Alexeythegreat posted:

Now watch Murata have it done by like Dec 1st or something

Hellsau posted:

That'll be a nice Christmas present.

skaianDestiny posted:

Apparently the next chapter's gonna be 100 pages long. ONE's rough draft itself was about 50 pages.

Jesus.

a kitten posted:

https://twitter.com/opm_anime/status/930373385896452097

*fans self*

a kitten posted:

https://twitter.com/opm_anime/status/930373385896452097

*fans self*

Mystic Mongol posted:

Mystic Mongol posted:

Blaze Dragon posted:

Perfect. Absolutely perfect. S-Class.

Schwarzwald posted:

Now this I could get into.

a kitten posted:

https://twitter.com/opm_anime/status/930373385896452097

*fans self*

graham cracker posted:

King: Excuse me Saitama, Genos is on the phone. It's an emergency.

Saitama: I'll get it later. We have important work to do.

SyntheticPolygon posted:

He just has fighting spirit much like my good friend and best pal Metal Bat.

skaianDestiny posted:

Just so everyone knows Murata overestimated the number of pages. It's *only* going to be 135 pages.

UchihaHirou posted:

135 two-page spreads

a kitten posted:

https://twitter.com/opm_anime/status/930373385896452097

*fans self*

quote:

• According to what Murata said on stream, ONE’s original storyboard had Bang going alone against Elder with his cross fang dragon slayer fists water stream rock cutting fist. Bang’s plan was to push Elder aside, but was only able to halt Elder’s advance while Bang ended up being the one getting pushed aside. Elder took no damage, and Genos made a comment on being shocked by the power Bang demonstrated.
  
• Murata didn’t like the fact that Bomb got so little screen time, and said Bomb is even stronger than Bang and he needs his fair share, so Murata decided to have Bang and Bomb use a combined strike.
  
• One relevant point I should mention here is Murata said on stream that ONE would miss storyboard pages and make fights deliberately brief, e.g. show only start of a fight and the end result, and gives Murata the freedom to come up with details of the actual combat in-between.
  
• For this particular fight (Elder vs. Bang, Bomb, Genos), Murata said ONE’s ‘end result’ was that Elder cannot die/be badly hurt at the hands Bang/Bomb/Genos, that cannot be changed, but as you’ll see in a second, Murata took a fan’s suggestion on stream and used the freedom he has with the “in-between” details to significantly change the nature of the fight. ONE was very happy with the result approves the new version personally. ONE even came up with a new name for the combo move. Here’s the detailed series of events:
  
• A fan on stream questioned Murata about the inconsistency in power levels, said if Bang and Bomb combined couldn’t hurt Elder Centipede, doesn’t it make Metal Bat stronger than them combined? Shouldn’t the combined hit at least damage Elder’s face like cave it in or something?
  
• Murata acknowledges the issue and said he will discuss this with ONE to see what the official changes can be made.
  
• Murata decided to go ahead and alter the fight as follows:
  
  1. Instead of doing no damage, the combined hit by Bomb and Bang now cracks Elder’s entire carapace as well as bursting Elder’s face. Murata said that the combo attack can’t be 2x Cross Fang Dragon Slayer Fists which was ONE original intention, but something one level weaker, to distinguish it from the punch against Overgrown Rover later on.
     
  2. The reaction/impact knocks Bomb and Bang back, relatively unharmed though
     
  3. Unexpectedly, the cracked carapace helped Elder with his molting process, a new, bigger body emerged out of the old shell, with a new face and extra eyes on his head. The three of them (Bang, Bomb and Genos) combines their powers to attack it.
     
• Murata thanks the fan for his very reasonable suggestions, said otherwise there would be a problem with power levels. With the new change the fight is more fleshed out, power bug is more or less resolved, and it doesn’t violate the ‘end result’ (Elder can’t die or be badly hurt) set by ONE (i.e. although Elder was hurt, the molting evolved him so he’s stronger and no longer hurt)
  
• Murata said he will send the sketches to ONE, awaiting approval and lines. He later updates on stream and said ONE is happy with the changes. ONE particularly likes the molting/evolving idea, said he had been trying to come up with a way to address the power imbalance for almost 2 days.
  
• ONE came up with a new name for the combo technique: 旋風流水轟氣空裂拳, which can be translated roughly as whirlwind water stream blasting sky splitting fist, a more advanced technique than both whirlwind iron cutting fist and water stream rock cutting fist, a move that splits the skies and blast airstream into the opponent’s body: https://i.imgur.com/noNHZTs.jpg
  
• An additional note on Elder vs. Metal Bat: according to ONE/Murata, Metal Bat thought Elder’s weakness is his face, but it’s actually not the case…not sure what to make of it, is he implying that Elder’s face is actually extremely strong and the only reason it cracked was because it was about to molt anyway?
  
• Murata also implied that someone else (Saitama?) will be the one to take out evolved Elder, so it doesn’t matter if they made him even stronger.
  
• Something about what will happen next: Murata said Genos will end up being melted by Elder’s stomach acid, and that Bang will rescue him and suffer minor acid burns. Genos will be grateful. It was half joking so I’m not sure if it’s going to happen.
  

punk rebel ecks posted:

So, should I read ONE's manga or the updated one?

punk rebel ecks posted:

Which translation of ONE's manga should I read? The translation of the one I'm reading is bad.

sharktamer posted:

Definitely read the Murata version first, then read ahead on ONE's if you want to continue the story. There's a lot of tryhards in this thread claiming the ONE version is anywhere close to being as good as the Murata version. The earlier part of the ONE version is super janky, but it really does pick up at around the point the Murata version is at so reading from this point is still good.

Schwarzwald posted:

I think there's only one English translation on the Batato page, and I thought it was fairly solid.

http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/onepunch-man-artist-one-r9123

Reinanigans posted:

The gently caress does tryhards even mean in this context?!

Reinanigans posted:

The gently caress does tryhards even mean in this context?!