One Punch Man 2nd Season Episode 1 Discussion

Orion007 said:
what a bunch of elitist weebs.....trying to find all the imperfections desperately , I mean why not just enjoy the show for what it is and it is goddamn good

Parthostic said:

I think it's pretty evident why so I'm going to bullet point this.
-Animation is a clear downgrade. Perhaps the largest reason I enjoyed the first season was that it provided some incredible animation for a one cour series.
-Script. Just look at the conversation between Genos and Dr. Kuseno lmfao.
-Episode was not funny, again another standout reason I enjoyed the first season.

Of course this is just the first episode, but hey, not a very enticing or promising one at that.

Hitoriki said:


Let's take mortal combat for an example, get rid of all the gore violence, put a lot less effort in making the fighting moves. Would you want to play it ? Don't think so

Now take One Punch Man, get rid of all the good action scenes and replace them with "meh" action scene would you want to watch it ? Don't think so

It's sure is still too early to say that OMP season 2 will be bad on the long run but please, stop making fools of yourself by defending the poor animation/execution of this episode. People are totally right to be disappointed so far ! But well I know that either way hardcore fan of One Punch man wouldn't be able to accept one freaking once of criticism.

Hitoriki said:


Let's take mortal combat for an example, get rid of all the gore violence, put a lot less effort in making the fighting moves. Would you want to play it ? Don't think so

Now take One Punch Man, get rid of all the good action scenes and replace them with "meh" action scene would you want to watch it ? Don't think so

It's sure is still too early to say that OMP season 2 will be bad on the long run but please, stop making fools of yourself by defending the poor animation/execution of this episode. People are totally right to be disappointed so far ! But well I know that either way hardcore fan of One Punch man wouldn't be able to accept one freaking once of criticism.

BravoBlast333 said:
If that was the only thing you liked about it and the satire/humour/characters were lost on you, then I suggest you abandon ship here and I'll see you when S3 comes out.

Orion007 said:

just like I said an elitist weeb
you people never cease to dissapoint me,learn to like something for what it is and if you can't then atleast don't judge the people who've had the worst plate

Orion007 said:


just like I said an elitist weeb
you people never cease to dissapoint me,learn to like something for what it is and if you can't then atleast don't judge the people who've had the worst plate

Krunchyman said:
The charm of season one is gone. It's still entertaining, but it feels like any other Shounen right now.

Hitoriki said:


Huh... Listen I don't really want to argue cause I know that you will only repeat the same thing over and over... But yeah criticism is good, it helps creating variations, and it help to point out the things that we don't want to see again. If you get rid of your critic sense, and accept basically anything that comes as it is, you will never gain anything new in life. Or at least on the long term. Creating series like One Punch Man season one demanded a lot of effort. It took a lot of time and an amazing team to put on this amazing series, and overall in the animation world it was something exceptional because the director had a lot of contact and put a lot of effort into making it as amazing as it is now.
It was obvious that the second season would be less amazing, and seriously I did "enjoy" this first episode for at least the comedy section which can pretty much be given to the voice actors and the scenario of the manga. But the animation lacked a lot more than what I was expecting it to be. It feels and is rushed. The execution and application of the animation is awful. It is not a question of "style" is this case but more of a directing problem, the world in itself doesn't feel the same as the first season, it doesn't feel alive and the lack of attention and effort put in certain scenes just get you out of it... I'm not making pointless criticism here, I want to be able to enjoy One Punch Man season 2 and I sure hope it will happen with the next episodes but I'm scared that it will probably go south from here on. knowing that the team started production not a long time ago.

DiscoMilf said:


All you're saying here is "I don't care about the quality of what I'm watching, so I'm going to project that onto other people."

People watch things for different reasons. You are not wrong for liking it despite its flaws, and he is not wrong for disliking it for the reasons he listed.

However, you are wrong for calling him an elitist because he actually cares enough to think about what he's watching. People aren't elitists because they criticize things. Elitists are people who go out of their way to act snobby and make other feel bad about what they like. He did not do that. He offered fair criticism.

You also did not refute a single point he made, just stuck to name-calling. Grow up.

Orion007 said:
I'm sorry man i was pretty hyped yesterday and I didn't mean to call you an elitist or a weeb....i mean i was pretty rough and unrealistic, people have their own opinions.

oh and I'm sorry I didn't read your whole paragraph......i'm fine now

Nurguburu said:
One Punch Man is back baby.

KonekoRyuugamine said:
Alright, finally watched the episode, and I am really excited for this season!

First, the comedy is still in top form. Saitama and Genos still have great comedic chemistry, and King had some of the funniest moments in this episode.
Also, Germany likes dating sims? Who knew? ;)

I'm also enjoying this dichotomy between King and Saitama.

King is known as the "strongest hero in the world" because of prior battles, and from word of mouth. He's touted as a powerful force of unstoppable fury, so much so that even his HEARTBEAT makes villains crap their pants in his vicinity. It helps that he looks like he got rung through a couple of Yazuka brawls, and his disposition is that of a man who looks about ready to kick your teeth in.
Even I'll admit, if I saw a guy like that, I doubt I'd want to fight him.

