I genuinely cannot believe what I just watched. One Punch Man Season 3, is without exaggeration, an unfiltered disaster. How did we go from the absolute peak of hype and animation in Season 1, something that redefined the medium, to this embarrassingly lifeless husk? Who greenlit this? Who watched this abomination of a product and went:
"Yep, this is good. Roll it out."
Were they held at gunpoint? Did they lose the actual footage because of some weird hard drive wipeout during production and then just go "eh, whatever"?
The animation is flat out unforgivable. I hit play expecting anime. What I got looked like a bootleg motion comic rendered on a dying calculator. What used to be explosive and dynamic and vibrant has turned into something that looks like it was animated on a busted school Chromebook. The fight scenes (if you can even call them that) feel like an endless slideshow. I've seen fan edits on TikTok with more choreography. Every punch felt like the studio whispered "good luck imagining the rest" and walked away.
A literal mockery of what made this series legendary. It feels like they're actively trying to make you regret every minute you invest. The storytelling, the tension, the momentum, all of it shredded beyond recognition. This season hit rock bottom and then just kept digging.
Everything that once made this series special has been gutted and left to rot. This isn't just a bad season. It's a stain on anime history. A dumpster fire that somehow managed to suck all the oxygen out of its own flames. This deserves negative stars, an apology, and a refund for emotional damage. If there were a button that could delete Season 3 from reality, I'd smash it with the force of Saitama's punch. Twice.
Six years of hype. Six years of people coping. Six years of "trust the process." For what Season 2 caught strays for nothing because Season 3 came in and said "hold my beer" and then drove off a cliff. This isn't even bad in a fun way. It's just hollow. Lifeless. Soulless. A complete downgrade from everything the series was built on. It's insane that they turned one of the most visually iconic shows into something that looks like a tax write off. It almost feels like money laundering. There is no way a huge IP like One Punch Man should ever get this treatment.
What a staggering disappointment. I wish I could erase my memory for good and never look at this again. This will be the last episode I watch from this season. I usually buy BluRays once they're out, I even did that for Season 2, but this? This is beyond unforgivable.
