One Punch Man Specials

You know that feeling when you feel like you are being stalked? Even superheroes cannot escape it sometimes, like Saitama. Plus, when he gets one of his french fries from his hard-earned lunch stolen; he gets extra confidence at that moment, and so someone is bound to get knocked out. This first episode of the OVA series is funny even though it is too short; on the other hand, Genos is really cool in this. 9.5/10. (25.12.2015)

The Pupil Who Is An Extremely Poor Talker is a variation on the theme of "how I lost and then found my keys again." Perhaps it is more like "how I got involved with the mafia while shopping" who knows? Maybe it is just that Genos does not know how to deliver a decent narrative. I think I laughed for most of the twelve minutes, although by the part in the bath when the boys could not agree on what sound best conveys the feeling of "relaxation," I was slightly horrified wondering why anyone needs to talk about that. Well, I guess that people are weird and superheroes are weird too. 8.5/10. (27.02.2016)

The Ninja Who is Too Complicated is about Sonic and his journey to find new motivation and overcome his fear. It was not bad, even though I did not find it funny throughout this third episode of the OVA. Not as good as the previous episode of the OVA. 8/10. (27.02.2016)

Well, I am still going to award Bang, Who is Too Overbearing four stars even though it is simply a fact that it is very weak. This OVA is probably the weakest so far. I smiled perhaps three times in the whole of the twelve minutes running time, and that is not enough for One Punch Man! 6.5/10. (31.03.2016)

The fifth One-Punch Man OVA, The Sisters Who Have Too Many Things Happening, has a narrative concerning Fubuki. It features a rather dramatic relationship with her older (!!!) sister Tatsumaki. There is also her team, The Blizzard Group. Plus, there is the train rescue, which also involves Genos, and it is action-packed, a little bit dramatic, however, (and this is probably the biggest problem) it is not funny at all. By the standards of One-Punch Man, this OVA could be described as rather boring. I like Fubuki quite a lot, and I can more or less understand her motivations. Tornado, does not bother me that much, even though she is a typical "annoying brat" and does not get that much screen time in this OVA (for example, in the last OVA, you can see a lot more of her). Genos does not get much screen time either, so it is mostly about the more serious stuff and the problems of the younger sister who lives in the shadow of her much more successful sibling. I would almost say the best character was the nameless C-class heroine. I cannot say if this OVA was completely pointless, although I can safely say it is the weakest of all the OVAs. On the other hand, it is quite a standard fare for an OVA, albeit weak. 4.6/10. (25.06.2016)

What happens when you meet Zombieman, who is supposedly the man that, even in death cannot die, at a superhero party in a hot spring resort? When the party gets going, it is only a matter of time before someone starts investigating a crime. On the bright side, he was lucky a katana and not a Pri-Pri-Prisoner impaled him. I laughed all of two times, which again is not enough. 6/10. (25.06.2016)