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theomnicode · 2 years

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One Punch Man appreciation

Now that MA arc and Garou's arc has officially finished, I just want to say...

Thank you Murata- and ONE-sensei and all their amazing assistants for giving us this amazing wild ride and thank you for your hard work and dedication. I know they are not on tumblr but I wanna say it anyway.

I only got back into OPM at roughly chapter 163 when I finished reading all the chapters and boy, did I get hooked back in. The storyline I have dissected and appreciated to death here already so...

Thanks OPM manga team for...

The absolutely stunning and gorgeous covers:

Just *cheff kiss*. The absolute goat at work. Many props to those who also helped him colour multiple cover pages.

The jaw-dropping dynamic action scenes:

The sheer movement and dynamic action is just insane.

The pure badassery:

Blast is a legit goat. Nobody can tell me otherwise. The dude's insane. But they're all just insane and Genos has the biggest balls in the universe.

The amazingly detailed visuals and scenes:

Can I just say that 165 had some crisp AF environmental detail, holy shit. They went all in on this chapter.

The insane coloured panels:

Like, seriously guys, it's just plain nutty. I've nothing else to say. Who is this man?

The holy fucking shit hype moments:

When Murata dropped an actual GIF page, I just stared at the screen in disbelief. Then Cosmic Garou's entrance was just... and Saitama Death punching Garou and ending the chapter in a cliffhanger left me vibrating for two weeks.

166 stands as my favourite chapter of all time.

The oh my fucking god what:

The sheer absurdity and insanity of it. The wtf moments.

The uh oh and ominous:

When you just get the chills.

The raw emotional moments:

There's just so many, too many to fit...

...that legit made me cry and stare at the screen in shock...

...and pained my heart and made it swell in empathy and other feels.

When Genos died, all I could think of was "oh my god if saitama arrives to the scene and sees this..." and then he did.

I think they enjoy hurting their readers. Lucky me, I love angst.

The One Punch Man:

Only in One Punch man folks, will you get a guy who kicks and moves around hyperspace gates. And sneezes away jupiter's atmosphere and farts in space.

*shocked pikachu face*

The humour and trolling:

You know the trolling and humour is legendary when it reaches meta redraw level status and transcends the manga. Half the people probably couldn't be bothered to actually read what Genos was saying and felt exactly like Saitama here.

The melancholic, happy and wholesome:

Touching and wholesome and cute moments.

My top 3 list of favourite pages from this arc:

Simply amazing. There is nothing else to say.

The sheer loneliness portrayed in this scene makes me grip my heart tightly too. I felt so much for Saitama.

The best panel obviously, is there even any doubt?

The raw, unfiltered emotions in this page is just...it's so visceral. You can feel the pain in this scene when you stare into Saitama's eyes. The guilt. The absolute shock.

One of the best panels of all time, in One Punch Man. Easily.

In addition to all that, lots and lots of cake too. And we can eat it too. Murata-sensei is the best, for thinking about us fans.

Cheers for the ongoing manga of One Punch Man! Onwards to the next saga! :D

#opm #one punch man #opm spoilers #appreciation post #garou arc #monster association arc #saitama #garou #opm manga panels #yusuke murata #ONE

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scumerage · 2 years

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Web. #92 and 93 are the best chapters in the entire One Punch Man Franchise:

Web. 92 and 93 are the best chapters in the entire series, webcomic or manga (even the manga Drive Knight conspiracy in Chapter #119 isn't quite on that level). Nothing, not the Boros fight, not the Limiter, not God and Homeless... not even Webcomic Saitama vs Garou, as awe inspiring as it was... reaches the philosophical, ideological, moral, and thematic pinnacle of Garou and Saitama's debate.

Garou lays out his entire ideology, how heroes cannot save humanity from themselves, that evil and corruption will continue no matter how strong, heroic, or brave the heroes are, legitimately breaking down and deconstructing the entire idea of "heroes saving the world" and asks Saitama how can he possibly carry the heavy moral burden that Garou alone sees and carries.

And how does Saitama answer? He refuses to. He cannot, will not, take responsibility for all of humanity, he'll be a hero whenever he feels like it. Any other hero would have fallen for the bait and tried to argue that "No, we really are saving the world" and ultimately failed to adequately prove Garou wrong. But not Saitama.

