Regardless of what whoever says, One Punch Man is an extremely large anime.
Originally, I was out of the loop when it came to the show and I thought it was just
a thing that a couple of my friends offline knew about too, but like the many other things
on Netflix, it’s enormous.
With the talk of the second season coming through in 2019, what’s being said about
it?
Going over the more local fans, those being the Netflix ones since I already mentioned
them.
One Punch Man is one of the more accessible anime like Full Metal Alchemist, Fate, Pokémon
and really whatever either Netflix or Crunchyroll is massively advertising.
Along with being able to access, it’s a lot easier to actually get into and enjoy
that a lot of anime with slower-paced introductions.
Adding on to that, it’s a Shonen with a lot more comedic moments than most.
When One Punch Man is the topic of conversation with that area of people, I’m always told
about how good it is because it can be casually enjoyed at anytime, and it develops enough
for you to be invested in it.
The tropes play well enough to be understood by the laymen, the animation keeps eyes on
the screen, and the sound design is great with a good set of voice actors.
It’s good, so of course people are going to want Season 2.
I haven’t seen that area of people losing their mind at season 2 taking its time though,
mostly because if you do have Netflix, there’s always something to watch.
Unless you have a lot of free time and ran though everything.
The next area of the fans, where I was for a while until I saw how cool the manga is,
is the general anime fans.
Of my own experience, there has yet to be an anime that did what One Punch Man did to
the world in the time of it’s release.
I think one of my favorite things that it had done is create a huge mishmash among the
regular fans, the ones that use OPM as a medium to joke around with other Shonen people, and
then there’s the people that take the joke seriously and say that he’s a man that legitimately
takes everything out in one punch.
There would be constant fights about stuff along the lines of Superman versus Saitama,
or Goku, or Mew2King on FD.
Ridiculously strong characters that you just can’t see him going against, but it’s
played with so much.
I love it.
But more on the anime.
What was said before applies here, but in sub.
Then there’s what’s said on the premise of the show and people take it how they will.
The approach of the show being a comedic take on traditional Shonen has been an easy thing
that people had agreed, but I’m on the side that there’s a lot more to what it is.
For what happens inside of the franchise at the whole and the types of characters we have,
I have reason to believe that One Punch Man is definitely more than just a comedy with
fights.
At least that’s my take on it because I believe there’s a bit more depth that what
it’s being given credit for.
And on terms of anticipation for season two, there’s an apparent divide on those that
can’t wait and those that can live without it being on.
Pick up JoJo and Hunter, they’re good.
But, it really isn’t a surprise that there’s this huge amount of want for Season 2 especially
because of how big it is.
And finalizing it off, there’s the manga fans, which off of experience alone, I believe
they’re the most neutral party there is.
For all the people that I know read the manga, they’re happy for the anime, but they were
living completely fine without it because of how good the manga is.
And that makes a lot of sense because for one, the manga is still going and all you
have to really do is wait for chapters, and two, the art in the manga is extremely well.
So, with retaining all of the great aspects of One Punch Man and now consuming through
an easier way with phenomenal art seems like the most optimal way of doing so.
Plus, even when season 2 comes out and finishes, the manga readers will still be massively
ahead of the game.
So, while everyone will wait for season 3, the manga continues on like it normally does.
Along with that, the One Punch Man fans of the manga are probably some of the coolest
fans I know because there’s not completely outrageous about them and they don’t try
to hold anything over others like some fandoms I won’t mention.
Finalizing it all, One Punch Man Season 2 is an anime people are waiting for, just in
different ways.
There’s also the people that are waiting to start it when season 2 comes out, but it’s
like…
Why.
Why even cover this.
Thank you all for watching.
This is going to be basically my first step into OPM for the channels since it’s always
been a thing I had interest in.
I want to have a trinity of anime going on here.
Hopefully, I’ll see you all in the next one.
Until then, peace out and God speed.