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Nov 30, 7:33 AM
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The fight with Flash was alright, I mean when you see the kind of stuff we’ve been through throughout. You know complaining and such won’t get us anywhere anymore, so yeah.

Also one thing, this arc takes too long to get going. So the fact that this season has its ratings around 4.5 region, kinda tells the issue ain’t just one dimensional.
Nov 30, 7:35 AM
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πŸ… Tomato πŸ…

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Well, we got a decent fight this time. That's a plus. :3
Nov 30, 7:39 AM
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I didn't hate it. I didn't dislike it.
It was ok. Lowk entertaining.
Nov 30, 7:46 AM
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The latest episode improved from the rest of the season, delivering real action with actual good fight choreography that lasted more than 4 frames, moreso the ninja sequence, comparable to strong Season 2 or even solid Season 1 battles. The season is still overall disappointing, but credit where credit is due, combat and action was genuinely engaging in this. Character drawings and stills were still janky as hell though.
Nov 30, 7:49 AM
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Okay this decent fight and good pacing but man I hope they stop use neon lights ngl very surprising 7/10
Nov 30, 7:52 AM
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So, is this finally a good episode with decent animation or something? because I'm kinda getting my hopes up reading the comments. I'll watch the episode later today and see what's up.
Nov 30, 7:56 AM
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That was a good flashy fight, finally, a proper flesh out animation slashing through the screen.

Nov 30, 7:57 AM
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How the heck is Child emperor class S?
He looks like class B at most. I hope he does have much more to show, because if all he has is some cheap tech gadgets, one hit and he's gone forever.
Nov 30, 8:00 AM
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wow my hopium actually pay off a good animated ep of opm but i pray this isnt the last good animated ep
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Nov 30, 8:05 AM

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First half was good but the second half went back to the usual quality. Almost like two different teams each handling half of the episode.
Nov 30, 8:06 AM
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It was without a fact best episode of s3 the fight between gale wind, hellfire flame and flashy flash was good and consistent and there was less disco filters and png images on the episode overall solid 8 from me
Nov 30, 8:06 AM
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A decent animation this time!Flashy Flash defeated Wind and Flame with his extreme fast attack and speed! I don’t think these two ninjas deserve to be dragon threats levels when they transformed at all! Flashy Flash is just too strong!

Child Emperor saved the kid from the hero association!Did Phoenix man get killed by him?

G5 returned in the monster association! Child Emperor and the kid escaped from it by using robots?Child Emperor is too smart so he deserves that S class!

Don’t forget to mention that Child Emperor has multiple color filters this time!

Kekeke
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Nov 30, 8:08 AM

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Flashy Flash's fight had some good animation. But the storyboarding is still messy!! Some transitions seem very abrupt!! But I'm not gonna complain!! We atleast had something decent in a worthwhile!!!
Nov 30, 8:09 AM

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Ain't no way. Animation in my One Punch Man Season 3? Obviously not near Season 1 levels but probably the best of this season so far. At least the Flashy Flash section. The Child Emperor section was dreadful as always. I'm afraid this might actually just be the peak of this season. But at least there's a little bit of hope that the rest of the episodes won't be completely dogshit. The bar is so low that anything close to the Flashy Flash section would be enjoyable.
Nov 30, 8:09 AM
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I'm actually impressed by this episode. The first half is due to animation (yes, I'm quited surprised by this), though I get to know more about Flashy Flash I'm still not sure why those couple ninja monster want to fight him, not sure if it's revenge, or just coincidence, and are they related to another ninja-theme character Speed-o-Sonic? This is one of the rare moment that the animation exceed the story.

The second half I'm impressed by how creative Child Emperor fight, he never fight battle in the same way, his backpack is filled with helpful yet dangerous tools, but what I love the most is how he never let his guard down. Usually a genius character like him is either stay in the safe area all the time or being too confident and get himself killed in battle zone, but he's neither. And maybe that's why the next episode is called "Brave Child".

I know OPM has a soft spot for young characters so they aren't likely to be killed (though they may get kidnapped), but I'm still nervous that Child Emperor might be fighting something he can't win. I hope some other stronger heroes will help him soon. That samurai robot is very menace, I think his name is G4.

Can't wait for the next week!
Nov 30, 8:11 AM

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Paul said:
First half was good but the second half went back to the usual quality. Almost like two different teams each handling half of the episode.

The episode had 3 episode directors!!
Tetsurou Tanaka, Shinpei Nagai and Miyuki Ishida!! So I think thats why the direction felt contrastingly different between first and second half
Nov 30, 8:11 AM

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Finally, some decent fight, from the Flashy Flash, though it was ot the best fight that it could be. I take what they got here; anything animated is a win at this point. But with the budget for the episode going to the first half, the child emperor is as good as the previous episode, one frame man as usuall
Nov 30, 8:14 AM
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bandai producer says episode 9 will be a great episode so lets see if its better than this episode that is surprisingly decent finally
Nov 30, 8:15 AM
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This was probably the best episode of this season so far. However-

1. This kind of animation is on par with "My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha" that's airing this season.

2. One Punch Man is not a below average shounen series that is filled with "Loads of talking and less fighting"

3. One Punch Man does not have a trash story or fighting scenes or character designs.

So, was this anime project hated by the production committee?
Maybe.
Nov 30, 8:16 AM
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This Episode Not bad again??
I'm Scare to watch it..
Nov 30, 8:24 AM
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How the heck is Child emperor class S?
He looks like class B at most. I hope he does have much more to show, because if all he has is some cheap tech gadgets, one hit and he's gone forever.
@00christian00 You will see it next week
Nov 30, 8:24 AM

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I can't get over how one of Flashy Flash's signature techniques is named "Flashy Slash".

