But let’s get to the positives of the anime now.
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The plot was indeed never the prime focus of the series but the complete lack of it in this season is really disappointing.īy now, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that Season 2 of ‘ One Punch Man‘ is not doing too well. But in the end, we learn that there is nothing so special about him and all the plot points that revolve around him are rather predictable. There was a lot of hype around the main antagonist Garou and most fans were really excited to know how he would be any different from the previously portrayed villains of the show. On top of that, there are also a lot of evident pacing issues. Starting off with the story of the anime, it’s absolutely laughable and though even in the first season it was more of a gimmick used for portraying comedy and action, the plot in season 2 is almost non-existent. Season 2 is again an action-filled adventure that revolves around the undefeated Saitama and his friends at the Hero Academy, who are determined to end all evil that walks on Earth.
As Garou says, “This’ll be a slaughter party”. From the trailer itself, it becomes obvious that Garou is not going to be an easy opponent for Saitama and this time around, he’ll need a lot more than just one punch to defeat him. Garou happens to be the main antagonist of Season 2. In the first season, martial artist Bang mentions the name of Garou as a former trainee who became evil later. But in the end, when even the S-class heroes fail to defeat Lord Byron’s alien invasions, it all comes down to Saitama to save the day. Despite being so strong, Saitama is ranked poorly as a C-classed hero while Genos becomes the highest ranked S-class hero. He then befriends a Cyborg named Genos who wishes to train under him and the two decide to join the Hero Organization. However, the “fun” soon fades away as he slowly learns that he is too strong for his opponents and none of them are worthy enough to survive his one punch. And he puts himself through this gruesome regime for years just for “the fun of it”. For years, Saitama has followed a very intense and disciplined training regime that involves 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10km run with an extremely healthy diet. The first season of ‘One Punch Man’ revolves around Saitama who can defeat anyone with just one punch, which is self-explanatory from the title itself. If you want to know more about the anime’s future, then you should definitely check out our preview of One Punch Man Season 3. During this span, it aired a total of 12 episodes with each one of them being 23 minutes long. J.C Staff’s ‘One Punch Man’ season 2 premiered on Apand ended on July 3, 2019. I really don’t want to put it this way, but the way things have gone down for ‘OPM’, it seems like a Season 2 was a grave mistake. The first one was more of a juggernaut that exceeded all expectations and set the bar way too high and that’s probably the reason why Season 2 felt so disappointingly flat.
It may not be fair to compare the season 1 of an anime with its season 2 but in this case, we just can’t help. Clearly, J.C Staff was not able to handle this project too well despite being known for some great shows like ‘ Toradora‘ and ‘ Zero no Tsukaima‘.Įven the story of this season proves to be no good and for an action-centric anime, many important fight scenes felt rushed and lacked any proper context to them. The animation quality is certainly not terrible but there is a noticeable dip in its quality and most fans can’t help but complain about it.
While the most renowned studio, Madhouse, took over the production reins of Season 1, the second season was taken over by J.C Staff. One big reason why ‘One Punch Man’ Season 2 falls flat is its subpar animation quality as compared to the first season. In fact, it’s more of a horror show, that scares you with the extent to which an anime can fall flat with a whole new season. But sadly, Season 2 is far from being sensational and lacks all the unorthodox story-telling methods of the first season. Expectations were huge from this one and though the trailer seemed a little off, most fans were still trying to believe that it would at least come somewhere close to the high-caliber animation and the comical cast of the first one. Even when it comes to ‘One Punch Man’, I had similar thoughts but even then, I won’t deny that I was more than just excited when its renewal was first announced. I strongly believe that anime like ‘ Samurai Champloo‘, ‘ Cowboy Bebop‘ and even ‘ Death Note‘ are better off with only one season as a new season would never be able to match up to the perfection of what the first one could offer.