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STRONGEST One-Punch Man Discussion Thread!

Imma finally stop coping and admit current Garou is awakened Garou. Red Garou was already referred to as half-monster Garou and this Garou has a full suit and was Awakened(tm) by Bang during their fight.

Oh, what could've been.
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Artist: Snob_Goblin1 on reddit
 
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I don't believe Garou will fight the S-class in the manga because everything regarding Garou's evolution in the WC during his fight against the heroes (besides resisting tatsumaki's restraints) was changed to happen during his fights against Bang, PS, FF, and SC.

But even if it does happen, the impact will be demonstrably lessened without Tareo there and Garou's attitude change.
 
Dienomite22 said:
Imma finally stop coping and admit current Garou is awakened Garou. Red Garou was already referred to as half-monster Garou and this Garou has a full suit and was Awakened(tm) by Bang during their fight.

Oh, what could've been.
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Artist: Snob_Goblin1 on reddit
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Love this, but I might like the current design a little more.
 
Dienomite22 said:
I don't believe Garou will fight the S-class in the manga because everything regarding Garou's evolution in the WC during his fight against the heroes (besides resisting tatsumaki's restraints) was changed to happen during his fights against Bang, PS, FF, and SC.

But even if it does happen, the impact will be demonstrably lessened without Tareo there and Garou's attitude change.
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just wait for next chapter
 
Cryo123 said:
I don't get the problems people have with current Garou's awakened design.
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If this is Awakened Garou, it doesn't look like some terrifying, inhuman monster. It looks at best like a half-monster and at worst like a human inside a costume/armor. I expect Awakened Garou to look like a devil who exudes dread and bad intentions
 
Ourosboros said:
If this is Awakened Garou, it doesn't look like some terrifying, inhuman monster. It looks at best like a half-monster and at worst like a human inside a costume/armor. I expect Awakened Garou to look like a devil who exudes dread and bad intentions
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I don't look at either Garou design and think "That's terrifying". Also, the facial structure of the devil version is much more human than current Garous. Idk what webcomic Garous' hands looked like, but the Mangas clawed fingers give me more of a monsterous vibe.

Also, it IS pretty much a costume. Saitama calls it out numerous times in the Webcomic. I don't think either design is perfect really, bits and pieces of both would probably make an even better monster design.

For example, I like webcomic Garou's horns a lot, but I think the face is far worse than what we have rn. Idk how those two could be properly combined in our current design but that would be pretty cool.
 
This probably won't happen, but it would be epic if Garou emitted such a level of energy/pressure/whatever that Blast detects it and thinks it's some kind of avatar of God. Again, likely won't happen, but would be cool.
 
ZoroNotZolo said:
This probably won't happen, but it would be epic if Garou emitted such a level of energy/pressure/whatever that Blast detects it and thinks it's some kind of avatar of God. Again, likely won't happen, but would be cool.
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I think Blast holds the standards of gods/anything related to gods well above Garou, didn’t even bother with stopping him on the surface.
 
I think Murata either means he'd adding 5 different types of colors into the chapter, or he's coloring 5 panels. If he colored 5 entire pages, that'd be crazy. Then again, he was practicing recently, which could be related to him knowing that he was going to color for Garou Vs. Saitama.
 
RinneItachi said:
I think Murata either means he'd adding 5 different types of colors into the chapter, or he's coloring 5 panels. If he colored 5 entire pages, that'd be crazy. Then again, he was practicing recently, which could be related to him knowing that he was going to color for Garou Vs. Saitama.
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I mean pretty sure he drew and colored the HE God panel by himself which I could argue is the best colored panel in all of manga. Murata’s skills are absurd.
 
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May not be the first to notice, but looking back at God's dialogue in that chapter, I noticed something a bit interesting.

First, he says "Silence." "I am taking them back.". He says this in quotations, with no dialogue bubbles present. When HE says "Huh?", it's in the same manner. When HE says God's name, it's in a dialogue bubble, but slightly altered, in a manner that depicts his horror, which makes me think that God was in HE's mind and they were speaking with telepathy initially. But when God is saying "Your power. Your life. They are both forfeit." it lacks both quotations and a dialogue bubble, which could imply he's speaking to HE in a different manner.

Additionally, when God speaks via an illusion of Blast, it's in normal dialogue bubbles. When God speaks to Saitama and the others in his realm, it uses uses dialogue bubbles as well, but different from all the others in the series, with slightly foggy/cloudy edges. When Blast appears, God's dialogue bubble when speaking to him is notably different, with a lot of lines on the edges. (Honestly part of me theorized that it wasn't God speaking to him by then, but that feels a little too far out there, especially for OPM which is usually pretty simple about these things)

Idk what to make of all this, but the way God's dialogue is showed in such different manners in multiple different appearances at least feels like it's supposed to be meant for something. A lot of mangaka's use dialogue boxes as a way to convey, imply, or foreshadow things. Even in Dragon Ball, dialogue boxes for villains are usually more blocky and rigid, whereas dialogue boxes for non-villains are smooth and circular. Could be just overthinking it, in fact I probably am, but it's worth a thought.
 
I feel like Garou doesn’t feel like a monster whatsoever right now.

His appearance when he was transforming while pinned under the base was much better IMO. He should look like a monster, a human monster, sunken in eyes, malnourished lips which can’t even cover his teeth. Skeletal figure with insane speed and power behind it.

Right now he looks like a really bad TRON villain with pointy hair, or a Sonic OC with a vaguely more human shape.

When I think ”monster” I don’t think “smooth-skinned, streamlined jet-black humanoid with tron lines and a human face poking out.” I think of Orochi’s true form.
 
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