One-Punch Man's Garou Retcon Has a Brilliant In-Universe Explanation
Warning: contains spoilers for One-Punch Man chapter 162!
The retcon to One-Punch Man's latest chapter could actually have an in-universe explanation that changes everything. The serialized publication of manga, whether it be in physical magazines or online, sometimes leads to chapters that don't align with the creator's original vision. In such cases, chapters can often be changed after the fact. One-Punch Man just did this for its latest chapter by releasing a revised version of the chapter and deleting the originally published version.
One-Punch Man is a manga by ONE and Yusuke Murata that follows an incredibly powerful hero Saitama. The series is a manga adaptation of an ongoing webcomic currently being created by ONE in a much more basic art style. As the manga is behind the webcomic in terms of plot, ONE often has Murata change or add details that he feels would improve the story based on future events in the webcomic. However, while their collaborative effort on the manga has been very effective so far, creating one of the most popular series currently being published, it is not without its hiccups, as the most recent chapter 162 may show.
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Chapter 162 continues the fight between Saitama and Garou. In the original version of the chapter, Garou realizes that Saitama is too strong for him to defeat and thus gives up the fight. The chapter ends with Saitama and Garou about to sit down and talk things out together. However, this ending has been retconned and a new version of the chapter has been released. In this version, God descends from the clouds and makes a deal with Garou, giving him incredible power. At the end of this new chapter, Garou seems
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