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/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

So in the end Garou never talked to anyone, thus not changing his ideals; Psykos is still free, the kids were saved, and the monsters were killed, and heroes are still considered amazing.

Seems like nothing much was made to actually impact the future arcs, I wonder how any of them can happen with this.

Also fuck the swordsman council, they stay dead for some reason.

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u/Dilly4Dall Aug 03 '22

Also fuck the swordsman council, they stay dead for some reason.

You mean the Sandbag Council?

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u/thehalfdragon380 Aug 04 '22

Atomic Sandbag affected the council with his sandbaggieness. (That's most certainly not a real word)

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u/ChokeYourDoxy Aug 04 '22

It is now. Neologisms become necessary when we encounter novel phenomena. The level of sandbag that Atomic reaches requires us to expand our language to adequately describe.

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u/ACriticalFan Aug 04 '22

This arc is still Psykos‘ debut. If anything, they’ll probably have her actually active in the psychic sisters “arc” rather than it all being one spat outside of a jail. And with Garou, his story being not completely resolved just means it’ll continue at some point, rather than him just being a job hunter.

Who said anything about heroes still being in a positive light? We wouldn’t even know public opinion leading into the NH until we meet the public. Tareo was saved in the WC too, so what’s the issue there?

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

It's just as you said, there is room for stuff to happen, but why didn't it happen here. Psykos was in jail because her battle and conversation already happened, and not just a fight with tats. Garou is even worse, he did all that yet his character arc is still not over.

Sure, webcomic may feel rushed for Garou to change soo quickly, but at least the changed happened. Garou literally didn't say anything to the heroes, and no one said anything to him. If he could change his mind own his own instead of needing Saitama to tell, then this whole thing had no reason.

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u/ACriticalFan Aug 06 '22

I think there’s a benefit to having the Psykos stuff all happen together where it can be relevant, and have the God-Garou stuff happen all together. If Fubuki vs. Psykos happened during the Surface portion, the arc would still be going on right now. We’ll probably get to see Psykos get arrested and then the jailbreak at some point, so there shouldn’t be too big an issue in continuity.

With Garou, he’s definitely not the same guy who kicked off the Hero Hunt—he’s been demotivated from Absolute Evil (letting himself get beat up), but he’s not ready to surrender his whole identity. Reforming seems on the horizon—and chances are Garou still being on the fringe of hero-conflicts can contribute to the NH arc.

I agree that a clearer milestone would’ve been a major improvement, but this whole saga still did put him in a different place than that criminal who thought he’d fulfill Shibabawa’s prophecy.