One punch man temp1 ep12

by Serg · Published January 5, 2022 · Updated January 5, 2022

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Imagine how awesome this feels for ONE. Your webcomic you do for fun gets adapted by a high profile manga artist and then it gets an anime? He's come a long way, I'm glad Murata enjoyed ONE's simple little webcomic enough to redraw it. Without that, we wouldn't have a manga or an anime and nobody would know who Saitama is.

After moseying towards the stadium for what felt like two weeks (because it was), the Monster Association’s secret weapon finally crashes through the gate and reveals himself to be none other than Goketsu, the presumed-dead first champion of the tournament. I didn’t expect the story to directly link the monster invasion and tournament arcs at all, so this came as a pleasant surprise, even if it’s not the most novel twist. Goketsu reveals another arm of the monsters’ master plan, which is to convert normal people into monsters to add to their ranks. The fighters are thus presented with the moral quandary of becoming a monster and working for the enemy versus staying human and dying. This is what I expected Suiryu’s conflict to be this week, but he also manages to pleasantly surprise me.

In the wake of his defeat at the hands of Saitama, I expected Suiryu to have more of a cognitive breakdown, but he quickly picks his pieces back up and shoves those uncomfortable thoughts back down where they can fester unseen for a while. I like seeing this new facet of his insecurities, because it humanizes his bravado. He has enough swagger to shamelessly flirt while he preemptively claims victory over the monsters, and he’s just arrogant enough to be entertaining. Suiryu also turns out to possess a stronger moral code than I gave him credit for, because at no point does he consider betraying his fellow fighters and turning into a monster. One thing I hope OPM goes into down the line (probably through Garou’s story) is that being or becoming a monster isn’t an

I’m honestly okay with Saitama sticking to the sidelines for now if it means more screentime for Garou. After he suffered the all-powerful karate chop of the Caped Baldy last episode, I’m glad he lived to tell the tale, because this episode only further endears me to his character. We open on a flashback to tiny Garou watching the tube and rooting for the villains in his favorite nondescript Saturday morning superhero cartoon, Justice Man. Of course, Justice Man saves the day by kicking the monsters’ butts, and the inevitability of this strikes at the core of Garou, who has nothing but empathy for the monsters. It seems like a simple or even childish motivation, but I like it a lot! Villains in cartoons and other genre-heavy entertainment have historically been coded with the characteristics of marginalized people, so there’s a significant fraction of audiences who grew up relating to some villains more than the heroes. Just go to any fan convention and see how many people