One Punch Man 2nd Season Commemorative Special

I'll try to keep this short and easy to understand.
It's simply a recap of the first season with a very monotonous voice narrating over it.

I believe that really good anime are hard to forget. Four years is a long time, I must agree, but not merely enough to forget the thrilling experience that the first season offered.

In case you don't remember season one, you're better off re-watching it.

Don't get me wrong, it does what a recap episode is meant to do. However the monotonous narration over footage I remember very vividly and clearly wasn't enjoyable whatsoever.

I don't think a recap like this, merely recycling footage from the previous season was necessary, specially knowing there will be an enourmous quality drop in the upcoming season.

To me, it's an unecessary reminder that the first season was an amazing, brilliantly crafted show and season two will very likely be disappointing to say the very least. But I'll be here to see once it airs, I truly hope I end up being wrong and that AT LEAST the story keeps me somewhat hooked to it.

10/10 Art, Characters and Story since it's all from season one. lul x)
5/10 Sound. Very monotonous narration.
1/10 Personal enjoyment.
5.3/10 Overall ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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I've arguably seen better recaps, so with that out of the way, let's... I don't have any good punchline to end this note on.

It felt almost unbelievable, trying to hope in the hype bandwagon, but you're just too lazy to rewatch a whole season in order to refresh your memory on the show, and then you stumble across this.
“One Punch Man 2nd Season Commemorative Special” is a linear retelling of the major plot threads of the first season of the series that goes through narrating over the highlights with a very uncanny robotic host-show-like voice. I did not enjoy that as much as I was expecting.
It definitely didn't cover most of your favorite moments, but it was decent for what it was. Just refreshing your likely dead memory and setting some hype up for the second installment of the franchise.

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English version:
This special episode is a summary of the first season narrated and without adding any new details. The only news are three scenes from the second season, additional at the end of the episode. However, I only recommend watching if you saw the first season a long time ago and don't want to see it again to remember the story.

Portuguese version:
Esse especial é um grande resumo da primeira temporada narrado e sem adicionar detalhes novos. A única novidade são três cenas da segunda temporada, adicionais no fim do episódio. Contudo, só indico assistir se você viu a primeira temporada há muito tempo atrás e não quer revê-la para lembrar a história.

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