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STRONGEST One-Punch Man Discussion Thread!
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but in all seriousness, read the webcomic. Its where opm stems from and its lightyears ahead of the manga. (After garou and boros, theres a new major 1-time villain saitama yeeted)
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well the webcomic still has like a solid 3/4 major arcs and like 5 other mini arcs.
Edit: wc has wdm, pig god, drive knight, metal knight, amai mask, blast, and god to cover for significant stuff.
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dont forget the 3rd major 1 time villain, the ninja leader. I wonder if murata will make a epic fight out of that
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forgot to mention ninjas in general. we need sonic and ff huge upgrades probs and nvl will probs come back. also fuzzy(neo leader) cuz hes made sus.
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The arc itself isnt a drop off in quality, its the recent last dozen or so chapters that are the sharp drop in terms of quality. I dont have much faith in ONE’s plans with all the major redraws and changes from the webcomic we’ve had so I don’t know if I’lll stick around til the end of the manga or even the next arc. All i can say is that I hope the manga gets better.
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It was never that great imo. Just decent sometimes, pretty good other times, and amazing in certain moments. But I won't talk about MHA too much in a OPM discussion thread.
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Yeah, NVL’s page needs to get nuked.
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Why?
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Because he hasn’t appeared in the manga and webcomic pages aren’t ready yet…
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Fair.
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I’ve read the full garou fight in the webcomic. The overall themes are still the same it’s just execution and lines are a little different.
Also if I recall correctly Bangs backstory wasn’t in the webcomic and that really gave more weight to his fight with garou.
I have no frame of reference for the Sweet Mask changes. They still aren’t done with the series so they could be saving his character development for another arc
Its really just a matter of personal preference. The reception is split clean down the middle.
It’s just like DBS anime vs DBS manga, certain arcs and moments are done better. It’s all case by case.
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Regardless of how things go from here. ONE has still introduced a new framework of how to make shonen anime.
Classic shonen: The main character gets stronger to fight the world.
ONE shonen: The world gets stronger to fight the main character.
Expect other writers to work off ONE’s framework.
Classic shonen: The main character gets stronger to fight the world.
ONE shonen: The world gets stronger to fight the main character.
Expect other writers to work off ONE’s framework.
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I agree. Sweet Mask was an absolute beast in the webcomic, but Murata has a hate boner for Sweet Mask so he decided to make him look pathetic in the manga. What a dick move by Murata. The guy is a genius when it comes to art, but his writing skills are doo doo
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we all know murata had the time of his life having fuhrer ugly rip the dude apart
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That’s the part that’s jarring. The changes are useless if they lead to the same end point and worse execution.
I personally think there was no need for them to fight at all and Bang’s backstory could’ve been done some other time like with whatever Garou’s post-MA could be.
Sweet mask was done poorly to put it blunt. Not even Blast’s appearance makes up for how bad he was done.
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In the Webcomic, he was able to fight the Pesky Clown when he had reached "Demon or Above", later confirmed to be actually Dragon, in his Base form for a few panels, before being overpowered, but enough to downscale
Wanna bet Murata will make him unable to do anything ?
Basing the writing on hating a character is indeed a completely dick move
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You act like Sweet Mask will even get to fight Pesky Clown. Murata will just have him get swatted off to the side instantly and just have Genos and a bunch of other random heroes fight him for four chapters
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Since the manga added Do-S stuff, Blast (Likely God) meeting him and the Disciples being aware of something wrong with Amai Mask, I believe they might be added to the arc, that could be interesting but aside from some cool possibilities I actually believe Murata will ruin the rest, he NEVER made one good thing for him. Atomic Samurai saying how strong Amai Mask was by seeing his fight against the Dragons was, at least for me, a major plot point for the character, because that was the actual demonstration of all the lore behind him, about him being "a monster" (In terms of power, as stated by Fubuki), on how he is S Class despite locking the first post at the A Class, it makes the character progress because it takes all that background and his arrogance and actually makes him back those things by showing how strong he is, while Murata's dumb writing threw away all of that. Without that, more people hate him because it makes him look just like a clown full of himself, which maybe was Murata's intention who knows
In the manga, my favorite character is Flashy Flash, but in the WC it is Amai Mask, Zhoniin (A Youtuber) made a recent video about him that truly shows how much of a hero he is despite being lost
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He's already taken numerous hits from a Dragon level, and only seemed to be injured after a bunch of hits to the face, and he also pretty much one-shot Do-S, a somewhat high Demon.
Murata doesn't have that kind of influence over the story, and there's no evidence he even has a particular hatred for Sweet Mask.
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Sweet Mask in the webcomic felt like he was meant to relate to people with imposter syndrome, despite all that he's able to accomplish in his life and in such a short time, Sweet Mask doesn't think highly of himself and doubts he's worthy of his accomplishments in the first place.
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So CSRC ended up at 11.66 Exatons? Neato
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It sucks...
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At least it's better than the previous 1 Exaton only calc
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That’s like 10 Exatons higher than the previous calc + the strongest feat in the verse
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the curse of tier 5 opm always lingers
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Yeah but I mean it's ging to be used to argue Orochi > than Boros when the narrative says otherwise.
Also it means 10 Second Mode Genos is > Metoric Burts Boros.
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Second highest. Saitama has a moon level feat
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Personally, I don’t really care about this debate anymore. It’s gotten old and repetitive
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Orochi is only 5.68 Exatons, wdym?
Also while that 5-B CSRC thread was a bust I’m pretty sure the thread upgrading the durability of Boros’ ship hasn’t been concluded
Also while that 5-B CSRC thread was a bust I’m pretty sure the thread upgrading the durability of Boros’ ship hasn’t been concluded
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The argument would be that all of Boros' energy in 1 attack is less than 2x a normal attack from Orochi.
Yeah. I think it will provide an upgrade to Boros, which will be cool.
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Boros will NEVER be 5-B.
