One-Punch Man Finally Reveals Saitama's Jaw-Dropping True ...

Summary

• Saitama's strength is finally put into context in the latest chapter of the One-Punch Man manga, as he is able to lift and move an aircraft carrier, which weighs at least 100,000 tons.
• Even though it's difficult to convert lifting strength into punching power, Saitama's punch can be estimated to have the force of two megatons of TNT, making it as strong as a nuclear bomb.
• Saitama's power is not limited to Earth, as he is shown to be able to destroy planets, such as Jupiter and its moon Io, with ease, making him a cosmic-tier threat.

One of the questions that One-Punch Man fans desperately want answered is just how strong the protagonist Saitama really is. Because the whole premise of the manga is that Saitama is stronger than anything and anyone else, to the point of growing bored with the lack of challenges in his life, it is hard to put his power into a comprehensible context, especially since most of his feats take place in the heat of battle. However, a recent chapter of the manga might have just given readers the clue they've been waiting for.

One-Punch Man was first created as a webcomic by author ONE, who wanted to flip many of the shonen and superhero tropes by making his protagonist extremely strong in the beginning, rather than in the end. Saitama can end any fight with one punch, making all the struggles that heroes normally go through completely meaningless. However, he struggles with everyday problems instead, like money or the loss of his hair. Because Saitama's unbelievable strength creates obvious storytelling problems whenever he has to face enemies, most of the action is reserved for ancillary characters, such as the members of the Hero Association, who have to face often insurmountable odds in their fight against monsters, only to be saved by Saitama's timely intervention.

One-Punch Man's Saitama Can Lift at Least 100,000 Tons

In the Monster Association arc of the One-Punch Man manga, drawn by Yusuke Murata and written by ONE, the heroes struggle during the final clash against the Monster Association. While they were able to defeat most of the opponents, including the leaders Psykos and Orochi, the Monster Association Executives proved to be much stronger than they expected. One of them, Evil Natural Water, is a mindless monster created by Psykos' experiments, a creature whose body is made entirely of water and can absorb other liquids. After being defeated by Garou, the creature moved into the ocean where it absorbed enough liquid to adopt a colossal size, becoming so big that it dwarfed an aircraft carrier. Saitama, however, still defeated it with one punch, then moved to save the carrier, and in the process, he revealed important information about his power.

In chapter #157, thinking about the best way to save the ship that is being capsized by the huge waves, Saitama reflects that if he had somewhere to stand firmly, he could simply lift the carrier and carry it away. While the solution he finds is even more ridiculous (ride the carrier as a surfboard), that declaration gives readers a minimum threshold for Saitama's strength. The two most recent aircraft carriers used by the US Navy, the Nimitz class and Ford class, weigh approximately 100,000 tons, so it's fair to assume Saitama is able to lift and move at least that weight. The force required to hold something against gravity, or lifting, is calculated using the formula m (mass in kilograms) x g (gravity force, 9.8). To lift that air carrier, Saitama would then produce 882 million joules of force.

While it's basically pointless to convert lifting strength into punching power, because a lot of things have to be factored into the latter (such as speed, impact, friction, etc.), even going with an incorrect 1:1 ratio, Saitama's punch would have the force of two Megatons of TNT. For reference, the modern nuclear weapons in the United States arsenal range in yield from 0.3 Kilotons to 1.3 Megatons. So, Saitama's punches hit with the strength of a couple of decent-sized nuclear bombs. Poor Evil Ocean Water never stood a chance.

Saitama's Power Can Even Destroy Planets

Later in that same arc, in chapter 167, Saitama and Garou's fight takes to outer space, with the battle finally ending up near Jupiter. In a surprising moment, Saitama feels the need to sneeze and lets loose, obliterating a massive chunk of the giant planet and revealing its core. Before that, Saitama performs a "Serious Table Flip" which rips the crust off of Jupiter's moon Io, destroying that celestial body as well. That's a level of power that would set Saitama at a cosmic-tier threat, able to reshape entire worlds with his strength alone. It also raises a few concerns for the safety of Earth, should Saitama even accidentally let loose like this back home.

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The amount of force necessary to strip the atmosphere from a planet is almost incalculable, but Saitama was able to do just that with only a sneeze. Applying science to works of fiction can be fun, especially in the case of outrageous manga such as One-Punch Man, but every calculation is obviously an approximation, as comic book characters rarely adhere to the laws of physics, and this is especially true for Saitama.