I decide to watch One-Punch Man (after finishing the four episodes of Castlevania). It's interesting.
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| Saitama "One Punch Man" (JP: Makoto Furukawa / EN: Max Mittelman) |
I watched the first 7 minutes or so of the second episode.
20171003:
Today I started from where I left off.
After finishing the third episode, I was curious how the writers would build a story from a hero that is unbelievably strong. While some other plot points come into play, the story heavily revolves around the characters' personalities.
20171019: Episode 5.
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| The cyborg Genos (JP: Kaito Ishikawa / EN: Zach Aguilar) |
20171020:
I meant to watch more yesterday, but the series is only available in Japanese audio, and so it takes more of my attention than I'd like. Likewise, today I only watched episode 6.
20171021: Episode 7.
On 20171215, Netflix determined the movie for me as <56% match. With the first item without a match percentage being 1st, One Punch Man was the 26th out of 88 items with hidden match percentages.
20180512:
It's been a while since I've watched this series. Today I watched episodes 8 and 9 with Ada. I gave her the general overview of the Hero Association rankings and tried to describe his speed and strength.
20180518: Episode 10.
20180610:
Today I finished watching One Punch Man (with Ada) and I gave it a thumbs up on Netflix.
[20181120]
Watched Season 1 (Netflix, Instant) (Japanese audio, English subtitles)
Watching Season 2 (Hulu) (Dub; English audio, English subtitles))
One Punch Man
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| Tatsumaki (JP: Aoi Yuki / EN: Marieve Herington) deals with the Ancient King of the Terror Lizard Clan, S1E10 |
Relevant Links:
One Punch Man: Wanpanman (IMDb.com)
One-Punch Man (Wikipedia.org)
S1E1
1: Lol, interesting premise (he grew super strong in three years)
1: Oh my goodness, the villain killed his brother.
1: Lol; that dream.
1=20170925
S1E2
1b: Ha. The pole falls down to block his penis after the smoke clears.
1b: A pun! "Mosquitoes... suck."
1b: Ha. Saitama doesn't want to hear, but he goes and tells his whole backstory anyways.
1b: This show has a good sense of humor.
1a=20170925, 1b=20171003
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| Saitama vs. a mosquito, S1E2 |
S1E3
1: Ha. "Summarize in 20 words or less."
1: Efficient. Destroys all the floors.
1: Wow. That monster backed off from some sort of aura of power.
1: Hehe. He told the truth, but it does convince anybody (because it seems trivial.)
1: Lol. The punchline to all that logical reasoning: "Today is bargain day at the supermarket."
1=20171003
S1E4
1: This anime portrays kills in tastefully gruesome ways. In this particular scene where the ninja cuts off all their heads.
1: Speed-o'-Sound Sonic looks so feminine. Both his face and body. The faintest visual indication that he's a male is his voice and chest shape. Of course the fact that Saitama also punched him in the nuts.
1=20171003
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| The S-Class heroes (and Saitama, currently B-Class Rank 63) gather for a meeting |
S1E5
1: Ha. Complete overkill.
1: 100 for Genos and an S. But Saitama probably got a C, because he probably failed the written.
1: Yeah a C with 71 points. [50 on physical and 21 on written]
1: Ha. Snake.
1: Lol. Saitama's pulled punch left a cavity.
1=20171019
S1E6
1: I'm absolutely amazed at the plot. Putting a super powerful hero as a Class C who must do petty hero work to maintain his hero status with an external organization. That's genius.
1: Lol. Saitama didn't take an claim of victory, but left evidence that suggests the monster is powerful (when it was him).
1=20171020
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| Saitama holds his breath while on the moon and fiddles with a rock before going back to Earth, S1E12 |
S1E7
1: It's surprising Saitama didn't get promoted to a higher rank.
1: My goodness. The sheep.
1: I was wondering how Saitama would approach the situation. Well done.
