Season 1 of One Punch Man - finally trying to cross this off my bucket list. A show with superheros (which I tend to enjoy) but including one who's so strong he can beat any opponent with just one punch.

A lot of people have egged me to watch this and I'm surprised it's only as old as 2015, I thought it was much older than that. My main worry going in was "how exactly do you have any tension in a battle if the main guy can't be defeated"?

Well the series answers that not by introducing any kind of tension..........yeah really there isn't any at all, but by more focusing on the over the top antics of the side characters while also portraying our protagonist in a setting where he doesn't get the credit he deserves as he's mainly in it for "fun". That in itself lends to a bit of humour but nothing really that's making me laugh out loud - I think a few moments made me chuckle overall. The joke of "here's this over the top villain stating he's the bringer of destruction only to get killed in one hit" gets old. People say this anime is hilarious, I think they are easily amused as a lot of this is pretty cringy at times.

You do get some cool action moments though, the animation certainly trying to do some cool stuff on screen (though how does he survive standing on X as a human..........)

I don't think there's many episodes so I guess I'll carry on with this into further seasons, but it's not left as much of an impact on me as people have suggested. I'd much rather put on something like My Hero Academia or Naruto in this vein of "many individuals with crazy abilities". Season 2 needs to change the game a bit to keep me interested.

It's decent enough, just not great.

6/10.