Have you guys thought that Season 2 could just adapt...

G_Spark233 said:
That isn't enough. It will most likely end with the tournament/introduction of the MA.

El_Aniki95 said:
I'm really wondering how they are going to adapt this at the moment. To be honest, they would need like 50 episodes to make it even a bit interesting.

The published chapters are great, but I don't think they're going to end a One Punch Man season without a good fight. Edit: There has not been one so far by the way.

NoneNone said:


50 episodes to make it interesting? You didn't like Season 1?

The series would probably end after 50-100 episodes, Season 2 will likely be 12 episodes just like Season 1. I doubt they can wait for a "good fight" the whole point of the series is that Saitama can't get one. Maybe by the series finale, but that's decades from now.

El_Aniki95 said:


I loved the first season. But a lot happened as well. As to where we are now, not so much happens in comparison. They would have to split the current arc in several seasons which would not have the same impact the first season had.

NoneNone said:


50 episodes to make it interesting? You didn't like Season 1?

The series would probably end after 50-100 episodes, Season 2 will likely be 12 episodes just like Season 1. I doubt they can wait for a "good fight" the whole point of the series is that Saitama can't get one. Maybe by the series finale, but that's decades from now.

NoneNone said:


50 episodes to make it interesting? You didn't like Season 1?

The series would probably end after 50-100 episodes, Season 2 will likely be 12 episodes just like Season 1. I doubt they can wait for a "good fight" the whole point of the series is that Saitama can't get one. Maybe by the series finale, but that's decades from now.

qwertyMrJINX said:
If season 3 were the Garou arc, then what's left for Season 2? Just fucking about with Fubuki? I like Fubuki, but an entire season of that would definitely sour that opinion.

SIMOMEGA said:
The webcomic isn't continuing?

NoneNone said:


Got news from Murata's stream a month ago, Season 2 will cover the Super Fight arc, but will be drastically cutting it down. The likely reason is that Season 2 will go until the big battle in Punch 84, the finale of the hero hunt.

qwertyMrJINX said:
Super fight...? You need to be way more specific than that, all the fights are super fights.

NoneNone said:


Got news from Murata's stream a month ago, Season 2 will cover the Super Fight arc, but will be drastically cutting it down. The likely reason is that Season 2 will go until the big battle in Punch 84, the finale of the hero hunt.

EpsilonX said:

84 would be an amazing place to end, though I worry it would feel a bit rushed.

Some of it might feel a bit cramped, but I think it would work out pretty nicely. There are a lot of hero vs monster fights that could be made to go by pretty quickly, such as fubuki vs that chick that turns everybody against her, or genos vs the monsters during the tournament. As long as the big fight in the forest isn't cut down at all, I think it's a nice spread.

NoneNone said:


Here's the exact quote from the guys who quoted Murata: "Murata said season 2 anime is likely cut a lot of content from the Superfight Arc, making it 2 episodes or so." So I think S2 will separate the tournament from the other events, and shorten it to two episodes, one for the actual tournament, the other for the monster stuff afterward.

episode 1: King (>100 pages, most of S1 episodes were below that)
episode 2: Garou + Blizzard/Sonic fights
episode 3: Blizzard with Saitama group, Tanktop fights, hospital, alley fight, Saitama gets his wig
episode 4: metal bat's whole gauntlet, ending with Garou rejecting the MA invite
episode 5: global MA attacks, Genos + Blizzard fights
episode 6: S-Class fights
episode 7: Montage of fights, Suiryu vs Saitama
episode 8: Sped up Suiryu vs MA, Saitama saves the day, Garou gets kicked (doesn't work as the start of an episode, and happens literally hours afterward)
episode 9: post-invasion stuff, the monster association contacting the hero association
episode 10: chapters 80, 81
episode 11: chapters 82, 83
episode 12: chapter 84

Yeah, we basically cover the same stuff, it's just that the tournament will explicitly be trimmed to two episodes, and I doubt Murata meant everything from Volumes 10-14 (1000 pages, 750 story pages without bonus, enough for 7 episodes) would be trimmed down to two episodes. That's why I guess it will be separated from the other storylines.

EpsilonX said:

Maybe they're just changing the order of events around so it'll better fit into an episode format? Everything between Saitama's first encounter with Garou and the end of the tournament is a bunch of stories happening simultaneously, which works much better in manga format than in anime format. If they re-arrange things a bit, those various stories could each be an episode. That way, they could spread everything from the tournament across two episodes.

Also, I was originally thinking King could be fit into a single episode, but when I saw it was only three punches, I was like "oh, it must be shorter than I remember it." That's the problem with this sort of speculation - since all of the chapters are wildly different lengths, it makes it a lot harder to judge.

NoneNone said:


Yeah, it's a little hard to tell how they're going to do it, I would guess they'd want standalone episodes for the most part. Garou and Blzzard are too mixed together due to Sonic/Charanko to be split I think. A Metal Bat episode would be so hype, starting with Tigers and ending after the Garou fight. Then an episode about the weaker heroes getting trashed, Genos is the only one holding his ground (for a while). The other S-Class all in one episode would pretty self-contained.

So I see it as four arc: the Intro arc (King/Blizzard/Garou); the Monster Raid arc (Metal Bat/Genos + Blizzard/S-Class); the Tournament arc (Super Fight/Gouketsu), then the Cabin arc (HA + MA/Gatling's team/Genos/Elder battle). Similar to how S1 had four arcs as well.

I'm not sure about Pri Pri at the end of the tournament or Sonic's story in the midst of the HA/MA stuff. Someone once suggested the theory they could get moved somewhere, maybe put Pri Pri with the other S-Class fights (tournament is too long already, but S-Class fights aren't), and, crazy idea, move Sonic's story to Genos vs Garou. That would allow the Gatling's team vs Garou to be its own episode, and would emphasize the struggles to become strong of Genos/Garou/Sonic, as well as the MA.

EpsilonX said:

Whatever happens, as long as they don't cut down on Garou, I'll be satisfied. He's without a doubt my favorite part of the series. I also reaaaaally hope they adapt chapter 84 and don't end it before that.

NoneNone said:


I doubt they'll cut anything out of him, and am pretty sure they'll make it to chapter 84. It's basically already perfect as its own episode (I really like this colored video of that chapter, the guy even does speed lines and moving figures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtivfDAWcGk&t=140s). And believe me when I say you've seen nothing of Garou, yes, there are some people still complaining about the manga took too long to get to the "good stuff".

I said it several times, but I really take it as gospel truth: Murata's comment on trimming the tournament. Garou wasn't involved with it at all, so that would suggest against cutting for him. He's essentially the protagonist of the saga. And cutting only happens when there's too much material, the anime wouldn't cut material if it ended sometime after the tournament (I counted 1104 pages to Garou getting kicked by Saitama, less than S1's 1127 pages).