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One Punch Man Must Be STOPPED!

Film Theory

Film Theory

Tv & Film

4.8894 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Join former Film Theory Host MatPat as he explains the TRUE terror of One Punch Man! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello internet, welcome to film theory, the show that can knock out any franchise with just a single episode.

0:26.5

Okay.

0:27.1

Today we're hopping back into the wonderful world of anime to revisit One Punch Man.

0:31.1

For those of you who don't remember, three years ago, we actually pitted his unstoppable punch against Captain America's Unbreakable vibranium shield to see who could win.

0:38.9

But I never quite felt like we gave the show itself its due.

0:41.9

From armored gorillas to seaweed people, this show is full of absurd powers and awesome moments that we could look at.

0:47.7

But of course, nothing compares to the incredible strength coming from everyone's favorite C-ranked hero, Saitama.

0:53.8

But while in theory, having the power of Saitaitama. But, well, in theory, having

0:54.9

the power of Saitama in my hand seems awesome, in reality, it probably be more like a curse.

0:59.9

And not just because he's able to defeat anyone without breaking a sweat. Saitama's

1:03.5

heroics actually cause a lot of damage. And I do mean a lot. I know the show plays some of these

1:09.5

moments for laughs, but when he actually

1:11.0

stop and do the calculations, one punchman has actually killed millions of people. In fact,

1:16.0

it's likely that he's destroyed the planet multiple times over in his carelessness. In trying

1:20.7

to save civilization, he's wound up destroying it. Multiple times. Don't believe me? Well,

1:25.3

hop off that bike of yours for a second, Moomin' rider,

1:28.1

because today we're talking about all the times Saitama's quote-unquote help

1:31.7

actually killed more people than it saved.

1:33.8

One of the first villains were introduced to is Beefcake,

1:36.2

a buff dude bro who's mutated into a giant mass of muscle in an effort to be

1:40.0

a strongest man.

1:41.5

Obviously, though, he's wrong.

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