Saitama's whole character thing is "Guy who wins in one punch." Even if you put him in another universe that wouldn't change.
To give a different example, would it be fair to take a character from Naruto where they have the ability to learn multiple elements, put them in the ATLA universe, and then take away their other elemental abilities because "Only the Avatar can master all the elements"?
There should probably composite universes for those "who would win" speculations...
So rules need not bend in one character's favor.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Eh. I can see him fighting against DBZ characters, what with seeing stuff like him vs Boros or the meteor without coming anything close to breaking a sweat.
But it's all kinda silly to seriously speculate, since the show is almost certainly never gonna show him hit his limits.
I have a message from another time...Surely, given that Saitama is being brought into a crossover fight, 'the creator is doing something silly' is a pretty damn safe assumption. He's an inherently silly character being brought into a context where he's even more inherently silly.
Right. I know I'm just throwing fuel on the fire....and I love it.
So first off, SSB Vegeta never got beat up by Arale, by dint of Vegeta never going beyond base.
Goku did immediately jump to SSB, and was only barely holding her off. Her gag nature meant he stood no chance of matching her, because the idea of a super alien who'd achieved God hood being beat up by an little robot girl is inherently funny.
So...considering we know Toriyama values his jokes quite a bit, I actually think that, if they did it in a hilarious way, Saitama's gag would carry over to Dragonball, and he'd shit stomp everyone...then get slapped upside the head by Chi-chi or Bulma (leaving a big red hand mark on his cheek), and told to leave, because that would also be seen as funny.
Rob wins. Fridge logic-ality.
edited 4th Mar '17 9:51:34 PM by HandsomeRob
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Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I said I wouldn't respond to anymore Saitama stuff, but.....I can't resist.
That's not his "power". Even if it were, he still wouldn't beat characters with superior feats. Flash is the "fastest man alive", that doesn't mean he's faster than any other character ever. At best you can say we haven't seen his limits yet, but that does not mean he's limitless.
Oddly enough, there are opponents who Saitama has not beaten in one punch, but rather in multiple ones, does that not imply an upper limit? If his "power" is to literally beat everyone with one punch, then that should hold true always, no matter who or what he's hitting.
What Saitama does isn't an ability, and not letting him one-shot a character with superior stats would not be "taking away" his abilities. You're trying to claim that scaling Saitama to infinity based off of no limit fallacies is fine, and that to suggest otherwise would be to "take away" his nonexistent infinite power. And it would take too long to address that Naruto/Avatar point.
People tend to take evidence over supposed "authorial intent". Just because people think Saitama can beat everything in one punch, doesn't mean everyone is going to accept that premise without question. Handwaving the discussion away by saying "it would ruin his character" also isn't a good enough point either. There are plenty of "gag" characters around, they don't get to do whatever and whenever they want either, Saitama is no special exception.
That does tend to be the case, just so that there are no inherent biases.
edited 5th Mar '17 5:03:46 AM by hardcorefakes
It's not his power, but he is holding back when punching through a planet-busting attack so hard the other guy gets gibbed and the clouds in the line of the shot part ways.
There is nothing stopping us from supposing he would simply hold back a little less when dealing with an appropriately strong character.
Saitama beating the likes of Boros, or Garou, doesn't suggest anything about infinite limits, just that he can beat opponents of those tiers. Him hitting them with "serious blows" should imply that he can only hit so hard.
Alright, I've filled my Saitama quota for the day.
edited 5th Mar '17 6:15:44 AM by hardcorefakes
The existence of a Serious Punch proves nothing about his upper limits. After he throws the Serious Punch and defeats Boros, the latter identifies the move immediately afterwards as him still holding back and assesses that, despite his assumptions during the fight, Saitama was not his equal after all. Instead, Boros never stood a chance against his limitless might.
He is repeatedly stated throughout the series as having no limits at all. He can throw some punches harder than other punches, but there exists no evidence of a strongest punch.
edited 5th Mar '17 7:27:07 AM by TobiasDrake
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Actually, I'm pretty sure he was calling him Caillou.
edited 4th Mar '17 9:25:50 PM by BaconManiac5000
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else