#but whew! there's few upsides that could turn the tide and 'save' them

[the-nysh]

The whiplash between wholesome and brutal have been jarring these past chapters. At this point I’m looking at everything with a side glance bc I have no idea what to expect from now on.

Whew, classic ONE leading us into a heartwarming false sense of security....before unleashing his true sadism when we least expect it. D: All fun n games~! Until it’s absolutely not. Shit gets real. Basically everyone, including webcomic readers, are pretty much going in blind in the dark here... There’s no telling or guarantee what to expect next. (And that’s as thrilling as it is frightening. D8) I’ve even seen several wild mass guessings to explain/propose what could happen though:

1. Provided the manga & webcomic are completely separate continuities (or diverged plot/timelines???) then ONE can do whatever he wants to his manga characters in a different way that he hasn’t already done in the wc. Meaning, if he so wished it, he could certainly kill off whoever he wants. O.O;; And these...injuries we’ve seen are precisely as brutal/fatal as they appear...that’s a scary thought, because it feels somewhat unlike ONE to suddenly go that dark towards his heroes;; 

2. Chick Phoenix Man or Blast could somehow revive/revert(??) the brutalized heroes, for some completely out of left field twist. The extent to Blast’s dimension-hopping, black hole wielding powers is still unknown, but we know Phoenix Man can ‘heal’ others from even beyond the grave...(and then why would he cooperate, as a monster himself, is another thing.) 

3. The extensive injuries suffered could be more of an ominous set-up towards the wc’s current cyborgization arc. D: Provided the heroes receive medical help, the later Neos and the Organization can definitely ‘revive’ people....into becoming brainwashed cyborg puppets against their will. Eeep. Will TTM perhaps receive cyborg enhancements post-arc to ‘recover’ from this?! Now that’s another potential scary thought... 

4. Nothing’s set in stone yet until the volumes are published. So the entire structure and sequence of events? Subject to any possible number of redraws or rewriting, but that’s completely up to ONE & Murata’s whims to decide what stays ‘permanent.’

Anyway, we’re all in the same boat here, completely not knowing what can happen next (except for the wc’s general outline of major events...if the manga intends to follow it the same way or not), so stay strong~   

#opm #manga spoilers #Anonymous #replies #speculation #basically the several ideas i've seen thrown around #but whew! there's few upsides that could turn the tide and 'save' them #or maybe ONE really is out for blood o.o;; he & murata certainly have no chill