Valiona
Since: Mar, 2011
12/31/2015 00:00:00
I feel as though this review says much more about the shonen genre (and the apparently large number of people on this site who think of it as tired and cliched) than it does about the series.
Demongodofchaos2
Since: Jul, 2010
01/16/2016 00:00:00
What Valiona said.
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10 years ago ...
A decade ago, OPM would have just been a good anime. Its only in the present time that OPM could have the success it possesses now.
The reason is the shounen genre.
A decade ago <approximately.> The audience still was enamored with anime like bleach, naruto etc... The shounen genre was still in its prime and people still watched shounen anime and similar genres and enjoyed it.
Fast forward to 2015 and the shounen genre has run its course. Mostly because characterization and story has given way to flashy powers and shounen cliches.
Now enter an anime which inverts these cliches, parodying them and pointing out the nonsensical nature of multiple forms, energy beams and heroic last winds pulled out from farts.
Couple that with good characters, a simple yet strong story, and genuinely interesting powers and motivations. And you get One Punch Man's overwhelming success currently.
The issue now is whether this would last ...