One-Punch Man Season 3 has lastly arrived after an extended six-year wait. Sadly, its premiere introduced a wave of criticism following the anime’s underwhelming animation high quality. Whereas the trailer teasing Saitama’s return was already a foul omen that followers would not be fully glad with the animation, One-Punch Man presents one other obtrusive drawback that few have seen to this point.
Regardless of not a lot occurring in the first episode of One-Punch Man Season 3, the overuse of close-up pictures and nonetheless photos has raised many eyebrows and made followers marvel if it could possibly reside as much as the story as soon as the motion ramps up. Nevertheless, One-Punch Man Season 3‘s greatest hurdle is not its animation however relatively an issue current within the manga.
Inconsistent Pacing Will get within the Means of One-Punch Man Season 3
The first episode of One-Punch Man Season 3 already hints that the anime’s pacing could be too sluggish to efficiently adapt the Monster Affiliation’s story arc with out affecting followers’ total enjoyment. One-Punch Man Season 3‘s episode 1 solely tailored chapters #85 and #86 and even then needed to lower a number of scenes to suit the episode size.
Most anime variations of motion manga cowl 3–4 chapters per episode. Nevertheless, as a result of irregular launch schedule of One-Punch Man‘s manga, its chapters are sometimes longer than these of different shōnen sequence, starting from round 50 pages to even exceeding 100. However by protecting two chapters, One-Punch Man Season 3 has already drawn criticism as a consequence of its sluggish pacing.
Though it’s a necessity to correctly set up the Monster Affiliation headquarters’ raid, as an alternative of accelerating the tempo to get to main developments sooner, the episode was virtually a 1:1 adaptation of the manga, solely skipping a few scenes from Chapter #86 depicting Royal Ripper’s ruthlessness in opposition to Narinki’s Non-public Squad, which constructed up his character earlier than his battle in opposition to Garo.
One-Punch Man Season 3 Has a Lot of Content material to Cowl
Masking from chapters 78 to 175, The Monster Affiliation is the longest story arc in One-Punch Man. Regardless of being action-heavy with a gigantic-scale battle resulting in an unimaginable climax, The Monster Affiliation Arc options many subplots that interrupted the movement of the story and resulted in inconsistent pacing, which might be even tougher to take care of within the anime.
A number of clues counsel that One-Punch Man Season 3 will cowl as much as chapter 115 of the manga, akin to Garou being chained and the glimpse of Saitama vs. Orochi within the opening. Because of this if One-Punch Man Season 3 will solely have a single cour, there’s simply 11 episodes out there to cowl almost 30 chapters.
Though the length of One-Punch Man season 3 hasn’t been confirmed by J.C. Employees, and the primary two seasons lined 37 and 47 chapters, respectively, the brand new installments nonetheless have to cowl greater than 2 chapters per episode. A sluggish tempo in the beginning of the season could lead to extra scenes being lower later, which may impression the story.
One-Punch Man Season 3 Must Choose Up the Tempo
Because of the variety of heroes and Monster Affiliation executives, One-Punch Man Season 3 wants time to put the groundwork and introduce the brand new characters earlier than the upcoming fights. It isn’t till after chapter #90 that One-Punch Man‘s story shifts to that includes a number of consecutive fights, which can probably occur after episode 3 of the season with the anime’s present tempo.
One-Punch Man Season 3 cannot afford to waste time, as taking too lengthy for the motion to start could trigger viewers hoping for extra intense developments to find out the standard of the animation to surrender and resolve to drop the sequence. Additionally, in contrast to within the manga, which might embrace longer chapters, or different sequence that go for double episodes or 1-hour specials, J.C. Employees has confirmed its restricted manufacturing. Due to this fact, One-Punch Man should rapidly ship huge story beats to seize viewers’ consideration forward of the very best moments of the season.
One-Punch Man Season 3 Has to Make Sensible Selections
An instance of an anime that managed to extend the tempo of its story was Solo Leveling Season 2, which lower many scenes to cowl virtually 65 chapters of the manhwa in 12 episodes. Nevertheless, this is not simple for One-Punch Man, whose essence lies not solely within the motion but in addition in its humor and gags current all through the sequence.
Moreover, the primary appeal of the Monster Affiliation Arc is that the main target just isn’t on Saitama, and it’s Garou and the S-Class Heroes who achieve relevance. That implies that if part of the story needs to be lower, it should be fastidiously chosen in order that it would not have an effect on the character arcs of the heroes or the monsters.
One-Punch Man Season 2’s Main Downside Wasn’t Its Animation
Regardless of the backlash, One-Punch Man Season 3 already boasts a superior manufacturing in comparison with its earlier installment. The anime returned with an improved character design and artwork course, which have been two of essentially the most criticized elements of season 2, together with the sound design.
Along with its inconsistent animation, One-Punch Man Season 2 has a rushed pacing as a way to attain chapter #84, thought of the very best midpoint to finish the season. This brought about One-Punch Man Season 2 to skip and rearrange many scenes, shorten dialogues, and even lower characters like Bones’ participation within the battle in opposition to the Hundred-Eyes Octopus.
But, One-Punch Man Season 2 managed to reside as much as the sensation of the manga in some fights, like Metallic Bat vs. Elder Centipede. This highlights the potential of One-Punch Man Season 3 to fulfill followers’ expectations if the manufacturing workforce does justice to the story and focuses its assets on fastidiously adapting the awaited fights within the arc.
One-Punch Man Season 3 Already Nailed the Anime’s Signature Comedy
Regardless of the time constraints, One-Punch Man Season 3, episode 1, included a post-credits scene tailored from a manga additional, set after Chapter 85, which confirmed what occurred to Velocity-o’-Sound Sonic after consuming the monster cell. Whereas this may occasionally appear irrelevant, it demonstrates the fervour for the mission, as the sort of humor is what makes One-Punch Man a singular shōnen.
One-Punch Man Season 3 is the most hyped anime in Fall 2025, and its recognition is certain to extend as soon as the anime reaches the very best moments of the Monster Affiliation Arc. If it could possibly repair the pacing issues of the earlier season, One-Punch Man Season 3 may mark the generational comeback for the franchise that followers have been ready for.
- Launch Date
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October 5, 2015
- Community
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YouTube, TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TVh, TVQ, TSC
- Administrators
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Shinichiro Ushijima, Makoto Sokuza, Nobuhiro Muto, Ryoh Ando, Shuuji Miyazaki, Youhei Suzuki, Miyuki Ishida, Katsushi Sakurabi, Hideki Okamoto, Yoshio Suzuki, Hiroyuki Okuno, Riki Fukushima, Shigeki Awai
- Writers
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Tatsuro Inamoto
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Makoto Furukawa
Saitama (voice)
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Kaito Ishikawa
Genos (voice)