Garou, perhaps rightly, is horrified by Saitama's simple and utter rejection of "trying to save the world" when he has the all the physical power in the world. He berates Saitama for daring to call himself a hero with such a nonsense and selfish philosophy... and outs himself to Saitama, who sees instantly that Garou, deep down, believed in the very heroic ideal he castigated every other hero in the world for their hypocrisy towards.

To which Saitama flips it on Garou, outing Garou as a half assed hero wannabe and hypocrite who lacked the conviction to save the world as hero. Garou was doomed to fail from the start, first because Saitama, a random nobody hero as a hobby, and second because Garou was too weak, both mind and body. Garou already knew that even a true hero, whether Saitama or himself, could never fully save the world...so never dared try.

Leaving Garou a dead man walking, with no purpose or reason to go on living... until Tareo cried out for him to live on.

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malikvideos · 4 months

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Mad respect to garo, he hated society but instead of just complaining he went out and just beat the shit out of a bunch of people no hesitation. Like he kept getting his ass kicked over and over again but he was just like “nah il keep fighting” he probably woulda died if metal bat’s sister didnt stop him before hitting garo. And then afterwards he had the balls to go directly up to ANOTHER S-class hero and beat him up. Got his shit kicked in again but that didnt stop him at all. The. Something something monster association and all of a sudden he’s clashing with the 2 strongest mfers currently alive in the verse, just because he wanted to be a professional menace. After he got his shit kicked in again he just gave up on that and went back to the dojo he rampaged in like nothing happened

#one punch man #opm garou #garou opm #monster association arc #garou vs metal bat #garou vs watchdog man #garou vs saitama

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big-pp-energy-ven · 2 years

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Remember when the only worry was wondering if Saitama was going to make it to a sale and if he was ever going to be appreciated... yeah can we go back to those times

#opm #one punch man #saitama #/j #opm ch 165 #this recent chapter is crazyy #i hoep everyone will be okay-- including garou #monster association arc

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retrologynews · 2 years

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One-Punch Man's Monster Association Arc ending after 7 years

One-Punch Man's Monster Association Arc is ending in the next chapter. Here's our brief overview of the complete arc. #OnePunchMan #OnePunchMan170 #Murata #Garou #MonsterAssociationArc

One-Punch Man by ONE and Murata has gained a lot of following in recent years and if you were following the now-ending Monster Association Arc, you would know why. Although, Season 2 of the anime – that initiated the arc in question – was a bit let down, One-Punch Man’s manga exceeded expectations. From gorgeously drawn panels to amazing fight sequences, to the involvement of tons of characters…

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#garou #One Punch Man #yusuke murata #one punch man 170 #one punch man monster association arc #monster association arc #One punch man news

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sinceyousawvienna · 9 months

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Wanted an extended scene where all the heroes’s wounds were patched up and they reunited with loved ones

#picrew #picreations #monster association arc #amai mask #he is my babygirl

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meteorcrab · 10 months

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Fully convinced that saitama and genos' communication issues will be solved in the silliest way possible or with a fight. No in between

#I've been. rotating and rotating and rotating chapter 186 in my mind for over a week #and you see #I was asking myself #'why is this chapter such a faithful adaptation of the wc? does this negate all that happened in the monster association arc?'#the thing is I was expecting their dynamic to change bc other characters' relationships have changed #like fubuki and tatsumaki. garou and bang #so after the monster association arc the Saitama-Genos dynamic would also change right?#HOWEVER.#the thing is. the way they interact cannot change if the way they see the other doesn't change #Saitama has to first realize that he deeply cares about Genos #this version doesn't remember and doesn't even think about what it would be like to lose him #meanwhile Genos is still putting Saitama on a pedestal and gives more importance to what he thinks and says #even if he isn't right #and that has to change.#opm spoilers #dan weeaboo momence

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webtoon-devourer · 3 months

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i don't think it's necessarily the ruling opinion, but there are no doubt some people upset with the end of the Monster Association arc and how everything was "fixed" with time travel. i would like to express the level on which i disagree with this sentiment.

