One-Punch Man Just Proved Garou Is a Hero, Not a Monster
Warning: contains spoilers for One-Punch Man chapter #157!
The latest chapter of One-Punch Man proves that Garou the «Hero Hunter» is not the monster and villain that everyone thinks he is, including himself. Despite his best efforts, Garou can't let go of his humanity, and he remains a hero at heart.
Garou was introduced as the estranged pupil of Bang, the martial arts master and S-Class hero known as Silver Fang. Being obsessed with strength, Garou joined Bang's dojo and became his best student, but was expelled after going on a rampage against his fellow students. He then joined the Super Fight martial arts tournament, which he won, and decided that the best way to improve and to obtain his goals was to hunt for professional heroes. Through a series of life-threatening battles, Garou managed to improve at a frightening pace, finally being recruited by the Monster Association, but ended up clashing with them too, suffering a crippling defeat at the hands of «Monster King» Orochi. After that, Garou went through an «awakening,» removing his limiter (the barrier that restrains the physical growth of a being.) By doing that, Garou seems to be slowly turning into a monster, and even his outside appearance is changing.
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Turning into a monster is actually Garou's declared goal. When he was a child and his friends were playing heroes, he was always made to play the villain or monster, destined to be defeated, regardless of how bad the so-called heroes actually were. He began to see the heroes as nothing more than bullies who prey on the weak and outcasts of society, labeled as «monsters.» He even began to sympathize with the monsters from the hero TV shows who, regardless
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