- 6,487
- 6,573
Not quite, he had impressive RE way before the narrator even said that his limiter was "starting" to break, and we never got an actual statement of it breaking, although we can assume it likely did. Although CF Garou likely has vastly higher RE than any other Garou, anyways.The RE is most likely due to breaking his limiter. The limiter in OPM refers to an abstract limit to a living being's growth wich limits their potential. If one is submitted to enough stress or obsession they surpass their limit and they mutate heavily turning into a mysterious being based on their obsession, their mind is also warped in the process. In case a living being is subjected to extraordinary effort (enough to push their bodies to the brink of death over and over again) and pushes through with willpower without losing their minds their limiter starts to break without them becoming a full monster and capping out. That's what happens in Garou's case.
Garou was showing RE since his Hero Hunter arc, and was showing it a lot after his fight with RR and Bug God.