this dislike of the arc's conclusion likely stems from the general dislike of "it's okay, we can just go back in time!" and "it was all a dream :)" style endings, specifically the idea that these endings, under any circumstances, are cop outs. i disagree. if One Punch Man ended there, with saitama travelling back in time to stop everyone's deaths and his fight with garou, i would be immensely dissatisfied with the ending. i think that would be fair. however, vitally, it does not. those events are only the conclusion to a single arc. it brings us to a similar situation as the ending of the lord boros arc, with a city destroyed but none of the important characters dead. therefore, i would argue that such a conclusion to an arc is par for the course for One Punch Man. but there is also the vital matter of "it was all a dream :)" situations and how, in my opinion, while often used as cop outs, they are not inherently so, and dogmatic insistence against them is detrimental to good writing. having every possibility on the table is important in order to develop a plot in the way best suited to it - it's simply lazy writing which misuses these possibilities.

the vital question here is: was the time travel ending of the Monster Association arc a cop out? no, it was not. in my opinion, the events which were reversed could nearly be considered expositional. the cosmic garou vs saitama fight and the events which caused it tell us a heck of a lot about the characters. that garou retains his humanity even after becoming monsterised - when he sees takeo dead, he realises that his actions have not led the world in the direction he hoped, which was always a fairer existence. (he's really not a bad guy at all.) what saitama is capable of - man caused untold destruction during this fight without much of a care, including nearly destroying the earth if not for blast and co; on the technical side, we are shown that his power increases exponentially in response to another being even beginning to approach his level of power, leading him to easily beat a puppet channeling the power of literal GOD. that saitama actually cares a heck of a lot about genos, and clings to him for his sense of humanity, which he is barely hanging onto. it also gives us a taste of god's power, for future reference. the only reason i don't consider it expositional - that is, a "what if" scenario purely for the audience's benefit, which fleshes out the characters under otherwise inaccessible circumstances - is that genos remembers. therefore, these events actually do impact the plot through him. (there's a chance that blast and co also know, which would also affect the plot, but i'm not sure.)

the ever-increasing stakes are vital. we're still within the time frame of shibabawa's great prophecy of a god-level threat. at first, we thought it was lord boros, then garou, and now it's looking like the god-level threat might literally be god. whose power we have gotten a taste of, thanks to the cosmic garou fight. things are very much not hunky dory. there is still plenty of opportunity for things to go terribly wrong, even if it didn't happen this time. especially now that we know that saitama is barely clinging to his humanity. the deaths of everyone he knew affected him for sure, but particular emphasis was placed on the death of genos, because he's saitama's hinge to humanity. (if you deny this, i will be forced to call into question your reading skills.) this ups the stakes in a unique way. before, the concept of genos' death carried far less weight. genos fans would be upset, naturally, and saitama would be pretty sad, because it was clear before this arc that he cared at least somewhat about genos. but now? we know how saitama will react to genos' death. and it's not in a sane manner. genos' death now carries with it the stakes of the earth potentially being destroyed and saitama losing his sanity. at least personally, i will look upon any close calls genos has in future with greater anxiety. this newfound knowledge that we have only gives more ground to the idea that the final enemy might be saitama. either the final enemy of the earth, if he turns into a villain (quite possibly due to losing his mind), or the final enemy of saitama himself, as he battles his depression and struggles to stay in touch with his humanity.

the time travel ending was not a waste, nor a cop out. i encourage you to look at the bigger picture instead of allowing your instinctive reaction of "time travel clutch bad" to inform your opinions. there is still the problem of time travel now being on the table as a solution, but this can be avoided in various ways. for example, the existence of the alternate universe where everyone died and saitama fought cosmic garou as a parallel universe created by time travel, therefore not really fixing the problem, but merely rerouting it. or having time travel somehow taken off the table as a possibility. for example (this is just conjecture and not supported by canon), if god dies, perhaps time can no longer be manipulated, and saitama will have to make a decision between destroying god or saving everyone but letting god live and continue to manipulate events, a decision which he can never bypass because he ends up at the same crossroads no matter which path he takes leading up to that. i understand the concern, and am somewhat concerned myself, but i trust ONE and Murata not to end the series in a dissatisfying way. also, i think it adds another level of interest, even. if saitama's power is so great that he can manipulate time, that he can do basically anything, then hitting a single roadblock which he cannot bypass regardless of his power would undoubtedly have incredibly interesting effects on him psychologically. he could be glad to not be all-powerful, and have to actually fight for something for once, or - much like the events with cosmic garou - he might realise that finding a difficult opponent (in the form of a fighter or an impossible decision) at the expense of the people he cares about doesn't actually make him happy or excited. that perhaps he should have turned his search for feeling and a reason to live elsewhere, beyond fighting, a long time ago. idk 🤷‍♂️