But the show took the OPPOSITE route and made him an anti-social otaku who was just in the right place at the right time. And all because SAITAMA was the one punching out the monsters he was supposedly fighting!
He's no hero, and he KNOWS it. It's been a farce. What's worse, he can't go back and say he's not the "strongest hero" because it would be a slap to the public, they'd think he was just being modest, or it would have the opposite effect and ruin his and several other heroes' lives by calling the legitimacy of THEIR abilities and statuses.
Although that last part is just conjecture.

What's more, King got this title through association and word of mouth, not through action. No one SAW him do these deeds. All they know are the rumors, and those rumors took form. And now King has to shoulder both the honor and the burden it means to be "the strongest".

Saitama, meanwhile, is clawing from the bottom up to get the title of "hero", and is usually the one saving the day. As we saw last season, he's not one to shove others away from the spotlight or hog it. All he wants is to protect and serve, and to get a good punch in otherwise.
He also knows that having his powers means he can't really get any enjoyment out of a fight unless it's someone who can top his abilities. Comes with being the literal "one-punch man". His methods are even unbelievable, because NO ONE who sees Saitama thinks he is capable of doing what he does. He just looks like with no flair and no power.

And as we've seen time and again, that's so very wrong.

It's like looking at two sides of a coin: powerless and tough, powerful and morose.

But no, what I truly like about this dichotomy is what happens later in this episode. Saitama follows King, and starts asking questions.
Could it be because HE INITIALLY SEES HIMSELF IN KING?
And that actually brought a tear to my eye.
Then tells him to EARN his hero title properly. He ENCOURAGES King instead of pulling a different dick move I've seen before in media.
There's no "YOU BETTER STOP TAKING CREDIT FOR MY SHIT" type of argument.
He's not mad, he's not pompous, he's just himself!

Just, Saitama being a GENUINE HERO AND ROLE MODEL and helping King start overcoming his obstacles.

So. Great.

I'm also hanging on the edge of my seat over how Lady Blizzard is coming after Saitama, villains are being called on for help, and how Speed o' Sound Sonic still wants revenge.

I also have a feeling Genos' cyborg will be coming back soon.

Either way, this was an EXPLOSIVE first episode!

Fl0ri4n said:
Youre a bit overreacting but overall its true what you say

KonekoRyuugamine said:


I, uh, had a lot to write down. ^3^;;

GoldenDevilGamer said:
Yeah, aware of that too. Don't hold too much belief on the OPM two episodes thing, because Yonkou's never a reliable source of info. The man got every prediction of OPM wrong, from airing date to the lies about the first episode being early previewed

DumpsterKing said:
Bakemonogatari had a lot of BD fixes. The original TV run of Bake was literally incomplete though, so it's a different case.

Hitoriki said:


I really don't understand why so many people are okay with the animation of the show, every one seems to want to defend this new season for some obscure reason. So here's a unbiased constructive review of the animation of episode one ( I won't exclude the possibility of episode two to be better but I pretty much doubt it ).

Allright first the opening, the thing that supposed to sells the show. For a small information point, openings often present a better animation than the actual show, this is used to get people hooked into watching it or showing them how far the studio can bring some scenes of the animation. But yeah, so far, this opening is pretty much the worst part of the show. We've got a diaporama powerpoint with transparent text in a horrible font.
In the end the opening has about only 20 seconds of relatively good animation out of 1:30 so that leaves 1:10 of diaporamas.

Next the actual episode, It is "not so bad" or at least the comedy and the interactions between Saitama and King make up for a watchable/almost decent episode.
The first 30 seconds are really not great, the colours and the resolution of the character does not match with the colours and the resolution of the background, also the clippings of the characters are horrible. One of the problem reside in a lot of the backgrounds being edited photos to look like animation ( speculation on my part but it looks like it ). This is a shame since the first scene of the town actually shows a good environment.
The introduction of King is well made. The public, the monster and the scenes are on this part actually well animated so nothing to say about that.
Now the fight between Genos and G4 is really bad, both in the pacing and the animation. The animation team didn't stick on a constant texture for the metal parts of the body of both characters which make it look dull. Either the metal is over shiny and the reflection doesn't move with the action, or there is no reflection and everything look flat. The action scenes have no punch, or fluidity in the movement a shame for an action anime. And finally the faces that Genos make on a lot of those scenes is seriously laughable.
The interactions between Saitama and King are pretty fun to watch as they are quite funny, but again when it comes to the "action scene" with the bird everything goes back to being "badly made" or at least executed. It's a stuck frame paradise where the purpose of the scene is completely lost in the lack of planning of the animation. I mean, the scene where Saitama is supposed to turn in slow mode lack frames, which bring down a lot of the action build-up of the preceding scenes.
Then the show goes back to having decent animation and scene planning with the second part of Saitama's and King's interactions. Which is ruined again with the pacing of the scene involving Genos and Dr.Kuseno which is all in the dark for some reason ( background budget was lacking ) and again a lot of stuck frames.
Then there is the end of the episode which is not horrible nor good, forgettable for most part and yeah the introduction of Garou was not amazing, or interesting.

So, that's it. Even if it was obvious that the second season would not be near the level of the first. I think it's still hypocritical to say that it's a decent adaptation for a second season of OPM. It's clearly far from the most horrible animation I've seen but I wouldn't call it decent animation either.