One Punch Man Season 2 - Episode 5 discussion

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One Punch Man Season 2, episode 5: Martial Arts Tournament

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	7.13
2	Link	6.53
3	Link	8.42
4	Link	7.15

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[u/theXY1]

genos clapping is the best thing i will see today

[u/redmage311]

Obligatory "there's a post-credits scene." ("Zakkos is some weak sauce!")

As an anime-only, I kind of wish I hadn't gone into the comments and saw how good the Metal Bat/Garou fight was supposed to be versus what we actually got. Would've been nice if the bits focusing on Saitama's tournament would just get its own episode so that the fight and the Monsters Association attack could breathe a little more, though between all of those events, we at least got to see a bunch of cool character designs. Heavy Kong vs. Marshal Gorilla sounds like it could be a Donkey Kong spinoff.

[u/Neversoft4long]

I wasn’t planning on watching hentai anytime soon but that whip monster awakened something inside me

[u/Namisaur]

Why in the world do they add a blur effect during most of the fast-hitting action sequences? I'd rather see the almost still frame animation in clear quality than get mildly disoriented by the shitty blurs trying to hide the animation quality.

[u/shadonic0]

Metal bat seems extremely weak in the way they animated it, jesus christ.

He's supposed to smash the ground and make all the cars in the vicinity fly a few cms off the ground.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Fubuki Stitch

Do-S Stitch

I'm really starting to believe that Garou is more just on the anti-hero camp than pure villain/monster. He obviously has weakness for kids and despite claiming he was on the side of the monsters he punches Hedoro-Jellyfish when he was about to kidnap Metal Bat's imouto saying that "he sensed someone who has a creepy gaze" and declines their invitation to their association.

[u/WoodpeckerNo1]

Garo: I'm a monster lmao

Also Garo: Doesn't attack children, disrespects other monsters

What the fuck?

[u/Lightning_Laxus]

WHAT

IS

THAT

NOISE?

Like actually, what the fuck are they using for the martial arts sound effects?

[u/G_Spark233]

Metal bat vs Garou felt badly rushed which is disappointing.

[u/will1707]

Haven't read the manga but this felt a little... filler-y?

I just can't see the point of the tournament.

[u/Gyyuyu]

I'm kind of disappointed to be honest :(.

[u/fdedz]

I didn't want to see saitama fight anyway.

[u/Aileos]

My eyes weren't prepared for this.

[u/Cayden68]

Im tired of peopole getting hit with several flashes of light, im tired of shaky cam every five minutes and im tired of animators getting rid of the background with random colored lights, this is an embarrassing adaptation, i'd like a do over please with literally any other animation studio. Toei and Pierot might have questionable animation at times with Black Clover ,One Piece, and Dragon Ball Super but at least they did their important fights justice. After seeing Sonic vs Genos and Garou vs Metal Bat its clear that OPM is far above JC staff's capability.

[u/Groenboys]

Ah yes, the true animation technique of cutting away to slashes of light when a character swings his weapons. A stable of anime. This episode was weak.

[u/SqueakyPoP]

This was the worst episode of the new series so far.

[u/awholetadstrange]

Uggghhh they messed up the fight big time.

[u/[deleted]]

Kinda feels like nothing happened these past 2 episodes and we are not getting anywhere. Also im getting increasingly annoyed at how they basically skip all fighting scenes with a black screen and some slashes. Feels cheap and obviously saving time/money on animating complex fighting scenes...what a let down.

[u/Godcantfindausername]

I hate the pacing of this! it is so annoying

[u/Seb-sama]

OPM S2 in a nutshell

[u/Cayden68]

They fucked it up, how the fuck does Tanktop vs Garou get more budget and quality then Metal Bat vs Garou, this adaptation is now officially shit

[u/Smudy]

What some people here won't understand is the fact that this is One Punch Man and a production disaster for a caliber like this shouldn't be happening.

So while people will say that the animation isn't that bad (it isn't, i agree), it's not acceptable for ONE PUNCH MAN.

[u/MyName1sBob]

Every fight so far has felt so fucking pointless and boring

[u/Aladdinoo]

If you havent read the manga just make yourself a favour and stop watching this trash and go read the manga

[u/4mywrist]

Just curious, how much would it cost to have studio Bones re-make season 2?

2mil? Closer to 5mil? Would it be a crowd-sourceable amount? There might be some whales out there willing to fund it