Ironically, the animation isn't the worst about this season....

Here's a fanboy who doesn't understand anything... Conversations are precisely the moments where there should at least be some minimal animation, but there should always be something moving — that's what makes it fun. An anime without animation is no longer anime, it's just manga, and that's exactly what we have right now.
"That it's going to improve now? You're delusional. The future isn't going to fix the previous episodes, and with the 'action' we've seen so far, even that seems impossible. Not to mention the countless errors, the awful pacing, the terrible storyboarding, that neon filter... It's literally beyond saving. Even if the final episode had Season 1-level quality, it's still doomed — a few good episodes can't fix all the damage that's already been done.
It's dead

@Hashield LOL! Learn to read before insulting others.

I'm not a fanboy, because I'm not even a fan of One Punch Man.

The animation is terrible, I said so in my post.

When I said it gets better, I'm talking about the arc. Anime-onlys might want to drop a season after watching half of literally nothing happening. My point is : the arc eventually takes off, even though it takes its time.

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As for the other comments, I'm convinced about the direction complaints! It's definitely too flat. Even the OPENING is flat.

I stand by my position that the arc itself is the worst part of it though. Literally half of the season is a nothing-burger! And I strongly feel tha the actual battle will be rushed...... but wait&see.

Off topic but are you sure about that? I have seen tons of webcomic readers hate the constant redraws and the ending of that arc (Especially the final fight) because it ruined what makes the webcomic version of the story so good in the first place (And them they blamed Murata for all the changes lol).

This is actually the best arc in the entire franchise; most of the manga readers (me included) agree to this. So no, the arc has nothing to do with how bad the anime is. The anime is bad because almost everything in it is utter dogshit, and this includes animation, direction, storyboard, and hell, even the soundtrack is a fucking mess in this season.

The arc isn't the problem; the majority of the manga readers didn't even complain about it in the manga, and we believe this is the best arc so far. The anime is the problem since they are fucking everything up, and they are making it worse and boring in every possible way. This shitty season hasn't done anything to elevate the source material, nor has it given it justice; it's doing the complete opposite, making it worse.

@xZabuzax Have you actually done any polling that could allow you to affirm this with so much confidence?
There sure seems to be a lot of people who gave up after this arc, or at least started being bored by this arc. I know I'm one of them.

Also, look at the sales per volume. There's a massive dip for Volume 22.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePunchMan/comments/1cbekjg/one_punch_man_manga_sales_evolution_by_josu_ke

Guess which arc it is from?
This one.


And as it was said, that arc is when the redraws started. On a side note, I had NO IDEA the situation was this bad lmao!!! I knew the manga was a redraw of the webcomic, but I had no idea the manga itself had many iterations.

@Dante012 I haven’t claimed to run a formal poll; nobody in these discussions has. What I’m talking about is the general sentiment you see across the fandom over the years: Reddit threads, forum discussions, YouTube breakdowns, community reactions, etc. The Monster Association arc has consistently been regarded as the high point of the manga, separate from the frustration caused by redraws.

And about those sales numbers:
Volume 22 dropping isn’t proof that "people didn’t like the arc". It lines up exactly with the period where the manga’s pacing completely collapsed because of nonstop redraws and long delays. I don't think people were quitting because the arc was bad; they were quitting because they were tired of rereading modified chapters and waiting forever for anything to move forward. That’s a production issue, not a writing/arc quality issue.

If the arc itself were widely disliked, you’d see that reflected in discussions about the story, not the release cycle. But what you actually see is:

1 - Readers praising the arc’s scale, fights, and character moments.

2 - Readers complaining heavily about pacing, delays, and Murata revising chapters again and again.

Those are two different things.

So yes, people dropped off, but not because "the arc is bad". They dropped off because the redraw era made following the arc exhausting.

That’s exactly why comparing this to the anime is important:
The manga arc is strong despite redraw frustrations.
The anime is failing because of execution issues within the anime itself.

Ye, i hate it when shows have story, i only want action, i can't handle words with my 65 IQ /s

@CultOfAina THAT is story according to you??? LMAO!!!!!!!

Well yeah I agree. Art and animation are bad, but the story is also not fun to watch either.
At least if you're like me and don't give a shit about Garou, who this season as mostly about so far. I just want more Saitama and maybe some of the other S-class heroes.

@Gator Better quit watching, itll be about garou for a long time

@CultOfAina I appreciate the advice, but I don't drop shows I've started.

@Dante012

LMAOROFLCOPTERLULLILBOY!!!!!!!! /cringe, good to see you're part of the ''toxic community of mal bro''

Anyway. Yes it's story, or at least some progression or development/buildup towards the actual battles. I never said it's good but there's too many people who expect every single episode to be a action packed battle. Its not gonna happen, some arcs are just more dialogue heavy.

the biggest problem in this season isn't the arc itelf, what are you saying? LMAO... It is and always will be Bandai Namco.

