One Punch Man 3 Episode 8 Discussion

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Dec 1, 2025 2:42 AM

#151

Lembard

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Lembard said:
Those who rate it above one must really love eating s*** — as if they’ve just wiped the previous episodes from their memory. Bandai Namco will look at the rising score and say:
‘Well, everything seems fine, ratings are going up. In Season 4 we can just f*** ** more than half the episodes and throw out a single one (with maybe 11 good minutes),’
and we, as consumers, will just consume whatever they dump out. Bravo, guys. If you keep supporting the publishers like this, all our attempts to lower this season’s rating will just go to waste.

One Punch Man did NOT deserve such a horrible animation.

Could have at least used your main account but whatever. I don't think Japan gives a fuck about MAL ratings to begin with, it's the Japanese audience which is their main target.

You get the most generic, barely average anime nr.566 every season for how many years? And they still somehow get multiple seasons, so it means that people in Japan must like that crap since they make sales and then the studios continue making more seasons. Honestly, idk what's the actual situation in Japan when it comes to this, but that's just how it looks to me and it's kind of a shame.

@GTRaijin This is the first time I’ve ever created an account specifically just to write a comment and rate an anime, so yes, this is my main account. I’m one of those people who usually never writes anything but with this season, I just couldn’t hold back. It genuinely makes me feel really bad and upset that my favorite anime is being made by people who clearly don’t care about it. Even if Japan doesn’t care about MAL, i still believe that everyone who enjoyed Season 1 and even Season 2 should leave negative ratings and reviews for Season 3.

Dec 1, 2025 2:43 AM

#152

prozyne

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Decent episode compared to the rest of the season. If the entire S3 looked like this, it still would’ve deserved criticism, but it could’ve at least saved us from the One Frame Man slander and that Disaster Level: Garou PNG slide which'll haunt the franchise longer than the monsters ever did.

Though, to be fair, that cursed-yet-iconic slide did give us some good memes. xD

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Dec 1, 2025 2:54 AM

#153

DarkTaiger

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Feb 2018

Esse ep foi bem feito

Dec 1, 2025 3:38 AM

#154

Justineeenichan

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Nov 2025

Bro it's good people who rate 1 is hate it for clout

Dec 1, 2025 3:57 AM

#155

Jim_Senpai

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Oct 2020

Putting Your Hand In Cold Water Feels Warm After Freezing, That's just a Trick 😊😊 From 1/10 to 3/10

Dec 1, 2025 4:46 AM

#156

Sensen_Kazirro

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Jul 2019

Much better than 7 previous episodes. Hope it keep improving till the end.

Dec 1, 2025 4:48 AM

#157

Boyblaxus24

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Nov 2024

its the best episode on season 3 so far

Dec 1, 2025 5:08 AM

#158

kemalkorkmaz

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Sep 2024

Saitama's presence has almost disappeared, and he's treated like a side character instead of the main character. Even the new animation scenes can't save the show. The original appeal of the series feels lost.

Dec 1, 2025 5:41 AM

#159

SciTails

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I mean, I get that the animation was reasonably decent in quality this time, but the main fight really highlighted the central issue of this show this season for me, which is: Why should I care about the characters on screen? We had only seen the people in the fight in like 3 episodes each throughout the whole show, and barely know anything about them. Beyond the typical bragging about how strong they are, most of the fight is them dumping character exposition at each other. And then they try to close with some sentimental-sounding lines like "tell me, what did we lack?" The end result is a fight that tries to make you have feelings for very minor side characters with very generic personalities who we have no reason to care about.

I just feel like we're way too far from the show's initial premise and appeal. There was none of the self-aware humor or character personality that made S1 work. You need at least some good writing to make the main moments impactful. I'm not a fan of Garou, but at least they were trying to do something there. Idk why you'd give any significant action screentime to individual characters who haven't had any character development. I guess they might have to follow whatever the manga is on that, but still, I would've much preferred to see them devote that much attention to a fight involving Saitama, Genos, or any of the built-up main cast, rather than use it on Flash and Sonic's one-off rivals.

