DEATH BATTLE

Wait until after season 5 airs this summer.

Saitama is a parody of the boring, invincible hero. Yes. He also has the running gag that he is so overpowered he can beat any opponent without trying. You can have two qualities.

He doesn't belong in Death Battle because you would either have to rob him of the central concept of his character or put him against someone that can subvert Saitama's gag.

Edited by Zeromaeus on Mar 21st 2019 at 7:11:48 AM

I'd honestly wait until One Punch Man concludes, so that we will officially know what his strength ceiling is.

I still maintain that Squirrel Girl is the perfect adversary for Saitama, and would be the one character who would not induce fandom riots by beating him. Her gag and his complement each other. Saitama is powerful enough to defeat any enemy in one punch, while Squirrel Girl's joke is predicated on winning fights offscreen that are way out of her league absolutely should not f*cking be winnable.

The animation would go like this.

They fight in a city park. Saitama volleys a punch that just barely whiffs by her face while her eyes go O.O. and she panics. Then we see her screaming in sheer terror and comedically trying to scramble away while city-busting blows miss her by a hair over and over again.

An army of squirrels emerge from the trees and one bites Saitama on the butt. He yelps comically before the rest of the squirrels descend. Saitama proceeds to obliterate them in huge swaths, each punch wiping out dozens if not hundreds of squirrels, until there's nothing left but him and a terrified Squirrel Girl trying not to piss herself in the crater-blasted ruins of the park. Nowhere left to hide.

She trembles as he slowly closes in on her. The camera cuts away for a discretion shot. We hear the blood-curdling bone-crushing impact.

Camera returns and we see a proud Squirrel Girl standing triumphant over Saitama's broken corpse doing the V for Victory sign. No explanation for how we got here.

Then Uatu flies down and assures the camera, "I am the Watcher and I see that this is the one true Saitama. Not a clone, robot duplicate, or dream hallucination!"

It’d be a really phyrric victory for her though, having all those squirrels die

Aren't most victories in this series a Phyrric Victory?

I'm probably selling most fighters a bit short with that writeup. I just threw it together right after getting up. I was mainly focusing on emphasizing slapstick action over dramatic action.

Doreen's usually more confident than that and Saitama didn't get to show off his cool attacks. She should still be avoiding his blows by pure luck rather than active dodging, but maybe not the screaming, panicking mess I wrote up there.

I do still like the image of her giving him a sort of, "Uh, hi there," hand wave after the army of squirrels is obliterated. Like she's out of options and has zero idea of what to even do from here.

For Saitama, he should bust out Consecutive Normal Punches when fighting the squirrel army. Then, just before the discretion shot, call his Serious Punch.

The fight would start because Saitama was trying to eat lunch in the park and a squirrel ran off with his pork bun. He chased the squirrel to get his lunch back, only for Doreen to stop him and be like, "Hey! Quit bullying the squirrels!"

But I like mine more because it doesn't use a Marvel Comics character >_<

-shrug- Debatable. But no one ever budges on this.

People also throw a shitstorm if he wins. 'Cause he's only multi-continent Super High School Plus Ultra Level.

Garnet vs Ruby from RWBY

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How about Ruby (Stephen Universe) vs. Ruby (RWBY)?

All this talk about RWBY and Steven Universe and no one suggests Pearl vs Weiss? Just look at them!

Edited by Prany on Mar 21st 2019 at 9:09:54 AM

At this point it feels like we should just do Team Crystal Gems or whatever they're called v. Team RWBY.

Crystal Gems fuse and form Obsidian

GG RWBY

I don't think Obsidian has any real feats though

She's big and scary sure, but she really doesn't do much.

Team RWBY might honestly have that fight in the bag give how they're used to fighting things way bigger than they are

Edited by EpicBleye on Mar 21st 2019 at 12:25:43 PM

I maintain that if we're doing a Team RWBY fight, it should be RWBY and JNR vs the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, because their colours match.

Red is the leader, Blue is the smart one, Black is the Token Minority, Yellow is the martial arts expert, Green and Pink are dating, and White (with gold accents) is the backup leader.

Yes, the Green and White Rangers are the same person. I'm assuming he'll require a team effort.

Red Power Ranger is the Martial Arts Expert. And Green. Both Tommy, Zach and Jason teach classes and Jason and Tommy go to tournaments (It is, in fact, how Tommy is introduced, facing Jason in the finale). Trini does Martial Arts but it's not as big into her character than it is Jason's, Zach and Tommy. She's probably more the Tokken Minority since her being the daughter of immigrants actually comes up in one episode.

Edited by Ghilz on Mar 21st 2019 at 1:26:38 PM

It’s not a perfect solution, but a way past that is to look primarily at Alexandrite, and conclude that anyone who either couldn’t beat or could just about match Alexandrite would lose against Obsidian - since Obsidian is so basically just Alexandrite but stronger and bigger.

And can form blazing sword

> How about Ruby (Stephen Universe) vs. Ruby (RWBY)?

Giant fusion Ruby vs Ruby

If we are going by same name how about Catwoman vs Black Cat?

Here comes the another DC vs Marvel fight complaints!

Depending on the timeline, Felicia has had Super Powers: Bad Luck powers in the comics and Marvel's Spider-Man or being a Super Soldier like Captain America.

And when she’s not doing that, she apparently uses a lot of advanced tech in her costume.

Not sure what Selina has besides her skills and her bullwhip.

She often has claws that can cut glass and sometimes has a corset

Not sure how that is useful but it must be if she keeps wearing it

Is anyone really clamoring for a fourth Batman vs. Spider-Man fight?

The Arkham games also gave her caltrops and the ability to walk on walls and ceilings, and probably a couple other things I can't remember.