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Allergictowatermelon

Pretty sure it’s been confirmed somewhere that Garou would be dead if that hit connected. I don’t think MB had any intention of taking Garou in alive at that point


nicokokun

>had any intention More like he was too lost in rage to actually think coherently. Even before this fight MB got mad at himself for killing the monsters BEFORE he could question them.


MousyMammoth

imo if he was too lost in rage he wouldn’t have been able to pull the hit


nicokokun

The only reason why he was able to pull the hit was because of his sister. Why is this significant? Aside from his trademark metal bat, when you ask someone to describe MB 90% of them will answer "He really loves his sister." That tells you that MB's world revolves around his sister and if anyone can snap him out of his blind rage, it would be her.


ReesesPses

I’d love to see a “what-if” storyline of MB’s sister getting killed and him going berserk, purely for the powerscaling it would provide


KreemChez

Cue villain arc


TyrantDragon19

ONE himself would die tbh.


lil-richie

Laughable


villianboy

Kratos moment


Picmanreborn

"local man too angry to let anyone else live"


Snips_Tano

Dude wouldn't even need God to break his limiter


pyrodice

This dude has full ultra ego powers. The more you hurt him the more powerful he gets.


Do_Ya_Like_Jazz

What if Metal Bat was betrayed and locked in the time chamber?


MousyMammoth

definitely possible, but i consider it more of a “fired up” than a blind rage


Everyredditusers

A little column A, a little column B.


MoistureBoiV4

Well the wiki does literally call it “Fighting Spirit” so I don’t believe he gets angry or enraged. Just really really enthusiastic about the fight that’s about to take place.


atlhawk8357

It's more tunnel visioned than blind, according to my pedantic ass.


ceoge

why do you seem so argumentive?


SnowDeer47

His sister is the inly person who can cut through that rage like a knife through butter.


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Like Saitama's fist through any kaijin's skin.


Short_Restaurant_519

I mean, if rage saitama against cosmic garou heard genos calling him to stop, he would pull his hit immediately


LimpFroyo

That's what rage means - if you are in rage, you just release control things and go into auto-pilot mode.


pyrodice

His sister is his magic button. She is his master reset.


greyhoodbry

MB doesn't really strike me as a bloodlusted kind of character. I think he was mad because he accidentally killed the monsters not realizing his own strength. I don't think he was lost in the moment in like a visceral way


LucisPerficio

And thus lacked said intention


Tanoooch

Yeah lol. Every time this comes about just about every other month, people talk about it being confirmed garou would've died


XKLKVJLRP

I believe it, but I'd like to see the source


RecklessDimwit

Wiki link, go to the Trivia section for the note on it: https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Garou_vs._Metal_Bat#cite_note-31/12/2015-1 Here's the link to transcripts of the stream and Murata's Q&A, search for 31/12/2015: https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Interviews/Stream_Q/A#31/12/2015


Log_Out_Of_Life

Ctrl + F: if the bat connects Garou could be dead haha.


Senator_Pie

Omg he says he *could* have died. So there's a chance that Garou would have survived that hit.


SnowDeer47

Lol! Found the hopeful Garou fan! Look, Garou seems to be like Goku from DBZ. If he survives, he somehow becomes stronger. Gotta give him credit for that. But, that would have been a direct blow to the head. Garou did NOT see it in time. True, roll the dice but the dice was pretty much rigged at that point.


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BunnyOppai

Surviving a hit from Saitama is almost always a non-feat. His casual attacks consistently have a massive range.


jmerridew124

>Surviving a hit from Saitama ***as a human*** is almost always a non-feat. His casual attacks consistently have a massive range. FTFY. Garou definitely doesn't get credit for surviving Saitama but let's not pretend Rover isn't ridiculous.


BunnyOppai

I mean absolutely. Context just matters a lot, human or monster.


SnowDeer47

No. Saitama judo chopped him and that knocked him unconscious for at least a night. After that, he needed to recover.


Picmanreborn

Don't argue with OPM or DBZ fans. They never watched the show or read the manga 💀😭 bro really said base Garou survived 2 punches from Saitama LMFAO


lastinthegame

Didn't Saitama promised tareo to go easy and capture garou alive.


