>>292178483
did it eventually settle on a plot? it used to swerve wildly, going into a new direction every two chapters

Story by ONE

>>292178483
true, but its still better than 90% of the stuff Japan shits out on a daily basis

>>292178483
It went to shit with the obnoxious Mary Sue classmate. She's way too annoying, literally ruined the Manga.

>>292179591
I think that her introduction was good, and that the investigation into the rituals could have been a real direction for the story. But clearly ONE got sidetracked.

>>292179314
It's the fate of most manga like this. The twists and turns are cool until the story swerves straight off a cliff and never gets back on track

>>292178483
ONE is nothing without Murata.

>>292180574
I think ONE peaked and will never do anything worthwhile again. Even OPM was just a funny joke that overstayed it's welcome.

It fell apart by the time the old hags were introduced. I enjoyed it prior to that, yes even the Mary Sue girl was a good addition because she not only had a compelling introduction chapter but she got put down for being too careless and proactive.

>>292180525
it's less that it had many twists and more that it all felt scattered
it didn't combine into a single vision
it was like each building block was from a different lego set

>>292178483
I'm a big fan of the artstyle they got going in this manga, especially when it suddenly goes hyper-realist.
Also I don't think the story is that bad rn. Definitely not at its best though. Hopefully it'll become more interesting now with the mysterious evil girl.

I saw it as intentionally not trying to build a coherent narrative in order to raise the feeling of absurdity as much as possible. But then ONE decided to do that anyway anyway.

Does it even sell well? I thought it would have been axed by now

These bait threads are getting lower and lower effort.

Would you guys say one is an overrated author? I remember liking one punch man when it was a gag manga. Eventually it just felt like a regular shonen so I dropped it.

>>292181631
The OPM manga is just Murata's fanfic and has been for like a decade. The webcomic is as good as ever which ONE actually writes.

>>292181679
>the webcomic
That's the thing though. It feels like it's dragging on forever. The main punchline is still Saitama. It's stale at this point. It's better than Murata's version but that's literally unreadable, I wouldn't even recommend it to pass the time.

>>292181631
>Would you guys say one is an overrated author?
I would
his big thing was always subverting the expected tropes
which is fine, but also rather surface-level, and you can't worldbuild with subversions alone
he has some good, thoughtful stuff in his manga, but IMO it's uneven, hit and miss

above all, I don't feel like he ever displayed proficiency for long-term plotting, he just strings quirky scenes together

and OPM webcomic is praised to high heavens, but it's just a shounen
like just a regular shounen, it stopped being a parody long, long ago
these days it's the absolutely bog-standard What It Means To Be A Hero commentary
and his fights are utterly unengaging, because they're never clever, it's just about who can pull more determination to win

>>292181735
>It feels like it's dragging on forever.
That's because it is, it started in 2009 and about a quarter of it was written year one. It's no surprise people have largely lost interest in both versions over time, people will just parrot "It's a hobby" to excuse it though.

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>>292178483
>ONE

>>292181735
It isnt dragging shit because it is not his main project, and also it's already ending bro. It will not last more than 2 or 3 years

>>292182933
None of those things you listed have anything to do with the shitty pacing in-story. It's dragging becuase the main character is a stale joke.

>>292182933
sorry anon, but that's fanboy defense brigade tier argument
if it drags then it drags, it doesn't matter how many other plates the author has spinning
you can at most use the author being busy to excuse and justify him, but still it has no bearing on the quality of the work itself

Congratulations anon, you have managed to barbecue this thread about twenty times. Please don't make another.