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Warning : pamperer for One - Punch humans Chapter # 197 ( JP)/#195(EN)One - plug Manchapter # 197 puts recurring villain Speed - o'-Sound Sonic in the spotlight , but it turn out that Sonic has better a stack throughout the serial , and amazingly , it ’s all thanks to Saitama . In fact , based on his ontogeny on display in this chapter , it ’s clean to say thatSonic has been a more successful educatee to Saitama than even Genos .

Chapter # 197 watch transonic meeting Flashy Flash at a designate spotlight for what was intended to be a battle to the death . The two have n’t really seen each other since they were children at the Ninja Village together , and thus Flashy Flash has no theme of Sonic ’s abilities in the present . As it twist out , neither do fans , as Sonic ’s abilities are actually a match for Flashy Flash , who is a top - tier up , S - year submarine .

Flashy Flash is impressed , and wonder if together their strength might be enough to defeatthe Ninja Village ’s leader . At that moment , however , a big group of ninja from the village appear , intend to pop Flashy Flash themselves .

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The English version ofOne - Punch Man , published by Viz , has a different enumeration due to the authors adding or re - doing chapters in the original Nipponese interpretation .

Sonic’s Desire to Defeat Saitama Has Driven Him to Greater Heights

When confront with the gang of extremely - take aim , elect ninja , transonic stands up to them , claiming his duel with Flashy Flash supersedes theirs and threatens to fight back them as well . They ’re shocked at his audacity , but then it ’s revealed that Sonic is compare their strength with Saitama ’s , and it does n’t even begin to measure up . Saitama has set a fresh legal community for what unfeigned strength is to Sonic , a bar that he mean to aim for and surpass . Flashy Flash notice that Sonic must have done a circle of grooming , and it ’s clear in the context that this was training to take down Saitama .

Even Sonic ’s most casual defeats at Saitama ’s manpower seem to have led to him learning about his deficiency and training to overcome them . Since Saitama wo n’t drink down Sonic , he can try again and again , improving in some way each prison term while notice young weakness that he necessitate to patch . In a fashion , Saitama is acquit almost like an former master copy , with Sonic as his pupil , even though he does n’t realize it . transonic has grown up in the rough Ninja Villageand is in particular used to this kind of training . If Sonic ’s ability are now on par with an S - Class hero , then he ’s already improved substantially from his first appearances .

Genos Has Not Gained Much Power From Being Around Saitama

liken to Sonic ’s progress , Saitama ’s self - appointed adherent , Genos , seems to be lagging . latterly , Genos even had a sad realization about Saitama , concluding that their family relationship was one - sided . In fact , Genos ' progress in terms of power depends on his cyborg rise , so there is not much he can learn from Saitama . While both have in reality profit from each other ’s presence in emotional terms , from a strength linear perspective it was Sonic who gained most from Saitama . Given Sonic ’s progression , he can definitely arrogate that he , and not Genos , is Saitama ’s most successful " disciple " inOne - Punch Man .

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One-Punch Man: Sonic Vs. Flashy Flash

One-Punch Man: Sonic imagines Saitama towering over the ninja as a representation of the differences in their power.

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