Release Discussion

One Punch Man S2E12 Season Finale [Release Discussion]

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Finally its over. One of the worst season 2's I've ever seen. Psycho-Pass 2 levels of bad. No entertainment, no hype, no (funny) comedy, no interesting build-up to anything. Boring and just utterly dull. Not even a proper final battle. Saitama has no screen time in his own show. All the things that made S1 so entertaining and captivating were ripped out in favor of a mediocre heroes vs monsters show that took itself way too seriously. Very unlike S1. I guess Garo was somewhat interesting, as a punching bag that is.

Oh yeah, the animation wasnt as good either. Thats the least of the issues in this season though.

4/10

Dimethyltryptamine 6y
It's really the worst ending. Most of the epic parts from Garou vs Bang have been cut out, which really disappointed me. Hope Orochi vs Garou or Child Emperor vs Phoenix Man won't be ruined this bad.
The animation is bad but it's no big deal when compared to the sound design.
OP lacked comedy parts and I understand him, we haven't got the most hilarious scenes like when King meets assassins. Character development was buried. All interesting parts that matter are missing in S2.

I feel bad for J.C.Staff.
ModChan 3y
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- Removed 3y
  The last two episodes were really good. Genos, Bang and his bro were all awesome - same with Garou, he is a beast. The whole setup with King and Saitama was gold! Need a season 3! Also, my review a stretch, but I still don't think its shit!
  
  What did you think of the episode and this series as a whole?
  
  Favorite scene/moment?
  
  Favorite characters?
  
  How much did you enjoy this series?
  
  Criticisms?
Removed 6y
Without a season 3 garo is useless, I mean very good character but is fucking weak, and the final is too much rusched, a little bit disappointed about this season.
- REXTON 6y
  Garo was done good imo, I really sympathized with him, I even rooted for him. I didn't think he was weak at all... his struggles against the S heros was just a prelude to what's to come... there aren't many good anti-heros in animes nowadays... Garo is the real deal...
  Removed 6y
  I hope to see a garo badass moment in season 3
REXTON 6y
complete and utter disappointment from the 1st 'till the last episode... I have no words to describe what I feel.. my heart aches... this could've been so much more, so much better, where it in the hands of someone more competent...

those of you who shy away from manga (myself included), in this case the OPM manga is 1000 times more enjoyable than this weak adaptation JCSTAFF gave us...
- REXTON 6y
  don't know if anyone noticed, but JCSTAFF has 4 animes, 1 movie & 1 ova rolling in this summer, one of which is Danmachi s2, a anime that I've been looking forward for a long time, but after this disaster... I honestly wish it flops... this and every other release they make... FUCK JCSTAFF!
  Linkler 6y
  JCSTAFF isn't really the villain here. The only one you can blame is the director who decides how episodes are put together.
  The studio itself is actually pretty capable at times.
  REXTON 6y
  I blame everyone who's tied to the production of this disaster... but its easier to sum it up into JCSTAFF...
  Linkler 6y
  Chikara Sakurai - the director of this season has also directed Naruto so that should explain why OPM S2 storytelling was so bad. Naruto is known for really slow pacing.
  REXTON 6y
  he didn't do much in naruto... the only other show he solely directed are: Majimoji Rurumo
  and
  Majimoji Rurumo OVA
  
  thats it...
  
  what a load of shit
  continue this thread →
  Removed 6y
  Dude, its just an anime you didn't like, take a few steps back and realize you're shitting on a bunch of people who just work a job. Don't act like this mediocre production was some act of intentional villainy and a cataclysmic crime to humanity, that's just a childish way to look at the world. They did as much as they could with the time they had, yes it does represent a problem with the way anime are produced and yes it deserves criticism but to make it so personal is again, plainly childish.
  REXTON 6y
  so? is that also a crime? I'm a sucker for this genre, I've watched the first season at least 5-6 times across the years it took for s2 to came out... to say that my expectations were huge is an understatement... I think I'm allowed a few dumb comments over the internet, even if I'm taken as a kid...
  continue this thread →
  ToddHarry258 6y
  lamo it's clear that it's the production committee is who should be blamed not J.C Staff also the director is innocent he's working in a tight schedule so you can't really blame him and in fact he tried his best to save this season even if he did mistakes it's still reasonable due to the time given him to work and i doubt you'll do the same as him lmao
Linkler 6y
The episeodes were really slow-paced and didn't contain much information. With these 12 episodes we basically only found out about monster association and saw them messing up the city. That's literally all and I must say this is really disappointing.

