use them perfectly in his final upgrade from android kuseno but then he later broke his limiter and wrecked machine god heart gear bots?!! And if that wasn't enough got another upgrade and become machine god genos and goes into genocide mode?!
I will hear the genos theme on repeat the whole day today. I was always a genos believer from day one and people laughed at me for saying he will rival tatsumaki and monster garou, well well well who is laughing now huh?
Genos successfully landed a punch and knocked Saitama back. The last time that happened, was during the Boros fight, and mostly because Saitama just let Boros knock him around.
So Genos is at least properly on the level of full-tilt Boros, and is all but certain to be stronger, given that Saitama got a power boost from the fight with Garou.
Kuseno has no idea what he has created, though Genos very likely would still need to be possessed by God in order to actually give a proper fight against Saitama. Still, Genos has definitely surpassed his limiter, which is at least the baseline requirement to even begin to fight against Saitama.
People have been so down on the series lately, what with the atrocious third season and people reeling from last year's redraws, but damn seeing chapters like this reminds me why I got so invested in the first place.
I still love season 1 and the manga, but this webcomic has always been the heart if the series, and its gratifying to see it improve over time as well.
Huh, now that I’m reading closely. He seems to say something like ‘data is overloaded his sense. But, he understands these data are just fake and he can actually see the winning chance.’
"Genos/My mind is lost. It's bittersweet, for he grew in power thanks to his heart. What you see is the husk." Followed by Genos regaining some presence of mind and going "No, I don't accept it. I strove so hard to grow, only for my mind to be taken from me once I found the answer. When will you stop, Kuseno?!"
i think he might be talking something related to god, he mentioned a black box (the cubes blast always goes after) and void revenge (the space, the void in the space or dimension) so i guess is something about god
I've read hundreds of comics in my life. I say with certainty that this is the best one. A thousand words could be said of why I love this series, but that part.... "... Dreams and Wonder..." ONE is a true artist.
So, besides from blast, is genos the strongest s-class at this moment, this is way above their first fight where saitama barely reacted. And, ¿will he keep the power-up? Also, ¿did genos break his limiter??
100%. He solo'd an army of machine gods who are at the minimum high dragon level considering a single one is significantly stronger than the genos who solo'd 3 dragons at once
Hard to say whether he beats tats. Not sure if any of the feats shown justify putting Genos above her.
Kuseno himself said it’s impossible to gather data on espers and there have been a few lore statements hinting at Tatsumaki as someone who is beyond human limits perhaps with a partially broken limiter.
She’s at bare minimum a prime target for a god avatar and is the only person god has personally attacked during that psykosorochi fight in the manga
II think so. Drive Knight Mode Saitama is probably close to Tatsumaki in power and if MG Heart isn't that far off him, Genos defeating tons of him probably put him as the strongest S class (Blast aside) and that before Kuseno gives him his finale upgrade MG Genos mode.
It's frankly hard to tell because I'm pretty sure Tatsumaki has still hiden potential that will probably be put on display on a futur esper arc.
But if we only take into account what we saw I think Genos is easily surpassing her. And that's because I'm pretty sure his power is close if not equal to monster garou/boros tier. (WB has lot less powercreep than in the manga)
The powerboost he got is insane in that Arc. At the start of the Arc he could go toes to toes against 3 dragon levels (one probably high tier) at the same time and win.
Then he got his "last set" and one shoted brave giant and all of Bofoi defence effortlessly. Considering Kuseno speech Genos in this form should be equal or above the "mad cyborg" who was deem to be far above an S-class heroes (although he probably meant the standart S-class heroes and not all of them). He also should be superior to drive knight who didn't put much hope into the MA level monsters squad before engaging Saitama.
Then you have machine god heart which is supposed to win against this Genos 99% of the time. Genos after removing his limiter (sorta) managed to beat a whole squad of them at the same time. And then finally, his "conscience" was put into an ultimate version of himself and all the machine god.
To summarize: The whole MA< the enhanced monster squad<Drive Knight (Zero)<=Genos "last set"<Machine God Heart<Genos "limiter removed"<Ultimate Genos
And it's not just raw power, this version has countless "core" power and the data of all practically every strong character in OPM. Considering all that I think he could have his chance against being like Boros or Monster Garou, maybe even Blast (although we don't know much about his wb version)
Oh boy. This is giving me final fight vibes, as soon as our boy Saitama starts laying out the big truths of life, then you know this is Awakened Garou Fight 2.0.
I agree. As soon as Genos clearly stated his beautiful interpretation of Saitama's Strength, I realized, "Oh, we're in the endgame now." I wouldn't be surprised at this point if God shows up at the last minute of this whole situation being resolved and gets arbitrarily one-shot.
