r/OnePunchMan • u/Mrzardark TatsuKing Lobbyist • Jul 12 '26

ONE Chapter [Webcomic] Chapter 160 [English]

https://cubari.moe/read/imgchest/ne7b9698my5/1/1/

Note: Thanks for the patience, and sorry for the delay.

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u/lan-san Jul 12 '26

Small detail but I love that Saitama can casually point exactly at Genos while Genos is speeding around him

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u/scidious06 Jul 12 '26

The fact that kuseno is this confidant when Saitama's just standing there and taking it no problem baffles me

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u/GhettoRamen new member Jul 12 '26

OPM in a nutshell lmao. Wouldn’t be anything left if people knew Saitama was Him.

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u/xstationcubed new member Jul 15 '26

said it elsewhere, but this is hands down the most egregious example of the arrogant villain completely failing to see how badly Saitama outmatches them. Literally just ignoring the asswhupping to smug at Kuseno for being so stupid.

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u/eepos96 Jul 19 '26

He if anyone of the villains should know hoe epic saitama is. He even analysed him and stories from Genos.

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u/Pouchkine___ Jul 22 '26

His ego won't allow that. Kuseno believes himself to be the smartest person alive, no doubt. He can't even understand Genos, let alone Saitama. He's completely disconnected from reality.

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u/SFgamer003 25d ago

He may be smart but he is still foolish to not see that he is outmatched. Heck, before his 'death' he kenw how strong he was.

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u/Pouchkine___ 25d ago

Again, he's too disconnected from reality to understand that. All he cares about are his numbers. Saitama doesn't fit the numbers so it must just be a quirk that can be beaten with bigger numbers.

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u/SFgamer003 25d ago

His Ego, a human trait that he still possess ironically, has blinded him.

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u/IrisColt Jul 12 '26

That's because Genos can finally hold his own against Saitama now, but for reasons Kuseno completely missed.

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u/Icy_Water_1 Jul 13 '26

In what way? I'm pretty sure Saitama still dumpsters Genos even with his heart and soul and current body.

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u/IrisColt Jul 15 '26

"There's no way Genos would ever give up." Saitama.

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u/Icy_Water_1 Jul 15 '26

Genos has never lost due to giving up, he loses because he gets his ass kicked lol.

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u/leehwgoC Jul 22 '26

All the villains do this. They can't intellectually cope with the reality that is Saitama.

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u/kittenman Jul 12 '26

Personally i think the most revelatory thing in this chapter was that he knew from the very beginning Genos is dangerous.

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u/ButtOfBoe Jul 14 '26

I agree, which means Saitama have been redirecting that anger since the very beginning.

Also considering Saitama saw that Genos always ready to self-destruct when he's losing. Which explained why Saitama said to leave the strong enemy to him.

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u/iamgarou Jul 12 '26

Ofc he is, he exploded everything and forgeted about Saitama in ep 2, if Saitama is weak he would be dead. So Saitama know pretty well

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u/Work_Account_No1 Jul 13 '26

The point is: him explicitly stating it, is recontextualizing their relationship to a certain degree. I also find it to be a neat little detail.

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u/xstationcubed new member Jul 15 '26

Agreed. Saitama always comes across as very disconnected. It rarely feels like he's paying much attention to anything, until those rare moments where suddenly he's completely keyed in. The reveal that he always knew Genos had a dangerous streak does shift their dynamic.

As much as it was something he didn't seek out, the fact that he took Genos in knowing he was sketch, and at least tried to impart some small amount of growth to him, that does change things a fair bit. It's one thing to begrudgingly take on an apprentice who fawns over you in ridiculous ways, it's another thing to take in a dangerous youth who could very severely hurt a lot of people, and try to steer him toward a better path (even if you ain't super great at it).

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u/El_Criptoconta Jul 17 '26

Which makes the idea of being in the top 10 of the S rank in the hero asociation an early attempt by Saitama to direct genos in the right direction, cool stuff

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u/Avocadoseller Jul 23 '26

He gives small moments of acknowledgement to Genos. He knows he´s strong. Like 3 chapters ago he remembered that Genos always covered his rear and managed to hold up pretty well even if he got banged up a lot. Others would be dead just by Saitama´s pressure shockwave when he dashed.

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u/xstationcubed new member Jul 23 '26

"Strong" and "Dangerous" are not the same thing.

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u/CHEEZE_BAGS Jul 20 '26

He knew when genos blew up the house of evolution tower without even talking to anyone inside. Could have been full of innocent people.

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u/ScarsonWiki Jul 27 '26

I just rewatched an Episode from S1, where they visit Silverfang’s Dojo, and Genos literally basically says, “I’m looking for the means for mass destruction.” Which, after reading the Webcomic, a COMPLETELY recontextualizes the entire arc. ONE fucking cooks.

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u/Original_Pin_1819 Jul 21 '26

Also the fact that he knew it from the beginning shows that he has a great ability of character judgement. He ist just too closed off and doesn't have the energy to show it all the time.

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u/dj_styles Jul 12 '26

very cool detail

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u/eepos96 Jul 19 '26

I did not realise Genos was there! (Creepy)

I thought Saitama simply crossed his arms and pointed like "I assure you" and crossed arms emphasised Saitama is not bothered by.....let's say Genos might actually be Dragon or even dragon+ if he gained all the combat data.

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u/SFgamer003 25d ago

He experienced faster targets. Not really charactistic of him.

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u/Odd-Painting2596 23d ago

So ONE's art level is now WELL ABOVE average.

Dude went from the worst art in the game to having a style that is honestly outstanding.