Dec 1, 2025 7:41 AM

#160

babajeeds

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kemalkorkmaz said:
Saitama's presence has almost disappeared, and he's treated like a side character instead of the main character. Even the new animation scenes can't save the show. The original appeal of the series feels lost.

thats the point. he's either too late or never shows up. go back to season 1 if you want to see him punch things all the time. Saitama rarely progresses the plot anyway

Dec 1, 2025 7:51 AM

#161

LightKingEd

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Aug 2025

i cant believe i liked an episode, holy shit

Dec 1, 2025 8:06 AM

#162

Ridzaxster

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Thanks Flashy Flash Saved this Anime One Punch Man S3! 😤👍🔥

Dec 1, 2025 8:14 AM

#163

kelajuan

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Oct 2017

Wow Flash's fight actually surpassed anything from season 2's animation. And the pacing is also pretty good for the whole ep. Refreshing to see since Ep 7 was awful.

Dec 1, 2025 8:22 AM

#164

empty_fiend

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May 2013

After 7 episodes of abysmal dogshit, episode 8 looks great. It's still mid in comparassing with season 1, but let's be honest. This episode was solid.

Dec 1, 2025 8:26 AM

#165

queefmonster

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Apr 2015

you guys are insufferable.

anime fans have a rep and this page/these threads/etc show why.

i know ratings are kind of a joke and what's popular generally isn't best and all, but this season has a rating of 4. and these threads are just nonstop complaining. like, if you hate it so much, just stop watching/commenting.

i'm actually enjoying the season. i wish it had more episodes and wish it didn't take so long, but it is what it is.

and fwiw, for those who think the animation is literally the worst ever and that this kind of thing never happened...the amount of recycled footage, alone... that used to happen (eg, gundam wing).

Dec 1, 2025 8:38 AM

#166

PrOxAnto

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Jan 2013

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At least something decent this episode but there's no way this episode can make up for what this season has delivered so far.

Dec 1, 2025 8:41 AM

#167

WaterMage

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Jan 2024

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This was an actually good episode. Flash fight looked the best thing of this entire season.

Child Emperor is definitely one of my favourites..

Dec 1, 2025 10:05 AM

#168

venkat_thadi

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Dec 2022

soo, there's hope?

Dec 1, 2025 10:32 AM

#169

nonhorrific

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Aug 2019

Best 15 minutes of the season.

Dec 1, 2025 10:58 AM

#170

Dante012

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@queefmonster You're the most toxic one here. Anyway.

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Gotta be honest..... I freakin LOVED this episode!
The animation was definitely much better.
Although it was VERY irregular. There were some extremely bad moments. I'm pretty sure there's a close shot where a character speaks but the lips aren't moving at all. That's amateurish. But aside from that, overall, the fight was great.

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Dec 1, 2025 11:14 AM

#171

Devostator

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Mar 2024

It was better than all previous episodes

Dec 1, 2025 11:17 AM

#172

Atenui

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Nov 2025

ONE FRAME MAN, QUADROS ESTATICOS, MULHERES COM 3 PEITOS, VILAO QUE MUDOU DE GENERO, LIXO DO LIXO

Dec 1, 2025 11:30 AM

#173

Moka_Akashiya69

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Nov 2022

Finally some Frames🥀

Best S3 ep so far. Some Impact Frames, decent animation, pretty good one. Let's see if the rest of the eps will look like this or not🙃

Dec 1, 2025 11:53 AM

#174

Skuvan

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I actually LOVED the episode, 5/5 from me, genuinely. First and foremost, Flash's fight against Hellfire and Tempest was SUBLIME, I absolutely LOVED it. Secondly, I definitely did NOT expect Emperor to be that strong. I thought he was all brains, but he's just as strong as he is clever. I was really impressed.

Dec 1, 2025 11:55 AM

#175

queefmonster

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@Dante012

lolz @ calling me the most toxic here followed by... complaining.

gg

Dec 1, 2025 12:13 PM

#176

HectorBlaze

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Apr 2016

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Liked this one. Child Emperor is really cool!