Obviously this is not the right Director for this show.

The ending was pretty meh. Really. I only got actually excited when King appeared because then I knew Saitama was gonna punch the hell out of this worm. That excitement didn't last long though.

Overall the animation was ok. Storytelling was a big shitfest and the characters were awesome as always. I rated it 7/10 just because I liked the 1st season so much.
- REXTON 6y
  the animation was the worst! because there wasn't any! like every fight was either cut short or resolved off-screen! in the manga there were many more details that were cut in the adaptation...
  
  also don't get me started on the sounds...
  
  for this season to have made sense, they would've had to give us another 10-12 more episodes...
  Linkler 6y
  I agree that they cut out a lot of stuff but they didn't have a choice since they only had 12 episodes.
  Yes, the animation wasn't the smoothest and prettiest of all time but it was decent enough to make it watchable.
  
  The point is that the first season was created by the legendary MADHOUSE with a much greater budget. JCSTAFF pretty much gave us what they were paid for.
KiraYosikage 6y
I hope we get season 3 by the same staff that worked on Season 1. Wanna see those serious consecutive punches in 60fps (For legal reasons that's a joke anime aren't drawn on 60fps).
- WRLCK 6y
  L
- Razdev 6y
  Season 1 = hype
  Season two = mEh
  i reallY hate inconsistency
  I hope the staff of season 1 work on the season 3
Spiryts 6y
Finally, it's over, nice going jcstuff, killing 2 series in a row, is danmachi 2 next ?
KiraYosikage 6y
I don't know if someone noticed but for serious punch they used the opening animation from S1.
- ToddHarry258 6y
  they didn't
  KiraYosikage 6y
  You can compare key frames if you want but it is recycled animation.
  ToddHarry258 6y
  nope they made it by themselves they didn't take S1's OP , they did it in a way near to S1's one so it's not recycled
  KiraYosikage 6y
  Whatever man.
  ToddHarry258 6y
  they copied it for good intentions though i mean even Trigger did copied somethings from Gundam's animator in SSS Gridman but in the end it's for good intentions not stealing
  continue this thread →
UserChecksOut 6y
Garo is my favorite... rooting for the bad guy for once. The quality of the show was no where near as good as last season.
- cybergami 6y
  me too, his backstory is so relatable. I was rooting for him all the time ^__^
ImmyChan 6y
Wow...well it would seem this series ended exactly how it started, an utter disappointment, that last episode didn't feel like a last episode at all, it felt like something that would take place midway through a series, I didn't feel like this last episode really gave resolution to everything.

Overall this series had it's moments but just wound up being a disappointing, which is a shame because by the look of things what they were working with was gold, the character of Garo could have been amazing and if we got more about the monster association it could have been interesting, but instead we got a bloated tournament arc and a lot of time wasted in other places

Here's to hoping we get a better season 3, hopefully with different staff...
Removed 6y
tbh I hated OPM season 1 and season 2 had Garo, the best character in my opinion... it fixed some stuff for me and I kinda enjoyed it but the last episode destroyed all my hopes. it was so rushed and at the same time I felt nothing important was happening, Saitama appeared in the last two minutes
I couldn't enjoy it at all
but episode 11 was great, I really liked it
KaiserBh 6y
I wanted more Saitama, on the other hand, Garo was so badass and his character development was really nice despite the animation J.C Staff did their best I suppose still grateful for the fact that we got season 2 hoping a season 3. But all honestly Saitama feels like a side character there wasn't much of him and then just more of Garo which I don't mind speaking of Garo I wanted him to win against the heroes tbh especially when he was weakened asf he still managed to beat the heroes.
cybergami 6y
The pacing was very strange for the finale. Didn't feel like a complete season at all. More like season 2 part 1.