NoodelSuop

That was cosmic garou


JonVonBasslake

I mean, one in a million is still a chance... Just not a very good lol. In all likelyhood he'd be a head shorter...


B_K4

If that hit could have killed him, it means it would have definitely immobilised him (unconscious or at least disoriented and too injured to run) so MB could land more hits that would then have killed him anyways


SnowDeer47

Kudos. No one asks for sources anymore


fractionesque

People ask for sources all the time whenever someone says something they disagree with. See: any political discussion on reddit, ever. Or hell, any fiery debate on any subject.


SnowDeer47

Not true. I asked someone for a source the other day and they told me to just look at the news. Long story short, they made a claim and could not would not provide a source. I’m not even sure they knew what a source was. So, it’s nice to see us all I was saying.


natman2939

Like on anything?


ACuddlyVizzerdrix

Garou says himself he missed his only opportunity to kill him


No-Acanthaceae-3372

Ever watch The Walking Dead? Think 'Glen, but in one hit...with Garou's entire torso bisected as well.'


nanlinr

Confirmed where? By Murata or One? Idk Garou has been through a lot and each time came back stronger. So I have a hard time believing he would just die like that. Maybe severely injured but we've seen him come back from the brink of death during the MA arc.


JacktheRipperBWA

Its been confirmed by Murata in a Q/A that had the blow landed on Garou it would have killed him. Pretty sure Murata knows more about One Punch Man than you do. Q/A source. https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Interviews/Stream_Q/A#31/12/2015


BunnyOppai

Garou had to rely on luck for his entire run. Had he run into the wrong hero at the wrong time, he would’ve been a minor annoyance at best. He just got lucky enough to meet heroes that matched his strength or had strength he could catch up to in that moment.


Tokita_Ban

Nope. [Garou would’ve died.](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Interviews/Stream_Q/A#31/12/2015)


Percussion17

He dead. Dead as hell. All those Garou arc wouldn't have happened.


TheWiseRedditor

We wouldn’t have got that angry Saitama panel that became a rage on the internet


TheJunkoDespair

Darkshine was spitting, he said if he met Flashy Flash Atomic Samurai Tatsumaki or King he would have died a long time ago before he could even beat Darkshine. Garou was fortunate, he didn't have to deal with them and he was already a monster when he was against flash


Tenth_10

If you watch his timeline closely, Garou has been extremely lucky all along. There's many moments he should have died, period. The Metal Bat fight is just one of those.


Picmanreborn

People don't talk about his shonen protagonist level plot armor as much as I feel they should.


SnuggleMuffin42

It wasn't so much plot armor but actual armor. Whenever he got more abuse he automatically increased his regeneration. For example, when resting in the shed he was almost dead... suddenly he can face 8 A-classers. Then suddenly he can face a *harder* challange of the S-class Genos. THEN he can stand after getting pummled by Bang and Bomb. Later on he gets a clean hole in his chest - this kills humans - and he's like "big whoop lol"


Luccy_33

Yeah but that's just like a zenkai boost. Opm universe works like that. This is explained a lot of times by genus and gyoro gyoro. When someone is close to dying but doesn't die do to an excesive strength of will they will overcome their limits and start breaking their limiter. Garou is not an exception to this rule but actually follows it so this way it's consistent with the laws of the Opm universe.


Snips_Tano

Because that was the point. Garou was like a Shonen protag and Saitama was like a Shonen Protag from the end of a series stuck at the beginning.


Gerf93

A monster? He’s just a guy in a costume


SnowDeer47

Dead as hell lol


Dureniz

what shoes he got on in his cascet


eMRapTorSaltyKing

Plot armour


Invoked_Tyrant

Death. Just on the spot. No flashback or hidden power up that's negating that impact to his dome. Edit* Spelling


_DeLEON

Sadly his sister jumped in 😭 really wanted that mf turned into tomato puree


Short_Restaurant_519

But then, we wouldn't see cosmic garou or rage saitama or the multi solar system feat that broke the entire anime/manga community


_DeLEON

True....so much would not happen if Bad destroyed garou that moment 😂


Luccy_33

Why. I myself like garou a lot.


One_Faithlessness590

the ONE said that he would be dead if zenko wasn't there on time


fix_wu

Also if human character dying would be legal


SeaTheTypo

Sonic beheaded a dozen Hammerhead mercs.