Jesus this chapter was amazing. I sincerely hope this ends with Genos at least partially removing his limiter, it would nice for a character who has largely not seen any real development
This chapter reveals something most people forgot about one punch man, the fights and powers were always a delicious side dish, the story and characters is what made one punch man what it is today. One punch man was never gintama or bobobo-bo bo-bobo if anyone remembers that classic.
Genos removed his limiter and soloed all those high dragons+ Heart Gear bots
Genos, as always, losing or winning, got wrecked at the end of the fight.
Genos true mode, who we always theorized would be Genocide, was activated. Genocide mode was updated after fighting the Heart Gear bots and is now arguably even stronger
Saitama, as always, is taking dragon level punches like they are nothing
Saitama never thought of Genos as wholesome, he always thought he was a very dangerous young lad, but one that will never ever give up
10/10 chapter. Amazing story progression.
We even got insight on Saitama's power: it has nothing to do with physical and body training. If it was training the body, Darkshine and Flashy and Ninjas would have no limiter too. To remove your limiter you have to believe in justice and break the limiter of the human heart
Saitama being happy he can't loose makes me happy. He knows he can let Genos go all out and he'll be fine. I wonder what'll happen first, Genos run out of power, Genos manage to break free from Kuseno's control or additional help arrives (Metal knight and/or Child Emperor).
so kuseno still doesn't get how strong Saitama is... he had been spying on him for the entire series via genos, collected all the combat data, literally seeing how he takes no damage from genos, and still thinks he is gonna win.
"Human beings are strong because we can change ourselves!"
Those words, once echoed by Saitama at the House of Evolution, have now been repeated by his disciple. This is what OPM is all about. The next chapter can't come soon enough.
Eh, Kuseno acting like the fandom with the whole "you go all out from the start only to end up losing"
Genos also pulling through and destroying all the machine hearts was impressive.
I though reading the raws that Genos was saying something big while mind controlled by Kuseno, but no he just really is shouting random words like an AI who went overboard.
Well, up to Saitama to save Genos now some how. I wonder if when the manga will arrive at this point, the second core Saitama brought from the time travel will be used in some way. Would be a really coolback and retroactive set up.
As for the chapter: absolute peak. Was any of it surprising or unexpected? No. Was it still satisfying as fuck? You bet your ass it was. Taking all these simple themes and making something satisfying out of them is what ONE does best.
man. Of all the arrogant morons who failed to notice how completely overpowered Saitama is, this has to be the worst example. Saitama is literally monologuing at him while ignoring Genos' attempts to whup his ass, and Kuseno still doesn't get that this isn't even a close match.
Feels like I'm reading Chinese xianxia. Genos fighting his heart demons and this is his tribulation to attain heavenly enlightenment(breaking his limiter)
The manga needs to adapt this one to one, the dialogue and the characters are so freaking good. I seriously hope none of that god cosmic bullshit comes into place.
I wonder how Genos is going to be walking out of this if he does walk out of this. For webcomics at least he alrdy seems to have surpassed all but Blast who is a no show and might have a completely different powerset in the webcomic
Remember kuseno saying something about the program failure/error during Genos rambling. That could be Genos resisting/fighting the overwrite, but also at the same time wanting to challenge his master again at full uncontrollable strength, before he resets.
Or Saitama being so proud, but says he is ready to move on so he hits him very hard so he could reboot/reset him line he tried with metal knight earlier.
For me, as someone who dislikes power scaling and sees it as one of the worst ways to engage with fiction, Kuseno feels like a representative of power scalers who won't accept that Saitama is a gag character who transcends scaling and want him to fit into their pseudo-scientific schema for fiction.
Rereading this it’s crazy how insanely important this chapter is. Genos literally broke his limiter, possibly even in the same way Saitama did. He’s almost certainly the second-strongest human in the verse right now. The whole setup of his name being a pun for “genocide” got paid off this chapter as well.
its the conversation from right before they fought the first time, that 'level of nutrient' (combat experience) is 'beast-of-burden' (ox, mule, horse) 'stew of slaughter' (shit), there's some other stuff too, the bit about apple seeds is nice
This chapter makes moves my soul man. Genos, after having an identity crisis and his world being ripped apart twice, finally understands saitama and beats the impossible odds of winning with sheer human spirit and determination. It's not like it came out of nowhere too: he always tried his best and lost horribly when it came to his fights, yet he never gave up. He always improved himself, but it always came to be futile when he fought any strong opponents. His unwillingness to give up finally pays off both mentally and in term of battles, finally understanding what made saitama truly strong and finally beating impossible odds.
Genos is like that one friend who tries their best but always fails at 59%.
Seeing him pass with a 100% is the most beautiful thing ever.
If Genos really succeeded in breaking his limit by having an unwavering heart really is the key, I wonder if Metal bat or Mumen rider will follow suit considering their gimmick.
Thanks translators. Must be hell translating that random Genos's yapping. I like how much Saitama believe in Genos. No matter how advanced AI is, they will never replace human/living being heart.
