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Man my friend doesn't like any show I like. I've been telling him to get into this since episode 1. He finally started watching it because he kept hearing about it everywhere else. He sent me a message saying "I watched episode 1. It didn't tell me much, but I'll keep watching." If he somehow doesn't like it, then wtf. I literally haven't heard anyone say they don't like it yet lol.
there's people here who dropped it in episode 1 or 2 making the assumption that the gag would get old.
I don't understand why someone would drop a series just because they think it might get boring later. Like, wouldn't you want to keep watching until it actually gets boring?
Maaan, I really want a S2 soon. There's so much stuff that they'll probably won't air now.
It is. If this were an actual shounen series and not a parody of one, Genos would be the main character. He reminds me so much of Ichigo and Kubo Tite's other too-cool-for-school type of characters.The entire character of Genos reads like one massive play on a cliche, really. The tragic pretty boy cyborg with the five hour long origin story, hot ass hair, and giant rocket/incinerator hands acrobatically jetpacking through the air after his emotional outbursts, is the comic relief that gets beaten into scraps.
It's fucking hilarious.
I thought so as well initially, but after watching how MadHouse drew out ep5 w/the Genos and Handsomely Masked Sweet Mask stuff, I think they could claw out enough material for a S2. Just cover every single side story and the current filler arc and bam.There's seriously not enough material if they want to stick with adapting the Murata version.
Cynical safeguarding mostly. Lots of people get burned by series that start off promising.
So good that madhouse animators barely show up!madhouse-animators-are-so-good.gif
There's seriously not enough material if they want to stick with adapting the Murata version.
A solution could be they have Murata do the character designs for future characters and then they just jump into the ONE version, but I don't think they would do that.
And considering the length and frequency of releases, a season 2 isn't happening for a very long time. 3 years at the earliest.
lolThe entire character of Genos reads like one massive play on a cliche, really. The tragic pretty boy cyborg with the five hour long origin story, hot ass hair, and giant rocket/incinerator hands acrobatically jetpacking through the air after his emotional outbursts, is the comic relief that gets beaten into scraps.
It's fucking hilarious.
This is thought-provokingwouldn't you want to keep watching until it actually gets boring?
5 eps in and it's already up there among my top favorites like Gurren Lagann!
I don't understand why someone would drop a series just because they think it might get boring later. Like, wouldn't you want to keep watching until it actually gets boring?
TheThere's seriously not enough material if they want to stick with adapting the Murata version.
A solution could be they have Murata do the character designs for future characters and then they just jump into the ONE version, but I don't think they would do that.
And considering the length and frequency of releases, a season 2 isn't happening for a very long time. 3 years at the earliest.
So good that madhouse animators barely show up!
well, let me edit with animators-workingfor-madhouse.gif then.Fixed.
Agreed.I also would like to point out that it's not just about being a shounen parody, even if at the beginning it seems like it. if you read the comic or the manga you see how the author really tries to flesh out characters and the world around them in a meaningful (yet hilarious) way, and successfully does so. I'd say it achieves more depth than what you'd expect from a simple parody work.
well, let me edit with animators-workingfor-madhouse.gif then.
Despite literally everyone telling them otherwise?
There's seriously not enough material if they want to stick with adapting the Murata version.
A solution could be they have Murata do the character designs for future characters and then they just jump into the ONE version, but I don't think they would do that.
And considering the length and frequency of releases, a season 2 isn't happening for a very long time. 3 years at the earliest.
Agreed.
One of the things that initially stood out to me about OPM is how ONE has written a main character that suffers from depression and how he's sprinkled the story with little bits highlighting this. In OPM's first flashback we see Saitama has essentially lost hope and even courts suicide-by-crab. "I don't care about anything anymore." Three years later and he's not much better off. His emotions are fading, he's become numb, he feels his life is monotonous and routine. He goes out, OHKOs monsters and comes back home to his empty apartment where he lives alone. He doesn't appear to have family or any friends, and no one knows who he is or seems to cares about him. I know it's played up for laughs but the shot of him taking a bath with the rubber ducky is melancholy as heck. MadHouse did an excellent job picking out the somber music for this scene, as well.
And then Genos pops up at Saitama's door and sort of changes his life by slowly pulling him out of isolation, though neither seem to recognize that's what is happening. His interactions with Genos and other characters as the story progresses is one of the things I love most about the series. For all the amazing battles OPM is chocked full of, my favorite moment has been simply seeing Saitama in a room surrounded by people who see him as a friend.
I agree. This scene definitely drives home the fact that, for the most part, Saitama is socially isolated & is suffering from severe depression. I can relate.
It kinda paints the fact that he wants fans in a different light doesn't it?
That's the thing, it's hard to figure out what this guy wants. So far, no one has been able to give him a decent fight (with the exception of that mosquito), let alone to test the full extent of his abilities.
I think what he wants is to be the generic shounen hero, because shounen heroes are constantly challenged by increasingly difficult enemies and rivals, and are always evolving themselves to meet these challenges. They fight in epic battles all the time and develop social bonds with other people that are so strong they'd die for each other. A lot of them also never have to deal with the drudgery of everyday modern life. I don't know if Saitama himself would put it that way if you asked him what he wanted, but I think that's what he really wants. It's funny in a melancholy way, because he'll never get it or the central gag premise would fall apart.
Good points that you've made. But, I'm surprised that a villain hasn't thought of the idea of just getting a blood sample from Saitama, in order to clone him. If no one can stand up to give him a good fight, then why not fight himself?
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-05/1st-one-punch-man-bd-dvd-to-include-ova-no.01/.93800The official website for the One-Punch Man television anime series revealed on Monday that the first limited-edition Blu-ray Disc and DVD release of the series will include an OVA listed as "OVA #01." The 10-minute "Shinobiyori Sugiru Kage" (A Shadow That Snuck Up Too Close) OVA will feature a completely original story written by the manga's original author ONE.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-man-manga-10th-volume-listed-with-ova/.93324The Japanese retailer Manga-Oh is currently listing that a bundled edition of the 10th volume of ONE and Yuusuke Murata's One-Punch Man manga will include an original video anime (OVA). The retailer lists that the set will ship on December 4. The website lists that the regular edition volume will also ship on the same day.
Good points that you've made. But, I'm surprised that a villain hasn't thought of the idea of just getting a blood sample from Saitama, in order to clone him. If no one can stand up to give him a good fight, then why not fight himself?
So far this series really seems to love to blueballs Saitama so this could happen, but then juuuuuust when both of them are about to have the most epic fight imaginable, something would ruin it. Like maybe that would be the moment when they discover clone Saitama has the power level of Mumen Rider or something.
But the clone would have to do the same training routine. What if it turns out lazy?
And can needles even pierce Saitama?
I don't think he really wants anything. He just wants to fight evil and bad guys as a hobby. It's like how I don't need an excuse to play video games.That's the thing, it's hard to figure out what this guy wants. So far, no one has been able to give him a decent fight (with the exception of that mosquito), let alone to test the full extent of his abilities.
That's the thing, it's hard to figure out what this guy wants. So far, no one has been able to give him a decent fight (with the exception of that mosquito), let alone to test the full extent of his abilities.
I know it's played up for laughs but the shot of him taking a bath with the rubber ducky is melancholy as heck.
New episode today?
Tommorow
*sob*