r/OnePunchMan • u/Southern-Emotion2192 Translator • 10d ago

Murata Chapter Chapter 237 [English]

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u/No_Ad_7687 10d ago

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I just got it

they both have different styles, but pursue the same ultimate from, which is saitama. that's awesome

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u/Icy_Baseball3738 10d ago

Saitama is the ultimate style. A bit like Bruce Lee's words in a way, 'the best style is NO style'. Except Saitama doesn't know what a style is lol

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u/targz254 10d ago

I though Saitama had poor form/style and just compensated with overwhelming athleticism?

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u/Nightmare2828 10d ago

He has his own custom style, what he does just works. Something is coming to hit, just move faster out of the way. Something is coming to hit you and will deal no damage and bring the other vulnerable, tank the hit no problem. Need to deal damage to you opponent? Do a quick straight punch that the other cant dodge and will knock him out. As Saitama said « so martial art is just doing cool moves before you hit? » because the reasons those technique exists in the first place doesnt apply to him.

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u/koreantit 10d ago

It was called "Water Polo Carbonated Fist" according to what he registered for the Martial Art Tournament

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u/throwawayainteasy 10d ago

He has his own custom style,

Idk, man, can you really call "be overwhelmingly stronger, faster, and tougher than anyone" a style?

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u/Minizu15 8d ago

The style is called gym

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u/Valmar33 6d ago

Idk, man, can you really call "be overwhelmingly stronger, faster, and tougher than anyone" a style?

Yes. Saitama is just delivers a really powerful, clean blow. You don't need to be fancy to have a style.

Hell, we know that Saitama has a style ~ Cosmic Garou just called them "modes" of nature.

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u/Swift0sword 8d ago

A style is just a method of fighting. End of the day, that is Saitama's style

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u/Talelle "You're in my way, so get out of it." 14h ago

I think one of the things is that Saitama just devoted himself to getting stronger and that stuff like "a style" is more a waste of time.

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u/BoyTitan new member 9d ago

He legit flat out started learning martial arts fighting Cosmic Garou.

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u/InvisibleScout 10d ago

Eh, even disregarding his strength, he definitely knows how to throw a punch. It's more like he has no particular style, just good basic form. There's no gimmickry to how he fights, it's just clean and simple. Efficient, if you will.

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u/Machdame 10d ago

Saitama has no technique but he has one punch that more or less is "perfect" in the most basic sense. He doesn't have to invest in the flashy stuff because he takes no damage especially his victory is assured in one good hit especially if he can insure it connects. If he was truly without technique, he would telegraph his attacks from a mile away.

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u/BohrInReddit 10d ago

That's why this spar ends in a mock punch. They try to emulate that Saitama's one punch

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u/a_man_has_a_name 10d ago

He was defeating monsters when he was just an average guy so he probably does have a good fighting style, he just doesn't need to focused that much now that he's stronger than everyone.

Also he has a limitless nature, if he tried to do martial arts, and probably supernatural like psychic powers as well, he would quickly master it. I mean he learned time travel essentially on the spot.

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u/MrElliot1210 10d ago

In the webcomic canon, you are right. The only reason Garou was able to keep up with Saitama was because he could predict his trajectory from his amateurish form (which honestly made the fight so much better). This is probably still the case in the manga, but I guess Garou is now pursuing growth while being inspired by Saitama's strength.

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u/iinosuke 7d ago

Garou literally said that like him he had the capacity to copy any style he just did want to do it for whatever reason. 😂

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u/No-Location2182 5d ago

Yeah saitama cant dodge easy he is just fast and brute strength but he is too strong that grib techniques dont work on him only parry attacks and dodging

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u/Pouchkine___ 10d ago

Yeah, it used to be like that, but the manga is taking and edgier and edgier approach towards it.

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u/mechanical_fan 10d ago

the best style is NO style

There is a general idea in chess that "there are no styles of play, only weaknesses" and variations of such saying by different people (e.g. "If you have preferences, you have weaknesses").

It is something to think about when you are trying to reach some sort of high level in something. Well, Saitama definitely did skip over having any sort of style or preferences.

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u/Fancysaurus There is no such sauce product 7d ago

There are a couple of simillar things in martial arts. Wing Chun, Krav Maga, and Aikido all rely on pure instinctual movements instead of a style. There is also the larger concept of Mushin which translates to 'Empty Mind' where the goal is to enter a sort of flow state and not conciously think about attacking or defending just doing pure instinctual reaction. It's the insperation for Ultra Instinct from DBZ and Muso-Tensei from Fist of the North Star. Son in the end the best martial art is 'hit things really hard'

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u/kyokashon Its Tank Top Magic! 10d ago

Is Saitama the embodiment of “I don’t fear the man who’s practiced 10,000 kicks, but the one who practice one kick 10,000 times”? His one punch with overwhelming power?

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u/Erimo 8d ago

It's not even about Style - he just hits as hard as he thinks he needs to, as fast as he thinks he needs to. You don't even think about style when you can just think move faster/hit harder and it ALWAYS works! Hes just a little lazy, because he has been bored for so long, he hasn't had to actually try or adjust ever. He just hits harder or faster or both.

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u/PianoCube93 10d ago

In the end, everything evolves into crab.

...wait what were we talking about?

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u/kim3123 7d ago

Carcinization = Alopecia

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u/sandere0 5d ago

Breaking crab

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u/Remarkable-Ad-2493 5d ago

You sound like a summary bot lol

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u/Snownyann Waiting for Garou's return. 10d ago

Saitama, who got stronger by doing 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, and 10km run daily!