In one of the most anticipated season 3 reviews, we will be discussing what is new in this third installment and also a brief summary of what has happened so far. We have compiled everything you need to know about “One Punch Man” Season 3 Review including cast, rating, and many more updates.
Premiere:
The third season of the anime adaptation was announced in April 2018, with a release date set for October 2019.
Milestones:
“One Punch Man” is an action-comedy manga series that follows Saitama as he fights various monsters and villains from around the world to save his city of Ordeku City from destruction without breaking a sweat or challenging himself too much. * One day while training, he meets Genos who believed him to be strong enough to defeat all opponents easily but realizes how wrong that statement is after watching him fight against some punks and losing miserably because they were only humans which had huge advantages over him since there are no upper limits on their powers, unlike other beasts and devils. He’s a hero who defeats all of his enemies with one punch, but he’s bored and frustrated because it takes too much time in between to get stronger.
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Writer:
The manga series was written by ONE (also known as Oneshot), illustrated by Yusuke Murata, and published from 2009-2012 on Square Enix’s Young Gangan magazine before being picked up for an English release by Viz Media in North America, where the first volume debuted on October 18th, 2016.
About episode:
The anime adaptation of this manga is directed by Shingo Natsume at Madhouse studio and began airing in April 2015, lasting 12 episodes; while a second season premiered in 2018 that ran 24 episodes. Both seasons have been licensed for distribution outside Japan: Funimation Entertainment secured the rights to both seasons of One Punch Man in North America and will be releasing them under the title One-Punch Man, while Madman Entertainment licensed the series for distribution in Australia and New Zealand.
Storyline:
The story follows an average guy named Saitama who is as powerful as his name suggests. After a rigorous training journey that took him two years to complete he has become so strong that he can take out anyone with just one punch!
Now set in City Z, our protagonist must contend with stronger enemies than ever before such as Garou -a superhuman created by Dr. Genus-. There are some more interesting characters too; like Lord Boros, who seeks to eradicate all life on Earth because it’s what God would want.
However, despite this typically serious tone, there are always moments of comedy as well. Whether it’s the never-ending stream of one-liners from Saitama or there being an episode about a character who just wants to get into college, these moments always bring some light relief and are welcomed because they take away that feeling of doom for even just a minute.
Even though this is all good news, I have found myself disappointed with how quickly Season Three progressed. The first season was 12 episodes long but this latest installment only has eight (so far). This really annoys me considering we were promised 13 then reduced down to ten -something which made my heart sink as I felt like less content would be better than too little- and now we find out it’ll be around half again!
I’m not trying to be dramatic here, it just feels like the show is being squeezed of its life. It was only about a year ago when Season Two concluded and now we have less than half again the episodes before season three concludes? There are still so many questions that need answering but will they answer them all with this short amount of time left? That’s what worries me.
The good news for those who love One Punch Man: if you do happen to dislike some element within a certain episode then rest assured because there won’t be another one for quite some time making these moments rarer and more memorable in comparison. Plus, as previously mentioned; most people don’t seem too bothered by this and it’s still a lot of fun.
Conclusion:
I did enjoy this season, but it wasn’t as good as the first two seasons for me personally. I guess you could say that I was disappointed by some aspects such as the appearance of Oboro – who is just an overall boring character in my opinion – or when Genos gets kicked out at one point which felt like the show was trying to wrap up its story quickly without giving him time to grow on us again before he leaves?
The fact that there are fewer episodes also means we don’t get much more backstory into characters either which makes them feel lesser developed than they were before even though it does give room for different side stories to happen too.
