word of advice : Contains spoilers for chapter 161 ofOne - Punch Man

As the long - expect brawl between the shoot for ultimate devil Garou and private firm hero Saitama continue inOne - Punch Man , the query has n’t been who would win so much as how far the scrap will go . The late chapter offers an solvent to this interrogation by showing what Saitama thinks of Garou , even if that perspective only serve to incense him .

The English release ’s chapter 161 ( Japanese ch . 163 ) carried on withGarou and Saitama ’s hotly - predict face - off , a fight that ’s been over 100 chapters in the making . How this fight will terminate is a bit of a mystery , even in spitefulness of the universe of theOne - Punch Manwebcomic which has progressed far past this story bow . The manga has put a much large focus on Garou , to the point where he ’s arguably share protagonist obligation with Saitama . It ’s hard to imagine this fight end with the demise of either reference , and Saitama has made it clear-cut that he ’s not interested in kill a human – only monsters . Garou , on the other hand , seems to experience that tick Saitama into the ground is the only selection , and he says he has no such chasteness .

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While the two do continue fighting in chapter 161 , Saitama point out throughout the fight that Garou ’s action have n’t exactly been those of a villain – action like make unnecessary a child from the Monster Association or assist the Italian sandwich tobattle the gargantuan Centisennin by making it look pathetic . Despite what Garou might say or think , action speak louder than speech , and his activity since the visual aspect of the Monster Association have largely been heroic . The chapter then uproariously proves this gunpoint , as each attack Garou seek on Saitama winds up as another desperate deed : First , he blows away a hatful of rubble and destroyed buildings , unblocking the going from the emergency brake bunkers and freeing dozens of survivors trapped inside . Then , as their fight brings them close to a volcano that has been driven to eruption by all the seismic activity in the area , Garou ’s attack ruin a part of the mess , causing the lava to menstruate off from a nearby township and again saving hundreds of spirit . The very universe ofOne - Punch Manis counteract Garou ’s villainy at every round , and nothing could make him raging than that .

Even in his hero hunting day , Garou was n’t killing them – a fact which set him asunder from other interchangeable hero - stalk characters likeMy Hero Academia ’s Stain . Despite come across the hero as corrupt or as simple tough , he still spared them , which is unquestionably a non - nefarious bit . His stated goal is a form of nihilistic equality : everyone should be treated equally badly , and that ’s preferable to a world where some ( like heroes ) are care for better than others . AndOne - Punch Manhasn’t shied away from making some of its top poor boy into objectively bad people , with Metal Knight certainly topping the list due to his callous approach to the meteor incident . The hero have grown for the practiced throughout this arc , however , just like Garou has , and that fact reveals the defect in his thinking : the situation can ameliorate without his forced equality of excruciation .

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A full cheek - cad twist to the side of good for Garou seems unlikely , but at the same metre , it ’s hard to ideate what the manga would be like now without his graphic symbol around . Whatever futureOne - Punch Man ’s manga may have in store for Garou , he ’s already been present with enough grounds that what he think he wants is n’t what he really want . All he has to do now is realize that fact , and embrace it .

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