I too recently watched this for the first time as I'm a relative newcomer to anime and really enjoyed it. Maybe some of the best humor weaved into a superhero thing I've seen in a while.
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One Punch Man is amazing!
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Honestly I thought I wouldn't like it because having a too strong MC that one shot everything seemed boring. But yea after the first season I was pretty hyped about it.
Finished Season 1 the other day.
Loved it, and I think my take on it is actually that Saitama isn't the "main" character. He's a force of nature, while it's the supporting cast that go about their lives until Saitama comes in and wrecks monsters and cities, and then they struggle to react properly. It's like an absurd world where superheroes and monsters are normal and expected, but Saitama is the Godzilla of their world that you never know will be unleashed.
Either way, great animation and direction in Season 1. I HOPE Season 2 is even half as good, despite the creative shake-up.
Loved it, and I think my take on it is actually that Saitama isn't the "main" character. He's a force of nature, while it's the supporting cast that go about their lives until Saitama comes in and wrecks monsters and cities, and then they struggle to react properly. It's like an absurd world where superheroes and monsters are normal and expected, but Saitama is the Godzilla of their world that you never know will be unleashed.
Either way, great animation and direction in Season 1. I HOPE Season 2 is even half as good, despite the creative shake-up.
Personally I like OPM more than Mob Psycho.
OPM is great, it's definitely another anime like Bebop that is good at introducing people to anime... for very different reasons.
OPM is great, it's definitely another anime like Bebop that is good at introducing people to anime... for very different reasons.
It's such a shame that the next couple of arcs of one punch man, at least in manga form, are such a God damn drag. The premise worked best imho when an arc at most would take a few episodes. The next couple of arcs are going to be multiple episode if not multiple season spanning
It's a great show. My biggest complaint about it was it felt like it was spinning its wheels too much. Outside of the good humor and amazing animation there wasn't much to watch the show for. None of the characters were too interesting or changed much at all and Saitama is a pretty boring protagonist to me, as nothing with him felt like it had any stakes.
I know the whole point is he was supposed to be overpowered, but there are ways those situations could've been handled so as to still be nerve racking even with a crazy OP protagonist. You sort of see the show touch on it a bit with the Sea King arc but definetly not enough outside of it.
If the show didn't have animation as good as it did, it wouldn't have been nearly as good, which makes me a bit worried for S2.
Still, really good show definitely one of the better anime series I've seen in the past few years.
And yeah to reiterate what everyone else has said, if you get a chance (not likely if you only have Netflix unfortunately) definitely watch Mob Psycho. By the same author and every bit as good. ONE evolved a lot as a writer between the two series and it shows.
I know the whole point is he was supposed to be overpowered, but there are ways those situations could've been handled so as to still be nerve racking even with a crazy OP protagonist. You sort of see the show touch on it a bit with the Sea King arc but definetly not enough outside of it.
If the show didn't have animation as good as it did, it wouldn't have been nearly as good, which makes me a bit worried for S2.
Still, really good show definitely one of the better anime series I've seen in the past few years.
And yeah to reiterate what everyone else has said, if you get a chance (not likely if you only have Netflix unfortunately) definitely watch Mob Psycho. By the same author and every bit as good. ONE evolved a lot as a writer between the two series and it shows.
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Mob Psycho is good as well but I don't know if I'd say it's better than OPM. Both great series and worth a watch.
Kinda depends on what you want out of a show.
Kinda depends on what you want out of a show.
Thats because OPM relies on jokes instead of untranslatable wordplay, overexaggerated reactions to being slightly out of social norms and completely byzantine Threes Company level of misunderstandings.
Can't wait to see this guy's action gets animated.I really hope Season 2 can keep the animation quality up.
I have zero interest in anime but started watching this show because of this thread. It is, indeed, awesome.
Mob Psycho can be watched for free on Crunchyroll with the exception of the absolute most recent episode. There are ads but still. Plus tons of people here have free 48 hour passes that the site gives that tend to just sit around doing nothing (I unfortunately don't have any unexpired ones since I now subscribe through the VRV combo pack)
I mean this is true, but I'd definitely argue Mob has way more heart than One Punch Man and tells a much better narrative, while still doing exceptional at things OPM might be a bit better at
I'm reading the manga now and have torn through the first five volumes. It's fantastic and as enjoyable as the show itself.
One Punch Man is the show that got me back into anime. JoJo is continuing the journey.
There still aren't a lot of anime that I actually enjoy. OPM may be the best of them all. Top 3 for sure.
One Punch Man is the show that got me back into anime. JoJo is continuing the journey.
There still aren't a lot of anime that I actually enjoy. OPM may be the best of them all. Top 3 for sure.