Even the most utterly boring and abominable plot is enjoyable if the animation is spectacular. Monogatari Series is a good example. It has almost no combat; it's 99% dialogue between two characters, but it's fucking epic and spectacular thanks to its animation and direction.

@CultOfAina The problem is you define "toxic" as "someone opposing you." I'm making fun of you because you're saying something stupid. No offense.
EDIT : Also, you're a fucking hypocrite. You barged in insulting my intelligence. How is that not toxic again???

Anyway.

It's not story. The first half is extremely empty and shallow. Literally half of those episodes is about Saitama's group making stew.

Ohh yes because the rest of the anime made by this studio has the most amazing quality animation out there right?

@Yubisoft I feel this is a bit of cope angle. JC is not a bad animation studio. it's obviously not mappa but it's also not really taking the projects which require animation like that

@Dante012 Because you are opposing me? I don't think you know what opposing means. You're also calling me a hypocrite but I'm not the one contradicting my own profile page in this thread? Not to mention that you go around picking fights with everyone it seems. (edit: by the way, you say you can't stand people that can't accept others having different opinions but you're literally that person ^)


And of course you're making another stupid statement. Yes theres story, no it's not only about the stew (which you're using as a fallacy to make your point somehow look stronger). You don't get to define what a story is. You can have a subjective opinion whether it's good or bad (and well, lets be real, OPM story has always been kind of bad). But claiming your own subjective opinion to be the objective truth is delusional.

Can I agree that the pacing is too slow for the amount of information we're actually getting? Yeah kinda, but that happens when they are trying to insert three different story lines storylines at once.

@CultOfAina You : "It's bad to insult others."
Also you : "YoU HaVe an IQ of SixTee-Fiiive!"
Also ALSO you : "YoU ArE PiCkiNg FiighTs!"

It's the very definition of hypocrisy.

You don't get to define what a story is either.

Anyway.

Unfortunately they are and that was Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest and they destroyed that too and made it worse than some mid budget VNs on Steam. Is that cope too or Bandai Namco is the problem there too? Come on man.

Unfortunately they are and that was Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest and they destroyed that too and made it worse than some mid budget VNs on Steam. Is that cope too or Bandai Namco is the problem there too? Come on man.

@Yubisoft Cherry picking shows when they have a massive collection of high quality shows doesn't really mean anything. You could obviously argue that a lot of these shows are are on the older side but that doesn't really change anything, unless you want to change the argument to '' they have been rather terrible lately''.

I'm also not sure who you are aiming the bandai comment at, because I haven't mentioned them , nor will I make any statements about whether they are or are not the problem this season. I'm simply pointing out that JC is not trash. (I will agree that the studio is quite bad compared to what they used to be tho. (But to be fair the last few things bandai produced/published (w/e) that were actually decent were kyoto animation shows, so you could argue that they are not particularly doing great either)

ps: have you see FT: final series. If we're talking about animation let's not ignore the fact that the season that came before JC took over was easily one of the worst animated Seasons ever

@Yubisoft Okay, but you failed to mention:

-the railgun series
-the index series (1-2)
-Sakurasou
-Danmachi
-Toradora
-Shimoneta

These have higher quality than opm season 2 and 3. If we're putting credit where credit is due, then mention these shows they did a great job on.

@Dante012 '' You : "It's bad to insult others."''

Where, did, i even, say this. All i said is that your typical manchild ''hurdurroflecopter'' made me cringe/pointing out the irony


And yet again something you don't realize because you're fkn moron, is that I am not contradicting myself because I'm not the one complaining about toxicity on my profile. All I did was pointing out your hypocrisy, I don't actually care if people are toxic as long as they are making sense. Also, how does me also argueing with people contradict you doing it while preaching your moral superiority? Yet again, im not the 1 with hypocrite statements on my profile.


''You don't get to define what a story is either.''

Wow I would buy a cake if i were you because this might actually be the first and last time you said something that is remotely true even if it's still irrelevant. You are correct I do not get to define what a story is.

And you know why? Because there is already a definition of ''story'' and that definition has nothing to do with your opinion (or mine for that matter) on how good or bad it is. So yes thank you for proving my point.

ps: But yeah I shouldn't even be paying attention to you because you're pretty much only reacting to one thing because you know you're not capable of countering what I said about the story itself.

''Things I hate:
- The lack of argumentation/reflexion. Think before you speak!!!''

Oh boy.

edit: You are the one who took the IQ comment personally. I was mostly talking about all the people constantly complaining in every shounen/seinen ever that not every episode is consisting of 90% fights^

@Yuu_Kanzaki You are comparing an action anime with so many intense fights with Shimoneta, Sakurasou and the index and railgun series that have light years less demanding fights (in terms of animation) etc and you expecting me to take you seriously ?. When it comes to romance they are decent but everything else that remotely requires skill the produce mid.