#saitama and genos #caped baldy #saitama #arc: the monster association #opm meta #opm takes #one punch man #mine

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starconductor · 2 months

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WAKE UP BABE, OPM SEASON 3 ARRIVED AND WE'RE EATING WELL THIS YEAR

HOLYYY HELLL I CAN'T WAIT, I SCREAMED SO HARD BROOOOO

#one punch man #one punch man season 3 #Garou #One punch man Garou #Hero hunter Garou #NO WAY #GOD DAMNNN #monster association arc COMING RIGHT AT US LIKE A BULLET TRAIN

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hyperianova · 2 years

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just a flesh wound

#genos #one punch man #opm #fanart #hyperianova #congrats to me on my first drawing of the year #and the end of monster association arc #thank god

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velmashaircut · 8 months

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Is it true Genos had a brother because I’ve seen people say he did but I don’t remember if it’s true or speculation. I know Genos says the mad cyborg killed his family which implies he had more than just parents but I don’t know where people specifically are getting brother from.

#is the the webcomic or something 🤔🤔#I’m rereading the monster associations arc it’s acc so good #one punch man #opm

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gofancyninjaworld · 2 years

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An arc in five mornings

#OPM #meta #manga #the hero hunter/monster association arc may have taken seven years to draw #but in-universe it all blew over in a week (counting Garou's prior depredations)#and the world would never be the same

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no1monstersimp · 2 years

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I'm probably the only person in the whole universe who cried when Rhino Wrestler died. We didn't see much of him, but I found it incredibly sad still.

#one punch man #opm #opm monsters #monster association #this arc made me weak

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wrongplaceworsttime · 2 years

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me considering getting back into opm like:

i’ll just read the whole thing! oh wait that’s 160 chapters? hmm nevermind then, i’ll just read the monster association arc. that’s when i left off anyways, so that means i start at... chapter 78?? you mean this single arc is over half of the entire series at this point?! wait... if that’s the case then why not read from the beginning?

or i guess i could always go find the last chapter i was caught up with and start from there... but that was years ago and i doubt that i remember the specifics of the arc :/

#grabs my head and groans #literally i think i stopped reading it release to release when mangastream shut down - which was forever ago rip #i specifically didn't want to commit to reading it from the start because i'm also trying to play the yakuza games #and i don't want to distract myself too badly from those #but seriously if the monster association arc is so fucking big i'm super tempted to just start reading from ch 1 #all of this because i wanna read the garou v saitama fight but i want the full background for it lmfao #one punch man

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imsosocold · 2 years

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I find it funny (in a twisted way) that Amai Mask questioned Atomic Samurai's decision to bring his disciples along with him to the Monster Association raid out of concern that they weren’t strong enough. And later on Atomic’s friends from the Council of Swordsmasters came unannounced to join the battle and almost immediately ended up dead or disabled.

#OPM folk #hope this moment wasn't retconned lol #it was one of the few parts of the monster association arc I liked #yes I am a #opm #one punch man #amai mask #atomic samurai #council of swordmasters #atomic samurai disciples #It’s especially interesting when you consider Amai Mask joined the HA soon after its formation

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omarwolaeth · 20 days

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Once I'm comfy with their designs (and also monster designs and how one of them plays because OC archetype and all that), I could probably start posting Ritual AU stuff,, don't know what I'd start with though =v=;;

#Marwospeaking #Marble Lacuna Ritual Dragon's design feels too loose and not heavy where it should be. Mostly just flaws in how I drew her really but still #and the Citriskhelia are kind of more. monstrous than intended. They have beauty that can be appreciated but not instantly like the others?#especially as a bracelet girl archetype. usually they're pretty and nice on the eyes. I don't think these ones are though #There's also Yuume and Raon. and then also their directly supporting cast #Yeah I probably could've gone with Nephthys for Raon. But the bird god was too close to Ruri methinks?#and spellcasters are very much a Rin thing. so new sun-related archetype it was #accidentally also gave Yuume two elemental associations instead of one. so I need to bridge them somehow because both are important #I mean one's his monsters #arc v ritual au (marwolaeth)#En Sun doesn't really fit in kacho fugetsu at all. but its what lets us see the moon by its light. so I think you could fit it in getsu?

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