Alright, One Punch Man. I specifically chose this anime because i can say why i like it, other anime are just: 'yeah its fine, story is good and all' but with One Punch Man i have real reasons! I read the webcomic and i've watched the anime.
Art: its madhouse, if you never heard of it they are pretty much famous for there amazing art and animation but also infamous for ending an anime at episode 12. The art is beautiful and outstanding with very much detail, every explosion looking dangerous every, in facial expression you can clearly see their emotions and you can totally see Madhouse put their heart and soul in it
Characters: most characters are memorable, i forgot a few (not their faces but their name). Every character is unique and have different personality, Genos being one of my favorite because its funny how he takes Saitama so seriously and is so fascinated by his power and wants to be just like him. i guess this is poking a little fun at side characters or little kids wanting to be heroes? The bad guys are something else, for enemies that just die in 1 hit they are all pretty memorable i could describe and maybe tell the names (cause i'm really bad with names man...) of most enemies in the past 12 episodes and even the webcomic
The story: well you probably already know what it is, a guy named Saitama who is a hero for fun and kills everyone in 1 punch, you might think 'well thats kinda silly isn't it?' well it isn't i.m.p (in my opinion) its executed fairly well with jokes that you might think that is funny or just plain and that kinda kills it for some people. Thats why i'm giving it a 8 (-2 for the mediocre jokes), why an 8? well its all because of the fighting scenes
*Here are minor spoilers that just explains the fighting in One Punch Man*
The fighting scenes is one of the things thats hard the understand i guess (and 'm not saying my way of thinking is correct) but i will try to convince you why i don't mind them
Saitama 1 punching enemies: ah yes, the thing that makes the anime. in my view Saitama one punching enemies is a joke for saying some superheroes can just kill/knock-out the enemy with 1 hit but don't (for god knows why) you might argue that the fights become predictable but i must ask: 'if you watch a movie, read a comic, whatever. If the hero fights you know that 9 out of 10 the hero will survive in the end' so why bother having a 30 minute fight if you can just end the enemy in 1 hit? So in short: Heroes have the power to end it quickly but don't.
Saitama waiting very long to punch someone: then again, he takes a while to punch someone? this again is in my view laughing at heroes taking their time bringing more people in danger while the fight could have ended a long time ago. Enemies transforming into being more powerful the hero again takes a long time to killl him/her. and thats what One punch Man does right, its easier to see in the manga/webcomic honestly. the enemy take a huge amount of time talking about its past and how strong it is and how it will destroy or take over the world, the Heroes taking hits that doesn't make sense. And you can easily see that in One Punch Man. Why do heroes do that? Who knows! Atleast Saitama has a reason, he wants to find someone strong. So in short: again, Heroes have the power to end it quickly but don't.
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The fight with boros at episode 11-12 was the best example of this. Saitama mostly just tanked all of his hits and Boros was just powering-up a lot of times, Saitama on the other hand used extremly weak punches to just give Boros a fight he wanted so much, a fight where he could give it his all and in the end he finished him with his 'Serious series: serious strike' attack to finish Boros, but wait! he isn't dead (shai suprise) he didn't give it his all instead he is like half dead because his whole body is destroyed. see where i'm coming from? if you read the things above you should hopefully understand that this is an exact superhero fight. The hero takes punches he shouldn't have but isn't dead > the enemy power-ups like crazy > then the hero takes more hits > but in the end the enemy dies anyway
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One Punch Man is hard to understand and i guess there is no real answer to it (only if the creator explains it) you should also know that this is a "parody" about superheroes and in most parodies the characters have a form of 4 Wall breaking. I guess i'm saying they have more common sense, but in One Punch Man they don't. They really think they're in their world and there is no other universe. i.m.p Saitama is the definition of a hero and does exactly what a hero does but in a way that makes him look ridiculous. And its so unique i love it
If i had to say one bad thing about One Punch Man is that he already is becoming a meme, people laughing at him because they believe he can't beat the strongest (i'm not going to say names here cause that will just cause wars) but i believe and i will keep believing that the whole point is, he could beat anyone with 1 punch, thats the joke. And please... just don't put him in fights with characters that aren't in One Punch Man. The only one who can beat him is the one that the creator wants him to be beaten by
But anyway, to end this review i will say: don't watch one Punch man if you're a Hero fanatic, if you take heroes too seriously, if you aren't open minded. You should watch One Punch Man if you know about superheroes but also make fun of them or don't take them as serious as other people, if you're open minded, if you just want to relax. And i highly recommend the Webcomic
Goobye
