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EP. REVIEW: One-Punch Man

Valhern wrote:

Gasero wrote: I did not like Puri-Puri Prisoner's personality and I still do not like that the other heroes depicted in the show have not successfully proved themselves able to protect the city without Saitama. Like Zupon said, it's not that they're not capable of protecting the city, but what we are shown are the strongest kind of monsters or threats (demon and above) that more oftenly than not require the strongest type of S-Class (who are neither PriPri nor Genos, they are terribly stronger than most A-Class, but far weaker than most S-Class, and that's where Sonic falls, more or less) or someone with special kind of power for the situation...

I understand that there are other strong heroes, but my problem is that the organization keeps sending weaker heroes to the threats than what is obviously needed. The show is stuck on this hero hierarchy that doesn't make practical sense when there are threats that can instantly destroy a city or country.

Just a couple episodes ago there was a hero who nonchalantly approached a falling meteor to 'test' his power rather than dozens of heroes to prevent such a dangerous threat. I know it's fiction, but even for the world of OPM that seems careless.

Valhern wrote:

Gasero wrote: I did not like Puri-Puri Prisoner's personality and I still do not like that the other heroes depicted in the show have not successfully proved themselves able to protect the city without Saitama. Like Zupon said, it's not that they're not capable of protecting the city, but what we are shown are the strongest kind of monsters or threats (demon and above) that more oftenly than not require the strongest type of S-Class (who are neither PriPri nor Genos, they are terribly stronger than most A-Class, but far weaker than most S-Class, and that's where Sonic falls, more or less) or someone with special kind of power for the situation...

I understand that there are other strong heroes, but my problem is that the organization keeps sending weaker heroes to the threats than what is obviously needed. The show is stuck on this hero hierarchy that doesn't make practical sense when there are threats that can instantly destroy a city or country.

Just a couple episodes ago there was a hero who nonchalantly approached a falling meteor to 'test' his power rather than dozens of heroes to prevent such a dangerous threat. I know it's fiction, but even for the world of OPM that seems careless.

Valhern wrote:

Gasero wrote: I did not like Puri-Puri Prisoner's personality and I still do not like that the other heroes depicted in the show have not successfully proved themselves able to protect the city without Saitama. Like Zupon said, it's not that they're not capable of protecting the city, but what we are shown are the strongest kind of monsters or threats (demon and above) that more oftenly than not require the strongest type of S-Class (who are neither PriPri nor Genos, they are terribly stronger than most A-Class, but far weaker than most S-Class, and that's where Sonic falls, more or less) or someone with special kind of power for the situation...

I understand that there are other strong heroes, but my problem is that the organization keeps sending weaker heroes to the threats than what is obviously needed. The show is stuck on this hero hierarchy that doesn't make practical sense when there are threats that can instantly destroy a city or country.

Just a couple episodes ago there was a hero who nonchalantly approached a falling meteor to 'test' his power rather than dozens of heroes to prevent such a dangerous threat. I know it's fiction, but even for the world of OPM that seems careless.

After episode 9 I'm not sure OPM can win my interest back. Is the manga really this one-note? Every battle is heroes wasting time until Saitama shows up late. There is a diverse cast of characters that the writer has made useless.

I was hoping that Genos would get his time to shine when he proved himself competitive against Sea King, but that hope immediately dissipated when Sea King got right back up to fight. What are the power levels here? Does it even matter when every hero except Saitama loses?

I'm agreeing with that one civilian complaining about the hero association. Showing up just to be easily defeated is not heroic. It's dumb. The hero organization still doesn't send all S class heroes to a serious threat to humanity. It's increasingly annoying that the latest threats were world threatening and only a couple high ranking heroes appear.

I'll watch episodes 10-12 with the hope that something hooks me back in, but OPM is disappointing so far.

I think producing the anime with only 12 episodes makes the story less interesting because there hasn't been time to explore the world of heroes. Based on what people have said about the manga, there isn't much more explained about heroes there either.

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To the reviewer.
It was said in episode 6 that License-less don't want to pass in B-class, he wasn't denied.

Zupon wrote:

To the reviewer. It was said in episode 6 that License-less don't want to pass in B-class, he wasn't denied.

Ah, okay. In his big speech, he said something about "not even being able to make it to B-Class," so I assumed that meant he wasn't admitted.