Let’s be real: whenever Saitama says the word ‘serious,’ the anime world ends up in a panic. Because when the One Punch Man himself decides to try his best, it’s no longer just a fight. It’s a natural disaster in the making. From half a planet getting annihilated with a sneeze to casually punching away galaxy-level attacks, Saitama’s so-called ‘serious’ moves are the ultimate example of overpowered comedy colliding with cosmic destruction.
And the best part? He’s still not giving it his all. These ‘Serious’ moves are literally Saitama just putting in slightly more effort, not even his full power. So let’s just get into every ‘Serious’ move Saitama has ever made, listed from ‘wow that’s powerful’ to ‘oh great, he just shattered the universe again.’
7. Serious Side Hops: Saitama’s Deadly Cardio Routine
Leave it to One Punch Man to turn warm-ups into weapons. In what’s likely the most funniest ‘serious’ move ever, Saitama unleashes ‘Serious Side Hops,’ basically him hopping left and right really, really quickly. The effect? Tons of afterimages and shockwaves so powerful that they can knock out Speed-o’-Sound Sonic immediately.
Yup, the world’s fastest ninja was defeated by a warm-up exercise. Saitama didn’t even strike him, he just shifted positions. If this is how his warm-ups are, imagine his leg day.
6. Serious Squirt Gun: When Lava Turns into a Toy
Only Saitama could be inside lava and still find time to mess around. During his fight with Orochi, he used ‘Serious Squirt Gun’, a move where he literally squirts high-pressure lava streams with his hands. The attack completely overpowered Orochi’s Gaia Cannon, an attack that drew power from the Earth’s core.
So yeah, while other anime heroes are mastering ultimate jutsus or secret sword arts, Saitama’s out here manipulating molten rock into a water gun and still emerging victorious. This guy does not fight physics, he intimidates it.
5. Serious Headbutt: The Baldest Counterattack Ever
What would you do if a god-level villain threw a punch at you? If you were Saitama, you would headbutt him. In the One Punch Man webcomic, he deflects Garou’s punch with his ‘Serious Headbutt,’ disabling Garou’s arm in an instant. No fists. No stance. Just forehead.
It’s the most “I don’t care anymore” attack in the whole series, and that’s why it works. The Serious Headbutt shows that even Saitama’s shaved head is a mass destruction weapon. Someone get this guy a helmet (for the safety of everyone else).
4. Serious Table Flip: Goodbye Moon, Hello Chaos
When someone says ‘table flip,’ you likely associate that with frustration. But for Saitama, it’s actual planetary reorganization. On the moon Io of Jupiter, he buries his fingers in the surface and executes the ‘Serious Table Flip’ and rips the entire moon in two, sending massive chunks flying into space.
In the webcomic, he did the same thing in Z-City, he flipped the whole Monster Association base. He doesn’t even fight Garou, he just flips the surroundings so hard that Garou loses his sense of direction. Forget ground control, Saitama is ground control.
3. Serious Sneeze: The Strongest Allergy in the Galaxy
Of all Saitama’s serious actions, nothing is more ‘comedy gold’ than Serious Sneeze. During a battle with Garou on the moon of Jupiter, he accidentally sneezes and blows away half of Jupiter. Just a casual, unplanned, allergy-fueled planet destruction.
This was not even a move. It was an accident. Somewhere out there, scientists are crying, trying to make sense of this.
2. Omnidirectional Serious Punch: Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
When Garou attempted to flee Saitama’s attacks through hyperspace portals, Saitama casually went full anime god mode with ‘Omnidirectional Serious Punch.’ He was so fast that he left behind numerous afterimages of himself, each landing a Serious Punch simultaneously, encircling Garou totally in all directions.
It’s basically a One Punch Man version of ‘pressing every attack button at once.’ Garou wasn’t even able to run into another dimension to get away. This attack shows that when Saitama finally decides to punch you, the universe itself is like, “Yeah, good luck with that.”
1. Serious Punch: The Move That Defines Saitama
The Serious Punch is the king of all his serious moves, straightforward, lethal, and so iconic. The first time we witness it, he casually wipes Boros’s planet-shattering Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon from the face of the planet and shatters the clouds on the entire planet.
Later, when Saitama faces Garou, the same punch levels up into Serious Punch², an impact of two Serious Punches so strong that Blast and his friends have to warp the blast into outer space. The outcome? Whole star systems potentially destroyed.
It’s not a punch it’s the definition of ‘overpowered.’ One Serious Punch packs more devastation than all of the anime attacks put together, and Saitama still looks like he’s mildly annoyed about it.
In the end, Saitama’s Serious movies in One Punch Man are the most iconic combat style ever: simple moves with god-level consequences. So, which serious move from One Punch Man is your favourite? Tell us in the comments section below.
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