Talk:Saitama/@comment-83.233.111.243-20190423211119/@comment-69.126.217.42-20190527160930

(This is a response to Sfgamer)

Saitama is a parody - and as a result a gag character (a gag character being a character that is a satire, as Saitama is.)

As for the idea that Saitama is a gag character, and can therefore do whatever he wishes (or rather, whatever the writers want him to do, which is by extension killing everything); I think that argument is perfectly valid. You can come up here, and say that I'm strawmaning, etc etc, but one cannot deny that the whole point of his character is that he defeats enemies who are reminiscent of the typical shounen "OP- 'I need friend power to win'" type villains, and all in one punch (when he's not holding back, as he did with Boros).

As for when you brought up Saitama being planetary - you imply that that is his power ceiling, and that it is shown to be his power ceiling - *where is this shown?* We have never seen his ceiling to begin with - *as a matter of fact, it is implied he doesn't have a power ceiling by Dr. Genus.*

Additionally, I have the exact transcript from the interview that you linked, which you are referencing (where ONE himself is answering)

"Q: Can Saitama blow up Earth?

A: I guess he can if he wanted to, but I don't think he will do it."

That is the exact transcript.

No where in this statement is it argued that Saitama is planetary level. It is said that HE COULD DO IT IF HE WANTED TO - not that this is limit to his power.

Overall, I believe that Saitama, because he is a gag character - or rather, a parody, as you prefer to call it - he has no limit to his power. That's the gist of his character.