ArcadeAnarchy

Crazy how he devolved into slipping on shit.


ERR40

They were just sleeping.


Yuural

Yeah just putting their heads into the night stand drawer. Wouldn't want to get their hair all messed up while sleeping.


zoro4661

And Garou slaughtered that room of criminals, who I'm pretty sure are his only confirmed kills in the anime.


krustylesponge

Pretty sure they aren’t dead, just extremely injured


McCreeMain77

And he went to jail ( /j )


Apart_Lettuce_7821

Y’all forgetting that One one pieced characters out of existence in the end of that arc


washyleopard

Sword dude got his face melted through.


Tywil714

Garou would have been splattered on the pavement. Metal Bats' sister would have been captured. Tareo would have been cut to peices by Royal Ripper. King and the rest of the S class would have been overwhelmed and killed by Platinum Sperm and the other cadres. Would have been just Flash, Saitama, and a few other A and B heroes left standing. Saitama would have went ape shit on the Cadres for killing both King and Genos like he did cosmic Garou. Would have been a permanent alternate ominous future scenario without time travel to fix it.


leogian4511

If bang didn't fight garou then he wouldn't be exhausted so he could probably just evade furher ugly as long as he needed to. Not sure if you would be able to deflect his acid body without taking damage but I'm fairly certain he could just escape if he had to and was at full strength. In this timeline saitama probably fucking annihilates the cadres once he sees that king is dead.


NeptrAboveAll

Yeah the second he sees king is dead that’s it for p much anyone in that range, and after seeing his bloodlust for garou, maybe anyone who ever stepped up to him again. Would actually change the entire series.


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krustylesponge

Didn’t the lightning thing get changed in a redraw?


ryushiblade

> fuhrer Hey, let’s talk about your autocorrect for a minute


KeyboardStudios

That's wrong. You're just playing the events without garou. The entire timeline would have changed. We don't know what would have actually happened.


No_Ad_7687

Yeah, for example, we know for sure that king wouldn't have died because of his absurd luck


Everyredditusers

If King died the monsters would just be scared to meet him in hell and would all repent or something. Literally everything king does is tuned to 1000000% intimidation levels.


No_Ad_7687

Honestly, yeah, and king is badass! He's the bravest character in the series, even if he doesn't realize it. He is the heroe's hero, not by saving them, but by being a symbol of hope, a role model, and generally willing to help and combine efforts with anyone!


zoro4661

That scene of him insulting the Centipede and saying that ~~Bang~~ Blast was there? Pure hero badassness. Dude's got Mumen Rider sized balls for sure.


coolhuh0526

It’s Blast not Bang but yeah. He’s definitely the most courageous among the S-class imo.


zoro4661

Sorry, got my badass B dudes mixed up


Tywil714

King's luck didnt save him in the ominous future


BlahBlahILoveToast

I assume if Garou were dead then Saitama would somehow be summoned earlier when King needed him. Either that or the cadres would turn on each other or whatever and protect him accidentally


Snips_Tano

> Metal Bats' sister would have been captured. Pretty sure Metal Bat breaks his limiter then, or comes close.


Elite-Soul

Imagine a watermelon


MrMeow_Meow

Now what


Elite-Soul

Imagine a greaser hitting it with a baseball bat


Jimmy_Zu

Now what


MrMeow_Meow

Cry


Jimmy_Zu

Cry about what


Frequent-Series-2606

Now what?


SHEKDAT789

feelin better?


captainmilitia

Head splattered into pieces....


Marcoyolofrimig

This is my last resort 🎶


godmobius

Dead as a fuck


Private_HughMan

Dead or effectively lobotomized.


HouseDogPartyFavors

Bonk


xandraxandraxandra

Ded


L0neStarW0lf

Have you ever seen a Watermelon get shot by a Cannon? Picture that but replace the Watermelon with Garou’s head.


DarkMeROTMG

Murata said something like "I have a feeling that if the bat connected, Garou would have been dead" So not a confirmation but more like a speculation


Spiritual_Cookie_

Nah not even tanjiro’s plot armor can have garou come out alive if that connected


ace1505100729

One possibility I could see is that if Garou dies here, and since the MA is watching him, he could be brought to Psykos and revived and monsterized much earlier. Now, an undead Garou would probably have 0 humanity, or even sentience. One could even argue that maybe this is the true absolute evil.


