Lots of people sold this to me as "a great anime making fun of standard shonen" (shonen manga = manga with lots of action, aimed mostly at young male audience), not being a fan of those standard shonen, I gave One Punch Man a try. And after watching the 12 episodes of the first season, I have to say the disappointment was big.
This IS your standard shonen with long fights, long monologues from every character, pointless long fighting all over. The ONLY difference is that it always ends with the same exact joke, over and over, in every single episode (and sometimes multiple times in one episode). Except for that last episode where, miracle, an enemy can handle a few blows before dying, making that whole episode no different from a bad DBZ/Naruto episode.
As a huge fan of "stupid" anime, I was very disappointed to see how this one ended up.
This IS your standard shonen with long fights, long monologues from every character, pointless long fighting all over. The ONLY difference is that it always ends with the same exact joke, over and over, in every single episode (and sometimes multiple times in one episode). Except for that last episode where, miracle, an enemy can handle a few blows before dying, making that whole episode no different from a bad DBZ/Naruto episode.
As a huge fan of "stupid" anime, I was very disappointed to see how this one ended up.