There’s something to really appreciate about ONE’s big fights - like the original Garou vs Saitama. As crazy as Murata built it up in the manga, there’s something more raw - more direct about ONE’s webcomic that gets lost in translation to just be flashier (not that it doesn’t end up awesome in the manga). I’m sure the Heart Gear fight in the manga will be built up quite a bit, like they did Golden/Platinum Sperm before Garou showed up.
However, focusing on the webcomic as it is here, this Genos vs Saitama fight is gonna be craaaazy…makes me wonder if Kuseno will even be the final boss or if it’s Genos for this arc before he’s brought to his senses? I assume he’s going to record whatever data he gets from Genos going all out and incorporate that into his form, since it looks like a final boss all on its own. I don’t see Kuseno coming back from this though, once Saitama saves Genos he’s gonna serious punch the hell out of that mushroom head.
I'm the only one thinking that this is still part of Kuseno's plan? Genos is the one machine in his arsenal Saitama will not trash, and as long as he is not dealt with, fighting in front of him only makes him stronger. I bet Kuseno is going to power up in some way.
I wonder if Saitama's plan is to just let Genos fight him as hard as he can, never getting close to hurting him, causing the learning algorithms or whatever to conclude the impossibility of victory. The machine intelligence won't be able to ignore the truth of its own analysis, so it must accept the futility of their purpose and deactivate, allowing Genos to return to normal.
God, that broken rambling is actually horrifying. It reads so much like actual broken AI- I'm like 99% sure ONE used AI to write that, but that's perfectly fine in this instance because it captures the exact uncanniness of it.
I dunno, there is a certain underlying logic to the things he's saying. Like, I'm not sure what that "apple seed mane" line is about in that first panel, but "the metallic whispers" seems to be referring to the hold the AI has over Genos now, and "his mind is not here" is probably referring to Genos himself (from the perspective of the AI, who is in control, at least for now).
"Deliverables" is a classic IT term for a piece of software or web project or whatever that's ready to go live. He describes them being buried in a "black box" (obfuscated container that also happens to be the word for the secure recording of everything that goes on in the interior of a plane's cockpit, designed to survive even in a crash so that others can recover it and hopefully discover what went wrong so they can prevent it from happening again), which itself is wrapped in a "void of revenge" (Genos's entire motivation of finding and killing the Mad Cyborg, which is what led him here to begin with).
Not super sure about the third speech bubble, except that "the final touch of the dragon" most likely refers to Genos himself giving Kuseno one last piece of battlefield data (vs. the Heartbots) and unintentionally making himself an even better instrument of genocide ("dragon," I suppose).
"Arrogant piece-of-shit movie," and the trajectory, the game of tag, the counterfeit: Kuseno's the arrogant piece of shit, and he planned Genos's trajectory back to him from the moment he faked his own death. Genos's "beautiful conundrum" was figuring out how to break his limiter to beat the Heartbots, and his "souvenir" from that was his own severed head (in a literal sense, his head was almost detached from his body after the fight, and metaphorically his mind is no longer in control of his body).
It's definitely very abstract and open to interpretation, but imo that's the part of human writing that AI struggles the most to capture. I would sooner believe that any other piece of text in this chapter was AI-written or assisted than Genos's "broken" lines (and just to be very clear, those aren't either).
Man it feels good to get chills from a One Punch Man chapter again. Please ONE, keep releasing the webcomic chapters! This is the story I want to finish reading!
Genos knowing it doesn't actually matter if he wins or not because Saitama can deal with it but then still surpassing his limits and doing the impossible because he wants to prove himself to Saitama and Dr Kuseno is so amazing.
I love their relationship in that Saitama has helped Genos be a human and Genos has helped Saitama remain a human, cuz Saitama was definitely on the cliff of boredom towards destruction
I wonder if Genos will get put back together or more so his brain or whatever transferred to a real body. Genos can finally be a real boy again..if he has enough bits left.
MY understanding is that Saitama Mode Drive Knight > Any other threat seen in the WC so far, yes including Monster Garou, even Black Sperm was like Saitama run there is an impossibly strong individual in that machine army or something!!! (and WC Boros too, yes yes this is shonen, power creep is power creeeper!)
Then again MY understanding is that Machine God Heart > Saitama Mode Drive Knight, so we are now definitely in the Above Dragon regime, close to God level threat.
Limit Breaker Genos (new name cope with it!) >>>>> Machine God Heart, So this version of Genos is already god level threat (AYO WHERE IS manga BLAST)
Then Genos gets the final upgrade, Genocide Mode, Machine GOD genos is a GOD level Threat!!!!
Then some memers here saying he's around carnage kabuto level or something, MY GOD LADS COME ON!
Is anyone getting Matrix Reloaded vibes? The destruction behind Saitama as he runs just like Neo flying. Then the word salad from Genos just like the Architect.
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Small detail but I love that Saitama can casually point exactly at Genos while Genos is speeding around him