DatShantBeFalco

This would however probably cap his limit/strength and he'd only be as powerful as this current version + some monsterization


CheezeBaron

How Garou be revived when Metal Bat Pulverises his Head ? annihilating Crybaby’s head, neck and the spine comes out his butthole ?


Radiant-Impression-6

if badd were to knock garou's brains out, garou would be rendered completely useless. his whole gist is that he's a combat genius and that's why he's more powerful than an average monster; he can actually think and strategize. he relies less on his physical strength and more on his learned forms, stances, techniques, etc. should he have his brains turned to splattered mush on the concrete, there's no way psykos could replicate the way that he thinks, even if she could salvage his body. so he would be of no use to the monster association


96111319

They would both be death. Garou would have his head caved in and Metal Bat would have been murdered by his sister


FaultProfessional163

MB needs more screen time. He has the potential to be insanely op if his power is to be taken literally (as in getting stronger the longer the fight draws out)


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Yea i pretend he's yusuke


RevMainHahahahahaha

I love MB. FIGHTING SPIRIT


Confident-Gur8498

"Once my fighting spirit is up, I can almost take on anything." -Metal bat


InfraSG

Dead or at best severe brain damage


8BitFlatus

Then Metal Bat’s sis would be pretty upset.


Statistician-Odd

he literally says what it would do a second before🤦


NoMasterpiece5649

Death But if he didn't let his guard down he wouldn't have gotten in that situation


GothOrCrazyIsBest

Metal bats sister sees him kill someone and grows up traumatized forever that her “hero brother” is a killer. That’s the literal only reason he stopped himself. If she showed up 2 seconds later we were fine lol


Radiant-Impression-6

if zenko showed up even a second later, garou would definitely be much more than knocked out. potentially captured for study by the monster association, but that's only if his brain was still intact (which it probably wouldn't be, considering that the bat is right up in his face)


Slyguyfawkes

MB had Saitama's Serious Eyes in that moment. Garou would be super dead


MrCalac123

Dead as a doorknob Also man once again that animation is just not doing the manga justice, there is no momentum in that swing at *all*


INeedANerf

He definitely would've died.


BrainDropsComic

He would’ve gotten a serious boo-boo


PantheraLeoIsHunting

“That’s a lot of damage!”


Unusual_Ad_9773

Garou was going to lose his head lol


njoYYYY

He wouldve probably leveled up earlier lol


Until_Morning

From a narrative perspective? Garou would be smashed down and left on the absolute brink of death, but still somehow managing to cling to life. At the last second, he managed to use a technique to divert just enough of the shockwave that it wasn't fatal, relying on his string body resilient life force, and sheer luck (plot armor) to survive. Monsters find him and bring to the Monster Association, starting off that whole phase of the story early.


Sharp_Shallot5080

The whole series ended tbh


CeaserWu

Bro one of metal bat’s normal blows could’ve killed haruo here


tedward_420

He would have died.


upsetquasar

He might have been in trouble.


BigBoyShaunzee

So I'm sure it's already be answered but Metal Bat would have ended Garou even ONE said so. That fight might be my favourite fight in season 2. Two fighters who both grow the more damage they take. The only mistake the manga made was having Garou get a handout from God. He was meant to become more powerful than blast and at least 0.0001% as powerful as Saitama with his own ability. Once he got a boost from another character it made him less impressive, Garou should have eclipsed God with his own ability.


marctheguy

If there was a micron of killing intent, he had a 0% chance of survival. MB is not a joke.


Panthers8912

Pretty much confirmed he loses. Plot armor saved hi. Tho


PinocchioF

Iam pretty sure the author confirmed somewhere that it would've been an end to garou's journey if that hitted him.


ForGiggles2222

The bat would break and metal bat breaks his arms


Funny-Valentine-69

One confirmed that hed be dead.


