The thing that bugs me is that I don't WANT to dislike Dimension W, that it had a decent plot & set-up, not to mention setting, but it just fails to deliver. Maybe if I check the manga out, I'll like it more since it sees to take its time with giving you details about the world & plot.
I can understand that. I think it helps I had no expectations for it, and after finding out it was by the same peeps as Darker than Black, I THEN expected "You probably won't really remember any of this, but it's fun to watch while it's on!"
And that's pretty much how it's been. I actually get a bit bummed when our *superior* western dub ending theme music kicks in. Reminds me of how I felt watching Gun X Sword, in that I had issues with it, but I enjoyed my time with it, and am more happy I saw the show, rather than holding it in a bad light over what I disliked.
Edit: Ya know, while I'm at it, why are these mole digger kids still hanging around? They did one thing with the robot, but after that, they've just followed our heroes around, doing nothing & if anything are more of an annoyance because Mira had to save them when the floor dropped underneath them.
If anything, I feel like this is more a bad adaptation than a bad anime, but not having read the manga, I don't know how much this statement can hold truth.
I mean, they dig holes. Which is useful for getting around right now. First they felt they owed Kiyoma a debt for helping them, but that's been resolved, so I guess they could fall off after this?
On whether this is a bad adaptation... I dunno. Unlike most Toonami shows that stick to the manga close enough that I don't feel I'd need to hunt them down, I like our colorful cast of characters and semi-unique setup enough that I might actually look into the Dimension W Manga at some point...
I started to buy some of the One Punch Man manga because of how well received it is here, and I look at the rest of the stuff on shelves... and between "disturbingly young fanservice a-hoy!" and "teen teen, and more teens! In immature situations!", I often wonder what in the world a person well out of that age range SHOULD be buying.
One of the last Manga I purchased before that was:
And that was pretty different feeling to... most anything, which I really appreciated.
