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[Spoilers] One-Punch Man Season 3 - Episode 9 Discussion

BlessedBaka · 4mo

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I think that was another decent episode today all things considered.

But I just realized something while watching todays episode, I have absolutely no idea where this is going currently.

My feeling is this season will end on a cliffhanger with Saitama barely even seen lol.

Namaryu 4mo
That was surely a mecha episode and no wonder Takashi Hashimoto was involved. Not only that but did you guys see there was no "filter" on any scene? I can't believe that.
- ToddHarry258 4mo
  it's on the photography itself as the director of photography isn't that experienced like S2's one were.
  so it isn't a filter
Kirtro 4mo
To be honest I thought the Gundam in the opening was Metal Knight ^^;
nickpc107 4mo
First a 7.2 episode and now a 6.5? This is season is saved from 1/10 now.
amikelop 4mo
Nice! we went from pathetic to mediocre, at this rate, we may get a good episode by the end of the season
Max48 4mo
Once again we had some static frames, but it wasn’t as bad as in the early episodes. Kid Emperor and Phoenix Man were locked in a tough fight, but with a lot of determination the kid managed to take down the enemy using a kinda dirty tactic lol.
NotWeeb 4mo
they adapated a retconned version of the manga lmao. So now the timeline is fucked up ontop of everything else

welp atleast there were some movement, can't expect something like episode 8 that would be too copius.
- Korevana 4mo
  @NotWeeb
  Cant blame them for getting confused by the millions of retcons in the manga
  NotWeeb 4mo
  I think there was only 1 retcon at this point, and then like 3 more in future arcs. They probably started animating before the retcon who knows
- Yarumaru 4mo
  Was honestly surprised by that too. I mean it's cool to see Brilliant Eagle mode animated but storywise it definitely would've been better to stick to the retcon.
  I know that there is a lot of debate on this as with a lot of retcons in the manga but this one seems important for future developments and overall does more for the story and characters than the original part, also bringing Saitama back (even if I don't really like his role during it) as his absence during this season has been a bit of an issue.
  
  But yeah with the quality of the season it doeasn't bother me much tbh.
JacBar 4mo
I didn't expect Phoenix Otoko to come back to life (yes, even if he is a phoenix) but above all that he was so strong and resourceful, the fight was really exciting and Isamu was really good and intelligent in developing a strategy to defeat him once and for all.
YoungAnimeDoctor 4mo
I'm sure the next invention you make will be even more spectacular, Child Emperor
echo22 4mo
Yes yes yessssss
- ShiroJL 4mo
faisalhp1773 4mo
I personally think that if this level of animation were in another anime it would have gotten better reception. The animation looked good, they used good cgi in scenes that felt smooth, and the art was good as well. The season is definitely gonna end mid arc i'm sure considering we're only in what seems to be the second fight. This episode in easily a 7 maybe 7.5
- ShiroJL 4mo
  Yeah, I mean this comes pretty natural in the anime community, if it was a regular Isekai or Fantasy show with this level of animation people would be like "This is good for what it is" and go on, but because it's OPM, a popular IP that got two spectacular seasons prior (Yes I also count season 2 as very well animated, fight me over it if you want), the dissappointment will automatically be bigger because there are high expectations as opposed to an IP nobody knows
  faisalhp1773 4mo
  I also thought Season 2 was also amazing, couldn’t understand the hate over it even tho it wasn’t as much as now. Then again, I did watch it this year back to back so I would understand the wait people had to go through. However, I still think the anime community is too harsh and too critical sometimes. For example, I remember when Demon Slayer was considered extremely good and when it blew up and EVERYONE started watching it, the forced hate started. Same with solo leveling, the hate started after it won anime of the year.
  ShiroJL 4mo
  
  Demon Slayer was considered extremely good and when it blew up and EVERYONE started watching it, the forced hate started. Same with solo leveling, the hate started after it won anime of the year.
  
  Omg, this! Exactly! It's ridiculous how people immediately start to hate on something that is popular just because they either can't comprehend how people can enjoy/like something that they don't enjoy/like or they just simply love to stick out and be a part of the people swimming against the stream
  faisalhp1773 4mo
  It's mostly the hardcore biased fans or just post covid elitists. I watched Naruto as a kid and it is my fav anime of all time, but I know it's not the best, but I only got back to watching anime in 2022. Riding the bandwagon has become so normalized and having an opinion is frowned upon especially if it goes against the masses, it's just looked at as "Coping" or "trash take".
- Kaito67 4mo
  This episode was honestly just a very well animated episode. Some jank but overall the quality floor was above average and I think people really underestimate how difficult it is to animate these designs, especially the mecha. And it moves quite a bit too. Great achievement by J.C. Staff and probably is going to be the peak of this season
Virowo 4mo
back to garbage
Krauzer 4mo
Those were the longest 3 minutes I've ever experienced lol what a nerve-wracking episode.
Removed 4mo
Hopefully they are gonna pull a last ep. Blue Lock to make this whole season at least 4/10.
Kameron75 4mo
Not sure if it was just the server I watched it on, but this fight looked like it was dimmed a lot—kind of like the Sukuna vs. Mahoraga fight. Is this a common thing anime studios do? I’ve seen dark scenes before, but this is only the second time it felt this extreme. It literally looked like they turned the brightness down to like 10% lol.
- Astrea 4mo
  I heard Japan has this law about seizure-inducing scenes in anime, and considering how many flashy scenes this anime had then yeah that's probably it (this is unrelated but I heard JJK season 2's blue ray or smthn will have it corrected). So this might be an explanation I can think of.
- ToddHarry258 4mo
  @Kameron75 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5%8D_Senshi_Porygon
JoJon 4mo
Wild Saitama appears.
- ToddHarry258 4mo
JoJon 4mo
I want to make a Gundam joke, I want to make a Super Sentai/Power Rangers joke, I want to make a 70s anime monsters joke, but Idk I can't decide! This episode had a bit of them all!
JustTheRandomGuy 4mo
Honestly, i don't mind animation and stuff, it looked pretty good to me. But for several episodes already there's almost no saitama at all, that kinda frustrates me personally, dunno what did I expect
ProfessorPingas 4mo
So huh... are we going to see caped baldy in the caped baldy anime?
- ToddHarry258 4mo
  we'll
Tifou 4mo
I paused watching and came back after I saw y'alls comments about last week's episode and this week's...
You guys got so used to dogshit animation that you call THIS decent or pretty good?
Even saw someone trying to gaslight themselves into saying this was 7.5... How can any of y'all defend this? Did you already forget S1?
KataUntaken887 4mo
Gooch lickers gonna do their thing. Some people are just so desperate to be part of something they will pretend its decent or good while having no idea
ToddHarry258 4mo
yep it was leaked it'll be 2 split cour season which probably will be season 4
abzinho 3mo
waganma what a fucking snake
LightSeb 1mo
It's funny that he was ultimately defeated because of a tickle bug

[Spoilers] One-Punch Man Season 3 - Episode 9 Discussion

It's funny that he was ultimately defeated because of a tickle bug