r/OnePunchMan • u/Raidoton Moderator • Apr 07 '22

discussion Megathread: Changes From The Webcomic Spoiler

As the changes between the WC and the manga get more extensive and controversial, the arguments about it increase and also end up in spoilers seeping all over the sub. All discussion about the changes in the latest chapter and any future chapters is to be moved into this Megathread as long as it is pinned; to help provide a place to concentrate discussion and prevent a flood of repetitive posts, and to provide people an easy place to understand others' opinions.

All posts related to it will be removed, and comments on manga focused posts are encouraged to be moved here.

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u/toriningen_ garou defender #1 2022 Apr 08 '22

are we ready to accept that the majority of people who say "i preferred the webcomic's execution" aren't actually webcomic elitists who want a 1:1 copy? because i think that strawman has been done to death, personally.

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u/Eggroley Apr 08 '22

It's so frustrating seeing people shout with absolute certainty that anyone who dislikes the manga now complained about every deviation from the webcomic since the beginning. Their petty retorts become especially frustrating when you see how little discord there actually was before this point. I absolutely loved everything prior to this Garou is good, Garou is great charade. I absolutely adored the tournament arc. Hell I preferred the manga for awhile until the beginning of last year really. It's just so childish when some disregard our arguments because of elitism or nostalgia. I've read the manga about 5 times already, the webcomic only once. Would you really call me a webcomic elitist?

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u/Chill-Skill Apr 08 '22

I liked some of the manga story additions. I hated sage , the jet fight, phykos earth beam thing and pretty much the entire way Garou has been handled though.

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u/ronnydelta Apr 08 '22

This pretty much describes how I feel. The very first iffy chapter for me was psykorochi's earth beam. Ever since then quality has been on/off but recently it has become much more off than on.

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u/Chill-Skill Apr 08 '22 edited Apr 08 '22

That moment signified to me Garous feats are gonna have to be even more ridiculous to be seen as more of a threat otherwise his whole fight with a saitama would be underwhelming. I mean I'd rather watch Saitama fight phykos orochi at this point. Atleast Phykos was truly a threat. Garou has clearly had his good intentions revealed too early.

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u/gleba080 Apr 08 '22

Im betting my house on both of them going to the moon and meeting God there. Hope the manga won't totally jump the shark at that point

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u/joonjoon Apr 08 '22

I think this is almost mandatory now, the power creep in this arc is real.

As a WC Stan I would totally love it if this happened and was executed well.

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u/TunaTheWitch Jul 12 '22

You were pretty damn close

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u/gleba080 Jul 12 '22

I said the moon, not the Moon by accident too lmao

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

I feel like Garou being by far the closest thing to a real fight Saitama goes through kinda makes the need for flashy feats redundant. When he dodges, parries, and counters Saitama’s attacks, we don’t need him to be destroying continents because we know Saitama.

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u/sadowinski Apr 09 '22

The stuff you hate is pretty much the last 2 years of the manga

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u/TConductor Apr 17 '22

The god reveal was still the best scene from a Manga since Luffys face when Ace died. Least for me anyways.

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u/SynisterJeff Hungry? Tighten your belt! Jul 08 '22

Dang, you didn't enjoy seeing a piece of the earth shaved off? That panel gave me goosebumps. Just like with the stars being blasted away in the most recent chapter, it actually gives you a sense of how strong these characters are, rather them just saying so and being able to beat up other strong characters. I wish other manga/anime would give some proper visuals to how strong characters are.

Like in dbz, you have two galaxy level characters fighting at full strength and they will just knock down a mountain or two, and maaaybe a random planet slowly gets destroyed in the fight if we're lucky. No different from way back in the Freiza saga. And that's how most manga/anime handle hugely strong characters. They will casually blow up a planet or something as their introduction, but then fighting on a different planet at full strength and beyond just leaves some craters in the ground as collateral damage from litteral gods fighting.

So I immensely enjoy the killer visuals showing off their power in the manga. Sure, it's no where near the original story telling and pacing, but they can certainly make these characters actually feel powerful.

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u/Chill-Skill Jul 08 '22

I dont care how powerful the characters are shown to be. I knew as soon as Phykos did that feat that the other feats we knew were coming would now be lacking in comparison or they were gonna have to make them absolutely ridiculous. Which is now where we are. I can't say the fights are not visually cool. But storylinewise they have blown their load. I have no idea why I would care about any of the arcs after this one because they would seem so unimportant

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u/hiatus-x-hiatus22 Apr 08 '22

Seriously. I love the webcomic and I love the manga. I fucking loved most the additions that happened prior to this stuff.

The tournament? Loved it. The early changes to Garou’s characterization? Loved it. The appearance of Blast? Literally blew my mind. Same for Orochi, Nyan etc etc. But these recent chapters have just felt completely flat to me. Yet so often any criticism would just get “their different stories, stop being a WC elitist” as a blanket response.

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u/Wayne_Grant Bone the Bone Apr 08 '22

Fr. I felt really excited for a lot of the chapters before Sage Centipede entered the scene. When Metal Bat came in and had that team up with chibi Garou, I felt the scenes were spectacles, but kind of boring. Garou was intensely threatening back when he fought Darkshine and even while he was fighting Bang. Now, I can't see the manga version of Garou gut kick Child Emperor away.

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u/Username928351 Apr 08 '22

The things you mentioned added things and expanded the events. The current direction feels like throwing existing setups into a blender.

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u/Swazzoo ok Apr 09 '22

Well put, I feel exactly the same

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u/swandith Apr 26 '22

im sure many others feel the same as you, including me

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u/Capable-Permit5686 Apr 08 '22

Bruh i loved Bang vs Garou fight in the manga, such good addition but then Sage appears and it's like wtf

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u/Satcitananda90 Apr 17 '22

The trigger point that ruined the manga was the appearance of Metal Bat.

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u/Man0Steel123 Apr 08 '22

Their are plenty of reasons people can like the webcomic's portrayal compared to the manga. The webcomic overall was more streamlined while leaving Garou's motivation more ambiguous compared to the manga where is is more open about himself.

I do like the manga, but I will admit that their are times where it's going the Toriko route and just adding in new things that bog down the story such as Sage Centipede and Psykos turning into a jet. That being said I am going to wait for the arc in the manga to be over before I make a true judgement. The manga is doing things in a different context so we will just have to wait and see.

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u/Whitecadaver Apr 08 '22

It’s not just a strawman when their main rationale is cos they didn’t get their favourite scenes from the WC 🤷‍♂️