1=20171021
S1E11
1: Huh. This guy survived a punch (outer armor broken).
A: He said the armor was actually restricting his power.
1=20180610, A=20181120 (screenshot viewing)
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| Boros unleases a barrage of punches on Saitama, S1E12 |
S1E12
1: I figured Saitama was just having his fun cause he was bored (this "prediction" came before the opponent unleashed his power move that sent Saitama to the moon) [I was partially right. I guess the other guy was pretty strong.]
1: "Serious Punch"
1: Hahaha, "Back to one punch again. Goddammit."
1=20180610 10:45 PM PT, A=20181120 (screenshot viewing)
S2E13
1: Drop a deuce first.
1: The English dub for Saitama sounds weird.
1: LOL. King gives context to his situation...
1: I mean... he still has the opportunity to confess
1: He has a mean looking scar.
1: Oh wow. They go back to when Saitama had hair. And reveals how he got his scar
1=20231006 (Dub)
S2E14
1: Hehe. A human who identifies as a monster
1: To be fair... he did prove his point... what do the small heroes expect to impact with respect to the reason that meeting was held.
1: What kind of hero beats up other heroes?
1: Smile. Sideways jumps. Wasn't trying.
1: Ah. So it's no coincidence she looks like the class S hero. They're sisters.
1=20231006 (Dub)
S2E15
1: Huh. Mumen Rider interrupts... Very strange from viewer point of view as we've see how monsterous Garou is... and even in front of Mumen Rider he killed at least one person
1: Hehe. "Like hell. I'm gonna slaughter every last one of you bitches!"
1: Is Mumen Rider dead? Garou defeated a class S.
1: Charanko decided to fight? Goes against the smarter strategy to avoid confrontation where possible
1: It seems Garou only injured the heroes
1: Why would Garou go after a Class A hero? Or alternatively, why wouldn't the association be sending all its Class S heroes after Garou.
1: Hehe. We're given the impression that Saitama has been looking for Garou all day, but it turns out to be something else and he just happens to not be phased by Garou and take Garou out. I love it. In my head I was wondering how their interaction would go since Saitama takes everyone out so easily... And the way it was handled here was perfect
1=20231008 (Dub)
S2E16
1: Hmm. Garou is quite different from the type of villain who would want their opponent to be in the best shape... here Metal Bat is beat up and yet Garou still wants to go after him... strange
1=20231008 (Dub)
S2E17
1: Metal Bat could ahve taken out Garou if it weren't for his sister
1: Hehe. His sister in a way took him out.
1: Huh, this one monster says he used to be human and Silverfang says they should stop Garou before he becomes like that... that's weird
1: The after credits shows Saitama taking out Zakkos. Hehe. Girlfriend
1=20231008 (Dub)
S2E18
1: Suiryu
1: Suiryu beating this other hero [Lightning Max] really captures the essence of this show. The show is full of heros and villains who are a lot of talk... Interestingly, it doesn't get old. The extreme variance in power remains fresh.
1: Hehe. Bakuzan describes what he's going to do. "Don't touch my head."
1: Genos assumes the enemy "sacrificed his legs to escape" but I think that's just what's left of him...
1: The after credits indicated that Genos was defeated. I didn't realize that happened and went back to that part of the episode.
1: I have a slight feeling that while Gauros generally sees himself as a monster... there may be this weird situation where he fights against the monsters. Just a chance.
1=20231009 12AM (Dub)
S2E19
1: this guy gives Saitama a prep talk and mention Suiryu defeats opponents with one kick. is it possible he's the equivalent of Saitama s one punch?
