It’s kinda weird how ONE fanboys keep pinning all the blame on Murata just to protect ONE’s honor.
Honestly, the decline of the series’ brand is on ONE’s slow ass writing.
By the time S1 ended, Murata’s version was already in the MA arc prologue, while ONE’s was still stuck with post-MA cleanup chapters.
Murata catching up was inevitable, so it had no choice but to pad things out with filler.
That’s when the gap widened, pacing died, and fans started leaving.
If ONE had just updated more often, this wouldn’t have happened.