#when it discusses and clarifies a lot about garou!

[the-nysh]

Have you ever taken a look at One Punch Man's TV Tropes page? In particular, at Garou's character trope? Do you agree with some of the comparisons/theories/general trope assignments there?

Yup I have in the past for the lulz. :D Cause I find the tv tropes entries/speculation/ymmv stuff more entertaining/interesting to me than the fanwiki, which seems to have most stuff referenced for powerscaling feats, instead of theory/analysis based info, which is what I personally find more useful. Anyway, it's been a while since I've been there (since the site's become one of those that dings you for using adblocks, gah!) so if more recent stuff's been added then hold on, let me check...*one moment please*

Oho~ It’s actually pretty accurate! :O I can see it’s been well-maintained since some old ones were removed (like Walking Spoiler when most stuff was still wc-only). And what’s written in the hidden spoiler parts clarifies stuff well. What I also like is how you can tell whoever wrote the entries is passionate about it as a fan of him. :3 Good! However, there’s a few points I don’t quite agree with.

The biggest one is them assigning him the trope Anti-Villain, which is what the lads on reddit often say (and jump on anyone who thinks otherwise to ‘correct’), so I think one of the guys from there may have written this entry, which sounds good/logical enough, except for one glaring problem, Word of God, ONE himself, has already debunked that in the s2 interview booklet:

(Transcription)

Let’s discuss the anti-hero Garou. How was his character created?

Garou is an “anti-hero,” but I thought he should be more “anti-Saitama” – otherwise, he’d be the same as the other monsters. I didn’t want to show the limits of his potential. He might not be able to win now, but I wanted people to think that if he continues to grow as a monster, he might just be able to fight on the same level as Saitama. The anime emphasized his viciousness, his youth, his whimsical kindness, and his recklessness, which made me look forward to his future.

Just look how ONE describes him! :’3 So I think the tvtropes writers need to recheck/edit this entry, or even just use this, as the evidence to show how ONE himself categorizes him as an Anti-Hero. (And in opm’s specific context, an Anti-Saitama.) :O And ironically, not once does he ever use the term ‘villain’ for him. This becomes the biggest eye-opening piece of info that can completely change one’s reading of him, so it’s important to get right. Without the entry enforcing/spreading misinformation. Thankfully ONE answers the age-old question for the fans and describes Garou in a way I can trust. :’3 (Aka I will take ONE’s word over any fanwiki/trope entries.)

Some other entries are just a matter of semantics, like calling him a Hero Killer, when...yeah, he doesn’t. He’s not Stain from b/nha. However, the hidden text clarifies this so it’s cool.

Another one that kinda makes my eyes twitch is when they describe his wc monster form as ‘going bald’ with horns, when eugch, no that’s a Saitama thing! :O Garou’s ‘hair’ remains (as the horns) so this is also why I’m glad Murata’s new version keeps his iconic hair intact! (At least for now?) To distinguish their characters from each other.

There’s also more entries I would add (it seems the list used to be longer and was edited shorter?) like Big Damn Heroes, which is literally the precise trope Garou performs when he busts through walls at the perfect timing to rescue Tareo from Royal Ripper. :’D Many moments like that! Which it seems his page doesn’t fully capitalize on or mention to make reading thru it even more fun (like Mr. Fanservice is there and pretty funny, heh.)

Anyway, there’s my take. In general the whole thing’s pretty good and worth checking out for fun, but yeah there’s just a few details I’d probably change. :’3

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