1: I don't get it... why are monsters still raiding if it's not the final battle. Why not send all forces... What is the goal here if not to wipe out the heroes... like that centipede demon level monster should be fighting right? (Tornado and other Class S heroes are eliminating monsters. though I guess three Class S heroes are down now: Metal Bat [Bad], Metal Knight [Dr. Bofoi], and Genos) (this is when Tornado steps in to take Flashy Flash's kill)
1: Hmm. Saitama held his punch and thereby only blasted away Suiryu's shirt
1: Hehe defeated with an accidental butt bump
1=20231009 1AM (Dub)
S2E20
1a: Oh I forgot to ask in the other episode regarding what Silverfang said. Do all monsters come from humans?
1a: While Suiryu is not as strong as Saitama, he is definitely strong...
1a: "I'd rather die than look balls out fugly as you."
1a: Watchdog Man... [The One Punch Man wiki currently lists the following S-Class heroes: Blast (hasn't shown up), (Tatsumaki) Tornado of Terror, [(Bang) Silver Fang], (Kamikaze) Atomic Samurai, [Child Emperor], (Bofoi) Metal Knight, King, Zombieman (did he show up?), Drive Knight (did he show up?), Pig God, Superallow Darkshine (did he show up?), Watchdog Man, Flashy Flash, (Genos) Demon Cyborg, (Bad) Metal Bat, Tanktop Master, Puri-puri Prisoner (did he show up?).][I was reviewing character appearances in Season 2 via the Wiki and Watchdog Man was actually in Episodes 16, 18, and 19; Drive Knight was also in Episode 19]
1b: Resume at 11 minute mark
1b: Huh. Where's Saitama during all this?
1b: I did already see up to the 14.5 minute mark
1b: Wow. Suiryu's cries. I assume Saitama will hear. And it's perfect cause no one is around to witness Saitama easily defeat Bakuzan
1a=20231009 2AM (Dub), 1b=20231009 (Dub)
S2E21
1: Puri-puri Prisoner makes his appearance during this arc.
1: Smile. "Plus I read it in a manga"
1: Hehe. The dog defeated him.
1: My first guess was he wouldn't take the offer, and despite wht he said just now, I still think he won't (Speed-o'-Sound Sonic)
1: Zombieman
1: He cooked it...
1=20231009
S2E22
1: The caption for the words says "Blackluster" [Wiki: Superalloy Darkshine (超ちょう合ごう金きんクロビカリ, Chōgōkin Kurobikari; Viz: Superalloy Blackluster))
1: Okay... the part about luring them in is explained here. But it still wasn't clear why monsters didn't retreta before
1: Oh. The roach did flee.
1: Hehe. Garou assumes it was King.
1: Wow. Genos looking all shiny
1: Hmm... I'm guessing even though Garou is injured... he'll be able to take these heroes out... they're probably only class A heroes
1: Hmm. He said even laughing hurts...
1: Almanac...
1=20231009
S2E23
1: I guess Garou has weird Anti-Hero vibes. Even though he's yet to do anything heroic. But the way the story is written... by this point - despite his murderous ways earlier in the story - I kind of want him to succeed in defeating these heroes. We've yet to fully see his backstory I think. We saw he was watching tv and upset that the bad guy never wins... but I feel like it might go deeper than that.
1: a flashback... he's fighting for other point of view... which is not unrealistic for example it is common to look down on theft but it can be a means to surviving and keeping food on the table. even murder is not necessarily black and white
1: hehe outnumbered and yet still making progress
1: if Garou wasn't so skilled, Gatling would have likely injured or worse killed the kid and regretted his actions.
1: awww... the kid runs in fear... didn't even acknowledge or realize he was protected by Garou
1=20231009
S2E24
1a: Phoenix Man comments how Garou didn't completely take out the heroes...
1a: Paused due to tired. Bang and his brother just attacked Centichoro and it only molted
1b: Hmm... I can't imagine Genos winning... even though his moves are flashy (He is cut in half and pieces himself back together and fires a big attack)
1b: Hmm. Even here after entering Centichoro's body
1b: Hehe. The King engine
1b: Hehe. "Uh, it's power, right?"
1a=20231009, 1b=20231010
