First off I just want to say that this definitely did not start or progress in the way I assumed it might. I had this vision of this guy in a yellow suit just punching things and that was it. And while it definitely was that, I didn't expect the amount of violence I saw to be in here and I definitely didn't expect to take away anything particularly deep from it. But somehow it seems like the comedy genre always has a way to cleverly sneak in some really important (or a few very important) human values into their work. I mean, Saitama is introduced as this generic salary man that can't get a job and wants to give up in life. He's basically all of the kids that end up getting degrees and jobs in fields they don't enjoy. And then he turns his life around after one fateful incident into a "hero for fun." If that's not a call to action then I don't really know what is. Even though this guy was completely unhappy and just ready to give up on himself, he found something he truly enjoyed which was helping people. And even though at first not a lot of people recognized him, the precious few times he did you could see the joy on his face (or disgust when Genos asked to be his disciple lol). The face when he saw the thank you letter and even the face after he opened the hate mail showed that he really was a hero for himself. He realized that he should be going through life for himself. But it's not only Saitama that has a message to give. Like if you look at Genos you see a super OP cyborg and think "oh that guy. All he has to do is put on a few more parts and he's unstoppable." And he sees himself and can only think of how he can become stronger. Lots of people are happy just being in a stagnant position, but not Genos. He constantly strives to better himself which a lot of the time is something neglected to be nurtured in the education system. Often times instead of trying to better yourself, you just get lost in excelling without any clear direction or reasoning why. Genos has a mission in life and should be used as a kind of example for education (or maybe I'm just crazy and am biased towards the lacking US education system). I could go on about characters, but I think one more that deserves mentioning and an award as the best Class C hero should be Mumen Rider. This guy is the rank 1 Class C hero, but doesn't want to move up because he knows he fits best in Class C. He knows his limitations and while this frustrates him, he kind of realizes that he can't be as OP as Saitama. This is in a way a sad fact of life that there's always going to be someone better than you in some way, but it's also kind of comforting knowing that while you can't be the best, you can always try your hardest to be your individual best. If Mumen Rider can do his best and help all the citizens, so can you.
The most important aspect of this is the comedy of course. Although it's quite deep and profound and has a lot of different characters in a completely different world alongside a soundtrack that holds a range of different genres and tones, the most known part of One Punch Man is the comedy. I think the most common use of comedy in the series is the fact that Saitama's face rarely changes. It's always the same blank face. There's kind of a varied range of comedy so you're guaranteed to get a chuckle out of at least one scene from slap-stick to downright clever. My friend's personal favorite is the scientist and his giant younger brother who smashes the scientist brother mistakenly while trying to kill Saitama. It's funnier if you just watch it. Be warned that there are a lot of scenes with really random comedy which I suppose alleviates the overload of violence in the show. And a lot of nude men. I sincerely don't understand the relevance of Puri Puri Prisoner, but at the same time he's really funny (again with this super original characters).
Ah, also just wanna give a quick shoutout to those fight sequences. Those were bomb af. Although in the boss battle I kind of wondered just how big the ship was. Because when Saitama was punched he went far. And when he got punched to the moon? Forget about it. That was both super funny and impressive.
Overall I'd say you should watch it if you're not to sensitive to gore. My friend told me that it's more violent than Attack on Titan it's just that AoT is more suspenseful, but I can't say for sure because I haven't watched AoT yet. I know, I know. I'm on the bandwagon, but not really. I'm so fake. It's pretty funny at times and it's also surprisingly deep. It's pretty great. Mumen Rider is best. It's an extremely original work (not that I've really watched a lot of superhero/action anime (yet)) as far as I know so if you haven't watched it yet then you should give it a whirl.
And now...WHEN YOU SCREENSHOT NETFLIX THE ONLY THING THAT SHOWS UP IS THE SUBTITLES NOT THE ACTUAL IMAGE. I'm too sad to go to Kissanime and rewatch it just for the screenshots...so instead you get these funny af subtitles that don't make sense a lot of the time without the image and context.
This rationale though
See? Unexpectedly deep.
He's actually really iconic. Especially against the Deep Sea King.
If this isn't relatable then I don't know what would be.
When you save a whole city and get promoted from the scrub of the scrubs to a mediocre scrub.
OMG when Mumen Rider is on the way to fight the monster, there is no one on the streets, but he still has to stop for the red light. If that's not extra I don't know what is.
This whole sequence makes me really emotional
SMH when Saitama downplays his victory to save the faces of all the other heros :')
"I'm bored so I guess I'll go save the world"
When Bang/Silverblade is probably like 80 and is more ripped than a body builder and still thinks he needs to workout *tosses papers out the window* What is life?
Tornado is so sassy, but ESPer *sparkly eyes* so cool
After that epic battle, I wonder if Saitama was promoted?
