>>273576378What exactly about that argument is fallacious? Has anybody posted ONE's drafts for the more recent chapters? Because none that I know of have been posted, other than the Phoenix Man drafts. Which, incidentally, features ideas that were shot down by Murata, like Saitama and Child Emperor wearing costumes in the "dream world". Perhaps "shot down" is too strong of a phrasing, but the point holds.
People are aware that those drafts for the now old chapters have been around for a long time. Until the later drafts get released, nobody will be changing their views on this specific issue. Especially since we have explicit confirmation that the undoing of a year of progress during the Ninja Arc was on Murata's behest.
The argument isn't "the OPM manga adaptation has always been written by Murata". The argument is "the OPM manga got hijacked by Murata partway through the MA Arc". I suspect that's where the confusion lay.