![]() ![]() The contrast even shows up in their designs. And if that wasn't enough to underscore their differences, the reveal of how Saitama got his powers means that there's nothing that Genos could possibly learn from him-even though he still has his habit of writing down every piece of Saitama's "wisdom" in a notebook. ![]() Even though he serves as the straight man for most of the book's comedy, he's the one with the super-serious motivation and backstory involving a dead family and a transformation into a cyborg to fight for justice. You can still check out the whole thing online-assuming, of course, that you can read Japanese.Īlong those same lines, their function as characters is the reverse of the usual setup, too. As you might expect from his claims of being "not that great," ONE's art is a completely different style from Murata's detailed, highly polished work, but the character designs, ideas, and sense of humor that make One Punch Man a hit are already there. If you're familiar with that version, then going back to the webcomic makes for an interesting experience. By 2012, Akiman had recommended the webcomic to artist Yusuke Murata, who teamed up with ONE for a remake of the webcomic that would run in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump, expanding on the world and characters that ONE had created online. On a site where a comic was considered a "success" if it got 30 viewers, One Punch Man drew thousands within a few weeks of starting, attracting the attention of people like Akiman, the legendary artist responsible for the character designs in video games like Street Fighter II, Darkstalkers, and Final Fight. ![]()
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