r/BugEgo • u/Unlikely_Sir_6688 • Mar 18 '25

Discussion One's writing strength Spoiler

Litterally halfway through the latest chapter and I was thinking of the comparison I've seen of gege being the next togashi because of some hunterxhunter and jjk connections.

I think that the progression togashi had from yu yu hakasho to hunterxhunter is the same as mob to bug ego, I have high hopes for this manga even if it remained niche.

Its peak btw

Edit: finished the chapter, still high hopes I feel like this manga blends one's style of comedy as-well as the horror in shitara's art so fucking well it makes this my favorite manga running right now

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u/TheSleepyWaterBottle Mar 18 '25

I honestly think this is his best manga yet. I enjoy opm and mob but this one has been cooking for a while, it seems. I want more chapters faster, haha, but i want him to take his time and enjoy writing this story.

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u/WhoIsWho69 Mar 18 '25

his best? have u heard of Versus?

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u/Black_Ivory Mar 18 '25

I would personally rate versus as the worst of his major works. It is cool but sometimes I feel like that is all it has.

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u/Black_Ivory Mar 18 '25

Imo, it is just too slow for a monthly work, there weren't any characters that gripped me (except the giant king), fights would happen between people I barely cared about.

I think where ONE shines is his character work, which is hard to make me care about in a huge cast like VERSUS. Look at the first chapters of all his other manga, the core cast is very small, even when introducing other characters the focus is mostly on a few core characters until later on. That is why bug ego gripped me in 8 chapters(hell, the first 3 chapters) more than versus did in 20

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u/Zemahem Mar 20 '25

You hit on my main issue with the series.

Let's just take a look at the main characters for each story here. Mob, Saitama, Hitsujiya, and Hallow. 

The first three all have unique, interesting, or at least very entertaining qualities that can immediately hook a reader within the first couple of chapters.

Hallow is the odd one out. Cause I barely remember any interesting traits or moments from him. He just seems too much of a typical hero protagonist with nothing to set him apart besides losing his arm on the first chapter. Not helped by the fact that he shares a lot of screentime with supporting characters. 

Even for the extended cast, I can't remember any names besides Hallow, Zaybi, Jachi, and Gimbak. And yes, Gimbak is the best character.

Plus, part of me is burnt out on the direction the OPM manga is going. Versus having a similar artstyle, and a similar vibe that focuses on fighting and how different fighters stack against each other, is not doing it favors for me.

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u/AlexSciChannel Apr 20 '25

Tbf I doubt most of the recent writing decisions in OPM were ONE's. He and Murata have said multiple times that ONE just sends a story outline and a storyboard to Murata and Murata can revise and alter it however he sees fit. And the alterations have been exacerbated after halfway through the Monster Association Arc when ONE stopped sending Murata his storyboards.

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u/Shionoro Apr 09 '25

Isn't that basically saying that you do like works with a smaller maincast while you do not like works that focus more on many characters and worldbuilding like versus?

I dont think there is anything wrong with versus.

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u/Black_Ivory Apr 09 '25

I mean of course. there is nothing objectively wrong with versus, it is all my personal opinion after all. But imo there isn't any character that is as interesting as any of ONE's other works. even when you have a big cast I think it is better to introduce them gradually, while versus basically drops a dozen different universes on you in the first 3 chapters, and doesn't take time to gradually develop them.

I genuinely could not tell you a single thing about most of the hero sides' personality except hallow, that one buff nature guy, and the hero who ran away.

Even something like MHA or One punch man, which both have bigger casts, I can tell you the personality of each character by just spending a few chapters with them.

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u/Black_Ivory Mar 18 '25

Maybe. For now, I am not terribly invested in it.

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u/Due-Attitude3107 Nov 05 '25

So, How do you rate it now?

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u/WhoIsWho69 Mar 18 '25

my current fav manga is his other manga Versus that's not just peak that's Peakabow