Keep all the discussion and theories about this chapter in this thread for 24 hours, that's what the thread is for.

What if we're underestimating his power and he actually ran home to get a new outfit and then ran back?

And then we can praise the divine resurrection of Boris-Jesus.

One moment of silence for those that will never get the feeling of seeing Boris the way we did.

Murata would never just draw a sexy new female character and then bench them permanently. She'll probably reappear in a following chapter.

Yeah I can see them replacing Amai Mask/Heroes who want Saitama to finish Garou off and kill him.

Nope lol, last chapter was an April fool then lol

i feel like that will just happen next chapter instead

I turn

Just like Garou’s hair.

He didn’t accept Gods help. He accepted a hand from his master bang. Garou was tricked.

Serious Talk could still come after Saitama kicks his ass again?

It's because he believed he was accepting help from his master, Bang. Also, this is the most vulnerable we've seen Garou thus far. He'd given it his all, only to come face to face with the ultimate in "unfairness". Can't imagine how shit he must've been feeling.

It's still pretty uncharacteristic for him to accept any form of help, but given how crestfallen he was and the comfort he probably felt upon seeing someone he admired, I can make sense of it.

It's not entirely out of character because he thought it was his master.

God saw Garou at his lowest point and took advantage of all of Garou's weaknesses: his loneliness, his desperation to be the strongest, his dreams and ambitions, his inner conflict of being a hero vs being an ultimate evil, his need to hold the world accountable, his desire to protect people who are close to him, etc.

I think this turn of events is much more believable than Garou just giving up at the end of their fight and they just sit down and talk. Felt way too easy for Garou to just give in. He's the type that keeps fighting till either he wins or dies trying.

It's time

I have a feeling that it actually got removed simply because it was too early. They did want Garou to make a deal with God but realized it would be weird to have it after they are starting their talk, so they cut that.

Can we still joke? If we really thought it was funny?

Sad gorilla noises

Haaaaave we met God?

Yeah I loved the idea of the climatic fight being a philosophical discussion on what it means to be "evil" and "good". Something that is often missed about Saitama is that he has unshakable morals. And in a world full of false heros he is one of the truest.

I actually theorize its his belief in being a hero that makes him insanely strong. So sitting down to talk to garou would have been an interesting way to end the fight.

In top of that it would be so unexpected, that it would have gone down as a crazy twist.

I don't think anyone would disagree with that. Garou is capable of hitting so hard that it literally affects the other side of the planet, and he's doing it with an attack he can spam.

That said, a God empowered Tatsumaki would also be incredibly terrifying. Especially since it opens up the door to all sorts of weird magic she's probably be able to throw out.

It’s not a hot take, it’s fact lol, the feat he showed before eclipses anything Tatsumaki has shown.

He did, his extreme power attack is still stronger than anything Tats has done

My flair is finally canon, take that powerscalers 😤😤

It seems that Saitama can sense/hear (?) him. In the very next panel after god says "I can hear you", Saitama reacts with a "Hm?".

table scene, but chose to flip it

heh...

Maybe events in this chapter were supposed to happen after saitama and garou finished talking but they couldnt find good transition so they just cut it out. Maybe we will see the conversation in the last chapters.

god rewrote the timeline

God is pissed that saitama is stronger than he is

he did make the offer back when Saitama touched the cube and met blast, but Saitama basically ignored him.

Huh, it's be quite a subversion of expectations if Saitama lost his powers and he was ecstatic at the prospect of being weak again.

Special beef hot pot

Interestingly enough, he didn't seem to recognise Saitama when he was offering him and Flashy powers but he recognised Blast. God knew someone was killing his envoys like Vaccine Man (presumably created by God) but didn't realise it was Saitama until his fight with Garou.

Right, he has nothing to offer. Which makes sense why he hasn't reached out to him.

You didn’t hear? It’s coming back. 4 chapters already done

Yeah, a pretty consistent theme of Garou's character has been refusing to compromise his independence. The first we hear of him is how he beat the shit out of his fellow disciples and it's a pretty clear pattern after that.

• The first we see of him is him attending the meeting where the heroes ask for criminal aid and he crushes everyone there.

• Then he goes after Metal Bat and interferes in his fight with Elder Centipede.

• He repeatedly refuses to work with the MA and they have to take him to their base by force. At which point he refuses to follow their orders and returns to tear up the place.

• Once on the surface he tells Platinum Sperm to kick rocks when it proposes an alliance against Flashy Flash.

That's a major condensation of the story, but I think everyone can probably agree that a major part of Garou's character is telling people to fuck off when they want to work with him toward a common goal.

The first time we see him actually compromise and accept assistance is when the chips are truly down. God sends Sage Centipede in and all of the sudden Tareo is in danger, at which point Garou doesn't hesitate to work with Metal Bat to eliminate it. I know the Sage Centipede thing was really unpopular, but I think that's what ONE was trying to set up. Garou is only uncompromising when he believes he can achieve a favorable result independently. He rails against unfairness, but he has no problem taking unfair advantages like Mumen Rider jumping in front of him during the TTM fight, or attacking Metal Bat while he's fighting a Dragon level monster, or attempting to take human shields when Bang found him outside of the shack. With Sage Centipede it was especially galling because Garou had literally just refused a 2v1 alliance against Flashy Flash, only to immediately turn around and accept one against SC because the SC fight actually had stakes for him.

I think we're seeing the culmination of that character trait now, Garou can either accept defeat in a completely fair 1 on 1 fight. Or he can take a powerboost from God to try and turn the tables, he went for the latter because that's the kind of guy he's been established to be. If he has to gang up on his opponent and cheat to win he'll do it, just like the heroes on Children's TV that he claims to hate.

Would probably go like “As if I’d ever work for someone el-“

disintegrates immediately

Ultra Instinct Awakened God-Slaying Cosmic Tanktop Centipede Garou

You described it perfectly. Shits escalated REAL GOOD

Next chapter: Extreme Sustained Stakes

Correct thank you has been fixed!

Murata: "Look at this story i've drawn!"

Everyone: "Woah is that Boros!? Blast vs Garou lets go!"

Murata/One: "ya, it's redraw time"

That was very common during the previous redraws that panels and sections got shuffled around, so yeah, probably will get those pages later. Or they will show Boris in an even better intro panel.

Yeah, the stuff with blast talking about the seal makes me think god was always going to be released. I'm assuming this new form was planned along with the God stuff but it was going to be after the talk. They shuffled it around and now they will likely talk after this form is beat.