Dangalang.
Well, I'd like to see somebody come in on this on the side of Superman, so... I'm just gonna tag some motherfuckers. @Kratoury @Easy @Jeroth, show me what you got.
Yeah, my understanding of these characters is based entirely upon a couple of popular movies and an Abridged series plus several unabridged scenes (which took way too damn long, by comparison, so I stopped).
If you want my two cent's worth anyway, then prepare to be disappointed, because I seriously doubt I can generate anywhere near that amount of Likes here given the current exchange rate:
If we're talking purely a sparring session, to train and/or show who's the stronger fighter:
Goku's fucking ridiculous. Pretty sure he wins outright by virtue of speed, skill, and probably even endurance and physical strength.*~
If it's an absolute, all out no-holds-barred fight to the last, all options open and viable:
- First off, lemme go ahead and establish my opposition to the 'only thing that matters is the absolute physical limitations on ability, not whether the characters actually would do this or that on the given scenario' camp. I think that's really just ignoring or overlooking important and fundamental aspects of a character that are oftentimes very real, significant handicaps.
One Piece's Sanji is at a serious disadvantage against a female fighter that's anywhere near his level of ability. If you ignore his hangups and insist that he totally
could beat up on a woman if he really had to/needed to/wanted to, so his offensive power should totally be counted, then you're not really talking about Sanji going up against Samus, or Lara Croft, or Fubuki or whomever. You're talking about a hypothetical android that's been put together and specially calibrated to match the exact combat specs of the character Sanji.
All this to say that from what I know of Goku, he'll behave exactly the same whether it's just a good-faith sparring match or a battle over the fate of the universe - and that either way, kryptonite does not become a factor in this matchup at all. In fact, isn't there some variety of kryptonite that can actually make Superman stronger? Cause if anything, Goku might even go out of his way to find some of that for Supes (see: Oh Sure, Frieza, Go Ahead And Power Up; Hey Cell, Have A Sentsu Bean).
Superman on the other hand, to the best of my knowledge, would be perfectly willing to 'cheat' and fight dirty if it came down to it. "So what," you ask? "In what way could that possibly circumvent the obstacle of an opponent who overwhelmingly outclasses him fighting at close quarters, and can teleport right on top of or away from him at whim?" Well, I'm not sure it really does.. but if he can stall for long enough to build up the speed required (a thing that Goku totally might just
let him do if asked to), Superman totally has precedent for being able to fly back in time and undo his failures. In this case, that'd mean going back to before the Namek arc (or further), and simply beating Goku at that point.
...although he doesn't seem to be mentally capable of actually killing him (and even if he did, it probably wouldn't stick). So I guess that would just end up making Present Goku even stronger, for having suffered that extra defeat in his past.
So maybe he tries again and again until he finds a way to actually prevent Goku level gainz early on, without also dooming the Earth and various other chunks of universe in the process?
Well, that's all I've got. I tried.
And then at the end of the day, Saitama just punches both of them and he wins. Then he gets bored because of course he does, that's the whole point.
So, One Punch Man wins. Flawless victory.
sorry I know I'm perpetuating off-topic derail train here but I have an actual condition where I can't not talk about One Punch Man whenever someone else mentions One Punch Man and-
I'd also contend that, gag character immunity (ie, literary/plot devices) aside, Goku would slam the absolute shit out of Saitama. Boros' biggest attack is on some Saiyan Saga Vegeta-level stuff, and he was considered mook-tier by the time the Ginyu Force showed up.
Ah. Fuck. Ninja'd pretty thoroughly here, down to 'Boros power level roughly equivalent to Saiyan Saga Vegeta power level'.
Was gonna add that Saitama was honestly lucky to have survived that fight; while this has nothing to do with how powerful Boros was compared to him (weak enough for a single serious punch to kill him from like a hundred friggin' yards away), it does help signify just how much of an advantage Goku's and Superman's flight abilities give them compared to Saitama.
Goku's martial art skills factor in really heavily as well; even without being able to match Saitama for speed or strength at all, Garou at his peak is able to put up enough of a fight against Saitama, thanks to the tremendous advantage in fighting skill, to make Saitama want to start fighting seriously... a
nd he doesn't even see Garou any kind of villain, monster, or even a threat to anyone's life at that point.
I'm really confident that Goku would be at least able to go toe-to-toe with Serious Series Saitama for real, is what I'm saying. Even without flying and teleporting and dragonballs, I'd still give him the advantage on that matchup.