The joke is that while our eponymous hero’s power level has no equal, he is so inept at life that everyone else thinks he’s some wannabe loser. Tired of being able to defeat every enemy he faces with one punch, protagonist Saitama worries more about missing the supermarket cabbage discounts than impending world threats.
It’s creator, aptly named One, envisaged the story of a hero who was already the best. Starting life as a viral webcomic back in 2009, One Punch Man is a celebration and a send-up of superhero fiction.
