#more of that lava/volcanic earth core stuff shows up too so i wonder if there'll be any link to garou's volcanic appearance as well

[the-nysh]

what do you think about the saitma vs orochi redraw compare to the original a what makes you think now (the translation is out)

Ah! :O So Murata finished, let's see~

Oho, we get an Olympic themed cover featuring Mizuki's gold metal spirit! That's both relevant to current events and well deserved for her character so I like it! :'3

Rover wakes up with a new half-lidded groggy panel (which is kinda cute) and similarly runs away, but from a differently drawn angle from before.

And...oh! Orochi's motivation upon meeting Saitama this time is considerably different. :O Instead of acknowledging him as the perfect match and/or worthy opponent (ie same old repeat stuff we've seen before), now he senses Saitama is the perfect sacrifice for his own ascension/rebirth into a higher, god-like being. (So basically we're dropping all the cliche power speeches that bored Saitama before, in favor of more...'god' lore. 👀) And he...removes his mask (face plate)?? That's new! Not that there's anything really recognizable underneath beyond a formless knot of dark snake-like tendrils (hmm but the 'brows' kinda resemble the uroboros Psykos wears...) and ah! He brings Saitama down with him to the ancient mural altar!! 👀 So yes, we are getting more insight on what that thing represents!

Here we see the new double spread, where Orochi looks conveniently just like the creature on the wall (which the narration deliberately lampshades) also what the heck, Orochi even mentions his parents D: but also...so there is molten lava down here now. 👀 (My mind - simultaneously seeing what might connect, either thematically or aesthetically, to Garou’s appearance later.)

We're also led to speculate what purpose Psykos may have created him for, thru all these countless experiments and sacrifices. 👀 Orochi, happening to find this mural by chance, as he buried deeper into the earth in search of more energy, can (somehow?!) read it and assumes the destined message is all about him.

So interestingly, we see how he was not just a blind puppet or pet for Psykos, but chose to obey her while biding his time, growing in power to follow thru with this will on his own. 👀 Hrmm~ this makes sense, and gives him more of a concrete goal (with his own choice in the matter) to eventually work towards completion one day.

Which now, err....SAITAMA!?! D8

Oh my god, he’s...ahaha meanwhile thru all this exposition, he’d stripped himself to literally bathe in lava. I just...I can’t- well, I certainly did not expect this, but it’s also so idiotically him - nothing can faze him, so dipping in molten lava!? x’D What he hell, why not; it’s no prob~ Even Orochi’s like wtf.

Alright, alright, so Orochi’s getting on with it, pulling up some literal earthen core energy + volcanic shenanigans (again, I’m thinking gee~ what visual things could Garou possibly do in comparison, with even these earth cut-aways and all, so keep everything we see here in mind for later~)

And I’m so....................lmao, of course. :’D

Utterly unsurprised at classic Saitama. (Oh but hey, he’s jumping around all n4ked much like in that one Saitama vs god fancomic~)

He retrieves his neatly folded clothes on the rock banks (I was wondering what happened to them), scolds Orochi for ‘misbehaving’ in the tub :P and...leaves him with a goodbye ‘thanks’ for the refreshing bath without even killing him. :O Gee, I wonder what leaving things unfinished will cause~

As Orochi scrambles up the crumbling altar in desperation, which falls apart to reveal the full picture showing OOooooOOOOhhhh 👀👀

I see now, cause doesn’t THAT look suspiciously familiar. 👀 More hints leading towards the advent of ‘him’ look like they’re falling into place. There’s also kind of a hubris lesson here, where Orochi assumed he was the ‘god’ spoken of in the mural, but he was really....just another sacrifice. (Ohh, fate’s cruel twist~) Then that means....!!! That Psykos probably created him for this purpose after all :O (Did she, or did she not know? She had the ‘third eye’ power of foresight after all...) To produce a strongest being (as a perfect sacrifice?!) to summon the power of ‘god’?? D: Oh boy...then this would explain his (and Blast’s) upcoming appearances, as Orochi’s not dead yet (but he will be, offered on this very altar...) And, I’m unsure what other ripple effect of redraws this update will cause, but I’ll say I’m so ready to see Garou’s now appropriately named God-Slayer Fist get some practical use in his upcoming debut. 😤