Dec 1, 2025 12:48 PM

#177

Deiki-kun

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Liked this one. Child Emperor is really cool!

@HectorBlaze you mean Filter Emperor

Dec 1, 2025 1:30 PM

#178

Okash

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Mar 2009

Oh wow, the studio must be tired as hell after making this episode... it wasn't so bad this time.

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Dec 1, 2025 1:41 PM

#179

AfraiCat

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Jul 2023

Pretty okay combat animation

Dec 1, 2025 1:46 PM

#180

whatisit

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Apr 2016

Ok this is cool, just barely noticed the Flash single frame so I had to rewind just to make sure I wasn't seeing things.

Dec 1, 2025 2:18 PM

#181

Atylgan

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Jul 2014

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I believe they used lots of CGI during the fight and honestly it's good, it's way better than the quality of drawings they were able to deliver before and with all the effects it's not noticeable too much

Dec 1, 2025 2:42 PM

#182

Streakyy

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Nov 2021

The anime is regressing with each episode, what have they done to this anime? It's practically a static frame every episode.

Dec 1, 2025 4:52 PM

#183

InfinityNo0b

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Nov 2016

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InfinityNo0b said:
This was probably the best episode of this season so far. However-

1. This kind of animation is on par with "My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha" that's airing this season.

2. One Punch Man is not a below average shounen series that is filled with "Loads of talking and less fighting"

3. One Punch Man does not have a trash story or fighting scenes or character designs.

So, was this anime project hated by the production committee?
Maybe.

i was happy
man
defending this show since s2
(my standards are low soo)
after all those 7 episodes
seeing many people harassing production members
,the hate,
I knew it this epsiodes was gonna be huge improvement compared to the last
and guess what?
it turns out to be true
with a month left

and i remeber
the director said there are mixing 3d+2d trying to make it blend

episode 8 have 3d/cgi
and with 4 episodes left for this season/cour atleast
we might really see ep 8 level animations
or even improved
i think the remaining episodes will be at this level or better then ep 8
so i think 8-12 are gonna be the best episodes of s3

@berserk2022 We will find that out in the next episode- Episode 9 which is supposed to have the best animation of the season.
I don't think that episodes 10-12 will have good animations but it's better to have hope than despair and be toxic.

Dec 1, 2025 5:04 PM

#184

StateofOhayo

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Dec 2018

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so, saitama just gonna not even have screentime in his own show? he did for like half of one episode, other than that, not so much.
is this one punch man? idk anymore. these heroes are BORING. just as much so as the animation.

Dec 1, 2025 5:06 PM

#185

StateofOhayo

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Dec 2018

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guys, the fight was still not good, your bars have just been set really low. it was a marked improvement for sure though.

Dec 1, 2025 5:18 PM

#186

jdeves

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Jun 2023

Zero punch man. At least last season we had Saitama on screen doing something in each episode.

Dec 1, 2025 6:50 PM

#187

ancora07

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Jan 2022

What an incredible episode! I knew the studio was hiding its top-tier animators. Don't be fooled — season two did have some great sequences, just not as often as we wanted. But what makes this so surprising is that they delivered it with that director, tight deadlines, and an low budget.

Flashy Flash was at his best here. The man is absurdly strong, and it's no wonder he’s Rank S. His fight was everything it needed to be: the enemies were formidable, the twists were constant, and the speed-based choreography was insane. In the end, his opponents discarded their human bodies and succumbed to monster flesh, and even though Flash took damage, he still came out on top. Truly exhilarating. I'd love to see more fights like this from now on.

Right after that, Child Emperor learns that Metal Knight was defeated — but worse, Knight knew the hostage's location and didn’t even bother telling the Hero Association. Annoyed, the absolute chad Child Emperor tears through a wave of monsters and rescues the arrogant kid. The slime monster and the bird from last season were handled quickly, but that robot? Terrifying. And Child Emperor is burning through devices way too fast in this operation. They both need to hurry.

