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EP. REVIEW: One-Punch Man

So... it takes a certain type of anime fan to enjoy this show?

So following this article, I checked out the reviews for the first episode and yes, everyone's gushing over its technical merits and its humor as an afterthought and what setting? I see the animation and design throughout but don't care about quality art production for its own sake. All animation may be equally created but it's not all created equally; It's an investment with more money put into series that are hyped but in this series, I thinks it's more a diversion.

The humor seems to be in the style of "it's funny because it's in the form of a joke but it's really not". It looks silly but it's not silly.

And then there's the main character. "I can relate to the main character" as it appears in all those first episode reviews. You know, I can't. For example, there's Crabhead from the first episode and by the look of blood on him prior to meeting the first character, he's apparently on a murderous rampage.. the joke's he in his underwear, laugh!...so stopping him and the supposed rest who just appear in the City from killing everyday citizens is less "I'm jaded because I'm so powerful" character and more of a "let them die, I'll stop them if I feel like it" one. A sociopath superhero who's apathy is more a problem than the villains. With great power comes great... eh.

Oh, we're back at Evangelion style antiheroes these days? In our real world, such characters work but in their own setting, they come off a little annoying. It's not a life, it's a duty. Shut up and do it.

Also, don't quip. Don't you realize how many people just died, including the villain?

If it was just crime then this would work... it would also be The Tick. I can't even consider this show black comedy because the main character really can't reference death, either the ones he's preventing or causing.

the humor in this series.. i guess it will depend on what you think is funny..

Yeah, and about the comedy in this show: I've noticed there's a lot less of the "anime laughtrack", that is, every time something FUNNY happens and you should LAUGH there's some stupid sound effect (especially that infuriating bamboo noise) or like fifteen filters over the reaction face.

Like yeah, there's still reaction faces and stuff, but not every joke is accompanied by twenty different cues indicating YOU SHOULD LAUGH HERE.

What would happen if saitama were to punch himself?

The first episode was ok-ish though I did like the Piccolo monster. The second episode had me chuckling and the timing on final mosquito swat was great that it got a laugh out of me. I think the teaming up of Genos with Saitama and the potential interaction between both was a good move as that should help keep the one-punch theme from getting stale.

So far its a keeper for the season...

Exalted Incarnate wrote:

What would happen if saitama were to punch himself?

Nothing since it isn't just his fist that is strong.

I've read manga up-to-date and seen both episodes.

Its fantastic translation so far, animation great mostly.

The Hot Rod villain wasn't that well done.

Overall i hope they keep this up!