And credit where it's due, not only was the animation actually animated this time, but it was kinda alright at parts. Flashy, even.
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Nov 30, 8:24 AM
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flash's fight was great, very well animated and intense
Nov 30, 8:25 AM
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This is one of the better episode tbh. The action looks decent, the pacing is okay, the composition is alright.
Nov 30, 8:28 AM

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Overall good episode. The biggest problem with animation here is characters teleporting.
Imagine normies saying: "Peaky Blinders is mid and overhyped. Just another typical crime drama show. Breaking Bad is much better lol.".
Nov 30, 8:31 AM

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The best episode of the season, very honestly. It was pretty good. Yeah, we know it's not much of a bar when the entire season looked like that the whole time. But this time, you could tell that there was ambition in Flashy Flash's fight, and they did his fight pretty well. It wasn't a marvel or anything but still a decent fight.

Some really decent cuts in this episode. The first half was definitely better than the second one, but knowing the production conditions, it is too much to ask. So, I'm glad that at least we got something. I'm looking forward to the next episode since that was one of the episodes that the producer said was pretty good. Idk how well that statement will end up doing for this season. But, it is what it is. So, I hope it ages well.

Def. the best episode of the season, for me personally.
Nov 30, 8:41 AM
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Yoo after 7 bad episodes we got first good! If every episode got fighting scenes like the first part it would be solid 7/10 anime. But for the first time I smiled when watching this season so this is a good sign! Even second part got some animated scenes, not one frame sooo I will give this episode 7/10! :D (previous episodes were 2/10)
Nov 30, 8:42 AM
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now they improve the animation, that's some good news
Nov 30, 8:44 AM
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Finally well animated episode it was really good
Nov 30, 8:47 AM
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animated scenes in opm s3? 😭😭
the sun must have risen from the west today
Nov 30, 8:52 AM
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Holy shit, this episode was actually pretty good.

My hopium is back, dammit.
Nov 30, 8:56 AM
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The CGI in flash's fight was pretty good actually
Nov 30, 8:58 AM
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well its an improvement
still nothing great and very experimental cgi on Flashy fight but still miles above the first 3rd so wtv
Nov 30, 9:00 AM

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What sucks about watching this episode (or at least the first half) is that you can see small glimpses and flashes (no pun intended) of decent work. Like, I'll give credit where it's due, Flashy Flash's fight looked decent at times, so you can't help but wonder how much better things could possibly look if the staff was actually given a good production schedule smh.
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Nov 30, 9:08 AM

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"A broke clock is right twice a day but you don't want one"

This episode summed up in a nutshell, and even then, it was still quite rough half the time.
Nov 30, 9:12 AM
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8 Whole ep passed but still so behind and still trash. the animators should just quit at this point and give the project to someone else.i would have rated 5/10 for the fight of flashy flash but after the battle they just ruined again the last 10 min. and so much unnecessary and time consuming talks.


SabbirpriyoNov 30, 9:17 AM
Nov 30, 9:12 AM
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Best episode of season 3 so far.
Nov 30, 9:16 AM
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so much unnecessary and time consuming talks. last 10 min full trash. for flashy flash fight i would give a 2.anyother animators like mappa or wit studio or etc would have made far better than them considering its 2025 .

Nov 30, 9:20 AM

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This episode went up from the usual 2/10 to a 3/10. Wow...
Nov 30, 9:28 AM
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Nice improvement, I'd appreciate
Nov 30, 9:31 AM

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My first impression was surprised; it was like a strange kind of jump scare to see that there was animation, and the contrast with the previous episodes helped a lot, but to be fair, it wasn't exactly top-notch animation either. It was just okay.

Let's hope episode 9 is better, although I don't have much faith, because the producer also said that episode 5 was good, and it was utter garbage lmao.
Nov 30, 9:32 AM
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Yeah for once the fight during the 1st half wasn't too bad
Nov 30, 9:36 AM
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and the boss battle is in full force.
Flashy Flash... Flashy Slash!
Now the real fun begins!
Nov 30, 9:41 AM

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6/10. Honestly, not that bad. Action is still stiff in many parts but at least some moments were pretty good.

I just wish this was the baseline quality of the season.
Nov 30, 9:45 AM
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8 episodes in and we finally got something decent. Flashy Flash was indeed Flashy
Nov 30, 9:48 AM
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We saw some very well animated fight scenes this episode. And, though there was animation mistakes and stiff action galore, I feel like wasting time on pointing those out would be entirely redundant and an unnecessary repetition of the dozens of posts we get each week just rehashing the same topic. I'm just happy to see improvement.

Episode Rating: 6.5/10
Nov 30, 9:52 AM
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Enjoyed the episode!

Wagaman (spelling) is still an impressively spoilt and annoying kid πŸ˜† but hopefully Child Emperor gets him out ok.
Nov 30, 9:55 AM
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The first acceptable episode of the season. my god.
Nov 30, 10:05 AM
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People are still complaining by saying it was "not bad"

Even if they get S1-level animation they would still complain

Animation was good ... so they probably kept the budget for biggest fights as I expected
Nov 30, 10:06 AM
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13:00 Flashy Flash clapped πŸ”₯

18:30 bruh Child Emperor is actually stronger than I thought 🀣 I’ve always wanted to see him fight. Just took down that bird guy easily.
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