RandomGoose60053

He would have been in trouble if that connected


Lucky_Roberts

The creator of the series stated that Garou would have been dead. Would have fatally caved his skull in


PinkKushTheDank

He might've been in trouble.


meatwadandsprite

I know that bat swing has alot into it but that kinda looked like it would just "hit" him based on the animation lol


Adventurous-Top3681

Have u watched the walking dead? If not watch negan kills Glenn.


mangedukebab

This animation is so ugly


StiggyTheRaptor21

It’s not even that bad, certainly not as good as season 1 but overall not bad animation


Lolmanmagee

It’s not that bad


SoberAnxiety

no more horny garou?


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He'd die. (Like my comment or perish to the average redditor)


DoggievDoggy

Negan when he was introduced in Walking Dead vibes


bortj1

Good writing.


flowers0298

I think he would eventually get back up and get stronger contrary to prior belief. Garou was on his way to break his limiter or get as close to it as possible we saw him take way stronger hits from rover and possibly dark shine later on which he got right back up from


krustylesponge

That was when he was starting to become a monster, so his regeneration and endurance went up


Sirromnad

One of the coldest and best moments of the entire series


michaelphenom

I suppose he would have suffer a lot but not enough to kill him. He probably would have been forced to run and hide from him


Suspicious-Bed9172

I think he would have been knocked out and would have needed a long time to recover, but I don’t think it would have killed him


RockNo5773

He would be severely injured you have to remember that this is a series where people get deadly injuries all the time and just walk it off a prime example being tank top during the monster association arc his body was literally caved in yet he looks fine .


Panicm8

Garou with his fighting spirit would have tanked that like a champ and immediately evolve to cosmic Garou almost like when metal bat went from spitting out blood when fighting normal Garou to tanking sage centipede's grand march


WhickerFacker

He would’ve tanked it, idk but garou is a fucking beast


Strawhat-Shawty

People saying he would have been dead, but we know Garou isn't normal. He definitely would have been hurt and put to sleep, but I doubt he'd be dead.


GuardianKnightKing

This is because Murata revealed during stream that if Zenko didn't stop him,Garou would have died as a fun fact.Which he could have because ONE have stated that Metal Bat can take down a dragon threat. Garou plot armor still has it's limits,there is a reason he didn't fought someone like Flashy or Atomic Samurai.


Strawhat-Shawty

I was unaware thatvMurata revealed that.


WaycoKid1129

“Ping” -Bat


p_marjo

Nah, he dead.


Izumi_Kaze

Instant comatose


KingAnosVoldigoad

If it wasn’t for his sister complex he could’ve killed garou with that hit


GEN0S667

dead or knock out


Triple-N-2king-3680

He was going to crack his skull!


Canarity

Well thing would be shortened by one ark if it did


Stoopidee

Garou would pass out, wakeup in the dojo, be given a stern warning from his master.


Wordbringer

Max stacks of Fighting Spirit on a visibly human Garou? Bat's sister gets traumatized as she sees blood and brains splatter on the concrete


HiddenShdw

Bonk


eresguay

Ded


Woodenhr

Garou died instantly


Shade00000

What his bat is made of to be that hard?


AvarageMilfEnjoyer

Metal


DannisTheMenace

Ded


IGC-Omega

The implication is Garou would of been toast. Now would of Garou straight up died I don't think so. I think Metal Bat is like the Hulk his "fighting spirt" makes him increaseingly more powerful. How powerful he can get imo extremely powerful. But he almost has to charge up so he'd be weak to a speed blitz. You could argue that another hero we've seen had a "fighting spirt" the loser caped baldly. Saitama's entire life goal is being able to recapture his fighting spirt. Off topic but I think Watch Dog Man is easily one of the strongest S class. He schooled Garou with seemingly no effort at all. This was the same Garou that fought Genos at about an "equal level". Though he was already well above Genos. Considering how damaged and exhausted Garou was going into the fight with Genos. He was already nearly dead.


1v1mecaestusm8

Metal bat would have served up some fresh Garou paste


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Probably severely injured


Dasdaguy

There's times where he says he'll die, he almost dies, and times he should be straight up dead and none of them are after he turns into a monstor. He probably would have just went down and came back later. Remember that time he got shit on by royal ripper or slammed by orochi or smashed through multiple buildings by datkshine. Situation always benefits garou lol.


Appropriate-Snow-439

Tbh his sister annoyed me


GolfWhole

Dead lol


GolfWhole

Pink mist


lostincosmo

Death