I'd love to see more fights of this caliber going forward. But honestly? For a fourth season, I really hope another studio picks this anime up.

Dubious and honest analysis from neonerd.

Dec 1, 2025 7:24 PM

#188

berserk2022

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May 2025

InfinityNo0b said:
@berserk2022 We will find that out in the next episode- Episode 9 which is supposed to have the best animation of the season.
I don't think that episodes 10-12 will have good animations but it's better to have hope than despair and be toxic.

yea
let's wait and see if the production have time to make good animations
, episode 8 had amazing animation
bandai namco producer said ep 8 will be the best episodes? idk
i hope the quality of ep 8-12 stays the same

Dec 1, 2025 9:35 PM

#189

Zer0AssassiN

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Jun 2022

finally animation

Dec 1, 2025 9:36 PM

#190

E2J

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Jul 2021

So that's where all the money went

Dec 1, 2025 10:56 PM

#191

MenchiK1

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May 2016

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Wow that actually looked like a real anime for some scenes.

Dec 1, 2025 11:22 PM

#192

x0lt0x

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Apr 2016

316

Where's Saitama?

Dec 2, 2025 12:32 AM

#193

Will-Jack

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Sep 2019

Nice Upgrade than the previous episodes

Dec 2, 2025 2:16 AM

#194

Fusion8707

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Jul 2025

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best ep of the season in terms of animation

Dec 2, 2025 3:19 AM

#195

Jokuc

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oh look at that, a good episode for once! Can we get at least one more for episode 9 maybe?
I'm still a bit sad about the lack of saitama action in this season

It's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.

Dec 2, 2025 3:38 AM

#196

a0i-kun

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Feb 2017

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easily the best ep yet
some of this shit looked great

and i forgot how much i liked flash. speed KING

Dec 2, 2025 3:46 AM

#197

Panthera06

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Jul 2023

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A decent animation this time!Flashy Flash defeated Wind and Flame with his extreme fast attack and speed! I don’t think these two ninjas deserve to be dragon threats levels when they transformed at all! Flashy Flash is just too strong!

Child Emperor saved the kid from the hero association!Did Phoenix man get killed by him?

G5 returned in the monster association! Child Emperor and the kid escaped from it by using robots?Child Emperor is too smart so he deserves that S class!

Don’t forget to mention that Child Emperor has multiple color filters this time!

Kekeke

@Blackpenredpen both Tempest Wind and Hellfire Flame is low dragon. They are basicly Bakuzan but speed is their best stats

Dec 2, 2025 3:48 AM

#198

Panthera06

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I'm actually impressed by this episode. The first half is due to animation (yes, I'm quited surprised by this), though I get to know more about Flashy Flash I'm still not sure why those couple ninja monster want to fight him, not sure if it's revenge, or just coincidence, and are they related to another ninja-theme character Speed-o-Sonic? This is one of the rare moment that the animation exceed the story.

The second half I'm impressed by how creative Child Emperor fight, he never fight battle in the same way, his backpack is filled with helpful yet dangerous tools, but what I love the most is how he never let his guard down. Usually a genius character like him is either stay in the safe area all the time or being too confident and get himself killed in battle zone, but he's neither. And maybe that's why the next episode is called "Brave Child".

I know OPM has a soft spot for young characters so they aren't likely to be killed (though they may get kidnapped), but I'm still nervous that Child Emperor might be fighting something he can't win. I hope some other stronger heroes will help him soon. That samurai robot is very menace, I think his name is G4.

Can't wait for the next week!

@phantomfandom both Wind and Flame are from the same village as Sonic. In season 2 they try to recruit him to make stronger team to kill flash.Sonic refused at first but after thinking about the possiblity to be stronger to defeat Saitama He eat the monster Cell but he choose to cook it and failed

Dec 2, 2025 4:27 AM

#199

Smojjj

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Nov 2020

Yeah it’s nice, decent animation, fluid fight scenes… there is still “stillness” de-mo its good compared to previous episodes

Dec 2, 2025 5:24 AM

#200

nescalone

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Nov 2025

me impressionou um pouco

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