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Saitama
A hero whose entire premise is an unmeasurable strength ceiling — the series never depicts him at his limit, making him uncomparable by design.
First appearance: One-Punch Man (2012), Shueisha
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Commonly got wrong
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Commonly believed Saitama can be ranked against other top-tier characters.
Actually The series never depicts him at his limit. Ranking him is a category error, and the show is explicitly about that.
The feat ledger
Never depicted at his limit; the series is explicitly built around his ceiling being unmeasurable
Takes attacks that destroy the landscape and is not scratched — the joke and the premise at once
Never explained beyond his training claim, which the series treats as deliberately absurd
Ends nearly every fight in a single punch, which is the series premise
Crosses distances faster than opponents can register that he moved
A jump from the moon returns him to Earth, and the series treats it as unremarkable
Emerges undamaged from attacks that destroy the surrounding terrain
His stated training regimen is deliberately absurd, so the power has no real explanation
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Manga canon — Events as published in the manga
- Anime canon — Events as broadcast in the anime adaptation
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version