>year 2020
>every popular anime is 7 seasons long
>no end in sight
>mediocrity reigns supreme
>fans despair as anime studios run out of ideas to end their shows
>voice actors commit suicide en masse
>society on the brink of collapse
>Japanese government passes a new law
>every anime is allowed to include Saitama as a plot device
>soon every shonen ends with One Slap Jap killing the antagonists
>other genres follow
>eventually every anime ends with Saitama destroying the menace or inspiring protagonists to do the right thing
>it's 2030 and the name Saitama becomes interchangeable with 'good ending'
>fans rejoyce
>anime is saved
>One Strike Mike begins addressing the audience during the shows, inspiring real people to do live their lives right
>Saitama's wisdom makes the whole Japanese nation transcend beyond their physical and mental limitations
>every Japanese person in the world vanishes, as their physical bodies can no longer contain their augmented spirits
>for some reason the city of Nanjing disappears as well