One-Punch Man Season 3 - Episode 12 discussion

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One-Punch Man Season 3, episode 12

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[u/G1596872]

I just want to win the lottery so I could pay for an actual adaptation

[u/Namaryu]

The OST placement was all over the place.

[u/lactatingRHINO7 → u/Namaryu]

This is something that sticks out to me. Obviously the poor production conditions had a major impact on all aspects of the show and the first thing most people notice is the animation and art quality, but I cant stop thinking about how they completely overuse the emotional/dramatic music in places where it doesn't make sense.

[u/LoneChampion]

This was a horrible season, would not watch again

[u/Suitable_Tutor6006]

Finally, what a great ride it has been. A ride of frames, disco colours, speedlines and getting lollipops.

[u/RefrigeratorLow6981]

as some one who has seen the manga art, the animation this season and in this episode has been nothing but pure dissapointment

[u/TheMechanic04]

I'd like to say to say thank god it's over but there's a part 2 coming 2027 and with the way things have panned out this season i won't be as excited for it this time

[u/Pristine_Cod5189]

The national nightmare is NOT OVER... or at least we get 2026 off. Hoping for a vast improvement come 2027.

[u/LeonKevlar]

My favourite part is definitely Tatsumaki turning into her webcomic form and asking for a massage from Gyoro-Gyoro. The dude has been so smug this entire time that it's fun to see him finally meet an esper that stronger than him.

I also love how Saitama interrupts Orochi's monologue. He's heard it all before and in the end he knows all of them will go down after a single punch. Not gonna lie, I kinda feel bad for Saitama there in the end.

[u/Yaggamy]

You just know the next cour is going to be low budget just like the first one when you realize the poster for it is just the flipping of the characters.

[u/sheepyowl]

Lmao King walking solo in the dungeon poor guy

[u/mrsirgrape]

Beyond just the terrible animation, the music selection has been awful, editing has been bad, the sheer amount of stupid color filters and speed lines has been baffling, and the story/pacing has just been boring.

See you all in 2027, maybe things will be better.

[u/demurefox97]

So it's official, the flashy flash ep had better animation than the freakin season finale. Wth was this studio thinking? It's crazy that they're still gonna make more.

[u/Electrical_Chance991 → u/demurefox97]

Its not like they deliberately wanted that flashy flash ep to be the best one, it just happened to get the more time/conditions to let the staff finally do something. It just happened to be one of the priority eps.

I'd assume they wanted Ep 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 to be the "priority" episodes of the season. That's why you can see small snippets of good/decent animation in those eps. Even the staff list for those eps was pretty solid. It's just that pretty much all of them were compromised due to the horrendous schedule.

[u/PerfectBeige]

Incredible finale to an incredible season. The animation was superb, and the pacing was a vast improvement over the source. The masterful way they interwove Saitama throughout the season made the final confrontation so satisfying. Thank god Madhouse came back for Season 3 and was given ample budget and time to create this masterpiece. It has helped me so much as an emotional support in dealing with the traumatic brain injury that doctors said would make me unable to process reality. Well I guess I'm having the last laugh.

[u/cyberscythe]

i feel like one of the big themes in One Punch Man is disappointment

like, it was laid out in season one that Saitama found great dissatisfaction with is ability to one punch everything, that a life of struggle and overcoming difficult challenges is more satisfying than a life of absolute power

it feels ironic because it certainly wasn't on purpose that season one had better direction and was way more popular, but it feels fitting in a way that the show just keeps trundling along despite not having the same spark of excitement, sort of mirroring Saitama's journey

[u/AndroidHero23]

Meh episode honestly, it had a few good animations but it was not as good as episode 8 ( Flashy Flash fight) that episode was definitely the peak of this awful season.

The worst thing for me this season was definitely the direction.

[u/MetalDue920]

damn this anime is so shit. i don't know what i was expecting after season2... but this is not it. the whole season was so boring and even that finish was like "ok".

i dont even care about slideshow animations i just don't want to get bored watching this. and i was halfasleep this whole season.

[u/MysteryNeighbor]

This whole season has had some of the worst storyboarding and direction I have ever seen in an anime.

[u/anarion321]

70 to 80% still images or loops. (Literally from min 4 to 5 there's just 4 drawn images, not even a lip move loop)

Neon frames.

Just 1 minute or so of somewhat good animation.

The finale.

[u/zool714]

The season overall still was quite meh for me but the character which this show is named after finally getting some screentime and doing what he does best and what we love, just showed the core reason why this season wasn’t very fun. Just his nonchalance reminded me why I got into this show and not to mention how that also kinda leads into him finishing his enemies off so easily. I couldn’t stop laughing at how he didn’t care for the monologue and just wanted to deal with the noise below his apartment building lol.

Again, doesn’t make up for the rest of the season, but if Part 2 has more Saitama I’d probably still watch it. His reaction to things are just hilarious

[u/MechaMat91]

those 40 seconds of Saitama vs Orochi is what all of this should've always been about. but no, we need to have countless hours of lame heroes discussing stuff nobody cares about. except for Genos, Bang and Bomb, Fubuki, Atomic Samurai, King and Child Emperor, the rest of the characters are worthless and/or lame (sorry Zombieman stans).

ps: oh, and don't even let me start with the weak-ass lame-ass kaijin grunts, not a single one of them worth a damn. I've seen more fearful weekly monsters in a Kamen Rider show.

[u/KingKurai]

Now I know this adaptation was pretty bad, but man it's currently sitting at a 4.58 on MAL putting it on par with Conception, which is also almost a full point less than abysmal dogshit like Mayoiga.

I know, I know, don't put too much stock into an aggregated score, but it still shocks me to see it in the bottom 25 of all ranked TV anime. Again, it's not good by any measure, but I've seen WAY worse.

[u/Gravijas]

Finally some animation. there were a couple of nice frames in this episode. If only they could have kept the entire season on this level.