The friendship between Saitama and King was a very humorous addition to the plot though!
Lilpandy 6y
I thought as a whole it wasn't too bad! I definitely thought it was an okay end to conclude the season, wasn't too satisfied but also wasn't disappointed?? Loved the end where Saitama got the last punch in! Hmmm fav character is still Genos (can you blame me?)

Overall, I was always looking forward to the next episodes and just wish there was more tbh haha :P
sleepymike 6y
The director is 100% to blame. His pacing is autistic and he ruins everything he puts his hands on.
JC staff is known for ok quality anime and mostly rom-coms. It was a bad fit for a full action anime which needed proper buildup. Its the same source material and could have been handled better.
I hope they learned something from this at least.
I did hate the martial arts arc, it was made so plain and so badly cut into the story. Either way, lets hope in 4 years another season comes with a better studio
- ToddHarry258 6y
  the director had to work on a tight schedule so it's reasonable he'll do mistakes especially since he isn't have that experience but at least he saved the season with the help of writers and the animators
Kriso 6y
The ending was abrupt, if they dont make a S3 this will all look absolutely useless. They made all this about this Monster Assosciation but add Garo's sad past on the final epiosde? I know people make cliff hangers at episodes/ad breaks but that was brutal. They end it with just killing one big centipede.
- ToddHarry258 6y
  they made a hint for season 3 in the end of the episode so we might get it
Removed 6y
We start of with ugly animations again,,, we are down from decent to horrid ,, That's to bad!! But not surprising the animation have been a disaster!!! ,,,, They look like dancing puppet when they move!!! Its looks weird and wrong,,,

Then a bright coloured repulsive bird stars to gabbing!!,,, Anime rather ugly action then your boring ass explain shit!!!,playing games on my laptop until something happens,,,You are boring me,,,Bullied child problem growing up fitting in ,,,,Oh god please stop torture me!!!

Garou starts screaming!!!! Audio problems!!! Over all other failures in this mess!! Its making a horrid noise!!! loud screeching unnatural horrors,,,,,,Please stop screaming dude my ears hurt ,,, Then from no where!!!! The stupid ass bird swoops down and pick up the screaming badly wounded warrior!!!

Anime!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Corrections!!!!!!!!!!!! If my heavenly lesbian warrior princess Tatsumaki where there,,, She would have ripped that puny caterpillardick thing apart in seconds!!!Then tell the weak lesser males how useless they are and stop being in her way!!!!! She is ridiculous powerful and have a sharp tongue!!!!!! You cant even comprehend her godly power!!!!!!,,,, She is a otherworldly sacred divine holy pure lesbian being!!!! And you are a worm!! Crawl before her feet or be obliterated!!! So you can shut the fuck up!!! You stupid dumass bird!!! You fucking mind how you speak about my waifu!!!!!

And the grotesque scene that follows ,,, Anime!!! I said my waifu should stick her tongue in her sisters mouth!!!! I didn't say stick the fucking robot man in to the damn caterpillar mouth and,,,,,,, No!!!!! ,,,,Stop!!,,, Hell no i'm done with this!! No more!!!

I cant handle this anymore ,,,Anime you where extremely boring overall and slowed paced ,, the animations where the most horrible crime against nature i have ever witness,,,, And you even dared spreading ugly lies!! Saying something maybe would stand a chance against MY Goddess!!!Shame on you!!!!!!!!!! Insulting my lesbian waifu like that!!! Who the hell do you think you are??

This have been a unreal experience!!! Kind of funny because of how horrible repugnant it is,,,,,,,, Easy 2/100 You have deserved that!! Good job!!!For season three i want a lesbians sister couple!!! Making out all the time!!!!!,,,Yes!!!!! It shall be glorious!!!! And no stupid boring asshole males at all!!!!! I like cute girls,, not ugly males!!!,,, ,, More females then maybe i give you some points who knows,, This is pathetic be ashamed of yourself!!!,,, And for the love of god try to better yourself for the next season,,,, This is embarrassing!!!!
Narutouzumaki69 5y
I think there will be new season of One-Punch Man Season 3 as they talk link about here